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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1903. Entered at the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, aa second-elita matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall (Do'tcre nreDalC In aflrancel Daily, ivn Sunday, per month ...fO.85 Dally, Sunday excepted, pet year........ 7.50 Daily, with Sunday, per year 8.00 Sunday, per year ........................ 2.00 The Weekly, per year 1.50 The Weekly. 2 months 60 To City Subscribers- Dally, per week. dellrn-M. KrmAav xeTted.lBe Daily, per week, delivered. Sunday lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and ITrxIr-o 10 to 14-page paper.... ................ ...lc 16 to 30-pago paper ....2c to 44-pa3 paper .......... ....... .zc Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication in ice oregonlan should be addressed lnvarta bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name or any IndividuaL Letters relating to adver tising, subscription, or to any business matter tUou.d be addressed simply "The Oregonlan. 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For ealo in Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co., 130S Farnam street. For sale In Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 23th street; Jas. H. Crtckwell, 242 25th street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South street. For sale in Washington. X. C. by the Ebbett House new stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, BOC-012 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book &. Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series, Sixteenth and Curtis streets. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 71; minimum temperature, 58; pre cipitation, 0. . TODAY'S WEATHER Fair; westerly winds. rOttTLAXD, 3IOXDA.Y, JCXE 30, lOOtt. SLGGESTIOXS OF NEW DISCOVERY. It is probable that we npt only are not nearing the end of discovery of the secrets of Nature though the progress of a century has been so wonderful but that on the contrary we are but just at the threshold of discovery, with most wonderful and perhaps most useful of all discoveries yet awaiting us. Here now is the story of this discov ery at Portland of a new method of tempering steel, whereby cutting tools are made so hard that they will cut all known metals, including all the known forms of steel, and yet hold their edge perfectly. To temper steel to such hard ness, while yet it retains Its toughness and practical lnfranglbillty, would be a discovery not inferior in value to any other ever made in the mechanical sci ence, if not In practical results superior to them all. If the Oregon toolmaker has in fact reached this result, the whole world will be using his discovery Just as soon as he may make the dis closure; and it may be supposed he will make it just as soon as he shall have completed the arrangements necessary for the protection of his right. Again, there is the discovery of the substance called radium, a new wonder of the world. Some account of it was presented in an article In The Sunday Oregonlan -(June 2S). It is a substance spontaneously luminous, giving out rays which penetrate substances hith erto opaque even to the Roentgen ray; it gives out a high degree of heat, and most wonderful of all, suffers no loss of energy or bulk. As yet it has been produced only in quantities very small and at extremely high cost, and the fu ture of It is but matter of conjecture. But suppose production of It may be carried In time to a point where it will do the work of the world, through supply of heat, light and power! And there Is still another. A German professor tells about a metal to. which the discoverer has given the name po lonium, which also is rare, elusive and difficult of extraction. It possesses properties quite as remarkable as those of radium, yet apparently altogether different. Of the experiments made by the discoverer, we are told that with his minute speck of the substance he intercepted a strong current of elec tricity passing through the air from the generator to the receiver, the air ceas ing to be a conductor for the flashes. When the room was darkened and pieces of barium, platinum and zinc blende were placed near the polonium, they glowed with a bright greenish light. The witnesses were said to have been astonished at results not hitherto obtained from other known experi ments. This substance is found to have the power of producing heat also as well as light, and high expectations are formed of results, when the, substance shall have been obtained in sufficient quantity to allow experiments on a large scale. Science is Indeed yet a long way from knowing what secrets Nature has hid den away. Thus far a few things only have been picked up on the shore of the great ocean of discovery. The main secrets of the deep yet await the ex plorers. THE IOWA COMPROMISE. The thing has come to pass which The Oregonlan predicted when Governor Cummins had his celebrated tariff con ference as the Presidential train was speeding through Iowa. That is. Sen ator Allison has arrived at Des Moines with a. tariff plank in his possession for the behoof of the Republican state con vention which meets there tomorrow. It is said to be satisfactory to all con cerned; which means, of course, that it is satisfactory to nobody, but is ac cepted by each side in the Republican tariff controversy as the best it can get. They consent because they have to. Not to apprehendtthis Iowa tariff plank before its publication is not to know Senator Allison, whose head is gray with seventy-four years of compromises. No one knows better how to dispose oil and water in harmonious array, to blend gold standard and free silver In happy unison, and to purify the civil service through obedience to the machine. It Is an easy step to the Iowa tariff plank. It will demand revision in terms that will delight the hearts of the protected trusts. "An you should do it so ter- Srlbly," said Quince, "you would fright the Duchess," to which good Bottom, the Allison of the Athenian statesmen, gives assurance: "I will roar you as jently as any sucking dove; I will roar lyou an. 'twere a nightingale." Tet we must not unreasonably com plain. Assuredly half of the Republl- party In Iowa cannot be expected turn out the other half. There Is enough of this sort of thing In .the Democratic ranks, with Bryan club bing the goldbugs and Cleveland turn ing the hose on the Bryanltes. It Is only fair to say that In Iowa neither side seems to have triumphed over the other, but each has yielded something for the general result. Both Governor Cummins (revisionist) and Secretary Shaw (standpatter) were represented In the conference which took place at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago some weeks ago, at which the resolution in question Is said to have been framed and accepted by both sides. Governor Cummins was present in person. Sen ator Allison was present In person. George D. Perkins, of Sioux City, was also present in person. The under standing is that Mr. Perkins Is to be proposed for chairman of the state con vention, and as he is a man In whose fairness all sides have cdnfldence, he will doubtless be chosen and keep the scales of Justice evenly balanced. The tariff changes imperatively need ed are in reality very few; and there would doubtless be no difficulty what ever In reaching common ground on the "Iowa Idea" In every state, if It were not for the timid and discreditable fear some of the standpatters have ofof fendlng the protected Interests. It is to be hoped that the Des Moines plank will bring an advisable solution of the problem, which seems after all to be a question more of words than of any thing else. It would not hurt the party any if It could point with pride, as President Roosevelt does, to the re moval of the duty on anthracite coaL The Inference that this, simple act of justice might be utilized as a precedent when occasion is clear would be both timely and reassuring. PRECEDENTS FOR KISIIIXEF. Just why the State Department finds it necessary to speak of the precedents In the KIshlnef protest In such mysteri ous terms is, of course unfathomable, and probably nothing- more serious than the sublimated absurdity of diplomacy. There are two, at least, that occur to us now, and there may be others. Nei ther of them affords any reason for hesitation to present the Jewish peti tion against the outrages In Bessarabia, unless we have one rule for strong pow ers and another for the weak, and un less Roosevelt wishes to be marked as more timid than Benjamin Harrison. The Jewish regulations of 1SS1, con cerning which the St Petersburg Vos kahad talks In this morning's dis patches, were amended ten years later, and in their new form had a far wider effect than the huddling of rural He brews to Russian cities. It was fore seen by the active mind of James G. Blaine that the unfortunates would be apt to hurry over to America when they could find the passage money. It would take considerable courage today to find in prospective Jewish Immigration a ground of foreboding at Washington, but Mr. Blaine did not hesitate. He undertook to say that Inasmuch as we were likely to be injuriously affected by an Influx of Russian Jews, we had the moral, if not the legal, right to protest against the causative act of the Rus sian government; and he did. This was one of the few noteworthy acts in the two brief administrations of Secretary Bltflne. Its force today is considerable. but Is qualified somewhat by the reflection that his policy com prised an exaltation of the American Continent as such In the eyes of the world, a closer union of Its political units, and an increased measure of dis sociation from the governments of Eu rope. It is clear that considerations of comity with European powers, particu larly the Pacific powers, appealed less to Blaine than today to Hay less, in deed, than they would anneal todav tn Blaine himself. But there is no such limitation upon the force of the prece dent established by Secreatry Hay In the case of the Jews In Roumanla, when we requested the signatory pow ers to enforce the treaty of Berlin, clearly transgressed by the Roumanian statutes. Government should be careful how It errs on the side of consideration for barbarity and timidity in sympathy for the oppressed. Lord Mayor Samuel's fear that outside Interference will only operate to Increased distress of the per secuted Jews is far more pertinent for hesitation than any fear that the Czar may be ruffled. It is also to be hoped, however, that the Administration will not feel called upon -to reiterate the immigration complaints made by Mr. Blaine. The panic we get into every once in a while about the peril to our Institutions from Jews. Italian tr. Is not a part of serene and lofty states manship, and the streak In Blaine tw made him its easy prey Is not his proud est claim to immortality. ARID OREGON'S PROMISE. The manner in which a million acres of arid land in Malheur and Harney Counties have been withdrawn from entry Indicates that the Department of the Interior Is very strongly impressed with the practicability of Irrigation en terprises in that section. After mak ing a carefur investigation, the Govern ment engineers were convinced that the water supply, the character of the soil and the topography of the land would Justify a more extensive study of the conditions, with a view to the construc tion of -vast reservoirs and canals. Many questions are yet to be consid ered, chief among which is the cost of reclamation as compared with the value, of the land after It has been made productive. Not until all prob lems involved have been carefully studied can a final determination be reached, and many months may pass before it will be known whether the Government will undertake irrigation work in Malheur or Harney Counties. The same condition exists with regard to the Butter Creek country, where land was withdrawn several months ago. Last week the department with drew from entry a small tract In the same locality for reservoir purposes, and this forms the basis for stronger belief that It is the intention to carry out the yet indefinite plans for irriga tion work In that section. There is enormous wealth In the soil and water of Eastern Oregon, and this wealth will be counted in dollars as soon as the water can be put upon the soil. As has been "remarked In these columns before, a great city can be built In Eastern Oregon, as it was built in the arid region around Great Salt Lake. Large and never-falling crops are the product of an irrigated region. The methods of caring for the land will make It necessary that the farms be small, and the population will be cor- espondlngly dense. As a consequence, what are now great wastes of sage brush and bunch grass will be a land of prosperous homes, surrounded with all that exalts and embellishes civil ized life." These are dreams, to be sure, but the dreams of one generation are the reali ties of the next. It requires no pro phetic vision to see the future of Irri gation In the region east of the Cas cades. Along nearly every river, where a few years ago no one would have thought of building a home settlers have taken Government land, have turned the water from its channel so that it spreads over their fields, and are now harvesting crops of alfalfa such as can be excelled In nc other place. Only a small part of the avail able water has been diverted from the streams, and much of this Is being wasted through Improper methods of irrigation. Two problems are presented how to store the Spring floods and how to regulate the use of water so that there shall be no waste. The first of these will be solved by the General Government by the expenditure of large sums of money realized from the sales of public land in this state. The solu tion of the second must be accom plished largely through state legisla tion formulated by men experienced In practical irrigation. Residents of Malheur and Harney Counties should 'hot be oversangulne in their expectations of immediate ben efits to be derived from the Govern ment's operations In their section of the state. Neither should homeseekers permit themselves to be made the prey of "locators" who have inside informa tion which they are willing to sell at a good price. It will be several years before water will be flowing in any Government ditch in Oregon, so there Is abundant time for every one to pro ceed carefully in what he undertakes in anticipation of the construction of ex tensive irrigation works. The whole project may be abandoned in one place or another, though It Is pretty certain that reservoirs and canals will be built by the Government some place in Oregon. CORRUPTION IS NOT NEW. There Is corruption in politics today; there always has been. There was cor ruption under the Administration of Washington. Edmund Randolph, his secretary of State, accepted a bribe from the French Minister and was forced to resign. Under Jefferson's Ad ministration John Randolph first rose to distinction as the assailant and ex poser of the famous Yazoo fraud, or ganized by the most corrupt and au dacious band of peculators that ever attempted to loot the Treasury. This combination to rob the Government of millions of acres of land was composed of leading men scattered throughout the country. It was a gigantic swindle. It proposed to steal by forms of leg islation, through bribery of legislators, an extent of country out of which states might be formed, passing through four degrees of latitude, the descriptive lines being rivers, moun tain and sea shore. In 1795 the State of Georgia sold to four companies, for the sum of $500,000, an immense tract of Western lands. The sale and the enormous extent of territory Involved was brought to the attention of the Federal Government by a message of President Washington. The State of Georgia canceled this legislative sale procured by wholesale bribery of the previous Legislature, and then ceded all the Western territory to the United States In 1S02, and the rights of the purchasers thus became a question for the Federal Government. In 1S03 President Jefferson's Cabinet was appealed to by the persons inter ested for relief. They expressed the opinion that "various equitable consid erations which may be urged in favor of most of the present claimants ren der. it expedient to enter into a com prpmise on reasonable terms." The enemies of his Administration at once charged that improper influences had been brought to bear upon President Jefferson and his Cabinet. In this way the Yazoo fraud came before Congress for consideration. Men of the first po sition In the country were largely in terested in the business and did their best to obtain the realization of this most Infamous job, but Randolph at tacked this colossal Iniquity with such power of eloquence and sarcasm that the measure for relief was overwhelm ingly defeated. The postal service then as now was subject to political "pull," for President Jefferson appointed United States Senator Bailey Postmaster of New York City in fulfillment of a prom ise made to him when he voted in the House for Mr. Jefferson for President when he was pledged to vote for Burr. Linn of New Jersey, Livingston of New York- and Claiborne of Tennesse, who had promised to vote for Burr, but voted for Jefferson, were all appointed to important political " offices. John Quincy Adams was a tricky politician, but was personally an austere man of pecuniary integrity, but he was so poor and Inefficient an administrator (hat when Jackson became President he found that the Navy, War and Post office Departments had been conducted on the mo3t lax, rotten and corrupt principles. Ridiculous claims and Illegal com missions were paid without the shadow of law amounting to thousands and thousands of dollars every month. This robbers had been carried on under usages established by barnacle office holders who had remained- In power under the Administrations of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams. The Fourth Auditor's office was practically a reading- and writing room for leading politicians who had no connection with the Government Reading and writing materials and all the leading newspapers were here pro vided for the politicians at the ex pense of the Government. The system of robbing the Government by false vouchers was then carried on In a man ner as infamous and outrageous as under the Tweed Tammany ring of New York City in 18&8-70. These abuses became most shameful under the Ad ministration of John Quincy Adams, and the most flagrant of them all were practiced In the contract department of the Postofflce. The firm of Stockton Sc. Stokes carried the mails between Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton. They procured their contracts by private understandings with the de partment. Free of charge they trans ported prominent members of Congress, members of the Cabinet, Judges, influ ential citizens, and not only the Postmaster-General, but all of his subordi nates In the department who were sup posed to have Influence there. When General Jackson went to New York in the Winter of 1S2S-29 they refused to receive fare of him, and Jackson, to discharge the" sense of obligation, sent Mrs. Stockton a present of greater value than the fare. In this way the Executive, Legis lative and Judicial Departments of the Government were filled in a great meas ure with "men whose money these mall contractors had saved by their apparent liberality. Thrpugh this vicious and dangerous system these mall contract ors had uninterrupted admission to every department in Washington. Ed "ward Livingston, Secretary of State under Jackson, was not a proper man for' any office of trust in the Govern ment. President Jackson, in reply to resolutions of inquiry adopted by one of the investigating committees of the House, and addressed to President Jackson and his heads of departments, objected to the Investigation on the ground that "he and the departments were required to become their own ac cusers and to-furnish the evidence to convict ourselves." Mr. Kendall, the Postmaster-General, who was called upon to deliver to the committee papers relative to the removal of certain Post masters without cause, replied that "the power of making appointments was vested by the Constitution and laws In the President the heads of departments and courts of law; that since a compli ance with the request of the committee would be a precedent tending to sub vert them, he declined furnishing the papers." The Secretary of the Treas ury, when called before the committee, declined to answer for the same reasons furnished by President Jackson and his Postmaster-General. These monstrous doctrines were sus tained by the Democratic party In Con gress, although they were directly in contradiction of the views expressed by the report of the committee of 1826 to Inquire into the condition of the vari ous departments under the Administra tion of John Quincy Adams. Corrupt practices were certainly carried on in the Postofflce Department under the Administrations of Monroe, Adams and Jackson. Barry, who was Postmaster General at the close of Jackson's Ad ministration, was obliged to resign in disgrace as a defaulter. The tactics practiced by the star-route swindlers under President Hayes were played with a bolder hand under Adams and Jackson. The Postmaster of New York City proved a defaulter; he was dis missed and was found to have robbed the Government of a large amount Swartwout. the Collector of the Port of New York, was a defaulter for Tl,500,000, and the defalcation of Postmaster Gou verneur and the United States District Attorney swelled this to J2.000.000. These facts illustrate that from Wash ington's Presidency down the malad ministration of Government affairs and the malfeasance of men in office have been crying evils under every Govern ment Under all Administrations from Washington to Roosevelt there have been more or less Irregularities, discred itable and corrupt transactions found in the various departments of the Govern ment At the annual meeting of the Suez Canal directors, held In Pari3 the early part of this month, the chief question of Interest was what effect the comple tion of the Panama Canal would have on the Suez. Prince D'Arenberg, the president of the canal, said that there was not much to be feared that traffic from the eastern coast of America Avould still prefer the Suez. But the Chicago Tribune truly says it would be hard to tell on what hypothesis the Prince bases his belief. The Philip pines, Japan and the east coast of China will be over 2000 miles nearer New York via the Panama than via the Suez route. With coal expensive and time precious, the probabilities are that the Panama Canal will get all far Eastern trade from the east coasts of both Americas. In 1902 the Suez Canal took in about $20,000,000 in transit re ceipts from the 3708 ships which passed through it The total tonnage was 6,772,911 tons. The figures for receipts, number of vessels and total tonnage are the highest in history- The trouble with the Panama Canal is not in the world's commerce, but in Colombian thrift The Massachusetts Medical Society Is moving to secure legislation for the pro tection of the confidential relations be tween physician and patient The law yer and clergyman now have the protec tion of the law for their professional secrets against the questions of exam ining counsel, and the argument is that the consultation and confidential con ference between the doctor and his pa tient, which the law does not protect, should be held- equally sacred in the courts. When called Into court, the doctor can be forced to reveal that which has been given to him under the pledge of secrecy and In trust to his professional honor. The nrotest nnri appeal of the Massachusetts Medical So ciety is well taken and should in equity prevail. Intemperate utterances from the pul pit as elsewhere, serve no good pur pose. When Rev. Mr. Thornton, pastor of the First African Methodist Church at Wilmington, Del., declared last Sun day night that the white man stands as the demon of the world's races, a mon ster Incarnate; " that the white Is a heathen, a fiend, a monstrosity before God he attempted to teach what no sane man believes to be true. His best service to his people would be to coun sel them to refrain from crime. Charles J. Bonaparte and Conrad Holmes have been appointed by the President as special counsel for the prosecution of the postal frauds. Mr. Bonaparte Is the Baltimore civil service reformer, and Mr. Conrad Is a Demo cratic lawyer of high distinction, who was an official In the last Cleveland Administration. These appointments are strong assurance to the people that the President means that no guilty man shall escape. Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow is a Kentuckian by birth and breeding, who emigrated to Kansas when he was 19 years old. He Is a rela tive of the late Secretary Bristow, whose fearless exposure of the whisky frauds during Grant's Administration made him a prominent candidate for the Presidency before the Republican National Convention of 1876. Germany is said to have over 100,000 quack doctors that Is, persons follow ing the part of healing In defiance of the laws. In one province, out of 150 cases of cancer, only twenty-five were attended by regular physicians, the others having the care of quacks with various remedies. The impressive periods of R. W Thornton, of Delaware, remind us of an observation of another colored min ister, then resident on Puget Sound, who declared that to deny the suffrage to women "Is to doubt the divinity of GodI" I John Burroughs, the poet and natu ralist, has been incorrectly described as a bachelor. There is a Mrs: Burroughs, who has lived happily with her husband In a delightful home on the Hudson. I "IMMORALITY" IS SOUTH DAKOTA New York Commercial Advertiser. Garrett Droppers, president of the South Dakota State University, seems to be a veritable monster of Iniquity. He is on trial before the Board of Regents for "im morality." and two of the charges or specifications appear to be sustained by Impressive testimony. A State Senator. Gunderson. testifies that he was present at a dinner which Droppers gave to United States Senator Kittridge, and was "greatly shocked to find a glass of claret at each plate." He considered this an "Immoral act" but whether the Immor ality consisted in there being only one glass apiece or In claret being served In stead of whisky, is not disclosed. Gunder son's suffering was acute, and there must have been a strong reason for It Another specification is that Droppers used two bottles of beer, at a chafing dish party In his own house, in the com position of a Welsh rarebit The natives of the town, being accustomed to the use of milk in such composition, missed the "ropy" quality in the rabbit to which they were habituated, and were consequently Indignant as well as shocked. They knew that anything so grateful to the palate and so easily masticated must be "Im moral." Other specifications are that Droppers once read an essay of Emerson, instead of a prayer, at chapel exercises, and that, having been educated at Harvard, he has a leaning toward Unltarianism. It looks very black for Droppers. He seems to be what the Scotchman called "a regular deevil." A man who would do what he has done would be capable of almost any crime. The only thing for the Regents to do is to leid him to the eastern border of the state, with his face toward that hot bed of immorality. Harvard University, and, giving him a Vigorous push, tell him to go and never return. South Dakota, the home of easy divorce, is no place for a moral Iconoclast of his reckless type. IiAND OFFICE AFFAIRS. Ramifications la. OrcgOR, Washing ton and Indian Territory. Washington Special to Los Angeles Times. The President's determination to send a special representative to investigate the alleged land and townsite frauds In In dian Territory is believed by many to be the forerunner of pretty extensive inves tigations into Interior Department affairs. People have been coming to Washington from Indian Territory for years and com plaining against townsite frauds alleged to have been perpetrated there by town site appraisers. In one town, so the charges run, there were frauds amounting to $450,000 in the course of threw or four years. It is also charged that the frauds were not confined to townsltes, but extended to agricultural lands, and if the President takes up this matter, as he probably will, as the result of reports he will get from his special commission, it will cause an overhauling of affairs in the General Land Office. There are officials now In the Land Office who claim that the frauds have been going on there for so long that nothing but a complete investigation will stop their ramifications. These charges refer to land affairs In California, Oregon arid the State of Washington, and while they were made for the purpose of hurt ing Binger Hermann In his recent Con gressional campaign In Oregon, they were so definite as to attract considerable at tention In Washington, not because they involved ,Mr. Hermann, for they did not directly, but because the system had grown up In the Land Office. Mr. Dorren's Record. Washington Post The American people are proud of Mr. Bowen. They hall In him the exemplar of ax high and pure diplomacy. Accredited to Venezuela as the representative of a friendly country, he acted the. part in simple honor and good faith. Nay, more! he summoned to his aid the qualities of wisdom, courage and true sympathy. He made no alliances, direct or indirect with Venezuela's would-be spoliators. His skirts were held high above the mire of alien usury and hostile speculation and aggression. He respected the obligations of hospitality no less than the duties of his office as an envoy of the United States. The vultures, whether Amer ican or European, found no friend in him. He kept his country's honor clear, even as he did his own. And Venezuelans now percieve that he did not come to them with a government's false promises upon his lips or with a personal Integrity which was assumed for the occasion. What he has done for Venezuela is now of record. He has been her friend, and more, for he has shown, in such fashion that all Latin-America must see It as clearly as the day, that the United States deals in good faith and loyalty and can be trusted absolutely. He has done more to dispel the clouds of suspicion and dis trust than any envoy we have sent to South America. Our diplomatic repre sentatives in that part of the world have occasionally been misunderstood, but Mr. Bowen has stood in a fierce light and his fine conduct has scattered every doubt and fear. Learning In Oklahoma. Dallas News. Kansas City historians and statesmen are growing Jealous over the erudition of an Oklahoma orator who, In one brief ad dress on the no-fence law, employed ref erences to ancient history as follows: ' "As Aeschylus teaches us" "In Cleanthes well-known hymn to Zeus" "As Xenophon less positively states" "As Aristotle often declares" "As Plutarch, that grand priest of Apol lo at Delphi, stoutly maintains" "Cicero further says" "Socrates points out" "Lucretius, too, often uses" When it comes to using classics as a means of getting rid of the fleas, some of our Texas graduates might write with profit to this powerful man of Oklahoma. Our Duty In Colombia. New Orleans Times-Democrat Whatever the course of the Colombian government the duty of this Government is clear. If Colombia does not wish to ratify the treaty, the United States is in a position to stop, haggling about the matter and to go elsewhere. The Ameri can Government should put a definite and positive time limit on the consideration of the treaty, and if action is not taken within the specified time call off all nego tiations. American engineers have agreed that the Colombian route is not the only one open for a canal, and the other route should be adopted just as soon as it is apparent that Colombia has the least hesitancy about ratifying the treaty. Tle Empty Heart. Chicago Tribune. T5u have an empty heart today. And even tears may hold no balm. Tour Uttle boy has gone away Tou mind his face, so qtrangely calm; The light fcrever from his eyes. His little hands, so whit and cold; And still, ro still, each linger lies Far whiter than the blooms they hold. The little boy Ah. It Is sweet To think of how his voice would call, And ho-ar his busy little feet Made happy echoes in the hall! And all the songs he used to sins Tou think of them In your distress . i And every toy and boyish thing Makes life a greater emptlnifa.. The saddest days of life are those When we are forced to wonder why The little eyes must softly dose And little fellows hare to die. And when, unconsciously we gaze. And listen, as his footsteps seem To patter through our nights and days. We wonder If It Is a dream. But all his little songs and ways Have not gone, dream-like, with his breath God makes It so some blessing stays And? may not go away with death. The clasp of tender little hands With you through all the years will be. For God tbe sad heart understands .7 And xives U roldea. jnemorv! PAYNE AND THE PRESIDENT. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The gossip about Postmaster-General Payne's retiring from the Cabinet because of the postofflce scandal Is probably not true. Why should there be any disagree ment between the President and the Postmaster-General when both are working to the same end Mr. Payne has miblicly said that he directed Mr. Brlstow'to make the lnvesti gaion as early as last January. It is said on the other hand that the President sug gested the Investigation, and directed the Postmaster-General to have it made so that no guilty man should escape. But there certainly can be no conflict or mis understanding over so slight a question as the origin of the Idea. Members of a Cab inet do not resicn because they and the President have competed in accomplishing the come purpose. It is certainly a laudable ambition for any member of the Cabinet to take the lead In purging his department of scandal. It Is equally praiseworthy in the President to demand that all departments shall be freed from legitimate sources of criticism. There could be nothing more suggestive of patriotic public service than a rivalry be tween the President and the Postmaster General in transferring rascals from pub lic office to private life and prison, and, as all the gossip In Washington repre sents this rivalry as the only cause of friction in the Cabinet, such gossip can have no basis In fact Otherwise the sit uation would reflect on both the President and the Postmaster-General. No one will believe that President Roose velt would desire to get rid of Postmaster General Payne because Mr. Payne got ahead of the Executive in the effort to turn the rascals out No one will believe that Mr. Payne would wish to cut loose, from the Cabinet because some one says the President thought of the investigation first Thare must be some mistake about this rumcr that Mr. Payne Intends to resign. As long as he Is making a strenuous ef fort to purge bis department of scandals, no matter who suggested the work, he will certainly liave the support of the President and the people. It is not a par tisan question, nor pne to bring criticism upon the Administration, that is trying to clear Its own skirts of suspicious deal ings and dealers inherited from a former Administration. There is no cause whatever for friction between the President and the Postmaster General on thl3 point If there Is a break, It will be generally accepted as due to other and more serious causes. For none would believe the President's Cabinet to be made up of men small enough to quar rel about the origin of so simple an Idea as trying to do right JOE BRISTOW'S PRAYER STUXT. Ilovr the Future Fraad-Chaner "Made Good" Under Peculiar Circumataaces. Washington Letter to the New York Tribune. Joseph 'Little Bristow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, and the vigorous director of the Investigating machinery of the postal service, once fluctuated be tween ministerial and newspaper ambi tions. At one time he had fitted himself for the ministry, and was one of the most pious and devout students at Baker Uni versity, being superintendent of the Sun day school, leader of the young people's meetings, much given to lengthy religious talks and still longer prayers. But be tween the world, the flesh and the devil Bristow pondered, until he finally drifted into journalism and politics. Soon after his decision Bristow visited the home of the Rev. Dr. Quayle, a well-known Meth odist divine, and the clergyman at once noticed Bristow's diminution of devout ness. "Joe," said the good doctor, "I fear that your once high degree of spirituality has suffered some loss since you left col lege. You are not so fervent as then, your testimonies are brief and your pray ers most distressingly short Quench not the spirit and pray without ceasing." That night at family worship Dr. Quayle read a chapter and asked Bristow to lead in prayer. "Brother Joseph," erstwhile theological student and since reformer of sweeping administrative ir regularities, prayed with a will. He had to recoup his shattered splrit- ual reputation, and he threw his whole soul into that prayer. He prayed for the Quayle family, for the college of which he was a graduate, for its professors, for the Methodist church of Kansas, for the Methodist Church of the United States, for Methodism everywhere. Then he wandered into a more general field and prayed for the town, county and state, and the United States, and the world at large. Being no narrow-minded bigot, he prayed for the other denominations, whose members are "laboring In the same vineyard and working to the same great end." By this time Mrs. Quayle quietly escaped, but Bristow prayed on. When he had carried all the states and the Gov ernors thereof up to the throne of grace, and had left them there, he reached out for the President, whom he wanted to enfold In the mercies of the Lord, and then Dr. Quayle's daughter slipped out Still Bristow kept on. He had rounded up the principalities and powers, saints and sinners and was just reaching for the missionaries in Africa and the heathen In Asia, after a seventh trip about the globe, when Dr. Quayle made his escape. The doctor came back some time later and tapped the backslider soft ly on the arm. "Joe." he said, in a low. Intense voice, "I'm ready to stop any time you are." "Amen!" exclaimed t Bristow, without the suspicion of a smile, satisfied that he had retrieved himself and had "done It noble." Roosevelt's Opponent. Providence Journal. It is difficult in any case, not to be lieve that President Roosevelt's chances of re-election are exceptionally good. No other conclusion can be drawn from his Immense personal popularity in all parts of the country. And however this may be it will take a man equally capable of arousing enthusiasm to come within a hundred miles of defeating him. Apart from all considerations as to the third term tradition. Mr. Cleveland is such a man. Mr. Olney, too, has a vigorous personality, and he might develop great strength In the course of a campaign. But Senator Gorman's qualifications are those of a shrewd party manager. Be sides, his treachery to the cause of tar iff reform and his contempt for civil serv ice reform, while they might conciliate some selfish interests, would utterly repel the independent vote. On the whole, the Republican party could desire nothing better. Bryan being thrown overboard, than the nomination of such a candidate. A Match. Algernon Charles Swinburne. If love were what the rose is. And I were like the leaf. Our lives would grow together In sad or singing- weather. Blown fields or flowerrui closes. Green pleasures or. gray grief; If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf. It I were what the words are, And love were like the tune. With double sound and single Delight our lips would mingle, Wltb kisses glad as birds are That get sweet rain at noon;. If I were what the words are And love were like the tune. If yoa were April's lady. And I were lord la May, We'd throw with leaves tor hours. And draw for days with flowers. Till day like night were shady. And night were bright like, day; If you were April's lady, And I were lord la May. If you were queen, of pleasure, And I were king of pain. We'd hunt down" love together. Pluck out his flying-feather. And teach his feet a measure. And. find his mouth a relnr If yau. were aueen of. pleasure . And I were klne at oalo. NOTE AND COMMENT. Maybe Chief Hunt will be held up next, and he can then sea how it feels. Uncle Sam's little Invitation to the Czar to quit on the Jews seems to have been "declined with thanks." A New York butcher has- been choked with a piece of his own beefsteak. "The mills of the gods grind slowly," etc. Count Bonl has been elected to tho French Chamber of Deputies and ho will now have a chance to set a price on his vote. If there are 23.45S school children in Portland, it la safe to say that every one will be on deck Saturday,, and prob ably a few more. Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy has invitod .12.000 people to come to her house. It will be tough on the cooks, unless they can work the loaves and fishes racket The report that a rattlesnake has been discovered at Long Beach will result in an enormous amount of snake bite "med icine" being taken down to that resort this Summer. Tacoma workmen carried off supplies from the Northern Pacific shops in their lunch buckets, and made about,J2000 on the game. The company Is probably glad there won't be four more years of tha full dinner pall. After a year of hard work Rev. J. W. Van Kirk, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. Youngstown. O., has had the satisfaction of seeing the edifice dedicated. Mr. Van Kirk almost built the place with his own hands, digging the foundation, helping to lay the stones and taking part in the plastering and decor ative work. The structure is worth about 514,000. Senators Blackburn and Lindsay of Ken tucky were once traveling together through the Allegheny Mountains. Black burn went into the smoking-room and re turned In a few minutes looking so much depressed that Lindsay asked: "What's the matter, Joe?" "Why, I've lost tha better part of my baggage,' said Black burn In heartbroken tones. "Was it stolen or did you leave it behind?" "Worse than either the cork came out." The late Cardinal-Archbishop Vaughan believed that social revolution was Inev itable before long. In this he agreed with hie predecessor and close friend. Cardinal Manning, who, in speaking of the great London dock strike some 15 years ago startled Great Britain by declaring that if men were hungry they were Justi fied in taking food by force. Cardinal Vaughan was of the opinion that the change would come peaceably. Arthur Barclay, the newly elected pres ident of Liberia, is of pure African stock, born in Jamaica, whence his parents emi grated to the African republic when he was still a child. He has already held sev eral government positions there, among them those of Postmaster-General and Secretary of the Treasury. At his In auguration, 'which takes place In De cember. Mr. Barclay will become the 13th President since Liberia became independ ent in 1847. United States Senator William A- Clark, of Montana, intends to build the finest .house In Washington. To make sure that it will surpass all other mansions and will possess all the best features of others he will not break ground on the site of the old Stewart Castle, facing Dupont circle, until the Massachusetts-avenue residence of Thomas F. Walsh, a Colorado million aire, is completed. Then if there are any features of Mr. Walsh's house that Sena tor Clark desires to incorporate in his own dwelling he can easily alter his plans. Few students at Georgetown University have distinguished themselves more than Ramon Jose Lacson, a Filipino 20 years old. After winning distinction in some other educational Institutions he went to Georgetown, where his career has been especially brilliant In a newspaper article he quotes the record to show that there were universities in the Philippines before institutions of as high grade were estab lished In the United States. All these Philippine universities, he states, "existed before Harvard was founded, and, though they cannot boast of one-tenth the num ber of Harvard graduates, they can boast that their graduates can pass any exami nation that Harvard ever required." The fertile brain of Thomas A. Edison continues to be the source of the greatest amazement to the clerks and officials of the Patent Office who have in charge the work of looking after the applications placed on file by this Inventor. On the last day of this month Mr. Edison will have obtained 791 patents from the Patent Office on as many inventions, a larger number by several hundred than any other individual has received in tho history of the office. This remarkable record was ascertained by J. B. Babson. chief of the division of issue and gazette of the Patent Office, who has made a tabulated statement of the inventions of Mr. Edison. From this statement It would appear that prior to 1S95 the In ventor had obtained 711 patents, and that since that time he has received the fol lowing numbers: In 1896. three; In 1S37, two; In 1898, eight; in 1899, three; in 1900. 16; In 190L 23;, and In 1903 he has so far received six patents. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS. Cholly Really. I've changed my mind since I saw you yesterday. Molly Well. It doesn't appear as though you had made much of a bargain. Tonkers Statesman. Toastmaster (to chairman ox public, dinner) Would you like to propose your toast now, my lord, or should we let 'em enjoy them selves a bit longer? Punch. Stern Father So. sir! Tou want to marry my daughter, do you? Terrified Young Man T-yes, sir; but not any worse than she wants to marry me. Chicago Tribune. Edyth Aunt Margaret used to say she wouldn't marry the best man on earth. Mayxno And did she keep her word? Edyth Yes; but she got married Just the same. Chicago Dally News. First Sportsman Good guide. Is he? Second Sportsman Oh, yes I "If necessary, he'll do the shooting- and bring home the game and let you ' say you did It and whip anybody that says you didn't Puck. Harlemite If you wrote yesterday morning, how is Jt I only got your letter this evening? Downtowner Probably because I affixed a spe cial delivery stamp, and wrote across tha en velope. "Rush!" Brooklyn Life. "Young man." said the wealthy Mr. Pompus. "ycu ask for my daughter's hand. What ex pectations have your "Why." replied the young man In .9 somewhat surprised tone, "I ' expect to get what I'm asking- for." Philadelphia. Press. "I suppose," said, the visitor to police head quarters, "that every officer knows a rogue when he sees him." "Sure." replied the desk sergeant; "but every officer doesn't seize a. rogue when he knows islm." Chicago Daily News. Mrs. Skrapp It seems to me to be so ridic ulous to refer to a tugboat as "she." Mr. Skrapp That's ;o; tugboats actually ac complish some good In the world. Mrs. Skrapp Tea. and they pull and blow about Jt- e. Philadelphia Press.