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THE MOKflING OrvEGONIAlT, FKIDAY, MAY 18, 1900. its ssjgomcut Xntcred at the Postofaoe at Portland. Oregon, m ooad-claas matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.-.. 166 I Business Office.. 6CT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall (postage prepaid), to Advance Daily, with Sunday, per month. ... . .. .$0 Sft Sally. Sunday excepted, per year .... 7 SO Dally, with Sunday, per year 8 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The "Weekly, per year........ ............ 1 50 The Weekly. 3 months...... .... ....... SO To City Subscribers 35ally, per week, delivered. Sunday ereepted.l5o Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays IncludoLSOo News or discussion intended for publication In The Oregonian should be addressed invariably "Editor The Oregonian, not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertising, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonian." The Oregcnlan does not buy poems er stories (ram Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solicita tion. So (stamps should be Inclosed tor this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, cface at 1111 Pacific avenue. Tacoms. Box 953. Tacoma poetoffice. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build t lac. Xew Tork city; "The Rcokery." Chicago; the S. a Beckwlth special agency. New Tork. Pot sale In San PTancisoo by J. K. Cooper. Ttfl Market street, near the Palace hotel, and t Goldsmith Bros.. 238 Sutter street. For sale to Chicago by the P. a News Co, t!7 Dearborn street. TODAY'S "WEATHER. Fair and warmer; winds mostly northerly. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAI' 18, 1900. There is not in Portland a man bet ter fitted by native talents, business training and acquaintance with the city's affairs, for the office of Mayor than Henry S. Rowe. His railroad ex perience taught him how large affairs need to be run, his private undertak ings demonstrate his capacity and have brought him into touch with the city's business life, and his adminis tration of the office of Fire Commis sioner has constituted an epoch in the city's history tha,t is notable for effl cience and economy. Nobody can ask for a more ideal candidate for Mayor. Mr. Rowe is a clean man in every way, upright, capable, sagacious. He will bring dignity into the Mayor's office, and he will administer Its growing pow ers and responsibilities so as to .reflect credit on the city. If Portland wants the Mayor's chair filled by this sort of a, man, the opportunity is now afforded. A vote against Mr. Rowe is a vote against good government and econom ical administration. In the history of every community there is an era of revolt from the first severe regime of taxpaylng. It usually comes as the aftermath of collapsed values and too heavy taxes. At such times the people feel a sense of injus tice under the burden of unnecessarily severe taxation. The natural antipa thy to the tax-gatherer Is reinforced by a feeling of outrage. At such a time they are easy prey to the schem ing politician, who plays upon their discontent to further ventures of his own which at another time would be stoutly resisted. Such a time seems impending in the State of Oregon to day. The recent decision of the State Supreme Court, with its encouragement to tax-shirkers, will lend Impetus to the tendency. The Oregonlan foresees this disposition now, and it sounds the warning so that all may heed it. Leg islation will be offered at Salem this "Winter, and perhaps for several ses sions, contriving fancied ease for the taxpayer and opportunities for the tax shirker. In the hands of cunning poli ticians the discontent with the oppres sive taxes, laid upon us by extravagant and unscrupulous officialism, will be capable of limitless mischief. The im pulse will be withstood, If at all, only with the greatest difficulty. President McKlnley being a Method ist, the Methodists think he should with the Methodists stand. The Chicago conference seems to be totally unable to understand the distinction between McKlnley as a church member and Mc Klnley as the Nation's executive, in that it blames him for his failure to ac cept the Methodist Interpretation of the anti-canteen law instead of his Attorney-General's. The Constitution and the laws of the country seem to make It imperative upon the President to seek the legal advice of his legal ad viser on a given state question, and not the religious and moral advice of his church. It so happens, too, that In this particular matter the Administra tion has acted In accord with approved Ideas of practical reform, and in its attitude toward the canteen it has the support of the great body of Army offi cers. They know what is best for the soldier, and they know what Is not best. Among the latter is unrestrained opportunity to frequent the brothels that, under the old system, always thrived at the boundaries of a military reservation. With the nomination of Towne, the blooming ambition of Congressman Sulzer to be Vice-President withered. Now he is filling the hills and the vales with his lamentations. He is quoted as saying: I predict unhesitatingly the greatest success for the Republican ticket in New Tork State that tb-a party has ever secured there. So far as I am concerned, I am out of it. My best friends "threw me down," and I am no longer la sight nationally. I can be Mayor of New Tork or Goiemor of New Tork, but I would not accept the nomination for the Vice-Presidency now to save the Democratic party from defeat. Br an is beat already. Tou will see that Croker will bo against Mm. "We will all be, against him. This Is the end of It. before the thing ts well begun. McKlnley is prac tically elected, and Theodore Rooseielt Is the master politician of New York for four years to come. New Tork goes Republican as sure as fate. The Democracy has missed a valu able opportunity to pluck the Sulzer rose of safety from the Tammany net tle of threatened hostility. But, all the game, the vanity-burdened Sulzer, In showing his own hurts, voices the real feelings of the Eastern Democracy. "What the Bryanltes need now In their business is a revival of Aguinaldo before the Kansas City convention meets. If he could suddenly appear with his gold whistle and his creased khaki trousers and issue another last ditch proclamation, accompanied by a treacherous attack upon some outpost. It would sufficiently demonstrate the vigor of the Filipino republic and the capacity of the people for self-government, to form a foundation for a dec laration in favor of Filipino independ ence. Lacking that, the convention will have to go to the other extreme and take the position that the Tagals are not and never will be capable of embracing American Institutions and conducting a just and civilized govern ment, and that we should therefore abandon the country, wash our hands !f the job, and leave the savages .to their own devices. Incidentally placing all the great foreign Interests there, which are now protected by us, at the mercy of the uncivilized natives. If Aguinaldo wants to retain his status as a cultured and statesmanlike pa triot, he will have to hasten out of the wilderness. EXPAXSIOX TUB FARMER'S FIGHT. If. there is any particular class of producers in the United States who have a deeper financial interest in Ori ental trade expansion than that of the Pacific Coast farmer. It is not in evi dence. This new field for commerce be yond the Pacific has had samples of American wares, and the demand that has sprung up and is now in course of development has commenced to wear the rust from many a factory wheel that was long unturned. Labor and capital alike In the manufacturing cen ters of the East will profit by the en larged field for distribution of manu factured products. But while thej t re fits accruing to the manufacturer and his employes in the East will be great as the trade expands, they will never equal those which await the Pacific Coast farmer, the man who is right at the gates of the- Orient, with an unlim ited amount of staple commodities to sell. Preliminary work in the line of introducing our products to the people of the far East has been well done, and the groundwork for a magnificent trade has been laid. "What Pacific expansion means to the farmers of the Northwest Is amply Illustrated In the case of wheat. For nearly a year the cereal markets at all Pacific Ccast ports have been bumping along on the bottom. Forced up against the competition of the Argentine, Aus tralia and of the Gulf and Atlantic ports of the United States which have a cheap rate to Liverpool, the Oregon farmer has been compelled to take the price the European dealer, who In a sense is the consumer, is willing to pay. To land this wheat where It Is available the farmer must pay the freight on a 17,000-mile Journey round Cape Horn. So much for the surplus that must seek a market in Europe. Now as to the Orient. Since the beginning of the present cereal year, nearly eleven months ago, there has been a steady advance in round-the-Horn freights and a decline In wheat. This has fig uratively left the exporter between the devil and the deep sea, and the mills grinding for the Oriental trade have set the pace throughout the season by pay ing higher prices than the exporters could pay. Small as the remuneration has been for the farmer during this year of low prices, a considerable por tion of his wheat would have sold for much lower prices had it not been for the competition of the millers handling the Oriental business. The shipments to the Orient for the entire season of 1899-1900 promise to be slightly In ex cess of one-third of the entire ship ments to all ports, and the amount paid the farmers directly for the wheat from which this flour was manufactured Is many thousand dollars In excess of what the wheat would have brought for export to Europe. The Indirect benefits lie In the In creased demand for other farm prod ucts from the men engaged In the many new mills which have come Into ex istence since the Inception of the busi ness. That this trade can be Increased until the Orient absorbs all of the wheat of the Pacific Coast Is generally admitted by all who are familiar with the growth of the trade. To admit of this trade expansion bringing best re sults In the least possible time, a most generous foreign policy is necessary. The short haul by steamer across the Pacific Is now much cheaper than the long haul around Cape Horn, and It will be still further reduced when de velopment of the trade and modifica tion of obstructing laws enable steam ers to bring return cargoes from the Orient, Oriental trade expansion means en hanced prices for wheat, lumber, oats, hops and other Pacific Coast products. It also means cheaper grain bags, sugar, tea, spices, matting and other necessities. All lines of trade on the Pacific Coast will profit by enlarge ment of this trade, but In no other line will Its effect be as marked as In that of the farmer. A wider market Is opened for his products abroad, while Increased Industrial activity improves the market for them at home. WEAK POINTS IX CURRENCY ACT. Mr. Isaac Sellgman's discovery that under certain circumstances the "end less chain" might be revived, notwith standing the new regulations embodied in the act of March 14, 1900, Is now fol lowed by a discussion more notable and exhaustive. In the current number of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published for Harvard University, Pro fessor F. "W. Taussig writes a very careful study of the "gold-standard act." He recognizes Its value and promise, but unsparingly lays bare its weak points. The act's defense against raids on the Treasury gold and safeguards for the parity have been imperfectly contrived, partly through slovenly workmanship and partly through design, regard be ing had to the feelings of silver men. Important in this regard Is the equivo cal attitude observed toward different obligations. The act makes the legal tenders and the new refunding bonds payable in gold, and leaves all other Interest-bearing obligations payable In "coin." in which silver dollars are In cluded. As Professor Taussig states, "no respectable reason can be adduced for treating differently the two classes of debt." While the "ambiguity" may never prove of serious consequence, "Its deliberate retention as to the bonds now outstanding does not redound to the country's honor." The cause, of course, was the desire to avoid offense through too frequent substitution of "gold" for "coin." Mr. Wolcott et id omne genus, must be considered. Professor Taussig also analyzes the Senate's amended form of the treat ment for greenbacks, which became law. The origin of this part of the bill was Mr. McKInley's sensible and straightforward and conclusive sugges tion that United States notes once re deemed in gold should not again be paid out except for gold. This would make of the notes purely gold certlfi catej. and this was the House enact ment. But under pressure of the Sen ate a compromise was reached. When the United States notes are redeemed they are to be exchanged for gold If the Treasury has It, and this gold Is to be put Into a "reserve fund." In ordinary times, "when revenues simply balance expenditures." says Professor Taussig, "the operation must cause the re deemed notes to be returned to circu lation with but a short Interval of tem porary housing In the 'general fund.' " Next the redeemed notes, may be ex changed for gold If any one wants gold for them, and then, of course, they go directly into circulation. Lastly, under the provisions of the act of March, 1SG2, the redeemed notes may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to "pur chase" coin "at such, rates and upon such terms as he may deem most ad vantageous." Buying gold with notes for the purpose of redeeming the notes In gold "suggests an ostrich-like pro cess ofj dodging." It Is only when the gold in the reserve fund has fallen be low $100,000,000 that the Secretary can sell bonds to replenish It, and then he must do so. But the gold he gets for the bonds is to be turned Into the gen eral fund and then turned from there into the reserve fund in exchange for redeemed notes, and these notes cannot be used to "meet deficiencies in the revenue." Ambiguous and circuitous provisions of this sort are disconcerting, to say A the least. Yet when all's said and done, probably few acts so comprehen sive have been passed by Congress without an equal or greater number of similar imperfections.' The bill as passed far exceeded all reasonable ex pectations entertained prior to the as sembling of Congress. It will have to be amended In divers particulars, no doubt. But the act Itself is the one In dispensable preliminary to the perfec tion of our currency system in its minor details. MAN WANTS MUCH HERE BELOW. This Is going to be a hilarious cam paign. The Citizens happy family of legislative candidates started the gay ety by signing a "round-robin" of prin ciples, designed to keep the public amused and entertained while they burglarized the Senatorshlp; and now comes the Socialist Labor platform with an original package of declara tions that runs the whole gamut of campaign music The Citizens simply provided a burlesque; the Socialists do more. They give a picturesque pano rama of the unsatisfied and uneappeas able appetites of the submerged tenth. They want a great deal here below, and they want it for nothing. The In ventory of their demands looks some thing like this: Free baths. Free medical attendance Fuel at cost. Municipal ownership of public utilities. Employment for everybody at $3 per day. Forfeiture of all public franchises. A new city charter. Division of profits from public utilities. Referendum, Initiative and ImperaUve man date. Comfortable houses for workers, rented at cost. Repeal of tramp and vagrancy ordinances. Free text books, Free meals, ( . , . . Free clothing, f For school children. Free car rides, J We have hunted In vain through this thrilling code of demands for a plank calling In clarion tones for free beer, but It cannot be found. The conclusion Is inevitable that the universal want has been supplied thorugh the generos ity of some true friend of labor who happens also to be a candidate for of fice, or that the platform committee was recreant to Its sacred trust, and left it out. It may be conjectured, too, that the free-bath plank Is merely thrown In for full measure. What the true Labor-Socialist needs In that di rection is not opportunity, but inclina tion. The public cannot supply that. That no injustice may be done these yearning patriots by an inadequate and Imperfect summary, made by howso ever friendly a hand, a sample sen tence or two from their eloquent re capitulation of human miseries is ap pended: Whereas, The capitalist class robs the worker of the wealth he creates and denies him the opportunity of employing himself, and then brutally Imprisons him for being unemployed; Resolved, That In the name of the working classes we protest against this outrage inflicted on us by the "respectable" criminals who rulo us, and wo demand the Immediate repeal of all tramp and vagrancy ordinances, and the enact ment of an ordinance guaranteeing the employ ment of all unemploed workers by the city at $3 per day of eight hours. This gentle protest against the crim inal wealthy would upon careful reflec tion seem to be going Just a trifle too far, so that It will defeat Its own ob ject. It may be understood and cheer fully conceded that any person who has suffered the horrors of the chain gang act has the right to assemble with other martyrs and petition for a change. But a true and righteous Interpretation of the present laws would make It Include the idle and Indolent rich, and cause them to suffer the pains and penalties of the ordinances aimed at the do nothing class. Now, If the state could be made to supply work for the unem ployed, they naturally would be exempt from the operations of the law; and It could bo so enforced as to make sad havoc among the present oppressors of the non-working poor. This is a valu able point which the statesmen among the Labor-Socialists have undoubtedly overlooked. The platform, properly construed. Is not a demand for work. It is a mere assertion of the right of every person to work at public expense, which car ries with It the inalienable right of every public employe to loaf at public expense. That Is much preferable to loafing at one's own expense. A WELL-ORDERED MOVEMENT. The contention for early closing In retail business, now being vigorously urged In this city, commends itself for its Justice and fairness. There Is no reason why people may not do their buying during the hours between 8 o'clock A M. and 6 P. M. Custom Is the sole arbiter in this matters and merchants of all grades, being in the business arena for profit, have hesi tated to enter what may be called the reform field by taking a stand against it. While It is a fact that. If all pro prietors would stand together and promptly close the doors of their stores and shops at C o'clock, none would lose by the action, and the public would soon adjust Itself to the new order of things. It Is also a fact that it Is diffi cult to make all see the matter In this light and govern their business accord ingly. The orderly and Insistent methods pursued by the Retail Clerks' Associ ation in support of their demands com mend themselves to the community. Pursuing what Is In reality a campaign of education, this association appeals to the public through temperate speech to note the reasonableness of the re form that it champions, and by means of a carefully worded statement print ed on cards that are freely circulated, to do its buying beforethc hour of 6 o'clock P. M. The position of the as sociation Is plainly stated; its demands are reasonable, and Its plea to the pub lic is strong without being aggressive. If successful, as the movement cer tainly promises to be. It will be through the generous co-operation of the .public with the manifest desire of employers to confine retail trade to regulation business hours and thu3 permit men and women who have put in nine full hours at their work to Join the hosts of labor In other lines that go home at G o'clock, with the privi lege of spending the evening In rest, recreation or amusement, gathering strength and purpose for the duties of the following day. To the extent that willing service is more valuable than half-hearted service, the shortened day that is asked will be more valuable to the employer than the overtime day so long exacted of retail clerks. There Is a willing service that makes the em plqyer's Interests its own, and a half hearted service that grudges its effort and works only In anticipation of pay day. Employers who stand together to secure the former may truly be said to be wise in their day and generation. Pillsbury, the American chess cham pion, recently performed at Philadel phia the astonishing feat of play ing blindfolded twenty simultaneous games. He won fourteen, drew five and lost four. During progress of the games, he went to lunch and appar ently dismissed the whole complicated contest from his mind; and at the close of play he remembered perfectly the whole course of each game, and cor rected several errors made by the re corders. The average human mind stands aghast at this prodigious mne monic marvel. It seems to be the chess record. It Involved constant mental grasp of the changing locations of 640 bits of wood, and the exercise of varied skill In opposing the attacks of every Individual opponent. Mark Twain, In his "Life on the Mississippi," seriously advances the claim that the old river pilots for the 1200 miles from St. Louis to New Orleans had the most remarka ble memories In the world, as they had to have always at command a mental photograph of the precise character of every foot of water, and every Inch of adjacent bank, and the most minute details of all the physical characteris tics of the long journey, both by day and night, changing every season, and In every kind of weather. But a per son with ordinary power of memory might become a good pilot. It is large ly a question of drill and training In a special occupation. The average brain could never have been trained to do what Pillsbury has Just done. It Is beyond the power of the ordinary chess-player to play one game blind folded. Twenty games are the achieve ment of a mental freak, whose special aptitudes have been enormously overdeveloped. There are those who claim to see the beginning of the end of the Boer war. Whether yet in sight or not, the end must come in due time, as England wills; the terms will be those of last ing peace, not of a patched-up policy of half conciliation and half defiance, which the slightest friction -Till de stroy. The estimate of a speedy cessa tion of hostilities Is based In the fact that the Boer army now numbers not more than 35,000 men, widely scattered In small commands. It Is considered doubtful whether they can concentrate for the defense of one place more than 22,000 men, and this would leave them without reserves. The British Army In the field numbers about 190,000 men. Of this number, 40,000 are engaged In the present forward movement, with reinforcements that can readily be drawn upon. There Is but little doubt that the burghers are tired of a war that promises nothing but defeat, and that, notwithstanding the fierce spirit with which they entered the conflict, they will. In the main, be glad to ac cept peace, protection and promise of prosperity under British rule. It seems necessary to correct a very common and natural error as to the meaning of the word "candidate." It Is from the Latin word "candidatus," meaning "white-robed," because of the custom of aspirants for office In ancient Rome arraying themselves In white togas, possibly as Indicative of the pur ity of their motives. It Is plain, there fore, that the general Impression here, doubtless Inspired by the conduct of a number of professional office-seekers, that the word signifies one who is candid, truthful, frank and honest Is erroneous. Builders and all craftsmen connected with the building trade are at work, with a prospect of being busy all Sum mer and Fall. Wages have advanced In most of the trades, and In some hours have been shortened. This Is prosperity in Its most diversified and substantial form the type of prosper ity that makes sensible men rejoice In the gold standard which underlies It and pay little heed to lG-to-1 rantlngs of -candidates for office, Presidential or otherwise. Mr. J. G. Mack needs no other rec ommendation to voters than that. If chosen County Commissioner, he will give to the county's affairs the same careful attention he has given to his own business and which has made him a prosperous merchant. If Steyn needs any points on the rapid removals of capitals, he might get them from Aguinaldo, If the Fili pino sprinter can be located. If they could all be elected, Multno mah would have no ground of com plaint about the smallness of her rep resentation In the Legislature. As to the Socialist Labor platform, tho real wonder is that with all its de mands it did not also Include one for reduction of taxes. Clark resigns, and is reappointed the same day. Montana is a state where one gets quick action for his money. It Is a quiet day when a few more new candidates fall to bob up. Salisbury's Faux Pas. New Tork Times. Lord Salisbury's speecfi before the Prim rose League was more injurious than his speech at the reassembling of Parliament, Inasmuch as It was entirely gratuitous. The gratuitousness and the mlschievous ness of It have been promptly and gen erally recognized in England, and by the organs of his own party. His choice of an occasion for his remarks about the Irish Is simply Inexplicable. The Irish soldiers have fought well, as they have always fought under whatever flag. Their service to the Empire has been so con spicuous and so conspicuously gallant as to Induce the Queen, at great persona! inconvenience, and some personal risk, to cross the Channel, in her extreme age, to thank the Irish people. Apparently her Prime Minister did not approve of her go ing. At any rate he seizes the occasion of her return to liken the Irish to the Boers and to say that the war in which the Irish troops have distinguished them selves on the British side shows the folly of satisfying the national aspirations of Ireland. The assumption that any Irish government which represented the peopla of Ireland would be a "disloyal" govern ment may or may not bo jostlfted. But what shall be said of the statesman who takes this occasion to make It, when homo rule is not even a living Issue In British politics? Obviously one of the things to be said about him is that he has lost his political tact. And what Is left of the statesmanship of Lord Salisbury when his political tact has been subtracted? AMERICANS ON TRIAL. Bishop Potter's Testimony to Cour age and Conscientiousness. New Tork Tribune. Bishop Potter, unfailing In self-sacrifice, renders a greater service to his country than to himself in hla treatment of the Philippine question. It will be peculiarly gratifying to all Americans, and espe cially to those who hold fast the highest ideals of American development, to have such testimony as that of Bishop Potter regarding the grand behavior of the sol diers who uphold the flag and represent American manhood In these far-off Islands". When such statements ae the following are made by a witness of such exal'ed character and after thorough Investigation the country may well feel pride In Us sons who are facing exceptional trials and temptations for the National honor and welfare: There Is no finer typo physically in the world than our men in the Philippines. Nothing could be more creditable than their behavior to women In the streets, and ths impression they nake upon a stranger Is that they are self-restraining, self-respecting, loyal sons of the Re public. I believe It can be demonstrated that the rec ord of the Army In regard to temperance Is of a thoroughly creditable character. I saw a great many soldiers under a great many conditions and in a great many relations, but I did not see one of them anywhere of whom I had In the slightest degree to be ashamed. The strong feeling of Bishop Potter against acquisition of the Philippine Islands gives added force, if that were possible, to his testimony regarding the behavior of the soldiers there. With such a predisposition It Is beyond question that he would have seen, Investigated and conscientiously reported all evidence that the character and manhood of the soldiers were undergoing deterioration In their un wonted conditions, if that were the fact. Moreover, his answer about his own be lief as to the retention of the inlands has Its peculiar merit. If his son should say: "I am thinking of marrying a Cre ole woman with seven small children," he would reply, "My son, you are an ass." But if his son had already made such a marriage he would treat him as a father should. Tho final verdict comes In the w.ords: "I should count it a Na tional mortification if today we should retreat from responsibilities because we find them difficult. ... It Js for you and me to administer the trust whtch has come to us for the well being of a people in whose interests It is being administered and the widening of those great Ideas for which our Republic stands." With such worthy and manly words be fore us. It is not well to be captious and to complain that the Irresistible necessity was as clearly visible at the outset as It Is now. All the outcry about the reten tion of the Islands and the suppression of Insurrection here has come since It be came an absolutely unavoidable necpstty for the United States to take possession of the islands, to restore order in them and to undertake the task of establishing good government there. It was all as perfectly well known to those who were willing to open their eyes before Agui naldo's forces had fired a single shot as It Is now. Every man convicts himself of willful Ignorance and criminal prejudice who falls to recognize the fact that the Tagal Insurrection was the one to which it would have been impossible for the United States to yield or to turn over the destinies of millions who had foe it no other feeling than hatred and fear. Before It began, before any American troops were landed, full responsibility for the future of the Philippine Islands had been placed upon the United States by a high er decree than any that congresses of nations could frame. Events not desired nor foreseen, but when they came wholly irrevocable, had Imposed upon this Na tion a duty which It would have been infamous to shirk. Scott and Dogrs. Gentleman's Magazine. Dogs play a really Important role In Scott's works, and no two are alike, but all are worthy of the love with which their artist evidently regarded them. His lines to the dog who for three months guarded the remains of his master, who had perished on Helvellyn, are not Indeed equal to Wordsworth's poem on the same subject; but one portion of them seem3 worthy of quotation: How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber; "When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start? How many long days and long weeks didst thou number. Ere he faded before thee, the friend of thy heart? And oh. was it meet that, no requiem read o'er him. No mother to weep and no friend to deplore him. And thou, little guardian, alono stretched be fore him. Unhonored. the pilgrim from life should de part? Here speaks at least a lover of dogs, if ho does not speak at his best; but it Is in the novels that Scott's most wonderful dog characters are found. We shall all remember Wasp, the little terrier In "Guy Mannerlng" Wasp, who, as Bertram is crossing the lonely waste, leads him to the spot where DInmont Is struggling with tho robbers, and who acted "gloriously during the skirmish, annoying the heels of the enemy and repeatedly .effecting a moment's diversion In his master's favor." "De'il, but your dog's weel entered wl the vermin now, sir," Is Dandle's delight ed exclamation, and when Charlie's Hope Is approached, the famous Peppers and Mustards, that race of dogs whose name of Dandle Dinmont was Scott's creation, and which will be connected through all time with his work, appear tumultuously on the scene. Wasp, too, keeps reappear ing throughout the story. Some of us can hardly read the account of Bertram's de jection In the prison, broken in upon by the sound of a dog's feet pattering up the stairs In great haste, to find his mas terin tribulation or in success, neither mattered to Wasp without a thrill. A. Pertinent Suggestion. Salt Lake Tribune. There Js a steady stream of gold flow ing from New Tork to England and the Continent The Springfield Republican says: It Is estimated that New Torw financial Insti tutions have lately made loans on sterling ex change to the amount of $40,000,000. This Is in the nature of a postponement, for a consid eration, of the collection of that amount of money from Europe, due to the United States In settlement of trade balances. In the same connection the Philadelphia Record says: Gold Is going out of the country once more; but not to pay Indebtedness or as a result of panic We are lending it to the other fellows on better terms than we can In the home mar ket. Is Is not possible that the gold Is sent to meet the expenses of Americans in Eurape? There must be 100,000 of them over there this year. They are probably spending an average of $1000 each. That meana flOO.OOO.OOO. Formerly their letters of cred it were carried and the foreign bankers waited until the American wheat and cotton crops began to arrive for their pay. But there Is financial congestion in all tho foreign capitals, and Europe may not be In a condition to carry the drafts. The Americans abroad are rich, a great exposition is one; they are extravagant, 3o it strange that money la going away? THE RACE PROBLEM CONFERENCE The South is facing the race problem with courage. Intelligence, patience and commendable tolerance. It realizes that it Is almost altogether a Southern ques tion, to be settled by Southerners In a spirit of broad humanity and large pa triotism. It is not probable that the peo ple below the old Mason and Dixon line will, In this generation, cease to regard the negro as a servant and an inferior, and also as a dependant; and It is not too much to say that the racial differences between black and white will forever pre vent their coming together on terms of social equality. This is, indeed, an in curable condition, always recognized In the. South, and now generally admitted in the North. What, then, shall be done for the colored race? What will tend to re move the Increasing causes of friction with tho whites a condition that, if per mitted to continue, must undoubtedly re sult In the complete break-down of the whole social structure of the South? The moral education. Intellectual improvement and manual training of the negro is a recognized vehicle for his advancement, and something Is being done along those tines; but, on the whole, not much. The liberated race numbered 4.000,000 or 5.000,000 at the close of the. war, and It Is so- pro lific that the total has arisen to about 9,000,000. There are a few Industrial schools, as at Tuskegee. Alabama, and many ordinary public schools, but they do not reach the great mass, -which Is left In a Btate of growing ignorance .and de plorable irresponsibility. The en franchisement of the black all Southern people unite in declaring a political and social blunder, 'demoralizing to the colored people, dangerous and unjust to the white, and not many Northerners are now pre pared to contest their view. A formal Conference for Consideration of, the Race Problem has just had a three .days' session at Montgomery, Alabama. It was a veritable gathering of the best thinkers In the educational and religious world, and of puhHc men from various states. It was open to white and black alike- No attempt was made to incor porate the Judgment of the conference in formal resolutions. Wide range was given to the discussion, and it was approached from every point of view. The speakers, with one or two exciptlons, were South erners, and were therefore competent and authoritative. But, singularly enough, thoy were wide apart as to remedies, ex cept that all agreed tho fifteenth amend ment should be repealed. Deportation was advocated, and education, and separation, Lynchlngs and lynch-law were considered, and It was admitted that the very sever ity of the legal penalties death had much to do . with the disregard by tho whites of the regular machinery of law. It would be impossible to make any ade quate summary of the addresses. It will be interesting to make a few extracts: Hon. Alfred Waddell, of North Carolina, discussed "How Ought Negro Suffrage to Be Limited?" Newspaper reports say he was loudly appTauded by the great audi ence. Here was a sample utterance: Unrestricted negro suffrage In the Southern States. If the right be fully and freely ex ercised, means the most ignorant, corrupt and evil government ever known in a free country. It meaiu more than this, for there can be no society where It prevails. That does not sound as If the speaker was moderate or Impartial; but he was the exception. John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, an swered a question framed by a negro, a professor in the Huntsvllle School: "Will the white man permit tlje negro to haie an equal part In the industrial, political, social and dill advantages of the United States? This, as I understand it. Is tho prob lem." This question, asked by Professor Coundl, as the deliberate representative of his people. Is the core of the race question. I adopt It as my own, and I ask that question here today. The answer to It is In every white man's heart, even If It does not lie openly on every white man's lips. It may be expressed In diplomacy; It may be veiled in Indirection; It may be softened in philanthropy; it may be guarded in politic utterance, and oftenest of all It Is retrained byultra-conservatism and per sonal timidity. But whereier the answer to this vital question comes, stripped of verbiage and indirection, it rings like a martial bugle In the single sj liable "No!" Ex-Governor William A McCorkle, of West Virginia, took the opposite view. He said: I assert that the Constitutional exercise of the right ot franchise is the vital and under lying principle of the life of this free people, and that the. Infraction ot this prindple la surely attended with ultimate ruin to our ay tem ot republican government. Hon. Alexander C. King, of Atlanta, had for his top'c "Punishment of Crimes Against Women." He summed up the ar gument against lynching as f of lows: First It utterly discredits the courts and th laws. It Implies either that the laws are In adequate or that the courts cannot be relied on to enforce them. Second It distracts attention from the crime, by directing attention to the lawlessness of the punishment. It creates a certain sympa pathy for the victim of Judge Lynch even among those who abhor the crime and the criminal. Among the members of his own race there are but few who do not regard the lynched rapist as a victim, and not a felon, and who do not forget his offense in the menace to their race. - Third It brutalizes the white community wMch Indulges In it. Fourth It stirs up race antagonism even with the law-abiding. Fifth It breaks down every safeguard against confounding the innocent with the guilty, and imperils the luckless victim of circumstances, or of tho mistake ot a terrified woman and an Infuriated mob. The reasons for lynching are: First The delay of legal punishment. Second The protection of the victim of the assault from the ordeal of the witness' chair. The address that was received with greatest favor was delivered by Bourke fcockran, the orator of New Tork. It was described as an eloquent and masterly presentation of the problem: Mr. Cockran's leading point was that the fllfteenth amendment to the Federal Constitu tion should be repealed. He pronounced It a dead letter, nullified by public opinion, a de caying limb that should be lopped off for the greater vitality of the living free. He insisted that the Constitutional status of the negro should be made to fit his actual status. He argued that this should be done for the benefit of the negro as much as that of the white people. He lauded the South for Its magnifi cent work in educating the negro, and de clared it the duty of the Federal Government to as3ist the States In preparing the negro for dtlzenshlp. He pointed out that the only path whereby the negro can reach political and social right Is that had by the white people for hundreds of ears by development of the Indl lidual unit through honorable labor. He In sisted that every county In the South should have a Tuskegeo school. Other speakers were Dr. J. L- M. Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater funds, Washington, D. C; Dr. Julius D. Dreher. president of Roanoke College, Virginia; Very Rev. J. R- Slattery, of Baltimore; Hon. Clifton R. Breckenridge, of Arkan sas, ex-ambassador to Russia; Dr. Paul B. Barringer, chairman of the faculty of the University of Virginia; Dr. Hollis R. Frissell, principal of Hampton Institute, Virginia; Rev. W. A Guerny, of Tennes see; Professor W. T. Willson, of Washington, D. C; Mr. Herbert Welch, of the Indian Bureau, and many others. The conference was presided over by Hon. Hilary A Herbert, ex-Secretary of the Navy. i . K0TE AND COMMENT. Too many running mates sometime spoil a campaign. Tho independent candidate is not very Independent of the heelers., The walking delegate is always the first to run when a strike becomes a riot. It is strange that the Cuban postal swindle was "not stamped out before. Lord Roberts Is said to be afraid ot cats. And yet ho Is fighting for so much pe. Some one has invented a cigar-shaped engine. Of course. It will draw very easily. Perhaps it we marked down that bill to 599,000, the Sultan would begin to think about paying it. Confidence was restored too emphati cally four years ago to fall 111 again at the sight of Bryan. Twenty thousand million eggs were laid last year. And still a good many hana actors kept the boards all season.' The Mayor of Atlanta has promised that he will never get drunk any more. But it must ha remembered that Mayor Storey is electioneering. If Senator Clark does not want to leave his children a tarnished name, he would better get his Legislature to call them, something else. A dentist named Evans has died leaving $4,000,000. He was associated with royalty, and he evidently worked his professional pull to the Queen'3 taste- Dr. Sheldon Is going to tackle the serv-ant-girl problem; but he will find he can't run tho servant girl as anybody used to run her, because nobody ever did. The House of Representatives yester day disposed of four of the 617 pages of the Alaska bill. At that rate they will get through with it about the time all the gold has been dug out of Alaska and it Is no longer in need of any laws. A man who has been operating aee curb stone broker In potatoes on Front street all last Fall and "Winter Is winding up hla business and getting ready to .start for Nome. He was all over Alaska last Sum mer, and after securing a claim at Nome, returned here to deal In potatoes all Win ter. He is now going back to Nome to work his claim all Summer, and Intends to return here by the time the potato crop is ready for market. He says the two lines of business fadge first rate, as the potato trade is done here Just in time to start for Nome, and the mining season ends there just in time for him tc get here when the shipment of potatoes begins. Ho looks for a big clean-up at Nome this Summer and a big crop of potatoes to ba harvested here next Fall, and will endeav or to catch the nimble dollar "a comla and a gwlne." The English sparrows have, as Is usual with them, pre-empted the hoods of tho arc lights around town, and are busily engaged in constructing homes therein. Experience teaches these little fellow noth ing apparently, although they are so thoroughly equipped by instinct that they defy all efforts to exterminate them. Every year they fill the hoods of the lights with their nests, and every year the trim mers who care for the lamps .eject thcra ruthlessly, as the nests Interfere with the working of the lights, and would be too hot to rear a brood In, even If they were allowed to be brought to completion. The sparrows perch on the wires near by and use strong language. In an endeavor to ex press their opinion of the trimmers, but It sometimes takes a third or fourth evic tion to convince them that they must go somewhere else to set up their Lares and Penates. I'm a good and great reformer. And my name Is James E. Hunt I regard all forms of evil As a personal affront. The police board of the dty, , Of which I am chairman now. Will not let me run the gamblers. But I'll run them anyhow. Though I haven't quite the couragf Their attention to compel, I will sick the preachers on them, "Who will giie them merry wdl; I would like to show the people. Ere my term In office ends. That I've purified the city. But I can't offend my friends. I would also like the ofilce That I'm out and after now. And I'd get it, you can wager. If I only Just knew how. But a good and great reformer, i Such as all know me to be,, Stands no show to get elected. So I'm out of it, you see. I'm a good and great reformer. And my name is James E. Hunt; Tou may think I'll get elected. Bat I'll tell you that I won't. A Confederate veteran Is thus quoted in the New-Orleans Times-Democrat: "I don't take much stock in the theory that the superior tactics of the Boers have been due to their foreign officers, r The strategy by which they have outwitted the British time and again during the present cam paign is not book strategy at all. It is the kind of cunning that is developed by frontiersmen and pioneers, who learn It from the savages whom they are com pelled to fight for existence. In the Revo lution a good many ot our leaders, includ ing Washington himself, were adepts in that variety of warfare, and they routed the enemy more than once by tactics that upset everything laid down by the authori ties. It seems to me that the entire his tory of the Boer campaign shows the handiwork of the hunter and trapper rather than the modern scientific soldier, and whatever credit attaches to their suc cesses belongs to the Boers themselves." PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS Charity. "I ask you for bread," moaned tha Indigent Person, reproachfully, "and you found me a free library." Detroit Journal. Not at All. "The ties that bind." remarked Hawkins, "are not the neckties a fellow's best girl buys him." Philadelphia North American. Purely Imaginary. "James Lane Allen baa written a Kentucky noiel called The Reign of Law.' " "That's all right; a novel Is a work of fiction, isn't it?" Chicago Record. "That's Mllyun's daughter." said the Cltl man pointing to a young girl in an extremely decollete gown; "she's Just coming out." "Gosh! I should say she's out far enough al ready." exclaimed the visitor from the coun try. Philadelphia Record. In the Nursery. Edith I have named my dolly "Dotty Dimples." Ethel But what a name for her to carry through life when sha grows up and has six or eight children! Pa rents should think of these things! Puck. What He Was Doing. "What, minding the baby!" said the Northside. a3 he entered Man chester's home and found his friend agitating the cradle. "Tes," replied Manchester, "Tva got down to bedrock." Pittsburg Chronlcla Telegraph. L'Enfant Terrible. Little MUlicent, the In fant proidgy. daughter of Montmorency Mug ger, the eminent comedian, had partaken co piously ot a light lunch -of green apples. Shortly afterwards she remarked to her papa: "I feel Just like a store window." "Why?" asked papa. In the tone of one who carries on a conversation for the purpose of supplying cue3 to the ochestra. "Because I have such a large pain In my sash." This Joke will bo tried on an. audience Is Washington early next season. Baltimore North American. n