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6 THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDXT, MAY 20, 1903. JEatared at tha Postofflee at Portland, Ongcm, as second-class matter. BEVIBED EU3SCKIRPTION KATES. By Mall tpostage prepaid, la advance) Pally, with Sunday, per month J0.S5 pally, Sunday excepted, per year..... T.50 Dally, with Sunday, per year. 8 00 Sunday, per yeax .... ............ 2.00 The Weekly, per year 1-N Tbe Weekly, 3 month. SO ' T? c,ty Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday cepted18o Daily, per week. -delivered. Sunday included. 20o POSTAGE HATES. United States, Canada and Mexico 10 to 14-page papr.. 16 to 80-page paper. 1 2 to 44-page papar ..3 a Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonian should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonian." not to the name f any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscription or to any business matter should b.addressed' simply "The Oregonian." 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For sale in Omaha by Barkalow Broa, 1612 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co., 1303 Farnam street. For tale in Ogden by W. O. Kind. 114 35th street; Jas. H. Crockwell. 22 25th street. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C, by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 600-812 Seventeenth street; Louth an Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAT'S WEATHER Partly cloudy, with showers; slightly warmer; westerly winds. TESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 58 deg.; minimum temperature, 42 deg.; precipitation. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M., .04 Inch. PORTXiAXD, "WEDNESDAY, 3IA.Y 20. THE ICISHIXEF OUTRAGES. "What Count Casslni says about the amiable purposes of the Russian gov ernment may be admitted -without much question. But his defense of the anti Semitic fury of the Russian peasantry falls to the ground. There is no defense for it; nor can the responsibility of the St Petersburg authorities be evaded, so easily as he thinks. Russia's com mon people are in the barbaric twilight of the Middle Ages, and that Is the dis creditable reason why they believe such preposterous yarns as the use of Chris tian blood for the Passover celebration. The Russian excuse is In effect that the Jews are money-lenders. This Is a very small plaster for a very big wound. It Is the old excuse offered in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries for Jew murders. "When the nobility of Europe joined the crusades, they bor rowed money of the Jewsr and when they returned from Palestine bankrupt these lawless Barons stirred up anti Jew mobs in order to murder their creditors. The nobility . could or would not-pay, so they slew the Jews on vari ous pretexts. They told the people that the Jews killed Christian Infants at the feast of the Passover, and the Ignorant, superstitious mob murdered the Jews right and left The Plantagenet Kings of England desired to protect the Jews for selfish reasons, but the fierce Barons v.-pre too strong for them. The Jews of York were murdered and robbed, and finally Edward I of England was forced against his will to banish the Jews from his kingdom, a decree that was reversed by the great statesman Oliver Crom well. In Germany the Jews were murdered N and put to the torture, and in Spain they were murdered, sent to the stake and finally banished by Ferdinand' and Isabella, the brutal persecutors of the Moors. "When Spain drove the Moors from the kingdom she banished the fin est artisans, the most Ingenious manu facturers, the most gifted architects of her population, and when Spain expat riated the Jews she lost her most intel ligent and law-abiding people a people who had fought bravely for Spain until her cruelty drove them to take refuge in Morocco. The Russian peasant stands today In intelligence and humanity not above the masses of- the common people of the Middle Ages. His senseless, furious barbarity proves it If the Jew is a money-lender in Russia, he is a money lender under Russian law, which Is probably not very tender of his rights. In India the ryots borrow money of the village money-lender, but when their improvidence brings them to destitution the Hindoo mobs do not murder the vil lage money-lenders, because the British government would not permit such an outrage. If the reason for Jew mas sacres assigned by the Russian Ambas sador is the true explanation of the mob massacres in Russia, it does not reflect upon the Jews at all. It only re flects upon the frightful ignorance and ferocity of the Russian peasants and upon the shameful indifference of the Russian government to crimes by the mob that -would not be permitted in any civilized country in the world. The Russian Ambassadors explanation is a frightful Indictment not only of the character of the Russian peasantry, but of the quality of his government -A government that has a standing army of over a million of bayonets that can not prevent a mob from murdering their Jew neighbors as recklessly and as cru elly as the Apaches were wont in for mer years to kill the men, women and children of a white emigrant train is a burlesque on civilized rule. It may serve to remind us again how impo tent mere rage and fury in power are to crush ignorant brutlshness, whether the nihilists of Russia or the rape fiends of our Southern States. In Russia, as -elsewhere, the Jew's po sition is largely what has been made for him by the persecution of 20 centuries. The anti-Semitic hate of UK generally liberal Roman Empire s reflected in the sneer of that accomplished man of the world, the poet Horace. The Jew is a trader chiefly because he has been forced Into trade by laws which denied him access to the learned professions and to the ownership of land. Original ly a pastoral and agricultural people, the Hebrews have ornamented every profession, including that of arms, and every trade where they have been per mitted to toil. One hardly knows which to pity more, the persecuted Russian Jew in his misery or the Slav peasant sunk oceans deep in the most hopeless ignorance and brutality. Perhaps there is more hope for the Jews they can be helped by their generous compatriots the world over to migrate, but for the Russian masses there Is scarcely a gleam of promise. The Kishinef out rage is a choice bequest of age-rlong su perstition. "What crimes, alas, are com mitted in religion's name! PEXKSYIjVAXIA'S libel xaw. Something more, perhaps, ought to be said in explanation of the motives that led to the enactment of the now celebrated libel law of Pennsylvania. It is drastic indeed. The political bosses put It through with the design of muzzling the opposition of the press to the jobs they have always In view, and the Governor signed it in the hope of procuring immunity from the car toonists who have been turning him into ridicule for his subserviency to ring purposes. The Philadelphia Press thus explains the general motive: The act Is distinctly designed to gag the press in the interest of the plunderers and against the Interest of the people. It was plotted in 6ecret, withheld from the knowledge of all whose rights and Interests were at stake, sprung upon the Legislature at the last mo ment, rushed through in defiance of the consti tution, all opportunity of hearing and amend ment denied, and forced on unwilling legis lators under lash and spur. Punitive damages may be obtained for the publication of statements or cartoons that any one may say has hurt his feelings or annoyed his family. Public offlelals and political bosses of Pennsylvania have taken this method to secure exemption from criticism, censure and ridicule; but the effect of the law has been to stimulate the very things it was Intended to repress. The newspapers of the state, without distinction of party, challenge the Leg islature, the' Governor and the authors of the act, by redoubling their efforts to publish effective satirical cartoons and articles of caustic criticism. They announce their purpose to continue publication on the lines hitherto fol lowed, Ignoring the existence of the new law or defying Its penalties. The car toons, since the act was passed, are specially severe; nor does it appear that the bosses or officials possess courage even to try to bring the authors under the penalties so elaborately defined. In his message approving the act the Gov ernor made this statement: A cartoon in a dally journal of May 2 defines the question with entire precision. An ugly little dwarf represenUng the Governor of the Commonwealth stands on a crude stooL Tho stool is subordinate to and placed alongside of a huge printing press, with wheels as large as those of an ox-team, and all are so arranged as to give the idea that when the press starts the stool and its occupant will bo thrown to the ground. Put Into words, the cartoon asserts to the world that the press is above the law and greater in strength than the Government. Next morning the paper in question printed a fresh cartoon based on the former one, showing the press actually In motion, and the "ugly little dwarf" and the "crude stool" making remark able gyrations. The first proceeding under the new act Is a suit by a noted cartoonist against the Governor for a statement alleged to be libelous; and in the cor respondence between the parties the Governor certainly shows with little ad vantage. A united press all over the state is "making it hot" for every mem ber who voted for the act, and the car toonists never were so busy before. The proprietor of the Philadelphia North American says: We are going to express ourselves Just as freely as ever, with even more vigor. If possi ble. Instead of being deterred by this. Ours is an anti-Quay paper. Tho law was aimed at us, but we mean to continue exposing thieves and nailing thugs as we have in the past. If the authors of the law have any courage at all, there will be cases in the courts against the newspapers very, soon. The newspapers invite prosecu tion and defy a law aimed at the liberty of the press. The curious spectacle is presented of the newspapers of a state making an effort to provoke test cases against themselves. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. The municipal ownership bill recently enacted by the Legislature of Illinois empowers the cities of that state to own, acquire, construct, maintain and operate street railways within their own limits, and to lease them, if they so desire, for periods not longer than twenty years. It Is necessary that a vote must be taken and a favorable ma jority given before tho act can be In force in any city. Then the proposition that the city build or buy street-car lines must be submitted to the people by a three-fifths vote before the City Council can proceed to carry it into effect On the question of Issuing bonds or certificates to pay for such railways there must be a two-thirds favorable vote. The City Council Is to have the power to regulate fares and charges where the city operates the roads Itself, and to incorporate such terms and con ditions into franchises and leases as it deems for the best interest of the pub lic. It is also provided that the street railways owned and operated or leased by a city may carry not 6nly passen gers and their baggage, but also par cels, packages and the mall, and be used for any other purpose the City Council may desire. The first trial of the law will doubt less be made In Chicago, where the franchises of some of the street rail ways will soon expire and an experi ment will be made with them either by the city owning and operating or leas ing the lines. This Important measure was drawn up by attorneys for the Chicago Municipal Voters' League, and its enactment was so bitterly opposed by the street railway Interests as to bring on a disgraceful riot in the House. Illinois is the first state in the Union to make way for a general trial of mu nicipal ownership In the case of rail ways. Toronto, Canada, owns and leases Its street railways, and Glasgow, Scotland, owns and operates them. A majority of the cities of our country own and operate their own water works. A number of municipalities own and operate their electric lighting plant and a few own and operate their own gas lighting business. But the only street railroad track In the United States under public ownership stretches across the Brooklyn bridge, New Xork. On the other hand, city ownership is widespread in England, and in many cases extends beyond the mu nicipal ownership of the supply of water, lighting and locomotive power, slaughter-houses, lodging-houses, mar ket halls, docks, piers and quays. The Liverpool Dally Post says that Doncas ter, Chester and Lincoln own race courses, from which they derive con siderable income.- The corporation of the City of Bath owns the hot springs, nearly all the cold springs and the pumprooms; Bournemouth owns the "Winter gardens and the golf links, which are provided with an excellent orchestra. Harrowgate obtains a large revenue from the baths and springs, the "Winter garden, the theater and concert-rooms. Leamington owns its baths; and pumprooms; Southport draws about 517,500 a year from pleasure-boats in the marine parks, and Brighton is the own er of the royal pavilion and local aquar ium. The Corporation of Colchester owns a famous oyster fishery; Bradford owns- a hotel in connection with the public markets, and Plymouth owns the Royal Hotel and Theater. The City of Bristol has corporation workshops in which the carts and barrows of the street-cleaning department are built and repaired, harness made and mend ed, horses shod. More than 10,000 per sons are employed in the various de partments of the Glasgow Corporation, where all the common services have been municipalized except the ceme teries. More than 228 towns own public market-places, producing an aggregate an nual Income of $2,760,000 and a net profit' in relief of taxes of $418,910. Liverpool's markets net annually to the taxpayers the sum of $72,860. Manchester's mar kets contribute an annual average sum of $75,000 in aid of rates. The ratepay ers of Nottingham, Leicester and Black burn benefit in each town to the amount of $20,000 annually from their markets, while the markets of Norwich, Derby, Oldham, "Warrington, Bolton, "Wolver hampton and Swansea return each an nually from $10,000 to $15,000 to the rate payers. Liverpool has municipalized Its street railways, and the change has led to better service, cheaper fares, in creased traffic and larger profits, while the condition of the employes has been greatly Improved in regard to pay and the hours of labor. The City of Leeds, which took over Its street railways in 1884, has obtained from them for the last four years an annual average sum of $204,380 in relief of rates, and the Hull street railways yield about $115,000 annually for the same purpose. The City of Liverpool makes $60,000 annual ly out of its electric light plant and Manchester made $38,000 last year from the same department Leeds, Notting ham, Sheffield, Bolton, Leicester, South port, Lancaster and Chester each make an annual net profit out of their electric light department of over $5000. One hundred and ninety-three towns own their own water supply, yielding an av erage net profit of $450,640. One hun dred towns that own gas works make an average net profit yearly of $1,974,125 in all. The Manchester gas works con tributes in aid of the rates $250,000, Sal ford $121,025, Nottingham $120,900, Bir mingham $114,065, Leicester $108,725, and Bolton $104,660. LOUISIANA'S UNFORESEEN GREAT NESS. " A correspondent recently argued" in The Oregonian that Jefferson, in the matter of the Louisiana Purchase, "sim ply Ignored his former personal opin ion of the Constitution and submitted to the popular will." As a matter of fact, the leading members of Jeffer son's party, like Senator Nicholas, of Kentucky, held that the Louisiana Purchase was entirely legitimate, and that no constitutional amendment was necessary. It is said that no less a man than Chief Justice Marshall, an old-time Virginia Federalist, intimated to Jefferson that this was his opinion, and Alexander Hamilton held the same view. Before the Louisiana Purchase had been consummated by our Commis sioners, Senator Ross, of Pennsylvania, a Federalist, offered a resolution au thorizing the President to take posses sion of New Orleans, and providing for a force of 30,000 men and an appropria tion of S5,O0O;OO0. The proposition failed, but Jefferson knew from the temper of the country that we must have Louisiana Territory If not by purchase, then by seizure and war. The great body of the Federalists In Congress opposed the scheme on strict ly constitutional grounds, while many of them believed with Senator Ross In marching an army to New Orleans and seizing the country. Jefferson admit ted the transaction to be without con stitutional warrant, but he defended it on the ground of necessity the'' neces sity of National expediency. There are never wanting "constitu tional" arguments on the- part of the opposition to. all great measures that are carried forward to success. There was no lack of "great statesmen" who declared it unconstitutional for Lincoln to march United States soldiers into a state in rebellion against the Union, but National necessity has always found tha Constitution as elastic as the human skin, which expands with the growth of the human Body. Jefferson and Na poleon both did well, but both doubt less bullded better than they knew. Napoleon knew that a British fleet was concentrating in the gulf with the evi dent intention to take possession of the Mississippi River, and he could not de fend it He needed money, so he sold it to the United States as the only power that would be sure to defend It and be sure to grow strong through Its acquisition. Napoleon knew that he was nourishing a power that certainly would not be hostile to France, and was quite likely to become Involved in war with England. It was a master political stroke on the part .of Bona parte, and it bore fruit a few years later, for the absence of "Wellington's veterans In America, whither they were sent after Napoleon's abdication in 1814, gave Napoleon a better fighting chance than he could have had otherwise in the campaign of "Waterloo. It is probably true that even the prevision of the extraordinary genius of Napoleon did not grasp the vast ul lmate consequences of his sale of Lou isiana to the United States, for this purchase not only fixed our fate as one of the great powers of the earth, but it wrested forever from Great Britain all hope of permanent supremacy in. North America. If Napoleon had not sold it to the United States, Great Brit ain would have seized and through her navy would have controlled the Mis sissippi so completely that our expan sion would have been stopped by It Controlling the St Lawrence and the Great Lakes on the north, the Missis sippi on the west and the Gulf of Mex ico on the south, Great Britain, by the possession of Louisiana would have be come the arbiter of our fate. Napo leon possibly did not discern all thl3, but he doubtless appreciated that he had dealt a master stroke against the permanent supremacy of Great Britain in North America when he placed New Orleans and the control of the Missis sippi In the hands of the United States and thus allowed the young Republic a full chance to grow without restraint and become one of the giant powers of the earth. Measured by its vast and far-reaching consequences, by its influ ence on the fate and destiny of both Great Britain and the United States, the sale of Louisiana to this country was one of the greatest and most mem orable acts of Napoleon's life. A man of less genius than Napoleon would have hesitated and haggled over the matter until the British had sefaced New Orleans, and France had no Lou isiana to sell, until France had lost Lou isiana to the same hand that had wrest ed from her all of Canada. It is prob ablef too, that Jefferson did not fully appreciate the enormous value of the Louisiana Purchase to the perpetuity of the Union. He probably saw that if this territory passed under British con trol Kentucky and the other American communities established on the tribu taries of the Mississippi would eventu ally be drawn by their economic Inter ests toward the power that owned the mouth of the -Mississippi. Kentucky, Tennessee, Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois would probably have become in dependent or would have consented to become subjects of the power that owned the mouth of the Mississippi and controlled access to the Gulf of Mexico. Possibly Jefferson knew all this, but he probably did not foresee our Civil "War, when the possession of the Mississippi was the strongest Incentive to the "West to oppose the Southern Confederacy. To be beaten In Virginia was perllousj but the recovery of New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley by the capture of Vlcksburg and Port Hudson saved the Union. The loss of the Mississippi would have drawn the "Western States in Its valley ultimately into the Confederacy. The thirtieth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at New Orleans yesterday was addressed by General John B. Gordon, who at 71 years of age Is the most distinguished survivor of the eminent Captains of the South save General Longs treet Gen eral Gordon has an article in the cur rent number of Scrlbner's describing the part he took during the Civil "War. It is written in a spirit of great candor and fairness, and General Gordon re cites the construction of the Federal Constitution generally held at the South and contrasts it with that held by the Union men at the North. He confesses that he sees clearly today how an hon est and sincere difference of opinion was possible, and believes that the vast ma jority of the soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies were equally sincere and patriotic as they were equally gal lant in battle. General Gordon cites his tory, to prove that New England was on the eve of secession in 1814 when the news of peace negotiated with England at Ghent arrived, and he confesses that several' of the leaders of public opinion in Georgia like B. H. Hill and Alexan der H. Stephens had always been strongly opposed to secession. There were others elsewhere in the South, such as General Bragg in Louisiana, Generals Lee, Joe Johnston, Early and "WIckham In Virginia, who were strong ly opposed to secession, but General Gordon says that after the first shot was fired all differences of opinion ceased at the South more completely even than they did at the North. Gen eral Gordon is a man of deep piety, a man of veracity, and his story of the rise and fall of the Confederacy will be read with great interest, because he treats the great struggle purely as a memorable historic event the influence of whose far-reaching consequences to the whole country has not yet begun to be exhausted. General Gordon was as pious a man as "Stonewall" Jack son, and as gallant and energetic a sol dier. He commanded the last sortie of Lee's army against the lines of Grant before Petersburg, March 23, 1865, sur prised and captured Fort -Steadman and two other redoubts, and with proper support might have won the success his gallantry deserved. It is due to General Gordon to say that he person ally executed witty wonderful skill and success the movement by which Gen eral Early surprised and routed two corps of the Union Army at Cedar Creek. The voice of Gordon since the Civil "War has always been In deprecation of all sectional bitterness, and this was the spirit that pervaded the address he de livered yesterday to his old comrades in arms. General Gordon is as gentle spirited and kindly in peace as he was gallant in war. Easy enough to say, as J. B. Zelgler said In a letter printed yesterday, that the money we shall spend on the Ex position would be better spent in "building public highways, in advertis ing attractions to immigrants," etc. Easy, indeed, to say such things; but to raise for these objects any such sum as has been raised for the Exposition would be Impossible. Theory, in the run of practical affairs, seldom comes to anything. Already people are spend ing on. roads and on advertising for im migrants all the money they are willing to spend directly for those objects. The Exposition is wanted for variety and entertainment, as well as for utility. It is wanted as a departure from the monotony of humdrum existence if for no other reason. And yet it is believed it will call people to Oregon and to the surrounding states as np other move ment or effort would. Many people there are who at times like something new, and want' an outing from the te dious school of old Dr. Dryasdust But we still have Imitators of the economist and moralist who complained that the ointment was not sold for three hun dred pence and the money given to the poor. Concerning the pronunciation of the name of the President of the United States, his uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt, writes to the New York Sun as follows: In English, when we try to distinguish the long from the short "o" we get into trouble. In Dutch they do not. The double "o" is sim ply -a long "o." The word "Boos" means rose, and is pronounced In identically the same way under all circumstances and in all combina tions. So the -first syllable of the President's name Is "Rose," pure and simple. But the following "e," like the short. German "e," or like the silent. French "e," when read In poetry Is ellghtly aspirated. An English analogy Is the word "the," a word that our chairman must have come across In his "reading and speech culture." It is not pronounced at all as it Is spelt, not like "thee," but with a sort 'of "th" " and a breath stopped by the tongue on the teeth. So the name la "Rose-(uh)-velt." The "unfair platform" seems to be all right as -platforms go. Possibly It Is not as instinct with principle as those who denounce it would have the public believe, but is simply an Insensate thing that, like "scab steam," will serve a purpose in an emergency fairly welL Since extremists on either side of the labor controversy at Portland have ac cused The Oregonian of "unfairness," by this token It Is Inclined to believe that-its course has been as fair as could be expected, under ordinary hu man limitations. Postmaster-General Payne has de cided that the' rural free delivery letter carriers of the country can take a holi day oh Memorial day. -Hitherto these carriers there are more than 15,000 of them have had but one annual holiday, the Fourth of July. THREE VIEWS OF LABOR, Chicago Tribune. That good old legal jack-in-the-box, the doctrine of conspiracy, has bobbed up in Omaha. It has on its face its usual grin. It is so pleased frith Itself! It has again proved its right to be regarded as the most ingenious, facetious and tricksome legal toy that tho slcence of jurisprudence ever devised. For years its sudden and unexpected leaps out of its box have served mainly to agitate the laboring man. Now, just to show that no one- is beyond its sphere of influence, it has jumped up under the nose of the employer. "Its squeak is Just as disconcerting in one case as in the other. Tho T)n,ln,i ,Viini. A tin r ba is restrained (1) from conspiring to break: up labor .unions, and (2) from con spiring to injure employers who favor labor unions. The principle involved is closely related to the principle which led the Circuit Court of Missouri to dissolve the St Louis Association of Master Plumbers. There must be no industrial conspiracies. One master plumber may refuse to deal with another master plum ber, one business man may refuse to deal with another business man, but when there is an organization which handles an organized refusal to enter Into dealings then a situation arises whlch glyes the doctrine of conspiracy a chance to lift its head. If. therefore, the Omaha injunction Is made permanent the conclusion will be that the association of employers which have lately become so popular will be ex posed to the Bame Incalculable Jocular ities on the part of the doctrine of con spiracy which associations of employes now find so wearing. For & long time tho National Manufac turers' Association has been resisting the passage of the Federal anti-conspiracy bill. Thl3 bill provides that in industrial disputes nothing which is done by two or more persons shall be regarded as a con spiracy nnless when done by one person it would be unlawful. "Were such a bill passed, injunctions against associations of employes and of employers would be more difficult to secure. Now, let the courts grant a few moro injunctions against employers' associa tions, let tho doctrine of conspiracy turn its grin on the prominent citizen as well as on the obscure artisan, let the sauce which has been forced down the throat of the goose be served up to the gander, and won't the manufacturers' association begin to be converted to the theory that the science of law is always passing through an evolutionary process and that occasionally it gets rid of a disused or unnecessary organ, like, for Instance, tho doctrine of conspiracy? Anyway, whether all this happens or not, the Omaha unions are to be con gratulated on resorting to law rather than to force. Injunctions are- preferable as missiles to brickbats. The Injunction Habit. Chicago Inter Ocean. The "Walters' Union of " Omaha has shown that labor as well as capital can get injunctions. It has induced a court, on exactly the grounds alleged for In junctions against laborers, to forbid tho Business Men's Association, an organiza tion of- capital, to do exactly the things that former injunctions have forbidden la bor organizations to do. These things are, in general, boycotting, blacklisting, threats, intimidation and other conduct tending to injure the busi ness of the complainants. Of course the courts must be open equal ly to organizations, of labor and organiza tions of capital. All citizens and all law ful associations must be equal before the law. Judge Dickinson, who Issued the in junction on petition of the "Waiters' Union; has been ten years on the bench, and is reputed one of tho ablest jurists of Ne braska. Undoubtedly a prima facie case of con spiracy, boycotting and intimidation against the Business Men's Association was .presented. The avowed purpose of that organization, according to Omaha dispatches, is to "smash labor unions." Undoubtedly the court was convinced that Its acts had been in accord with Its avowed purposes. And yet, on its face, how ab surd such an injunction appears! However, if Judge Dickinson's concrete illustration of the lengths to which the injunction habit may go shall kelp to arouse the courts generally to the expedi ency of not meddling with affairs properly within the jurisdiction of the police, he will have Served his coantry well. For' there 13 a serious side to this con tinual running to the courts for Injunc tions, and to the complaisance with whloh many Judges listen to such prayers. To put forth powers so vast against disturbances so relatively trivial is like in sisting that a battery of artillery shall be called out to suppress every barroom brawl and that the Supreme Court of the United States shall adjust every clothes line and chicken dispute. Employers and "Union Methods. New York Journal of Commerce. The injunction of the Nebraska State Judge directed against the recently formed Business Men's Association at Omaha reads like a burlesque of some recent injunctions of United States Judges against labor unions, dt restrains that or ganization from threatening any person who employs or desires to employ union men, or refusing to sell supplies of com modities to employers of union men, or discriminating against them in prices, from coercing any person into joining the association; in short, from a variety of practices closely corresponding to those with which labor unions are charged. As this Injunction was apparently granted on the application of a reputable lawyer representing the labor unions, it is pre sumably to. be taken seriously, though it does not follow that the Business Men's Association was pursuing the tactics from which it is ordered to refrain. But in the associations formed to resist the aggres sions and exactions of labor unions there have been Indications of a disposition to retaliate by adopting some of the union methods of discriminating against and even boycotting those who do not join in the movement This Is a mistaken course. Employers, insisting upon their right to employ non union labor and upon the right of non union men to work unmolested on their own terms, may be quite justified in giv ing a preference to those who do not be long to unions. The unions have by their conduct given, sufficient ground for such preference. But associations of employ ers are not Justified in interfering with or trying to coerce those who do not choose to join them. Those who prefer to employ union labor should bo as free to do so as others are to employ nonunion labor. A boycott to force anybody into a contest against the unions is just as bad as a boycott to force the employment of union men only. Nothing, will be gained by adopting the evil tactics of unionism in fighting against it Employ ers, while Insisting firmly upon their rights and the rights of those they em ploy, should themselves adhere to the principles of freedom and fairness which they denounce labor unions for violating. Proctor Follows Wn. Springfield Republican: It is an error to suppose that United States Civil Service Commissioner John R. Proctor la the first one to propose that the United States Government declare that the Monroe Doctrine applies to China. Mr. Proctor is very serious, and means what he says- But the idea is not original with him. The late Chinese Min ister to this country, the facetious "Wu Ting-Fang, used to suggest the scheme, now and then as a grand good thing. RHssIa's "Haaa." Sioux City Journal. Russia has bees giving the powers a gUmjMso of her hand in the far East There appear to be few aeee aai a ehfo, ana suso ALancnuns. in IE. HAMA AGAINST ROOSEVELT. Kansas City Star. The statements of State Senator Pat terson of Ohio and Mr. Elmer Dover, private secretary to Senator Hanna, that Ohio will not Indorse President Roose velt for 1904 at the forthcoming state convention may be accepted as opinions authorized by Senator Hanna, Senator Patterson is & close lieutenant of Hanna, and certainlv tho Drivata secretary would not express his views on this sub ject without knowing his ground, xao prospect 1b, therefore, that Hanna will endeavor to prevent tho introduction of an Indorsement resolution, and falling j in this, will try b defeat Its passage. Senator Foraker long ago announced his Intention to present such a resolution, and he recently reiterated hi3 purpose. Representative Grosvenor said a few days ago that the President should be indorsed for nomination. But Mr. Roose velt's friends may, in view of the avowed opposition of the Hanna machine, pre fer to let the matter pass this conven tlon rather than create factional dif ferences at this time. There is only one way to interpret Hanna's opposition to the Indorsement, of President Roosevelt It means that in spite of his protestations, which have hitherto seemed sincere, he is, after all, a candidate himself, or that he favors Senator Fairbanks or some other man rather than the present occupant of the White House. It would be somewhat Ir regular for Senator Hanna, as chairman of the Republican National committee, to come out unqualifiedly at this time for any one candidate, but there is no occasion for him to oppose the sentiment of any state or any convention because of his party relations. It would be Just as much a breach of trust for him, as chairman, to oppose a certain can didate as it would be to work for him while the field is still open to all aspir ants. The excuse that Ohio cannot commit Itself at this time to a stand that must be confirmed by a convention that will not meet until next year 13 a mere sub .terfuge. States have done this sort of thing again and again, and Ohio Itself Is not without precedent The action of the coming state convention would not of course, bind the nominating conven tion, but it could reflect the sentiment of the state at this time. But it matters not at all, according to the present outlook, whether Ohio leads or follows; for Roosevelt wijl be nomi nated because he is the only candidate seriously considered by the country as a whole. If the unforeseen should hap pen, and if eome other man should get the nomination, the party will surely be defeated at the next election, provided the Democrats put in nomination a good man on a. rational platform. No party ever leaned more heavily on one man in a time of peace than the Republican party does now on President Roosevelt "While it is true that President Roose velt is not an Ohio man he is, never theless, a patriot and a very fair sort of an American. Mr. Hanna and Mr. Patterson carry the sentiment of state pride most too far when they assume that nobody but a Buckeye should be nominated for President and that Ohio must not indorse Roosevelt as a candi date -for 1904. Admitting that the dyn asty at "Washington, including the elder Harrison, Hayes, Garfield and McKln ley, has been popular with the people. It would be grossly unfair for Mr. Hanna and Mr. Patterson to forget that the country has had several Presidents of great force and distinction who were not born or brought up in the Buckeye state, and who even came from New York. JTo Cause for Interference. New York Times. If Japan now undertakes, with or with out the assistance of Great Britain, to expei itussia rrom iianchuria she will en ter upon the conflict in the most discour aging circumstances. Of course if Russia would kindly consent to come out on the Pacific Ocean and "there try the conclusion she would be eunk. But she will simply defy the world to put her out of Man churia. And that looks 'like a reason ably safe defiance. At any rate, it is not our business. "We are not a nation of Don Quixotes, but a nation of people en gaged, with much success, in minding their own businessL It is quite certain our bits of exports of cotton goods or kerosene or whatever is not an object for which Amer ican public opinion would Justify our fight ing to exclude Russia from Manchuria. As little is it an object that would justify us in joining any "alliance" to that end in defiance of the sound tradition that is as old as our Nation. Governor Van Sant's Old Fogy .Idea. Detroit Journal. A funny sort of an old fogy must be Governor "Van Sant of 'Minnesota. The Representatives of the Minnesota Legisla ture passed a resolution just before ad journing to take to their respective homes all the desks, chairs and other detachable furniture as inadequate remuneration for their services to the state. "When the vans began to back up to the Capitol Governor "Van Sant was there. After a lively debate, in which several honorable noses were flattened out the furniture was wrested from the lawmakers' hands and locked In the Governor's private office. If such action as this of Governor Van Sant's isn't -unconsitutitional it Is un tra ditional, irregular and Indelicate. "We can not indorse the undiplomatic attitude of Governor Van Sant for the Legislators might take- revenge by refusing to ad journ. Development of the Dominion. Detroit Free Press. Something of the wonderful development that came - earlier to our own "Western country is now at its height in the Do minion of Canada. This is particularly true in the vast section lying between the earlier settlements and the Pacific Coast There was a fine display of faith in pierc ing that territory with modern railroads, but the outcome Justifies the anticipation, for there is a veritable rush to the ranches' farms, mines and lumber-producing tracts that are destined to supply the demands of the hemisphere while the denuded -timber lands of tho United States are being regrown. Tie Pre ml am Habit. Baltimore News. X know a man who' a aaviar tags, labels. wrappers, stoppers, . bottlea, and trademarks oap, j '.1' 'L tea. 1 ft:'!. coffee, " TJ-'jT pianos, T l and automobiles. 9 CA.n& when he gets enough, Tr"" Hall have earned a cane. TC collar button " umbrella. ' ' match box, , : house and lof, J or book at flirtations. I For it's tho ruling passion, '" This savin;; up of tags. 'And etampa and gaudy wrappers From bottles, boxes, bags; Yes, evenrbody'a got it And I have got it, too . .j- ft I'm simply so distracted ' I don't know what to do! GImma your tags and wrappers Gimme your labels, friends .j. Gimme your cast-off stoppers 1 ' Gimme your seegar ends (i Gimme your extra, trademarks- X I Gl&sne your bottles, pray. For rri going to draw tomorrow. " On the things I save today I .jf Tea thousand, tags will get ma A copper-headed case, 'And twice ten those and tags a& Umbrella., for tha rain; iv Cfe, everybody's sot; it $ (j- Asd I have rot it too-. rj ,XI JCf I'm aieaply so distracted n'SivKi fa ' . JiOTE AND COMMENT Who's got the. ftreboat? "Wanted A ball team that Portland cas beat . Oregon's chief executive has. not Pen- noyered the President yet . The man who took poison just for fun ought to have died just for fun. Seattle must be sick. She hasn't howled about the President's reception for two whole days. -cvir- mntinnmis vaudeville performance. Oregon weather has Edward Shields' at traction beat a mile. The doctor in Montana named Phil. Graves must have a fine opinion of tho parents who christened him. Judging from the way Portland cleans up for the President it would be a great thing for him to come every week. That deceased-wlfe's-slster bill In the British Parliament "Why didn't tho man marry the sister in the first place? The city of Portland ought not to bd affected by the laundry strike. Enough rain has fallen in the past few; days to wash tho state. The Russian government announces that it is fully prepared to "care for" tho Kishinef Jews. Probably tho sufferers do not desire to bo "cared foe" ia Russia's peculiar fashion. Waterman, "Waterman, up in tho sky, n "When, .in the world will it ever be dry? Please turn oft tho faucet and stop yoor old flood. So Teddy won't have to parado In tho mud, "Word comes from New York that horse kept ahead of a railway train foe six miles, and the feat Is considered ex traordinary. "Why, even a third-rate trot ter would have no trouble doing the same thing in Oregon. Daniel "Webster's liquor set and Its oaken case, which he carried with him on all his important journeys. Is now owned by S. T. Kimball of Rockland, Mass. "Webster bequeathed it to his son. Colonel Fletcher "Webster, who after some years sold It to John Miller, a wholesale liquor dealer of Boston. He, 28 years later, pre sented it to a relative, Job Greenhalgh, a business man of Boston, and from Mr. Greenhalgh Mr. Kimball has purchased it The case contains six quart and six pint decanters, and in the tray are two tumb lers, two goblets and a measuring glass, Tho inconvenience of the similarity be tween a gentleman's evening dress and the attire of a waiter has received yet another instance. Mr. Choate, the Amer ican ambassador, was the victim on thia occasion. At the state banquet to tho King at the Guildhall the American am bassador was one of the few men in even ing dress, nearly every one being in court or municipal -uniform. He was Interested in the pulpit arrangements in which tha carving was done, and ventured to ask one of the functionaries a question con cerning them. "Never mind about old customs," was the reply; "look lively and clear away the soup plates." Some time ago Mark Twain, in tho course of one of his scathing attacks? upon Christian science and its founder in the North American Review, complained that he had been up to that time..unablQ to secure a copy of Mrs. Eddy's "poems. A young Phlladelphlan, who had been a zealous admirer of the .famous .humor ist's attitude in the controversy, learned where copies of the verse could be ob tained and hastened to convey the infor mation to Mr. Clemens. Fate, however,, had forestalled him, and he received tha following courteous and characteristics note: "Dear Sir I've got the Eddy po ems, but they are no good her publisher, Rev. Mr. "WIggin, polished all tha drunk out of them. Truly yours S. Ii Clemens."- Up In "Whitman County, Washington, the other day, Judge S. J. Chad wick was examining an applicant for naturalization and among other things asked him if ha knew tho fundamental difference between the theory of tho government of Prussia, his native country, and of the United States. He said he did. Prussia, being a monarchy and this country a republic The Judge then asked him who in Prus sia possessed the supremo authority, and the man promptly replied the Kaiser. This was followed up with a question as to who possessed the supreme authority in this country, and tho man correctly ans- wered, the President The judge told him that the President assumed a great deal of authority, but that in theory there was an authority, under our fom of government that was greater even than Roosevelt's. A great light broke over the Prussian's face, and he smilingly answered, "Ya, ya, I know dot, too; it vas God." The clerk suggested that he was evi dently a Republican, but the Judge was of tho opinion that a man who put God above Roosevelt was evidently too good a Christian to be much of a Republican, and the r"" -was accordingly admitted to naturalization. Oxir Dilemma, " "PJ 3 Baltimore Sun. The South American states and th'4 islanff republics of Hayti and Santo Do mingo have given Uncle Sam a great deal of trouble and seem destined to be danger spots in the future. What should be our policy? If we coerce them to protect tha Interests of American citizens Europe will feel that It has an equal right to use force and protect Its citizens and sub jects in the same way. If wo decline to resort to coercive measures American creditors and those of our citizens who have property interests in the countries couth of the United States may suffec through our leniency. No wonder our State Department is .sometimes in a quan dary when it has to face such .a dilemma PMrASAXTRXES OF PABAGBAPEEBS "Wall Street Tho moat noted if not tha most popular watering place in tho country. Pucfc. "Of course, wo needn't believe everything we hear about our friends." "True, but, thank Heaven, wo can repeat It!" Life. "Doesn't he ever go to church?" "No. "Why should, he? He's in the employ of & whole sale millinery house." Chicago Evening Post First picket What's this strike about any way moro pay, less work? What's it for? Second picket Nah! Tha boss didn't take his bat off or take his els' oaten his mouth when de walkln' delegata went la tef see him. Judfa. , "Did my wifa'a singing: disturb yen. last nlcht?" asked tho flat dweller of bis neigh bor. "Oh, was that your wife sinzing wo heard last night?" said tha other. "Ws thought she was bavins trouble with tha cook." Tonkers Statesman. Aunt Grace I suppose, Jimmy, you've quita made up your mind what you are going to he when you are a man? Jimmy Tea. Auntia Grace. When I'm a man. Til be either (with great determination) a lion tamer or a tram conductor! Punch. "I am told that none of tha principals in the grand opera company epeak to oa an other." "Well." answered Hr. Cumrox, "after readlag: -their aaasea on tha precnu&ma I dea't b4 them, for lettlnc eaa eaothar al-seay latest of tryter J kmkwc tbaix"'-Wwb- tefteaSUr,.