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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1904)
T TH2B NEW AGE. PORTLAND, OBBGOW. I f THE NEW AGE A. D. ORIPFIN, Mannsar. QMca 43)i Second St., cor. Aih, Rooms I and 1 Portland) Oregon. Bntcred at the poitoffloa at Portland, Orat on. a eeond-claii matter. SUBSCRIPTION. Om Vaar. payable In advance ......S 2.(X Bstabllahed ISM. Printed at JlSJf Stark Street, Third K.oor. D EDITORIAL tist&?mmtimjm(i&i?)i THE WII1TB REPUBLICANS. That branch of tho Republican par ty of Louisiana composed of and representing what In luiown as the I.lly Whites, through Its stato central comnilttco held a convention yester day In this city nnd adopted a plat form and nominated candidates for ntato oinccrs. Tho platform of principles set forth by this wing of tho republican party la printed olsowhero. It denounces tho democratic party In tho stato of everything dono or held by tho dem ocracy, except tho doctrlno of whlto supremacy. Its declaration on that uubjoct Is us follows: "Wo bellovo thero In no raco of people equal in civilization nnd moral courago to tho whlto race, and wo favor its dominating Influence, be lieving that it In capablo and bravo enough to settlo all Issues In a prop er and orderly way according to tho constitution and InwH of tho laud, and that It will maintain Its nscemlcncy nnd tho control of its rights by being Just, genorous nnd honest at all times, exacting from thomsolvcH ns well nn from nil other races of men obedience to tho laws, bocauso this In tho cor-ner-ntono of a frco government anil tho only guldo In tho settlement of all tho problems of government." Tills is what tliu Southern pcoplo stand for, nnd It Is not sur prising that tho whlto republicans should havo adopted it an dis tinctly ns havo tho democrats. Hut It must bo remomborcd thnt nearly half of tho population of Louisiana Is composed of Negroes, nnd under tho existing stato constitu tion NcgrocB who can rend and wrlto, or who pay taxcH on 200 worth of property aro nlono ndmlttod to tho ulcctlvo franchise Hut whllo thoro in n considerable number of theso and the number Is yearly Increasing, not a Negro wan prcaont In yesterday's convention, nor wcro nil tho whlto republicans represented In It. Tho other wing of tho party, composed of whites nnd Negroes, and known as "Illack and Tan," had no connection with tho affair. Whether they will hold an other convention or tnlto any action In tho promlscti, romnlns to bo seen. Tho Illack and Tan oloment had groat confldonco In Senator Hanna, nnd hoped much from him to whom they wore devoted. Ills death wns a heavy blow to thorn. Whether they will bo nllowed rep resentation In tho Chicago national republican convention, since tho dunth of tho Hoimtor, Is something that probably they cannot answer thomaelves. As to tho tlckot nominated by tho Lily Whites yesterday, It Is u mero perfunctory uffulr. Its personnel stands for nothing In particular, and with tho exception of General Uehan, who lintt been named for governor, they aro practically unknown out of their uovoral neighborhoods. Never theless, thoy cannot bo treated with contempt. Thoy must bo considered la vlow of tho strenuous offoits that havo been inndo by demagogues to divide tho democratic party, Henry Rosenberg, of Galveston, Texas, bequeathed funds for tho erec tion of a, library to bo used exclusive ly for Negroes. This Is said to bo tho ilrst Instiinco of tho kind In tho South nnd shows that lot raco pro scription do Its woist friends will bo ralsod up to help tho Negro In his In tellectual advancement. Friendship cannot bo sensational, When tho rough edges of early ac quaintance wear away, thero should lio a smoothness about friendship that is comforting at all times. A real raco man Is ouo who Is In terested In tho progress of munklnd and who regards civilization as n duty, personal and pro-cmlnently re sponsible. "Tho boy Is futhor of tho man," nnd in Eomo households ho is also father of all In Bight, Ho who sacrifices duty for lovo Is only human. Duty Is convincing, but lovo Is omnipotent. MM(tf)$'X5 (S) fin W OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Germany and Tramps. HRM ANY has solved the tramp problem. It GIs announced thnt she is reasonably free from vagrants, and that such n are slinking about .l. l.M.nMa ....a n nttitrvnlv lin raitnaa tnt who fa-aMEK seldom commit robberies nnd assaults of mag UfiC nltudc. And tho way sho has settled tho dim- BWMBaBBW . .. . C.I.- ntnnatu nil tpntnlu ntwl nilta them nt work. Sho makes tho work so much harder than the work of decent men that, after n trial of It, tlio tramps reform nnd quit tho road. In our own country we have nn army of the useless nnd vicious, from which Is annu ally recruited a considerable addition to tho ranks of the active criminals. Thero Is not so much In vagrancy ltsolf. which con duces to crime. Indeed some men would bo In better health and morals If they occnslonnlly allowed their legs to run nwny with them nnd carry them Into the country, where they would renew tho physical llfo thnt grown anemic nt tho bench and the desk. It Is not tho freo nnd oneii nlr llfo that demeans; It Is the effort to live without work; to got nil nnd give nothing; to shift nna snenit anu stenl In order to obtain food, Inatoad of tolling honestly, oven for nn hour or two n day. Many of tho tramps thnt are now Idling along our highways and "hooking" rides on freight trains could pny for their meals by sawing a little wood, or wccdlnc n garden patch, but they are ex tremely unwilling to do It, nlthough not Infrequently they work ns hnrd nt robbery as otlicr peoplo do at honorable employment. Tramps carry moral corruption ns they do physical contagion. Although mentally sodden nnd representative of a clans thnt gradually eliminates Itself, since It Is an easy prey to the dlsensea thnt nre Invited by meager, un governed life, with spells of dlHslpntlon nnd periods of ex posure nnd hnrdshlp, they exert some Influence over young pcoplo whoso minds and habits aro still unformed, nnd when a boy Is found In their company prison authorities nssuro us thnt It would bo better for him If ho were dead. Tho boys who drift Into tho reformatories nnd gnolH of tho land, after a season on tho road, aro among the most de praved thnt tho authorities hnvo to deal with. Our tramp nrmy, then, is n missionary company thnt Is going about tho Imul preaching and practicing the most detestnblo of vices nnd often Involved In crime. Brooklyn luglo. Time to Closo tho Gates. sjONDON newspapers are gloating over tho fnct that tiio slums of thnt city nro being depleted by reason of the J'.UIO stecrago rate, which ennbles the riffraff of Kuropo to como to tho United States. An a result this country Is threntened with n deluge of tho offscourings of tho world. Wo nre menaced with an over am flow of the scum and dregs of pauperized humanity. The managers of tho transatlantic steamship lines engaged In this despicable trnfllc apparently have no othor thought In tho mnttcr than of tho luconio It brings. Having landed a ihlpload of tho rcfuso of Europe's populntlon on our shores theso steamship agents practically say: "Now, you beg gars, shift for yourselves" Tho situation demands Immrdlato and energetic action on tho part of tho immigration authorities at our Eastern ports. Thero ought to bo a thorough sifting and winnow ing of this hordo of nowcomers, a majority of whom are chronic beggars and professional criminals. The stecrago rato war, which has brought the emigrant faro from Liverpool to New York down to 110, la tbo kind of a rato war which no thoughtful Atnorlcan citizen 'can regard with satisfaction. On tho contrary It -suggests a delugo of pauper Immigrants of the most uneloslrablo type. It Is cusy to seo how, under a posslblo continuation of those rates, several of tho old world governments can well afford to pay tho passago of countless hordes of their poverty-stricken, IgiiornJit and turbulent subjects to Amorlcn, making this country n dump for tho refuse of continental Kii rope. Here Is a subject which should arouso Congress to speedy action. When a person can travel from tiie Ilou mnnlnn provinces to New York for $15, it Is tlmo to sot about putting up tho bars In earnest. This country welcomes thrift, Intelligence and loyalty to law and order from whatever laud they hull. lint our republican Institutions are already taxed to the danger ACCURATE RAILROAD WATCHES. Comimiilea Itcqulrc Km ploy to Ail Juet Their Timepiece to Hlundurd. Absolute nccuracy in timepieces is nowhere elso so vital a matter as In tho operation of railroad trains. If wutchos vary no schedule or tlmo tablo Is of uny value. Where ho many thou sands of watches are In uso It has been found necessary to adopt somo systom whereby perfect uniformity may bo Insured. All watches aro examined at closo Intervals and kept In order by a stnlT of experts especially engaged for tho purpose. Thero Is no reason why n railroad mnu's wnteh should keep Inaccurate tlmo. It costs him nothing to have It regulated and It Is part of his duty to seo that It Is In order. Tho tlmo by which tho watches of an cntlro railroad force aro set Is tele graphed from Washington. At n cer tain tlmo the operator at tho railroad headquarters receives the tune, records it at his own station and at tho sauio Instant sends tho information to every "train-order" station along tho line. It Is the duty of the operator at tho train order station to sot the clock right by Washington tlmo nnd from this clock every employe attached to that station must set his watch. At every station thero Is a clock that records standard time. At tho larger stations thero U u clock that records tho correct tlmo to a second. If It varies from the standard tlmo a notUe Is altixed to the clock stating the ex act variation. Upon returning from a trip or before beginning the return trip after a run, tho trainmen must com pare their watches with this carefully regulated clock. If It Is found that the watch has lost or gained during the trip tho timepiece must be handed In to tho time-keeping department. Here the railroad man receives an other watch for temporary use while his own ! being regulated, and the ex pert employed by the company over hauls tiio coudemued watch and re turns It lator to the ownor. With the watch it given a certificate showing that the department has regulated It and It Is again a good railtoad time piece. Beside tho watches of the train crews, thero are still the timepieces of all tho station employes, tho signal tower men, the thousands of hands working along tho tracks and In the shops, to be looked after. Tor theso a special force of experts Is employed to travel up nud down tho Hue, stopping at all stations. To tho expert como the railroad men, watches In baud. From constantly visiting tho various points tho watch repairer knows tho tliuepleeo ns well 'as ho knows tho men, and a short examina tion determines whether or not tiio Editorials Passing T The higher order of rural Intelligence demnnds a better church than the old country church ever was or could be. In tbo future Mr. Boylo thinks the church peoplo of the country will belong to strong and nbly conducted churches In the towns nnd villages. Thus tho building of good roads, the Introduction of rural freo delivery, the building of suburban trolley lines nnd tho popularization of tbo nuto mobile will have a good effect religiously ns well ns mate rially, for they will strongly tend to give tho rural com munition a better religious connection thnn they ever had In tho old days of small country churches. Minneapolis Journal. What tenths of saber or bayonet wounds. In the Crimean War the English and Kronen had 2 per cent of such wounds; in the Scutes-wlg-Holsteln War about 8 per cent, while In the Franco Prussian War tho rocords show that the Germans received less than one-third of 1 per cent "A striking commentary this upon the advance of mod ern military science showing thnt with the general adop tion of long rango firearms the saber and bayonet are rapidly falling Into disuse, and "tho time Is coming, If It has not already arrived, when thoso old and honored weapona will become obsolete." But It Is not the bullet or the artillery fire which strikes down the largest number of men. it Is disease. In the Civil War one man out of every 0.7 was wounded In action; one of every fl8 died of his wounds; one of every 42.7 was killed In action. Of tho total mortality among colored soldiers 00 per cent wns from disease. Of the total mor tality among the whlto volunteers, 70 per cent was owing to disease; among tiie white regulars, 00 per cent. Chi cago Tribune. watch Is ticking to proper railroad tlmo. Part of the duty of the repairer Is to seo that tbo station clocks and the clocks In tho signal towors along the lino aro ticking according to railroad tlmo. If they nre not doing their duty ho halts lti his progress long enough to mnko them register tlmo according to the Washington standard. Tho railroad company will not per mit tho employe to carry any watch his fancy suggests. He must purchase n watch that meots with tho favor of the management. If a certain watch comes again nud again to tho repair department and proves to be always behind or ahead of the tlmo It Is con demned finally nnd the railroad man must provide himself with one to the liking of the company, or carry a watch that tho company will provide ut his oxpense. Wolves Grow in Numbers. Tho wolf Is more dreaded of human ity than any otlicr animal. No doubt wo of to-day inherit that dread from ancestors who had occasion to fear tho loiig-fauged quadruped, for there aro fow portions of tho world to-Iay where tho wolf Is really dangerous to man kind. Dangerous to man's pocket, to his herds and flocks, he Is still to-day in ninny portions of the couutry. A ranch In Montana or New Mexico may pay many hundreds of dollars a year for gray wolf scalps. Such a scalp Is cheap nt 12 or $15 to the rancher, for tho gray robber woald certainly have de stroyed many times that value In calves or colts from the range. Yet In spite of all the warfare made upon them and all the prices put upon their heads these dreaded, mysterious, ghost like, terror-Inspiring creatures still lipid their own, Outcasts for ages, hated, persecuted, they still endure, each for himself and without a friend on earth, even among his own kind. Last year the State of Minnesota paid over 0,000 a month In tbo best of the wolf season. One day of the month of last March tho State Auditor paid 10,168.50 In wolf bounties. Tho total for the fow months preceding was S3u 548.50. On this basis tbe current year will foot up nearly as much as tho two years preceding, which appears to Indicate that Brother Wolf Is holding his own, oven ns a matter of com merce, lu many parts of tho Western cattle range tho gray wolves are In. creasing rather than decreasing. Field and Stream. We would all raise the devil more It wo could Induce others to do the work. How much you expect from the post Wftu, And how little you get. I y jBTTj point In the effort to assimilate the legions of Illiterate immigrants thnt are coming to our shores from southern and far eastern Europe. There is a general feeling that the time 1ms come to Imposo greater restrictions upon the importation of tills class of persons. Thoso who assert thnt this would be n violation of tho tradition that this country Is tho asylum for tho oppressed of all races should remember thnt with nntlons as' with Individuals, self-preservation Is the first law X nature. Chicago Journal. of tho Country Church. HE Passing of tho County Church" Is tbe title )f an Interesting article In the Outlook by James E. Iloyle. From this arttclo wo learn, If wo do not nlreudy know it, that the country, upon which wo have been accustomed to look as the stronghold of organized religion, has lost its character as such In recent years. According to Mr. Iloyle, tho decay of the rural church 1b duo chiefly to tho tendency to schisms and divisions. Tho congrega tions dlvtdo nnd subdivide over some new religious fad or some difference In dogma, and with each division the amount of trua religion decreases. "Tho rural church," says Mr. Boyle, "seems doomed. Encli tlmo it changes name now Baptist, now Now Light, now tiriltit it loses In membership and vitality. Its fire iiiny be relumed temporarily, but Its ultimate extinction Is inevitable. Soon tho llttlo church stands by tho wayside forsaken. The doorstep decked with tall weeds, the win dows broken. Then It becomes a granary or a corn crib for somo thrifty farmer, or is torn down and carried away. This process may take years, even decades, but it is in evitable." Mr. Boyle does not think that; the decline of the rural church is accompanied by an increase of vice and crlmo In the rural districts. Tho country school house is better nnd more Influential thnn ever. Tho rural frco delivery mnll box Is fast appearing at every front gate. Intelli gence Is moro widely dlssemlnnted than formerly. Thero Is less Ignorance. Tho people aro no longer Interested by tbe kind of preaching thnt used to appeal to them. Kills Men in War. "" N the Inst Issue of the Army and Navy Journal JBtI T ,no data are given as to tho numbor of jvl I wounds actually inflicted by the bayonet and J2bVbsi oaber as compared with firearms and artillery. 55K Of all wounds treated by medical officers of mmvSH tbo Union armies In the Civil War about four- 1 per cent, or 022 out of 240,712, wcro DANCE8 A DAY AND A HALF. Somali Woman Infected with Itellgloua Frenzy lit KngllaU Town. A Somali womau has astonished Bradford holldny-mnkers by dancing without n stop for thlrty-slx hours. It wns no part of her business thus to exert herself; she simply entered with excessive and unexpected hearti ness into the spirit of tho great Whit suntldo festival A number of women of the Somali trlbo aro proving n great attraction nt Bradford exhibition, and it was ex plained to them thnt Whitsuntide is a great religious celebration, correspond ing iu Importance with their Muhar ram, also an occasion of rejoicing. The festival proved Infectious, for one of the women broke into what is termed "the nmd dance." Her com panions uucouceriiedly became passive spectators of tho woman's frenzied ex ertions. A quick, eccentric and yet at times rhythmical step was maintained for the long period stated. Not for one moment did the dancer pause for re freshment or rest She collapsed at tbe close of tbo thirty-sixth hour. After an Interval she was housed by the other Somali women, who, by beating their tarn bourlues and by cries of exhortation, succeeded In encouraging her to an other effort. The second dance, however, did not last long and the woman again fell exhausted, Following this bad attack another of the natives a man lost his bead and frantically threatened the holiday, makers, who were startled by his wild conduct. He was taken In hand by the police, however, and eveutually calmed down. London Express. The Naked TraUb. She was a gushing young thing, given to springing curious queries on uususpeectlng people. lie was a plain, blunt man, who hated gush and gush ers. She suddenly flashed her thought ful eyes upon lit in and said: "Don't you think poor Adam must have had a great deal on his mind when he wandered alone In tho Gar den of EdenV He callously replied: "Well, from tho accounts I have read of the party you mention, I should say that whatever he did have on must have been on, his mind. That's tho naked truth for you." 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