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The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
halls It as one of the triumphs of Sen
ator Morgan's success In his contest
before the people of his state for re
election, that the Nicaragua canal will
Iiave the continued support of this most
earnest and able of Its champions.
Again, Senator Morgan Is among those
who Insist on neutralization of the
canal, as against those who would erect
a system of fortifications upon It. On
this point the Senate and House bills
differ radically; but the House com
mittee has agreed to an amendment of
Its bill striking out the provision for
"fortification" and "defense" of the
canal, and in view of this action of that
committee It is given out from Wash
'ington that the House committee on
rules has agreed to report a special
rule providing for the consideration of
Ihe bill and amendment on May 1 and 2.
Mr. Hepburn, of the House committee,
Is quoted as saying that the passage of
the bill In this form Is "unquestion
able."
It seems, therefore, to be certain that
the bill will pass both houses this ses
sion. Moreover, through the new
treaty negotiated by Secretary Hay
the obstacles so long presented in the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty will be taken
out of the way. Neutralization of the
canal will remove such objections as
Mr. Cleveland urged, during his latest
term, when he wrote: "Whatever high
way may be constructed across the bar
rier dividing the two greatest maritime
areas of the world must be for the
world's benefit a trust for mankind, to
be removed from the chance of domi
nation by any single power, nor become
a point of Invitation for hostilities or
a prize for warlike ambition."
Senator Morgan has rendered a signal
l serylfe to the country In his earnest
support or measures necessary to this
great undertaking. It is part of his
view of the conditions of National ex
pansion, resulting from the war with
Spain. He Is an ardent advocate of
the retention of the Philippine Islands,
and his triumph over his opponents In
his 6tate goes far to show that in the
South there are powerful forces within
the Democratic party that are not in
accord with the theories of our Little
Americans. It may not be practicable
to take Alabama away from Bryan,
but Alabama will not favor that portion
-" "- J iuuuuiiii H limn IJUllS lur
uuanuonment. oi ine I'niuppine Islands:
and moreover. It will keep a delegation
Jn Congress that will support the sen
timent of the state on this Important
Issue. Senator Pettus Is In accord with
Cenator Morgan, and General "Wheel
er's Influence Is powerful throughout
the state.
A POPULAIl DEPAIITMEXT.
The work of the Department of Agri
culture Is conceded on all hands to be
painstaking and valuable. It Is lmpoa
lble, of course, for so stupendous a
.work as that undertaken by this de
partment to be carried on entirely wlth
rout concession to the politicians.
"'Whether correct or not, the belief is
eeneral that the amount spant In seed
distribution Is more In the nature of
election expenses In the various Con
gressional districts than for the real
7enefit of farmers and agriculture, but
the House of Representatives Is so
Cwedfled to this scheme that it was found
Impossible to reduce the amount ap
propriated for that purpose from $170,
000 to $130,000, and gourd and pumpkin
.seeds, snap-dragon and ilox, and sim
ilar "new and rare varieties" of veg
etable and flower seeds will continue to
be scattered broadcast through the
Postal Department under the M. C
frank among the dear people.
But this sum, though large, is not
wholly wasted, and, after all. It Is but
a small portion of the $3,000,000 appro
priation voted by the House for the
work of the Agricultural Department.
It Is acrpd imnn nil hntirfc tt.n, IK
S' M .... l.11.l.. ,...., Lu
"""d uuickJu: jaauuu uy me de
partment are among the most valuable
publications of this kind ever gotten
out, while the researches of agents re
sulting in the Introduction of new
plants suited to arid lands, statements
based upon careful analysis In regard to
soils, drainage, tide land, reclamation
and seeding, are at least of great sug
gestive value, and there Is every reason
to believe they will be of permanent
advantage. Broadly speaking. It may
be said that the appropriation for the
work of the Department of Agriculture
meets the cheerful acquiescence of the
people at large. The work is done In
telligently and comprehensively If not
I economically. It reaches In one form
ana another a vast number of people
of the class that forms the basis of the
country's prosperity, encouraging them
by its attention and helping them by
Its suggestions.
The agricultural Industries of the en
tire country have in ,late years taken
an advanced grade. The haphazard in
tanning is no longer Indulged by in
telligent, progressive men, but Its pos
sibilities are being1 reached after, and
the results are full of promise. How
i much of this is due to the Interest
Waken In fanning as a progressive In
dustry worthy of governmental aid
Jong educational lines. It Is, of course.
llraposslble to tell, but there is reason
believe that this has been a potent
afluence. At all events. It is conceded
at the Department of Agriculture Is
doing- excellent work; that this work,
through carefully prepared bulletins,
reaches a very large number of our
people, and that appreciation of It u
steadily growing.
NOT DATA, BUT ACTION.
The answer of Assistant Secretary
Melklejohn to Senator Simon, that he
desired further data on the subject of
the excessive duties collected In the
Philippines, is simply a diplomatic way
of saying the War Department Is not
yet ready to act In the matter. Data
enough were presented long ago, and
the only reason why there has been no
'reduction In the duties Is the desire of
the military government to make the
income from local taxes and tariff levies
bear a satisfactory relation to the ex
pense of maintaining the government,
aside from purely military expendi
tures. The conditions in Manila commercial
ly are creditable neither to our com
mon business sense as a people nor to
our often asserted purpose of making
American control of the Islands bene
ficial to the people who inhabit them.
From a commercial standpoint we are
acting foolishly. We are shutting out
our own goods from a market that we
might almost monopolize, and we are
keeping the price of everything far
above the ability Of the people to pay,
and all this because the military gov
ernment will look only at the temporary
revenue aspect of the matter. Setting
ourselves before the world as the spe
cial advocates and sponsors of the open
door policy In the Orient, we are giv
ing a practical Illustration of our Insin
cerity by maintaining at Manila the
most exclusive tariff schedule ever In
vented to close the door of commerce
to the world, and, with poetic Justice,
we ourselves suffer the most from our
defenseless act.
Never before In the history of Manila
have conditions been so bad there for
the people as they are now. In this
second year of the management of af
fairs by a nation which Justifies Its
presence with the plea that it is there
to benefit the people and give them bet
ter civil, commercial and Industrial con
ditions than existed under the rule of
Spain. Old residents estimate the ad
vance In the cost of living at 300 per
cent. Salaries and wages have not ad
vanced In any such proportion. In
deed, the ability of the common people
to pay Is less now than ever before.
Enforcement of the Spanish tariff,
which was intended to be absolutely
prohibitive against all classes of goods
that Spain could supply, has raised the
cost of everything enormously. On
some classes of canned goods the du
ties collected are from two to three
times the original value of the articles
In the United States. There was a dif
ferential In favor of Spain, which for
merly kept down the cost, but that
differential the Americans abolished,
and everything now pays the prohibi
tive duties. Could anything be more
absurd or more suicidal? Have we a
right to add to the natural disturbance
in commerce and Increase of the cost
of living resulting from the Insurrec
tion the weight of this exaction at the
custom-house. Imposed and maintained
by the military government?
We are looking forward as a com
mercial people to the upbuilding of a
great commerce with the Orient, In
which our possession of the splendid
port at Manila shall be an important
factor, and yet for nearly two years we
have willfully and needlessly kept that
port practically closed to our own peo
ple. Polly could scarcely go farther.
The War Department requires no more
data than It already has. All that is
needed is action.
A COMMON
SWINDLEIt
AND HIS
DUPES.
The well-known fact that it Is Im
possible to protect a certain class of
credulous, simple-minded folk against
themselves, and so render them Invul
nerable to attack from rascals of the
"get something for nothing" type, re
ceives fresh proof almost every day in
the year, somewhere. A recent exam
ple of the plausibility of manipulating
rascals and of the folly of the credulous
who take his bait, hook and' all, and
become his ready victims, comes from
Brooklyn, where a man. Miller by
name, the head of a concern known as
the Brooklyn Syndicate, was recently
convicted of grand larceny and sen
tenced to ten years In the state's
prison.
This particular swindler made lying
pretense of earning for his customers,
In a sort of brokerage business, 620 per
cent, and a small army of greedy
gudgeons took the bait. Of course, he
did not realize that or any other amount
for them on the Investment, but failed,
full-handed, it Is alleged, leaving them
without recourse. He has been con
victed of grand larceny, it is true, and
given the maximum penalty, of which
virtually one-third, under the New
Tork prison system. Is remitted for
good behavior while under sentence.
His "earnings" through his dishonest
practices are conservatively estimated
at $200,000. This sum Is carefully hid
den away awaiting his release from
prison, thus giving him something like
$30,000 a year for the seven years of hi
confinement, or $20,000 a year in case he
is so Impolitic as not to make the rec
ord of the "model convict" during the
first years of his Incarceration.
This is pretty good pay for playing
the rascal and confidence man, yet
there Is absolutely no way to block the
game, because there Is no way to pro
tect credulous people, with a touch of
dishonesty In their natures, from them
selves. It seems Incredible that any
person of ordinary business sense
should be taken in on a proposition
promising a return in a few months of
E20 per cent on a small Investment, but
it Is a fact, nevertheless, as demon
strated by the expose of this Brooklyn
Syndicate, that there are many such
persons abroad In the world without
the guardianship afforded by plain
common sense and a quick conscience.
A question raised in connection with
this case Is whether the law In most
states, our own Included, is not too
lenient in dealing with criminals who
deliberately premeditate crimes of this
character. There might be, and. In the
Interest of Justice should be, some pro
vision made whereby the sentence of
the convicted criminal In such cases
might be doubled when he has it In his
power to make at least partial restitu
tion to his dupes and refuses to do so.
This would not operate to protect cred
ulous people of the class to which these
dupes belong from themselves, but it
might serve as a warning to other sim
ilarly disposed scoundrels of the Miller
type. The line of demarcation between
the fool and the knave is so slight In
the case cf men who are swindled out
of their money on the promise of are-
turn in a few months of 520 per cent J
that the victims of this and similar
"get rich quick" schemes do not receive
unstinted sympathy. Nevertheless the
master scoundrel should receive a term
of Imprisonment for his share in the
transaction that would make even enor
mous gains seem of trifling Importance
to him.
WHAT MIGHT HAITI BEEN.
The observance of Confederate Me
morial day at a distance of thirty-five
years from the close of the Civil War
suggests the thought of what might
havo been had it not been for the
providential fact that Jefferson Davis,
rather than a broader-minded man,
was president of the Southern Con
federacy. The view that victory was
not only possible to the South, but that
the. loss of that victory was due to
Davis, is freshly presented not only by
General Schofield In his "Forty-six.
Years In the Army," but by General
Force's recently published life of Gen
eral Sherman. Both of these distin
guished soldiers served under Sherman
In the Atlanta campaign, and General
Schofield really settled the fate of the
Nashville campaign by his repulse of
Hood's army at Franklin, November
30, 1S61. General Schofield was a dis
tinguished graduate of West Point, and
a very able commander In the field.
General Force was an able division
commander during four years of war,
and he was an able lawyer, who was
Judge of the Superior Court of Cincin
nati for a number of years. General
Force was therefore, as a man of Judi
cial quality and training, well fitted to
form a calm, dispassionate Judgment
upon the question whether victory was
possible for the South, had not Jeffer
son Davis, at the critical hour of the
Atlanta campaign, removed Joe John
ston and replaced him with Hood, or
dering Hood at the same time to take
the offensive against Sherman.
General Schofield points out that to
Sherman Grant said. In his letter of
April 4, 1864: "You I propose to move
against Johnston's army to break It
up." Sherman did not accomplish the
task assigned "to break- It up" In the
four months of almost constant fighting
with Johnston's army. That array was
not broken up until after Atlanta had
been evacuated, and Hood, recklessly
Invading Tennessee, butted his head
against our Intrenched lines at Frank
lin, and then led the ragged remnant
jof his beaten army to Nashville, where
Thomas had 55,000 troops mustered to
attack 25,000 Infantry, supplemented by
not more than 10,000 mounted men un
der Forrest. Hood signalized his acces
sion to the command by the boldest
kind of aggressive tactics, amounting
to utter rashness in the command of a
force so inferior to that of his adver
sary. General Schofield says that Sher
man and Johnston were so equally
matched In skill that neither could gain
any material advantage over the other.
He holds that. If Davis had not re
moved Johnston, the rebellion would
have been as far from an end In that
part of the South, even If Atlanta had
fallen, as It was by the 1st of May,
1S64. "Johnston would have been there
In front of Sherman, all the same, and
at least one more campaign would have
been required before the march to the
sea could have been made."
General Schofield holds that the final
"breaking up" of Hood's army in Ten
nessee was due largely to an accident
which, in the ordinary course of mili
tary operations, ought not to have hap
pened, and by which Hood was tempt
ed to make at Franklin one of those
furious assaults on intrenched lines
that are almost always disastrous.
This reckless assault "broke up" the
Confederate Army of the Tennessee.
Had Johnston been as reckless as Hood,
his army would have been "broken up"
quickly time and again between P.esaca
and Atlanta. General Johnston told
Schofield after the war that. In his
Judgment, Sherman's operations In
Hood's rear ought not to have caused
the evacuation of Atlanta; that he,
when in command, had anticipated
such a movement, and intended to pre
pare to oppose it by constructing artil
lery reaouots at all suitable points in
the rear of Atlanta, as well as in front,
which redoubts could be very speedily
connected by infantry lntrenchments
whenever necessary; that he aimed to
keep in Atlanta at all times supplies
enough to last him longer than Sher
man's army could subsist on the eon
tents of their wagons and haversacks.
Johnston further pointed out that Sher
man could not possibly hold all the rail
roads leading into Atlanta at the same
time, nor destroy any one of them so
thoroughly that it could not be repaired
in time to replenish the supplies In At
lanta. The Judgment of General Schofield Is
that, but for the removal of Johnston,
Atlanta would not have fallen; or, even
If its evacuation had been forced, Sher
man's march to the sea would have
been out of the question, or the de
struction of Johnston's army. In this
event, Richmond would probably not
have fallen In April, 1S65, for Johnston
could have withdrawn his army com
paratively Intact in the face of Sher
man and retained command of the rail
roads so completely that. If neeeRsnrv
he could have reinforced Lee before
urant could have reinforced Sherman.
Generals Schofield and Force believe
mat, but for the removal of Johnston,
the war would have lasted at least an
other year, and If It had, the South
would have obtained peace and Inde
pendence, for the financial shoe was
pinching us so sharply that the people
wouia nave, in sneer weariness of war,
made peace. Davis fatal policy of
diffusion Instead of concentration cost
the South the loss of New Orleans, Fort
Donelson, Antletam, Gettysburg, Vlcks
burg, Chattanooga and Atlanta. Hal
leck's same military policy of diffusion
saved the Confederacy for three years
from Davis folly. When Grant began
to apply the screws of concentration,
Davis and his Confederacy collapsed.
The Southern Confederacy really died
of too much "Jeff Davis."
The name of Admiral Dewey, when
mentioned In connection with thje Pres
idency at the Vermont State Republic
an convention last week, caused a great
deal of amusement. That It was not
the Admiral but the would-be politician
who excited derision, however, was seen
in the fact that references to his brav
ery and achievement as a sailor elic
ited enthusiastic applause. If the Ad
miral has not yet awakened to a sense
of his awkward position before the
American public, this attitude of a body
oi intelligent men of his own neighbor
hood ought to arouse him' from the
strange condition Into which he has
fallen or permitted himself to be
pusnea. his leiiow citizens are not
likely to forget the service he rendered
had been trained, even while they lay
a heavy restraining hand upon his sud
den political aspirations. He is "The
Admiral" still, with an honorable rec
ord behind him, even though, through
overpersuaslon, be has signified his
willingness to assume a political role.
It has been the habit of various New
York papers to print stories of disa
greements between Senator Piatt and
Governor Roosevelt, and it la quite like
ly that some of them are correct.
Roosevelt Is not an amiable person un
der the dictates of any kind of boss
ship. Light on the relations between
Piatt and Roosevelt is contained In a
recent New York Sun interview that is
worth reproducing in part. Piatt, hav
ing been asked about the Vlce-Presl-dentlal
nomination, said:
"Governor Roosevelt la a soldier and a good
Republican, and It there la a unanimous call
for him to serve hrs country as Vice-President
or for any other place, he will obey the sum
mons, but. In my opinion, no such exigency
will arise, as the Governor's supporters in this
state want him for Governor again."
Then you think that Roosevelt will bo re
nominated for Governor!" Senator Piatt was
next asked.
"I do; certainly r do." replied Senator Piatt,
"and furthermore I believe that It New Tork
State cannot agree upon a candidate for Vice
President, the nomination for that exalted of
fice will go to the West."
All of which means that Roosevelt
will not run for Vice-President, and
Piatt has found It out. and will support
him for renomlnation. There Is noth
ing else to do.
The persistent fight which the Boers
are putting up against certain ultimate
defeat challenges admiration tor Its loy
alty while it Is open to censure on the
ground of humanity. The progress of
the war and Its outcome are based upon
the staying qualities of the contestants.
England's resources are practically In
exhaustible, while those of the Trans
vaal will sooner or later reach their
limit. In the meantime, England's cas
ualty list has reached large proportions
and Is steadily growing, though Lord
Roberts' movements are supposed to be
governed to a great extent by his de
sire to save needless sacrifice of the
lives of his men.
Citizens who find their letter-boxes
crowded with speeches of Hon. John
F. Shafroth, of Colorado, in the House
of Representatives, on "The Boer War
and the Duty of the United States Rel
atlvo to the Same," are Inclined to wish
the franking privilege were abolished.
Few of them care a bawbee about the
Boer war, and none of them cares any
thing about what Mr. Shafroth says or
thinks about it The abuse of the
franking privilege enables Congress
men to put themselves on a level with
manufacturers of baking-powder, salad
dressing, etc., in the way of Inflicting
useless printed matter on a suffering
public.
The abolition of the Army canteen Is,
as pointed out by the Boston Tran
script, urged by certain liquor-dealers
as well as by certain clergymen. It Is
not unusual to witness the meeting of
extremes In matters of this kind, nor
Is such meeting hard to understand. In
this Instance It Is explained In the be
lief, of the former that abolition of the
canteen would give them opportunity
to sell bad liquor at high profit to sol
diers, and the assumption of the latter
that without the canteen soldiers would
not drink. The premises of the first
are, unfortunately, better placed than
those of the latter.
You who are not yet registered for
the June and November elections would
do well to register now, without further
delay. There are but two weeks more,
and during the last days there will be
a rush. Throughout the state one
fourth of the voters are yet unregis
tered. There Is barely time remaining
for attention to this duty. If you were
not born In the United States, take
your papers with you. Remember also
that it will give you trouble to vote in
the Presidential election if you do not
register now.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, in Chicago
the other day, said: 'The territorial
expansion of the last two years Is not
by far so wide a deviation from older
Ideas and methods as was the expan
sion when Florida or Louisiana was
purchased. Especially the Louisiana
purchase by Jefferson marked a great
step forward." To the reporter's Ques
tion, "But how about the effect on our
life as a people?" Dr. Hale made an
swer: "Oh. God knows that; we don't."
Judge O'Day and other Democratlo
statesmen are preparing a platform for
the Citizens Legislative ticket. The
Democratic convention and the Citizens
mass meeting which produced this gro
tesque ticket thoughtfully left the small
matter of platform to O'Day. That
man of might has a choice assortment
of principles, which he gladly furnishes
on application.
Sioux Falls, the home town of Sen
ator Pettlgrew, has Just gone Repub
lican by an unprecedented majority.
Is It possible that the South Dakota
Senator, in his zeal to be heard, has
been unwise enough to bombard his fel
low townsmen with free copies of his
recent speeches? It looks like it. cer
tainly. Talk of intervention by the United
States between Briton and Boer In
South Africa Is pure foolery. It Is plain
that the contest is such that there can
be no Intervention save by force. If we
are not ready to declare war on Great
Britain we may better mind our own
business.
Conservative Democrats might as
well give it up. The Kansas City plat
form will declare for sliver and the
other Isms of the revolutionary Chicago
document. There will be no Missouri
compromise this year.
Evidently the Congressional exposure
knocked the wind out of the pneumatic
tube business.
Immltrratlon and the Jfew Census.
Boston Globe.
The population of the United States in
17S0 was 7.22,SS1: in 1S20, 12,506,030: In 1S50.
23,131.578: In 1S70. 3S.KW71: In 1S30, oO,153,7S3,
and In 1S90, 62.C2.2S0. Can we safely Judge
of the present population by these data,
or have another set of conditions begun
to operate.
It Is certain that other lands are hold
ing out great attractions to immigrants.
There Is a heavy tldo sweeping towards'
South America, and especially the Ar
gentine Republic. In fact. Immigration
is remarkably active in tho southern con
tinent of America. The world Is opening
up to the hordes of Europe with surpris-
iuk tuiiy. .-new i&caiana is causing a
strong- drain from- the British Islands.
Australasia ic looking up.
Africa, with
1U great gold and diamond mines,. Is al
powerful magnet, and both the British
and French are looking to a vast empire
when two great railways shall bisect the
Dark Continent from north to south and
east to west.
What tho natural attractions and prom
ises of other countries have done to divert
the tide of immigration we have assisted
through direct restrictions upon it. In
short, all things seem to operate to di
vert the great European stream, and tho
results will doubtless be manifest in the
coming census. Many have come to tho
conclusion that, our accretion have been
In Jate years too rapid, and that It Is
high time to look after the minlitv-:...
well as the quantity of the grist that Is
dumped Into the immigration hopper. It
would not be surprising if our population
In coming years did not Increase as rap
Idly as from 1830 to 1360.
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WHAT'S THIS, WHAT'S THIS?
De Pnchmann, Evidently, Would Not
Be Missed by This Tribe.
New York Times, April 20.
M. Vladmlr de Pachmann. the Russian
piano virtuoso, gave a recital at Camegla
Hall, yesterday afternoon. It was set forth
that this was to be bis farewell to the
American public, though he has yet to ap
pear at a benefit entertainment. As a for
mal adieu the recital was less to M. de
Pachmann's credit than almost any other
he has given in the entire season. His
programmo was composed of compositions
by Chopin, whose especial Interpreter he
has been named by hysterical persons not
at all acquainted with the written text of
t-boplno music, and therefore not able to
aetect the gross Impositions practiced by
this technical trickster.
M. de Pachmann was heard yesterday
by a largo audience, which received his
aistortlona of tho Immortal Pole's music
with demonstrations of Joy. The spectacle
was not an encouraging one to those who
nope to see a real and wide musical cul
ture In this metropolis. The audience,
however, was In no sense representative
of the musical taste of New York. Even
so erratic a creature as de Pachmann
knows when and where he may Indulge
m his most Inexcusable extravagances.
He was pleased yesterday to play tricks
with the rhythms, and In eome lnstancos.
as In one of the mazurkas, even with the
written notes of the muilc. He began
his recital In a sensible mood, but he
did not remain In It, and .the performance
came to a close with a reading of the
familiar A flat val f)nn it wwh t.
simply wicked. The distinctly written
themo In dual time, which the composer
so beautlrully works against the triple
rhythm of -the composition. M de Pach
mann transformed into a lilting six-olghth
movement, and he played pranks with
bass notes not Intended to be emphasized.
The second theme of the A Cat ballade,
which was also on his programme, ha
played In a similar manner, making It
sound like an extract from a set of lan
ders. The only numbers which he played
In a manner in any respect pleasing to a
friend of Chopin, were some of the pre
ludes and etudes. If M. de Pachmann is
anything at all, he Is a Chopin technician.
He excels in those pieces in which his
suavity of style and his mellow tone are
well placed. He played th9 set of pre
ludes well, especially tho No. 23. In the
etudes of Opus 10 he was at his best In
Nos. 3 and 4. The echo effects In No. 9
were well read, but the grandeur, the pas
sion, the elemental force of tumultuous
rhythm In the great C minor etude wera
utterly burled under a mawkish and pul
ing effeminacy, which was an Insult to the
momory of Chopin and the Intelligence
of the audience.
The voice parts in the Opus 23, No. 3.
were obscured by bad pedaling. The No.
7 of this opus was sickly enough to please
the most morbid of feminine Choplnists.
but tho "Butterfly" was performed with a
nimble lightness of touch wholly suitable
to its character and much to be preferred
to the Irate manner In which some pian
ists attack It. The C sharp minor valse
was near the end of the programme, and
as the pianist had by the time he reached
It flown to the extremity of his vagaries.
It was literally slaughtered. Its contours
blurred, and Its harmonic scheme trans
formed Into chaos. And yet there are Der-
sons who call this man the greatest of
Chopin Interpreters!
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A SOCIALISTIC FAILURE.
SInyor Jones Una Fonnd Oat That
AH Men Are Jfot EqnnL
Chicago Times-Herald.
Mayor Jonc. of Toledo, has, it Is re
ported, given up the socialistic scheme m
Inaugurated in his bueiDees a few months
ago. It Is explained that he found that
eome of tho men employed In the estab
lishment were not as willing to work as
others, and decided that they should not.
therefore, have the some compensation
or profits that went to the industrious
employm Mayor Jonea ought to have
known before ho made hla experiment that
It Is useless to try to induce all men to
be alike. There are big men and little
men, wise men and dull men. quick men
and slow men. willing- men and lazy men,
and thero always will be. aa there alwavs
have been.
But It is something to Jones' credit that
ho has been willing to acknowledge his
error. Ho started out oomo time ago as
the champion of labor, and when a poll
tlclan geto headed in that direction It is
hard, as a rule, to induce him to listen
to reason. Possibly Jones would have
been more obstinate If his nockctbook had
not been so Intimately concerned in the
transaction. Let us assume, however,
that hla socialistic plan was given up, not
for selfish reasons, but In Justlco to all
concerned. Tho lesson remains Just the
same. ,
Only a plumbers' or a bricklayers' union
can make every workman worth Just aa
much as every other, no matter what hla
temperament, physical or otherwise, may
oe. uniy a trades union, with an author.
Izcd walking delegate, ran level the places
that were made uneven by Naturo, and
be excused by officers of the law for de
rtroying the property of the man who
declines to submit to Ks ruling.
It looks as If Jones regards common
oenso and reasonable profits as being even
more enduring and attractive than the
labor vote.
C03IJIEIICIAL EDUCATION.
Good
-Work of Xcvr Yorlc Business
""" Men.
New York Tribune.
It is gratifying to learn that the Cham
ber of Commerce and Columbia University
have devised a plan whereby the young
men of the city, the state and the country
will have an opportunity to fit themselves
thoroughly for the duties of Government
service and business life. This Is one of
the good resultaof our present policy of
expansion. European countries have long
since seen the necessity of of establishing
facilities for higher commercial education,
and the movement Is now spreading rap.
Idly In this country as welL The business
men. the Boards of Trade and Chambers of
Commerce of various cities are lending
their support to the educational scheme,
and it is probable that within a year or
two commercial courses will be offered in
all the large universities.
Having foreseen the necessity some time
ago, New York will probably be the first
In the field. A special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce presented last year
an exhaustive report on commercial edu
cation and offered a number of valuable
suggestions toward putting the plan into
practice. The Chamber also suggested tho
advisability of establishing a collegiate
course in commerce in connection with
Columbia University, where so much has
already been done in economic and polit
ical education by tho School of Political
Science. The plan has met with a ready
response from members at the Chamber
and others Interested in Commercial edu
cation. A subscription list has been start
ed for raising the necessary fund, headed
by the President of the Chamber; a num
ber of names have already been added.
and It is hoped that arrangements can be
compietea in time to allow Columbia to
begin the new course In the Autumn.
GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, April Si. The Agricul
tural Department Is highly pleased wltn
the success that has accompanied the ef
forts to Introduce Into the arid and semi
arid sections of the Northwest and Ja
clflc Northwest the beardless or smooth
brome grass, where It has taken the
place of and given much promise as a
pasture and meadow grass. The experi
ments that have so far been made show
that it will succeed under conditions that
prove fatal to timothy, orchard grass or
alfalfa. There has been a great demand
for this grass from Oregon, and in tnai
state the results have been verv success.
fuL A strong point In favor of the
smooth brome Is that from SO to SO per
cent of the seed germinates, and In some
Instances with especially high-grade seed
as high as X per cent has been known
to germinate.
The department recommends that from
15 to 20 pounds of this seed be sown to
the acre, although In some cases It has
been foundT advisable to sow as much as
40 pounds to the acre. At least 15 pounas
of pure and germlnable seed are needed
for an acre. Experience has shown that
to obtain the best results this seed should
be broadcasted, and be harrowed in or
covered In some way, rather than being
drilled In. A covering to a depth of two
Inches has been found to give the best
results, but whether that is followed or
not It Is recommended that all brome
grass seed should be covered, because of
Its light weight, and likelllhood of being
blown away. It is quite evident that wis
variety of Deed la to be quite a. factor In
maintaining pasture lands In Eastern Or
egon, and the department Is quite ready
to supply this seed to persons who are
anxious to give It a test. There has been
a considerable demand for alfalfa seea,
as well, but this seems to have been ex
hausted, and. as the brome is more sat
isfactory and more hardy, it Is recom
mended for Oregon planting.
Hill Acaln Taking; Notice.
As the Presidential election comes
around we begin to hear something about
David B. HI1L Hill's first prominent ap
pearance in National affaire was at Chi
cago in ISSi, when he, as a delegate from
New York, In the most forceful manner
nominated Grover Cleveland. Cleveland
at that time was Governor of New York,
and bid fair to remain In that position for
some time. Hill was Lleutcnant-Uover-
nor, and wanted to succeed to the place.
He became Governor and practically boss
of the Democratic party and of the State
of New York.
Then he came to the Senate, because
no other Democrat could unite the party,
and he was necessary, although he pre
ferred state politics as a stepplng-stona
to the Presidency. It was while he was
a member of the Senate that he became
a candidate for President In 1S92. holding
a snap state convention long In advance of
any other state convention. The New York
delegation was tied up solidly and In
teracted for him. But It was a Cleveland
year, and In spite of all that Hill could
do, Cleveland's friends swept the conven
tion, much to the discomfiture of HUL
In 1S36 Hill was tho leader of the New
York delegation at the Chicago conven
tion. With all the skill and power that
he was able to muster, he opposed free
silver and the populist Ideas which were
put Into the Democratic platform. After
the platform had been adopted over his
protest, he held the entire New York del.
cgation ouL from taking further part In
the convention, and from that time for
ward the voice of New York was silent.
Hill went back to New York and re
mained silent through . the entire cam
paign, although ho went to the polls and
voted. How he voted nobody knew. For
four years he has been a political recluse.
Even his best friend, ex-Senator Murphy,
felt compelled to go back on him, and
Croker has somewhat ignored him, al
though he has feared h!m at the same
time.
Wbat Is His GameT
Now another Presidential election ap
proaches, and people begin to talk about
HUL He seems to have taken an Interest
In political proceedings. He has not Is
sued any statement, nor been quoted In
any direction. But he Is even talked of
a3 possibly the temporary chairman o!
the Kansas City convention. Of course
he would never be allowed to take that
position, unless there was an understand
ing beforehand that he would make a sil
ver and a Bryan speech. All the poll
ticlans are wondering, and asking them
selves, "What Is his gamer As a mat
ter of fact, they do not know that he Is
playing any game.
But It would be Interesting If Hill should
Join the Bryan Democracy and take a
prominent part in a convention which he
practically repudiated four years ago.
There Is a bare possibility that Hill may
see in the gathering shadows a chance
for himself this year, as a compromise
canoiaate. -i.no uemocracy, In desperate
straits, might turn to him as a man who
could carry the Eastern States, and yet
who Is not offensive to the South. It
Bryan's nomination could be prevented
there might be a possibility of the nom
ination of Hill. But. from this point ot
view, It would be hard to see how there
is any such political possibility.
A Rosy View From Senttle.
The following Interview, published in
the Washington Post, was given by r".
N. Wakeley, of Seattle. It shows what
absurd statements are being made re
garding the gold topic at Cape Nome and
the Klondike. Such stories as this prob
ably tend to Increase the flood of visitors
to the Klondike, and possibly many win
go through Seattle, but those that So
and get left will forever curse the men
who put forth such statements as this.
There are so many men that cannot un
derstand that this la worse than a Monte
Crlsto tale:
"I should Judge that the gold output
from Cape Nome alone this season will De
at least J50.000.000, and that from the
Klondike proper will be at least CO.OOO.U.M
more. Still, everybody -Is leaving tho
Klondike for the Cape, and before I left
home I heard that tho miners had been
migrating at the rate of 100 each day. Thli
has made the Canadian government come
down from its high horse, and it is now
treating American miners as though they
were men. The exodus does not mean
that the place ra have given .out. but that
there Is a belief that there is more dust
at Nome, and that It Is easier to get.
It Is funny that a man Is never satisfied.
Now, If some one comes along with a
story that gold has been discovered at th
North Pole, and tho men at Nome hear oi
It, they will all mako a rush for the pole,
and kill one another In tnelr anxiety to
get there first. Still, Nome is nearer civ
lllzatlon and is a better place than tne
Klondike."
Senatorial Stnltlflcatlon.
Chicago Tlmos-Herald. Rep.
Thoro were no lees than 10 Republican
Senators who voted against seating Sen
ator Corbett from Oregon who stultified
themselves by voting to seat Quay, whose
claim to his seat was without half ai
much merit.
Tho defeat of Quay la a National victorv
Over the mo6t odious and unscrupulous
attempt ever made to break Into the
united States Senate by a fraudulent Otio
through appeals to every influence known
to a desperate and powerful political
trickster.
Test of Dewey's Democracy.
Denver Times.
The test of Dewey's Democracy has
been applied. The people of Paducah.
Ky.. have Invited the Admiral and his
wlfo to visit their city next month, and
the Invitation was sent in a casket con
taining a. dozen bottles of 20-year-old
Bourbon. If the Admiral declines the
gift, he is no Democrat.
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Cleopatra's Adder.
Chicago News.
Beautiful Cleopatra gazed moodily out
ot the window.
"Oh, great queen." faltered the slave.
"know thou the number of days thou
hast yet to spend here?'
"No," responded Cleopatra; "bring me
an adder and let me figure it out."
NOTE AND COMMENT
Yes. thank
enough.
you. It was; quite hot
Of course, Mrs. Dewey will be Queea
of the May tomorrow.
If the present weather continues, this
will be a hot campaign.
Probably the Paris washerwoman, did
not strike when the Iron was hot.
What do all these professions of friend
ship from Germany mean? Is she going
to havo an exposition?
Isrt it time some one was starting a
Fourth of July movement? There will be
patriotism to burn thW year.
Now that McKlnley has bluffed the Sub
lime Porte. Mr. Hanca ought to get him
to take a crack at Philadelphia.
A contemporaneous head-line writer re
fers to a "Blaze of Blood" in the Phil
ippines. Of coarse, it was caused by
hot firing.
Lord Rotwrts, he Is Irish
The fashion's Irish, too.
The snobs all eat
Boiled spuds and meat.
And that Is Irish stew.
A citizen who has Just returned from a
visit to the East says ho made the trip
in two sleeping carethat Is. part of the
way In each. One was named "Absol"
and the other "Azmus." Ho Is anxious
to know who Invented such names and
what they mean. If they have any mean
Ing. The proper place to seek this infor
mation would be at the woTka where the
cars were built or at the office of the
genius who named them. The worda havo
no meaning or sense to ordinary people.
Perhaps the namw wre made by Joining
the first syllables of the names of two or
moro persons, as were the names of some
railrcad towns In the Northwest. For In
stance, there Is "Shanlko." Can any one
tell what a name like that means or
why It was Invented? The poet has said.
v hat s in a netrae," and these names go
to provo that no was right.
"This world Is all a fleeting show, for
man's delusion given"; at least, so says
tho psalmist, or eome one, and the. In
terest taken by the public la all eorts ot
delusions seems to bear out the statement.
Many peorlo have worried themselves en
deavoring to understand the little puzzle
of wires twined In a spiral, and have
twirled the wires, round and round with
out being able to find out why they re
mained alnayo the same. It is found that
where tho two wires are entwined they
are fastened together immovably, and that
their apparent revolutions are all an op
tical delusion arising from the eplral shape
of the wires. Crowds throng around a
ehow window to see a living head without
a body attached. They all know It Is an
Illusion produced by the aid of mirrors,
but they like to stand and eeet how easy
It la to bo "illusioned." Some time ago an
arrangement of small mirrors, by whlca
one was enabled to 6ee through a brick
or a box of cigars, was placed In a cigar
store window, and mystified hundreds of
visltora.
Me one Mel'can-bo'n Chinee;
Mo heap sabee votuxn; see?
Makum holla,
Ketehum dolla
Wha's a malla
Me? ,
One time UTce lun lot'ly same,
Ko could lunnuxn; muchee shame.
Now I callee
Up heap gallee;
Lunnum allee
Same.
Me no fiaid pollceeman:
Me one voting- Mellcan,
To his faces
Tellum chasee
To bad places
Can.
Maybe me to Congless set
Makum heap good law, you bet.
Open s-atce
'N'lted States,
Immlglatee
Let.
Me one Mel'can-bo'n Chinee;
Me heap sabee votum; see?
Makum holla.
Ketehum dolla
IVha's a malla
Me?
Tho girl elected to bo "Queen of the
May, mother" usually has her throat
swathed In flonnela and linament and a
rmld vesicatory, in the form of a slice
ot salt pork, on her feet when she makes
her request to be wakened early, but
weather conditions appear more favora
ble this season, and If ahe has escaped
the grip during tho late cold enap, 6he
ought to be able to turn In this evening
without eo much as greasing the end of
her nose with mutton tallow. Not the
least of her delights In, .connection with
celebrating liay day will be that she can
probably walk a block or two without
danger ot being knocked Into the middle
of next week or, -perhaps, to next May
day by some scorching hoodlum, for May
day Is the glad day when scorchers are
no longer allowed to prowl along the side
walks seeking whom they may devour or
disable. As they have taken advantage
of tho law to the limit, notwithstanding
that tho streets were dry, it Is expected
that they will now obey tho law and keop
off tho sidewalks, but they do so appear
to enjoy riding on the sidewalks that it Is
hardly possible that they will quit it until
some of them have made the acquaint
ance of Chief of Police McLauchian.
The "Dear Old Farm."
They -write about the "dear old farm" la
yard and yards of verse;
I know of not a subject now that could ks
any worse.
What Is thin "dear old farm." pray tell.
which poets e'er embrace.
This wayback. lifeless, out-of-date, old-fashioned
humdrum place?
The "dear old farm." they sing and sine la
balladd full of fire;
The "dear old farm," the echo comes from
off PamaRsas' lyre:
The "dear old farm." the dreamer sighs, and
every day Is writ
A thousand lines of tender erse la lovlr.
prakxi of It.
I've lived upon the "dear old farm." and I
can hardly see
nar poets snouid be lauding It to such a
high degree.
There's nothing there but miles of woods
where birds sing all the day.
And pastures on the sunny slopes where little
lambkins play;
There's nothing there but miles of space where
breezes sweet and mild
Float over from the meadow lands with now-
ers growing wild;
There's nothing but a river there, reflecting
Nature's face.
A winding stream of no account, a gleam of
liquid space.
There's nothing there but fields of corn, and
rye and rolling wheat.
With music of the droning bees who alp the
honey sweet;
There's nothing there but orchards full of
fruit trees bending low.
And lanes where lovers seek the shade till
evening's afterglow;
There's nothing there but rest and peace, wbere
old age looks behind.
Across the years of honest toil with wen
contented mind.
And so I cannot understand wbat poets sea
to charm
Them into writing yards oC verse about the
"dear oM farm."
Joe Coco la Pock.
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