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prostrating: nervous disorders. Such, a
person may be apparently at death's
door one hour, and the next may sur
prise even the most astute nerve spe
cialist by a rally that promises speedy
convalescence. There is no means
whereby such a rally can be foretold,
and It is equally hazardous to predict
restoration or dissolution in such a case.
Mrs. McKlnley Is physically, a much
enduring "woman. So tar as now ap
pears, there is no limit to her powers in
this line. The physicians in close at
tendance can no more tell Tvhat a day
tviII bring; forth in such a case than
can the newspaper correspondent "who
Js anxious to" be first in the field with
the news, whatever it is, and above all
things to be accurate. Under the cir
cumstances, the -wise thing and the gen
erous thing for the public Is to believe
that Mrs. McKlnley will recover, and
that the close .of the first week in June
will find her back in the White House,
none the worse for her very uncom
fortable experience oa the Pacific Coast.
Coast, and. the Great l-Jorthern-Torth- ministrative lawlessness on. the ground
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TODAY'S TVEATHER Fair, with slowly
Tislng temperature; northwesterly winds.
PORTLAXD, MOXDAY, MAY 20, 1901.
TR.CSTS AAD THE BEPEXDE.NCIES.
Because The Oregonian recently com
plained that the sugar interests dictate
tariffs and predicted that "if the pro
tected trusts are permitted to manacle
Cuba and the Philippines as they did
Pbrto Rico, the Democrats will go be
fore the people on a demand for Justice
to the dependencies and escape -from
the domination of the trusts, and on
that platform they-will sweep the coun
try." the New York Press Is kind
enough to remark:
The sugar trust is tbe principal importer
of surar in this countrj. It takes at least
three-quarters of all the sugar brought to our
ports. Free trade In the Cuban product of
3,000,000 tons would, consequents, mean a
saving to It of $18 CO on ever one of 750,000
tons. The sugar trust will, consequently, be
the principal advocate of free trade with Cuba.
... There is sworn evidence that in selling
the Gorman -tariff the Democratic party got
more for tho surar schedule than for any
other. But as the voters of the country were
pretty thoroughly enlightened In the Porto
Rico debate on the subject, there Is little
chance of Its delivering any new goods In ex
change for one-- of Mr .Havemeytr'a checks.
But ought "not a, contestant who has got so
fearfully confounded In the very first stages
of the debate, as The Oregonian be excluded
Jrom further participation In it? Or must
we start -ail Infant school in economics to
I teach the ABC lesson of who will get the
ow,ii viuvj- mien jfc goes.' Ann win uie es
teemed Eentag'iPost,- which, by approving
quotation, ttdopvs The1 Oregonian' s blunder, at
tend its sessions? v
There Is nothing in this answer but
an attempt' to be "smart" and a further
attempt to deceive. The Press has
beard of the Havemeyer trust, but it
has apparently never heard of the Ox
nard trust, which looks after the duty
on raw sugars, "writes Teller amend
ments that Cuba must be free and in
dependent, and prevails with Congress
over the President's "plain duty" to
afford Porto Rico free trade into United
States ports. The Press has heard of
the Gorman tariff being sold out to
sugar, but if heard nothing apparently
of the corresponding triumph of sugar
in the Dlngley tariff. So much for its
information and its Impartiality.
v7hat changes did the Senate make
In the Wilson ,tariff bill to please the
sugar lobby? It put an ad valorem
duty on raw sugar to please the sugar
trusts. What did the Senate do with
the Dlngley tariff bill to please the su
gar lobby? It put ad valorem duties on
raw sugar to please the sugar trusts.
The only difference was that the Wilson
bill came from the-House with free raw
sugar and--the Dlngley bill came from
the House with specific duties on raw
sugar. What the sugar trust -wants,
as sworn testimony in abundance
showed, is ad -valorem duties on raw
sugar. The"skillful hand of Oxnard
compels sgar duties, the Inexorable de
mand of 4favemeyer prescribes ad va
lorem. The Press undertakes to say that the
sugar (Havemeyer) trust wants free
trade in raw sugar, and will, therefore,
be the principal advocate of free trade
-with Cuba. This is easier said than
proved. Primarily, it is of no concern
to the refineries whether raw sugar is
free or taxed, provided they are secure
In their differential. But are they more
likely or less likely to secure their dif
ferential if they set out by antagonizing
lome producers of sugar with a demand
for free trade with Cuba or the Philip
pines? Is Mr. Schwab fool enough to
demand free trade in ore so the steel
trust can get its raw material cheaper?
2Tay, verily. He will stand -with other
protected trusts in supporting, the whole
fabric of protection. So, perhaps, will
the sugar trust. Is it likely to help or
hurt the refiners if the country declares
for free trade in raw sugar? Will free
raw sugar strengthen or weaken the
demand for free refined sugar?
Among the advocates of free trade
with the dependencies and of reduced
tariff duties will not be found the pro
tected trusts. Mr. Schwab has given
them their cue. They will be unable,
conscientiously, of course, to see any ad
vantage in freer trade or lower tariff
taxes. Theywill contemplate with rue
ful regret any tariff agitation that
might unsettle business or imperil the
royal estate of the American working
man. They will look with dread upon
the pauper labor of Europe and trem
ble for the fate of our infant industries,
capitalized at a few paltry billions, offi
cered by presidents at a million a year.
When the sugar trusts open a prayer
meeting for justice to the dependencies,
The Oregonian hopes to be occupying
an advantageous position on the
mourner's bench.
THE ALBAXY SETTLEMENT.
The Albany settlement throws light
on the hitherto obscure points of the
controversy. Of these the most signifi
cant are the concessions made by the
employing company. In the first place,
an increase of pay is agreed to, leaving
a fair inference that the previous wage
rate was less than the business would
justify. An appeal is vouchsafed the
men from the superintendent .to the
company's executive board, an innova
tion full of promise, if we remember
how imperfectly some stubborn super
intendents comprehend the cost of
strikes to owners, and how often their
persistent refusal to yield to employes
means nothing more than a determina
tion to have their way. Inspectors are
to present fare or its equivalent or else
the conductor need not charge-"himself
with a fare, employes may ride free on
their own divisions, the road must pay
for the lost time of a man who is sus
pended unjustly,and strikers who have
not committed violence shall not be dis
criminated against concerning employ
ment. It must be admitted that these va
rious victories for the men are prima
facie evidence of abuses on the "com
pany's part, which wise management
would have corrected and saved, If pos
sible, the appeal to force. What sort
of justice can be accounted to a rule,
for example, which requires the con
ductor to ring up a fare for an Inspector
who is under no obligation to give a
fare or a complimentary ticket? Why
should an employ suspended for cause
be compelled to lose his time when ip
vestlgatlon shows the charge to have
been groundless? What spirit of friend
ly co-operation can a railroad expect
form its men If It insists on their pay
ing fare when riding on their own di
visions? It is certainly to be hoped
that these Albany concessions to work
men may have a talutary effect upon
managers and .superintendents every
where who vainly seek by force and
repression to reach the end that can
only be gained in a spirit of friendly
and appreciative co-operation.
Not so promising is the agreement
secured by the company relative to the
status of the union. The right is rec
ognized to hire or discharge any man
without reference to his affiliation or
nonaffillation with a union. This is, of
course, a denial of the union's demand
for recognition of the union, forbids
protest from the union for reinstate
ment of a discharged union man, and
also forbids a. protest from the union
against employment of nonunion men.
It would be an excellent thing if this
rule could be permanently established
and obeyed; if a man's connection with
a union should be ignored both by the
company in hiring and by the men in
their work. There Is no more vital spot
in just arrangements between labor and
capital than the fullest protection of a
nonunion man In his right to work un
molested. The tyranny and outrages
visited by union men upon men who
prefer not to belong to a union are
among the darkest blots on our preten
tious civilization. But the Albany
agreement Is apt to be. instead of a
permanent settlement, a temporary
modus Vivendi only, and an actual
cause of friction. The company, while
pretending to ignore the union relation,
will be pretty certain tp get rid of union
men as fast as adequate excuse arises
and fill their places with nonunion men,
and the union employes themselves may
be depended upon to make life as much
pleasanter as possible for their union
than their nonunion associates. Noth
ing is more probable than another out
break at Albany some day over this
very matter of recognition of the union.
Conflicting statements that gained
currency in regard to Mrs. McKInley's
condition are. no doubt, due to the fact
that a correct prognosis !is not possible
In the case of a patient of abnormally
A BOON TO FORTIiAHD.
Elsewhere on this page appears a
noteworthy rehearsal, from- the Harri
man side of the recent dispute for pos
session of the Northern Pacific, which
is manifestly partisan, but which must
nevertheless be taken as correct so far
as it goes. The Hill side is not stated
at all, but the Harriman side is doubt
less correctly stated. We reprint the
"story," partly because it corroborates
what was said in The Oregonian at the
time of the panic, and also because we
believe the outcome of the struggle is
of considerable advantage to the In
terests of the City of Portland and the
State of Oregon.
It need take no very heavy or labored
line of thought to show the people of
this region that any great tactical
triumph of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railroads would menace
the future of this community, in so far
as railroad influence affects municipal
growth. Both these roads are profuse'
In their professions of esteem for Port
land, and so far as freight and passen
ger fares are concerned they are doubt
less sincere. But it is on behalf of
Seattle and Tacoma that their exertions
are put forth, their terminals located,
their steamship connections made, their
warehouses erected, their traffic divert
ed. They talk freely of building down
the Columbia River, but they don't
build. Instead of that they set to work
to buy the Burlington to keep it from
building to the Coast, and to use it to
harass the Union Pacific, the sole, if
inconstant, friend Portland has among
all the transcontinental railroads. Mr.
Hill says if the Nehalem coal were as
near Seattle as it is to Portland he
would long since have been hauling it
over his railroad. The Northern Pa
cific Is equally kind, for it industriously
sets on foot a railroad to haul the Ne
halem coal to Tacoma.
Sunday's dispatches, from many dif
ferent sources, indicate that the ambi
tious plans for getting the Union Pa
cific on the hip haye measurably failed
of their purpose. The retaliation of
Harriman and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was
effective, though not to the extent that
would have been welcome. The -Bur-
delicate physical constitution, whq has
long been subject to the dominion of J llngton agrees not to build to this tive land." This kind of plea for ad- J
ern Pacific combination -will probably
be able to float bonds of purchase at a
profit of several million dollars without
having imparted any pew value to the
Burlington property. But the Union
Pacific comes out of the contest in good
shape, holding a strong position in the
control both of Northern Pacific' and
Southern Pacific with yoice in man
agement of the Burlington. This Is not
enough to insure any unusual or un
precedented exertion by the Union Pa
cific in Portland's behalf, but it should
at least enable the Union Pacific to
withstand any overt efforts of the
Northern roads to interfere further with
Portland's development.
This vigorous assertion of the Union
Pacific in a crisis may mean a good
deal to the future of this community.
The forceful personality of President
Mohler, of the O. R. & N has so far
stood between that railroad's rivals and
their efforts to subordinate our position.
He has insisted upon a creditable
steamship line from Portland to the
Orient, and has pursued, a most liberal
policy of development in the O. R. &
N.'s tributary territory: Anything that
menaced these policies would give cause
for alarm, and manipulation of the Bur
lington to that end would bo a real.
danger. The fact is that with Mr. Har
riman's success we are likely not only
to see a continuation of good work In
the Columbia Valley, but an extension
of similar efforts already inaugurated
by the progressive element in the South
ern Pacific for Western Oregon. There
is no reason why Portland and its sur
rounding region should not, with proper
immigration and development effort,
hold its rightful share In the progress
in store for the whole Pacific Coast in
the ensuing 25 years. To be assured of
fair railroad treatment is one pf the
most important factors In the under
taking. v
THE PRESIDENT AND CIVIL SERV
ICE REFORM.
The investigating committee of the
National Civil Service Reform Associa
tion makes public a letter from William
Dudley Foulke setting forth the facts
in regard to Postmaster Hicks, at Phil
adelphia, and asking for his dismissal.
Hicks has in several cases violated the
civil service rule which provides that
no person appointed as a laborer with
out examination under the civil service
rules shall be assigned to work of the
grade of classified rules. The Civil
Service Commission in 1899 called the
Postmaster-General's attention to the
faqt, but nothing was done then and
nothing has since been done about it.
In contempt of the postal laws and reg
ulations that office-holders should not
be guilty of offensive partisanship nor
assume active conduct of political cam
paigns, Hicks Is a Philadelphia Repub
lican ward organizer of the most active
type, and has declared that office-holders
ought actively to engage in poli
tics, and 'that the civil service laws
ought to be repealed. Hicks has dis
charged one of his postofflce employes
because he refused to support a Hicks
partisan In a contest.fof the nomination
In one of the Philadelphia state Sena
torial districts, whioh, was a violation
on Hicks' part of the Federal civil
service law that denies to office-holders
the right to use their official .authority
to coerce the political action of any per
son or body.
In 1897 Hicks removed thirteen Demo
crats who were superintendents of
branch stations, and made them clerks
at lower salaries, thus forcing sdme of
them entirely out of the service. This
act was In violation of the civil service
rules, which provide that no person in
the executive civil service shall change
the official rank or compensation of any
person therein because of his politics,
and no removals shall be made from
the classified service except for just
cause and reasons given in writing.
Hicks made no charges against these
men, and several of them held medals
from the committee to award medals for
the best sub-station. Hicks required all
his subordinates to take out indemnity
bonds from .the National Surety Com
pany, of New York, in violation -of the
laws of the United States providing
that no officer or person having the
approval of-any bond shall exact that
it shall be furnished by a guaranty
company or any particular guaranty
company. "In clear", violation" of law
Hicks compelled the thirteen men ap
pointed superintendents of sub-stations
to sign a written agreement acknowl
edging that their appointments were
temporary, and that the Postmaster
could transfer or reduce them at any
time. When, the commission sent its
secretary to Philadelphia to make in
vestigation touching the enforcement
of the law, Hicks refused to answer
any questions or give any Information,
and Instructed his employes, under pen
alty of removal, also to refuse infor
mation. Hicks' sister was carried on the
rolls of the Wayne (Pa.) postofflce at
$600 a year, but doing no work, pending
her transfer without examination to
the classified service of the Philadel
phia postofflce.
Mr. Foulke recited these facts to the
President and submitted that "if such
violations of the law are permitted to
go unpunished, it will be construed as
notice to the world that there is to be
no enforcement of the civil service act
in the classified service of the coun
try." In 1898 a committee of the Na
tional Civil Service Reform League,
after making inquiry, called the Presi
dent's attention to the case of Hicks,
but he refused to do anything. His
attention has been called anew to this
man Hicks and his further violations of
the rules, and the law, and nothing Is
done. In other words, in contempt of
the civil service rules, wh:ch make
mandatory the removal of any person
in the executive civil service who will
fully violates the law or the rules, the
President suffers Postmaster Hicks to
defy and demoralize the civil service
law with impunity. It Is charged
against the President by the National
Civil Service Reform League that
-while many known violations of the
laws and the rules have been brought
to the attention of the President, none
of them have been punished, and that
the only interest exhibited by the Pres
ident has been in seeking to contract
the scope and efficiency of the reform.
It was old Dr. Lyman Beecher that
once pras'ed at a public meeting: "O
Lord, keep us from despising our rulers;
and, O Lord, keep them from behaving
so that we can't help it" The answer
to this searching indictment of the
President on the part of his friends who
are not able to deny the facts will be
that President McKlnley may have his
amiable weaknesses, but that he has
always been true to "the grand old
party"; that, like Colonel Yell, of Yell
ville. Ark., while he has not respected
the laws of his country, nevertheless
"his heart always beats true to his na-
that the President is always true to the
party flag recalls the anecdote of the
old negro who arose In prayer meeting
and said:
Bredderln, and slsterln, I been a mighty mean
nlsser In. my time, t had a heap er una and
downs 'specially downs slnCe t jlned de
church r staled chickens and water mllllns.
I cussed. I ffot drunk. I shot craps. I
slashed udder coons widm razor, an' I dona
er slsht or udder things, but, thank the. ffood
Lawd, bredderln and slsterln. I neer yet loat
my religion,.
Brother McKlnley has never yet lost
his political "religion" j he still keeps
step "to the music of "the grand old
party,' and his heart still beats true
to his native land.
Portland will be honored' this weelc
by a visit from fifteen Representatives
In Congress from Ohio and Indiana, and
in June by a visit from the river and
harbor committee of the House of Rep
resentatives. Among the visitors are
many men of prominence in, National
legislation, and they should be glyen
ample opportunity to see tlie Columbia
River and learn at first hand its im
portance as as highway ' of commerce.
The United' States, vast as it is, has
few great rivers which discharge their
waters into ocean or gulf. Principal
among these for length, area of country
drained and industrial interests served,
are the Mississippi and the Columbia,
Congress has been partial to the Missis
sippi, and. Its channels have been kept
open, to the satisfaction of producers
and shippers. The Columbia has not
fared so well, mainly because Qongress
does not know the river. Portland is
now to have two opportunities to make
Congress acquainted with the river, and
to press the extension of. the Columbia,
jetty and the building of a canal and
locks to overcome the obstructions be
tween The Dalles and Celilo. We bav
done long-range firing with varying re
sults. Now we have a chance to do
something at short range, as we did
twelve years ago when we were visited
by committees which included among
their members Senators Allison, Hoar,
Pugh, Manderson, Dawes and he late
Cushman K. Davis, and Representat
ives Goff, Dorsey and "others. We
made more friends for the Columbia; by
showing these men, the rlyer than we
have ever done by legislative memorial
or petition from commercial- organizations.
t. WE F THl STUUlv pxifr
Bicyclists who "take chances." by.rld
ing on the sidewalks are, of course,
much 'more numerous than" the records
of the Police Court showr Sf,Ul there
are enough of these chance-takers over
hauled by policemen finc&haied before
the court to render sidewalk riding haz
ardous, so far as hazard may be said,
to lie in liability to a fine, and to di
minish greatly the number of wheel
men who contend with pedestrians the
right to use the sidewalks. The vigi
lance of the police in this matter Is
commendable, as Is also the impartial
ity with which punishment is adminis
tered by the Police Judge. While the
antagonism against wheelmen oa the
public thoroughfares, so noticeable a
few years ago, has been greatly dimin
ished by familiarity with the silen,t
wheel, and by abatement of the fad
which pushed it 'up against everybody
at full spee'd, regardless of conse
quences, the belief is yet very' general
that wholesome restraint Is necessary,
in order to keep many cyclists within
the proper limits of their rights. Hence
most people Tho rld wheejs comply
Cheerfully with the restrictions of the
city ordinance which excludes them
from the sidewalks from May to No
vember. "The" greatest good to the
greatest number" Is a sound principle
of public policy that all reasonable peo-
"ple indorse.
Kew York Times,
.barly In the present, year larse s;ock-
holders In the Northern Pacific and Great I
Norlherii Railroads began to accumulate
Burlington & Qufney shares at an alarm
ing rate alarming for the Union Pacific
Interests. The buying continued until
Burlington & Quincy went to, X'O, al
though it haj heen quoted at. 110 only a
few weeks before.
Mr. Hill was interrogated by the Union
Pacific people as to the meaning of his
large purchases of Burlington & Quincy.
He'denied. all knowledge of or Interest IP,
,h? movement. The Union Pacific peo
ple, believing In Mr. Hill, paid no fur
ther attention 'to the report that the
Nqr.hern, Pacific and Great Northern
Companies were making efforts to secure
control of the Burlington & Quincy, 4t
was soon found, however, that their cred
ulity had been imposed upon. Mr. H11'
ha.d been carryjng on, and taQ brought
well nigh 'to a conclusion negotiations for
the purchase of tba road.
With positive evidence In their posses
sion, representatives or the Union Pacific
sought another conference with Mr. Hill.
This conference was heJd at the resi
dence of George F, Baker. In the course
6f this conference Mr. Hill was ursu
not to carry in.o effect on behalf of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific In
terests his contemplated deal without first
coming to an agreement by which the
Unlop Pacific would be protected and as
sured against aggressions in its terri
tory. 'If wai impossible to elicit any
thing from Mr. Hill except vague state
ments, and he proceeded ta Boston to
compete the Eurcha-je, qer. th terms
of, this purchase the Burlington & Quincy
Ras to be, turned over to the Qfeat North,
ern and Jfarthern Pacific fntcresis. at the
rate of??00 a sbarc. It Js not likely thit
the Burlington stock previoqsjv acquired,
sajd to- amount to 400,030 share?, hatj cost
more, op an average, than 5160 t share,
lfe; Jsgn apparent profit ofcpOtCOQ or
more,
Union Pacific Interest finding that
they, were Unable, to. maKc any Impression
oiir'Syi. and alarmed, at the situation,
turned, id Mr. Morgan. yha was then
about leaving ior Europe and cauja. for
in3 rfUHQq no$ oe ri'uaf'ue;n wh
AJIUSEBIEXTS
Charges $rip Yer". heralded aa the
greatest Hying exponent of tb$ Bouolcault
drama, made good his reputation to the
entire, satisfaction 0? an audience that
crowded; Cordroy's Theater to the doors
last nighC "Shamus 'OBr5cn. the Play
chosen for the opening attraction! may
not be Bouclcaulfs greatest play, bt It
certainly aroused the enthusiasm of the
audience ta a high pitch. Mr, Verncr Is
possessed of a Tjrogue which no man
could cultivate, and his style of acting
Is easy and natural. He never failed to
retain the interest of his hearers while
he was on the stage, and was, thp life
pf every scerys In which, he participated.
He has abundant opportunity for both
comedy and pathos, and he improves
them al alike. His every appearance
soon became the signal for apRlause. and,
while he was not always In a position to
turn un at the right time, belmr on
one or two occasions unavoidably de
tained in durance vile, he was: on thfc
stage most of the time, and In conse
quence the performance proved thorough
ly enjoyame.
The support Is only fair. Louis Belmour
as Shadrick O'Flnn, the chief villain, eas
ily gained the hatred of the gallery, which
In all a villain Ik supposed to desire. Miss
Maud Miller was painstaking as Mary
Doghmore, the girl who Is in love with
Shamus. and Miss Daisy Bishop was fair
as Mistress Kathleen O'Reilly, and the
remainder of -the cast had little to do.
"Shamus O'Brien" 'Rill be repeated to
night, t
AXQTHDR CAXTEEX WITNESS.
Strong Protertt y a .Knight of
Father Mnthevr.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Rev. "William J. Daltpn, a Catholic
priest and a Knight of Father Mathew,
has wrltttn a strong protest to the War
Department against the anti-canteen law,
in whch he handles the antl-canteenlsts
without gloves. As Ifis comments are
based w observations; of tho conditions
hefore and the conditions after the can
teen was abolished, th,e essential parts of
b's letter are worth proauclns. He says
No one can enforce total abstinence. That
la only a theorj.s "We can restrict the liquor
trade, which tlu canteen did. but we cannot
SIM It out. I am a. Knlfht of Father Mathew.
a total abstainer, and would see every one In
the tvorld belong-, but 1 know It ! Impassible,
and I dn ntt fnln thriAr. rrusnriaix All tht
Hs, partners 'were then approached Ml a j good the tomen want to da they undid, and
spiru 0V irienniy proitsi, ?rnj mpn ijer i nn i uua mm vaa ocinj aone wimam
suggestion, taut no prqnoiiuon nu c
submitted, by the Union,p5;fflciptercsts.
the latter made the positive offer to Join
Irv the" Burlington purchase ynqestrapte
as they beljeved It 0 be, a.t tpe high
figure agreed-upon. -ThoW proposition was
Faith failed to score in the Chrlsten
sen case in Chicago, though having a
clear field. Mrs. Christensen and daugh
ter,' years old, it will be remembered,
were seriously burned in the Marquette
avenue fire in that city, May 5. 'The
parents of the child were faith curists
of the most obdurate type, and the
father refused, to have remedies applied
to the child's injuries Until ,compelled
to do so by the police.. Mrs. Christensen
held out against medical aid, she and
her husband stoutly averring thAt she
was in no pain from her burns and
that prayer would effect her cure. After
ten days' suffering, the fanatic died,
while the child, under intelligent med
ical treatment; though apparently as
severely burned as was the mother, has
a fair prospect of recovery. This is
one of the "test" cases of which noth
ing is said in "faith" literature or ex
perience meetings, but it is, unfortu
nately for the extravagant claimsi of
the disciples of all their allied schools,
a type of which, differing in degree, but
identical In kind, the records of many
communities furnish.
The cheerful prediction of Mr. W. P.
Olds that Portland will in due. time
become a great manufacturing city
may be accepted, aa the opinion of a
man who is not given to a redundancy
of words, and whose knowledge of the
business and industrial growth of the
city has been acquired by the personal
experience and , olose observation of
years. His address at the Sellsjood
banquet did not contain many words,
but these represented much, as the
conservative, yet hopeful, estimate of a
man who knows what he Is talking
about.
The President's official family is In
deed under the shadow of affliction The
death of Mrs. Gage, the nearly fatal
and very alarming Illness of Mrs. Mc
Klnley. a change for the worse that
foretells speedy dissolution in the case
of Secretary Long's invalid daughter,
and the shattered health of Secretary
Hay make up a casualty and sick list
that is certainly distressing.
tq buy dnfirthird Of the'ftock, -and my
offered to 'deposit cah or 'give satisfac
tory security for any bonds the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific might
have- to issue. - This was also refused- by
Mr. Morgan's partners, "to whom It was
then stated that the Union Pacific Com
pany must and would be protected at all
hazards, for the situation their acquisition
of the Burlington would produce could
not be tolerated.
An effort to'gain control o the Northern
Pacific was then determined upon, and so
swiftly and silently was this accomplished
that upward of 40 per cent of the entire
capital stock of the Northern Pacific was
actually secured without the other side
"knowing ft. On Friday, May 3, Mr. HHl
was Informed In a friendly manner that
?65l00O,000 of Northern Pacific stock had
passed into trjec hands of Union Pacific
Interests, and with thlr the assurance
was given t.o Mr. Hill that the acquisi
tion was made solely through a desire to
bring about a harmonious condition of af
fairs 'it was further stated that if he and
his associates Would be wllllns ta accept
the situation, the control of the Northern
Pacific would be permanently secured to
J. P. Morgan & Co., upon the sole con
dition that the Union Pacific should be
protected from aggression In its terri
tory. Mr. Hill promised to use every en
deavor to bring about an understanding
along these lines, but Instead ha furious
and frantic buylhg of Northern Pacific
stoqk began on Monday In both New York
and' IiQnaon.
As so large a part of the. share capital
of the Northern Pacific had already Ragged
Into the hands of the Unloa Pacific In
terests, the new purchasers, within 24
hours after they had begun their frantic
buying, necessarily brought about the un
fortunate condition which Is yet too vivid
to need repetition.
Even after these conditions had been
produced, every effort was made by the
Union- Pacific Interests to protect both le
gitimate and speculative dealers against
the terrible position In which these mar
ket Interests had been placed. But these
efforts were only tardily, unwillingly, and
partially seconded by those without whose
unreasonable action the situation could
have been entirely avoided. '
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Will tfpboia the Doctrine.
New York BJerald.
The United States is as much compelled
t.o uphold the Monro'e doctrine as Great
Britain as compelled to maintain her
claim to supremacy in South Africa, even
at the risk of war, which, in snlte pf all
assertions to the' contrary, was distaste
ful to a vast majority of the English peo
ple. The United Spates. Is ajso prepared
to spare no. effort to preserve- peape. but
Will count no. cost too great tp secure
the IntapgJblllt.yof a, doctrine which safe
guards it against JSnrqpean Interference.
it ,Par.
Kansas City Journal.
It pays o have sound business princi
ples. It pays to have a government In
Washington pledged to honest money. It
pays to have a President whos.e policies
beget business confidence. Industrial ac
tivity and a .national prosperity go sub
stantial that the winds and. waves of spec
ulative tempests beat against it fn vain.
The American people never did a wider
thing than when they preferred McKlnley
uiu jjiyrjjcruj iu Jmjiu uuu uisusicr.
The multiplicity of candidates for the
receivership of a defunct bank indicates
the fat pickings at the expense of de
positors that the job permits and veri
fying the truth of the declaration.
"Where the carcass is, there will the
eagles be gathered together."
The District Attorney's adverse, judg
ment on the new tax sale lawt Indicates
that at least one of the ambitious pri
vate schemes pushed through at the
capital last Winter may come to .grief.
It Is well. A fatal epidemic In that
camp would be salutary,
Four hundred men who struck recent
ly at St. Louis applied for places at
Albany. This reveals a consequence of
strikes that rarely gets into the paperg.;
Mrs. Weatherred's activity at Buffalo
Indicates that she Is the right man In
the right place.
The strongest indication of nepotism
at Olympia is. its laborious denial.
Morgan at the Breach.-
y Chicago Record-Herald.
Consternation reigned in London.
" People stodd prepared to dump
Blacks at stocks upon the market
And precipitate a slump
Troubled men with pallid faqoa
-Heard the ticker tick away
And read the figures on the tape
And shook with dra,d, and stood agape
And howled in wild dismay..
fiarls and barons wrunjr their hands"
And dukes tell down In dread.
And princes sazed upon the scene
, And wished that they were daad:
They heard the foul word, "Nipper,"
And wildly tote their hair,
And ruin and disaster
And shame were In the air.
Then out spake Plerpont itorgun, "
The boos of trusts and thing
A lordlier man than Emperors
And Presidents and Kings;
"What means this wild commotion?
Why 'tremble? I am here!"
Arise and Cease your quaKfn?,
And bid adieu to fear."
He raised a hand aboa them
The hand whose touch" may blight
Or lift men up to glory ,
AniT things were set all right;
The tremblin; dukes and barons
Arose from -where they lay
And saw that all was well again,
With troubl charmed away.
Ah, what could, old Hbratiua
Hae done had he been there?
He held brldse. but that was Just
A plcajUne- affair!
Go. .prate no mpre of Romans;
Thej ruled the world, I know.
But ne er after Morgan came
To run things hereibelow!
"Vhen age-encumbered London . .
Shall sink in black decay.
Fond dames will tell theurchildren
How Morgan saved the day;
They'll croon the old tale oyer
Of that Impending- crash .
Anff"of tbe magic that was In
The hand that held the cash.
them the hae utterli ruined. . . I think
I never saw anj thins thtc so quickly drove
sober men into drunkards as the operation of
this same artl-canteen law. VthHe at Detroit
I had an opportunity to see soldiers from the
neighboring' forts, and I hever saw them S9
drjnk.
During the many times I hae -visited clttea
contiguous to Amir poats, including Kansas
City, St. Louis, Ch'eazo and Detroit. I have
watchtd the soldiery. I did that because 1
like to study the men a nation depends upon
for it very life. Alw& J found well-behaved,
sober men. Imagine my horror last
neek. however, to tee the same men reeling
drunk and next to fighting road. It was all
the canteen law, How. Instead of getting
beer or wine In Camp, under the observation
of an otttcer or eentry. with some restraint
upon his' thirst,, the. soldier goes to vile dens,
to be urred to drink until he has spent his
last cent, and is drunk, overstays his time,
and is punished. It makes deserters. "What
could those nvomen have been thinking- of?
There Is not the least reason tq suppose
that a man who has probably done quito
aa much to reclaim man from the liquor
habit as any of those who were so hys
terical about the canteen would desire to
see the canteen re-established If there
were any doubt in his own mind that it
made for temnerance. The fact of the
matter is that Father Dalfon speaks as
an expert who recognizes the limitations
of. the theory- upon, which he -works; but
a'large proportion of those who, by their
agitation brought about the abolition of
the canteen had no practical .experience in
dealing 'with the intemperate. The dis
tribution of tracts, the recital of har
rowing stories of families and wives made
miserable by drink, of drunkards pulled
back from thp brink of the abyss, denun
ciations of saloonmen, brewers and dis
tillers, memorials to the Legislature and
petitions of various kinds undoubtedly do
a great deal of good among a large class
of people- j3ut they bear about the same
relation to practical temperance work that
the steeple does to an earnest congrega
tion. They point perpetually upward, but
they don't "tell the poor sinner how to
climb. The nojse they make reminds peo
ple that there s work to do, but they do
not do any of the work themselves. That
Is done bytbose who take off their coats
and go at things with patience and tact
and a practical knowledge of human na
ture, BUt when a practical knowledge bf
human4 nature Induces conclusions that
cantradlctthe preconceived nations of these
sentimentalists when, for Instance, such
men as Archbishop Ireland. Bishop Pot
ter, all of the total abstaining army men,
ftll of t,he Army chaplains and others who
Know tne canteen. Know the soldier and
recognise liquor as a curse, aaaert that
the abolition of the canteen would be the
surest way to Increase Intemperance, the
steeple Imagines itself tq be the 'minister
and the Whole congregation a conclusion
that Is undoubtedly warranted If one
were to judge by its ability to make the
greater noise. In other words, there are
no friends of "temperance" except those
who believe that the appetite for liquor
Is to be cured by force and noise, that to
Save the drunkard by cpmpromls 3 a
sin and that the real crime Is not the
ab'use of liquor, but its Use.
It Is not harq to foresee the trouble
that awaits Father Dalton when the tem
perance forces get hold of his letter. ,The
lifetime" that he has spent in endeavoring
to rescue Individuals from the liquor
habit will Weigh nothing In the balance.
He urges ,a practical way to' keep the
soldiers from getting drunk; he proposes
the restoration of beer under supervision
In order to do away with rotgut whisky
without supervision; and he proposes clean
and qrderjy surroundings for the soldier
aeeklnfe recreation and amusement instead
of vile barrooms and Indecency. And for
that crime he. will be- denounced as -the
ally of 'Beelzebub, Meanwhile the manu
facturer and purveyor of bad whisky rakes
I In the shekels and. the soldier goes to
uie jjcruiuuu iium wuicn me sentimental
ists think they have saved them.
NQT.E 13nWMIB.VF. j,
Is it wet enoush for you?
It will take1 a wad of money to con
trol the power trust. t ,
v. The Mayor of Omiha has evidently had
a row with his press agent.
" - -t. t
1 will njt he long before the. therrna
mettr begins to attract attention.
Shamrock the Second was still the sec
ond Shamrock-, when the last race rer
port came In.
If this Isp't April, the peogle, who
taught us about weather didn't know;
their business.
. J.
Mr. Hill will have to make his West
ern trip without any advance notices In
the Commoner.
Albany had to do something to be
strenuous, now that Teddy has gone to
Washington to live.
The scarcity of real heroes Ij proven
by the fact that no man has yet had tho
nerve, to appear on the street wearing
a straw haU
If Agulnaldo had bought Northern Pa
cific stock Instead of diamonds, he might
have made enough money-to start an
other insurrection.
The Union Pacific has roads running
through California, Into the Sunny South,
and to Portland. Truly, Its lines are
cast In pleasant places.
Chicago's girl graduates are not to t
allowed to receive flowers this yeary
The Chicago school board seems desirous
of discouraging graduation.
La?t week the Rev. W. E. Karns. pastor
of the Mehodlst church of Jersey Shore,
Pcnn., announced that he would pay a
cash bonus to every one who went to
church last Sunday. As It was rumored
that he mlsht give each person $20 there
was a large congregation present. At
the close of the service a sealed en
velope wa3 handed to each person con
taining one cent, and the following ad
monition: "This Is your talent. Don't
wrap It In a napkin, but use It. Your
Jove for' the success of the cause will
determine your efforts. Harness up thig
talent and make it pull In others." Mr.
Karns explained that he expected each
penny to be Invested so that it wouttt
f bring a return of from $3 to 10
Preliminary plans for the proposed Car
negie Technical School In Pittsburg have
been made. They provide for six large
buildings grouped around a central court
yard. The course of instruction in the
school will extend through nine years!
The first ifour years will be deYOted to
preparatory work, and the second four
to the regular collegiate 'work of tho
engineering schools. The ninth year will
be the post-graduate course, which all
finished engineers desire to take before
they enter practical business. The,
buildings were planned with this long
and thorough course In view, and the
conditions and their success In the best
technical schools of the Old World.
Foundries have been provided !for in
some of the smaller buildings, carpenter
shops, machine shops, chemical labora
tories and every facility for the practi
cal application of the theory advanced In
the schoolrooms. Facilities are to be
offered for obtaining the mastery of any
chosen trade or the grouping of all for
thorough tialnlng of engineering as a.
science. All of this Is to be coupled with
practice.
The peculiarities of asthma are weU
known and one New Tork woman thinks
that she has more than usual reason to
complain of the vagaries of the disease.
She had always lived In the lower par
of the city on one of the avenues- distant
from the two rivers and bad suffered la
no unusual degree from asthma when
the weather was not unfavorable. The
doctor was not consulted when her hus
band bought a house in another part of
the city, and. It Is Indeed doubtful If hei
could have foreseen the effect upon her Of
living in the new neighborhood. It took:
the sufferer only a few .hours to realize
that it would be Impossible for her to
live In the new house, which was only
a short distance from the North river.
Her discomfort became so great that she
was compelled at the end of a week to
give up all attempt to reside there, and
the house that had been built with so
much care and expense had to ba
abandoned. Another example of the
vagaries of asthma is to be found in the
case of a New Yorker, who is comfort
able enough In that city so long as ha
lives on the upper stories ot a lofty
hotel or other residence building, but is
In great distress so soon as he is com
pelled to be on terra flrma.
The Best Judges.
Chicago Chronicle.
Has it ever occurred te the ministers
add W C. T, U. women to obtain a poll
of 'the soldiers themselves as to the re
sults, pf the aptl-canteen law. The average
blue-coat who purses a swollen head in
the guardhouse after pay day, with Its
resultant Jamboree, and Juims his empty
pockets inside out, is perhaps as well
qualified to give an opinion aa the theor
ists who study the question from a lofty
moral standpoint.
New Kame for Liar.
New York Press.
A New Jersey Board of Education has
brought charges against a school super
intendent, one of which recites "that I receipts from fruit-tree agents and dealers in
he has made so many conflicting state
ments upon the eame subjects as to make
the inference Irresistible that he Is not a
man qf scrupulous veracity." Life In
New Jersey Is fast approaching the Ches
terfleldlan standard.
PEASANTRIES OF PAR AGBAPBTEItS
Sure Qt Him. Papa He' hasn't proposed yet.
has he? She No; but he will the first Uma
he Isn't interrupted. Puck.
"But she looks so confiding." "That's Just
What makes her bo horrid; when you get to
know her, you find that she has nothing- to
confide." Brooklyn Life.
Suburban Elegance Mrs. Jones Does your
husband travel? Mra. Brown Oh, no; he car-v
rles his dress suit case to town every day to
bring back our meat and vegetables in. Chi
cago Record-Herald.
His Tralninr. "How did Spudklns get hla
appointment as Brigadier-General? I never
know that he was connected with the Armj-?'
"Oh. yes. by marriage; his brother-in-law is
a United States Senator." Town and Country.
Major Crust So you refuse me. Mlas Fond
ant? Miss P. I am very sorry. Major Crust,
but your son Just proposed to me. and I ac
cepted him. Major C. Good gracious! Tou
don't mean to say the boy has been such a
fool! Tlt-Blts.
Lovely Woman Mrst Upperten When I wear
my diamonds two detectives are always within
the sound of my voice. Mrs. Cutting Good
ness, gracious! If I were you I would quit
trading with such suspicious installment dealers-Chicago
News.
In Black and White Visitor You have put
J30O In improvements in thU back yard elncs
jou bought the property? You don't seem to
have am thing to show for it. Suburbanite
ivm't t? I can show vou a drawer full of
The Rbodora.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,
I f 6und the fresh rhodora in the woods.
Spreading Its leafless blooms In a damp nook.
To pjease the desert and the iluggUh brook;
The purple petals fallen in the pool
Made the black, waters with their beauty
ga
Here might the red bird come his plumes to
cool.
And court the flower that cheapens his array.
Bhodora! If the sages ask- thee why
This charm Is wasted on the marsh and sky.
Dear tell them, that ir eyes tvere'lnada for
seeing
Then beauty is its qw.n excuse for being.
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask; 1 never- knew.
But In my simple ignorance suppose
The oelf-samo Power that brought me there
brought you.
ornamental shrubbery. Chicago Tribune.
Yesterday and Today.
Washington Star.
I didn't have a dollar on the market any
where. I sot a tip or two. but didn't have the cash
to spare.
When prices went a-soarlng. 'twas with nat
ural regret
I rememberedthat I hadn't had a chance to
place a' bet;
No, I didn't have a single dollar on the mar
ket; which
Explains why, je3terday, I didn't rank among
the rich.
I didn't have a dollar pn the market. Bui I
try
To feel no vain resret for chances that went
slipping by.
I saw how the quotations shaped men'a hopes
and dlscontenu ,
As they Jumped up to 1000 and went back to
30 cents.
I didn't have a dollar on the market either
way,
And that Is why X happen not to be dead
broke today. .
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