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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8.
AN OPERATORS' VICTORY.
Governor Stone's action In calling out
the Pennsylvania militia Is a victory for
the operators. He has doubtless taken
this step at the President's suggestion,
and the President made the suggestion
at the instance of the railroad presi
dents. Here is where the operators
have won an important point in the
struggle. They have had the shrewd
ness to order their course eo as to put
the miners at an obvious disadvantage.
It Is a game involving constant alert
ness and quick action. Neither the
minebwners nor their attorneys are
. fools. They have played their hand
with consummate skill. President
Mitchell stands to lose his pedro.
Nobody need doubt for an instant that
the operators have figured out the
game in just this way: The strike
would go on a long time. The operat
ors would bring in all the nonunion
men and imported foreigners they could
get, and what union men could be In
duced to desert Attempts to start up
would be certain to Invoke clashes be
tween union and nonunion crowda Dis
order would ensue, peace officers be
called out result, more disorder. Every
company of armeL men would be sure
to aggravate tte Jtterness and des
peration of the strikers. Then the noble
Christian operators, would say that the
only question was one of law versus
anarchy, and the State and Federal
Governments would be compelled to
step In, encourage nonunion and weak
kneed union men to go to work, and
drive the unions to riot or surrender.
That was their cold-blooded game.
And it is working out. The question
is, How were Mitchell and his cabinet to
meet it? Well, in one or both of two
ways. In the first place, they could an
ticipate and nullify the operators pro
, gramme by extending the union oyer
the entire body of anthracite miners.
Or, In the second place, they could make
the unions respect the law and abstain
from violence either to mine property
or nonunion labor. Either one of these
courses, or both together, would have
made it Impossible for the operators to
play so effective a card as this order
of Governor Stone. Mitchell hesitates
to ask the miners to go to work, and
well he may; for the chances of justice
from the operators eventually are very
slim. Millions for Schwab and Morgan,
but not a cent for labor more than ab
solutely necessary.
There is one point in the history of
every strike where public opinion. In
sympathy with the strikers, deserts
them. That point is the point of io
lence. Up to that boundary line popu
lar approval marches cheerfully with
organized labor, but once there it sick
ens and turns back. Equality before
the law. One man is as good as an
other. The union man has the right to
quit, but the nonunion man has the
right to go to work. A union man has
no more right to mob a nonunion man
s than xa nonunion man has to mob a
union man. There is no legal process
or moral attainder or logic or argument
or evidence In calling a man a scab or
a rat because he looks at his interests
one way and you look at them another.
When a man can get a job and wants
It, and his family is- in need, and he
takes his dinner pall and goes down to
the shop to report for work, and some
cowardly ruffian sneaks up and sand
bags him or maltreats the family he has
left behind, that cowardly ruffian ought
to be shot down like a dog. A man
. cant throw up his job and hold on to it
"at the same time. Any man can throw
up his own job. but he can't throw up
anj'body else's job. And so there comes
a day in the history of every strike
when the ways part between violence
and order. And if the strikers choose
the alternative of violence, they elect
to throw away public sympathy. And
In that da,y it is ten to one the strike Is
lost; and It Is two to one it was lost
before the first blow was struck. When
there are so many nonunion men re
porting for work that It takes terror
Ism to keep them away, the unions are
far from controlling enough of the labor
supply to make the strike effective. It
Is a paper blockade.
A political uprising is a revolution if
It succeeds and a rebellion' if It fails.
It Is a good deal so with a strike. If
it wins. It Is a grand blow for liberty.
If It -fails, it's a crime. When President
Mitchell or any other labor leader or
ders a strike, he should know where he
Btands. He. should know what percent
age of the labor supply he can control;
he should knpw that if It comes to a
crisis his men will refrain from vio
lence. It is no use to plead lgnorapee.
It is his business to know. It Is his
business to find out. That's what he is
there for. A man is a fool to bite off
more than he can chew. If the anthra
cite strike falls now, after all the sac
rifices that organized labor has made
in its behalf; after all that public opln-
ion has done in sympathy with the op
pressed miners and in reprobation of
the operators; after all the considera
tion President Mitchell has received
from press and President Roosevelt
and public men generally, It will simply
show that the miners have bungled
their case, either through Inadequate
preparation or through Ill-considered
resorts to violence. Their cause is
just, and if it is not carried .to victory
It will be because It is the victim of
mismanagement. It taltes a high order
of brains to carry on a struggle of this
kind with such alert and unscrupulous
foes. The labor leaders must know how
to play the game. Every false move
will cost them dear. They are shrewd
plutocrats who think the president of
the Miners' Union ought to be a man
of about $1000-a-year caliber.
MUST NOT BE A COMMON NUISANCE.
The automobile, like the bicycle, has
evidently come to stay In this country,
but the automobile must behave Itself.
In Salem, Mass., recently five automo
billsts were tried in the First District
Court of Essex County and convicted of
"scorching." Four were sentenced to
pay a fine of $25 and one of them paid a
fine of ?35. One of the persons fined
was the son of H. C. Frlck, the famous
steel operator of Pittsburg,' Pa. Will
iam K. Vanderbllt, Jr., has been twice
fined for "scorching" with his automo
bile at-Newport. R. I., and on the last
occasion the Judge, told him that a
period of imprisonment should really
accompany the fine. H. Victor New
comb, formerly president of the Louis
ville & Nashville Railroad, Is slowly re
covering in New York from Injuries re
ceived when he was struck by an auto
mobile. Justice Garrettson, in his re
cent charge to the grand jurs of Som
erset County, New Jersey, referring to a
case in which a team of horses became
frightened at an automobile going at
great speed on a public highway, and
as a result of whose fright a woman
was killed, instructed the jury that If
upon thorough Investigation of the case
they found that the automobile had
been driven recklessly or negligently at
the time of the accident they were to
indict its operator for manslaughter.
Judge Dixon charged the grand jury
of Bergen County, New Jersey, to the
same effect in an almost identical case.
Judge Dixon held that the mere act
of running a motor vehicle at high
speed Is sufficient ground for Indicting
Its operator on a charge of manslaugh
ter If the vehicle happens to frighten
a horse and the latter, directly or in
directly, causes the death of a person.
This ruling Is sound common sense.
Judge Dixon holds that excessive speed
on the highway makes an automobile
a common nuisance. Among other
things, Judge Dixon said In substance
that public roads are for the common
use of all people; that any person who
uses these public roads in such a way
as to endanger another person's life is
guilty of a common nuisance. Bicycles,
vehicles and horses have the right of
the use of our highways, but they must
not endanger the lives of persons on
them.
The singular thing is that a learned
lawyer should be obliged to instruct a
grand jury in this way because of the
selfish recklessness of automobillsts,
who are not Ignorant men, .but wealthy
men who presume to break The law be
cause they have money "to burn" and
can pay the fine. No man thinks of
making the public streets a ispeedway
for his horse. Why should any man
make the public streets a speedway for
his bicycle or his automobile? In the
great City of Paris every machine must
be registered and bear a tag on its front
and back, and every operator must
take out a license. If the owner has
no Individual license, he must have a
licensed chauffeur to run his car. Per
mits are Issued only after a rigid ex
amination Into the competency of the
operator. No automobile Is allowed to
stand without an occupant. A licensed
operator must be in the car at all times.
The police of Paris punctiliously en-i
force the law. The penalties for viola
tions of speed and other offenses are
fines, suspension of license, revocation
of It or imprisonment All machines
are fitted with condensers, and on those
weighing more than 1200 pounds auxil
iary brakes are compulsory.
The French law Is excellent In one
respect In particular, when It recognizes
the fact that the Imposition of a fine
for the infraction of the law Is not suf
ficient. It Is not a deterrent to lawless
men of wealth, who are frequent offend
ers and who pay a fine offhand and
then go out and repeat the offense..
It Is no privation for a man worth a
million to pay a $50 fine, but if you
prevent him from operating his ma
chine for a month or two he feels the
penalty. So the French law wisely pro
vides for the suspension of a license,
and In case of grave or repeated of
fenses, for its repeal and even for the
Imprisonment of th operator. The ex
perience of General Corbln and John W.
Gates In London indicates that British
justice is also on the trail of the auto
mobile lawbreaker.
A DISCOURAGING TASK.
When certain ships of the United
States Navy sailed away for the Philip
pine Islands In 189S to take a hand in
whatever came up. It will be remem
bered that the cruiser Charleston halted
by the way, took In- the Island of Guam,
heretofore known only to nautical men
and compilers of school geographies,
hoisted the Stars and Stripes and sailed
away, leaving to the Government the
task of making Americans out of the
natives. Captain Leary was sent to the
island, and with military decision he at
once began the work of upbuilding the
race of people there domiciled. These
people ignorantly and innocently sup
posed that they were getting on well
enough before, but- Captain Leary set
himself diligently to the work of" con
vincing them of the error of their ways.
They had an annoying habit of ringing
their church bells at unseemly hours in
the morning, thus disturbing the repose
of the Military Governor. He ordered
them to abandon this" practice, but
kindly permitted them to ring the bells
at certain hours that to them had no
significance. He found them careless
about their personal appearance ex
ceedingly so and was pained to find a
total lack of Tankee thrift about their
homes. So close to primitive Eden and
Its customs did these guileless people
come that he found them appearing In
public clad only in Innocence and a
pleasant smile, and so utterly Improvi
dent were the young people that they
not Infrequently tripped off to the priest
and were married, though they pos
sessed not so much as half a dozen
chickens "or a single breadfruit tree.
Manifestly this would, not do for
American citizens, although those most
intimately concerned seemed to be per
fectly satisfied with these conditions.
Captain Leary interfered. Bellringlng
was shorn of Its significance where it
was not Interdicted entirely; an edict
went out from the Military Governor's
office prescribing that nothing less than
a yard of cotton cloth, judiciously be
stowed about the loins, should be con
sidered apparel fit for the street. Fur
thermore, It was decreed that no couple
should be married unlens they pos
sessed a dozen hens, a rooster and two
breadfruit trees.
These restrictions, for obvious rea
sons, threatened to upset the social fab
ric In Guam. Captain Leary was re
called. Captain Schroeder was sent out
to work the miracle of Americanizing
the Guamltes, and warned not to In
terfere unnecessarily with their social.
Industrial and religious customs. He,
too, failed, and saddened knowing it
He was told to use all the customs re
ceipts of the island for local purposes.
There are no customs receipts. There
is nothing upon which a tax levy can be
based. Congress forgot or neglected to
make an appropriation for Americaniz
ing the Guamltes, and social, political
and financial bankruptcy threaten the
island and its people.
These things are Interesting as show
ing the mistaken and very prevalent
idea that, In order' to be happy, and In
a tropical sense prosperous, our new
found people must come up to the
American standard of living. It took
Captain Leary but'a few months to find
out that the hybrid Inhabitants of
Guam knew better than he what man
ner of living was suited to their needs
and desires. The demonstration seemed
to convince Congress of the same thing,
hence the failure to make an appropria
tion that would permit the work of
Americanizing the natives of Guam to
be continued by Commander Schroeder.
"We may well suppose that the latter
is anxiously awaiting his recall from a
station In which, owing to the stubborn
quality of untutored human nature,
there is no chance to distinguish him
self either in military or civil lines.
AFRAID OP A GENUINE MAN.
The Republicans of New York are
clearly startled by the radical platform
adopted by the Democracy at Saratoga,
which includes an unqualified declara
tion in favor of the National owner
ship and operation of the anthracite
coal mines of the United States "by the
exercise of the right of eminent domain
with just compensation to owners."
This proposition stands for radical so
cialism, and yet it Is the utterance of
David B. Hill, the leader of the "con
servative Democracy," who eight years
ago in the United States Senate fought
the National income tax because of Its
socialistic tendency. Ttfls proposition,
which demands that the United States
shall confiscate the anthracite coal
fields "with just compensation to own
ers," Is more radical than the most so
cialistic utterances of Bryan. Never
theless, there Is nothing In the whole
Democratic platform that will catch
more votes in the Empire State than
this resolution, because It expresses,
dominant popular feeling of the hour.
Practically this resolution would prove
a barren Ideality, for the Federal Gov
ernment cannot acquire land within the
bounds of a state for arsenals, forts,
etc., save by consent of the Legislature
thereof, and it is more than doubtful
whether the corporatlon-rldden Legisla
ture, of Pennsylvania would promptly
consent to National ownership' of the
coal mines.
The same New York State Democratic
platform contains a denunciation of
trusts, which leaves the reader In doubt
whether the Democratic party would
exterminate all trusts or only regulate
them so as to protect the consumer
from exactions. The only formidable
war cry in the Democratic platform Is
this declaration for the National owner
ship of the coal mines. The rant about
the trusts Is old straw threshed anew,
and will not win any votes, but the Na
tional ownership of the anthracite coal
mines is the note of an up-to-date polit
ical war bugle. The Republicans of the
East confess that, outside of the coal
famine, the party will need all Its votes
this year to elect Odell. The New York
City Democracy has been so skillfully
harmonized that It expects to throw
.80,000 majority for Its ticket on election
day. The party army chest Is said to
be full to overflowing. Financial help
from nominal Republicans deep In
trusts is said to be counted upon, be
cause, while these men do not fear the
most radical kind of a Democratic plat
form with David B. Hill as its archi
tect and executive, thfey do fear the
re-election of President Roosevelt. They
know that David B. Hill and his "con
servative" Democracy are ready to
hang out any kind of a dirty rag that
will catch the passing breeze, but have
no more thought of enacting their plat
form after victory than they had of en
acting their platform of "tariff for rev
enue only,' upon which they were vic
torious in 1S92.
The New York Republican plutocrats
who mean to, help elect "the anti-trust
and anti-monopoly" Democratic ticket
in November, either by their money or
their votes, or by both, are) afraid of
Roosevelt, because he means what he
says; he is the "terrible child" that is
sure to be heard from after his re-election,
while they do not fear the Democ
racy, because with that party the plat
form is merely a campaign band wagon
that is voiceless after victory. This
fact explains why the plutocratic anti
Roosevelt Republicans will vote and
work for the election of Coler upon, a
far more radical platform than that
framed by the Republicans who renomi
nated Odell. They are not afraid of
Hill; they are not afraid of Coler, while
they are afraid of Odell and of Roose
velt. Nobody Is afraid of a man armed
with a sword of lath painted to look
like Iron; nobody Is afraid of a man
behind a battery of wooden guns, but
everybody is afraid of a loaded rifle in
the hands of a marksman who Is sure
to shoot to kill; everybody seeks cover
from the fire of a genuine battery with
a man of deadly skill and purpose be
hind- each gun.
At the West the Democracy is drop
ping "free silver," but in Wisconsin It
has recently declared its opposition to
the reform of primary elections in the
state and the equal assessment of pri
vate with corporate property. .In 111!
nols and Indiana and Wisconsin the
tax-dodging railroads seem to have
captured the Democratic organization.
In Michigan the state issue Is equal tax
ation and hostility to an Imperious rail
road corporation, but the antl.-silver
minority in the Bryanlte Democratic
State Convention was hostile to any
real attack upon the railroads. Every
convention In a state of any great po
litical Importance which has pretended
to Ignore the Democratic National plat
form of 1900 has openly or covertly put
the Democratic party organization of
that state into close alliance with the
political plutocrats of the country. The
New York Democracy is, in spite of its
platform, In the hands of the plutocrats
of both parties, and here lies the dan
ger of Republican defeat in November.
No plutocrat isafrald of a party whose
leaders are Hill and Gorman, any more
than they were In 1892; the only honest.
sincere end of the National Democracy
is its Western Populist wing, largely
composed of comparatively dull. Illiter
ate men, who still believe In free silver
at 16 to 1 sincerely, because genuine
lunacy Is Inevitably sincere.
This Western Populist wing Bryan
probably will continue to control, but as
for the "conservative Democracy of
the East," It. is nothing but a smooth
faced hypoprite and well-groomed polit
ical gambler, and the best proof of this
Is the fact that all the wealthy antl
Roosevelt Republicans will help elect
the Democratic ticket with a platform
far more radical than Roosevelt. But
then Roosevelt is a man tojbe afraid of,
while a Democratic platform Is not a
man at all, only a band wagon full of
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.
The conviction of Frederick W. Ames,
late Chief of Police of Minneapolis, by
the favor of his brother, A. A. Ames,
ex-Mayor of that city, for accepting
bribes in his official capacity, was the
result of a sensational trial wjilch has
attracted the attention of the entire
country. Other city officials Involved In
this gigantic municipal scandal await
trial on similar charges, with almost
a certainty of conviction. The details
of their official career as brought out
were those of fleecing helpless victims
by police and criminals, of preying
upon Immoral women, of a proposed
traffic In dead bodies, etc., the whole
revealing a shameless alliance between
officials and crooks at once appalling
and disgusting. Ames was sentenced to
6& years in the Penitentiary for his
part In this grand municipal collusion
with vice. He was one "of seven, includ
ing his brother, the Mayor, who were
Indicted last June by an unusually alert
and fearless grand Jury. The result of
his trial leaves but little reason to sup
pose that the others will escape Just
penalty. The story of municipal cor
ruption Involves them all to a greater
or less extent, and has been brought
out by a vigorous prosecution that Is In
every sense commendable. There Is no
disposition In any quarter to shield
these men from the penalty of violated
law, and their apprehension, conviction
and punishment should have a salutary
effect upon official leeches in other
cities who are full fed upon vlc, pan
dering to it for their own profit.
The burning of several business
blocks in Gervais Sunday night will
prove but a temporary misfortune,
since the buildings were outdated struc
tures and the losses were very generally
covered by insurance. This means that
substantial buildings will In a short
time take the place of those that were
destroyed. The town is the trade cen
ter for a large farming section;- Its citi
zens are enterprising, and its location
is excellent. There Is no. doubt but Its
present calamity will contribute to its
future prosperity by clearing the way
for buildings adequate to the needs of
its growing business. As is usual In
such cases, the hardship of being sud
denly unhoused by fire will fall mostly
upon these whose losses, though small,
represented their ail In business, and
whese stock was not covered by insur
ance. But for sufferers of this class it
might not be amiss to congratulate the
people of Gervais upon the work of the
flames as clearing the way for build
ings more in keeping with the enter
prising trades-people of the town and
the business demand of the surrounding
country.
It is said that the Czar of Russia be
lieves that the Emperor of Germany Is
mildly Insane, and has so expressed
himself to members of his family. The
Kaiser's private opinion of the Czar has
not been made public, but It may be
surmised that it does not differ greatly
from the Russian ruler's estimate of
him. The faint possibility that this
view may be correct suggests possibili
ties of confusion worse confounded
when considered In connection with the
mighty missiles that each of these mon
archs Is prepared to hurl at the other
should the trembling mental balance of
either be lost.
What to do with the discharged sol
diers who are returning by thousands
from South Africa, able-bodied and In
need of work, Is a puzzle which the
British War Office Is striving in vain
to solve. The short road to the solution
of a problem of this kind in the United
States is through the Pension Bureau,
via Congress.
They Favor Cuban Reciprocity.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Almost all of the Eastern correspond
ents have got it into their heads that be
cause Tawney, McCleary, Stevens and
Fletcher were renominated, two of them
without any opposition and two by large
majorities over their competitors, Minne
sota is opposed to Cuban reciprocity. No
one knows better than the Congressmen
themselves that trils is not true. They
were renominated not because of their
attitude on this question but in spite of It
because they had proved themselves ex
perienced and useful men, whom the peo
ple of their districts were averse to throw
ing out for new members without ex
perience or Influence. Having lost three
of its experienced Congressman, Minnesota
could not afford to lose any more. Fur
thermore, there was not one of the Con
gressmen who was not kept busy explain
ing to his constituents that he was not
opposeiMo Cuban reciprocity, but only to
certain feature of the particular bill un
der consideration, and that he was In
thorough accord with the President.
Whether or not the latter claim squares
with the facts, the diligent use made
of both arguments indicated that there
was not misconception in the minds of
any of the delegation as to the attitude
of the people of Minnesota toward Cuban
reciprocity. The delegation will probably
not vote Indiscriminately for any bill that
is offered, "but every mother's son of them
ia pledged to support an honestly drawn
measure!. -
Indians Getting; CIvllIxed.
New York Sun.
It Is many years since the Tuscarora
Indians have held a "condolence," a cere
mony which the red men Is similar to
the inauguration of a President by the
whites. In explanation of this an old chief
says that the Indians no longer look upon
the ceremony of a "condolence" with the
reverence of old. The Tuscaroras are the
adopted children of the Six Nations, and
they say that the Onondagas, the fire
keepers of the nation, practically have
disqualified themselves for this honorable
position, and that the Tuscaroras no longer
look up to them as children are wont -to
do to a parent for advice and help. From
these feelings between the adopted chil
dren and the leading tribe of the Six Na
tions, it in evident that the Indians are
clinging closer to civilization and the white
man's customs, and that a chasm Is open
ing between the Indian tribes of the
state. As a result of this severance of
tribal relations, -the Indians of Western
New York are looking forward to citi
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
One Way ot Looking; nt It.
Likevlew Examiner.
It will be a long time before the people
consent to destroy the present prosperity
even for the sake of destroying the trusts.
Imperialism No Longer an Issne.
Weiser World.
Thank Heaven we don't hear the Demo
cratlc orators talking about Imperialism j
any more. One by one their lssucc; van
Ish.
Gracious, Has It Come to Thisr
Aberdeen Sun.
The President having failed to make an
Impression on those interested in the
strike the only remedy now Is an ap
peal to God Almighty.
Little Poorer, After AU.
Astoria Astorian.
The President of the United States has
little power after all. He has to beg
both libor and capital obstinate mules
both of them, at times.
Good Shall Come of Evil.
Seattle Times.
If the hardships caused to certain in
dustries by this coal strike shall teach
them the folly of utter dependence upon
one set of men, then some good will have
come out of it.
Independence at the. Price of Churl
ishness. Salem Journal.
All the echoes of the Portland Ore
gonlan says $500,000 for the Portland Jair,
but none of them ask where the money
ls to come from. Who wouldn't be an
echo?"
Socialism Preferable to Anarchy.
Milton Eagle.
The Democratic state platform in New
York declares for Government ownership
of anthracite coal mines. This, of course,
would mem socialism, but If a choice
must be mide between socialism and the
present state of anarchy, give us social
ism. The people would at least be able
to procure coal to keep them from freez
ing. Where He Always Was Popular.
Dayton Dispatch.
If President Roosevelt effects an
equitable settlement of the strike diffi
culties, he will naturally strengthen his
chances for a large vote among the
people for President if the money powers
should not defeat him for the nomina
tion. In that case the voters would
hardly stand by a man that was put
up by the monopolies over Mr. Roose
velt. Must Be Made n Snccess.
McMlnnvllle Telephone-Register.
The directors of the Lewis and Clark,
Fair are considering the amount that the
Legislature ought to appropriate in aid
of the exposition. Five hundred thousand
dollars is the sum oftenest named as be
ing about the proper thing. .It Is said
that the amount could be raised on two
levies of 1 mills each. It seems that tne
state ought to be very liberal in this
matter and set a good example for tne
neighboring states and the general gov
ernment. The fair must be made a suc
cess. Not "Knocking," but "Rapping."
Waltsburg Times.
The "knocker" has no plice In any
community, and any place is better off
without the fellow who says that the
town he lives in is no good, that the
people are not enterprising, that It will
never go ahead, etc., etc.; but on the
other hand there are a whole -lot of
people In every community that need
waking up, and an occasional crack on
the knuckles Is a good thing. There
is a vast difference between "knocking"
and a "rapping" sometimes, and some
communities need vigorous application of
the latter.
Outloolc for "Old Willnmette.
Salem Statesman.
President ColQman, of Willamette Uni
versity, expresses the belief that the
debt of the institution will be paid by
the first of the year, less than three
months hence. Evidently some more
good news in prospect. If this can be
accomplished, and the endowment fund
increased to $100,000, the year 1903 will
see the beginning of great things for the
school. It will go forward with a steady
swing that will do great credit to the
patronizing church In the Northwest, and
great good to the city where It Is located.
Of Much Benefit to Eastern Oregon.
Union Republican.
The state experiment station at Union
Is destined to become of untold benefit
to the eistern part o'f the state. Ad
ditional funds for the maintenance of
the station will be asked of the Legis
lature at the approaching session, and It
is believed If the real merits of the in
stitution can be understood by the law
makers at Salem, Just recognition will
be given and the station given sufficient
funds with which to carry on the work
commensurate with its importance. The
executive committee of the Board of
Regents. In Its recent report, says It
has been agreed to ask .for an appropri
ation of $20,000 for the making of improve
ments on the farm and the erection of
needed buildings.
The Gambling Issue.
Eugene Register.
No city or community can afford to
leave as a legacy to the rising generation
the theory that the success of local gov
ernment Is based upon how much vice
and crime can be Injected into it for rcv
nue's sake. Such conditions are a men
ace'' to good government; and are the very
foundation of all the rottenness in local
politics and municipal affairs such as ex
emplifies Itself ever and anon in our mc-
If Portland wants to purify Its politics
It must begin by curmng tne vices mat.
nrovnii unA Hirht now It has a city gov
ernment with nerve requisite to do that
very thing.
The city has begun right by refusing to
uninMc the eates of resnectabllity to free
access of every known vice, and the
course being pursued meets tne nearty ap
proval of the entire state, wnen Port
land becomes the model our less preten
tious cltleo will proceed at once to cut
the cloth of municipal government after
the same pattern.
Tribute to Governor Whitenker.
Eugene Guard.
John Whlteaker Is dead! Dead among
the people some of whom, at least, first
knew him in the flush of young and vigor
ous manhood, then in maturer years, and
latterly when old age had brought the
frailties so well described In holy writ,
though not affecting the bluff though
kindly disposition of the old man.
John Whlteaker was a character. He
lived his own life without regard to the
prejudices of others, no matter how inti
mate he might have been with them. Hie
sturdy, rugged nature despised shams and
frauds, and even firm friends were not
secure from his sharp shafts of irony
when they tried to appear other than they
were. He was often spoken of an "Hon
est John Whlteaker." While men deserve
no particular credit for being honest, it
may well be said that John Whlteaker
deserved the name in every particular.
He was honest In private business. In the
man" responsible public positions he
filled, and, better still, perhaps. In his
opinions. He curried no favor, allowed jio
man to mold, him to his will. He was
himself.
He will come and go no more among
us, yet his influence will not cease to live
In the state for which he so well helped
lay the deep and substantial foundations'.
It was a kindly ending of a well-rounded
life.
TARIFF COMMISSION 1 COMMENDED
Xews Gathered by trie Jf. Y. Commercial.
Abram S. Hewitt, Well - Known
Democrat.
I am free to, say that the tariff undoubt
edly needs revision. This revision, in or
der to be Intelligent, must be preceded
by an exhaustive Inquiry into the condi
tion of every branch of manufacture and
its relation to the export and Import
trade of the country. No committee of
Congress can by any possibility make
such an Investigation, and therefore a
commission should be entrusted with the
work nnd report to Congress before any
legislation is Initiated. I do not think
that a permanent commission will be
necessary, but there ought to exist in tho
Treasury Department a permanent board
of customs, where .the necessary informa
tion can be accumulated and made availa
ble to all Inquiries, whether in Congress
or out of it. The statistical bureau fur
nishes in the main the necessary informa
tion, so far as figures are concerned, but
it has no Jurisdiction over grievances of
any kind and no power of Investigation.
The board of oustoms ought to be
charged with this duty In order that the
new condition?, which are constantly de
veloped by the growth of the country,
may have proper consideration, and any
evils which may result may be promptly
removed.
Andrew Carnegie, the Steel King.
My opinion Is that tho tariff as a pro
tective measure has lost much of its im
portance, and is now to be considered
principally in regard to revenue.
A permanent commission, such as Is
suggested, would have to do something,
and woiild therefore always be meddling.
when what Is needed is a period of rest-
between changes.
As for reciprocity, there Is very little
In it, in my opinion, not enough to jus
tify the Irritation and disappointment in
cident to it..
I had the great pleasure of knowing
Mr. Blaine intimately and of conferring
with him upon this matter, j His Idea
was that we should arrange-reciprocity
with the South American republics es
pecially, admitting their products free,
which we do not produce here, and they
in turn admitting ours free, but I know
now that the South American republics
cannot give us any preference without
offending European nations, with whom
them have important- commercial rela
tions. General William F. Draper, ex-Ambassador
to Italy.
Talcing the tariff out of politics has a
pleasing sound, but I am one of those
who believe that it cannot be taken out
and ought not to be. Something can be
done, however, to minimize the depression
to business which always results from
uncertainty pending tariff legislation.
The prosperity of the past two or three
years is, to my mind, an Indication that
the present tariff is well suited to our Na
tional needs, but no instrument is perfect,
and changing circumstances will proba
bly make Borne changes necessary every
few years. Such a commission as tho
Commercial proposes could ascertain
what changes. If any, are desirable, with
a view to simplifying and expediting ne
work of Congress when the -subject Is
again taken up.
John II. Converse, Bnldirin Locomo
tive Works.
I think a permanent Tariff and Reci
procity Commission would be an admira
ble thing and go a long way to keep
tariff and reciprocity, which, under our
present system, go together, on a surer
basis. If the bill to authorize a new
department of commerce and labor goes
through, the commission might properly
be associated with it. My thought Is that
It should be appointed by the President,
and while, of course, Congress would con
tinue the body of last resort, the recom
mendation of the commlrsion would nat
urally carry great weight.
John Butler Smith, ex-Governor of
New Hampshire.
Tariff changes are needed in the chang
ing conditions of our Industrial life and
growth. Reciprocal trade is a popular
idea with our people. Such a conception
and development of the reciprocity idea
as shall not nullify protection, but be
in harmony with its true principles
would be a great boon to our country.
All this, in my opinion, Includes pro
tection to American ships, that we may
do our own ocean carrying. These much
desired results could be greatly aided by
a competent commission. "Marrying in
haste and repenting at leisure" has too
often characterized tariffs and treaties;
hence I warmly indorse the Commercial's
suggestion of a tariff and reciprocity
commission. It will be the shortest road
to needed changes, because It will furnish
in advance the information that other
wise Congress muottake a long time to
get.
David N. Parry, President Nntionnl
Manufacturers' Association.
It is the very thing that should have
been done long ago. The tariff question
is not necessarily one of politics, and It
ought to have been taken out of politics
like the money question. Long before
this every one has acquiesced in the Judg
ment of the monetary commission. You
don't hear anything 'about dollars now.
The tariff question is one of so many In
tricacies and so- far-reaching in Its rela
tion to business matters that It ought not
to be put In the hands of jacks of all
trades, but In the hands of a specific com
mission that would give it Its' entire time
and attention. If this commission should
be made up of the best advised men, the
question would be settled for years to
come by their action.
As to the sentiment among manufac
turers regarding a commission, I believe
it is universally in favor of one. The
only dissenters would be the politicians,
who would have nothing to talk about.
From a business point of view the appoint
ment of a commission is the proper thing,
for the commission would make a study of
the question and reach conclusions that
would make no disturbance in business.
ThaddcnH S. SharretM, Special Com
missioner of the United States
to China.
I have read with a great deal of- inter
est the remarks of President Roosevelt at
Indianapolis, suggesting the creation of
a commission whose duty it should be to
revise the tariff. I concur fully In the
view expressed by the President that it
would be advisable to take the tariff as far
as practicable out of politics. I also con
cur heartily with his views as to the ne
cessity of protecting American mechan
ics arid manufacturers against the cheaper
labor nnd cheaper raw material of other
countries.
It seems to me that a commission of
competent men, whose duty It would be
to revise the tariff at such frequent Inter
vals as the conditions of trade required,
would minimize the disturbances which af
fect the commerce of the country on the
occasion of a general tariff revision.
It would seem to me that proper duties
could be established by a comparison of
Imports with kindred domestic articles.
When the imports greatly exceeded the
domestic production the duties on such
goods could be Increased, while goods that
are manufactured altogether in foreign
countries, and do not affect the commerce
of our country might have the duties
thereon lessened materially without Injur
ing our home manufactures.
Judge SomervIHe, Chairman of
Board of Classifications of the
U. S. General Appraisers.
I have for many years advocated the es
tablishment of such a commission as a
wise and useful step toward the advance
ment of a tariff reform in which both of
the political parties can participate with
out sacrifice of principle.
Such a commission should be composed
of not less than seven men, who should be
selected, partly with reference to locality,
so as to have represented every section of
the country; but especially with reference
to their high character, acknowledged abil
ity and fairness ot judgment It should
be nonpartisan, and not bipartisan, as
far as practicable.
' ' . ' NOTE AND COMMENT.
You Can't Always Tell.
When I came down, as usual, this morn
ing to my work,
I brought my new umbrella down all
right.
But I left It at the barber's where -I
stopped to get a shave.
And I never thought of. It again till
night
Now you know what always comes to
pass in cases of this kind,
Tou can guess what happened then when
I went back;
I looked for that umbrella in the shop as
I went home
And found it where I left It In the rack.
Young Spender rushed me out of ten a
month or more ago;
He'd got a telegram or some such guff;
He did It all so sudden that'I hadn't time
to think,
And thoughtlessly I parted with the
stuff.
He's never known -to pay a debt; he
dodged me op thr street.
His damnable behavior made me hot.
You can easy guess what happened when
I asked him for the stuff,
Why4he punglcd .up the ten upon tho
spot.
Old Moneybags was dying, and his useless,
scapegrace son.
Was never known to draw a sober
breath;
And everybody knew the will would surely
cut him off. "
Or otherwise he'd drink himself to death.
And when the will was opened, you can
guess what It contained.
For chanties and churches I don't
think;
For it left, his whole possessions to Young
Moneybags intact, y
And he's never . since been kr.own to
take a drink.
If you're watchful as you go along, you'll
very often see
Bread and butter falling right side up
with care:
It will often turn out chilly, when you
take your overcoat.
And when ycu leave It home the day'll
te fair.
If the thirteenth Is on Friday, you will
often have good luck.
Many trees grow different from the
twig's incline:
Still waters sometimes run no deeper than
the noisiest.
Fine birds are often made by feathers
fine
You will very often gain in speed by mere
ly making haste.
The cat that leaves you seldom will come
back;
You will often find a deal of smoke, wlta-
out a spark of fire.
' And the shipwrecked youth may double
on his track.
You're sure of one thing, and that is of
nothing you are sure.
Wise savings oft are contradictions flat;
Kind Providence has ordered that the men
who know it all
Are frequently found talking through
their hat.
The pennant Is ours for four more
days.
The Phoenix can now be addressed at
Gervais, Or.
Deacon Bacr seems to have' convinced
Governor Stone that the Lord Is on the
side of the heaviest artillery.
Talking for publication and. talking be
fore a grand jury appear to require dif
ferent brands of vocal ability.
The late Mr. Bryan still moans about
our "apparent prosperity." It is appar
ent to everybody but Mr. Bryan.
A French duel lasted' 25 minutes, and
then the doctors took a hand. The duel
ists, kept "out ot danger" as long as fMy
could.
The chauffeur of the Portland's White
Flyer automobile says he does not run
fast; people simply think It -is fast This
Is not a mlle-a-mlnute country.
The Irrigation Congress misses a great
chance if It declines to put new life into
the Trans-Mississippi Congress. It 13
about the most arid body in the world.
The G. A. It is worrying a deal about
the proposal to build a monument for R.
E. Lee. Along about 1S62 a scheme to
provide a tombstone for the General
would have received a large and enthus
iastic subscription from the G. A. R.
In his "Reminiscences" Frederick Gooa
all tells a story of the Duke of Wellington
as an art connoisseur. He paid Wllkie
600 guineas for his. "Chelsea Pensioners"
and laboriously counted out the amount
lh cash. When the artist suggested tha$
It would be less trouble to write a check,
the great duke retorted that he would not
let his bankers know "what a damn fool
t have been to spend 600 guineas for a pic
ture." Tho site of the lost Indian city, Mas
coutens, which was reported as having
20,000 inhabitants In 1675. has been deter
mined by the labors of Thomas Cllthero,
of Portage, Wis., now extended over many
years. It was the largest city In all In
dian history, so far as United StatC3
territory is concerned, and the descrip
tions of the Jesuits in the course of tho
17th century, closing with Marquette and
Joilet In 1673, ore oald to have been veri
fied. A student at Berkeley contributes the
following: Many ludicrous mistakes are
made by foreigners in grasping the mean
ing of some of our common English ex
pressions. -Ayoung German attending
the university translated "The spirit 13
willing, but the flesh Is weak" into "The
ghost Is willing, but the meat is not able."
And a Filipino youth fairly set the class
in an uproar by the statement that "Out
of sight, out of mind" meant "The invisi
ble is Insane."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Hlllls Whtw! Why do you have your offlce
as hot as an oven? Wlllls-Ifs where I make
my dally bread. Town and Country-
"So you are going to pet an automobile?"
"Yes " answered the man who is always think
ing of his health. "The doctor says I mtist
walk more." Washington Star.
While splitting rail the other day our leading
poet severely sprained both his hands, and now
he cannot lift a glass of "moonshine" to his
lips without assistance. Atlanta Constitution.
"Alice says that book she's reading is very
good " "Yes. she even got so Interested in It
in the street-car that she let several women
get up and go out without looking up to sea
how their dresses hung." Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin.
"Why." said the Indignant housekeeper, "I
gave you a piece of cake last week, sir!"
"YeB'm," replied Weary "Willie, "but dey's
been so many tragedies lately I wanted t' ea
yer mind by showin' y dat I'm still UvinV
Baltimore News.
"What do you conceive to be the solution ot
the trust problem. Senator?" asked his constit
uent. "Well." said Senator Lotsmun, "the
trusts will have to be wiped out. of course, but
It's got to be done with a chloroformed rag. so
they wont know It." Chicago Evening Post.
"The Hindoos," declared the returned trax--eler,
"have a lfgend that once upon a time for
a whole year every one on earth was drunk."
"I suppose." ventured the little man In tha
corner, "that that is what Is meant by 'the ful
ness of time. which is so often referred to."
Baltimore American.
Tess You remember that silly fellow whom
May Poser rejected? He committed suicide to
day. Jess Gracious! I suppose May feels aw
ful about it. Tess Yes, Indeed. You see ho
neglected to leave a note for the newspapers
to publish declaring her to be the cause of It
Philadelphia Press.
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