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PORTLAND, "WEDNESDAY, XOV. 14 j It Is nqt difficult to read the double verdict rendered by the people of Washington- In the late election. They rolled up a plurality for McKinley al most equal to Oregon's, and they elect ed Rogers, Democrat, Governor by something like 200 majority over his Republican antagonist. Testimony from various sources as to the causes of these diverse results substantially agrees. It is clear that the state as a whole was most earnest in Its intention to show that its divagation four years rgo was merely a temporary excursion from the seats of sanity Into the Bryan museum of economic freaks and indus trial prodigies. It has recovered its mental and moral equilibrium, again taken Us bearings, and is not soon likoly to wander from tlfe plain high way of progress and its own best inter est. But as to state issues Njt was dif ferent. We hear from Rogers that it was his own Impeccable record, the weakness of his opponent, and the Re publican divisions that brought about his triumph. And we have it also upon the unimpeachable authority of Mr. Wilson that his association with a can didate is a blight upon his prospects of success, and it is no use for him to struggle longer against the obvious prejudices and avowed purposes of the public Therefore his abdication as a leader and as a Senatorial candidate, and his assumption of the unadorned armor of ordinary private In the ranks. We are given to understand that Mr. Wilson expects still to wield voice and pen for the party, and against certain Individuals therein; but he wants It un derstood that he is himself out of the running. Thus it appears that the ex Senator has discovered what others had known for some little time. It is to be supposed that the per sonal relation of Governor Rogers to the Issues has given him a somewhat prismatic view of the proportions of things. The public attitude towards his administration was, not that it was so very good, but that it was not so very bad. It was something of a reve lation that a propagandist of danger ous and unsound theories of govern ment like Rogers should be measurably sobered by responsibility, and should do so little to put them into effect. What has been done can be done; and what has not been done during the pre ceding four years will not be done by Rogers during his next term, argued the voter. The alternative to Rogers was Frink, with his entangling polit ical alliances and his objectionable leg islate e record objectionable In the sense that the farmers of Eastern Washington did not Hk6 It, and were alarmed by it, and even thrown Into a state of panic Mr. Frink might have surled a single blemish upon his escutcheon. He could have carried through the campaign without serious trouble either Mr. Wilson of Mr. Mc Graw, or the acute public remembrance of his own State Senator-ship. He could not support the accumulation of all. An Independent Republican of correct antecedents and good, character and no embarrassing relationships could easily hae defeated Governor Rogers. Un der all the circumstances the Republi can j ear, known Populist objec tion to Rogers and his notorious com bination with Turner, the overwhelm irg ote for McKinley it Is marvelous that e en Mr. JTrlnk could not succeed. If one Democrat or Populist in fifteen voted for Frink which is likely about cne Republican in Ave or six voted for Rogers. The total vote of the state was some thing- over 1W.GW, of which Mc Kln.e reoelvd about SS.0M and Bryan about 46 W. The Populist defection on the Governorship perhaps reached 3000, and the errant Republican votes must have been in the neighborhood of lOOO. The reasons that Induced these Republicans to scratch their ticket In a Presidential year, and with such un erring singleness of idea aim at one man only upon It, must have appealed to them with peculiar power. It Is evi dent that the spirit of hostility to the Rrpub.kan machine and the arbitrary and selfish rule of the bosses was not confined to any one section of the state, hut pervaded everywhere. In Eastern Washington the Republican losses were heaviest, nd they were sustained with unaring uniformity In every county west of the mountains. A single excep tion was Thurston County, where local interest in the state capltol made Gov ernor Rogers particularly unpopular. In Pierce County, geographical prejudice against a Seattle candidate was ox erted . in Seattle, the Republican schism was wide, but Frink got a much larger share of the Republican vote than he did in Taooma. A generalization may be made that In the western counties, casting two-thirds of the state's vote, the Republican defection represented the Republican opposition to Mr. Wil son and Mr. McGraw; in Eastern "Wash ington, the same influences prevailed, and were heavily accentuated by a pos itive Rogers sentiment, and by the com mon opinion that the Republican can didate did not stand-'for remedial freight-rate legislation. Joy in Washington over the remark able victory for the National ticket Is greatly dampened by chagrin at the loss of the Governorship. Of course the Republicans who conspired to accom plish the Rogers success are not in any way discomfited; but they are a minor itya silent minority who are not boasting of their achievement. We ob serve that one or two Republican pa pers heap reproaches upon their heads, and mournfully complain that they have not been loyal. We take It that the party which demands loyalty must first deserve loyalty. And this rebuke will simply invoke the respdnse that every voter must decide for himself how far his duty as a Republican or as a Democrat requires that he vote straight. It l-i to be observed that Re publican principles were represented this year by a National ticket, and the Republicans of Washington, In the view of the on-looking Nation, seem to have done very well towards vindication ol those principles. If they see fit to set tle the matter of a single state candi dacy in their own way among them selves, It Is scarcely proper to claim that they are not Republicans. If re fusal to "go the whole hog" on party nominees is to merit the charge that one is not a Republican, or Democrat, there are few such. CAN 1UT3SIA AFFORD TO BREAK FAITH? The report that Russia Is about to annex the whole of Manchuria is prob ably without foundation. For transient purposes, until the present state of an archy in China is replaced by some thing more than the mere shadow of the imperial authority, it Is probably necessary for Russia, In self-protection, to enforce military occupation and gov ernment of Manchuria, for Russia has an Investment of many millions of dol lars 4n her railway through that prov ince that she cannot afford to see de stroyed by the Boxers and other ban ditti. It is quite possible that the Chi nese Emperor has asked Russia to es tablish a temporary protectorate over Manchuria until order has been re stored, for the lease of Port Arthur and Tallen Wan by the Czar, following the war between China and Japan, showed plainly that the Chinese Government was quite willing to transfer Manchuria to Russia's sphere of Influence, but It is not credible that a permanent protec torate o'ver Manchuria is to be at once established by Russia over this great Chinese province. Russia has but recently given our State Department explloit assurances that she will evacuate Manchuria the moment that tranquillity and order are re-established In North China, provided no other foreign power shall undertake to execute any further dismemberment of the Middle Kingdom. The United States requested and obtained this as surance from Russia, because the United States has a large and Increas ing trade with New Chwang, the prin cipal port of Manchuria, and, relying on the good faith of Russia, our govern I ment has withdrawn all Its foroes from Pekln to Manila, save the small body of soldiers detailed to serve as a guard to our legation Russia cannot afford to forfeit the good will and confidence and friendship of the United States byt an act of gross duplicity. Furthermore, Russja knows that any attempt on her part to establish a permanent military protectorate over Manchuria would be instantly followed by the establishment of a Japanese protectorate over Corea and the x military occupation of that country. Nothing that -Russia could possibly gain by the occupation of Man churia could compensate her for the Japanese occupation of Corea, for Rus sia Is not ready yet for a contest with the Mikado's Empire. Her trans-Siberian Railway is unfinished, and that part of it w hlch is nominally completed Is unfitted for the quick transportation of large bodies of troops and great quantities of military supplies. Japan could put 100,000 admirably armed and disciplined troops into Corea in ten days, and in event of a serious war could put 500,000 soldiers in the field and support them by a more powerful navy than Russia has in the Pacific waters. Russia knows this, and she will surely ' avoid all collision with Japan over Corea until the trans-Siberian Railway Is finished and put In effective condi tion as a highway for the transporta tion of troops and military supplies. The occupation of Manchuria would not only cost Russia the confidence and friendship of the United States and the loss of Corea to Japan, but would ex pose Russia to the hostility of Great Britain and Germany. The agreement into which these two powers have lately entered embodies in its third article a distinct warning that the annexation of Manchuria by Russia, would not be allowed. England and Germany have promised each other and the rest of the treaty powers that they will not exe cute any further mutilation of Chinese territory. This agreement was signed October 16. It is unreasonable to sup pose that Germany and Great Britain would renounce their claims upon the Province of Shan Tung and upon the Yangtse Basin, if they Intended to allow Russia to annex Manchuria. This third article of the Anglo-German agreement was meant to bind the con tracting parties to take aggressive ac tion against Russia, should that power acquire "territorial advantages under any form whatever." It may be that the Chinese Govern, ment has offered to cede Manchuria to Russia to secure its friendly offices in the final settlement with Germany and" England, but against the protest of Great Britain, Germany and Japan Russia would not venture to annex Manchuria, for she is hardly a match for Japan alone on the Pacific coast of Asia, and to the joint protest of Germany and England Russia would have no choice but submission. Russia has plenty of men, but she has no means of quick military transportation of soldiers and supplies to the Pacific coast of Asia. Her navy Is compara tively small, and her purse Is very short, compared with the army chests of England and Germany, who have "money to burn," and In modern war fare it is money that arms, feeds, clothes and concentrates troops for bat tle. It Is money that makes the war horse go. Among the records broken on election day was that of Indiana and New York as pendulum states. Since 1SSI New York's erotral vote has alter- nated between the two parties with tan talizing uncertainty, while Indiana's has performed like vibrations since 1872. The Republicans haying carried both states at two successive Presidential elections, another political superstition is smashed. A VITAL FIGURB. A thought that must have filled the minds of those of Judge Whalleys friends who escorted his remains to the grave yesterday afternoon was that we shall not soon again look upon his peer as a man of perennial and at tractive vivacity and outdoor vitality. No man ever more thoroughly enjoyed all sides of human life. He had a tastf for and knowledge of good literature. He was an assiduous student of his pro fession, but his most conspicuous and winning quality was his hearty relish of outdoor life. He was emphatically a man's man; a thorough Englishman In his good nature, his good fellowship, his pugnacity and his rollicking- aumor. The law was his profession, and he did credit to Its onerous demands and se vere responsibilities, as he would with his vigorous mind and energetic tem perament have done credit to any in tellectual calling he had embraced. But the blrth-glft of the man was for out door life and struggle with his fellow men. He would have been a successful man In any kind of business he had adopted, but he was a natural-born lover of the woods and fields. He was t a keen sportsman, and yet he had poetic sense enough in him to be some thing more than a sportsman. He knew when and where to find the beautiful wood duck's nest In the trees. Go where he would, he was not solitary; Flowers nodded gayly to him, wayside brooks Skipped by him laughingly, while the emulous birds Showered lyric raptures that provoked his own. He led a happy, a useful and an In dustrious life, and he lived every min ute of it, for there never was a man with less of the eremite In his compo sition. He talked to and played with every decent dog he met In the street. He jested with any man, high or low, who was of jesting humor. He was ready to dispute with the Archbl3hop of Canterbury or the President of the United States, If they invited discus sion, and he was equally ready to fight with his hands, his tongue or his pen before he would confess defeat and retreat without honor. The greatest joy of life to him was the joy of the conflict with the every-day, "breezy, busy, working outdoor world. Men of this remarkable outdoor vivacity ard Individualism make a strong impres sion on their fellows, for they become, as It were, part of the stimulating landscape .and environment of the town. In nothing perhaps do superior men differ so much a in their deep relish for outdoor life and democratic, every day social intercourse with their fel lows. A man may be a philanthropist and not be long remembered by his fellows, or a money-maker and be a fleeting figure; but an active, vital man, full of talk and stir In his every day walk, who studies books but loves every-day outdoor human life from top to bottom better than he does his library, probably gets more enjoyment than a tireless, taciturn student. Tired at last, our eager friend has sunk to rest, the mountain shadow on his breast: but he Is not dead, never will be dead to those whokn,ew him, for "Who can put out the motion or the smtle; The old ways of being mirthful all with him laid by." HOT AIR, AS A STERILIZER. The Oregonlan published, a few days ago, the results of tests made at the experiment station at Corvallls for the destruction of smut spores in seed grain. For many years our farmers have treated their seed wheat to a vll rlollzing process, the simplest and withal the most effective method known for clearing the grain of this pernicious parasite. This method has been popular for the double reason that any farmer could apply It, and when thoroughly applied the result was rea sonably satisfactory. The specialists Of the experiment sta tion find that the grain may be effect ively and cheaply treated with hot air Instead of the vitriol solution. The ex perimental work is under the supervis ion of the bacteriological department of the Agricultural College, and has been In progress for a number of months. It has been found that wheat and -oats subjected In a hot air steril izer to a temperature of 200 degrees, and planted almost immediately, ger minated readily. In the plat planted with the grain so treated, but a single smut head appeared, while In similar areas sown with wheat treated in the old way by a solution of, blue vitriol from 14 to 274 smut heads appeared, the soil and conditions being Identical. Smut In grain has been for years the farmers' persistent, insidious enemy. This enemy they have fought with their one defense vitriol keeping it generally in check, but never com pletely routing, or even being sure of a victory over It, for a single season. As shown by these experiments, there Is a certainty that the hot-air method of treating the seed will destroy the smut spores without affecting, or affecting but slightly, the vitality of the grain. About 90 per cent of the seed thus treated and sown In the experiment plat germinated a percentage that cannot fall to commend the process to farmers. It may be Increased after It has passed well beyond Its experi mental stage and become settled upon a specific basis. It will be Of further Interest to farm ers to know that these experiments are to be continued, looking to the perfec tion of the process and suggestive of means whereby it can be applied In farming communities, if not by Individ ual farmers, at the minimum cost in time, trouble and money. A brief abstract of the report of the Quartermaster-General, as printed In yesterday's Oregonlan, again calls at tention to the unfair discrimination made against Portland in the matter of transport business, The report says: During the fiscal year forty-four ships were emploed under charter by this department In connection with the transport service. These vessels have been discontinued and charters canceled as rapidly as their sen Ices could be spared. At the close of the fiscal year eleven chartered vessels remained In service. Of the forty-four ships In the service, one lone vessel, the Lennox, was al lotted to Portland for regular trips, and five others made one trip each to Portland. The remainder of the big fleet, together with the five which made one trip to Portland, was divided be tween Seattle and San Francisco. Of the eleven mentioned as remaining in the service at the end. 9, the fiscal year, one is on the Portland run, the ten oth ers out of San Francisco and Seattle. Of the Jarge bands pf horses which were sent across the Pacific, Oregon supplied more than all other Pacific Coast States combined, and over one half of the animals taken by the Gov ernment from Seattle and San Fran cisco could have been placed on trans ports at Portland at much less ex pense than attached to their shipment from the ports farther north and south than where the animals were secured. Thousands of tons of forage was forced to take the same roundabout and ex pensive route in order to permit of the disbursement of Government funds at ports whose only advantage over Port land was a political pulL The joint discussion over the revived Portland-Astoria question seems to be embossed with one conspicuous point of dispute. One side declares, or is con sistently Inferred to declare, that the added cost of rail transportation would be borne by benevolent railroad capi tal; the other .that It would be borne by others, chiefly the producer. All appear to agree that rail costs more than water transportation. However important the dispute, It should alarm no one. As matters are, the producer has the ben efit of an open river from Portland to the sea, which keeps down transporta tion charges. Close the channel and the producer would very soon discover the measure of the benevolence of rail road capital. So long as the water route is clear, railroads will not make the long haul. If the channel should be neglected, the long haul would yield them handsomely. It Is Portland's In terest to keep the river navigable, and an open river is the most potent argu ment in the discussion. If the interest Is a selfish one, it is no less economic. If Portland persists in staying at Port land instead of moving to Astoria, Ta coma or Seattle, Its selfishness Is justi fied, not merely by Its own success, but by economic service to commerce. Fur thermore, if Portland persists In pay ing for a free channel, perhaps nobody has a right to complain. Open river Is Portland's one argument, and citizens should not forget It Keep the channel open and the riddle of long haul and of ports will solve Itself without polem ics. Portland need talk about nothing, therefore, but a deeper channel. And the more a deeper channel Is agitated the sooner will we get it. Bryan telegraphed It was his "lot" to congratulate McKinley after "another" four years. The significance of "lot" bulges out; that of "another" is replete with meaning. "Lot" hints at disap pointed ambition, which Is nothing cul pable In Itself. But it hints further at deep chagrin, at martyrdom, at unde served fate, which m itself is a fact of unworthy self-consciousness. It was his "lot," and notthe sober Judgment of the people. It was his misfortune, and not what citizens would have done had they been wise. "Lot" is a peevish word, and does not belong to a Presi dent of the United States. It reveals the fact of personality Instead of prin ciples; of discontent approximating envy. The p'eople whoBe will has erred have erred In theft- wisdom. And they have dorie this not once, but "another" time. Popular wisdom on which the Jeffersonlan philosophy Is founded no longer Is positive, for It has trans formed, in the single event of a man. The people are wrong, but I am right, Is not 'Jeffersonlan, but peremptorily non-Jeffersorilan and Hamlltonlan. Ttfus political philosophy has come to be convenient, where once It was ab solute, and even so for a man who has worked It to further his ambition. The appeal lately made by a corre spondent that some arrangements be made whereby the sentence which sends a woman convicted of crime to the Penitentiary at Salem may not mean her transfer in a few years, more or less, to the Insane Asylum will, let us hope, reach the ears of our leg islators to some purpose. No weak plea based upon the sex of such crim inals is made. It is simply asked that they be given something to do; that means be provided whereby they can get enough air and exercise to Insure good health, and that solitary confinement, that last relic of barbarism in penal methods and Institutions, be not forced' upon them to the loss of their reason. There can be but one reading of the statement that ultimate Insanity has been the fate of every woman who has thus far been Incarcerated for a term of years In the Oregon Penitentiary. This fact Is a blot upon our state which, in the name of common human ity, should be expunged as far as pos sible by allowing the shadows of the past to" fall over it. Bryan has refused a 510,000 Job. It would not fill hlB dinner pail full enough. Besides, he has no right to ac cept It when so many trust-ridden citi zens are living on one-flftleth of that sum. The New York presbytery and the Philadelphia presbytery both say pre destination and foreordination are all right. Well, If they like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like. Several Democratic organs in the state show lucidly that the election was not an Indorsement of Imperialism and militarism. They are to be congratu lated for their perspicacity. If that Philadelphia paper has li beled Clark, by all means let it be brought to book. It must have been a peculiarly Infamous achievement. The talk of reorganizing the Demo cratic party Is well enough, but first find ,the Democratic party. McKinley and Bryan States. It Is Instructive to compare the McKin ley and Bryan states. They are: Republican California. Connecticut. Delaware. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska, New Hampshire New Jersey. New York. North Dakota. Ohio. Oregon. Island. South Dakota. Utah. Vermont. Washington. West Virginia, Wisconsin. Democratic Alabama. Arkansas. Colorado. Florida, Georgia. Idaho. Kentucky. Louisiana. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana. Nevada. North Carolina South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Virginia, Wyoming. . COMMENT ON THE. EJECTION. Bryan Himself to Blame. Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem. It Is In the nature of a disaster for a man to be twice beaten for the Presi dency of the United States. But In the case of Mr. Bryan, the twice defeateo. candidate has to endure the double hard ship of having no one to blame except himself, for he was the architect and builder of the campaign from first to last. He knows now when it is too late what was clearly seen and earnestly pro claimed long ago by thoughtful and ob serving men, to-wit, that the ruling ele ments of the country were so convulsed by the campaign of 1S96 as to make a re versal of the verdict on the same lines of battle In 1900 wholly impossible. Ex planations of this overwhelming defeat would be idle and unprofitable, even It they were less complicate and obvious. There was never the ghost of a ihance for tiie Democrats to beat the Repub licans after the collapse of the move ment Inaugurated in the early Autumn of 1SSS to make Admiral Dewey tho can didate and to line up the party 'in his then transcendent popularity and prestige. Free Coinage the Milltitone. New Tork World, Dem. When the 16-to-l plank was separately reaffirmed, upon the direct demand t-f Mr Bryan and with the complacent as sistance of Croker, though against the clearly expressed Judgment of he dele gates, the fate of the ticket was sealed. That plank became a millstone around the candidate's neck. It was impossible to Keep tne money question out of the campaign, even though as an issue it was dead. Mr. Bryan's silence on 16 to l in the East led to attacks upon his sin cerity, and was regarded as an admission of the utter defenselessness of tho plank he had Insisted upon reiterating. If the free-silver policy was "party suicide" In 1S96, it was.a provocation to "punishment after death" In 1900. Doubtless the de cisive Idea In the minds of tens of thou sands of voters who supported McKinley unwillingly was to doubly safeguard the currency, the life-blood of industry, and to protect prosperity from even the men ace of danger. They wbuld "rather bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of." Only One Issue. Philadelphia Public Ledger, Ind. For four years more a Republican Ad ministration will control the affairs, for eign and domestic, of the Nation. To the Republican party tho people have voted a continuance of authority. That does not mean, however, that all the Aa min.lstration's past policies and acts have been given a vote of confidence. With respect to some of these policies and acts many loyal Republicans were and still are radically divided in opinion and con viction, and they stood together at the polls only upon the vital issue of a sound, safe, honest currency. To hold them as a compact party always sufficient to win the Victory, the Administration must do that which all sagacious and patriotic Americans can and will approve and up hold. The vote of confidence, If given at all, will be given four years hence. Yes terday the sole issue was safe, honesv money, for which McKinley and. Roose velt unconquerably stood. Two Detents EnonRh. Boston Herald, Ind. The Democratic party was deprived of that element in its own ranks which made it safe to be trusted with the Gov ernment, and It thus parted with all prospect of carrying a Presidential elec tion. It should have learned the lesson of .this by the result of the Presidential election four years ago. But it doggedly shut Its eyes to what was then evident to all thinking men, and it has blindly fought against fate in this its second Presidential contest. What the effect of this defeat Is to be it is perhaps hardly worth while to dwell upon now. One thing would seem to be obvious, however, ana that Is that the Democratic party is not likely toMnvoke a third defeat with the issues on which it has now been twice condemned by the country. There should be a limit to organized fatuity In politics, and It would seem now to have been reached in the Democratic party of the United States. Independent Vote Did It. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Mr. McKlnley's wise silence, Mr. Bry an's damaging loquacity, the Republican affirmative upon honest money, on ex pansion and on the paramountcy of Na tional law, with the Democratic nega tions on those subjects, are factors to account for the general result. The pro portions that result have attained will be studied with Interest. They are bo side the question of the result as a fact. It is a result for Republicanism, in large degree secured by Independent votes con tributed to that, party. The settlements which it establishes and the unsottle ments which it defeats are plain. We sincerely think it to be a result credttable to the Intelligence of the people and commendable to civilization, for it ex presses the one and helps on the other in the influences which it sets and pre serves in our Federal system. Delivered From a Great Dnnger. Philadelphia Inquirer, Rep. They have voted for the financial hon or, the business honor, the National hon or and the International honor of the United States, and they have spurned the miserable makeshift arguments of the so-called antl-lmperiallsts and the child ish talk about militarism. Those "Issues" were not Issues at all. They were Intend ed to throw dust in the eyes of the peo ple, but the people have escaped the dust. Their vision has not been dimmed, and, therefore, they have elected McKinley and have spurned the great apostle of free silver and the preacher of doctrines bordering upon anarchy. The Nation has been delivered from a great danger by the good sense of the people. Now let us have done with Bryanlsm for all time. Onr. Coarse Is Fixed. New York Mail and Express, Rep. The people have not hesitated to decide. They have responded with magnificent and enthusiastic voice. There can be no further delusion as to the .attitude of the country toward the President's policies. Our future course Is' fixed. t Mr. McKin ley, himself sprung from the ranks, rightly Interpreted American sentiment and American purpose, when those about him hesitated and doubted, and yester day's triumph, beyond precedent as It is In emphasis, is none too great a reward to him for the wisdom, courage and patriotism with which he has guided the Nation's destinies and guarded Its highest Interests. It Makes No Difference. Atlanta Constitution, Dem. The result by no means affects serious ly either the present or the future of the country. Our people have the happy fac ulty of taking care of their interests indi vidually, which constitutes the safety of the aggregate. They may at times be blinded to the purposes of a party in power, hut they will be so quick In re senting action that even the boldest would be brought to a halt. The sun will rise and set, and business will c6n tlnue In its accustomed course, regardless of the vagaries of politics. "The people who have taken care of themselves to well heretofore will continue to do so. Must Get Rid of Bryan. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, Ind. The result of the remarkable campaign Just closed has been another victory for the Republican party. 'It has won on the issues on National honesty and National honor. The people of the United States have declared that they are In favor of expansion, and they have sternly rebukeo. the "little Americans' and the flag-furl-ers. William Jennings Bryan has been defeated, but no doubt be will still con - sider himself a candidate. He has no other occupation. But If the Democratic party wishes to rehabilitate itself, it must rid itself of Bryan and the political heresies that Bryan represents. It Has a Chance for the Fat-axe. Baltimore American. Hero Is the opportunity the Democracy has been waiting for. The conservative intelligence and sturdy manhood of that party since the hour of Bryan's ascend ancy has recognized in him the very op posite of all that was desirable- In the hour of his defeat It Is possible for that better element to purge the party of Bryan and Bryanlsm. Quick, concertea action will do the work, and send Bryai among the Populists, where he properly belongs. If such action Is taken, the Democracy will rid Itself of Bryan and his nostrums and make possible its re turn to the faith and deportment of Its founders. It will then be worthy the support of reputable and orderly men, and America will be saved from tho dis grace of another campaign such as this has been. The way to regenerate Is to regenerate, and if the Democracy really desires regeneration, now is its opportunity. Silver Did It All. New York Journal, Dem. The people have evidently made up their minds to dispose of free silver once for all. The effort was superfluous, for free silver had ceased to exist as a pos sible policy four years ago, but the vot ers were determined not to have the re mains lying around any longer. Unques tionably, the people are opposed to Mr. McKinley and his policy in the Philip pines. But they reason that if the Islands are retained that policy can be changed and a truly American system establlihea In the future, while if they were aban doned altogether they never could be re gained. To give liberty to the Filipinos it was not essential to grant independ ence. Mr. McKinley, If elected, will find It absolutely necessary to establish, liberty In the Philippines and settle the affairs of Porto Rico in accordance with American traditions, and if ha defers that work it will be done by a Demo cratic President. Life or Death. Chicago Chronicle, Dem. From Maine westward to the Rocky Mountains, north of the Ohio River line, there is not a Democratic Governor, there is not a Democratic United States Sena tor, there are few Democratic Congress men, and Democrats In office of any de scription are so rare that a party em bracing at least one-half of the popula tion may be said almost with literal truth to have been excluded from participation in public affairs. To this humiliating estate the mongrel combination between the worst elements of Democracy North and South and the populism of the West has brought a once proud political organization which has controlled the affairs of the Republic in many Important eras and which should control them today. French and English Dairies. Saturday Review. Nothing can look more Inviting than the tubs of bright yellow Brittany but ter, and there is a glamor of romance about the green meadows and gray heaths of the Cotes du Nord and the Morbihan. But we do know something of those Breton homesteads; of the cess pools where the water is drawn for do mestic and dairy use, and of the filthy raiment that Is seldom changed, and of the hands that are never washed, except of a Sunday or a saint day. A deeper depth still is the unwholsome margarine, Its substructure being rancid animal fat, fermented In loathsome heaps, but scent ed with the sweetest fragrance of the meads, and colored to reflect the se ductive tints of' meadowsweet and but tercups. Contrast modern English meth ods with those abominations which under the guise of legitimate trade suggest the subtle atrocities of the Borgia's and the" Brinvilllcrs. For they sow the seed3 of fatal disease in many an unsuspecting household, and are answerable for ln fanticlde on a scale from which Herod would have shrunk in dismay. In our dairies "the cool hand" which was the boast of the old-world dairy woman Is altogether out of date. Now the hand never touches anything, and, as we are informed at this year's exhi bition, even the' skimming will soon be done by machinery. In the most sultry of Summer weather the butter Is kept cool by being immediately transferred to Ice In the refrigerator. It was said by those of old time that milk and cream were only to be enjoyed In perfection in the country. The novels of last century tell how blase beaux of St. James re freshened their vitiated palates with the unadulterated dairy produce when they sought change of scene at Tunbrldge Wells or Epsom. Now the connoisseur can not take much exception to the cream and butter of the London clubs, and as he may be sure that the butter Is all It seems, there can be no more con clusive sign of progress. The Irish Hcdpre School. ' Donahoe's. The educational structure for which, taking advantage of the toleration of Government, the hedge schoolmaster now abandoned his al fresco establishment, was a very humble one of Its kind. Tho peasantry, animated by the strong Irish love of learning, built It for him just as in modern days they assemble and build huts for evicted tenants. It was not a very formidable undertaking. A deep, dry ditch or trench by the roadside was usually selected for the site. At the side of the trench an excavation of the requisite area was dug, so the clay bank formed three sides of the inclosure; this saved the trouble of building walls. Then the fourth side, or front side wall, with a door and two windows, was built of green sods laid In courses, while sim ilar sods raised the back to the required height and pointed the gable ends. Young trees and wattles cut from the nearest wood and bound together with straw ropes and withes formed the roof tim bers. Over these were spread brambles, then came a layer of "scraws," or slabs of healthy bbg surface, and over all a thatching of rushes. The "earthen floor was pared to an approach to a level, the rubbish cleared away, and a pathway made to the public road. There was your hedge schoolhouse, ready for business. Paris Ontgrrovrs Her Fortifications. London Dally Mail. Fdr years it has been evident that Paris was becoming too big to be confined much longer within the walls or fortifications that run round the city. It is now an nounced that a large section of these boundaries is to disappear. The part condemned lies to the northwest of the city, and stretches from Auteull to St. Ouen. This Implies a vast extension for Paris, and the annexation by the city of all the suburban communes between the Seine and the fortifications. This great scheme Is to be carried out gradually, the first extension comprising Blllancourt, Auteull and Boulogne; the second, St James, Neullly and Levallols-Perret, and the third St. Ouen. Change of Interest American Trait. Saturday Evening Post. This swiftness of life and changeability of interest do not betoken a lessening of human sympathy. The splendid response in cases of Buffering and destitution con tradicts any such thought But the American people demand a swift succes sion of changing events to interest them. The Wonderful work of the advanced American newspapers has much to do with this. What would a few years ago have taken weeks of Investigation Is now given to the public within a few hours. This seems to make the world move more swiftly, and It makes the American people Impatient of anything that.seems out of date. NOrB AND C0MMEXT. , General Rejoicing Is tho officer ai pres ent In charge of affairs. Like Oliver Goldsmith, Bryan "still has hopes, for pride attends him atllL" An appropriate title for Mr. Bryan's next book would be "How It Happened." Tho Electoral College will not confer a degree on any statesman from Ne braska this year. "Not now, but some other time," says the Atlanta Constitution. It refers to -Democracy, not to Bryan. Having won 5 cents on the election. Rus sell Sage will donate three of them to a. prominent New York hospital. The spellbinder is no longer a fair mark for the paragrapher, but the plumber comes valiantly forward to take his place. Dramatic note Black Pattl is rehears ing for a magnificent production of "Othello," In which she will essay the tltlo role. The returns from Porto Rico Indicate that tho Democratic howl about oppress ing the natives of that isle was merely a beetling bluff. MoKlnley announces that the Cabinet will not be reorganized. Goodness knows he has worked hard enough getting It In as rood condition as It la now. This is how a Bakersfleld, Cal., paper squeezes a drop of comfort out of the election returns: "Oregon The Republicans carried the state by a plurality of 14,000, but tho Democrats probably elected the Gover nor." There Is really but one place In the world I where violins are mode extensively. That place Is Markneuklrchen, with its sur rounding villages. There are altogether about 15,000 people living there, who do nothing else but make violins. The In habitants, from the little urchin to the old gray-headed man, the small girl, and the old grandfather, all are engaged In making some part of a fiddle. The fact is not generally known that the Queen has a private railway station. This is at Gosport, and is used by Her Majesty when embarking for Osborne. The station consists of a long semi-circular platform, the end of which Is con nected with a pontoon, against which the royal yacht is usually moored. It 'is a strange fact that no other member of the royal family ever uses this station. The new Marquis of Buto pays J2.25O.C00 death dues on the property he Inherited. Ho Is now accompanying his mother to the Holy Land, to bury bis father's heart on Mount Olivet. It is inclosed in a mag nificent shrine, in the form of an altar, which the late Marquis had specially made for the purpose. In Florence. The heart Itself Is In a lead-lined oak casket, bound with silver. When the burial takes place the shrine will be brought back to Scot land for use when the present Marquis dies. Germany possesses a most remarkable overhead railway running between Elber feld and Barmen, a distance of SVi miles. It is known as the Langen Mono-Rail Suspended Railway, being Invented by Eugene Langen. It consists of a double overhead track, along which cars, each suspended Jroxn, vthe ralli, abpvbtw boele" wheels, travel" at tho rats of abaat 25 miles an hour. Between the wheels Is the electric moter which drives the train. The cost of building this unique line Is estimated at about 5(1,000 per mile. Mark Twain, In a recent Interview In London, Is reported to have said: "Eng land is the best friend we have in Eu rope, and wo are the only friend she's got on earth. No one ventures to sug gest a formal offensive and defensive al liance, but it Is to our mutual Interest that sentiment along that line should grow in the hearts of our people. The time is coming when each of the two great peoples will need It in their busi ness. It Is out of my line to be pessi mistic, but I think that the Chinese con cert, which has already become a com edy, Is likely to end In a tragedy. When the crash comes It will bo best for Eng land, best for America, and best for tha world that the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes should wave together." The most distinguished clergyman of the Unitarian Church, Rev; Dr. Edward E. Hale, was consulted last month by a yovmg voter In New York, who wrota h,lm asking advico how to vote on elec tion day. Mr. Hale replied In a vigorous letter, advising the young man to vo o for McKinley and Roosevelt. The present Administration, Mr. Hale wrote, had proved Itself so thoroughly bonsai and Its measures had been so greatly to tho advantage of the country that It wou'd be almost unpatriotic to criticise details in those measures. "The familiar charge against democ racies," wrote Dr. Hale, "is that they are fickle, and that whoever trusts In them is sure to bo overturned. The United States will succeed If It will dis prove this charge. It will fall unle's It can do so." This advice was worthy of the author of "A Mas Without a Country." PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGITAPIIERS "Very changeable man, isn't he? I wonder what hts latest whim Is." "Well a I guess I am. We're engaged." Brooklyn life. His Suspicions Aroused. "Mamma," said Johnny, "I don't believe this is a. health food." "Why hot, son?" "It tastes good." Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Neurych (bidding good-bye to her guests after her first reception) I'm so sorry that tha rain kept all our best people away! Tlt-Blts. Jaaksen No, I never take the newspaper home. I've got a family of grown-up daugh ters, you know. Friend Papers too full of crime? Jackson No; too full of bargain sales. TK-B4U. Considerate "Bridget. I think it Is hardly the thlBg for you to entertain company la the kitchen. "Don't ye worry, mum, Bhure, an Ol wouldn't bo afther deprolvln' ye o' th par ler." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Trinmphl Chicago Times-Herald. He stayed downtown at night To hear how matters turned; He bad five dollars bet. And he was much concerned. He mingled with the crowd. He whooped with all his might; They smashed his new hat in. And Jabbed him left and right. They soiled and tore his clothes And trod upon his feet; He missed the latast car. And bad to tramp tha street. Seme villain stole his watch. And as the dawn appeared He staggered up the steps And waved his arms and chere4. And to his wife ha cried: Tve won ray bet hoorayt Fly dollars better off. ary dear, than ywUnlajP t