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It may do iall these things and still retain Its hold on thoughtful men who have found in rit a lifelong cbunsellor and friend. But if It is to run after the yellows and at the same, time abrogate its reasoning -.faculties, then its several' pages of os "rensible discussion will be a waste of time and trouble. The Weekly's assumption of the 'cause of the trusts in their flght with 3jabor Is explained, of course, by its res cue from ruin by Sir. J. p. Morgan, and dan be condoned. But this explanation aloes not cover its advocacy of complete egro disfranchisement as a cure for -jrape and lynching; its leaning to the emocratic party, including a weekly ouquet in the direction of Mr. Bryan, lir Iks auri5 .sotlnn that Judrre Gray's Somttnent to the Supreme Court would not affect his availability for the VDemocrfctlc nomination fbr the Presi dency. What we have specially in fcinind to notice, however, is its doctrine that the way to elect Senators by the people is to nominate them at state conventions or primaries without the formality of a constitutional amend ment Harper's Weekly says: All that It is needful to do Is to nominate -C. party's candidate for L'nlted States Sen ator at a state convention; or, if it be 'feared that a stato convention might prove too subservient to the manipulators or "political machine, then a party's nominee tor United States Senator could be deslg nated ureclsolv as a party's nominee for Governor Is now designated In some of the Southern states. . . . There is no doubt 'that tho popular will, thus proclaimed, would be ratified by the Stato Legislature, thus It would come to pass that the islon of the Federal Constitution pre lng the modo of choosing United States Snators would practically bo set at naught. Harper's Weekly should know that the process It so Jauntily pronounces a complete settlement of the difficulty is -no settlement at all. It is used in some Southern States, but not in others. It has been tried repeatedly in Northern States, but can retain no foothold, Xaws enacted on- the subject are of no vitality because the Constitution itself puts the last responsibility on the Leg islature and there will always be those to take advantage of their constitu tional right to apply to the Legislature lor election. Some men are strorfg before the peo pie -and would like the choice made at j, primaries; others are strong before tate conventions and would like the cholce made there; but these cannot so easily dispossess the man of power who is also the man of unpopularity. Many jo. man could sweep a state by popular Vote who would be helpless before "Legislature. The change would be In Ills interests; but the present member ship in the Senate is largely composed X3f the other sort The constitutional inethod Is their salvation, and they will hold on to it until it is abrogated. Harper's Weekly is deceived as most -superficial examiners of this question We deceived, by the analogy of the electoral college. We have reduced the electoral college to an automaton ,therefore, the argument runs, we can similarly reduce the Legislature to an automaton, registering the party will for Senator precisely as the electoral college registers the party will for president The ansfilogy is deceptive Presidential electors vote for their -Dartr's convention nominee, because ibis is absolutely essential to the main tenance of the National .organization Jlf electors exercised the Independent judgment vouchsafed them by the Con gtitutionj the National Conventlos twould be a farce. There is no -such pressure upon the Legislature to sup port a state nomination for Senator. IThe state political organizations are not affected. Popular votes for Sena. tor will have significance when under the law they elect but not before. The principal point to be kept in sinlnd here, and it is so Important as to -justify repetition, is that no responsl Jbillty or authority, party or otherwise, inheres in any quarter concerning the election of Senator except In the indi vidual member of the Legislature. If the state convention binds a member of the Legislature to vote for a certain man for Senator, it has no power to enforce obedience or discipline him- if he votes otherwise. If a popular vote of the whole state instructs him, it Is te sam He does not hold his office H by virtue either of his state conven tion or of the people of the whole state. He is responsible to his own district. and to that alone; and in the- last re sort he will repudiate that responsibil ity. He will take his present reward. vote as his present interest requires, and never go back to the Legislature; or at least take his chances. Tt lc nrccVlo that an Infirmnl un derstanding or practice of this sort might grow up in isolated communities by a sort of unanimous, consent, as, for example, in a case where the several aspirants for the Senate chanced each to fancy that his strength lay in an ap'peal to the people. This has acci dentally grown into a habit in some Southern States. It has been ,tried three times in forty-live years In Illi nois; but there is no guarantee of Its repetition even at the next Senatorial election there. A law was passed in Oregon in 1901 looking to the arrange ment which Harper's Weekly suggests; but it jyas ignored by the Legislature, as everybody knew it- would be. The only way to make the feenate elective by popular vote is to make it so by the Federal Constitution. All effort ex pended in makeshifts is labor lost. RESTRICTIVE MEASURES IS TRADE. As all know, England is the one coun try in which free trade has most nearly approached realization. Need of rev enue makes free trade impossible in any country; but England attempts to 'protect' nothing. Her tariffs, many years, have been .framed for revenue; and those commodities "have been se lected which would bearthe tax with least Inconvenience to the people and best results to the treasury. In these matters no nation can be an absolute guide for any other, through dissim ilarity of conditions among them. England has been pursuing the course best for her. She will not change it in Its fundamental principles. Chamber lain's new proposition would not It is a scheme for political results that he proposes, rather than for industrial and economic change. His idea is to establish a new bond of empire, be tween the colonies and the parent country, by securing to the colonies the advantages of preferential trade with the head and heart of the empire. It is the conception of a statesman, for it bas originality and breadth; but how it would work out in its results, expert ence alone could tell. The entire world is still entangled in the old and erroneous Ideas of that time when wealth was supposed to lie not In labor and -in the intelligent employment of capital, but in the accumulation of specie, the export of which was pro hibited by draconlan laws. Though this error is no longer avowed or de fended, it prevails to no small extent in every modern nation. It is true that no enlightened man any longer be lieves in the marvels of the balance of trade; but the grave complications to which the system has given rise cannot be resolved without clashing with nu merous interests with which an over scrupulous prudence refuses to inter fere. Being Intimately connected, be sides, with the fiscal receipts, the doc trine of high tariffs finds protectors in the statesmen who fear lest they may compromise at the same time public revenues and private enterprises. This is urged on every occasion in our own country; and Chamberlain is confront ed with it on his presentation of the very modeYate change he proposes in the policy of Great Britain. It is the fundamental error .that it is necessary foe us to legislate so as to enable us to sell more of our own pro ductions to foreigners than w will al low them to sell us of theirs as If there were profit merely in hoarding money, or in buying the commodities one does not produce for himself, and yet in keeping the money that would serve to pay for them It Is this error. joined with the natural hesitation of dealing with a subje6t in which public revenue and private enterprise are con cerned at so many points, that makes all rational change of tArlff policy so difficult or hopeless. Four- centuries have not sufficed to eliminate errors that came Into the economic system in the days when Spain was supreme among the nations. Those pernicious errors wrecked Spain utterly; and other nations, though holding on to them in many ways, have made such progress as they have gained mainly by reduc ing or modifying them. ' RETROGRESSION MAY FDLLOAV RE TRENCHMENT. The announcement Is made that Mr. Harriman, having completed a vast amount of betterment equipment and -extension work on the great railway system of which he Is the head, will now abandon all further expenditures of this nature and devote the earnings of the lines to dividends. This dec laration will not surprise the people of the Pacific Northwest whose Interests are to such a large extent wrapped up in those of the Harriman railroad sys tem. While occasioning no surprise, the announcement is still a matter of deep regret Never since the advent of the first railroad in Oregon has there been more pressing need for railroad extension In the state than at the present time. Thousands of new settlers have swarmed into the rich farming and timbered districts of Central Oregon and Into the Nehalem and the Wallowa country, and await only the coming of the railroad to create enoVmous traffic, build cities and towns and add to the wealth and prosperity of city and coun try alike. This spirit of conquest has ever been missing from the policy of the Harri man lines; yet It has been one of the most pronounced features of the policy of the Northern lines. The Harriman policy is to supply the steamships and trains to handle the traffic only when It has been demonstrated beyond a doubt that the traffic has already been devel oped. The Hill policy Is to supply the transportation facilities as early as pos sible in order that development may be hastened. It was this policy that diverted p. large share of Oregon's flour trade with the Orient to Puget Sound, where the facilities have always been in excess of the. requirements, and it was this policy that quadrupled the grain output of the Clearwater Valley, in Idaho, within three years after the building of the Northern Pacific branch line. The Northern Pacific Is reported to be surveying a line to the headwaters of the Palouse River, in Washington, for the purpose of reaching a belt of white pine and incidentally opening the inter lying farming and dairying country. This white pine belt Is decidedly small In comparison with the yellow pine belt In Central Oregon, or the vast flr dis tricts of the Nehalem, and the country tapped by the road is insignificant com pared with that capable of producing traffic on either of the Oregon . lines i mentioned; and yet if we are to judge the future-by the past, it is practically a certainty that the Palouse road will be built and more millions added Im mediately to Washington's wealth. Reasoning from the same standpoint It is -equally certain that Central Oregon and the Nehalem will continue In the present undeveloped state until the ag gressiveness of the Hill forces in their fight for business brings, them over into the State of Oregon. It is perhaps unfortunate for Oregon that Mr. Harriman's chief lieutenant J. C Stubbs. spent so many years of his life in California. With no compe tition and a tariff that called for "all that the traffic would bear," the late C. P. Huntington controlled a little railroad world of his own, and he, and not the people, at all times decreed whether or not development should be hastened by the aid of better transpor tation facilities. With Huntington in full control and with no competition anywhere, California increased in wealth and prominence even under such a handicap, and in the absence of any near rival with which comparisons could be made the railroad men as sumed more than a. proper share of the credit The Harriman system, which includes most of the Huntington properties and many of the Huntington employes, Is confronted with entirely different con ditions in Oregon from those which prevailed in California. This state is in direct competition with Washington In nearly all lines of trade. To meet this competition It is necessifry that we have at least equal facilities for the development of our resources and the marketing of our products. Hunting ton methods will never be popular in Oregon, and the money spent in bet terments and equipment of the lines In this state will not yield as good returns as new lines which will develop new business and Infuse life Into a thousand arteries of trade. The truth of this has been demonstrated in Washington, and an application of the same tactics which have proven so successful there will improve all lines of business in Oregon, not excepting that of the rail roads. THE IRRITATION' OF CANADA. The Irritation of Canada at the Alaska decision is natural enough; but it Is at the same time unreasonable be cause it Is always unreasonable to ex pect more than Justice from a theoret ically impartial tribunal. The Canadi ans of intelligence and candor before the commission assembled admitted that the case of the United States was too strong to be overcome. When the commission met in London, fearing that Lord Alverstone, the British mem ber, would not support their absurd claim, the Canadians had threats con veyed to him and intimations were printed in the London newspapers, coming from Canada, that an adverse decision would endanger the connection of the Dominion and the British gov ernment Before the decision was rendered the Canadians anticipated that they had lost Mr. Gourlay, a member of the Canadian Parliament stated publicly In the House that he believed Canada would always have trouble about Alaska "until it is strong enough to ask the United States to hand over that country to Canada, as it certainly will do." Mr. Gourlay further said that If the United States will not sell Canada that territory for a decent sum of money, the ' day will come when Can ada will take it in spite of all the re sources that the United States can con centrate in its defense. This absurd outcry obtained no rebuke, and may be accepted as a fair expression of the dominant mood of the present hour among Canadians. It Is very natural: Canada 13 growing rapidly, Is Inhabited by a fine population of as Intelligent" vigorous English-speaking people as there Is in the world. Canada does not today feel very friendly to the United States, beqause since 1SG6, whenever Canada- asked us for a reclnrocltv treaty, we have answered with a high tariff. At the Montreal banquet of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com panles of Boston and London, Sir Fred erlck Borden, the Canadian Minister of Militia, alluding to the desire of the United States for freer trade relations with Canada, said: There was a time when Canada wanted tho trade friendship of the United States, but it was not proffered, and I am glad of it. for It has taught Canada.self-rellance, and today we do not want that friendship. We are In a position to fully protect ourselves. Young, vigorous, enterprising, pro gresslve, .the Dominion of Canada nat urally grows restive whenever she sus pects that England for diplomatic rea sons does not always feel disposed to sacrifice the ' Interests of the English people by playing the part of a thick and-thin Canadian partisan in all dls putes with the United States. Canada has never been entirely satisfied with any settlement of British and American affairs in which her own interests were more or less directly Involved. As a matter of history, however, Canada had the best of It In the settlement of the Maine boundary in the- Webster and Asbburton treaty of 1S42; and Canada again had the best of it In the settle ment of the Oregon boundary, for she obtained the great Island of Vancouver and was altogether better off than she would have been had the popular American warcry of "fifty-four-forty or flght" been vindicated by an appeal to arms. In the matter of the treaty of Washington of 1870 Canada had the best of It; and In the Behrlng Sea ar bitration Canada had no reason to com plain of its practical results; that Is, considering the weakness of her case, Canada has always obtained at least all that was justly "coming to her,' and generally more, too. The refusal of the Canadian members of the com mission to sign the decision shows the depth of their Indignation and dlsap pointment, and Mr. Gourlay, whom we have quoted, is probably right In his view that this settlement of the Alaska dispute will not end the discord and embarrassment between the two coun tries. After the Alaska boundarj has been adjusted there will be other dlffi cultles sure to arise which will pre vent completely harmonious relations between the United States and Canada. There are those who predict that dur lng the next twenty years more Amer cans will seek residence In the Cana dlan .Northwest than Canadians will emigrate to the United States. Amer lean observers, farmer-bred in aiinne sota and North Dakota, point to the fact that it has taken Northern Dakota twenty years to become settled and able to assert with confidence Its per manent prosperity. That state has but threa months of warm weather, whjle this Canadian "banana belt" lies S00 miles north of the international bound an'. It will take ten years at least to determlnewhether the Canadian North west Is a success, but whether that region is settled chiefly by Americans or English immigrants will not change the political fate of the Dominion; the Dominion is sure to grow rapidly and vigorously, and In that event Canada is likely before the end of the twentieth century to ask and obtain absolute In dependence of England, and, after a comparatively brief period of lndepend ence, will surely seek annexation to the United States as the only logical and final solution of the troubles and dif ferences that will otherwise be sure to plague both countries as unceasingly in the future as they have in the past. This prediction sounds extravagant today, when Canadian popular senti ment is hostile to the United States, but time is not only the great avenger of wrongs, but the great reconciler of those who have no Just cause of deep seated hate, and time will teach the Canadian Dominion that when her statesmen talk of her growing to be "the greater half of the continent" they ignore the teachings of history and the object-lessons of geography. Of course Canada will come to the United States by the free wish of its inhabitants when they have become tired of giving the glad hand at Intervals to the mother country, become weary of masquerad ing in the robes of independence. Sen timent will hold Great Britain and Can ada together so long as there Is any large commercial and financial advan tage In it, but when that is exhausted Canada will try Independence and then annexation, which will finally settle the Alaskan boundary dispute. The case of Pleasant Armstrong, who shot and killed Miss Minnie Ensmlnger at North Powder, on Christmas eve of last year, has run the usual course In and out of the courts. At first strong public Indignation was aroused by the wanton murder. This was followed by reaction In the way of public sympa thy, even someof the close friends of the young, woman expressing a hope that her slayer would escape the ex treme penalty of the law. Trial be fore the Circuit Court at Baker Clty resulted In Armstrong's conviction of murder In the first degree. The usual appeal was taken, and now the Su preme Court has affirmed the judgment of the lower court which means that he must suffer the extreme penalty un less executive olemency shall Intervene to save his life. In this aa In all slml lar cases, there Is probably cause for the deed In the fickle manner In which the victim treated her slayer. But this cause, however disquieting, cannot be urged as an excuse for murder. The case Is a not uncommon one, and there can be no reason either In real sympa thy or wise public policy for further delaying its legitimate termination. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, has decided that the arbitration agreement arrived at last July by the Employers' Association and. representatives of the unions of the building trades Is In all essentials fair. Accordingly, he advises all unions of New York City still on strike to come In under the arbitration plan, and recommends that the new unions which have been formed, owing to difference of opinion on the plan, should be con solidated with the older bodies. This plan accepts the union but prohibits sympathetic strikes, forbids stopping work on demand, excludes the walking delegate, permltB the employment of nonunion men and provides that when differences arise they shall be settled first by conciliation and then by arbi tration. This plan has grown out of jthe long struggle In the building trades In New York. Like struggles brought building to a standstill in Chicago and they have checked it in New York and Philadelphia. It Is believed that this action of President Gompers will dis pose of Sam Parks, the blackmailing walking delegate of New York City. The growing Importance of rivers as arteries of traffic continues to attract attention, more especially In Europe, where the valleys are so thickly settled. Engineering developments have ren dered practicable schemes that a few years ago were sneered at as vision ary, and the present Importance of river traffic Is thus viewed as a trifle to what it will eventually become. The volume of shipping on the Rhine was recently alluded to in The Oregonlan and now the figures for the Spree, German river but 220 mlle3 in length are available. Exclusive of the large excursion traffic, there were employed last year 34,271 towing steamers, 1710 goods steamers with the total capacity of 107,895 tons and 70.26G sailing ves sels, Including the large river boats Timber In 4172 rafts was also floated down the river, so that tho total good traffic amounted In one year to 5,500,00V tons. AndJ Is constantly Increasing. The tale of Shipwreck that comes from the Southern Oregon coast Is full of harrowing details that differ only In the names of the victims and survivors from like tales of the sea that are as old as the history of navigation. This vessel, the South Portland, was old, but was supposed to be stanch and sea worthy. Her skipper Is said to be Bklllful and careful navigator. In de fiance, of these alleged facts, however, he ran his vessel upon a well-known reef, vtnd It almoBt immediately sank. Adequate provision for saving the lives of those on board seems to have been wanting. The disaster was evidently due to the navigator's blunder or his Ignorance. The result is a stereotyped tale of the relentless power of the treacherous sea. Bryan announces that he does not favor Olney as the Democratic candl date for President In 1904. Bryan say In the Commoner that he has never dl rectly or Indirectly suggested or ad vised the nomination of Olney or any other person who did not openly and actively Indorse the platform and the ticket In both 1836 and 1900. No lead lng Democrat east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and tne Potomac has therefore any right to expect the support of Mr. Bryan. In fact, the only conspicuous Democrat In the United States outside of the solid South who did support Bryan In 1896 and 1900 was ex-United States Senator Vest, of Mis sourl, unless William B, Hearst counted among conspicuous Democrats, A young fox was, after great exer tlon and the firing of many shots, killed near Oregon City a few days ago, Foxes are very scarce In the Wlllam ette Valley, and are likely to become extinct If their extinction Is deslra ble, or will serve any good purpose, the. feat of this hunter Is pralseworihy Otherwise It Is reprehensible. Fog and reef have deceived many mariner, and have ground to pieces many a stout shir SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Pomologlcally, She In Perfect. Astoria Astorlan. Marie Ware, says a dispatch, will not "peach" when she comes to testify In tho alleged land fraud case In the United States Court But she Is a "peach," "Sweet Marie." Joe Simon's Able Recruit. Woodburn Independent Thev do say that Joe Simon will cap ture Multnomah next Spring. His most enthusiastic backers are soreheads from the other faction, and ftiey constitute a factor not to be despised. Don't Be n. Clam, Mr. Hume-. Eueene Register. Tha lurv in the Hume $10,000 libel case against Editor Chausse, of the Grant's Pass Observer, brought in a verdict of n a pumic scmimeni in isiana wmcn pro for Hume. Thev seemed to understand voked a resentment In this country as the financial status of the average journal- 1st. Mr. Hume Should nOW tone tne 1 and treat Chausse to the oysters. 7i Cent Per .Foot Too 3Inch. Oregon City Enterprise. An effort is belngftnade In Portland to Increase from. 10 to 15 cents the price, of shine. It has been the experience of many visitors to that city that consid ering the quality of the service generally rendered, the price of 10 cents that now prevails is an excessive charge to make. Editor Pays a. Tribute to Xatnre. Eugene Register. No city in Oregon wears a more gorge ous raiment than does Eugene at this sea son of the year. Climb Skinner's Butte and you look down upon nature In all Its variegated glory. It is a picture that can never bo effaced from the memory of those who love the sublime and beau tiful in nature. Too aiach Energry In One Direction. La Grande Chronicle. Baker City is the hotbed of corruption She has been all of the Winter driving OBl c""u"rM wl Z rvinr the accounts, she ; wuld have been saving the. uixpujera u. iui ui mu,. ,,.b some of their officials. It takes fires and libel suits and all kinds of roaring things to drown out the appeals of Justice. Chief Hunt's Unhappy Time, The Chfef of Police of the City of Port land Is evidently living a very strenuous life these days. With the criticisms of the press of the city, together with the charges of favoritism which the Chinese and small fry white Ramblers are making. and a number of the best patrolmen on the force resigning Chief Hunt must have plentyto think about at present Grave Respectv of Water Problem. Toledo Leader. Considerable discussion is going on rela tive to the quality of the Salem water. Some contend that It Is perfectly pure, while others assert that It is full of wing less microbes and other dangerous ani mals. There are certain citizens In every community who are always ready to slander the water. Now thd water of To ledo, for Instance. Is good enough for anybody, yet we recently heard an old- time citizen declare that It Is bad, very bad. He said he knew what he was talk ing about for he tasted it once several years ago. We remember, also, tnat wtuie we were la Salem last Winter Stato Printer Joe Whitney warned us to be ware of the water, informing us on the quiet that he never drank it While we thus briefly touch upon the important subject, we do not wish to be understood as taking sides in the heated and learned discussion. Which In Simply Silly. Prineville Review- Tho Oregonlan is a very busy paper Just now. Supplied with a liberal quan tity of lampblack and- oil and a bucket of whitewash and a brush a foot wide, its artists are deeply engaged In dispensing the two colors. Mr. Hermann Is getting a good coat of white and black alternate' ly, with the whitewash predominating, while Chief Hunt and Mr. Williamson, formerly white as snow In The Oregonlan, are now being treated to a liberal dose of lampblack and oil. Verily, tho ways of the strenuous Oregonlan to "give the news" are devious in the extreme. In other words., Hermann promises to be use ful to The Oregonlan and he Is, therefore, in good standing now. It is safe enough to assert that the other two gentlemen are losing little or no sleenover some of tho statements In the "news" columns and which editorially the paper Is silent upon does not dare be otherwise. Tho people look into these statements and smile Indulgently as they . realize that other objects figure In the management, oi a great newspaper Desiaes merely gxv lng the "news." Politics, in fact cut tho widest swath of all, and anything of a political nature Is scanned with a largo mental reservation as to Its entirety. OurGeorjfe'i Hard Game. Klamath Falls Express. Governor Chamberlain will go to Wash ington for a talk with Department of the Interior Hitchcock, and will endeavor to bring that worthy around to a correct understanding as regards Oregon land matters. But Mr. Hitchcock's Information concerning the status of such matters hero In Oregon Is amplo. Even his son. It 13 said, spent four months the past Summer cruising timber lands along the Deschutes and In Klamath and Lake Counties. Governor Chamberlain can add nothing to the knowledge of this public domain official at Washington who cares to hear nothing concerning a settler's In terests or a section's progress and de velopment The unlawful fencing of pub lic lands by individuals was bad enough, but the Hitchcock regime Is the biggest handicap to growth and settlement the Pacific Northwest has ever had. All Ore gon Is pleased with the good Intent of the Governor. "Mind your own business and I'll mind mine," occur to us as words used once by a one-time Governor of Ore gon, to which our present Governor may bo referred when ho has a sitting with this man Hitchcock. Mr. Hitchcock knows his business as regards Interior Department affairs, and that business is supposed to be handled in the Interests of the settler and a section's progress and development But the intent of things Is sometimes perverted, and It Is quite evi dent tnat tne .facinc xsortnwest is up against a Hitchcock perversion. O' a the Airln the Wind Can Blnvr. Robert Burns. O a' tho airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west. For there the bonnle lassie lives, Th lassie I lo'e best; There wild woods grow and rivers row. And monle a hill between: " By day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wl my Jean. I see her In the dewy flowers, I eee her sweet and fair; I hear her In the tunefu birds, I hear her charm the air; There's not a bonnle flower that springs By fountain, shaw or green; There's not a bonnle bird that sings But minds me of my Jean. O blaw. ye western winds, blaw Baft Among the leafy trees, Wl balmy gale, frae hill and dalo Bring hame the laden bees; And bring the lassie back to me That's aye sae neat and clean; Ae smile o' her wad banish care, Sae charmlng-is my Jean. What sighs and vows arnang the knowes Ilae passed between us twat How fond to meet, how wac to part. That night she gaed awa! The powers aboon can only ken, To whom the heart Is seen. That nane can be sae deaf to mo As my sweet, levcly Jean NO CHOICE BETWEEN THEM. Chlcaso Inter Ocean. Thi .ivmnathv of the United btates nnwmmnnt." savs a Washington q:s- natch on the nrobablllt? of war between Japan and Russia. "Is with Japan. While the stminrle will find the united btates observlntr a Dcsitlon of neutrality, this Government's rnrdifll eood wishes will follow the fortunes of the Japanese. This Is Imnolltic and undiplomatic It will be as offensive to the Russian govern ment as were the unofficial utterances of Lord Russell In 1S61 to President Lincoln and his Cabinet In 1S61 England and the United States were friendly powers. When the secessionists made war on the Govern ment Lord Russell, England's Foreign Minister, made no secret of his ympathy with the rebels or of his hostility to the Government of the united States, He carried the English Cabinet with him and contributed to the formation of laating as It was deep, and which has to u: fcaiuum wim huyv, Looking back over the events of the last 40 years, every student of politics must admit that Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell placed their country at a great disadvantage by Indiscreet expressions of sympathy during the War of the Re bellion. Why should the Administration at Washington commit a similar mistake how In regard to a possible war between two powers both friendly to the United States? Under the circumstances, any in timation or expression of sympathy for Japan Is necessarily offensive to Russia. On the record. Russia Is more friendly to the United States than any other Euro pean or Asiatic power. In case of war between Russia and Japan, the United States would be interested only in pro tecting our commerce and In guarding our rights in China, A treaty between the United States and China has Just been signed under which these rignts are pro tected, and that treaty was signed by the Chinese Commissioners with the approval Russia. In It the United States was granted all that .was asked. Surely this Is not Indication or evi dence of hostility to American Interests on the part of Russia. We have no prom ises from Japan covering the same points The national policy of Japan is no more favoraWo tQ tnan that of . rp,.- ,a nn rpnROn ,n thft world why. the United States Government should In any contest between Russia and Japan express sympathy for the latter. The mere declaration of neutrality. In case of war between Russia and Japan, with an unofficial expression of sympathy for Japan, would be regarded by the Rus sian government in 1903 Just as the pre tense of neutrality and the openly ex pressed hostility of England were re garded by the American people In 1S61. Russia and Japan are Oriental powers. They are engaged In settling by negotia tion certain questions of great interest to both. They are endeavoring to agree upon A sort of Monroe Doctrine for the Far East The European powers seem to bo Inclined to permit them to settle these questions 'in their own way. Tho United States Government should be as diplo matic certainly as tho governments of Europe. The "Sojerlns" System. New York Mall and JPxpress. The wrecking of the Morse Iron Works in Brooklyn is so evident an effect of trades unionism gone mad that Its lesson Is bound to be pointed out to the whole country. It is to be hoped that the lesson will sink deep into the consciousness of those whos are most directly interested, the worklngmen. Their representatives, their walking del egates, evidently organized "sojerlng" Into a system In these works. The Morse Company was a new and prosperous con cern, which was building up a large busi ness. It could afford no long siege of re sistance to union demands. This fact seems to have been fully taken advantage of by Ill-advised labor organizations, whose officers multiplied and magnified their demands until they were practically Insisting on the right of tho men to go to sleep on their jobs. They took out, the men because one man among them had not paid hh dues to his union. They took them out because they were not allowed to work les3 than eight hours a day. They took them out, on one pretext or another, 20 times in one year. They made It impossible at last for the company to keep Its contracts. The walking delegate system, thu3 ap plied and illustrated, creates a desperate situation. It Is a desperate situation for the capitalists who have Invested their all In important enterprises. It Is still more desperate for the" wives and children of misguided and misled worklngmen who are deprived of the support to which they have a right such wives and children, for Instance, as those who today are watching the smokeless works of the Morse Company from the slopes of Bay Ridge, and wondering where their rent, their coal and their bread are to come from in the Winter now approaching. Roosevelt Fiercely Availed. Springfield Republican. As "steel common" sags down toward 10, the New York Sun delivers Itself of this terrific "curse : The head of the Nation has seen fit to create this condition. Ho has arrayed one class against tho other. lie has promoted discontent on the part of labor with the best conditions that labor ever enjoyed In Its history. Ho has fomented the most danger ous passions against all forms of wealth and he haa himself assailed It with a hatred almost fanatic In Us Intensity. And he has allied himself openly with the elements of lawlcssne.13, turbulcnca and defiance of the social status which we Inherit from the founders of our government. You can only imagine what crimes the Sun would charge upon tho President if 'steel common" should slump down to 5. It would then surely class Mr. Roosevelt with John Most, the dynamiter. With such atrocious assaults upon tho Chief Magistrate to contemplate, one can only wonder what the "morganlzatlon of In dustry" will do next It Is certain that the Sun now needs an underwriting syn dicate to keep it sane. Its hiss Is already that of the madhouse. Water In the Court-Room. New York Sun. In a moment of emotion, somo time ago, the Hon. James H. Tillman, of South Carolina, killed an editor. Through the failure of the officers of the law to make allowance for the exuberance of a poetical temperament and a chivalrous heart Mr. Tillman has been forced to submit to the Indignity of a trial for murder. Monday this trial gave occasion to an affecting scene. The defendant's counsel was setting forth the early struggles, the beautiful character, the Sprlng-Iarab-Hke nature of that much-wronged man. As Mr. Tillman heard the tale of his own virtues and sorrows, his tears gushed forth In a freshet. Ho wept till his feet were wet "Half the women In the court room wept" Several jurymen sobbed. Storn and rugged Constables blubbered. These were gracious drops. No wonder Mr. Tillman wept The bravest are the tendcrest. Why wasn't a verdict of ac quittal ordered? Mr. Tillman shoots as easily as he weeps. A lovely man, but so Impulsive. Dim Face of Beauty. Fiona Macleod. Dim face of Beauty haunting all the world, Fair .face of Beauty all too fair to see. Where the lost stars adown the heavcn3 are hurled, There, there alone for thee May white peaco be. For here where all the dreams of men are whirled Like sere torn leaves of Autumn to and fro. There Is no place for thee la all the world. .Who drlftest aa a star. Beyond, afar. . Beauty, sad face of Beauty, mystery, wonder, "What are these dreams to foolish babbling men Who cry with little noises 'neath the thunder Of ages ground to sand. To a little sand. NOTE AND. COMMENT; In ShangbRl. My money is exhausted; I've only got two bits. And every bar Is choked with My accumulated chits. I've got to raise some money, ' And by the same old plan J So I'll write a red-hot special v Cn the war-craze In Japan. .if I will flu the Screeching Eagle And the hourly Yellow Rag ) With the story of the Hussions J And tho cat that Jumped the bag. I'll describe the secret treaty ' v That gives Russia all she seeks, And I'll hint at still another Will raise hades when it lealjs. Then, to sweetly shock tho reader, Of a massacre I'll tell, " rf When the heads of half an army - Into baskets neatly fell. , Oh. the Joyous gift of fancy. That of fact so little recks. Ob, tho pleasures it engenders. And the necessary checks. UnregrettlngT. Could I retrace the primrose path To where it leaves, the highway, I would not fare upon the road. But chooco again) the byway. Aberdeen's cloud had a brick lining. Nothing drj about tho Prince, of Pilsexv I don't believe Ann is telling tho truth. Colombia may hold out but she can't hold up. Japan has apparently tired of talking to the Bear. Trust companies may bust but the prune crop has forgoten how to fall. Whltaker Wright more than Mr. Clergue, of the Soo, seems to-have fallen on evil days. Soon a trotter will bo distinguished becauso he has not gone a mile In less than two minutes. ueattle business men headed for the Walla Walla races are doing a little Jock eying of their own. Tho New York newspaper men havo consolation In. remembering that nothing could damn them like pralso from Dowle. Governor Chamberlain, like Daniel. Is In tho lion's den, but there is no one capable of sealing a political llon'3 mouth. From the yarns told by tho gypsies, 'It Is presumably true that a poetic license goes with the fojtune-telllng license 'is sued by the city. It's a wise man that hesitates to leave a load of lumber out overnight Things aro dono in the green tree, and things are dono with tho dry. Without wishing Newberg any harm. Portland cannot help being sorry that tho bank robbers were unsuccessful, slnco they have attempted to assuage their grief with forced contributions from our citizens. British Columbia has three Chinese nc cused of murder. By offering money to ' tho oldest the two younger men havo Induced him to assume all tho guilt If Machen and the postofflce gang had only taken tho precaution to let an old China man In on their deals! It must have been a spectacle for gods and men when Carnegie's Irish laborers heartily proclaimed their liking for the "little boss." They must have done so, for Carnegie Himself has said it And then Waterford presented him with the freedom of the city, and another library was founded, and tho Irish are more than ever indebted to tho "llttlo boss." "All this talk about inventing airships makes one tired." said the grouchy man of business. "There's nothing to 'em. Why, a locomotive's practically an air ship the only place It touches tho ground Is on the rails." "In that case," remarked the satirist, "you're an airship yourself tho only piaco you toucn tne grouna is on your feet" If It is possible for a man to show sense by committing suicide, a Colfax farmer has dono so. When jilted he scorned to follow the growing custom of perforating with a bullet the heart that turned the darts of love, and quietly filled himself with oarbollc acid. Thus ho removed himself from a world of disap pointment and left his dulclnea to marry somo one that may take to beating her when the mush is burned. Gratified at procuring licenses from the city, tho gypsy women yesterday told sev eral fortunes, free, gratis, and for nothing. M-y-r W-11-ms: Look out for a 'fierce ani mal with stripes. It is bard to buck. Ch-f H-nt: There will bo something about you in the papers. G-n-r-1 B-b: Beware of mooting a tall man with white gloves on a dark corner. He may swat you. R-ub-n H-ys-d: You will meet a bleached blonde with fake diamonds. She will touch you. Stay- at homo to avoid trouble. WEX J. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEHS "Has Halorvltch always shown a talent for music?" "Yes; even as a child he cried every time his hair was cut." Life. Farmer (to lady) Have you seen my bull? And if you should seo him, will you. pleaso keep on that there red coat and run this way? Life. "What did yon do this Summer?" "After our holiday Majorie went to a sanitarium. I was quietly ill at home, and Charles is still on tho other side, recuperating." Brook lyn Life. "What are they going to do when they get through tearing up the streets?" "Lay 'em down again, of course I How else would anybody bo able to tear 'em up later on, silly?" Baltimore News. Upgardson I give it up. I'm no good at conundrums. Tell me the answer yourself. Atom Well, this hot weather is like the life-insurance game because you'd havo to die to beat It," Chicago Tribune. "Strange. Isn't It," remarked tho talka tive man, "that oil should be used to calm troubled waters?" "Huh!" snorted tho Ken tucklan. "It's stranger still that anyone should trouble water." Philadelphia Led ger. "And now," whispered the lover as ho caught her In his arms, "what shall we do about the rope ladder7 We shouldn't leave It hanging there." "Don't worry about It." replied the eloping damsel. "Papa said ho would pull It up again so we couldn't get back." Philadelphia Press. Miss Elder- Thoy havo a deal to say abouc the advancement of women, but do you know. I don't think we women have the opportunities that there used to be. iliss Pert No; we haven't had a leap year for almost eight years. Boston Transcript. "Shouldn't wonder ef that boy gits to be President some day." "What makes you think so?" "Got all the qualifications; kin ride the wildest hoss In the country, an' hit the bull's eye on a barn door, with a shotgun, nlno times out o ten." Atlanta Constitution. "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "what would you do if you was to wake up an' find yourself a railway president?" "I dunno," answered Meandering Mike. "Human na ture is human nature. 1 s'poso I'd git mer cenary an' begin to worry about all de rides I've been bcatla de company out Of." Washington Star.