Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1904)
8 Entered at the Postofflce at Portland. Ore gon, as second-class matter. REV1SED SUBSCRIPTION BATES. By mall (postage prepaid In advance) X)aJlr. -with Sundar. per month Zai!r. Sunday excepted, per year L iZ Dallr. with Sunday, per year Sunday, per year. TtJ The Weekly, per year. i-j The Weekly, 3 months Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday ceptea.lic jjany, per weeic. ceuverea. auno&j POSTAGE KATES. United Btater, Canada and Mexico 30 to 14-page paper i 16 to CO -page paper 82 to 44-page paper ..........c Foreign rates double. EASTEEN BUSINESS OFFICES. The S. C Beclcwith Special Agency) JJew Tork: Booms 43-49. Tribune Building. Chicago: Booms 510-512. Tribune Building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Charles MacDonald. 53 Washing ton BU. and Auditorium Annex; Postofflce 'ewi Co.. 178 Dearborn. Colorado Springs CA- Bruner. Denver Julius Black, Hamilton Hendrick. 006-912 Seventeenth St.; Lou'than & Jackson, Fifteenth and Lawrence. Kan... city Rlck&ecker Cigar Co., Mnth &nd Walnut. Jjo Angeles B. P. Gardner, 259 South Bprlng; Oliver & Haines, 203 South Spring. Minneapolis 1L J. Kavanaugh. 50 South Third; L. Regelsburger, 317 First Avenuo Eouth. , . New York City L. Jonas & Co., Astor House. Ogden V. C Alden, Postofflce Cigar Store; T. R. Godard; W. G. Kind. 114 25th SU; C. K. Myers. Omaha Barkalow Bros 1012 Farnam; McLaughlin Bros.. 210 South 14th; Megeath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam. Salt Lake Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South St. St. Louis World's Fair News Co. Baa Francisco J. K. Cooper Co.. 746 Mar ket, near Palace Hotel; Foster &. Orear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter; L. XL Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts, 1008 Market: Frank Scott, SO Ellis; N. Wheatley. S3 Stevenson. Washington, D. C. Ed Brlnkman, Fourth and Pacific Ave., N. W.; Ebbltt House News Stand. , YESTERDAY' S WEATHER Maximum tern- I perature. 60 dec.; minimum temperature, 40 fleg.; precipitation. 0,01 inch. TODAYS WEATHER Partly cloudy, with occasional light rain; southerly winds. rOBTXAXD. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. I " MERELY A SUGGESTION. It is strange that no one seems able to explain the curious antics of the anti Senators on the Panama question. Their proposals, when they so far for get their Senatorial dignity as to leave the safe ground of promiscuous fault finding for the perilous morass of defi nite recommendations, are open to all the objections they urge against the course of the Government. Yet they go on serenely unconscious of the sharp and finely tempered tacks they are strewing in front of their swollen tire. Senator Morgan, for example, acts on the principle that the hair of fthe dog is good for the bite. Displeased with our tentative occupation of certain rights on the Isthmus, he would go the whole hog and annex the entire re public outright, giving $10,000,000 to Panama, $10,000,000 to Colombia and $60,000,000 to the French canal com pany. He rehearses the recognition of Panama by European powers and pro nounces the republic an accomplished fact As to the merits of these pro posals, it is only necessary to reflect with what abandon of terror Mr. Mor gan and his Democratic colleagues would view them if propounded by the President. Then there is that other Irreconcila ble critic and complalner, Senator Ba ron. The Senator has a resolution which offers a solution of the problem by way of friendly action with Colom bia. His resolution informs tne .rresi dent that the Senate "favors and ad vises" a treaty with Colombia, satisfy ing that thrifty and disconsolate repub lie, and that the Senate further "favors and advises" another treaty sunmit ting the question of compensation to The Hague tribunal. It thus appears, therefore, that the President would have no trouble what ever in getting on with the Democratic Senators, radically, conservatively or otherwise, provided only he would let them mark out his course and get the credit for it. Before they can hope for this, however, we must advise them to take the preliminary precaution to elect a President. Under our form of government, mistakenly perhaps, but still under our form of government, tne Senate is not the President, or even the Cabinet First catch your President, gentle men. Then we shall be resigned to the warm words of commendation which will flow from the Democratic side of the chamber to the "White House, and to the rebukes that will be sadly and solemnly administered to Republican Senators for their captious opposition to the wise and statesmanlike policies of our noble President Bryan or President Gorman or President Hearst, as the se may be. Japan's part would be like apples of gold In pictures of silver. Russia is shrewdly suspected of a. diabolical pur pose to look out for herself In China out upon such infamy! Japan is fondly hoped to be planning the control of China she couldn't say fairer. How damnable it is for Russia to have her minions at work in Corea and Pekln, how wise and noble it is for Japan to be gaining the favor of the Empress Dowager and promoting the integrity of Corea by filling the country up with Japs in disguise! Behold the able, astute, far-seeing, firm Japanese, and observe on the other hand the cun ning, wily, stubborn marplot, Russia! A fine sense of justice Is a noteworthy thing, commendable as it is rare. THE GOD OF BATTLES. Speaking by the card, Mr. Bryan in forms us that God is not to the iron clads or-In the armies, but in the still small voice of The Hague tribunal. Yet there is high authority to the contrary. The Psalmist avers. In one of his most brilliant passages, that the Lord is mighty in battle. The author of the book of Joshua informs us that in the bloody but glorious defense of Glbeon against the combined forces of five Canaanlte Kings the Lord fought on the side of Israel. The history of an cient Israel, indeed, proceeds wholly upon the idea that Jehovah nimseir conceived and very largely executed the invasion of Canaan, for example: And the Lord said unto Joshua, fear not, neither be thou dismayed; take all the peo ple of war with thee, and arise, go up to At; see, I have given Into thy band the King of AL and his people, and his city and his land. . . . Lay thee au ambush for the city behind it. ... " Thou shalt hough their horses and burn their chariots with fire. If God Is not with the ironclads or the armies, then he is not In history at all. If he was not with the Roman legions preparing the way for the spread of Christianity, then an impor tant chapter in human annals has been misread. If he, was not with the Amer ican colonists In their struggle for in dependence, then much ofbur poetry needs to be rewritten. If he was not with Lincoln and the North, then he has been erroneously credited with the destruction of slavery. If he was not with American ironclads and arms at Manila, then the religious activity in the Philippine Islands Is due to chance, and not, as Its promoters believe, to the plans of Providence. The verj' general Inclination of com batants to reckon the Lord in their fighting strength has led to the asser tion that the Lord is on the side of the heaviest battalions. while there Is truth in this cynicism, within limits, the fact remains that the purposes of creation are advanced through war just as they are advanced through fierce struggles In the lower worlds of vege table and animal life. One has only to reflect upon the reign of tooth and claw in the brute creation to understand how completely the scheme of organic life is based upon force. It Is the dream of the fanciful that human nature Is to be somehow revolutionized so that the strong will be ruled by the weak and the resolute will make way for the era ven; but against this theory stand ar rayed all analogs' and all history. The truth appears to be that while mankind is not yet ready to accept the doctrine of chance instead of the hy. pothesls of Intelligent and purposeful creation, the ends in view are attained through indirect and general processes rather than through special and spas modic Interference. The present phys leal status of our globe, for example, has been achieved through constant op eratlon of elemental forces, such as gravity, tidal action, etc., through In conceivably long ages, rather than In one abnormal spectacular effort. And If, as we are fain to believe, the ulti mate destiny of the race has been com mitted to Aryans, Caucasians and then Teutons, the method employed has been the strictly scientific one of working through natural laws which order that the strongest battalions In the long run are those derived from civilizations where virtuous conduct and high ideals yield stout hearts, physical endurance and dominating brains. There Is no more convincing evidence of the benevolent character of Nature than the ruin In which wrongdoing eventually engulfs" Its devotees. Nature meant the world to be ruled by the strong; and the ultimate title upon which possession rests, for Individual or tribe or nation, is the resort to phys leal force. The hope of the future lies In the fact that the strongest physical force Is reasonably certain to dwell with the most virtuous civilization The Hague tribunal Is well enough In its way, but It can enforce no decrees, and upon the essential things of Na. tional Integrity It will never be invoked, It will never hear of the Boer republics or the nation of Finland or see the flag of Ireland. He will take who has the power, and he will keep who can, SO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. "We gather from the Pro-Japanese ?ress that the Russian nation is rich and powerful, but that against It Japan opposes stout hearts and loyalty to the Emperor which must prove Invincible. We also gather from the same judicial and disinterested source that Russia Is hopelessly In debt and unable to make a showing of money and arms. We are informed that for Japan to secure a foothold on the mainland, the while contending for the 'integrity of China and Corea, is a highly moral and necessary undertaking; but for Russia to conserve her frontier in Manchuria and Corea is a piece of duplicity un thinkable. It is all right for England to stay in Egypt, for Germany to occupy Syria for the Moslems to butcher Armenian Christians as long as It suits them, for France to hold her possessions in South China, and for Japan to gobble as much of the Asiatic mainland as she can digest, but the Trans-Siberian road, built by Russia at a cost of uncounted millions, should be abandoned to the Boxers. Japan is an Island empire like Great Britain- but one would think to read the parallels that are Sketched out for these "Yankees of the Orient" that Great Britain owned the lowland coun tries and part of France. She does nothing of the sort Her retirement from the Continent was final. This did not arrest her growth, but the recogni tion of French and German necessities on the mainland was complete. There Is no parallel In British development for the idea that If Japan loses Corea she is gone. The powers made a mistake in 1S95. we are" told, because they didn't give Japan a freer hand and for this they are to be blamed. Russia made no mistake In 1S95 when she picked, out and appropriated certain advantages in the settlement at Chee Foo for this :ls she to the commended? Perish the thought! Plsclence on Russia's part is an un pardonable offense. Prescience on D. Rockefeller, will back him up In his statements. "With such radically differ ent testimony from such eminent sources the average layman might per haps become confused, hence It is well to offer some explanation of the oppos--Jng attitudes of Mr. Grlscom and Mr. Hill. The latter gentleman wishes to carry freight, -Mr. Grlscom does not unless he can exact exorbitant rates for it By the terms of the proposed subsidy bill, as has frequently been explained in detail, the crack liners of Mr. Gria com's Atlantic fleet, like the subsidized French fleet, could, steam back and forth across the Atlantic In ballast and still extract a sufficient amount of sub sidy from the Government to pay their expenses. "While engaging In this ex tension of American trade on the high seas, they would, of course, withdraw from commerce large amounts of ton nage, with the result that the ships which did carry cargo could secure much higher rates. Mr. Hill, on the contrary, does not careto run his ships in ballast for the purpose of robbing the Government His mammoth ocean freighters will be at the terminus of a railroad system that draws tribute from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and the "long haul" on some of the cargo which -these steamers will carry will be on the land ; divisions of his through line to the Ori ent His profits will thus lie in handling vast quantities of freight at a low rate. Instead of restricting the volume and charging higher rates on the ocean, as he could do were he anxious to work the subsidy graft instead of the legiti mate business. And in tire handling of the. great business that he must secure to enable his ships to sail In competi tion with those of other nations, he only asks that he be given the same privileges that are given the shipown ers of other nations with which he must compete on the high seas. After the commission secures the views of such eminent transportation men as James J. Hill and Clement M. Grlscom, they might select a number of the largest importers and exporters from both coasts and determine their views on the matter. The fate of the subsidy bill would be settled in short order If the commission is careful In securing fair and impartial evidence on both sides of the question. influence upon the Chinese; he believes the Russians are in Manchuria to stay, and he believes that the Chinese popu lation would be sorry to see them de part because their departure would mean the resumption of the rule of murderous bands of robbers. EXPERT TESTIMONY AVAILABLE. If the Congressional commission If Mr. L. Z. Lelter, father of the spec ulative Joseph, wishes to play the part of an avenging angel and even up the score between the Armour and Lelter families, now Is a golden eopportunlty. It was the father of the present Mr. Ar mour who put the final crimps In Joe Letter's financial career byV knocking the famous Lelter wheat corner higher than Gilderoy's kite. Now young Ar mour is under the guns, and it is prob able that there are vulnerable points In his celebrated corner. Mr. Lelter, pere, Is said to have regained most of the millions 'he lo3t In bolstering np his son's unfortunate deal, and as he can take none of these millions with him when he follows the late Mr. Armour over the divide, he might use them in removing that serious blot on the Lelter financial escutcheon. Young Mr. Ar mour, like young Mr. Lelter, may suc ceed in putting wheat up to a fabulous price, but in the end he must take care of the wheat, and If Mr. Lelter should swell the dimensions of the "corpse" by giving him more wheat than he could pay for. It would add greatly to the Interest now exhibited over the Armour corner. RUSSIA'S SERVICE TO MANCHURIA. General Nelson A. Miles, retired. Is to be boomed for" the Democratic Pres idential nomination by the Iroquois Club, of Chicago. "While doubtless the vindication that General Miles most ar dently desires is contained In the oppor tunity andarollltr to beat Roosevelt In the Presidential race.'the possibility of his doing so Is extremely remote. The true friends of the old soldler-Jof whom a loyal legion exist would be sorry to see him placed In a position that could only result In his renewed humiliation and disappointment Horace Greeley, whose Intense nature was stirred to the very depths by the bitterness of what he conceived to be political and per sonal persecution, accepted the Presi dential nomination as a weapon of re taliation and died from the added wounds of spirit that followed his fruit less pursuit of vindication at the polls. His example may well be a warning to General Miles at this juncture. which is to consider the matter of ship subsidy makes a fair and impar tial Investigation of the subject, no rec ommendations for the adoption of that iniquitous policy will ever be made. The commission is vested with powers which enable It to summon witnesses and to visit different ports of the United States Where shipping In practice and not In theory can be studied. Taking advan tage of the first-mentioned power, the commission can summon James J. Hill, one of the greatest transportation men of the age. Mr. Hill Is just completing two of the largest steamships the world ever saw. He is building them in an American yard, and they will fly the American flag unless our antique nav igation laws compel him to place them under the British, German, Norwegian, French, or any other old flag which will welcome him with Joy and not hamper their operations with needless red tape. Mr. Hill will tell the commission that the subsidy theory is all wrong and that it will never build up our merchant marine. He will tell them that we can never sit In the shipping game on even terms with the foreigners who are now conducting It until we use the same kind of chips and the same kind of cards. He will tell them that he does not ask Government aid for his mon ster steamers, but what he Is desirous of having is the right to do business without any such restrictions as are now thrown around American shipping. Mr. Hill is thoroughly conversant with the subject and If the commission will summon him they can receive more light on the subject than can be thrown from any other source. There is another great transportation man whom the commission will sum mon, and he will tell the commission that the subsidy is the only means that will prevent American shipping going to the bow-wows. This man is Clement M. Grlscom, and his needy but patri otic associate?, J. P. Morgan and John The question, "What is Manchuria and what are the Russians doing there? Is answered by United States Senator Beveridge In his book, just published, "The Russian Advance," which Is the story of a journey made through this great province of China in 1901. Man churia's area .of 370,000 square miles Is more than double the combined area of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New England, and Is quite as rich in natural resources. Its climate and soil are suited to all the products of the temperate zone and to some of the products of semi-tropical countries, re sembling in this respect that of Cali fornia. Its northern limits are about the same latitude as the northern lim its of the Canadian province of Quebec. Its southern limits are in about' the same latitude as the southern limits of Maryland. This vast territory is fer tilized .by rivers whose Intervale Is as productive as that of the Sangamon, In- Illlnols, or the Miami, -in Ohio. The mountains of the north are rich In gold, while those of the south and southeast abound in iron and coal that is equal to any coal produced In the United States. This great country, which contains today less than 15,000,000 Inhabitants, Is capable of sustaining 50,000,000; It has two of the best harbors In the world for commercial and military pur poses. Over this country within less than seven years Russia has spread her Influence with the loss of scarcely a man and the expenditure of hardly a dollar outside her Investment In rail ways and fortifications. Russia prac tlcally has already acquired Manchuria, although it Is still nominally Chinese and its Governors are still appointed by the Chinese Emperor. Russian law, or der and system are In Manchuria, and In the opinion of Senator Beveridge are there forever. Senator .Beveridge thinks the rule of Russia In Manchuria has been in all ways beneficent to the Chinese inhabitants, who have earned from 30 to .40 cents a day as railway laborers and have been paid high prices for their land which the railway has traversed. He thinks the Russian sol diers are the finest specimens of phys leal manhood he ever saw; they live on sour cabbage, black bread, dried fish and weak tea, and yet thrive on the simplest and plainest of fare. The Russian soldier can live on the country in any part of the world, and that Is 1 something that no other soldier in the world can do, not even the Japanese. His physical hardiness and endurance, his capacity to Hve-on little and simple food easily transported, make the Rus sian soldier the superior of any soldier In the world. The Japanese soldier is inferior to the Russian, not in courage, but in phy sique, strength and. endurance. Mr. Beveridge says that the 60,000 Russian soldiers that guard the railway are each of them not .only a soldier, but a farmer and a mechanic. Every one of them Is married and has his wife and children with him. The lands these guards occupy was vacant land when they settled upon it, but had been aban doned by the Chinese farmers because of the raids of bands of' murderous rob bers. "With the advent of Russia mur der and outrage by robber bands were promptly stamped out with the iron heel of military law, but the orderly Chinese are peaceful and contented with the Russian rule. Tens of thou sands of them were employed by the Russians in building the railway or In the erection of houses, at wages that represent many times the pay of the Russian soldier. Many of these peace ful and happy workers had been Box ers the year before, butchering man. woman and child. But Russia has con verted them into useful laborers by her method, which Is to wage war In terri ble earnest, to strike and spare not while wacexlsts, and to employ the metnoas oi peace wnen war is over. The kindly treatment of a subjugated people Is a characteristic of the Rus sian In time of peace, as merciless pun ishment Is a characteristic In time of war. This has been the traditional pol icy of Russia in Poland, In the Cau casus and In Turcomanla. In Man churia In 1901 Senator Beveridge saw Russian peasant, Chinese workingman and Corean laborer mingled together as though they were of one race, one blood and one faith, and even one nationality. This gift of assimilation is one of the main elements of Russia's strength in Asia. Altogether, Senator Beveridge thinks the occupation of Manchuria by the Russians has been beneficent in its BITTERT HOSTILITY TO BDELfc. New York Sun. ' It is assiduously published and made known, that it la the Intention of the il lustrious Governor of this state to depose Colonel George W. Dunn from the chair manship of the Republican State Com mittee ana himself assume its duties and responsibilities. In this It Is stated that the Governor acts with the sanction and approbation of both President Roosevelt and Senator Piatt The reason assigned for the change it is not sought in any way to disguise, and it is that Governor Odell does not think that Colonel Dunn is a safe man to have charge of Mr. Roosevelt's interests In New York during the campaign and that the- President and the senior Senator themselves concur in that opinion. "We ourselves, after mature consideration, in cline to the belief that the proceeding is a wise one. We have felt for a long time, and we venture to think Colonel Dunn, too, that he has outgrown his usefulness as the head of the state committee. In taking leave, however abruptly, of Colonel Dunn, we wish to assure him of our profound esteem and unqualified regard. We shall be ever mindful of -the impressive lesson that was Imparted to us in the circum stances which attended Senator Piatt's re cent abrupt dismissal from the. leader ship of the Republican party of the state. However harsh and sudden his overthrow may necessarily have been. It was ac companied by the most courteous and delicate consideration for his individual sensibilities and the most tender assur ances of the profound regard and sincere affection in which he was held by both the President and the gentleman who sup planted him. Summary, therefore, as may be the dismissal of Colonel Dunn, It shall In no wise be our fault If the occasion, be lacking In suavity or In becoming unc tion. A toothless child is held to be sharper than a serpent's thanks, and Colonel Dunn Is too old a political soldier to hay any illusions about gratitude. in considering the present disabilities of Colonel Dunn he will pardon us If the circumstances seem to require that we should speak plainly; even at the risk, which we fain would avoid, of hurting Colonel Dunn's feelings. Even the wisest of men have been known to resent having tneir own shortcomings pointed out to them; but the present Is not the time for such considerations. In the coming, or indeed, the alreadr present campaign, which the new leader has outlined with such a bold and mas terly hand, It Is apparent that Colonel Dunn is out of place at the head of the Raging floods in the Middle "West and icebound harbors on the Atlantic coast and the roses still "a-bloomln" in the yards in Portland, tell tales of differ ent kinds of "Winter weather. Under such clrcumstabces. It Is small wonder that more people are coming Into the Pacific Northwest than ever before. The flood and the freeze in the East will catch some of the livestock .men and the woolgrowers ' who were here last week, and If they need any fur ther Incentive to sing Oregon's praises It will be afforded by the contrast in the Oregon weather with that which they are now experiencing. The sun does not always shine In Oregon, but rare Indeed are the occasions when the weather becomes uncomfortably cold and Ice. blocks navigation. And the floods, when they do come, which Is on rare occasions, roll lazily down to the sea, leaving no trail of disaster in their wake. The society which declares social os tracism against divorcees, wearers of decollete gowns, gamblers, Including bridge whist players, and users Of liquors, has undertaken a big contract, People who would force others Into foregoing certain customs which' are not in accord with their .own ideas of morality, by ostracism, says the Boston Herald, "take a bold step and one that is not m narmony witn individual free dom of thought and act." The purify ing of certain social usages, while very much to be desired, can hardly be ac compllshed by the outward application of remedies. Enlightened methods for the treatment of eruptions of the body may be studied with advantage by moral reformers, xne accepted pro cess in these cases is to make a mani festation of physical impurity heal from the Inside, upward and outward. There is great anxiety In social clr cles In Europe In regard to the nealth of King Christian of Denmark. The aged ruler has close family relations with England and with every court in Europe, and "should anything happen1 the social season would be ruined, "When the trouble is eighty-six years, it must be admitted that the menace Is a serious-one. "When the contest Is nar rowed down to one between Nature and medical skill, the latter is likely to be speedily vanquished. The children of the venerable King, however, take a hopeful view of the case, and one and all are preparing to celebrate April 8 at Copenhagen his S6th birthday. It Is stated that a New York man recently dislocated his shoulder In paroxysm of coughing caused by a hard cold that was due to the horrid condi tion of the streets over which he had to pass on his way to and from his work a condition which defied his best efforts to keep his feet from getting waterlogged. "What awful possibilities of damage suits against this city are suggested by this incident! Olney's Place In History. Utica, N. Y., Observer. Richard Olney, who at the McClellan dinner declared anew his devotion to the principles and high purposes embodied In the person and deeas of Grover Cleve land, has himself been proclaimed as the candidate of the Massachusetts Democ racy for the office of President of the United States. This Is the act of the Democratic state committee of the com monwealth. Olney Is Boston's great con stltutional lawyer. He was born In Massa chusetts, and since an early age has con tlnuously lived in Boston, except when he was Attorney-General and Secretary of State In Cleveland's-Cablnet He has the Boston hallmark and wears the pride of his state and the admiration of the Demo crats of the country- He was Secretary of State a little more than a year, but he wrote his name indelibly in our Inter national history. ROOSEVELT, ODEJJ, AND NEW YORK Harper's Weekly. "What doe3 General Grosvenor mean by saying Irritably that Roosevelt can be elected without the electoral vote of his own state? Are we to infer that the Re publican managers already count New York as lost? And. if so, why? These are interesting questions, indicating a most curious and wholly unprecedented condi tion in National politics. Contemplate the possibility, nearly a year before election day, and six months before the nomina tion, of a virtual admission that McKin ley could not have expected to carry Ohio, or Harrison Indiana, or Blaine Maine, or any one of them New York! It is un thinkable; it would have presaged certain defeat, If not in the convention, at the polls. And yet the assertion is made by a stanch and serious-minded friend of the President with no apparent appreciation of Its extraordinary character, and obvi ously no apprehension of untoward effect upon Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy. Strange, however, as this surely seems. hardly less noteworthy Is the unanimity of opinion that the basis of the specula tion is sound, and that Mr. Roosevelt cannot carry New York against a suitable Democratic candidate. It Is recalled that he barely won Bis election as Governor While the laurels of San Juan were yet green on his brow, and it Is urged, with much force we must admit that the cur rent of feeling against him. not only In financial but also in commercial and mer cantile circles, is very strong. Moreover, the party organization is rent asunder. Senator Piatt for 30 years the undisputed leader, has been humiliated at the be hest of Governor Odell, who In turn has oh hand a most bitter personal quarrel with the Sun, the ablest moat persistent, most unforgiving and most deadly of newspaper antagonists. This Is not the Presidents fault; it Is his misfortune; but it Is a fact pregnant with menace. Ordinarily the effect of such a quarrel "may be at least minimized by tactful en deavor and appeal to party loyalty, but In thfa case there seems to be no cure except the extermination of one or the other of the parties to the controversy. The New York Senators have not only prestige and friends, but the support of all the powerful corporations, while Gov ernor Odell has that of only one arid they, as well as he. must fight for their lives. Unfortunately for the President the contest is not unequal; on the con trary, It is so even that it bodes frightful 111, and It is he, blameless though he is, as we believe, who must suffer most That isiiard luck for both the President state committee. He is out-of-date. He a 7J"V.r ' "j VI . belongs to the old school of superseded Republicans, In the face of political ex pediency, or even emergency, he allows considerations of personal honor and In tegrity to warp his Judgment There Is no dependence to be placed upon him. In those delicate negotiations which multi ply so rapidly In the course of a campaign the political supremacy of a commercial ized boss who by brutal methods brings obloquy upon the splendid title bestowed upon him by the people. The World's charge that the President connived at the advancement of Governor Odell Is baseless. He did no more than his duty from the h i . i: ST. v. 1 viewpoint of an organization man.no more he is worse than useless, such is his ob- ,, atttiw f stlnate adherence to obsolete and lonc- smce exploded notions of personal and moral obligations. Why, in some matters Colonel Dunn is as senstltlve as a girl. So impulsive and thoughtless Is he that we believe he would resent violently even, an Imputation upon his honesty. He Is even sensitive respecting anything touching his veracity. In fact, not to put too nne a point upon it In the modern style of campaign the authorities would have no more use for Colonel Dunn, If we may be pardoned for the homely simile. than a frog would have for a hair brash. Think of a man who not only will not himself convert the property of others to his own Use, but will not share that property when others have converted it to their use! A man with the notions of a fanatic about putting his hand only In his own pocket A man stuffed with such gross Impracticabilities as one or two, or even more, of the Ten Commandments and reeking. If It only could be proved, with the Moral Law! He Is impossible. There is no room for the dilettante in this campaign. We must have men with strong stomachs, men who are not to be swayed hither and thither by merely polite emotions, but men who know their tools and how to use them, and have no weak compunctions about slitting weazand and a purse before meals. Infected as we are with swashbucklery and exposed as we may be to the con tagion of universal graft we have still sufficient control over our emotions to tender to Colonel Dunn the assurances of our respectful sympathy. than MoKlnley or Harrlsoa or any recent President except Cleveland might have done. He advocated peace for the sake of the party such peace as could come only from amicable understanding hence the meeting at tne White House. Mr. Roose velt's part in this transaction was wholly' creditable; Governor Odell's thoroughly despicable. He boasted of being summoned' to the White House, boasted en route, and boasted after he came away, coming dan gerously near violating confidence after having been treated as a gentleman. That harm rather than good came from the con ference was no fault of the President or Senator Piatt but such unquestionably was the result, contributing greatly to the strange belief, previously noted, that al ready, nearly a year before election day New York must be placed In the Demo cratic column. But who is the man? Nobody is so fool lsh as to maintain that anybody could de feat Mr. Roosevelt Mr. Bryan could not, for example. Could Judge Gray or Sena tor Gorman? We doubt It. Mr. Cleveland, of course. Judge Parker, probably. But we learn from a source which in the past we have found to be authoritative that Mr. Murphy by suggestion of Mr. Croker will not support Judge Parker because of his intimate relationship with Mr. Hill. You can generally rely upon Democratic politicians to make a mess' of an oppor tunity. - ' v KQTE ANDC0HMEN.T ? Frost makes the gorge rise. J , Hanna. has caught cold In his head. . Erlckson doesn't seem to' know which thimble the pea is under. The question seems to be: Was San Juan Hill at General Wood or not? Somallland. Damaraland. Macccdonia, Colombia, Uruguay Corea, Thibet scraps and rumors of scraps. The Rev. Guy F. Phelps says that to be charged with insanity is an excellent way of having one's church filled. This is but a left-banded compliment to church-goers. A man by the name- of Mudd has recently . been elected Mayor of Astoria. The gentle man's unfortunate cognomen Is destined to furnish untold volumes of editorial material during his term of office. Tacoma News. Mayor Suprenant of Astoria, will be gratified to learn his new name. Far Rockaway would be a paradise for the members of the British National As s8ociation for the Suppression' of Bad Language. Recently a man slipped on the ice there, and as he struck with a jolt ne uttered a vehement d n. Five days was the sentence that the Far Rockaway magistrate handed out In the "Medal and the Maid," which is now running in New York, the most popular song Is one about the Zanzibar girl, and In uie "Yankee Consul" the most popular song Is one about the Santo Domingo girL If the black girl is to. furnish the cmef inspiration for our songs which someone has declared more Important than laws It is hard to un derstand what objection there can be to letting her black brother vote. Fannie- McNabb, of Chicago, has been declared Insane. Miss McNabb has been accustomed to smoke a package of cigar ettes a day, ergo, tobacco brings on in sanity. Dr. Woods Hutchinson has a num ber of centenarians In mind who smoke constantly, ergo, tobacco prolongs life. Perhaps Miss McNabb's cigarette smoking was caused by her Insanity; perhaps It didn't affect her at all. Perhaps, and again perhaps. Edward Wallace, of Sydney, N. S. W., is reported from Vancouver, B. C, to contemplate building a challenger for the Amerlcacnp. He is further reported to contemplate cruising about the sea3 of the world in his challenger, which is to be bull' with a view to solid comfort Mr. Wallace should not be disturbed in his dream, for one who can picture himself comfortably cruising about in a modern racing yacht at least in anything above the small raters, has an Imagination that should be worked overtime. , An Italian organ grinder recently struck up a rag-time ditty under the window of George Moore, the novelist. Mr. Moore rushed to the window, leaving an un finished masterpiece on his table, and shook- his fist at the Italian. The musician took this for a gesture of commendation and turned the handle faster than before, adding a new feature by whistling the air. A sympathetic magistrate ordered the Italian to give surety of $25 for good behavior and to avoid the novelist's house in the future. Then Mr. Moore went back to continue his new "Sister Theresa." Examining the Candidates. New York Times. The Democratic party is in the stage of searclr nnd scrutiny, looking about for a candidate and diligently Inquiring Into the availability and qualifications of the men who in various states and from time to time are suggested as possibilities. In respect to ability of a high statesmanlike quality and to experience in National at-. fairs. Richard Olney doubtless stands above any other possible candidate who has been mentioned. These three names, Judge Parker, Judge Gray and ex-Secretary Olney, are now. as they have been for some weeks, most prominent in the .Uscusslon. Senator Gorman has his sup porters, but we do not know any well informed Democrat who thinks Mr. Gor man could carry New York. That puts nlm out of the running before the race is begun. - How the Conquered Became Victors. Chicago Chronicle. The attention of the world Is fixed with the liveliest Interest on the threatened collision between Russia and Japan. The anticipation of some that Russia will pro vail by sheer force of numbers and weight recalls the similar anticipation when Japan and China joined issue, an antic! pation that was not borne out by the result There is a theory, too, that tropical and semltroplcal climates tend to luxury and through that to effeminacy and racial weakness, while Northern and Far Southern climates, where conditions of life are more trying, where nature buffets men rudely and is more grudging of her bounties, breed hardier races. "History," It has been said, "is a game In which toiling brawn always wins over pillowed ease." This view Is often sup ported by reference to a surprising num ber of armed conflicts which seem to bear out the theory. It is not surprilng bear out the theory. It is not surprising tie must be made against climatic con ditions for mere existence are physically sturdier than those not so winnowed. It Is only another example of the survival of the fittest Yet this theory omits all consideration of the correlative law or theory that all civilization, all that tends toward high Intellectual and esthetic cultivation seems to haye had birth nearer the equator, and In the final out come of the collisions of races to have proved the stronger in determining the evolution of the new" race and the new culture. The physical arms of the Northern bar barians overthrew the Roman state, but the law-making genius, the civilization and the art of the Roman conauered the barbarian after-all and developed modern civilization by the reintegration of both elements. The impending- Russo-Japanose collision, if it comes, will somehow work out some not wholly dissimilar end. Our Neutrality. Springfield Republican. It is casually stated in a certain news paper thatthe attitude of the United States Government during the war be tween Russia and Japan would be strict neutrality. At least, this republic owes Russia neutrality In return for Russia's well-known friendliness for the United States Government in the Civil War, even if the sympathies of the majority of our people should be with Japan on the soe clfic issues of the struggle. Strict neutral ity on the part of the Government let it be, if war comes. We Saw, and Woo'd Each Other's Eyes. William Hablngton. "We saw. and woo'd each other's eyes, My soul contracted then with thine. And both burnt in one sacrifice. By which our marriage grew divine. Let wilder youth, whose soul la sense. Profane the temple of dellRht, And purchase endless penitence. Vlth the stolen pleasure of one night Time's ever ours, while we despise The sensual Idol of our day. For thouzh the sun do set and rise, "We joy one everlasting day, "Whose light no Jealous clouds obscure, "While each of us sblne Innocent. The troubled stream Is still impure. With virtue files away content Thus when to one dark silent room. Death shall our loving coSlns thrust; Fame will build columns on our tomb, Anfl &4&.&..pexQu&c4a qsx iSity The South's Monopoly. Baltimore Sun. In a letter to the Manufacturers' Record on the question of the South's monopoly of cotton production, Mr. Ed ward' Atkinson, the eminent publicist expresses tje opinion that Egypt has nearly reached its maximum of produc tion; that the cotton ot India and China is of poor fiber and too short: that the Lagos cotton is poor in staple and woolly; that Brazilian and Peruvian cotton is excessively woolly, and that Russia's production, even if valuable, is not likely to -be exported. The cot ton of tropical countries is always in ferior. The South alone has the climate required for the growth of the kinds of cotton wanted for the world's manu facturing Industry. The high pampas of the Paraguay and Parana Rivers. South America, could produce such a fiber as Is wanted, but bad government, scanty population and lack of Industry will probably prevent that region from producing largely for 50 years to come. "Therefore the cotton states of this country," Mr. Atkinson concludes. hold an unwholesome but practical monopoly of the cotton of commerce. Thoy are not, therefore, under the wholesome stimulus of prospective want, and therefore their method, as'a rule, subject to conspicuous exceptions, in dealing with their iana. their cot ton and their cotton bale is as bad as it can be, as I have often said when face to face with my friends In the South." Such were the conclusions reached during the Civil War, when cotton was scarce and anxious inquiries were made. They are probably correct also for the present decade. But it cannot be ignored that since 1865 parts of Africa and Asia not then open to European enterprise have become available for cotton culture and that energetic efforts are being made by the spinning interests of England, France, Germany and Russia to utilize areas that have the climate required for cot ton growing. In the Interior of trop leal Africa some hundreds of miles from the coast there are uplands which have. It Is claimed, the right tempera ture and humidity. The hinterland of Lagos and parts of Rhodesia and Ger man East Africa are said to have prom islng cotton areas. "Our exhibits at the St Louis Exhibition," says Mr. Jones, of the Chartered Company, "will Include cotton. The wild cotton grown in Rhodesia has beeu stated by the Lancashire experts to be equal to mid dling American. This is especially truo of the cotton produced In Northeastern Rhodesia, which, indeed, has been val ued at a much higher rate, and which will be especially valuable for admix ture with wool and the making of things in Imitation ot silk." The Constant Lovers.' Anon. (From "Wit Restored," 165S.) , I know as well as you she Is not fair. Zior hath she sparkling eye, or curled hair; Nor can she brag ot virtue or of truth, Or anything about her, save her youth. She Is a woman, too, and to no end, I know, I verses write and letters send; And nought I do can to coinpasslon move her; All this' I know, yet cannot choose but love her; Tet am not blind, as you and others be.. "Who think, and swear they little Cupid see Play In their mistress' eyes, and that there dwell Hoses on cheeks, and that her breasts excel The whitest snow, as If that love were built On fadlnc red, and white, the body's gilt. And thaU I cannot love unless I tell "Wherein or on what part my love doth dwell. Vain heretics you be, for I love more Than ever any did that told wherefore; Then trouble roe no more, nor tell me schjr. Tis tMas$. .six. lr.ghep.aw. Lma I One would think that to knock down a prominent New Yorker with a blow from. behind and then to chew off one of"hls fingers would insure sufficient fame to at ' least get the assailant's name in the pa pers. But no not if he is one of those useful creatures that act as husbands to celebrities. It was the husband to Amelia Bingham who did this work, his victim being Acton Davies, the dramatic critic In common with other critics, Mr. Davies had declared the latest Bingham play a failure, and the husband to Amelia showed his disapproval by a little mayhem turn of his own. The Instructive part of the inr cident is its disclosure of a new use for husbands to celebrities. Besides actina: the tame cat, and doing the fetch-and- carry act, these husbands may now go into the retaliation business and criticisims of female stars will be tempered by the hltr ting powers of the stars' husbands. In the light of this It seems an excellent thing that Patti reads no criticisms. It she did it is to be feared that the lanky Baron would have more work than he could handle. If there Is "one thing more enjoyable than another it Is the small paragraphs of useful information that the press of the country deals out so liberally, usually because they can be lengthened or cut short to fill any desired space. 'Torcelain Is being used for water pipes," Is followed by tho sad news that "Fish are unusually scarce in Lake Erie." Then we are told that "In the East Indies, there are spiders so large that they feed on small birds." This Is a very popular paragraph and has been "going the rounds for these many years. It is a statement that recalls all the delightful wonderings when fone's youthful eyes first fell upon it, and the consequence of a bite from such repulsive monsters were discussed. Another item says: A learned biologist named Conrad has just discovered that sauerkraut contains microbes. It is said that they exhale the gas that gives to this dish Its characteristic piquancy. Microbes furnish a large number of these paragraphs, and to jam them Into sauerkraut seems a shabby return for their services. WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. Sunday School Teacher Why did Adam and Eve clothe themselves after the Fall? Bright Scholar 'Cause "Winter comes after Fall. Puck. "Mrs. Humorist says she is not stuck on her husband's Jokes." 'That's easily ac counted for." "How?" They have no point." Houston Post. Wigg I like to see a woman who can rise superior to dress. Wagg Well, any woman In a decollete gown la head and shoulders above It. Philadelphia Record. "What Is Jones doing nowadays?" "Sur veying." "What?" "Yes, he walks up and down Broadway every afternoon and looks at the pretty girls." Columbia Jester. jjutier But do you remember all you read? Baker I hope not. If I did I should not enjoy the original writings of some of my friends, you know. Boston Transcript. Magistrate (sternly) Didn't I tell you the last time you were here I never wanted you to come before me again? Prisoner Tes, sir; but I couldn't make the policeman be lieve It. New Yorker. Jack You've heard about the escaping criminal who stepped on a slot machine and got a weigh? Mack Yes. that's old. Jack Well, even the bloodhounds couldn't get his cent. Tale Record. "For Heaven's sake. Mary, what are you doing with that egg-beater?" "Sure, mum. don't th" master tell me as howfhe wanted me to mix Mm some lather f r th" shavla lv him?" Baltimore News. His s Beemer Who Is your favorite poet Mr. Weaver? Weaver (who is addicted to versifying) Really, don't you know. I think tt might appear egotistical for me to answer that question frankly. Boston Transcript