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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
PRESIDENT MELLEVS LATEST.
Every tlmp President Mellen, of the
Northern Pacific, comes to town he does
Portland a good turn by saying some
thing. The railroad man that takes
the public into his confidence, to how
(ever slight a degree, is sure of a much
Warmer place in the hearts of the peo
ple than is he who closes up like an
oyster, and acts on the principle thai
what the railroad does Is none of the
public's business. Mr. Mellen's inter
view, printed yesterday, is of Interest
as showing the Northern Pacific's de-J
sire for terminal facilities here, and Its
desire to stand well in the estlmatlor
of the people of Portland. He reminds
us that its course In going for head
quarters and terminals to Puget Sound
was not altogether a matter of free
choice with it, and he reiterates the
Northern Pacific's purpose not to dis
crimlnate between Portland in favor of
Puget Sound. He says that in spite of
nil that lias been done in the diversion
f grain from Eastern Oregon to Puget
f iund Instead of down the Columbia,
tse Eastern Washington merchants
c irtlnue to trade at Portland. This it
, great deal for the Northern Pacific
to say for Portland, and It Is well tial
culaied to allay any prejudice against
the road that may lave been enter
tained here.
One way and another, the Northern
Pacific has been to no little pains in
recent months to establish itself In fa
vor with this city. Part of this Is due J
to the broad policy of its president in
welcoming business wherever It comes
from, 'but a more effective thing than
that has been the demonstration made
by Portland that It is going to continue
its pre-eminence here, in both exporl
and jobbing trade, despite all that the
Northern Pacific and the energetic
rivalry of Puget Sound cities and the
Alaska trade can do. It Is perception
of this fact that made the Northern
.Pacific rush so spiritedly to its own
defense in the Wallula matter, that
now compels it to look for terminal fa
cilities .here, and that prompts the re
gret that the rivalry of the Q. R. & N.
once forced it away from Portland.
It is difficult to comprehend Mr. Mel
len's desire to see the wheat bushiest
of Portland transferred to Astoria, un
less it is that his road could delivei
wheat more cheaply there than at Port
land,, or that his road contemplates an
arrangement with the Astoria road by
which Abtoria will receive the same
terminal -rate from Eastern Washing-'
ton as Portland. Whatever his pur
pose may be, is aside from the ques
tion. The essential thing is that Mr.
Jlellen's position is wholly at variance
wdtb the facts in the case. The fact is
that to take air. Mellen's advice
would he to throw aivay the one re
source tfortt lias lironglit the North
ern. Pacific to friendly ternis tvitli
Portland. That one resource is the
channel to the sen- it Is because the
river has been kept open that ships
come here, and it Is because the ships
come here that the Northern Pacific
has to bring grain here to load them.
Close Up the river and the ships will go
to Puget Sound and the Northern Pa
cific will haul to'Tacoma the grain ilje
O. R, & N. and Northern Pacific now
haul to Portland.
The question of whether wheat could
fce loaded to better advantage at As
toria than at Portland was the sub1
ject of discussion and experiment with
the Portland business men long before
Mellen commenced wrestling with rail
road problems. Had there been any
margin for additional profit 'In loading
It at the mouth of the river, the busi
ness would long -ere this have left Air
blna and centered at Astoria. There is
"but one plain question to be considered
In this matter, and that is, What is the
cheapest method by which wheat can
be transported between Portland and
Astoria? The British ship W. J. Pirrle,
a. typical Portland grain vessel of mod
ern type, which left Portland last week
carried 4222 tons -of wheat, and the cost
per ton of the river towage between
Portland and Astoria was 5.68 cents
This is approximately the rate that a
railroad must meet before it can offer
inducements to wheat exporters to load
their ships at Astoria. The method o.
taking the ship as close to the cargo as
possible Is as old as commerce itself.
It Is in use wherever there Is water to
float ships, and in the older ports of the
world millions have been spent in the
construction and maintenance of artifi
cial waterways. The river channel be
tween Portland and Astoria is a mat
ter tot little trouble to Portland, for the
vessel mentioned went through from
Portland to Astoria without the sllght
.est delay, except -in anchoring one
Bhjht. Tho fact that she has already
.been delayed six days at Astoria,
awattlngVun opportunity to put to sea,
may prove to Mr. Mellen that Portland
would be obliged to continue the work
of Improving the Columbia .River, even
if Bhe loaded all of the wheat ships
at Astoria.
Why doesn't Mr. Mellen advocate
tranf erring the grain business of. Ta
coma to Port Townsend or Whatcom,
or somewhere else down the Sound as a
"convenient back "door"?
XOT ENTITLED TO RESPECT.
Certain newspapers and politicians
-hereabout are apparently grieved,
from time to time, because The Orego
nian refers toBryan as a man not en
titled to respect It hurts their loyal
Democratic souls that the candidate ol
6,000,000 or 7,000,000 people, more or less,
should be treated, not as a statesman,
but as the arrant demagogue and polit
ical trlckEter he is. Argument would
be wasted on such partisans i so we
shall not argue with them, but merely
inform them, as we have informed them
before, that Bryan is the most unfit
man offered for the Presidency by a
great party within the memory of liv
ing man. His utterances abundantly
prove it. Here are a few of them:
As 1 pass along- the street, and as I look Into
the faces of some of the careworn women who
never get a chance to take a Summer vacation
at some pleasant watering place. I wonder how
the husband and sons of these women can find
It In their hearts to support the policies which
are today amassing great wealth In the hands
of the few people with a rapidity never known
before In the history of the world.
How lonr will It take a farmer to save up
enough money to attract broken-down Princes
to this country to marry his daughters?
Is the farmer getting his share of the pro
ceeds? Tou -will find that the tenants on farms
are Increasing, -while the number of farm
owners are decreasing, and each year they
have lcs Influence In the direction of the Gov
ernment. Republicans are taking the credit for a plen
tiful supply of rain which made tho crops
good. The Republicans don't control the rain
crop. If there was a monopoly on water you'd
have to buy every shower.
The Republican party spends more time tell
ing you about the rains that God sends than
In telling about what sort of a reign they in
tend to give this country.
The Republicans have amended the com
mandment so as to read: " ''Thou shalt npt
steal on a small scale." I suggest another
amendment as In consonance with the Repub
lican policies, making one of them read:
"Thou shalt not kill, unless there are more Of
you than of the other fellows."
Facts and figures do not justify .all this talk
about prosperity. The farmer does not get his
share of the profits. There is' a decline In
the number of farm owners. The speculator
is getting too large a share of the farmer'B
earnlnss.
The trust macnate will tell you about elec
tion time that you can have your dally bread
If you vote his ticket, but otherwise you will
get no bread If 5 ou depend on him.
If a laborinz man works for a corporation
and the times get hard, tho money that ought
to go to pay wages -will be taken from wages,
In order to pay dividend on watered stock,
that represents no money Invested.
The Democratic party today Is 'made up from
the ranks of the unoccupied, and not from so
ciety people. The poor man Is in the party
becauso he wants a chance In life and demands 1
equal rights for all. The Democratic party Is
for him, and the Republican party Is arrayed
against him.
Tell me the laboring man Is prosperous when
the laboring man must send .his son and
daughter out to' work to help support the fam
ily when thej ..ought, to be in school! Is this
prosperity? My friends, when conditions are
satisfactory tho head of the family will be
able to earn enough for the whole family, and
not before.
In the last Congress the Republicans
offered a Constitutional amendment
looking to control of trusts, and the
Democrats voted It down. Then the
Republicans did the only thing left
brought In a bill for a statute. But
Bryan said at Union Bridge Tuesday
that by this second act the Republicans
admitted a constitutional amendment
was not necessary. Nothing could be
more pitifully unfair.
At Baltimore he arraigned the Re
publicans for this alleged condition:
If a man steals a horse they hunt him with
bloodhounds; If he organizes a trust they give
him a banquet. -
Bryan-knows that the punishment of
horse-thieves is in the hands of the
state authorities, whether Democratic
or Republican, and that blo'odhounds
are rarely used in this country except
in the Democratic states of the South,
where all his electoral vote thai
amounts to anything must come from.
He also knows that the organization
of a trust by Republicans or Demo
crats is not as a rule rewarded by ban
quets. He uses the truth recklessly for
the sake of a striking phrase.
No nearer the truth Is his assertion
at Baltimore that Republican policies
are "driving many to seek Government
emplo5ment who under, better condi
tions would be employed in producing
Industries." The fact is that employ
ment was never so plenty, help sc
scarce, and Government positions In
such little demand as they are today.
At Frederick he said: 'It elected, I
will put the same kind of striped
clothes on a big thief that are put on
a little one-" This Is 4a naked appeal
to ignorance and prejudice. If .big
criminals are shielded by Sheriffs,
Marsnals or penitentiary officials, it is
not an offense that can be'eharged up
against either of the great parties as o
whole. It Is not one of the duties of the
President of the United States to look
after the suits put on prisoners re
ceived at penitentiaries.
A man that talks like this ls deserv
ing of no respect, but only of contempt
and execration. Those gentlemen oi
professed character and Intelligence
v?ho are trying to help in his election
might be In more Tespectable business.
AN INEXPLICABLE CRIME.
The law of prevention stands helpless
before a crime like that committed al
Jefferson, Marion County, Tuesday
morning; public opinion stands aghast
before it, conscious only of a feeling
of mingled horro'r and indignatlor
which "gropes blindly for punishment
adequate to the crime, and yet is con
strained to soften the penalty in con
sideration of the fact that the passion
that 'inspired the deed was not of the
baser sort. It is useless to moralize
upon an act the motive of which a well
regulated mind can but dimly compre
hend, or, Indeed, scarcely accept aa
possible; equally useless to make it the
basis for a warning to yotmg girls,
since we would be slow to indorse the
sentiment that our social conditions are
such that a young girl In our schools
cannot answer unattended the simple
summons that "some one outside
wishes to speak to her" except At the
possible peril of her life. Nor are par
ents to be censured In this connection,
since itiappears that the youth whej
committed this murderous assault was
the quiet, orderly son of a worthy
father and mother, and had never, un-
I tli this titkejVgiven tkem aby 4pectal
or unusual cause for anxiety, while the
girl was bright, modest and well-behaved.
The occurrence must therefore
be accepted as tire' sudden uprising of
the "savage In ther civilized belng'in re
sponse to a strong combination of the
emotional and animal in his nature
which rendered htm. for 'the time being
ungovernable. T
The infliction of penalty as the law
directs In such a case Is a public neces
sity, indeed, thoueh foreign to the
law's intend, 'such infliction is a mercy
to the malefactor, who by his act lias
placed an Insurmountable barrier be
tween himself and the community .life.
Some sympathy Is this boy's due such
sympathy as, being without de
sire to turn as(de the Just operation of
penalty arises for a human creature
who in a moment of unguarded pas
sion has forfeited his right to life. The
fullest measure of sympathy, however,
is due -to the innocent sufferers from
his crime those so cruelly and incur
ably smitten "by Its consequences.
It would be well If the course ol
retributive justice were more swift
than Is usual In such cases, to the end
that the public might the sooner be
a"ble to turn its thoughts'away from a
'crime at once appalling and Inexplica
ble, and against tho repetition of which,
except so far as the agency therein of
the individual being dealt with goes,
it has "no insurance and can offer no
defense. '
WANT TO UNLOAD BRYAN.
The Gold Democrats of business
training and antecedents, like ex-Mayor
Hewitt, of-JSTew York City, will-vote for
McKinley, not because they are in sym
pathy with the Republican party and
Its leaders, but because they see that
the only .hope of restoring their party
to sanity lies In the defeat of Mr.
Bryan. If Bryan 15 elected, the Demo
cratic party will have him on its hands
for eight years, but if he is defeated,
he will be out of the way once for. all,
and It will be possible to reorganize the
Democratic party on a platform of po
litical sanity. Democrats of the qual
ity of ex-Mayor Hewitt and ex-Secretary
Carlisle see clearly that unless the
Democratic party Is to remain hen6e
forth the permanent representative o'
state socialism and robber finance, it
must get rid of Mr. Bryan in Novem
ber. The only question is whether
sound men of business want eight years
more of the domination of Bryan or
four years more of McKinley. These
able Democratic statesmen see clearly
that Bryan 'is not a Democrat he is
a product of Populism, and not "Democ
racy. The proof of his Populist origin
is the fact that' in 1896 he carried wlh
him the whole Populist vote "proper,
and. the Populist faction of the Repub
lican party, he factor that had always
voted for greenback Inflation and free
silver. The thousands of Democrats
that voted for McKinley In 1896 or did
not vote at all prove that Bryan Is
the natural political enemy of the best
traditions of the Democratic party.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt, In a published letter
to a German paper of New York City,
points out that the' party .which calls
Itself Democratic ,1s In reality Ponu
llstic, and based upon doctrines which,
if carried into effect, would produce
political anarchy.
This conclusion of Mr. Hewitt to vote
for McKinley In order jto unload Bryan
Is the view of. the situation taken by
the conservative Democrats of the
country. The only Gold Democrat of
conspicuous ability "who has declared
for Bryan Is Secretary Olney, whose
letter reads like a. bid for the next
Democratic nomination for the Presi
dency. Olney was In favor of the war
with Spain; he wrote a strong letter In
favor of expansion, and the necessity
of our taking our plape as a world
power; he charged--President McKinley
with intending to join Eurppe in dis
membering China, a prediction that has
already been falsified. - It was Olney
that pushed the Monroe Doctrine be
yond any limits claimed for It by John
Quincy-Adams, Webster or Calhoun; it
was Olney who was ready to Involve
us in a war with Great Brtaln over the
Venezuela arbitration, in whjch we had
no sort of Interest; It was Olney that
In the Atlantic Monthly went beyond
McKinley, beyond . the Republican
party, by declaring that we ought to
retain Cuba, even though we had
promised to withdraw and make her
Independent as soon'.as Spain should
be expelled and the Island pacified.
The utter absurdity and Inconsistency
of Mr. Olney's letter Is.what caused It
to fall flat, despite his conceded legal
ability.
The attitude of Bourke Cockran Is
doubtless due to the fact that the Re
publican Administration and the party
in Congress refused to echo Mr. Cock
ran's cry for intervention in behalf of
the Boers. Mr. Cockran is an Anglo
phobist in season and out of season.
The Boer War was an opportunity to
howl against England, and Mr. Cock
ran and the whole pack of Irish-American
irreconcllables began to bay furi
ously at Great Britain. The Republi
can party did not enact this pro-Boer
eloquence of Mr. Cockran, and the Re
publican Administration did not exceed
the bounds of decency In its courteous
offer of mediation. England's difficulty
did not prove to be Ireland's opportu
nity beyond being a welcome opportu
nity for the professional Anglophoblst
to shoot Off his effusive abuse of Great
Britain. . Mr. Cockran pretends to be
filled with fear of standing armies, of
the man on horseback, of economic dis
aster consequent upon "the mainte
nance of an imperial army," but the
real trouble with Mr. Cockran is that
the Republican party and Administra
tion was not Anglophoblst en'ough to
satisfy his silly hereditary hate of
Great Britain and all lier works.
It is a noteworthy fafc't that not a
single one of these conspicuous febld
Democrats of 1896 ' who -now support1
Bryan. Is a man of "trained buslriess
mind. Olney, Moorfield Storey," Sc&urz,
Cockran, Hill, arenqne- qf hemmeh
of large business training, like .ex
Mayor Hewitt, while tKe lesser lights
In the ranks of the apostate Gold Dem-
ocrats are broken-winded schoolmas
ters, superannuated cfergynien, or
moon-eyed Prohibitionists who think.
President McKinley Is the .responsible,
architect of the "Army canteen."
The closing demonstration of Jtne
campaign will be made'ln New Tork
City on the evening of November 3 by
the .Business Men's RipUDlican S'ourid'
Money Association. Sqmej ideaef Ithe
magnitudeofthe parade that is in pros.:
pect on that occasion may be formed
from the statement by the officers of
that association that, ifevery appllca-tlon-for
a-plade 'Were' granted,' it Womd
'take two days 'for the parade" to Jiass1
a given point. By official 'count the
number' In line1 in a similar demonstra
tion In 1896 was 121,000. OrT that occa
sion the world's record for moving a
large body of men was beaten, in, t;hat
about 14,000 an hour passed a given
point. The parade moved at 10 o'clock
A. M., and the last of It passed the re
viewing stand at J P. JM- 'There -will
be at the feast 150,000 ;men In line this
year, apd -the effort ot thp managers
wllj qe to limit the number in the pa
rade to that figure. While there is no
argument in a demonstration f that
kind, the enthusiasm that it engenders
is contagious, and the jiolse' that ac
companies It is depended upon to arouse
to some extent the "stay-at-homes" on
election day toa sense of their duty as
votera.
Orchardists q Eastern Oregon and
Washington are. .highly .elated over, the
showing made and the attention at
tracted by the1 fruit fairs held this, sea
son in Pendleton, Walla Walla and Spo
kane. Commission men and wholesale
dealers from all over the Pacific North
west attend tnese fairs in large' num
bers. Inspection of the fruit displayed
convinced them of its superiority for
commercial purposes over much, of -the
trult grown farther west. Xiocal news
paper's, commenting upon this fact, de
clare that It will be the fault of the or
chardists of the Inland Empire if the
advantage gained through' the fine ad-
vcinauis oi. uiese iairs is not improvea
to their profit. Fruitgrowers of the
Willamette Valley and Southern Ore
gon need not, and do not, feel any un
easiness lest their product be crowded
out of market by. fruIW from the east
ern section A growing demand, can be
depended upon to meet a growing sjup
ply In this day of expansion. It is no
easy to glut with fruits of superior
quality, fresh, dried or canned, an ex
panding mining market. There is and
Will be In such a market, properlj
worked up and supplied1, "room for alf."
Really.the talk of the politicians who
are expressing fears about "antl-imper-lallsm,"
"militarism" and the "Imper
iled liberties of the country," is not
entitled to respectful attention or
serious consideration. It Is silly;
it is mere babble; it is old stuff,
drooled and droned at Intervals
ever since the Republic was founded.
It was loud during the War of 1812;
louder In time of the Mexican War
and loudest of all during the War for
the Union and years afterwards. What
is heard now is but a ffieble imitation
of these old tones. It Is ridiculous;
and in fact it is excusable to treat it
wtlh contempt. Some of these prophets
may be sincere enough, but it is im
possible to respect their judgment. .The
American people have a habit of stand
ing by the flag, and are not to be
scared by twaddle about "militarism"
and "imperiled liberty."
Diversified and intensified farming
nas scored a record of profit for farm
ers generally throughout the Willam
ette Valley this year, In spite of the
fact that the wheat crop was short
Hops, potatoes, fruit and stock, to
gether with the dairy "and the'poultr;
industries, will aggregate a grand total
in value that will fully equal our larg
est cereal year. This- Is not only en
couraging; It Is gratifying, both in the
sense 'Of the present and the futur
prosperity of the agricultural -class in a
section signally fayored by nature, and
in recen't years brought In touch wljth
the trade centers of the world. Truly
old things, .-have passed awayy.ln Ore
gon, and, while all things have not be
come new. there is a progress In that
direction so ndtable as to make pioneer
days and methods already seem afar
off. .
The. enumeration of the twelfth cen
sus is practically complete. Most of
the 63,000 enumerators have been paid
off; drafts for this purpose on the
Treasury amounting to about $4,200,000.
The report of the Census Bureau, whe
tabulated and printed, will ' fill eight
volumes of 1000 pages each. These vol
umes will be ready for the public, if
director Merrlam's expectations are
fulfilled, about six weeks earlier than
heretofore. It certainly may be- hoped
that the work will not dag Until th
value of the statistics compiled at such
expense is eliminated by' time and
change.
It has been frequently cited for the
purpose of discrediting the efficiency of
the Portland police, that a number oi
murderers in this city have during the
past fifteen years escaped "arrest. If
the plan which seems to have been In
augurated of catching the assailant be
fore stopping to see whether the inju-
ries he may have inflioted upon a pros
trate, shrieking Individual the object
of his ,wrath were of a mortal charac
ter, is adhered to, it Is probable that
less censure of this character will at
tach to police officers in the future.
Democrats ought to have better to dc
than to wall about the purchasing
power of Mark Hanna's dollar. Their
lamentations impel the' presumption
that Democrats actually are who would
sell 'their consciences to Hanna. It Is
good that some Democrats through all
their callousness are .sensitive to one
delicate argument. It Is good that such
have a redeeming trait whereby their
pockets are open to conviction if their
faiinds are not.
Tho Oregohi&n prints today a letter
from M. J. Anderson, of Wasco County,
a Silver Republican' whe has 'aban
doned the prefix to his party designa
tion. It deserves to be carefully read
and considered by every erring silver
man If 'there still be such. Mf. Ander
son was an exceedingly active sup
porter of Bryan In 1896. He runs a suc
cessful blacksmith shop at Dufur, and
Is serving his second term as Mayor ofl
the town.
A season of the most delightful , Au
tumn weather has been succeeded by
less than,-a week of equally seasonable
rain, and already the querulous indi
vidual stops his neighbor on the cor
ner to ask If he supposes that it will
ever stop raining.
So Lewis Came Home for Every
body's Benefit.
New York Sun.
Ex-Congressman James H. Lewis, of tho
State of Washington, called on Mr. Croker to
day and asked permission to speak at the
Garden tonight He 'was Bumma'rily sup
pressed. "Evening Tost.
This ls'unjust. Nobody can, suppress
the Hon. Jim Ham Lewis. Nobody who
venerators Wellness and modesty wants
to suppress or even to depress him. vBut
his elpquence 1 so mighty and his full
set of pinks Is so beautiful that If he had
been allowed to exhibit in Madison-,
Sauare- Garden, the Bryan Benefit would
have been turned into a Ham LeWis ben
efit.
VmOliishY ATTRIBUTED itfLtNCOLS
PORTLAND, Oct 24. To the Editor.)
I quoted Lincoln on the dangers of plu
tocracy .from a compilation. of-3jdocolnii
speeches, etc, which, gives Sblbley's bcok,
page 2S3, as" the authority. If it is not
authentic, I thank you for the correc
tion, and will be glad If you will explain
tl.tB history andwhy It is thought" to,- be
a forgery. -Tjiere are so many similar
expressions' "or Lincoln's that I never
doubted Its genuineness. For example,
this Is from his annual message to Con
gress, 1S61:
There la one point with its 'connections not
bo hackneyed as most others to which 1 ask
brief attention. It la the effort to place cap
ital on. an equal footing with. If not above,
labor In the structure of ovcrnmenk. ....
Let them (labor or tho mass) beware of sur
rendering a political power which they al
ready possess, and which. If surrendered, will
surely be used to eloso the door of. advance
ment against such as they, and to fix new
disabilities and burdens upon- them till all lib
erty shall te lost.
The parenthesis Is mine.
r I "think a vote for Mr. McKinley ap
nrovlne his usurpations of power, his
disregard of the Constitution and the com
plete change In ojic 'political, system, giv
ing us for the first time 'subject colonies,
ie such a surrender.
C. E. S. WOOD.
The Oregonlan, some half dozen times
during as many years past, has shown
fully why this .alleged quotstlon is callea
d forgery, and why It Is a forgery. The
Oregonlan cannot but think it strange
that a man of Mr. Wood's legal training
and literary experience should rely on
a partisan campaign text-book for his In
formation. The quotation from Mr. Lincoln's mes
sage of 1S61, is not a suitable one, or
pertinent to Mr. Wood's present purpose;
for Mr. Lincoln was making an argu
ment against slavery, or ownership of
labor, and urging the free labor of the
country to beware of the consequences
of this assumption of the slaveholders,
who were in rebellion against the United
States for perpetuation and enforcement
of their dogmas. We regret to find Mr.
Wood following Mr. Bryan In misappli
cation of this argument, not to say per
version of It.
It Is not necessary to say much about
the "usurpations of power" and "disre
gard of the Constitution," with which -McKinley
is charged by Mr.' Wood. These
are stock political or partisan phrases,
usedagalnst every Presideht wno has ha,a
to deal with largo matters, from Wash
ington down to this day; but against no
other President with so much frequency
and virulence as against President Lln
cpln. fAs one reads the history he woh
ders how the Constitution has stood the
strain to which, according to this par
tisan declamation, it has so oftenbeen sub
jected, nnd he can find explanation only
In the reflection that the declalmers must
have been mistaken.. Not to treat the
matter with undue levity,. It must be con
cluded that this is the rsubject on which
politicians 'and party; orators are - most
given to oratorical looseness, or to talk
ing through their ha'ts.
The simple fact Is, Mr. Wood should be
ashamed to bo in the political company he
keeps. It Is below his Intellect and his
reputation.
THE TRIUMPH OF INTELLECT
Professor Trigg, of Chicago University,
whose statement the other day that
Rockfeller was as great a genius as
Shakespeare, caused many to shout at
him in derision, has got back at his
critics in rather effective style. It must
be said of Chicago University that It is
developing some strong thinkers" along
original lines, at any' rate. Profesaoj
Trigg said:
The comparison is not dependent upon mor
al principles, but hangs upon Intellectual ca
pacity. But if the auestloh become? a moral
one, then &hakespcara's case Is as had, as any
of the "robber Barons." It Is said he began
his career with deer steallnjr. When he
poached upon the preserves of history he laid
hands upon Incidents, experiences, stories and
plots that wore not his own. If the Baconian
autfiorshfp- be mado out, then he perpetrated
the groatest theft of time the 'robbery of an
other's, fame w and honor. Beyond this ho ty
rannized oer every dramatic author of his
day. -"He drove out of business every play
wright -ho had less intellectual capital than
he to meet his competition. , In short, he
formed a trust within himself. And what a
thief was Homer. "
. But I am not content to leave the case on
tho moral Ground. Literature at. least will
bear the test. The truth Is. Homer and
Shakespe'are were supreme Intellects, .They
were master organisers they wer great as ma
nipulators of litsrary properties. They monop
olized the plots and stories of their predeces
sors, while Rockefeller monopolised the nat
ural resources of his time. They found wealth
scattered about tho world, unimportant, lying
ownerless. They gave It form, system, value,
and thereafter laid claim to Its 'ownership.
From this point of view tho comparison does
not seem inapt.
Packing; the Supreme Court.
"Democratic Chairman Jones Is full of
rage at the wicked charges brought
against his party, especially In regard to
the Supreme Court. In a solemn- state-
ent the other day-he said:
Men who should 'despise such pretenses af
fect to believe tha in case Mr. Bryan should
be elected he- will pack the Supreme Court for
purposes of his own. There is nothing in any
Democratic platform or in the 'utterances of
any assemblage of Democrats or of any single
leading Democrat to suggest such an ldeoi
Alas for the misfortune of a poor mem
ory! The first philippic uttered against
that section of the platform dealing with
hp Supreme Court, , the first charge of
"packing" that court, was delivered not
by a Republican, but by a man who has
always been and is-' still said by himself
to beja Democrat. In his speech before
the Democratic National convention In
Chicago, 'July 9, 1S9C. opposing the revo
lutionary platform, DaVld B. Hill said:
What was the. necessity of putting Into this
platform other questions which have never be
fore been the test of Democratic loyalty? Waa
it wise to assail the Supreme Court of your
country? tyM some one tell irte what that
clause means In this platform? If you meant
what you said and said what you meant, let
some one explain thaf provision. That provla
slon, if it means anything, means' that It Is
the duty of Congress to reconstruct the Su
promo Court of the cduntry. It means the add
ing of additional members to that court, or
putting some out off office, or reconstructing
the whore court. X will not follow any such
revolutionary -step as that.
And yet that very plank was reaffirmed
at Kansas City, and David B. Hill Is
today standing upon it.
The Man in the Street.
New Tork Tribune,.
The Man In the Street went to hear Mr.
Bryan at Madison-Square Garden on
Tuesday night. By the grace of Mr. Cro
ker's police, he heard him all the way
through. He did not interrupt him, ot
course. But he did some pretty active
thinking, and said a few things to him
self. For example, he heard Mr. Bryan
say: v
We draw the line between honest and preda
tory wealth; between that wealth which la 'a
Just compensation for services rendered and
that wealth which simply measures the advan
tages which one citizen has taken over many
citlaens.
And the Man in the Street looked and
saw close by . the speaker's side that
speaker's chief political partner, his host
In this city, the manager of hla cam
paign here, the man who called that
meeting lo order; he thought of the vase
"predatory wealth'' which the leader 'ot
Tammany Hall - had amassed, and he
wished oh. how he wished! that Mr.
Bryam had turned to Mr. Cro'ker andf
asked, "Where did you get ltr
NOT' ENTITLED TO RESPECT.
Bfyan's Dempgojjfy as It impresses Tnree
Independent Papers.
It is quite evident that the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency realises the
futility of his quest, and haU practically
given up the flghL We cannot Imagine
that any American citizen- having the
dignity of the Presidential office in mind,
and being himself an aspirant for Its
honors, could descend to the depths of
demagogy Teached by Mr. Bryan In his
Wisconsin and Indiana speech-making
tours during the past fortnight, and still
consider himself a Presidential possibil
ity. Mr. Bryan knows as well as any
one else that the American people want
a statesman to exercise the functions of
the Executive office, not an lncendliry;
he knows quite as well as he knows his
alphabet that the kind of Are the people
wish to emanate from the White "House
is that which Inspires men to undertake
and perform worthy deeds, not that which
innto n niiitn-n rantne. and mucder. If
he has studied the temper of the people,
solicitude for whose welfare has given
him so many sleepless nights, he must
know that fundamentally they are Iovets
of truthr that they will not tolerate
reckless misstatement of conditions or
wilful perversion of facts or absolute
and unmitigated, falsehood In the man
who stands; before the world as the out
ward and visible sign of their National
being, Falsehood eannot represent the
Truth; Incendiarism cannot ever become
the embodiment of Patriotism; Demogagy
can never pass for Statesmanship; and the
political agitator whb Incites the masses
Into a reckless defiance of authority can
never become the guardian of law, order
and public decency. There is also to be
considered In the case of Mr. Bryan fall
the distress of Innumerable good people,
who like Mr. Schurz and Mr. Olney have
believed that the discipline of defeat. in
1896 and a growth of four years in intel
lectual vigor had made the Bryan ol
1S00 a very different person from the
man they had branded 03 an anarchist
and an advocate of National dishonor In
1S95. These persons, who had hoped for a
development of strength and real charac
ter In Mr. Bryan, of which, Indeed, In
the earlier stages of the campaign he
showed some signs, must now stand
appalled at the reckless demagogy of his
recent utterances, with his wicked asser
tions of the 'real purpose of Imperialism,
which they have dignified with their sup
port, and saturated through and through
with passionate appeals to violence and
Incitement to rebellion agamst the author
ities, which In other days would have
brought about his sequestration as an
enemy to the public welfare. Saddest of
all Is the fact that this man today
stands before the world as the flower of
a once great party. Its standard-bearer,
its mouthpiece,, the Idol of Its hopes, the
material expression of Its principles!
Truly It will be a glad clay for this
Republic when the humiliating campaign
of 1900 has become a thing of the past,
and the disgraceful scenes and utter
ances of Us closing hours are but mem
ories. Harper's Weekly.
We are now seeing Mr. Bryan at short
range in New York, and no one can
longer doubt what manner of mj.n he is.
Lord Eldon said In his old age. "If I
had to begin life 'over again, hang me
but I would be an agitator." Bryan will
never need to express such a. regret. He
is the boldest, most adroit, and one of
the least scrupulous agitators that this
country has over seen on the National
stage. Everything by starts and nothing
long as he apparently Is in his public
harangues, -the one thing which always
marks him, his one underlying consis
tency, 13 an appalling talent for public
agitation. He Is willing to become all
things to all men If by any means he
may win -votes. For a time he essayed
the dignified role of statesman, and
showed his astonishing versatility as well
as mental gifts In his brilliant and pow
erful Indianapolis speech of acceptance.
But he could not stop with that The
shouting of the crowd sounded in the
ears of his imagination, and would not
let him rest at home. Against all ad
vice, he began his meteor flights over
the country, displaying once more the
physical strength of ten men, and a
ready resource and rough force of appeal
to prejudice and passion which would
have left Danton himself agape with
admiring envy.
Nothing like this was ever before
known In an American Presidential can
didate. Jefferson was a form of dread to
tho. New England Federalists, who looked
upon him as a Jacobin leveler, and al
most an Antichrist; but Jefferson was
a bookish man, who worked by Indirec
tion, preferring letter-writing 'to public
speaking, and wfao would have been ut
terly Incapable of Bryan's whirlwind
ways. Even or jacKson, wno was in
some respects nearer the agitator type.
It may confidently be said that he could
not have fought an electoral campaign
on Bryan's level. For one thing, ho could
not have made speeches, because when he
he once tried It In the Senate, he choked
with his own passion. It is safe to say,
also, that never before in our political
history cohld the candidacy ot such a
man have had the slightest chance of
success. He would have been simply a
ludicrous figure. New York Evening
Post.
So we have people divided Into two
classes for political purposes those who
can afford to go to watering places and
those who cannot. Ana Mrv Bryan's ap
peal is that If those who cannot afford
to go to watering places will only vote
for him he will fix It so that they can
'afford to go. If It does not mean that,
It means nothing. He might as well
attempt to excite those women who can
afford to wear diamonds against those
who cannot, or those who keep three or
four servants against those who keep one,
or who hive none at all.
Now,- there are a great many happy and
contented people, eVen some that are
well-to-do, that never go to watering
places. The average man has to work
all the year round, with, .perhaps, a vaca
tion of two weeks in the Summer. But
they are not unhappy. -They are not
conscious of being oppressed and down
trodden. On the contrary, they are, as
a- rule, happier than those who put In
the whole season at watering places. They
have pleasant homes, plenty to eat, good
clothes to wear, Bchools for their chil
dren, books to read, and theaters to go
to. Yet to hear Mr. Bryan talk of them
one would think that they constituted a
peasant class, working out their lives In
order that a cruel 'landlord might live
in ease and Idleness! Indianapolis News.
, It Is Ironical, Indeed,
Kansas City Star, Ind. Dem.
Nothing much more ironical ha3 eve
beeh witnessed In the'hlstory of American
politics -than the seeming- co-operation
between Mr. Bryan, the great foe ot mo
nopoly -andlmperlallsm, and Mr. Cr'oker
the most absolute political autocrat on
tho globe.
!j$ OrEUDKCQHHEKT ' V
Delightful January weather, this.
-jThe Democrats, snatched, defeat, outage
the coalmlners victory.
The weather seems to be reflecting ttta
spirits of tha Democrats.
Roosevelt's speeches far surpassed Bry
an's. not only in quality but In quantity.
Tho Bryan celebration has already been?
held in New York. The McKinley cele
bration will be held after "election.
Nqw4 General Buller Is attacked by crit
ics, and he wishes he were again in tha
hands of the Boers. -
The Democrats' love for tho working
men Is amply demonstrated by the singular-
fondness they have evinced for tho
full dinner pall. - """
In Norway before a girl Is, married she
must have a state certificates that sho
can cook. The question, "Is marriage" a
failure?" Is never asked-In Norway.
Galveston Is herself again, thanks' to
tho fate that sent her disaster In a Repub
lican Administration. Had the storm hap
pened In 1SS5 tho city would never hava
recovered
Bryan accuses Senator Depew of being
ablo to fill his own .dinner palL He
might also accuse Mr. Croker ot having
like ability in addition to a &0CO bull- ter
rier to carry the dinner pail -around for
him.
An enterprising merchant at an English
seashore resort, having noticed the eager
ness with which people at the shore pick
up shells, secured a wagonload of mussel
shells and -had his advertisement printed
on each one- Then, under cover of dark
ness, he had them scattered along the
beach, and thereafter his name was on
the end of everybody's tongue-
Tho chairman of a certain Scottish
school board Is said, to have addressed
the following remonstrance to tho chair
man of another: "Why dld-you give that
teacher you sent us so good a character?
"Why, the fellow Is perfectly uselessl" His
friend replied: "Eh, man, ye'll hae to glo
him a far better character before ye get
rid o him."
J. E. C Bodloy, the well-known author
of the - clever and exhaustive book on
France, lately published, was distin
guished In London society as a sayer of
witty things, reports Justin McCarthy. At
a luncheon party one day a woman waa
describing a visit she had paid to tho
house of a then famous aesthete, who
was supposed to have a greater taste for
house decoration than -for habits of fre
quent ablution. Among other things, sho
described the harmonious coloring of his
bathroom. Bodley expressed Incredulity
as to the aesthete's use for the bath
room. The woman Indignantly repudiated
tho Insinuation and soldi "T am suro
he bathes a great deal." "In that case,"
said Bodley quietly, "he must be an even
greater artist than I gave him credit for."
A well-known business man, who la af
flicted with, the unfortunate and too pain
fully common delusion that he possesses
unusual literary attainments, especially
In the line of poetry. Is an Inveterate
3rnoker. relates the Detroit Free Press.
The other day he was- complaining of
nervousness to a friend, upon whom he
haa inflicted many ot his productions, and
he attributed, his condition to an over
indulgence in tobacco.
"Yet," he added, "it helps me out won
derfully in my literary work. My old
plpo Is a great soother. Do you know
that often-Whan I am lost for an Inspira
tion all I haverto do is to light my pipe
'and tho moat beautiful word pictures
coma to me. Actually, I don't believe I
could write without my pipe."
""Well, for heaven's sake, Btop smok
ing," quickly Interposed the sufferfng
friend.
Croker Helps Republicans.
Chicago Special Dispatch.
General Daniel Sickles arrived In Chi
cago this morning and gave a choice In
terview. "We will carry New York State," he
said, "by almost as large a majority as
wo got In 1S96. All the Republicans need
Is to keep old Croker blowing- It would
be an excellent Investment for Senator
Hanna to pay him $5000 a day from now
until election day to keep up his boast
ing. Every time Croker claims New
York City by 100,000 It ssrves to arouse
tho honest, decent citizens. If Crokex
keeps up his blowing he won't get a plu
rality of one vote. The bums and loaf
ers of "Tammany Hall will turn out and
voto the Democratic ticket, but the de
cent, respectable element will vote
against Croker. If Bryan had brought
the cholera Into New York with hirr
he could not. have driven more voters
away from him than by embracing Crok
er as he did. Lot old Croker and Bryan
roll down Broadway In the same car
riages and It makes lot3 of votes for the
Republicans. There Is not the slightest
doubt as to New York."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
A Red-Letter Day. The Stranger How long
have you baen clvMzed? The Native Ever
since my home was burned to the ground and
my wife and children shot. Life.
Father (who has helped hla son with hla
home work) What did the teacher say whon
you showed him the sums? Johnny Ha said I
was getting more stupid every day. Glasgow
Evening Times.
"I've come to tell you, sir, that the photo
graphs you took of ua the other day are not at
all satisfactory. Why, my husband looks like
an apei" "Well, madam, you should havo
thoucht of that before you had him taken."
Tit-Bits.
Before the Christening. Mr. Freeborn Jack
son Whad yoh gwlne name lm, Laurella?
Mrs. Jackson Anyflng yoh lalk-. Anyang
cept Alias. Ise noticed boya o' that name
nevah cornea to no cood. They's alius hi tho
police co't. Brooklyn Life.
All That Was Needed. Cassldy Wudn't yez
lolke t' live on a farrm. Pat? Casey Oh, Ufa
th' only way t' live I Ef they only hod 1111
vated roads, cable carrs. pllnty av sclloona.
concert halls, tinlmlnt-houses. dirt; noise, and
polacemin on a farm. O'd move on to a farna
tomorrow. Judge.
Campaign Enthusiasm.
Washington Star.
If you're tired of being solemn.
If you find each printed column
With another cause of apprehension fraught;'
If the world, so round and roomy, f
Seems unalterably gloomy.
And you shudder every time you think a
thought.
Set your heart on future glories. r
On the campaign, with its stories
And the bands that turn out music by tha
mile.
Though the days may now seem dreary.
Just remember., and be cheery.
That we'll all be getting foolish after while.
When tho orators are spouting
Xnd the eager crowds are shouting;
And tho banners and the bunting nil the air;
When society's a rabble.
And each person joins the babble-,
And wildly waves his hat and doesn't care.
It is then we are forgetting
All the troubles which keep f re Ulnar,
And w whoop and stare and wear & vacant
smile.
Though, our Ills seem past anduranoe,
There Is Joy In this assurance.
We will all be setting foolish after while.