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TrE MOftNIXG OKEGOXIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1901. Entered at the Poitofflce at Portland, Oregon, ax second-class matter. TELEPHONES. -Editorial Rooms 1CS I Business Office. ..6CT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Dally, -with Sunday, per month .....S S5 ally, Sunday excepted, per year 7 50 Dally, -with Sunday, per year 0 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 50 The Weekly, 5 months W To City Subscribers Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted.lGc Dally, per -week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico:, 10 to 16-pare paper 1c 1C to 82-page paper ...2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any buslneas matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." 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For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., 315 Royal street. On file In Washington. D. C., with A. W. Dunn. COO 14th N. W. For tale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrtck. 000-012 Seventh street. TODAY'S WEATHER. Generally fair and Bllghtly -warmer; winds mostly northwesterly. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 29. The one thing that must not be in terfered with in any way, either by private temperance oracles, practical boards of managers or legislators, Is the tipple of the inmates of Soldiers' Homes. "Let the old boys enjoy them selves," said a member of a Rocky Mountain State Legislature, recently, In opposing a measure requiring the in mates of one of these institutions in his state to surrender a portion of their quarterly pension money to the author ities, to be applied to their legitimate needs. And though It was shown that a large number of the "old boys" who were sheltered and taken care of in this Soldiers' Home went to the nearest town on quarter day, "enjoyed them selves" in the saloons until their money was gone, and returned to be cared for in the hospital connected with the in stitution from the effects of their pleas uring for a week or more, the proposi tion to protect them frorn themselves and their money from practical confis cation by unscrupulous dealers in vile liquor was voted down as an unwar rantable encroachment upon the sacred right of these old soldiers to "spend their pension money as they please." "What, though they are totally unable in many instances, from causes that .have no relation to military service, to support themselves even by the aid of their quarterly allowance from the Gov ernment, were it Judiciously applied to their needs, should their disposition to enjoy themselves In ways most con genial to them be thereby cut off? Should they not rather be encouraged to "have a good time" while their money lasts? The Soldiers' Home in this state has wrestled with these ques tions, as have doubtless similar insti tutions all over the country, but so far as we know the old soldiers have come off victorious in every encounter with those who attempt to enforce against them the old-fashioned principle that self-support under all conditions Is In cumbent upon man as far as his income will provide for it Mrs. Nation even has had to retire discomfited from this field of endeavor. Disregarding the sacred right of the inl mates of the Soldiers' Home at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to settle the liquor question for themselves, to the absorp tion of their pension money for grog, she visited that Institution a few days ago, but was cut short In her harangue upon the subject by the Governor of the Home and escorted from the grounds by a captain of the police. It may be hoped that even she, the redoubtable saloon smasher of the star prohibition state of the Union, has learned that there is one fortress that cannot be taken by assault; one stronghold of liberty, represented by the veteran's right to "do as he pleases with his pension money," that can neither be undermined by economic logic nor over come by force; one place where a man can demand food, clothing, shelter, nursing and medical care without ren dering such equivalent therefor as he may be able to do from a stated income. This is a free country, as Mrs. Nation herself should be made to understand, and in all of its wide domain none are so secure in the blessings of absolute freedom as the multitude of inmates familiarly and even affectionately hailed as "old boys," who hold court In the Soldiers' Homes throughout the land. Hands off, Mrs. Nation. You have at least gone a step too far! This is a question that extends beyond the limits of Kansas, and one with which no intermeddling Is allowed. It repre sents more than an inestimable privi lege. It proclaims an inalienable right. Attempts, more or less successful, to make silk without the intervention of the silkworm have been made for some years. There are at present three fac tories for the production of artificial silk in Europe, one at Wolston, Eng land, one at Sprellenbach, Germany, and one at Besancon, France. The first produces G613 pounds weekly, the second 606.25 pounds daily, and the last 1984 pounds daily. It is said that other factories for fiber silk production will soon be erected in Belgium and Ger many. Of this product Dr. Freund re cently said In a lecture before the Frankfort Society of Natural Philos ophy: "Artificial silk Is a substitute for natural silk very much as oleomar garine is a substitute for butter. It can compete with natural silk, but is not as valuable. Although it has been used as a covering for cables and a substitute for horsehair, it has a tend ency to break If wetted, and for this reason it muse be mixed with natural silk or cotton." This Industry is a purely chemical one. More brilliant effects can be produced with artificial than with natural silk, and it is cheap er. As yet there has been no organ ized demand of silk manufacturers for protection against artificial silk produc tion; hence It may be supposed that it does not as yet menace the silk in dustry. The most that can be demand ed is that artificial silk be placed In competition with the genuine article on its merits, and not as natural silk. Its production will enable a greater number of persons to wear supposed silk gowns without materially lowering the price or lessening the consumption of the genuine article. The makers' guarantee already accompanies the high and medium-priced silks on sale by responsible firms, so that the pur chaser who is able to afford good silk Is not likely to be deceived by the product. The genius that imitates, like the genius that originates, must be reckoned with in these days of high ly developed manufactures. Its value Is estimated according to the view point of the individual. Those who can afford to pay the price of the genuine article chafe at the Imitation as cheapening the appearance, if not the value, of the real, while others welcome the Imitation as making It possible for them to appear and really feel "well dressed." On the whole, these things regulate themselves or are regulated according to the laws of sup ply and demand. This is Just as well, since It is both foolish and futile to at tempt to regulate them by law. Great Is the downfall of Senatorial aspirants in Nebraska; and on the whole the exhibit is such as to cause the country to take heart. Disconcert ing though it is to be reminded again that the race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, yet In the col lapse of these aggressive and self-seeking campaigns is set out in large letters the old-fashioned truth that the office should seek the man. For months and perhaps years, half a dozen determined and not overscrupulous men have been pursuing the Nebraska Senatorshlp with unflagging and not over-scrupulous zeal. What did they want it for? In order to maintain the gold standard or Improve the laws, or advance the Nation's welfare? Verily not Their ambition was personal. The best mo tive that can be Imputed to them was ambition for honor, and in most cases this was mixed with desire for revenge, or love of vulgar display, or hope of gain through service of vast aggrega tions of wealth. It is not to be ex pected that the Nebraska catastrophe will deter future activity of similar as pirants, but such effect as it has will be in that direction. The result is fur ther reassuring In the superiority of the men chosen. It is not uncommon for such deadlocks to result in substitution of some really worthy aspirant by a mere trickster, but In the Nebraska case the rule seems to have been reversed. Politically, the effect will doubtless be favorable to the campaign for election of Senators by popular vote; for noth ing else could be more demoralizing from the party standpoint than disar rangement at the last moment of all previous plans. Twelfth-hour Senatorial elections are dangerous to party disci pline, especially when they overthrow a duly chosen caucus nominee. Nothing Is, more distasteful to our Hannas and McKlnleye than the spectacle of the rank and file taking, the bit in its teeth and choosing men on their merits. Far better, if we must, let us have a state convention with Senatorial nominations controlled by the machine. SUBSIDY AND FACTS. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is either profoundly Ignorant of the fundamental principles of ocean commerce or its blind desire to jump at the crack of the party whip is leading it into a maze of misrepresentation regarding the matter. It mentions The Orego nlan as opposed to "the proposal to rehabilitate the rapidly declining Amer ican merchant marine by a system of bounties." The term "rapidly declin ing" has a strange meaning when Gov ernment statistics for the past year show that e United State led nil other countries but Great Britain In the output of commercial vcrmcIm. The marvelous growth of the German merchant marine, which was the im mediate cause of the Post Intelligen cer's display of Ignorance, fell far be hind that of the United States last year, and even poor, old France, which is paying the most liberal subsidies that were ever granted to shipping, did not turn out one-half the amount of ton nage lhat went into the water from American yards. The figures for the three countries were as follows: United States, 358,557 tons; Germany, 260,271 tons, and France, 165,348 tons. Never in the history of the American Govern ment has there been such activity In shipbuilding as there is at the present time. The reason for this is thus set forth by the Post-Intelligencer in the following editorial comment which ap peared in that paper March 25: This country nas now reached the stage In Industrial development when it can produce the material which enters Into the building of ships more cheaply than It can be produced In Great Britain. American ship plates were ex ported to the Clyde during the shipbuilding boom of last year In large quantities. When Amer ican skill In organization and In substitution of machinery for hand labor reaches the de velopment In shipbuilding that it has In other Industrial arts, ships can be laid down cheaper here than In any country on earth. In that paragraph the Post-Intelligencer makes the most powerful argu ment that could be presented, against the payment of subsidies to the trusts that seek to control the shipping of the country. It is the fact that "ships can be laid down cheaper here than in any country on earth" that induced James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, to let the contract for his big Pacific liners to an American yard, although he Invited bids from all of the big builders of the world. It is this fact that induced John D. Spreckels to let the contract for three million-dollar steamships to an American yard. This matter of cheap material and better work shows results in the recent launching at an American yard of the Korea, the largest steam ship ever built in the United States. No power under heaven can stop the building up of the American merchant marine so long as shipping property is paying such enormous dividends as it is paying at the present time. The Pacific Coast organ of the sub sidy grafters accuses The Oregonlan of attempting to disguise the fact that most of the growth of American ship ping is in the protected coastwise trade. It will probably be news to the Post Intelllgencer to learn that at no time In the print four yearn lmve the "protected" coantlnj? tcskcIk paid anywhere near as lnrjrc dividends an Trerc paid by the deep-water fillips under the American flnp. It Is this fact which keeps nearly 90 per cent of the Sewall fleet of the finest American ships afloat in the deep-water trade. A list of the present where abouts of this representative fleet ap pears in aaother column. Undoubtedly a portion of that $180,000,000 subsidy steal would go to the producers of the Pacific Coast, but it would not be the producers of the cargoes which fill the ships, but to the producers of mislead ing literature regarding the colossal graft. American shipping will derive no benefit whatever from the passage of the subsidy bill, and It will carry down to defeat any party which stands sponsor for It. WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. The suggestion of Admiral Dewey that Aguinaldo be sent to Guam Is sensible advice. When the British captured Arab! Pasha, after the battle of Tel-el-Keblr, in 1S82, the Egyptian Insurgent leader was sent to the Island of Ceylon, where he still remains in a far more comfortable state of captiv ity than was granted Napoleon at St. Helena. When the French captured, the African King of Dahomey they sent him to the Island of Martinique, in the West Indies, where he still remains in genteel captivity. In Guam Aguinaldo could do no harm, and he would be too far away from Luzon to pose to any advantage. He Is a greatly overrated man, whose ruling passion Is a love of notoriety. He ought to be treated with no more distinction than we treated Geronlmo and other noted Indian chiefi! who gave us a deal of trouble before they were captured and placed In life long restraint of their liberty. The wretched little Tagal degenerate Is not equal In brains and courage to any of the Sioux or Apache warriors that made war upon the white man, but his proc lamation which plotted the massacre of all our soldiers in Manila proves him to be quite as cruel a barbarian. But of course It would be folly to make a. martyr of him; his influence has been due chiefly to superstitious belief In his Invulnerability through an amulet he wears. His amulet and his gold whistle are the earmarks that prove Aguinaldo to be little more than a silly savage. Secretary Long hit It exactly when he said that Aguinaldo ought to be spanked with a shingle; that is, he ought to be made to appear ridiculous and contemptible before his country men. We cannot afford to execute him, for that would make a martyr of him. We cannot afford to let him run at large in Luzon on his promise to behave himself, for he has no respect for his oath, and his love of notoriety would soon tempt him into fresh plots against our authority. He would bet ter be sent to Guam to Join Mabini, the real brains of the Tagal Insurrec tion. Mabini, who used him as a mere tool, -would probably take pleasure In making Aguinaldo unhappy for the rest of his days. A discrowned adventurer Is always a subject for persecution by his fellow-prisoners, if he was a mere figurehead in his best days. To Ma bini, Aguinaldo is now nothing but a Merry Andrew who was wont to dance when he pulled the strings. Let Aguin aldo be sent therefore to Guam, where Mabini can recreate himself with laughing at the stunted little soldier he dressed up in the uniform of a Gen eral and furnished with the language of a dictator. Mabini was the Tecumseh, the brains of the Tagal insurrection, while Aguinaldo was "the prophet" or "medicine man." BOSS PLATT IX GRAVE DANGER. Governor Odell seems to have re deemed his promises of an Independent administration. His latest defiance of Boss Piatt stands out in striking con trast to the failure of Roosevelt to re deem just such pledges. Odell did not wish to be Governor. The nomination was thrust upon him, but he is evi dently a man with a high sense of the dignity and responsibility of his posi tion, and he has chosen a good time for his flat refusal to obey the bidding of Piatt Piatt Is 68 years old, and broken In health. The opposition to his continued supremacy in New York State affairs has been steadily gaining in strength since Ellhu Root became a member of the President's Cabinet. Odell was always known to be an able man, of masterful character, with a high sense of personal self-respect; and the wonder Is that Piatt should have made him Governor with the expecta tion that he would be a mere mass of political putty plastic in his hands after election. The blunder of Piatt was doubtless due to his brilliant success in manipu lating so pronounced an independent as Governor Roosevelt to his own advan tage at every opportunity! When Roosevelt was elected his ostentatious Independence before his accession had led his admirers to expect from him a spectacular display of backbone on every occasion. An intimate friend said to Roosevelt: "You have only to hew to the line and you will carry the peo ple with you." But Roosevelt threw away his opportunity. He did not hew to the line, because he had the Presi dential bee in his bonnet, but became what Is called a practical politician. He had not the courage to break with Piatt, who was allowed to have his own way in everything, and the result was that when Roosevelt's term was over Piatt had the satisfaction of knowing that he not only had used this effusive "Independent'' as a machine executive, but had made his renomination Impos sible, so that Piatt had his revenge on Roosevelt for old scores. He had used him, exhausted his popularity and bur led him In that political "bone orchard," the "Vice-Presidency. No wonder Piatt felt confident, after drawing 'the teeth and cutting the claws of the Hon of the "Independents," that he could easily manage Odell, who had always been a machine man before his election. But Piatt ought to have remembered the story of Slxtus V, who was one of the meekest of cardinals, but one of the sternest and most arbitrary of popes. Governor Odell is a veteran politician who sees his advantage and promptly seizes it. He sees that the Governor ship of the great State of New York Is the most conspicuous polhical pedestal In this country, save the Presidency. He remembers that Samuel J. Tllden's executive courage, integrity and ability won him the nomination of his party for President in 1876; that Grover Cleve land's administration of the Governor ship of New York gave him the nomi nation of his party in 1S84, and that the applause and esteem of a state of over seven millions of people are worth obtaining and retaining, even If they do not lead to higher political prefer ment He knows that any well-ground- ed suspicion that he 'had not risen to the level of the duties and responsibili ties of his great office would be sure to be resented by the people of his state. Odell Is a cool man, a resolute I man, of large political experience. xHe may have decided to break with Piatt from the highest motives, or he may have only taken an advantage of an obvious opportunity to make himself a conspicuous National .figure; but, what ever may be his motives, he Is sure to win In his fight with "Boss" Piatt. The Presidential term Is Just begun, and there is a clear field for a fight to the finish between Piatt and the revolting Republicans, who Include not only the followers of Governor Odell, but the friends of Ellhu Root, who has long hated Piatt and patiently waited for a chance to wrest from him the leader ship of the party in the Empire State. When Alexander Hamilton was polit ical "boss," he could not bend Gover nor John Jay to gratify his personal wishes. When Tammany Hall under took to bulldoze Governors Tllden and Cleveland, they failed miserably. The historical precedent of success is with Governor Odell's decision to resist the rule of "Boss" Piatt. In every in stance in the history of New York State the people have supported their Gover nor in a fight with the party bosses. The hour Is well chosen. The Admin istration at Washington has no 'longer any need to favor Piatt, while his lead ing enemies In his party are In a posi tion to combine for his defeat. The chances are that it he forces a fight to the finish with Governor Odell, Piatt will be badly beaten. He is a sick tiger; his teeth and claws are gone, and. his growling frightens nobody. The movement to eliminate racial prejudice and religious Intolerance, with the late Baron and" the Baroness de Hirsch as object-lessons in such endeavor. Is well worthy the attention of wide-minded people of whatever race or condition in life. The Initial convention looking to these ends, held in New York Tuesday evening, was very fitly attended by a multitude of Hebrews and Chinese. The meeting i was addressed by Minister Wu, an em inent colored preacher, Rev. Charles T. Walker, and a number of ministers of -various denominations, all of whom expressed lament and intelligent sym pathy with the purpose of the conven tion. The subjects treated are as broad as the world and as deep as humanity. So broad. Indeed, and so deep that it Is presumptuous to suppose that the prog ress of the twentieth century will sound them. Still, it is something to make a I beginning to set up a standard In scribed with religious toleration and racial Justice, with the avowed Tjurpose of pushing It forward and resting not until it is planted high upon the ram parts of universal brotherhood. Good men have set themselves to the task. It Is something to have their names stand for the principles Involved, even though, practically speaking, the effort that they represent makes progress so slowly that to the ordinary observer no movement Is perceptible. James Green, the Hood River as sassin, acted with discretion In volun tarily surrendering to the officers of the law. He was so well known In the com munity that his chance of eluding cap ture was very small. Circumstances had,woveh the"" chain of guilt around him so securely that any" sort of de fense based upon his denial of the crime would have been the merest sham. It Is possible to commiserate a man of such ungoverned passions, though no right-minded person can wish that a life, full of such serious and dastardly possibilities for mischief, may be pro longed beyond the shortest period in which justice can return her findings in his case. It Is a disgrace to the com munity even to whisper of lynching In this case, since there Is little prospect that the criminal will go unwhlpt of justice. One hardly knows whom to pity most sincerely the sensitive, delicate Czar ina of Russia, who Is laying tribute upon her vitality if not upon her very life each successive year in the hope of giving an heir to the Muscovite dy nasty, or the Czar, haunted at every turn by the possibility of death by vio lence because he occupies the fated throne. Three daughters have been born within five years to the "nun faced Czarina," and again the thrlce denicd heir to the iron crown Is ex pected, while the Czar, the victim of nervous terrors, takes flight at his own shadow, mistaking it for a deadly foe. Truly the pomp and splendor of the greatest Empire on earth can but 111 requite the terrors and suffering of those who sit upon its throne. Aguinaldo is a cowardly little nigger, who has taken care to keep out of harm's way, at every fight or skirmish, from the beginning of his rebellion till hl3 capture. The ease with which a few resolute men made prisoners of himself and his band Is one more proof of the weakness and worthlessness of the little yellow xace. Men who are not stiff enough to fight can't main tain a government. Presently we shall get past the bar barism of , protection" the notion that it Is Athe "prpvlnce' of Government to promote one Industry' or set of indus tries In which rich men are Interested, at the expense of nU the Industries of the country. Then we shall not have ship subsidy bills and protection of billion-dollar steel trusts. With all kindness for our friend Rose water, of the Omaha Bee, and with full regard for him as a man and a Jopr nallst. The Oregonlan must say it Is not sorry he didn't win In his effort to get a Senatorship In Nebraska. Every newspaper man ought to hold himself above that sort of thing. Representative Warner declares an archy and terror will follow our with drawal from the Island. But what does he think the Cubans waSt Independence for peace? They have that now. Nobody will regret the Government's determination not to inflict severe pun ishment upon Aguinaldo so much as the Aunties. To see him made a mar tyr would please them immensely. Funston captured Aguinaldo, but who can compel the surrender of old George Boutwell, Edward Atkinson and the "New York Evening Post? English- cranks have frightened J. Plerpont Morgan out. of his London trip. Evidently they are afraid of American iroperlaUgp,-, . A GREAT SHIPPING SUCCESS. Boston Herald. The annual report of the Hamburg American Steamship Company, which has just been published, shows the net earn ings for the year 1900 to have been 23.SS4. 924 marks, this constituting an Increase of over 6,000,000 marks above the net gains of the preceding year. Transposed in a rough way to our currency basis, this German company earned In the year 1900 J6.000.000, net profits, which constituted an Increase of $1,500,000, or about 30 per cent, over the earnings of the previous year. The dividend declared to stockholders on the basis of these late earnings Is 10 per cent. In commenting upon the condition of the trade, the directors state that the Increase In profits Is to be chiefly attrib uted to the higher earnings of the North Atlantic lines, all of which show a heavy Increase In receipts. It Is desirable to call the attention of the business men of the United States to this remarkable showing, for the reason that the Hamburg-American Company is an Illustration of the commercial success which can be attained by a corporation that enters the shipping business unre stricted by government Interference, and with nothing to depend upon but the cap ital and energy of those who are Interest ed In the company Itself. The Hamburg American Steamship Company has had for years past the apportunlty offered of purchasing Its vessels wherever Its management considered that the pur chase could be made with greatest ad vantage to the corporation. It has had vessels built in England and Scotland, as well as In Germany. During the last few years It has supplied Its demands almost entirely from German shipyards, because, with the gradual Improvement In mari time construction, the Germans have been able, In the opinion of the shrewd gentle men who have had control of this com pany, to do more satisfactory work than their Ensllsh competitors, and it Is only natural that, other things, being equal, the company should prefer to build its vessels at a place where they could be easllj under the eye of Its superintendent of construction. But this exceedingly successful German steamship company has never been asked and has not directly obtained any govern ment subsidy. It has, if we are not mis taken, the largest merchant fleet of steamers possessd by any company In the world; It has the fastest steamers afloat; It Is a pioneer in the work of building a yacht steamer for cruising, and was one of the first to develop the Idea of building great freight-carrying craft. It has always been progressive, but Its .nanagers have never considered that. In order to succeed, they must be the pam pered favorites of the government. "When the steamships of the line have carried mails across the Atlantic, they have been paid" for the service, just as all mall car riers are paid, neither more nor less. The fact that they have run some of the fast est steamers has naturally drawn the mail-carrying business to them; and, as their payment for mail carrying Is de termined by weight this fact may have led to their getting larger stipends than some of the transatlantic lines running slower steamers. In the Chinese waters, the Hamburg American Company agreed, some time ago, to fulfill the contract which the North German Lloydd Company had made with the government of carrying the German malls, and for this service a certain government subvention Is paid. But according to the report made to tho company, the Chinese branch of its serv ice was the only one the operation of which was attended with unsatisfactory results. There Is not the least doubt that, If the conditions were the same here that they are in Germany. If our mer chants and capitalists could buy or build their steamers where they chose, we could readily establish and develop a great steamship company, similar to the Hamburg-American, which would have great steamers running over the principal ocean routes, and the smaller steam craft carrying the flag of the United States to all parts ot the world. It Is not a subsidy that our ship mer chants need, but the same freedom of action which the German Government has wisely accorded to Its ship mer chants, and which they have utilized In building up the shipping tonnage and commerce of the empire. Party Lines In the Senate. Kansas City Star. The composition of the Senate of the 57th Congress Is practically determined. Elghty-slx ot its SO members have been elected. Delaware Is without representa tion, and the Nebraska deadlock Is un broken. The Senate which adjourned March 4 was made up of 87 members. Delaware. Montana and Utah had only one Representative each. The upper house of the next Congress will be of about the same size as its predecessor. The political complexion of the Senate has been little changed by the election of one-third of Its membership. The body which recently adjourned contained 51 avowed Republicans, 26 Democrats, five Populists, four Independent Sllverltes, and one Independent Republican. Toward the close of the session there was a tendency among the Independents to go over wholly to the old parties. Teller, Heltfeld. Petti grew, Wellington. Jones of Nevada and Allen voted generally with the Democrats, while Kyle and Stewart joined the Re publicans. Including these last two. who may now bo regarded as regular Repub licans, the dominant party has 51 of the S3 members of the Senate .of the next Congress. The Democrats can count on 29, Including Dubois of Idaho and Patter son of Colorado, while they can usually rely on the support of Teller, Heltfeld, Harris, Turner, Wellington and John P. Jones. Several of these will probably en ter the Democratic caucus next Winter. Not counting Nebraska, the Administra tion can usually depend on 51 votes to 35 of the opposition. This la enough to transact all business except the ratifica tion of treaties, when seven more votes would be necessary. A striking thing about the representa tion In the next session of the Senate will be the number of solid party delega tions. The Democrats will not have a single representative outElde of the South except from the mining states. The Re publicans will have solid delegations not only from the New England States, as usual, but also from California. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon. Penn sylvania, West Virginia, Wyoming. Wis consin and the Dakotas. Ayith such an array Mr. Hanna's alarm over possible Republican damage from the loss of Ne braska is hardly warranted. Roosevelt a Disturbing Factor. Salt Lake Tribune. In the calculations of politicians, both Republican and Democratic, there is one dlstm-blng factor. That Is Theodore Roosevelt They have shamefully cari catured him, they have tried to ridicule him, but their shafts do not reach him. They have pictured him at home on the hurricane deck of a mustang, and that is true, but then he Is at home when pre siding over the Senate of the United States, and when that duty Is over, he is at home in his library, and all the words of the great dead come back to cheer him and give him inspiration. Then, too, he Is of pure thoroughbred stock and can compare pedigrees with the best of them. The thing that bothers them Is that he does the most difficult things without seeming to trj with an air which seems to say: "Give me something hard," and so the politicians cannot make him out and they are afraid that one of these days when they think they have got something fixed just exactly right, this scholar, this soldier, this writer, this mustang rider, and mountain lion killer may Interfere with them and break their slates. So they cartoon him and try to make sickly Jokes at his expense, and It all only shows how much they fear that It. would be just like the people to want to vote for a man who Is at home among gentlemen and among lions of all degrees. GERMAN-AMERICAN TRUST. Chicago Tribune. The report Is current that after the United States Steel Company has been put In running order Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan Is to go to Germany to discuss with then Iron and steel manufacturers of that country the advisability of a "friendly understanding" which shall do away with the possibility of acute competition be tween American and German producers. Such an understanding might take the form of a division of territory or an agreement as to prices, or both. The metal industries of Germany are more effectively controlled by trusts or syndicates than are those of the United States. The public sentiment against them is not so strong there as It Is here, al though there appears to be no material difference In methods. The policy of the German syndicates, as of many of the American combines. Is to maintain In the home market prices which arc so high and so profitable as to enable them to offer their products In foreign mar kets for much lower prices. That the German manufacturers will be willing to conclude "a gentlemen's agree ment" with American producers may bo taken for granted. They were willing to strike a bargain with John W. Gates about two years ago when he visited Ger many to confer with them. They made him liberal offers, but the prices which they proposed the alliance should compel consumers to pay seemed to him altogeth er too high. Therefore no agreement was entered into. The German Bteel and Iron men have even greater respect for their American rivals now than they had In 1SS9, and will be more willing than ever to make terms with them when they witness the ap pearance on the scene of the United States Steel Company, which will have under Its control something like two-fifths of the world's product of steel. It Is almost Impossible at this mo ment for the United States to make a commercial treaty with another nation. A treaty may be negotiated with ease, but the Senate will not ratify It. There Is no such obstacle in the way of arrangements between domestic and foreign trusts. It is only necedsary for half a dozen men to come together In a private office and agree on terms. Then the whole matter is done. No Senate can hang up a treaty which has been negotiated by Industrial diplomats. If the United States Steel Company and the German syndicates should agree to divide the world between them, how would Americans take it. especially when they understood the agreement meant the maintenance of unfairly high prices at home? Surely an alliance between domes tic and foreign Iron and steel Interests would add force to the demand for legis lation repealing tariff schedules which ex cluded from the United States the Iron and steel products of countries whose manufacturers were outside the Interna tional alliance of trusts. As the Crowd Heads. Springfield Republican. It Is a significant fact that no fewer than three prominent magazines think it worth while now to go to the trouble and expense of collecting regular monthly sta tistics from booksellers and librarians In all parts of the country of those new books which are most In demand. Never before has the plebiscite been applied so efficaciously to criticism. Who cares what a crabbed and finicky student of lit erature might say about a new book, when the book sellers and librarians both agree that It "heads the list for Febru ary"? February, to be mire. Is not a long month, but It Is perhaps as long as fame built on so Insecure a foundation could bo expected to last. It Is not to be gainsaid that In the long run It is the peo ple at large and not the critics who settle the fate of a book; but they have to settle It by quite other means than a senseleos stampede for the book that has sold Its 200,000. And. in truth, while the crowd la the nominal arbiter, the destiny of bboks really lies In the nands of chosen Individuals, gentle, receptive souls, in each clamorous generation who read for themselves, and quietly, unobtrusively pass along the great tradition which they are building up as the coral polyp rears Its Island. And no rocky island Is solider than a reputation built up on such delib erate and independent consensus of opin ion. Just as no wave-crest Is more unsub stantial than the notoriety that comes from the Jostling crowd for "the best-sell-lng book." The publication of such lists Is not an unmixed blessing, because tt tends to confuse the minds of many people as to the great gulf that lies between excel lence and mere popularity. t Pulpit Influence In Sonth Africa. Cornhlll. A cause of the strength of the wave of rebellion which Is laying the country waste is to be found, Mr. Paul A. Botha says, In the abuse of pulpit Influence. "A religious people's religion la being used to urge them to their destruction." Of this he gives examples. His state ment has unconsciously been borne out even further than It goes by a deeply Interesting letter from the correspondent of the Daily Mall. Mr. Edgar Wallace, who describes. In a recent Issue of that Journal, a religious service which he at tended at a little village near Port Eliza beth a few weeks ago. and where the righteousness of resistance to the "op pressor" was openly preached, and every sort of appeal, based on lies, to Ignor ance and passion was urged with truly dramatic effect. With both press and pulpit thus using all their strength to press tighter the bandage over the peo ple's eyes. Is it any wonder that they aro still blind and deaf to the voice of com mon sense, and greedily swallow such statements as Mr. Steyn's when he told the burghers at Kroonstad, less than a year ago, that "the British had lost 64, 000 In killed, while he had only lost 200, and asked them to see the hand of God In this"; or such assertions as that 60,000 Russians, Americans and Frenchmen were on the water coming to their aid and might be expected any day, that China had Invaded and occupied England, and that God was killing the British all over the world with bubonic plague? Differences. Charles Mackay. The King can drink the best of wine So can I; And ha enough when he would dine So have I; And cannot order rain or shlnei Nor can I; Then Where's the difference let me see Betwixt my Lord tho King and me. Do trusty friends surround his throne Night and day? Or make his Interest their own? No. not they. Mine love me for myself alone Dlessed be they! And that'll the difference which I nee Betwixt my Lord the Kins and me. Do knaves around me lie In wait To deceive? Or fawn and flatter when they ha, , And would grieve? Or cruel pomps oppress my state By my leave? No. heaven be thanked! And here you see More difference 'twlxt the King: and me. He has his fools, with Jests and qulpa, "When he'd play; He has his armies and hla ships Great are they; But not a child to kiss his lips "Well-a-day! And that's a difference end to see Betwixt my Lord the King- and me. I wear the cap and he the crown "What of that? I sleep on straw and he on down What of that? And he's the Kins &nO I'm the clown What of that? If happy I, and wretched he. Perhaps the Klnj would change with me. NOTE AND COMMENT. Now let Funston come home and cap ture Mrs. Nation. "W. J. Bryan Is not one of the Senators elected from Nebraska. And the British report that they have, captured Dewet. 'Jealousy, only Jeal ousy. Probably the first thing MacArthur said when he saw Aguinaldo was: "lb Is he dead?" Herbert Spencer's condition Is proba bly not the result of over-excitement su perinduced by reading his own works. The prospect of a new paper In Seattle has undoubtedly caused Editor Blethen to dust and sort over his well-known vocab ulary. Between the breaking of the Nebraska deadlock and General Funston's exploit, Carnegie, Plerpont Morgan, et at, will have to hide their diminished heads on an inside page. If news comes from Russia In the quan tities indicated by present events, an epi demic of writer's cramp may be expected among the correspondents over there, after they have sent a name or two. A young matron tells this joke of her bridal attempts at housekeeping. She had employed a greenhorn as a servant and spent many weary hours teaching her the way things should be done In the correct 3tyle. Her latest lesson related to the correct way to receive a visitor, and the maid was Instructed in the mysteries of card3, card trays and the accepted formula to be gone through when open ing the door for a caller. One afternoon the door bell rang, and Mrs. Gregory heard the "maid" tearing up the stalrd two steps at a time. "Shure, m'm, there's one of them machines outside with two men a-slttin on the top of It, and a lady on the Inside, an "looking at the card In her hand, and with a dash down the stairs again "I've forgotten me pan!" Matrimony is manifestly becoming popu lar In Southern California. Heretofore the number of brides has been such as to consume the surplus output of orange blossoms, and keep the crop down, and there has been no difficulty In marketing the product This year there have been few brides, and as a consequence the blos soms have been allowed to remain on tho trees, come to fruition and overstock the market so that the growers have more oranges on their hands than the world will buy at paying prices. Here is a matter which has not yet been examined by the learned professor of the agricultural de partment, and which seems to afford a. fertile field for investigation. How to Increase the number of brides is a dlfilcut problem, but perhaps It may be solved by the offer of a reward, either In money, a household outfit or a home for every wed ding which shall take place In the season when the fragrant b!ooms overload the boughs, and by their profusion threaten to swell the crop to an unmarketable size. We respectfully recommend this course to the agricultural department In the hope that some good may be accomplished thereby. Knniton An Epic. O Goddess, sins the wrath of him who clear from Kansas came To terrify the Tajjalogs and swim his way to' fame. " ' -r '""'. For, after many valiant deeds, he soueht his native land. And listened to the welcoming of many a cor net band; But. brushing Hshtly fame aside, he soon set out upon A second Journey to the wilds and marshes of Luzon. Where, woe of woes, he found the foe was holed up In his lair. And learned from old MacArthur there was nothlns doing there. "Accursed of gods am I." cried he; "had I In Kansas stayed A noble part In scenes of blood I surely might have played; But over here the white-winged dove of peace Is hovering. And all my hopes for hot old tlmea havo straightway taken wing." Thus loud bewailed . he In his wrath, but paused and thought awhile. Then lifted up his bearded face and smiled a savage smile. "Now. by my troth. I'll have some sport." said he. with visage grim; "For If the foe won't come to me, forsoojfei, I'll go to him." ' P So up ho rose, and with a small but brave. heroic band He act about a Journey through that wild, barbaric land. The arrows of the foe poured In. but from him glanced aside. The legions of dark-visaged men he valiantly defied. Until at last he found a cava dug deep be neath the ground. Where gallant Aguinaldo in an ague fit ha found. "Come forth and fight. O Tagal chief," great Funston cried aloud. "Not on your life; I'll stay right here," quoth Aguinaldo proud. Then with that reckless abandon with which he stemmed the wave Bold Funston girded up his loins and plunged Into that cave. What happened there no man can tell, but when It all was o'er The gallant Aguinaldo was disposed to fight no more. And thus great Funston, loved of Gods. In peace did find the means To get new stuff for articles for Eastern mag azines. PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHEHS Bilious Comment. "The Joneses are attend ing Lenten services very faithfully." "When did they get their new clothes?" Chicago Record. Mistress What I want Is an active girl. Ap plicantThen I think I'll Just suit you. I've moved about a good deal of late been In no less than 12 different places In six months. Boeton Transcript. Mother Tommy, I'm sorry that you and your little stater quarreled about that orange, and that James had to Interfere. Whose part did he take? Tommy Whose part? He lock the whole orange. Tlt-B its. Church I see some of the theaters are re ducing their prices. Gotham Tes; It looks as Is a fellow would be able pretty soon to see a twenty-five-cent show In New Tork for only fifty cents. Yonkers Statesman. An Exception. Native See that young man over there? He has saved sixteen persons from drowning. He plays the flute, too. Visitor Oh. well, a man who has saved sixteen Uvea has a right to play a flute. New York Weekly. Bench and Bar. "Frlsoner." said the magis trate, "haven't I seen you before?" "Oh, yes, your Honor," replied the prisoner. "I thought your face was familiar. What was the charge the last time I saw you?" "I think It was twenty cents, your Honor; you and the gent you was treatln' took whisky." Philadelphia Press. Cook (to young mistress, who has received a present of some game) And please, 'm, do you like the birds 'lgh? Mistress (puzzled) The bird's eye? Cook What I mean, mum. Is some prefers the birds stale. Mistress (more puzzfed) The tall? (Decider not to seem Ig norant.) Send up the bird, please, cook, with the eyes ar.d the tall! Punch. Domestic Mnemonics. Newlyblessed Lt' see, when was It that Lambertson was here? Mrs. Newlyblessed Well, let me think. It was the th- of January. He came here the day Nora left, and she left the day after mother went home, and mother went home three days after the baby cut his second tooth, and he did that the last day ot De cember. Puck. r