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Wheatlcy jiovbdic corner Market and Kearney streets Foster" & Orar. Ferry News Stand. WaBUBgUB, U. V' vania avenue. -Ebbltt House. Pennsyl- rOUTLAND. TUESDAY. rERUARY 13. 1WMJ A FUTILE TROPOSAL. If a man lives right, thinks Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, he does not need more than $10,000 a year; and since that sum is all he needs, it is all he ought -to have. Sa reasoned the Governor at Duluth before the Young Men's Chris tian Association. His remark may have been intended merely for one of those pious platitudes which some speakers think so appropriate to the ears of good young men, or it may mean a great leal. Let us pay Governor Johnson the high compliment of supposing that he meant what he said.' (He really de serves such a. compliment, for he Is re puted to be a man of ability and worth, near to the people of . a. great common wealth and in close sympathy with the tides of popular feeling. The Governor's mention of $10,000 as the "upper limit of a. man's income need not be taken ven' seriously. It was mentioned probably as a likely figure without much consideration, for some anen need a great deal more than $10, 000 a year, and must either have it or fail to perform adequately the duties of their station In life. The President of the United States, for . example, would find such an Income far short of liis rational needs, and so would our Ambassador to Germany. "Without lioldlng Mr. Johnson too strictly to his offhand guess at the proper figure, we may believe that he does hold that a limit ought to be set to the .amount of property one person may own and con trol. Coming from a man in his posi tion, such an opinion, boldly expressed, is Important. It is little short of revo lutionary, for our theory of wealth in America has hitherto .been that a man may justly own and control all he can get. We may Imagine the Governor's Tea son for this startling opinion to be deduced from one or two facts which have been much exploited in the press of late. For example, some 5000 men In this country control a -little more than 54 per cent of the nation's wealth. This leaves less than 46 per cent to satisfy the needs and ambitions of the remain ing 80,000,000 of us. The 54 per cent. moreover, is likely to Become 80 per cent within a few years, so that oppor tunity, for the mass of Americans, is a thins that is rapidly narrowing to a vanishing point, as the editor of Scrib ners Magazine has indicated in the February number. A temperate re striction upon the opportunities of the excessively acqusltlve would mean en largement of the opportunities of the rest of the world and tend strongly toward the prevalence of the square deal. Perhaps this war Governor John son's thought. Mr. Johnson believes that no man should be permitted to acquire more wealth than he needs. The converse of "this proposition is that no man should be permitted to need more than he can acquire, or, to put it a little more.clear 3y, that every man ought to have the opportunity to satisfy mil his legitimate wants by the use of his physical and mental abilities. Whether the Governor of Minnesota Includes this article in his economic creed or not is not clear from this Duluth speech, "but .there are few men who would dispute it. Some hold that such opportunity actually exists, though the facts are against them. It would -be Interesting to learn how Governor Johnson would proceed In practice to limit incomes to $10,000, or any other figure. Possibly he has worked Yout a plan, but it is more likely that he has not, for every conceivable plan involves manifest absurdities. It is -safe to say that the tendency of wealth to accumulate in the hands of a small number of men is irresistible. Laws may hasten the process, but scarcely any thoughtful investigator believes they can hinder it. Through the mere investment of surplus income the Rockefeller-fortune alone would en gulf the whole world In a comparatlve Jy short --time. How can the law Inter fere? Short of confiscation, no inter ference would be effectual, and confis cation is only a euphemism for theft. The past year has been one of phe nomenal prosperity to those -engaged In sheep husbandry in the great Middle Isprthwest. Accprdlng to an article In a late numb.er of the American Sheep foreeder, January 1 found some of the states of this section with woolgrowers In .a more prosperous condition than they have ever been before. Elements In this prosperity are specified as fol lows: Sheep are In a splendid Winter condition, with little or no losses dur ing the first two months of Winter: sheepmen are financially, in excejlent condition, Tiavlng paid many debts that have been running for years; flocks are cleaner than ever before known, and, though a shortage of 20 per cent in the wool crop In some sections Is foreshad owed, the' prices promise to make up the deficit. In Montana alone the clip will be 7,060.000 pounds short, owing to the close selling of sheep on the ranges last Fall, and to the enormous demand for lambs for the early Summer mar ket. Overproduction runs prices down, short production maintains good prices. Hence, with fewer sheep on the ranges than for many years past, and a conse- quent shortage in the wool clip, prices for mutton, breeding slreep and wool will be "away up." At least this is what the sheepmen tell themselves and each other. ASSAY OFFICE FOR PORTLAND. The arguments presented by Senator Fulton In favor of an Assay Office for Portland are unanswerable. The In controvertible facts presented by him are more than sufficient to warrant im mediate action on the part of the Gov ernment in providing this city with this' most necessary Institution. Senator Fulton quite graciously omitted one of the most potent of all reasons why an Assay Office should be established at some other point thanSeattle. At the risk of Incurring the displeasure of our Seattle friends. It might again be stated that the manner In which the Assay Office In -that city has been conducted has destroyed -all confidence of the Alaska miners in that Institution, and it will Tequlre years of exemplary ad ministration to replace what lias been lost. Distressing as -it may seem, Seattle is confronted with a situation which de mands- establishment of an Assay Office at Portland or diversion of a large amount of the Alaskan gold traffic to San Francisco. Commercial rivalry has never yet become so. strenuous that Portland would extend any .favors to San Francisco in preference to Seattle or Tacoma, and now we do not feel that we are asking anything unreason able dn requesting Seattle" to give us what support she can lend to prevent the business going any farther south than Portland. In geographical loca tion and through Oregon's supremacy over "Washington as a producer of pre cious metals, Portland ia more entitled to an Assay Office than Seattle. Giving this fact due consideration, and with full knowledge that the stream of Alaska gold will no longer flow to Seat tle In the proportions attained before the public was enlightened regarding the methods by which the Seattle office was conducted, there appears to be no valid reason wify opposition should de velop to Senator Fulton's measure. Out here on the Pacific Coast, where the situation is fully understood, there Is no disposition to criticise the present management of the Seattle office, which is undoubtedly conducted in an honest, business-like manner, but Tou may bruise, you may batter the cur It you will. But the smell or the cat will cling to him stllL The Alaska miners will be somewhat slow to forgive and forget. They will remember that for a number of years they were systematically robbed at the Government Assay Office in Seattle, and henceforth their treasure will to a con siderable extent seek other Assay Of fices. The matter is of exceptional Im portance to Portland at this .time, while we are making an effort to get a foot hold in the Alaska trade. We have overlooked and underestimated the value of that trade for so long that it will be more difficult to break Into It than would have been the case had we steadfastly cultivated it while It was In its infancy. We can get a portion of the trade without the Assay Office, for Alaska will never again be an exclusive field for exploitation by Seattle. The Assay Office, however, will be a magnet whose drawing powers should not be over looked. If there Is any Pacific Coast opposition to Senator Fulton's bill, It should be confined to California, for San Francisco will be the only point on the Coast that will profit by Portland's failure to get an Assay Office. LET THE OLD ORCHARD PASS. The campaign for the extermination of fruit pests Is on In earnest In several counties of the Willamette Valley. This is a matter that cannot be left to the option of the individual. A fanner who does not raise fruit, or care to raise It, for market, and Is content with the product, for his own use, of an old, pest-rldden orchard, cannot be allowed to maintain this menace to the orchard of his neighbor who Is striving Intelli gently and Industriously to produce, good fruits. Lecturers from the State Agricultural College now In the field In the interest of clean orchards and good fruit emphasize this point. The law provides that, where owners fall to spray or destroy their Jnfested trees the work may be done by the state or coun ty, by men duly delegated for that pur pose, and the cost charged up against the delinquent farmers or orchardlsts. While many farmers act promptly In this matter, after having oeen properly advised as to ways and means, experi ence has often proved that there arc others who will act In the premises only under compulsion. It is the purpose of the state and county horticultural soci eties to furnish this compulsion, "when milder means fail to produce the' de sired result. An old apple orchard, mossgrown, gravelly and unproductive, is of no use whatever, except possibly for fuel, and It should be converted to this use with out further delay. There is one of these old relics of the past, a pioneer orchard, from which .the man who planted it (now long deceased) sold many thousand dollars worth of fine apples forty years or more ago, just south of the Clacakamas, where the trolley-cars cross that turbulent stream. Perhaps not ten imshels of clean, mar ketable apples have been produced by this orchard In twice ten' years. Moss grown, unpruned, unsprayed. It makes brave showing of beauty und promise of frultfulncsB in blossoming time each year, but that Is all. Trees that years ago produced the finest Baldwins and Spltzenbergs and yellow Xcwtown Pip pins now bear fruit scarcely larger than crabapplcs, some oft It cllnglngj-as If In desperation, to tlje-.bare boughs all Winter, and some dejectedly drop ping to the ground in the .Fall to give further sustenance to the worms that infest it. This is but a single Instance of many that might be cited, showing the uselessneEs of appealing to the own ers of many old orchards to do their part in protecting the fruit Industry of the state from the pests that menace It. This old orchard has had its day. It Is a type of many others that still cum ber good ground and form a safe har- oor for the codlln moth, the woolly aphis and thedreaded San Jose scale. Even from a sentimental point of view such orchards deserve a better fate than to be allowed to stand as roonu- j ments to unthrift or neglect after their long day of usefulness and beauty has ended. These old orchard trees were selected, planted and cultivated with care forty, fifty or sixty years ago. They came early into bearing, and their fruit was perfect in form, color and flavor. And it brought marvelous prices, too. Many a cargo of apples has gone out on the old Oriflamme. Ajax and John I. Ste phens to the San Francisco market, for which the farmers received 513 a bushel after hauling to the nearest shipping point In their wagon beds, snugly lined with hay. The old or chards that now deface the landscape, except for a brief period of May bloom ing, were then In their glory straight limbed, clean and productive. But times have changed; conditions have changed; the old orchard has sadly changed. Its bounty has been turned to bane. Its productiveness to sterility. Its beauty to unsightliness. Sentiment joins utility In demanding that It pass. THE KENTON COLLEGE MYSTERY. The public may need to be reminded that on the 2Sth day of last October a peculiarly shocking accident occurred at Gambler, O., the seat of Kenyon College. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on the night of the 2Sth a student of the college named Stuart Plerson came to a frightful death upon the railroad bridge about half a mile west of the college. An engine and tender passed over his body, severing the head completely and so crushing the skull that the brains exuded and the teeth were ground from their sockets and scattered by the ralL The flesh of the back was mutilated and his overcoat, coat and undercloth ing rent In a manner which proved thaf when Plerson was struck by the loco motive he was lying on his back upon the bridge ties between the rails, with his head toward the east. Marks were found upon the wrists and ankles which seemed plainly made by ropes, and the right hand had been torn away at the wrist Joint, as might well have hap pened had it been made fast by a rope to one of the' bridge ties. It may also be recalled that on the night of October 2S Plerson was under going Initiation into one of the Greek letter fraternities which flourish at Kenyon College. His father was pres ent to participate In the festivities, and, after the accident, showed much appar ent eagerness to smother investigation and suppress the facts. The president of Kenyon College also displayed some thing more than the customary zeal In averring that none of the students could be guilty of young Plerson's death. These facts, together with the discovery of bloody ropes near a culvert at some distance from the bridge, ex cited an almost universal belief that the unfortunate youth bad been bound to the ties of the bridge upon his back between the rails by his comrades as part of the initiatory ceremonies. Their Intention was to release him before the regular train should pass, but the spe cial took them unawares, and when they arrived upon the spot they found young Plerson dead. This was the common belief, based upon such fragmentary evidence as the press could obtain. 'The entire testi mony taken at the Coroner's Inquest has now been published, and a copy has been sent to The Oregonian. It has been perused with diligence and care. The Coroner's verdict was that Plerson "was bound and tied" upon the bridge "In such a manner that he could not extricate himself, and was run over by an engine and tender, which struck him while he lay flat on bis back between the rails," and thus caused his death. This verdict corroborates the opinion which almost every unprejudiced man in the country drew from the facts, but the executive committee of Kenyon Col lege say of it In a preface that "the finding of the Coroner was without warrant" and that the evidence shows that "no student of Kenyon College nor any one else was responsible for the death of young Plerson." President Pierce adds In a letter to The Orego nian that the printed evidence "con tains a refutation of all the rumors" upon which the comment of the press was based at the time of the accident. The evidence Is very far from refut ing the rumors. It confirms them. It shows that Plerson left his room at 9 o'clock on the night of October 2S to carry out certain written instructions which he had learned by heart and then burned. What those Instructions were will never be known except bv the fraternity men who gave them. Of what Plerson did or what happened to him between 9 o'clock and 9:4L when the engine mangled his body out of all semblance to humanity, the Coroner could learn nothing from his witnesses. How he came to be lying back down on the ties nobody offers to explain, and yet the fact Is too well established to admit of doubt. His wounds and the state of his garments are conclusive upon the matter. Engineer Vannatta, who drove the fatal locomotive, ex plains with absolute clearness that the boy could not have been standing or sitting. Vannatta and the conductor were both watching he track with the trainman's keen and trained eyes, and they swear that they must have no ticed Plerson if he had not been prone on the ties. He must also have been fastened and without power to move,. for they are positive that a moving ob ject could not have escaped their sight, whereas they saw nothing of the youth and only learned of the accident later by fragments of clothing and spots of blood upon the brakebeara. Did Plerson tie himself back down upon the bridge? The theory that he lay down In that position and fell asleep is too silly for consideration. But there is another mystery. The three students wbo found Plerson's body testify that his overcoat had been torn oft by the engine and was discovered outspread on the ties. Of course this is Incredible. Those, students were alone with the re mains nobody knows how Jong before they reported the accident, and nobody but themselves knows what measures they took to avert suspicion. They must have removed the overcoat. Did they also make away with the Incriminating cords which bad bound the young, man helpless to the, bridge while his horri ble death rushed upon him? Did they remove the overcoat to reach the cords and then shrink from the ghastly task of replacing It upon the torn and head less corpse? xae testimony mis some 200 pages and offers a most interesting exhibit of duplicity, folly and cowardice. The elder Plerson fairly luxuriates ia the public display of his feelings. He is an extraordinary compound of Mrs. Gamp and Mr. Mlcawber. One can hardly believe that he knew anything about bis son's death which he did not tell, but the conclusion is irresistibly driven home that If the students of Kenyon College, aad possibly alee Its president, had revealed those secrets which they glide over so smoothly the cause- of young Plerson's death would not have remained the profound mys tery which they .so zealously pro nounce it. Mr. Cleveland has contrived to dis pose of his post-Presidential leisure with satisfaction to himself and advan tage to his countrymen. His years have lacked neither occupation nor dignity. An opinion seems to prevail that Mr. Roosevelt, as an ex-President, will be harder to lodge in stately and ornamental repose. The Nation keeps busy Imagining what will be best to do with him. Shall he be made president of Harvard? Of 'Chicago? Shall he be sent to Africa to hunt elephants? Many citizens of shady diligence arc charmed with the hunting idea, but nothing of the sort contents Mr. Jacob Rlls. To please him entirely, "Roosevelt must have a third term. Nothing stands in the way of this but a promise solemnly made, which is not a great deal; but If It cannot be. then Mr. Rlls would die happy to see his friend either Mayor of New Tork or a member of Congress. Mr. Roosevelt showed fair ability to take care of himself before he became President; what reason Is there to be lieve that he has lost it? It Is well to remember In discussing the matter of private car lines that sev eral great railroads furnish their own refrigerator cars, which are Iced quite as well as the private ones and much more cheaply. Among these roads are the Santa Fe, the Illinois Central and the Pennsylvania. The icing charge on the private lines Is often several hun dred per cent In excess of the corre sponding charge when the railroad pro vides the refrigerator cars. The Illinois Central has created an enormous fruit Industry along its route by furnishing proper transportation to the producers at reasonable rates. The principal evil in the Armour methods has been the exclusive contracts which he forces upon the railroads and which place the producers at his mercy. Eight farmers' Institutes will be held In the Rogue River Valley this month. Every candidate for office Is a particu lar friend of the farmers and, of course, win be there. If the horny-handed ag riculturists do "not learn how to double the yield of fruit they will at least be told how to vote In order to relieve themselves of the burden of taxation. Candidates for Congress will promise to give Rogue River a ship channel from Grant's Pass to the sea, and aspirants for the Governorship will tell how to make the Legislature fix the corporations good and plenty. All the candidates will be against the railroads, against the trusts, against political bosses, against taxation and entirely devoted to the welfare of the common people. Twenty-two managers of New York theaters combined to exclude from the houses under their control Mr. J. S. Metcalfe, dramatic critic of "Lite, in re taliation for some strictures upon their performances. Mr. Metcalfe sued them for combining to deprive him of his means of livelihood, and has won his case. Mr. Justice Fitzgerajd, of the Supreme Court, in making the decision. intimates that a single manager may exclude an undesirable person, but; it Is unlawful for several of tbem to com bine for that purpose. "It Is a conspir acy to agree to do lawful acts by un lawful means." the court asserts. This Is legal victory for reputable Journalism comparable In Importance to Mr. Hap- good's over the unspeakable Colonel Mann. An Irrigation project the chief factor of which Is a ditch eighty miles long will be begun In Ravalli County, Mon tana, as soon as the frost Is out of the ground. In the Spring. As at present contemplated, this ditch will carry 30, 000 cubic feet of water, permitting the irrigation of 70,000 acres of now unpro ductive land. This is but one of the in cidents In the dream of cmplro that centered In the Rocky Mountain region while yet It was designated upon the maps as the "Great American Desert," and upon which, beyond this, the geog rapher was silent. We are very fond of our millionaires. Next Wednesday the Senate will vote to present them with some $10,000,000 of the people's money under the pleasant fiction of encouraging American ship ping. The French commercial marine has been nearly ruined by the subsidy system, but the millionaires continue to tuck their annual stipend snugly away, so that the real purpose of the grant Is accomplished. After all, the essential object of a nation's life Is to fatten mil llonalres, and a ship subsidy Is as good a way to do It as any other. On one historic spot on the Pacific Coast the United States should erect a memorial. That spot Is the site of old Fort Clatsop, occupied by Lewis and Clark, In the Winter of 1S05-6. It was the first spot on the Pacific Coast of America made sacred by the pressure of American feet. Senator Fulton Is making an effort to have the Govern ment erect a monument there, in com memoration of the establishment of American sovereignty on the shores of the Pacific Everybody should help. . A Salem dispatch says 350 covers will be laid at the Lincoln day banquet In that city, and adds that every Rcpubr lican -candidate for state office has been Invited. Just the Marlon County can didates, we presume. The mind of one of the Valencia sur vivors who testified at the Seattle In quiry Is said to be in a maze. Probably he has been attempting to reconcile the facts with the testlmons' of the Master Mariners' Union. Slowly the glamor of poetry fades from -the world. Rat traps are hence forth to be balled with sweet-scented roses; The Bride "and Nephritos vari eties are recommended for the purpose. Fruit Inspector Castner has been tell ing Hood River orchardlsts Jiow to eradicate anthragnose. Sounds like It might be 'the Boston equivalent for "gin-blossom." Everybody will be glad that Mr. Longworth Is getting better. It will be really quite necessary that he be there. But it isn't his affair. Abraham Lincoln did not live to old age. But that life Is long which- an swers life's great end. Home and Jerome rhyme' too well -to tuik. Lobbyist Hamilton. ' ' j t THE PESSIMIST. . The wonder 18 that they knew that It was free lunch. So long as J. Ogdcn Armour and the shippers llko the private car system and do not object to the "Icing charges." why should the consumer make a roar? They say that the French courts will not allow the Countess dc Castcllanc to take her eldest eon away from France, because he Is Count Bonl's heir. What will poor BonI and his little heir do after Mamma goes away with the money? Uncle George Is a good fellow.. Perhaps he will lend Bonl a thousand or so, taking his nephew, Bonl's son and heir, for se curity. Klamath Falls Lodge No. 77. A. F. and A. M., If a plan now under consideration Is carried to a successful conclusion, will have one of the most unique lodgeroonis of any Masonic body In the world. Instead of erecting a building the lodge Intends to build a floating lodgeroom. to have Its home on Lake Ewauna. It is proposed to have the craft move out from shore at a certain hour and be unapproachable ex cept by boat during the session. If the candidate who la being raised to.the sub lime degree of a master boatman objects to the proceeding they can souse him in the lake. After that the ceremonies will seem good to him. There couldn't be anything worse than this: When the captain remarked to the boatswain: Suppose your Creator bad choatswala To create you a cow. sir?" Merely bitchier his troustr. The boatswain replied: "Wul. a'poatswalnr Fuck. Unless it happened to be this: A carpenter, who was named Cholmondeley. Was tupld and did bis work, bolmondeley. When reproved by his bosa lie was quite at loss For words, so Just looked around dolmondcley. -rJuege. This is the way they do things In New Orleans: After bavins been placed on the operating table at the Charity Hospital yesterday to undergo an operation which was supposed to mean life or death to him. Joseph Donahue broke away from the surgeons s.nd nurses. cpran? from the table, climbed a ladder to a skyltsht. which he iimashed. and was ch&ecd about the roof of the bulldlns for ten min utes before he was caotured. It was his vermiform appendix they were after. In the same town, and about the same time. Professor Bycr. while Inoculating a live rabbit with the germs of a deadly dis ease accidentally Inoculated himself. They will probably both die. Somehow or other I cannot help feeling sorry for the rabbit. If the Standard Oil Company buys the Portland General Electric, and the pres ent gas rates remain the rarac, where will the poor man get off? He can use light ning bugs and Illuminated paint. - Tbo starving unemployed of England probably take great pride in their coun try's new $7,5,C00 battleship. A gentleman In Spray, Or., calls atten tion to the magnitude of Seattle's bank clearings. Seattle Is credited with $10, CC0.C0O. while the amount set opposite the names of such places as Buffalo. Wash ington, D. C, Portland. Or., are small and Insignificant by comparison Why Is it? He wants to know. "Is It another manifestation of the much-vaunted Seattle spirit?" he asks. "It seems strange that the Seattle bank ers should lend their old to such a silly fraud." The problem is quite simple. Seattle wishes to be a large city. First It pre tends to be a largo city; then a few peo ple who have never been there will think that It Is a large city; and finally. In Its own estimation and in the estimation of those who do not know any better. It la a, large city. Then Seattle can get people with money to go there; and Seattle can sell its municipal bonds and things. "First families" and persons In "soci ety" arc created In the same way. First, they wish to get Into society; then they pretend that they are already In society; after a while a few simple people will think that they are: then the "first fam ilies" and "persons" la society can get trusted for groceries and things. M. B. WELLS. Hubby Had His Jtcvenge. Toronto Mall and Empire. William had not exactly married his wife for her money. At the same time she had helped to stock the farm to very considerable extent. And when William, In his sudden affluence of cir cumstances, spoke of "my cart" and "my pigs." she was a little hurt. But when he persisted In this method of speech sho felt herself bound to remonstrate. "Real ly. William," she said, "considering all things. I think It would sound much bet ter to say 'Our cowe. " Three days later he had his revenge. They were going to a friend's house for the evening, and she was ready first. Tired of waiting, she called upstairs. "What's delaying you. William?"? "My dear," he replied, in a distressed voice, "I'm looking for our trousers." From a Gambling Standpoint. First Faro Dealer Those quarter-ln-the-slot gas meters are 'most as strong as a regular, nlckcl-la-the-slot machine ain't they? Second Faro DealerWorse. The best ypu can get against 'cm is a Mexican stand-off. First F. D. How's that? Second F. D. You lose your money and you're all-fired lucky if- you save your life. Why? Harper's Weekly. The following advertisement appeared recently in a prominent London newspa per: "Wanted Experienced business woman us manageress, floor walker, supervisor. Not necessarily experienced In hairdress ing. but must bo tactful, reliable and born about September 22." The Sheep Look Up. John Flnley In the Outlook. "The sheep look up and are not fed. Lycldas. Beatinr the air with threat'nlnc handr. Tho-Demscogue defiant stands. Shoutlnr beside the busy street. "While round hlra hundreds hunsry bleat "The sheep look up and are not fed." With eyes on manuscript attent. On theologlc doctrine bent. The Preacher often scowls his views. Nor knows the starving In his pews "The sheep look up and are not fed. (And oft In academic halls. Hid from the world by clolst'rlnc walls, "The Teacher. In hla learning's pride. Forgets the pupil at his side "The sheep look up anil are not fed' O men of Christ, sent forth to preach The Better Way. the Truth to teach. Still is He asking. "Iovst thou raer Still !s our proof of loyalty That thoaa who hoaxer shall be fed.. HOW TO HOLDA FEDERAL JOB W. E. Curtis In Chicago "Record Herald. Since the publication of an Interview with Postmaster-General Cortelyou upon the application of the merit sys tem to the postal service, I have re ceived many letters from postmasters who are anxious to know just what is meant by "activity In politics." The Postmaster-General said that the offi cial record of a postmaster of the first, second, third and fourth class, would be the basis upon which the department would decide whether to continue him In office after' the expiration of his term. He said also that the only ques tion hereafter Is to be whether a man has been a good postmaster and Is sat isfactory to the patrons of his office and the department. Political activity, one way or the other, will have no Influ ence and. Mr. Cortelyou intimated, would be counted rather against than In favor of reappointment. Now post masters who are on the "anxious seat" Inquire what the words "political act ivity" mean. They want to know how far postmasters may go in politics; what part they may take in the party organlzation without Impairing their official records. One postmaster writes: mm "It my reappointment depends wholly upon merit, I shall only be too glad not to participate In. the party or ganization, but this happens to be a Democratic district, and somebody would be sure to take advantage of my inactivity to secure an organization that would Indorse him and commend him to the Republican Senators. Wnat would happen to me then?" Another asks: "To wnat extent can I mix In party organization for tKe pur pose of securing an organization that will recommend me and obtain for mc the indorsement of my Congressman. and Senators. In the circular dated May 10, nnd published In the June Guide. 1905, the Postmaster-General says that we can participate in politics so long as we do not use our offices to control political movements; do not neglect our offices or cause scandal by our activity; but In his address to the Postmasters' Association, published on page li of his last annual report, he says we 'are barred from participating in factional differences.' A strict con struction of this would absolutely bar us from taking part In our party or ganization or In any contest for dele gates or committeemen, no matter how honorably conducted, within the party. If we are to be barred absolutely from using our personal Influence in party affalrs. and If reappointment depends upon the consent of our two Senators, I might as well prepare to move, be cause It Is well known that, as a rule, the Senators will not lndorso anybody who docs not have their local party or ganization behind them. This docs not concern me alone, but every postmaster is Interested personally In It. and a very large part of the public." A very high authority who need not be mentioned, to whom these questions were submitted, says that: 1. The reappointment of a post master will not depend, in the future, upon the Indorsement of a Senator or even of a local party organization, bxtt upon his record as an efficient officer and his reputation among the patrons of the office, without regard to politics or party. He la the servant of the peo ple carrying out the instructions of the department, and will be Judged by the satisfaction he gives In that capacity rather than by his popularity with Sen ators, Representatives or political clubs. 2. Postmasters may vote, take part In primaries, write for the newspapers. make speeches in campaigns and ex erclse the ordinary privileges of cltl zens, but they should not be members of political committees nor delegates to political conventions. 3. Postmasters should abstain from taking part In personal and political controverales. They should not give their adherence to either aide of any factlonal quarrel; they have a right to express their opinions or vote for the candidates they prefer, and to give their reasons for doing so. but any act ivity either for or against a candidate or In a factional quarrel will impair their usefulness as the business repre sentatives of the Government. 4. Postmasters should remember that they are not the representatives of a party or a faction, but they are the servants of the entire public without regard to political divisions. It is their .business to promote the convenience and interests of the community and not the success of any party or faction. 5. There Is no reasbn why a post master should not belong to a political club, but he cannot perform the duties required of an officer of a club and at the same time fulfill the obligations of a postmaster to the public. 6. Hereafter the opinion of the pub lic, that Is. the patrons of the office and not the opinion of a Senator or a Representative or that of a political organization wjlll have the greatest degree of weight. Patterson's Pluck. Chicago Chronicle. Senator Pattcrson'8 determination to fight It out with his Democratic colleagues over his right to vote as he pleases on the Santo Domingo treaty does not sur prlso anybody who knows anything about his Tccord. The Colorado Senator owns a morning and an evening newspaper printed In Denver, and some years ago he had a quarrel with the union which resulted In a general strike. The union succeeded In Inducing every big advertiser in the town to take his patronage away from Mr. Patterson's newspaper. Mr. Patterson thereupon bought a controlling interest in one of the largest department stores In the town. He established an era of cut rates the like of which Denver had "never seen before. He ran the entire range of department store offerings from needles to pianos and took two or three pages In his newspapers every day to ad vertise the bargain?. A delegation of advertisers waited on him and proposed a return to the former cordial relations. Patterson, of course, accepted the propo sition. NEWSPAPER WAIFS. "Alice told me she waa beginning to study palntin;." "She needs to. Her complexion was perfectly startling today." Judge Kind Lady If I give you something to eat, will you wash your face and hands? Poor Hobo Touse misunderstood me. lady. I said I wui hungry I didn't say I was starvln' an" desperate. Cleveland Leader. Merchant Your nephew has applied for a Job In my store. Can you recommend him? He says he bad bad no experience, but he Is full of dayi . work. . The .Uncle Well. I guesj he is. Nobody has ever got any of 'em out ot him yet. Chicago Tribune. Three Germans, were sitting at luncheon recently, and were overheard dlxcusolng sec ond marriage of a mutual friend, when one of them remarked: "I'll tell you vhat. A man vhat marries de second time, don't deserve to have loot his first vlfc." Llfe 'Funny thing," began Stlnglman. trying to get some medical advice 'free. "I know a man who gets neuralgia so bad at times he simply yeUs with the: pain. What -would you do In a case like thatr "Why." replied Dr. Wise. "I'm afraid I'd yell with pain, too." Philadelphia Press. "How is John doln In hla studies?" asked Farmer CorntoeieL "Not very well." ans wered thj professor! "He Is regular In at tendance, but he never answers any of my Questions." "Well, mebbe It's a good sign. He may turn out to be one of these high financiers. " Washington Star. Benevolent Gentleman My little boy, have you no better way to spend this beautiful afternoon than by standing in front of this gate. Idling away your time? Boy I aint Idling away my time. Therea a chump Inside with my sister, who is paytng me sixpence an hsur to watch for pa. Plck-SCe-Up. TWO VIEWS OFPINE ISLAND, 3raJority Supports Treaty, Minority Approves Americans' Claim. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The Senate, in executive session today, made public the majority and minority reports from tho committee on foreign relations of the treaty giving Cuba the title of the Isle of Pines. The majority views, substan tially as given In the majority report, have already been published. The minor ity report, which Is signed by Morgan and W. A. Clark, upholds the contentions of Americans who have Invested on the Island, that they were warranted In do ing so by the language of the Piatt amendment and the Cuban constitution, as well as early announcements made by Assistant Secretary of War Metkeljohn. that the title was. vested In the United States by the treaty of Paris. The minority report adds that, if the island is turned over to Cuba, it will be unsafe to leave Americans there, for. If they were maltreated, this Government would be compelled to protect them. It la stated that from the hour this Govern ment again sent soldiers to Cuba the des tiny of that republic, would be thaf ot Ireland or Egypt, and the republic would disappear. Morgan, who drafted the report, co:i tends that the adjustment of title in faci. amounts to a sale, which Congress alone is empowered to make. In that respect, the report says: The treaty now under consideration ha become a proceeding against our own peo ple in a more pronounced sense than l can be retarded as a. means of rtnlnsr justice to Cuba, and in the changed con- uiuons mat nave so rapidly occurred ar .1 to meet new conditions that am difficult and embarrassing. If not dangerous to all concerned. It Is safer, wiser and more just io suomn our present difference with Cuba to arbitration. It Is still better that Congress should settle the question or title by law and make provision for taking pSSewCare of the People and Interests of both Kovernmcnts. whether we retain the title or concede It to Cuba. The Plat amendment Is not broad enough to cover the political situation, and the treaty making power cannot make it broader without the action of Congress. TURKEY WILL EAT HUMBLE PIE Dismiss Officials Who Insulted Americans and Apologize. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Representative Ryan, of New York, was advised todav by Secretary Root that the Turkish gov ernment has assured United States Minis ter Leishmann. at Constantinople, tha everything- possible was done to wipe out me insuit recently offered to the United States in the arrest of Mis X. s of Buffalo. X. Y.. and Miss Anna Snyder oi teuar Rapids, Ia. These women wee taken Into custody by Turkish officials and held at a Constantlnonln tlon for four hours, regardless of the fact that they were provided with the neces sary passports, vised by the Turkish Con sul at New York. Mr. Leishmann demanded the dismissal of the officer who made the arrest and the Chief of Police. He also demanded that the Governor of Para come person ally to the American Legation and apolo gize. The Turkish officials have agree .1 to comply with all these demands. ASKS FOR PIuVTT'S EXPULSION Post .Renews Charge Berorc Senate of Running Express Trust. WASHINGTON", Feb. 12. (Special.) A petition asking for the expulsion of Sen ator T. C. Piatt, of New York, from the Senate, which had been filed with tl." Vice-President, was laid before the Sen ate today. The document la signed b C. W. Post, of Washington, and Is slmi lar to one filed by him near the clo5" uf, the last Consrross, . . ' Mr. Pot alleges that Mr. Piatt shoulc bo deprived of hla scat because, a pres ident of the United States Express Com pany, he Is an officer of a combination consisting of all the principal express companies of the country who co-oper.tt to keep up rates and thus restrict traoc and commerce. The petition was referred to the com mittee on privileges and elections. RAILROADS OX THE ISLANDS Bids Accepted for Lines on Ncgros. Ccbu and-Panny. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The bid o' Solomon & Co., Cornelius Vanderbllt. J G. White &. Co.. all of New York; Thomas F. Swift. Detroit, with whom Is associated, the International Banking Corporation: H. R. Wilson and Heldclbach, Ickclhelmer & Co., has been accepted by the Philippine government for the concessionary con tracts or grants for the construction, maintenance and operation of railroads in the Islands of Negros. Panay and Cebu. Their bid provides for full Government guaranteo authorized by Congress on 4 per cent bonds for a period of 30 years on 93 per cent of the cost of construction There were no other bids for the sranta for these Islands. The lines on Negrou and Panay will aggregate 100 -miles each, and on Ccbu 05 miles. New Resolution About Jcwbaifing. NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Representa tive Towne (N. Y.) Introduced a res olution today providing that the Houso shall denounce the outrages on Jew a in Russia and express its sympathy with the sufferers and also that tho House shall declaro a -failure of Rus sia to better the conditions to be either an evidence of the weakness of tho empire or tho lack of desire upon tho part of the officials to afford relief to the persecuted masses. Increased Postal Receipts. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. A state ment Issued by the Postofflce Depart ment today shows that tho gross re ceipts of the 50 largest post offices in the United States for January. 1905. were $7,166,800 as against ?6.260,36" for January, 1305, nearly 14 per cent Increase. The only decrease was at Peo ria. 111., 1.6 per cent; Atlanta. Ga., showed trie largest gain, nearly 27 per cent. New York's receipts were $1,190. 227. and Chicago's $1,096,415. Bill to Exclude Japanese Fishermen. WASHINGTON. Feb. l2.-Tapanese fish ermen are the special target at which the Cushman bill to prevent aliens from fishing In Alaskan waters Is aimed. Cushman (Rep.. Wash.) appeared before the House committee on territories today ln support of this bill, and stated frankly that the Japanese are so near to Alaskan waters and oo extensively engaged In fishing that some law to check their ac tivity is required. Investigate Female Labor. WASHINGTON, Feb, 12. Secretary Shaw submitted to Congress today u. recommendation of Secretary Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, that $200,300 additional be in cluded in the estimate for miscella neous expenses in the Bureau of Labor to make a comprehensive Investigation into the condition of women wage earners in the United States. Baldwin Will Command in Dakota. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Orders have been Issued at the War Department as signing General Baldwin to the command of the Department of Dakota. General Baldwin Is now temporarily In command of the southwestern division, and will bo relieved there by General Greeley. The changes will take effect about Slarch 1.