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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1901)
THE -MORNING1' OREGONIAN, 'WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1901. to rsgorocm Entered at tho Postofflce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.... 166 I Business Offlce...CG7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance DaUy. with Sunday, per month S3 Daily, Sunday excepted, per year 7 50 Dally, with Sunday, per year 9 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 60 The "Weekly. 3 months 60 To City Subscribers Dolly, per week, delivered, Sundays excepted.lBc Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays lndudecLSOc POSTAGE RATES. United State. Canada and Mexico; 10 to 16-pase paper lc IS to S2-page paper 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oreconlan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 055. Tacoma Postfnce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune bulld ng. New Terk City; 'The Rookery." Chicago; the S C Beckwith special agency. New York. For sale lu San Francisco by J. K. Cooper, "748 Market street, near the Palace Hotel, Gold STiLh Bros , 236 Sutter street: F. W. Pitts, 1008 Murkt street; Poster & Orear. Ferry .a s rtaad. For sale la Los Angeles by B F. Gardner, 250 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 103 So Spriag street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 21? Dearborn street. Vx sale to Omaha by H. C Shears, 103 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farnam street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co , 77 V7! Second South street. For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co.. 113 Royal street. On file in Washington D. CL. with A. W. Dunn, COO 14th N W. For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 5)06-012 Seventh street. - TOD ATS WEATHER. Fair, with northerly winds. down. Anarchy won't down. But In the case of antl-lmperlallsm, we are not confined to analogy, for evidence of its persistence Is all about us. The New York Evening Post, in an editorial the other day upon the forthcoming Su preme Court decision in the Porto Rico cases, served notice upon the country that In case the court is against the antis, this will make no difference with their sacred cause. That, of course, will go on and on, regardless of Su preme Court, Congress, election returns or oaths of allegiance in the Philip pines. Yet, gran tine all that Mr. Towns claims in this respect, does it, after all, greatly signify? If we admit that cer tain strong-willed and Violently preju diced persons have made up their minds, and defy the world to change them, isn't that about the measure of antl-lmperialism'B determination not to down? Nor need the practical conse quences be gravely feared. Here in Oregon, for example, every ten years we are put to some expense and trouble In voting down woman suffrage. Yet if we hadn't that duty in hand, would we necessarily be more profitably oc cupied? Nobody has proved it. for a number of years and kept out of the "poorhouse" until he was well ad vanced in life. Such a man needs a law, not more to protect him from oth ers than from himself. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 The appearance of Mr. Towne, of Min nesota, in the Senate Monday recalls a passage in the writings of that pro found philosopher, Mr. Hans Christian Andersen. He is describing a dispute Among the utensils of a certain aristo- kltchen, each of which was proud fits distinction. In course of time the ', itches were introduced, through the ion of the cook, who took them to tt the candles. &w may eerybody see," thought they. F-hat wa are first In rank. How wo shine! 'hat luster, what light!" And so saying, they entout. So Mr. Towne rose in the Senate on Monday, shone and sputtered with all , the ambitious phrases of antl-imperial-i Ism. Then he sat down and Mr. Clapp, r,a Republican, duly elected by the Min nesota Legislature, was seated in his place. The United States, in asserting Its sovereignty in the Philippines, is, said Mr. Towne, displaying "the un sheathed and glittering steel of despot Ism." And. so saying, he went out. ASty does he go out, Instead of being kept In the Senate to advocate the Ideas of "anti-imperialism"? The rea son is that all these high-sounding phrases of Mr. Towne were passed upon by the Nation last November. In the S amotions of the country where the wafi taken on the issues of the campaign, that is, in the North and "West, Mr. Towne's ideas got thirteen electoral votes out of 305. He made every effort to convince the people of Minnesota that he was right, and he convinced only 112,000 out of 302,000. In the Legislature, which chose a Senator, his ideas gained a following of some 40 votes in a total of 182. Popular ap proval is not an infallible test of the soundness of a man's views, but it serves for all practical purposes. It will continue to serve until we get that Empire and Emperor to which Mr. Towne and his political associates look so fondly and confidently forward. Few persons will read, without a feel ing of indignation, the story of Mrs. 2at!on's vigorous arraignment of the TTopeka officials for non-enforcement of (the prohibition law of Kansas. She itold them there is the law and you don't enforce it and you are perjurers and you can't deny it; and they, couldn't. They swore to enforce the law and they make no effort to do so. Cowardice and insincerity have been proven upon these officials, but the principals of the crime are not the Gov ernor and Attorney-General, but those Legislators who put the prohibitory law upon the statute-books. Cowardice end Insincerity put it there, cowardice and insincerity are its fruits. Thus ap pears the Immorality and Infamy of Euch legislation. It not only makes poltroons and perjurers out of officials, but It enables black-hearted bigots, who would cheerfully revive the rack and thumbscrew if they could, to point in glee at the law and the officials and say, with an assumption of honesty and cac3or, "'All we ask Is to have the law FCnforced; all in the world that we have any interest in is the sacred majesty of the law." They do not care any thing for the law, though they say they do. Mrs. Nation's lawless outbreaks are their work, and they rather enjoy them. Do you hear any of them invok ing the sacred majesty of the canteen law? Nay, verily; but once let the can teen be abolished by law, and how gaily will they drop the cry against It for the assertion that the only in- Jerest they have in the matter is to see he laws of the country, any laws, all aws, enforced. Legislators who weakly field to the solicitation of these un- I scrupulous aguaiors nave grievous sins to answer for. Upon their heads Is the anarchy of Mrs. Nation and the mal feasance of Governors and Prosecuting Attorneys. They bring law Into con tempt and undermine the moral sense of the whole people. KO NEED OP THE 3ITTH. The Chicago Inter Ocean, champion-in-chief of the "Whitman myth, is moved to new and repeated endeavors, by the rational discussion of the myth that recently took place at Ann Arbor, Mich. "What Is the use of hero-hunting and myth-making. In these times? The matter under discussion as to "Whitman is simple, and perfectly clear. There is no doubt whatever about the "Winter ride over the plains. No doubt also that "Whitman visited "Washington and urged action as to Oregon, which, how ever, was not taken till a good while afterwards. No doubt, further, that he came back over the plains the next year (1843), overtook the emigrant col umn on the Upper Platte, and was of great service in guiding it to Oregon. These are sober historical facts. The myth that some have been trying to substitute for them Ib that "Whitman saw that Oregon was about to be lost, and rushed back to save It; that It was his effort that moved the United States to assertion of Its claim, which, but for him, would have been abandoned; that it was he who gathered, organized and led the large party across the plains in 1843, the arrival of which gave the Americans decisive preponderance in the Oregon country; that, In short, it was "Whitman who "saved Oregon" by his Winter ride. That "Whitman's service was great is unquestionable, but it was chiefly in the assistance he rendered as a guide to the emigrant column in the assembling and organization of which, however, he had no part at all. In his "Winter ride there was temerity rather than cour age. He was a man of sudden im pulses, rather than of calculated pur pose, as when he started to Oregon with Samuel Parker in 1835, yet when about half-way over, took" the notion to turn back and come next year with another party, leaving Parker to come on to Oregon alone. He acted upon similarly sudden Impulse In resolving on the "Winter ride. Good judges have always been of the opinion that it was his want of tact in dealing with the In dians that led to the murder of himself and family. He practiced medicine among them without taking sufficient account of their customs and preju dices; his teaching was of rigorous kind, not adapted to Indian character or to the conceptions of the primitive human mind. In spite of his benevo lent Intentions, the Indians therefore began to distrust him, and soon were incensed against him. By some of his fellow-missionaries this was attributed to British, Roman Catholic and Jesuit influence; and round this assumption controversy raged many years. The truth seems to be that "Whitman, a man of impulse and a man of courage untempered, however, by discretion was a man without much keenness of penetration, and not well fitted to the place or work he had assumed. His martyrdom is the basis of his fame; for had he lived the remainder of his life would have been that of the ordi nary pioneer, filled up with the usual commonplaces, for which myths have since been offered as substitutes. RHETORICAL WARMTH. "We have Irish lmplacables in Amer ica who do themselves no credit hy the violence of their statements against the reign of Victoria. They say, in their resolutions adopted at New York: The population of Ireland, a land flowing with milk and honey, and capable, according to the best authorities, of supporting more than 20,000,000 of people In ease and comfort, has been reduced from more than 8,500,000 to less than 4,500.000 of peopple. Thfc actual num ber of Irish people who have died of starva tion In the midst of plenty, during Queen Vic toria's reign, Is more than 1.250,000. More than 4,000,000 people, according to the same authority, have been compelled to emigrate from Ireland to foreign countries; the manu facturing Industries of the country have been steadily discouraged and as far as possible stamped out. Everything which could be done to Impover ish and depopulate the country to root out the people from their native poll and drive them to seek other homes In alien lands; to break their spirit and make of them slaves and outcasts has been done under Victoria's reign and with her full connivance and consent. There is no ground for the assump tion that Ireland could support a pop ulation of 20,D00,000. The area of the country is 32,531 square miles consid erably less than the State of Indiana and but little more than the State of South Carolina. And the amount of sterile or waste land In Ireland is very considerable. The population of Ire land reached Its maximum about the year 1841, when It was 8,199,853. It had Increased more than 1,200,000 in twenty years. To what was this Increase due? Government certainly was no more op pressive in 1841 than it was In 1821. The Increase was due to the introduction and general UBe of the potato. But a civilization based merely on the potato cannot be a very high one. For a time the potato flourished; but .when the blight struck It famine ensued. This Is what reduced the population of Ireland. Latterly the population of the country has been slowly increasing. It is now about 5,000,000. The people of Ireland are under no disabilities or burdens not borne also by the people of England and Scotland. The old grievances were long since removed. The Irish are a sentimental race, devoted to politics. This is the source of their rhetoric, like that In the extracts above. even as the late King of Dahomey al ways Immolated a victim or two when ever he was out Of Iuck or felt low spirited. The slime of the serpent of barbarism marks the trail of this mobocratic pop ulation wherever it makes its home, North or South. There has been but one lynching in the whole hiBtory of the State of Maine, despite the fact that the northern half of it is largely s. wilder ness peopled by a rough population. Jersey Justice Is far more impressive as a salutary lesson to the community than would have been the lynching of the criminals by a mob on the discov ery of the dead girl's body. The degree of their guilt, the certainty of it, would never have been known. But today by trial their guflt has been made more clear and conspicuous, and the revolting nature of their crifne more Impressive than It would have been had they been lynched, while" respect for law and the courts has been preserved. GARDINER'S EFFECTIVE ANSWER MOVEMENT AVAY FROM THE FARMS A Salem paper raises objection and protest against The Oregonlan's state ment, made for the purpose of urging economy in public expenditure, that the realty of the state, upon which" the burdens of taxation mainly fall, is so overloaded now that it has little or no actual value, whether Improved or unimproved that Is, it makes (only In exceptional cases, and they are few) lit tle or no return, and much of It Is a positive burden to the owner. The Ore gonlan speaks from the standpoint of those who have knowledge from ex perience In the ownership of realty, not from the standpoint of those who are trying to work, through taxation, fur ther grafts upon it. And not merely present owners of real estate, but ex owners, unfortunately very numerous, who have been cruBhed by the hard conditions, know. Of course, however, those who set before their eyes objects of desire and proceed to get them through taxation of other people's prop erty and efforts, are Indifferent to facta like these. Mr Towne assures us that, laugh at "imperialism" as we will, the cry is one that will not down. In this he speaks with considerable wisdom. There is ar gument for him both In circumstantial evidence and from analogs. Cries of a class with that of anti-imperialism manifest an imperviousness to the wend of actual facts, in which the un ImpoBSioned observer of men and things may find both diversion and In struction. "We had It from Bryan in .1E96, for example, that "blmetallsts" ited a verdict on the gold standard and then they would abide by it. They got the verdict, and how they abode fry It is a matter of recent and painful Memory. Things that want to abide by jtibe verdict, as a matter of fact, very iseldom will down as they say they wlIL rnsitlon wont down. Single tax I a'fc, down. ;W5oman suffrage wn'tj A FOOL AND HIS MONEY. Speaking of a time in the past when usurious rates of interest were allowed In this state, and paid, often to the ruin of the borrower after years of struggle and legal contention, the Salem Statesman recently cited a case from the old records of the Supreme Court wherein 30 per cent was agreed upon by borrower and lender, the agreement being that if the Interest was not paid semi-annually It was to be compounded. The borrower in this case was S. H. Oliver, of Benton County, and the chronicler goes on to say: "All old Ben ton Countyltes remember him. At one time he owned large tracts of land In Benton and adjoining counties. He had a very fine farm In the vicinity of Mon roe. He was for years a familiar figure at every term of Circuit Court In Cor vallls. He was always a litigant." Coming down to the court records, It Is found that on the 26th day of July, 1861, this litigious farmer and large landowner borrowed from one Ira Bris tol the sum of 200 and gave as secur ity for the loan a mortgage on his farm. He was to pay 30 per cent interest for the accommodation, the same, to be compounded semi-annually In default of payment. As a land-eater, an agree ment of this sort has a literally unap peasable appetite, and a digestion that no years impair, and this case was no exception to the rule. Instead of avoid ing these ruinous consequences, first by making shift tp get along without the $308 borrowed, and, failing In discretion here, by paying Interest and principal promptly, Oliver refused to pay the note whan it came due, and, pleading usury, want to law to avoid payment. As has been said, there was not at that time a fixed legal rate of Interest In this state, and the Circuit Court first, and afterward the Supreme Court, on appeal (opinion rendered by Judge Boise), held that In the matter of com pounding semi-annually the interest rate was usurious, but not otherwise. The rate of 30 per cent simple Interest was pronounced binding, and that amount this borrower had to pay, to gether with the -court fees. It seems superfluous to add to this recital that "Oliver finally went to the poorhouse." A natural litigant, willing and perhaps eager to secure a loan of money at a rate of Interest prohibited by common prudence and the simplest knowledge of business as ruinous, giving as security a mortgage on his farm, the only won der is that he fought off the Inevitable HOPE FOR THE TREATY. It would certainly be a most fortu nate circumstance for the United States and for the cause of international trade if American expressions of sympathy with Great Britain upon Queen Vic toria's death should, as is hinted in London opinion, operate to secure ac ceptance of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Perhaps good will" towards us In Brit ain is all that Is needed in the matter, for it is certain that if the treaty is rejected public sentiment In this coun try will be satisfied with nothing short of elimination of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty in some shape. Senator Morgan has already introduced In the Senate a resolution for its abrogation, and If Great Britain does not accept the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty Con gress will probably pass a resolution denouncing the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the President would doubtless sign it. Russia gave notice In 1870 that she would no longer be bound by the clause in the treaty of Paris which prohibited her from maintaining warships in the Black Sea. There are ample grounds In accordance with International law for abrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Great Britain persistently vio lated the treaty in the extension of her power and the Increase of her posses sions in Central America through a long series of years. She created a crown colony out of the Belize settle ment, violated the treaty on the Mos quito Coast, and has changed the con dition of things as they existed when the treaty was ratified, In 1850, having annexed territory after the treaty went Into effect. There is ample precedent for the ab rogation, and yet why should not Great Britain, as a matter of diplomatic com mon sense, accept the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty?. Under the original treaty or the amended treaty the question of the control of the canal in time of war between Great Britain and the United States would depend upon the issue of the naval struggle for the control of the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Under the original treaty the canal would be open to the victorious navy; under the amended treaty the canal would come under the control of the same navy. As a matter of practical business, the Brit ish Government would lose nothing by accepting the amended treaty, whlje It would not be a pleasant or profitable act for Great Britain to force the United States to make an exhibit of its reasons for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The "Washington Legislature may create a railroad commission. Progress In the direction of bureaucracy Is not so rapid as it might be, but still we await ihe coming of the day when we shall have one commission to welcome us Into the world, another to Inspect our milk bottles, a third to survey our wheedling carts, and so on ad libitum, until we shall have merged our mls nomered individuality with the infinite again. Then when we shall have all these tokens of the Ineffable affection of our common parent, the state, we may enjoy something of the blessings of Prance and Germany, where nobody comes Into the world except there be a bureaucrat to receive him; nobody speaks except a bureaucrat for him; nobody marries except a bureaucrat sees to him; nobody dies except a bu reaucrat nails up his coffin. Governor Roosevelt appears in the columns of the Rocky Mountain news papers as a powerful hunter, who, when returning to civilization, will be able to fortify his claim to "NImrod the Mighty" by pointing proudly to a car load, more or less, of lions' scalps, tigers' claws, the tails of mountain cats and the skins of grizzly bears, as trophleB of his skill and daring during his Winter's outing In Coyote Basin. The Vice-Presidential office, to which but now Mr. Roosevelt was chosen, with its entailed dignity and grave pos sibilities, sinks into insignificance be side these new honors that are being literally thrust upon him without his knowledge or consent. A recent paragraph in these columns on the Preston railroad commission bill before the Washington Legislature of fends the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which offers to answer it by quoting from the Spokane Spokesman-Review, and further obscures the question with a cloud of words. This need not con ceal the main point Is not the domi nant Republican faction of Washington proposing to take the power of appoint ing commissioners out of the hands of the Governor and hold it In the hands of Its own officials, the Lieutenant-Governor and the Auditor? And Is not the Post-Intelligencer the organ of thlB faction? Chicago Tribune. The most important question now before the Supreme Court of the United States l"s whether the Constitution follows the flag In Porto Rico and the Philippines or not. If one may judge by the relative weight of the arguments pro and contra made by General Harrison and by Charle3 A. Gardiner, of the New York Bar Asso ciation, the overwhelming weight of au thority is on the negative side. General Harrison says that when new territory is annexed, the Constitution extends over It at once by its own force. Mr. Gardiner replies that it never has done so, that the decisions of the Supreme Court have been overwhelmingly the other way, and that President Harrison himself set the example for the present Philippine policy when he drew up the treaty providing for the annexation of Hawaii. Mr. Gardiner shows that the ex proprlo vlgore doctrine was Invented by Calhoun on behalf of slavery, and that It was re jected by the people through the election of Lincoln, after which an appeal to arms was made. After the annexation of the Philippines the Calhoun doctrine was re vived by Bryan, was again rejected by the people through the election of McKinley, and has now been appealed to the Supreme Court. Though ex-President Harrison has adopted the view of Calhoun, he has brought no conclusive authorities to sup port his position, while Mr. Gardiner has arrayed a remarkable number of Supreme Court decisions on the other side. He has shown that the rule of practice for 114 years has been based on the theory that the Constitution does not follow the flag until Congress says the word. The 13 original states have spread the Federal authority over 3,250,030 square miles of new territory. By successive acts Congress extended the ordinance of 1787 to almost every territory organized before 1S50. Thus for C3 years Congress made special laws for the territories without reference to the Constitution, and often in direct conflict with it. No less than IS of the civil rights specified In the Constitu tion were not In the ordinance of 1787 at all, yet the power of Congress to ex tend this limited code over territories was repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court. Its judgment has been to the effect that the Constitution has no automatic expan sive force within itself that it can be ex tended to new territory only by act of Congress. Mr. Gardiner appears to be on solid ground when he argues that the privileges secured to us by the bill of rights are an Inheritance of the Anglo-Saxon race, but are not an Inheritance of Indians or Fili pinos. Thus, while Congress Is forbidden to abridge these rights in the states, this negative act of restriction does not carry with it the positive act of establishing: those rights in acquired territory. Free dom of speech and of the press, the right of habeas corpus, and the rest can be granted to the Filipinos or can be with held, as seems best to Congress and the American people. The inhabitants of the present State of Illinois, in Its territorial days, were ruled under exactly the same construction. Indian Territory, Arizona and Alaska have always been at the mercy of Con gress In the same sense that Porto Rico and the Philippines now are. President Harrison showed that ho was ready to trust Congress In this regard when he ar ranged for the annexelon of Hawaii sub modo "until such time as Congress can provide. by legislation a permanent form of government." President McKinley adopted the same phraseology In ar ranging for the annexation of the Phil ippines. Thus General Harrison finds himself In the curious position of de nouncing his own policy. Mr. Gardiner brings citations from Chief Justice Marshall and others to show that the extension of our territory 13 "more a political than a legal ques tion." He holds that our method of rul ing the Philippines Is a matter for Con gress and not for the Supreme Court to determine. If the court takes this view its decision on the Porto Rlcan tariff case may be chiefly a denial of Juris diction. It may decide that Congress has the power to Impose separate duties upon Porto Rlcan goods, thus declaring In the same breath that Porto Rico Is not a part of the union and not under the consti tution. That would take the whole question out of court and relegate It to Congress, where a majority of Americans have always contended It belonged. Baltimore Sun. Of the 1.I20.O00 people of Maryland, about 630,000 live in incorporated towns and a very large number In unincorporated towns. The increase In the population since 1SS0 is 147,660. Of this increase 74.000 is credited to Baltimore city and the re mainder to the counties. The total in crease In tho population of the incor porated towns is about 108,000, leaving only 40.000 increase fer the rural portions of the state and for the towns which have no municipal governments. It Is safe to assume that these Matter increased at least 40,000. They Include the suburbs of Baltimore which overflow Into Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, such as Can ton, Sparrows Point, Curtis Bay, Brook lyn, the suburbs of Hagerstown, Mount Savage, Solomon's Island and towns and villages all over the state. It Is likely that tho strictly rura or agricultural population of Maryland, has rather di minished than Increased" since 18S0. The Increase in Baltimore County in the dec ade was 17,846, all of which is accounted for by the growth of Sparrows Point and of Baltimore city beyond Its corporate limits. Allegany County comes next, with an Increase of 12,123. This Increase is due to the growth of. Cumberland. Frostburg, Lonaconlng and other towns. Anne Arundel Increased E924,t which Is ac counted for by the growth of Annapolis, Brooklyn and Curtis Bay. Washington County Increased 5361. nearly all of which was caused by the growth of Ha gerstown and its suburbs. The increase of 3266 in Montgomery and 3S1S in Prince George's Is, doubtless, the population of suburbanites from Washington. The same explanation may be given of the Increase In each county where there has been an increase, except In some of tho southern counties, where the increase has been In the negro population. It can hardly be doubted therefore, that the farming population of the state ha actually decreased. This decrease. which shows that the natural Increase In the population has left the country and gone to the towns or cities. Is due to va1 rlous causes. The principal cause Is that the life of the farmer has comparatively little attraction, as a rule, to educated young men as they grow up. The calling of the farmer, It is true. Is the most In dependent of all occupations, and affords much leisure. But the work is to most people unattractive, and In portions of the state It is difficult to hire labor either for the house or the field. In those parts of the state the area In cultivation has greatly diminished, and fields which were formerly cultivated are now grown up in woods. No farms In this state, however, are abandoned, as they are in New Eng land. Every farmhouse is occupied, but In many instances the tenant-hoilse is empty; the tenant has moved Into the farmhouse and the owner of the farm has moved to town, where his family can en Joy the advantages of society. The movement of population from the country to the city Is not peculiar to Maryland. It Is going or., perhaps. In ov ery state of the U.ilon and In almost every country of Europe. It Is not a de sirable movement, and one of the causes has been the concentration of manufac turing. Tho village shoemaker, wagon maker, carriage-maker, harness-maker and tailor have all gone, and most of tho village blacksmiths have gone with them. These modest mechanics are a distinct loss to the country, which Is not com pensated by the savings In buying machine-made plows, harness, clothes, shoes, etc. It Bhould be the duty of the state and local governments and of public spirited citizens to useevery means of making country life more attractive. And chief among the attractions would be good roads and free libraries. NOTE AND COMMENT. r The grip Is merely a chronic day-after feeling. The telegraph to Mars rcems to be short circuited iocaewhere. "With these few words Senator Towno passes into Stevensonlan obscurity. It only takes a week of such weather as this to kill off half the pesslsm In tho world. There Is nothing the matter -with your eyes. They are merely unaccustomed to the sunslnne. The Snake Indians have evidently heard about the Filipinos since that uprising was projected. Mrs. Nation did it with her little hatchet. yet no Boston statesman nas called her the Kansas Washington. There are several manufacturers of sauoe who would like to see their article Introduced Into West Point. It Is said that the mother of Mrs. Nation died In an Insane asylum. Was the old lady In the saloon business? King Edward is at last bejond the roach of the chappies. Crowns and flowing robes c.in never becoms t.c fashion. The Nation's gain In the defeat of Bryan Is the loss of the papers who have lost their subscriptions to the Commoner. Cincinnati Is in hard luck. Her beat theater Is burned, and now tho Governor threatens to deprive her of her prizefight. Now and then you find a Legislator who doesn't consider himself a Senatorial pos sibility. But time will bring Its changes. Roosevelt ought to drop In on Wichita when ne returns. Mrs. Nation Is game enough even for truch a mighty nlmrocl as the Colonel. Along with the provision In the Army bill abolishing the canteen should be one empowering post commandants to cnlargo the guardhouses. i An asphalt trust has been formed, but there are cnoi'gh good Intentions left over from paving one populous community to cover the streets of all She cities in the world. For the information of the general pub lic, which Is discussing the gambling ques tion, it may be stated that gambling: and lottery are contrary to the constitution of the state, and the Legislature cannot pass a law licensing ganuling. When a r.mn vacate a. comfortable iliac en a tnet-cnr platform to allow another man t.i ims, --i tl the other man VP)ir.ptly slides into the aforesaid com fr.able ulac r is :r.ned to the reflec tion 'that n. cutis;- woulc stand a far hotter chance of finding the missing link If they looked for it in a pork-packing estab'lshment. The sentiment seems to be among a few pessimistic commentators on the drydock project that the enterprise would not pay the city to build, but that It Is extremely probable private capital will see the advantage, even of a losing Investment. They argue that since it would not pay, the peril of Portland's building the dock Is extreme, since private individuals might at any time construct another, thereby ruining the former enterprise. The logic seems to be that since we are in danger of having not even one dock, we are in greater danger of having two. JERSEY JUSTICE. Yesterday three men, found guilty of murder in the second degree for kill ing a girl by the administration of chloral and subsequent rape, were sen tenced to thirty years' Imprisonment by Judge Dixon, at Paterson, N. J. The crime was committed the 18th of October, 1900, so that In the space of three months these men, despite their family Influence and business standing, are already on their way to the Peni tentiary. Jersey justice is proverbially swift as well as stern. These men had able counsel, but they were promptly convicted, and nothing saved them from the gallows save the belief of the Jury that murder was not Intended. The Judge gave them the maximum penalty of the law. The crime for which they are to be terribly punished was most revolting In all Its circumstances, but the community to Its honor made no attempt to Interfere with the law. The contrast between the orderly trial, conviction and pun ishment of the Paterson raviBhers and murderers and the howling mobs of Kansas and Colorado burning negroes alive stands for the difference between barbarism and civilization. There Is nothing remarkable In the fact that lynchlngs have taken place In Kansas or Colorado, or Southern Indi ana or Southern Ohio. The mob spirit prevailed on the Kansas border at an early day. "Border ruffianism'' was contributed to by both Kansas and Missouri before the Civil War, during the war and after the war. Southern Ohio and Indiana were largely settled from Blave states, while Colorado has a population that has always been pas sionately "devoted to free silver and free riot It mobbed Roosevelt, voted for Bryan and then roasted a negro alive, Somebody denounces overorowded street-cars and declares the tolling masses should be protected In their right to seats, especially since passen gers pay for them. But it is not clear that passengers pay for seats. On the contrary, they pay 5 cents for rides, and if they must have seats, they will have to pay a higher price and ride in hacks. Five cents Is little enough, even for a ride. A man named Charles Lawrence smashes saloons in Chicago because they will not supply him with liquor, without cost. Mrs. Nation, of Kansas, smashes them because they do supply it to those who call and pay. It strikes us that Mr. Lawrence, of Chicago, has a decided advantage of position over Mrs. Nation, of Kansas. MRS. NATION'S PERFORMANCES. Natural OntgroTrtli of the Hysterical Life of Knnsas. Chicago Record. When Mrs. Nation, of Kansas, made her first display of folly in Wichita there was a disposition to treat the matter with lev ity and explain It as a single erratic ebullition of fanaticism, to be pitied and overlooked. By this time, however, she has repeated her unseemly performances until the whole state Is disconcerted. Dis order, destruction of property, lights among women, mob violence against the woman herself and other details of equal disrelish are reported wherever she goes. Furthermore, there Is no promise of a termination of such exhibitions, for her Bplrlt seems undaunted and folly still her ruling influence. It is Impossible to have any patience with such a spectacle, and Kansas owes it to itself and the rest of the country to stop the display by orderly and legal process at once. If Mrs. Nation Is sane she should be arrested nnd punished under the ample laws which must exist covering her offenses. If she Is unbalanced by her emotions she -should be cared for by her friends. For the sake of the cause in which she Is pretending to work, the friends of tem perance should interfere with all their own Influence. Temperance workers gen erally will And their position weakened and will suffer In the public esteem as a result of such extravagances. Neither their Interests nor those of the saloons which they oppose can profit by an ap peal to force outside the processes of law. Neither can afford to wage battle by the destruction of property and the disturbance of order. Condemnation of the liquor interests would be prompt and stern If they sought to accomplish their opposition to restrictive legislation by such a process. It should be equally se vere against the advocates of closing the saloons, who, misguided by their desires, attack the property of those whom they oppose Instead of seeking orderly enforce ment of whatever laws exist. How We Are a. Creditor Nation. New York Journal of Commerce. In a very Important sense, we have become the creditor nation of the world. From a chronic condition of dependence upon the banking forces of London, Paris and Berlin, we find those centers now dependent upon the large floating Val ances of the United States, subject to our lending ability In periods of exigency, carrying the largest stock of gold In the world, and holding the largest resource for dealing with crises In International finance. Three of the foremost European governments England, Germany and Russia have found It necessary to come to New York for Important loans and the two former have not applied In vain. Thus, If this city may not be said to have, yet become the financial center of the world, yet we may incontestably claim a fore most rank among the few metropolitan cities which have won that distinction. Within a still briefer period, our coun try has won the acknowledgment of Its being a leading power in the world's pol itics. We have neither coveted nor sought that distinction; but by sheer force of tho growing ramifications of our interna tional life by the intertwlnlngs of our industrial and commercial Interests with; those of all civilized nations we have been compelled to do what other coun tries have found necessary In order to foster and guard their external relations. Thus, within four brief years, we have unexpectedly attained the consciousness of the full maturity of our National life, the manhood of a nation second in popu lation, foremost in wealth and unequalled In enterprise. This sudden realization of National maturity has been made the more impressive by Its coming at the end of a century, when nations are wont to compare their careers, and while the world of competitors Is being constrained to confess our superior progress and our destiny as the world's foremost commer cial" power. It Is to be expected that a young and sanguine nation should be stolid and unappreclatlve In the presence of such a magnificent fruition of civilization? PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Aguinaldo Is quoted as having said; '"to accept amnesty means shame, in famy, slavery, degradation." It does that for Aguinaldo. Therefore, he is quite wise In refusing amnesty. The Kaiser has been appointed a Field Marshal Of the British Army. The French will not commit a similar Indiscretion because they have too many army secrets. Stanford alumni decided that the dis missal of Ross was no Infringement of the right of free speech. Of course, a right which does not exist cannot be infringed. Settlement of the China muddle con tinues to be so remote that the affair threatens to become a closed Incident in spite of all diplomacy. A dispatch, said the health of the Kaiser was drunk with "hochs." Per- haps with as many "hies" as "hochs." A Brave Salvation. Army. tussle. Chicago Tribune. The case of Lieutenant Mary Koplsche, the Salvation Army lassie, who has been sent to the Isolation Hospital as a victim of smallpox, illustrates the moral courage which animates the hard-worked members of that army. Though but 22 years of age. she has been a worker among the sick In the tenement district for many years, and by her own request has been recently as signed to care for those afflicted with con tagious diseases. While engaged In this philanthropic work she caught the small pox, and is now sick with It, but, fortu nately, the attack is so light that she will recover. With tho devotion to duty char acteristic of the Salvation Army lassies, she has now asked to be placed In charge of the more dangerous cases. While It might have been- more practical for the young" Lieutenant to have protected her self by vaccination, this does not detract from 'her courage or from the good work she has been doing In the squalid, filthy tenement-houses, where ordinary nurses who are well paid do not like to serve. Her example, however, is not an excep tional one In the ranks of the army to which she belongs, and she Is not the first one who has endangered health and even life by working in the slums. There is not much of doctrine in the Salvation Army work, but there Is much of Christian charity and genuine heroism which en titles the soldiers to the highest respect and most generous assistance of the i public She Of course, every woman likes to be flattered. He (with a meaning look) But there are women whom it Is impossible to flatter. Bostoh Transcript. Frank What'. Ton going to propose to Miss Heartburn? Why, you're the last man In the world she'll engage herself to. narry I hope so, old fellow. Tit-Bits. Skill Required. "One must be very expert in fencing to engage In a Juel, must he not?" "Of course," answered the Parisian. "A little clumsiness might easily lead to some one's being seriously hurt." Wathlngton Star. As a little fellow of 5 or 0 years was reading at school one day, he came upon the passage, "Keep thy tongue from evil -and thy lips from guile." Master Hopeful drawled out, "Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from girls." Leslie's Weekly. Still a Sufferer. Parke Come home and take dinner with me. Lane But your wife doesn't expect me, does she? Parke What of that? I can smooth it over with her later. Lane (grimly) May be you can. But that dosn't make It any better for me. Detroit Free Preas. A Long Look Ahead. "Dr. Fourthly, do you think people in the next world will follow the fame occupations they do In this?" "I think It not unlikely. If the occupations are useful ones, and If they have enjoyed them on thl earth. Why do you ask?" "Because, I was Just wondering how much Battenberg lace my wife would, turn out If she had nothing else to do for a million years." Chicago Tribune. In the land of Oklahoma, In the country where the red man Figures chiefly In the census, And draws down a monthly pension From the great and good whlte father; Which enables him to follow The congenial occupation Called lu English wa-wa loafing. Dwelt a solitary Indian, Dwolt and smoked and thought and pondered O'er the wrongs that his great peeple From the white man's hands had suffered. O'er the terrible provision Which decrees that firewater Shall not form the leading feature Of the noble red man's diet. Long he mused, and as the evils Which had thU3 been heaped upon hits, And hU fathers and his brothers. Rankled in his unn ashed bosom. He became surcharged with anger. Burning, righteous Indignation. And he planned an, awtul vengeance. Planned to go upon the warpath , And exterminate the white man From the country that his fathers Had possessed so many ages, Undisturbed in their possession Of the right to scalp and, butcher One another when they chose to. So he called his children to him. Saying: "Hear me, O my ohtldrsn. Some day, when I'm feeling better, I shall don a savao make-lip. Take my tried and trusty rifle. That the Indian Agent gave Me, And shall go upon the warpath To remove the white oppressor From the very face or nature.' Then his children, all departed, And In talk with other children. Of their little Indian village. Said their great and warlike father Soon would go upon the warpath;, And these children told their parents. And their parents told their grocer. And the grocer told the butcher, Who In turn the facts related To a stray war correspondent. Who, pursuing Teddy Roosevelt, ' Lost his way, and thus had wanderad Into distant Oklahoma. f Not a moment did he tarry, But forthwith hit up the wires With an Indian outbreak rumor. And the story in the morning. With a great scare head, was "featured,"' With some heightening additions Tliat were wrltter In the office. Soon the news spread o'er the country That the warlike Creeks were rising. And the War Department promptly Ordered out three strong detaohments Of the soldiers quartered near there, Quickly arming reinforcements, Ready at a moment's notice To depart for Oklahoma. When the troops were all assembled. And Invaded Oklahoma, Not a solitary Indian With his war paint on was near there; Long they waited, every minute Fearing that the lurklns savage Would be swooping down upon thorn. But when three long days were over They began to search the country For the many bands of warriors Which tho pess dispatches told them Were In arms In Oklahoma, After many dys of searching They discovered that the grocer Had been talking to the buteher. Who had told tt correspondent Of the terrible uprising That was soon 0 Waste the country. And they swiftly traced the rumor To the solitary Indian, Whoe great thirst for firewater Had aroused him to the statement That he'd lead an Insurrection. In his lodge they spught to find him. But he wasn't therein loafing. And they finally discovered That he'd speedily departed For the very tallest timber On the coming of the soldiers. Thus the war in Oklahoma Was begun and fought and ended. Jfotevrorthy Sonnet on 1001. London Saturday Review. An age too great for thought of ours to scan, A wave upon the sleepless sea of time That sinks and sleeps forever, ere the chime Pass that salutes with blessing, not with ban. The dark year dead, the .bright year born for man. Dies' all Its days that watched man cower and climb, Frail as the foam, and as the sun sublime, 81eep sound as they that slept era these began. Our mother earth, whose ages none may tell. Puts on no change; time bids not her wax pale Or kindle, quenched or quickened, when the knell Sounds, and we cry across the veering gale Farewell. and midnight answers us. Farewell; Hall and the heaven of morning answers. Halt Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Reverie. St. Louis Poet-Dispatch. "When Is It that I close my ye And sadly, madly hate to rise? ilonday And when is it I'd rather shirk Than buokle down And get to workt Tuesday. When Is it that at Labor's clalma I hurl the most emphatic names? Wednesday. "When Is it, when tho tollers creep, I leas to He abed and sleep? Thursday. "When Is It that it gives me pain To think of burning up my bralh? Friday. "Whon Is the day I say, "No doubt. I'll simply have to scramble outT I Saturday. And when's the day, of all the best. I vow to stay at home and t rest? Sunday. "When Is it, by stern Cuttom'hlt, That I must needs git up and. git? Monday, 'J Tuerday, "Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Saturday, Sunday.