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PORTLA3TD, WED3VESDAT, OCT, 9
TTEW YORK'S CITY POLITICS.
Acceptance by Edward M. Shepard of
Ibe Tammany nomination for Mayor of
Kew York, tendered him by order tf
"Dick" Croker, Is a surprise to many
people of that city. Democrats as well
as Republicans. Hitherto Mr. Shepard
has opposed Tammany. The Tribune
has this characterization of him-:
Mr. Shepard is a xefined, mild-mannered, re
tiring, pcbolarly man. whose -attachment to the
principles ol the Democraacj of Jefferson
Jackson and Tan Burcn is a tradition, if not
a religion, and Tvhose strong ethical Impulses
have put him in active opposition- to the De
mocracy of Tammany Hall and Willoughby
street as often as his conscience could oer--cpme
his prejudices. His friends, -while -believing
In his honesty of purpose, have he
lore now been impelled to acknowledge the
Existence of a quirk In his brain, which made
his -usually acute intelligence -utterly -untrustworthy
when what he "had persuaded himself
to regard at any particular moment as
"Democratic principles" -were lnvolv ofi.
But this Is not uncommon action in
politicians; for they are the men least
likely of all to be free from the piques,
prejudices and ambitions common to
human nature. Croker would not have
accepted Shepard, but for the dire ne
cessity of taking a fhan'of honest and
decent repute; and Shepard no. doubt
enjoys a sort of triumph in dragging
Croker at this time at the tail of his.
political chariot "W!e make another ex
tract from, the Tribune:
Mr. -Shepard has too frequently commended
Mr. Dow atid the principles, "he -now st&nas
lor to .make any effective campaign against
him. He has- "too .frequently condemned Cro-1-er
and all that he stands for as he pro
tector of vice" and crime to make any con--vincing
-apology for him :now. And .he lias
too -violently attacked not unly the policies
"but the personal and religious -character or
President McKlnlevj of -whose moral heroism
end unaffected religious faith all men now
Speak in reverence, to commend his Judg
ment of men and motives tp thfe confidence
f the people or establish the "belief that as
Xayor Tils balance, moderation and Judgment
would not be -wrecked by his vehement. If
honest, prejudices
"What is meant by Mr. Shepard's "at
tack on the personal and religious char
acter of President McKinley" is ex
plained in "Holland's" letters to the
Philadelphia Press. "We quote this
statement from one of them:
There is another objection to Mr. Shepard's
nomination -which -would have occurred to any
politician -whose Alston Vias not limited to
pure vard or district politics. Of all the cit
izenship of the United States, just one man
was heard publiclv, and In blunt, accuFlng
language, to assert that President McKlnlty
vas a. religious hypocrite, who did not liesl
tate to sham religious faith In order thereby
to conceal -his vast ambitions and to give
them the opportunity for better plav. Now, in
-view of the most convincing, .solemn, and
affecting demonstration of religious faith made
hy President McKiriler In his last "hours, u
demonstration that lifted the entire world
Into a condition or religious exaltation, 11
does seem amazing that a political leadership
was so blunted In its sense of propriety and
opportunity shat it should have selected as
its leader In a very Important political con
test the one man of all the citizens of the
tJnlted States -who dared to charge McKinley
with religious hypocrisy, who has never re
canted that accusation or expressed Sorrow
for It, although he had a world-convincing
demonstration of the simple sincerity and
profundity of the religious faith -which Mr.
Shepard declared to be that of a hypocrite.
All this Is Interesting, as part of a
political campaign which, though lo
cal, attracts the attention of the coun
try. But the question is whether the
great City of New York is willing to
continue under the rule of Tammany,
directed by Croker, or not "Richard
Croker," says the Brooklyn Eagle, "la
the bull's eye at which the Pusion
forces mean to shoot Low calls him
the new George HE, who governs New
York as a colony from Great Britain."
This is a telling Hit; but Tammany has
in hand at least pne hundred and fifty
thousand voters who are beyond reach
of assault upon whom wit, sarcasm,
argument, appeal to civic pride, all .are
all wasted. Possibly this organization
may be beaten but by no large ma
jority. ItlVKRS AD HARBORS CO,GRESS.
A National Pavers and Harbors Con
gress assembled at Baltimore yesterday.
Such a congress may do an excellent
work. It was really an outrage that a
Senator from a state astride the Rocky
Mountains committed, when he, by
abuse of a privilege, defeated the just
expectation and desire of the greater
part of the people of the United States
for the passage of the river and harbor
bill, at the recent session.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
this congress at Baltimore was inaugu
rated and evolved chiefly by New Or
leans influences. The controlling idea
hack of the congress, as the Picayune
tells us, is that while It is highly im
portant that the great ports of the
country shall receive all "the attention
they require, it is equally important
that the country's navigable water
ways, great and small, should be so im
proved as to permit of their being con
stantly -used to provide cheap trans
portation from the interior to trie ports.
Such policy is of interest to the Co
lumbia River region, in scarcely less,
degree than to the Mississippi River rej
'glon. And Portland, like NevV Orleans,
Is so situated that her interest covers
$pth. rivr and port or harbor improve
ment. For we are here at the tlde,
water terminal of the second of the
great river systems of the United
States, and our interest In the policy
that is said to underlie the assemblage
at Baltimqre is therefore great." It is
to be regretted, therefore, that in such
a congress the Columbia River region is
not represented.
PROaiOTTVE OP SOCIALISM.
An international salt trust is a thing
well calculated to set people studying.
Not only that, but it will only Inten
sify the feeling against great corpora
tions and harden the tendency to sym
pathize with labor in its contests with
employers, even when It makes extreme
demands.
Our domestic salt trusthas been aided
and abetted by the Dingley tariff; and
one has been fain to hope that to abol
ish the duty would cripple the trust.
But if the whqle world is to be drawn
into one colossal .salt trust, it Is evident
that tariff reform, however efficaplous
in reducing domestic prlcesj has rigid
limitations so far as reaching and de
stroying monopoly Is concerned. Salt
Is a necessity, and Jt is, moreover, a
commodity which is not subject to com
petition from, substitutes, as oil, for -example,
has to struggle against gas and
electricity.
The possibilities of the salt trust are
easily seen to be tremendous. Ordinary
-measures and devices pale before the
colossal scop of its ambitions and its
powers. There is notning competent to
cope with so formidable a private un
dertaking" but government itself; and to
-government as an -escape from private
monopoly many minds will instinctively
turn. Shall we have to set the Govern
ment at, work evaporating the waters
of the sea, In order to get out froin
tmSer the exactions of the international
salt trust? This would be a iame de
pendence, for the chief source of salt is
in the mines. '
TYhen a monopoly beepmes so great
that it controls absolutely the supply
and the market in a prime necessity
throughout the whole world, the almost
inevitable step to bfc taken next is gov
ernment ownership Ruinous as socialism-Is.
to individual initiative, greatly as
we distrust public entrance into private
enterprise, no one need expect the
masses to s't down comfortably and
take their -salt uncomplainingly at
whatever price a world-monopoly dic
tates. Perhaps their faith in human
nature should be greater, perhaps the
sleek jgentlemen enjoying the good
thing are more to be trusted than the
average Government officials; but these
are considerations of no weight Uni
versal monopoly Is a step in the direc
tion of Government ownership of every
thing. The salt trust promoters have
done more practical work for socialism"
than was accomplished by all Henry
George's studies and Edward Bellamy's
dreams.
ZrGI.lD'S lADIAN FROATICR,
The death of the Ameer of Afghanis
tan naturally is a source of present
anxiety to the British Government, the
safety of whose Indian frontier would
be endangered if the successor of the
Ameer should" be displaced by a pro
Russian aspirant to the throne, or
shouldbe found not forceful enough to
controJ4he wild Hill tribes that as late
as tsn years ago obliged Great Brit
ain to, send an army t)f 70,000 men
against the disaffected tribes that, in
cited by theladrMullah'"" roge-'in
rebellloji. Thi&.formldable rising of the
Afridis was only suppressed after an
arduous campaign of-ery severe fight
ingv These Hill tribes are usually
kept quiet by the payment of a virtual
subsidy to their chiefs, in return for
which these formidable Pathans pro
tect the frontier from the hostility of
weaker tribes of the heredltary'robbef
population of Afghanistan. The au
thority of the Ameer of Afghanistan,
so far as possible, was always exer
cised on behalf of his friend and ally,
Great Britain, to whose bayonets, un
der Lord Roberts, he owed his elevation
to the throne. The son and successor of
the Ameer is pro-English, but if any of
the wild tribes should rebel against his
authority and declare for a pro-Russian
claimant of the throne, England would
have another severe War to meet at a
time whPn her Indian frontier army Is
not as strong In European soldiers as
it was in 1880, when Lord Roberts made
his famous march from. Cabul to Can
dahar and defeated Takoob Khan.
It is absolutely essential to the secur
ity of her Indian frontier "that Great
Britain should have a- tried and trusted
friend and ally in the Ameer of Afghan
istan, which is an effective buffer" be
tween British India and the extension
of Russia's- trans-Caspian domain Rus
sia's real purpose is to push her rail
ways to the Persian Gulf, and the Brit
ish Government recently authorized
prolongation of the railway from
Quetta, on the British Indian frontier,
through Northern Beluchlstan to a
point on the eastern frontier of Persia
via Nushki. It is reported that this
line will cross the southwestern angle
of Afghanistan, and of course it is a
matter of consequence that any agree
ment concerning this railway entered.
Into by the late Ameer should be con
firmed and executed by his successor.
This railway line will eventually be
pushed to the Persian Gulf. Another
British project is the building of a rail
way from some point on the Suez Canal
directly across Arabia '"to the splendid
harbor of Koweyt, on the Persian Gulf,
Which Is to be the terminus o'f'the Ger
man railway line from Constantinople.
Russia Is pushing with vigor the con
struction of the railway from the Cau
casus, whose terminus will be some
harbor on the Arabian Sea. '
For the protection of India the British
Government has sought to maintain a
complete naval supremacy in the Per
sian Gulf and prevent any ofthe"ports
of either the Persian or Turkish shores
from passing into the- control -f r a
strong European power. But Russia
has been so successful of recent years
In supplanting" 3rltlsh influence at Te
heran that the Russians now have con
cessions to cobweb the north of Persia
with their railroads and it Is only a
question of time when Russia vtllT 6T
tain a port on. the Persian Gulf as a
commercial and naval base. Great Brit
ain knows that Russia is pushing her
railway to the Persian Gulf on one
side, while Germany is approaching it
on the other. The recent .movement of
British ships to Koweyt is interpreted
to mean that Great Britain hopes tore
serve the port of Itoweyt as a terminal
for the prospective British railroad
across Arabia to the Persian Gulf, in
order to establish direct railway conv-
munication between Calcutta and Cairo,
Great Britain drgads the, advent, qfj
Russia and Germany as Persian ffulf
powers because of its possible (influ
ence upon the future tranquillity f the
people of India arid "of "Afghanistan
Greaf" Britain made her "first? "second
and third Afghan wars in order, o,rej
cure and proteot a e'entifle 'frontier for
India. In those days she ,was, able to
make her Influence supreme. at CabuJ
By shrewdly supporting with her arms
the ablest aspirant for the Afghan
throne in 1$SU' "But the twenty years
that bae ejapsed since the accession
of the late .Ameer have completely al
tered the situation. Russia and, Ger
many are sure to reach the Persian Gulf
within a short time, and when that
event takes place Russia is dangerdusly
likely to supplant" Great Britain's In
fluence at Cabul, as she already has
done at Teheran. While Great Retain
has beeri "pushing her railroad up from
India to the Persian Gulf, Russia has
been working' her way down to the
same destination. A serious crisis for
the integrity of Great Britain's Indian
Empire is predicted by European ob-r
servers, because the wild tribes of Af
ghanistan anil the various Taces.of In
dia are sure to find out Jhat Great
Britain is not "'the 6nlyTpebDld'on the
beach"
IM3ITJMTY PROM CRITICISII IMPOSU
SIBIiE.
The attempt to connect thejrnuider
of Mr. McKinley with written and
Spoken criticism of his public acts is
irrational. No President, from "Wash
ington's time, withthej)ossible except
tion of Monroe, suffered less from par
tisan abuse than PVesiden McKinley.
Even Senator Hoar, who was bitterly
hostile to his policy, described McKinj
ley, as "the best'beloved o't Presidents.''
And jet the Rev, J)r. Gladden, in an
article on "Anarchy in America," would
set the President far above party at
tack or any sort of criticism, an absurd
view when we remember that the Pres
ident is a party leader, and no Execu
tive who remains a party leader under
6ur form of government can be placed
above political attack. SDven under the
British system the "yellow" journals
never spared Queen "Victoria" - During
the first ten years of. her widowhood
fohn Brown, her Highland gillie, so
rftonOpolized her attentions and' favor
as to lead to angry comments by the
press, and one of the best-kno-rfn of
London comic papers published a car
toon of Brown entitled, "The Power
Behind the' Throne." The foreign press
oij Europe was in the habit for many
years of referring to the Queen as
"Mrs Brown," and published storief
that she was morganatically married to
her surly old servant
The President of the United States
cannot secure Immunity from critiqlsm
and partisan assault without divesting
him of his function asthe leader of the
party; unless we' adopt "the French
system under which' the President Is
a mere figurehead or change bur gov
ernment fntp & monarcny.: 'But, even
if our President were a mere "figure
head, it would not save him from the
fate of President Carnot, of Frarice,
who was nota party leader fit "-would
not save him from, the fate of King
Humbert, of Italy, who, as a constitu
tional monarch, was the chief of no
party. If the President was not a party
leader, his immunity from. partisan crit
icism would not save him from anarch
ist attack, and as long as he Is a party
leader he Is not abbve criticism, so Dr.
01adden's view that pur system of gov
ernment is wrongly constructed, so far
as relates to the Presidency and criti
cism uf its incumbent, is fallacious and
.unworthy of respectful ponsideration
kju mis- suojecicuoi-neauea Jiiuropean
observdrfe, like GordwifL Smith, "think
that some T)f us have lJost 'our heads
When, on. accduntzof aanostjjdetestabie
and deplorable murder, we cry out for
the curtailment of political liberty or
restriction of freedom of speech and of
the press, and. warn us that under qen
sorship ye would be surev to have an
Illicit' press exceeding the worst pro
ductions of. freedom in malignity.
It is a nbteworthy fact that the New
York Sun, that leads the assault upon
the journalism that made indecent at
tacks upon President McKinley, "'cari
catured and lampooned President Cleve
land most outrageously, early tnd late,
and never lost a chance to abuse Grant
before and after death. The other day
the Rev,. Dr. Cooperu vice-p.reident .of
Rutgers College, addressing "a Republi
can Club at New Brunswick, N J,
bitterly denounced "yellow journal
ism," Carl Schurz, and all critics, high
and low, of President McKinleyjand his
policies, including among them eX-Pres-
ident Cleveland, whom he referredto as
"a big, fat man over yonder in Prince
ton, who wasn't too big 'or too 'fat to go
duck-shooting on the day on which sol
diers decorate the graves of their com
rades." How much better than "yellow
journalism" was this kind of talk on
the part of this clerical demagogue?
Suppose some half-crazed old veteran's
inflammable mind had been stirred up
to mob Mr. Cleveland because he did
not observe Memorial day; would the
Rev. Dr. Cooper think it was just that
he be silenced henceforth as a "yellow"
political preacher? ' "'"
"We are not likely to learn moderation
in language or temperance in state-
Tnenrfronf men of Satairic- speech.
preacning sanctimoniously against siR.
Yellowism an shape .of wanton" -attacks
on the Executive's private character,
or his physical picullaritiesr which" the
New York Sun set forth when it styled
President Cleveland "His Adiposity,"
will be sure to cut its own throat in
Mlueseason, -butn?oUtIcal7crltlcismthat
is legitimately based on facts andargu
ments will go on under? our form of
government and ought to goonsblong
as our President is a party leader. In
stitutions are of more consequence than
men, and we cannot afford to strangle
free speech because somebody abuses it
The right to protection for freedom of
lawful speech, even when exercised in
violation of the amenities of time and
places, belonged to all men before the
lameatabier-murder - ofMr. McKinley,
and it belonged, to all rtiennSriessat
Jils death. A man. j:an be punished, for
Incendiary talk, but he canriof be law
fully punished for bad 'taste and viola
tion of the proprieties of timeiand place
Of. course, if we cannot sharply criti
cise a President lest some fellow with
a bee in his Donnet shoot him, we must
not criticise n. Governor, a SenatorJ a
Judge, a Morgan, a Rockefeller. The
New" York Evening Post surns the
whole matter up in a single sentence
when at says: "The right of criticising
rulers Is essential to the preservation
of a Jtepubllc." Ex-Secf efary Olney,
ex-Secretary Boutwell and CarJ. Schurz
did denounce President McKifiley and
his policy In language of mercifess sG
vemty. The Oregonian had no symba
thywith their hostility to so-called
''imperialism;" but 'it thinks it asnb-
J ject for National congratulation that
tcc live itv,n. nnuntrv whprp .anw honest
ckjzenf istfrlelajcritteiie puSliq'iy the j
i-iuiiuj ui. ine xietiunu
detailed sfatemehtf of the" steel trust's
earnings for six, months,, which shows
it to have been a far more compre
hensive knowing Thki theftbrief dis
patches sent 'out'at 'the'tlme -vfould'indi-cate.
The publication is, Intfact, one of
the most significant jicts in recent eco
nomic history, for it not only antici
pates the1 derriandfor publicity In trust
affairs urged' by President RooseveTC
with, other publicists, and believed to. be
a main recommendation lnn the forih
coming report of the Federal Industrial
Commission, but it sets a precedent
which 'othefgreat corporations can'only
with embarrassment declinfr o follow-
The' statement suggests a multitude
of reflections Net profits' rose from
?9,394,747 in June to ?9,580,1BI in. July
and $9,810,880 in August. This record
cannot be Interpreted as a defiant an
swer to the steel" strike, but must "be
taken 'to mean that the result of "tjie
strike is not yet apparent Goods were
delivered and collected for in August
and September that had been made be
fore trie works were closed down. The
example thus set l?y the steeL trust in
admitting the public, who are large
owners of its stocks, to knowledge of
the coitcernTs situation, so far as is
ridt incompatible with Its welfare, is
most salutary and reassuring. It will
tend to make "other similar corpora
tions do the same, and' it will tend to
discourage general Investment In. those
concerns that conduct their operations
in absolute secrecy, notwithstanding
their appearance from, time to time
with stock for public subscription.
We take if that this statement will
have another effect, not, perhaps, cori
templated. by the trust and that is to
direct renewed attention to the tariff on
its wares, under" cpyer of which it ex
acts higher prices at home than abroad,
pays its president $800,000 a year and
piles Up prpfifs at the rate of $110,000,000
a year. If Mr". Schwab is correctly re
ported as savlngJthat steel billets, now
sold at $27 a ton in. this country, can be
delivered In England at $1 50 a ton,
what 'excuse longer exists f6r the tariff
of $8 a ton fixed-by the Dingley bill?' ,
Before Sir Thomas Lipton .or any
other British sportsman issues another
challenge for the ""America's cup, it is
likely that the conditions 'governing in
ternational contests will have been
modified. jThe enormous expense of
building racing machines, whose use
fulness Is outlived at the end of a cup
contest, has increased every yeaT until
sufficient capital to float many a large
business enterprise' must be " invested
beforea, pennant can. be flown qr a sail
hoTsledJ "Llprf on" whorls1 as 'progressive
as he ii sportsmanlike. Has long ex
pressed a "faslre to get back to legiti
mate" models, acicl it is highly probable
that before another challenger or de
fender is built a condition will have
beeh Imposed fmakiHg no yacht eligible
frhich is not useful for some Purppse
beside racing. Such an innovation will',
pf course, he stubbornly contested, for
the New York Yacht Club is not com
posed of people whose habit it is td
worry about cost, but the utter worth
lessness of7 a beaten yacht Is'a strong
argument in fajVor of a revisipn of
models, 'and a step in that direction If,
only a step is sure to be taken before
the1 next Yace '
The plight m vyhich fills Stone .finds
herself, and in which she has placed
her friends the friends of missions,
and, constructlly"at"i'ieasti herGov-r
eminent, is -a most serious and "Deplor
able one Jf young Wpmen "with" a
mission" woulcf confine ihelrffortsjio'
the heathen in their own vicinity and
under their own flag, they would be
able to work off their surplus zeal in
thecause of humanity or Christianity
Without running any such risks'-as that
whichjanded 'fhis' oung'iwoman in the
arms of Bulgarian brigandfiy Of course,
-She must be ransomed The eirlfght
ened spirit of the American people will
not permit her, in default of $112,000, to
be barbarously putr-to ,deathr-But"ncr
doubt the majority- of those who go
down intd" theiif pockets to"rget,her onX
ul uer present preaicament will wisn
that she had not yielded to the yearn
ing to become a foreign missionary in
the" hope of ' converting tne unspeak
able Turk, of whom, her captors are fair
samples, from Mohammedanism to
Christianity!
Abdur Rahman Khan, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, Is dead. He'was born In
1845, and acceded tq,the throne In 18S0
He was placed upon the throne by the
British' Government which supported
his claims to the sovereignty against
those of Yakoop Khan and other de
scendants of the family of the famous
Dost Mohammed. The late Ameer was
a faithful ally of England, and his
death may perhaps be followed by some
formidable insurrection, such as pre
ceded his enthronement. It was in this
Afghan "War of 1880 that Lord Roberts
won his first great fame by defeating
the" forces-of "the 'Ameer's rival for the
succession, Yakoob Khan
The-organizatiotf" by Germans of the
city of ,a central body to Integer their
various societies will get the encour
agement not onljr of those persons im
medla" tely'interested, Tjufof all citizens
The Germans of the city tp:e a large
and worthy contingent, of its popula
tion. The consolidation, of the several
societies 'wlji emphasize the partGer-man-Americans
take in the affairs of
the city and state. (A building wiU be
a symtfol of common' interests, and will
lend them dignity and impressiveness.
The other day the Rev. Dr. Swallow,
the Pennsylvania Prohibitionist, se
verely criticised President McKinley
after his death because the President
did not view the cause of temperance
from the point of view of the Rev. Dr.
Swallow Thereupon a mass meeting
of indignant citizens at Harrisburg
passed-resolutions-'declarlng that Swal
low "deserves to be pilloried as anen
emy bf -the "United States " '
A serious problem has arisen at Ber
lin, jfti' corrbectlon with the disposal of
Chinese loot It is said the loot was
stolen unlawfully, but in -good faith.
Evidently the past century has discov
ered nothing new In National ethics
Major Theodore J. Eckerscn, pf -the
retired list the regular Army, is
among the few survivors of the Mex
ican War, of 1846-47. He will be 82
years of age next January
It wilj be peculiarly Unfortunate If
there isnot enough ofthe Portland
Savings Bank money left to keep up
salaries until the final settlement. '
, STFBIi TRUST'S PROFITS. . 4
Elsewhere, on this page we print tne
1 Lotflsville trouTler-Journal .
3-ifri-Rd6'evSltitfts 5trc wlthcharafcteri
fstlc confidence not torfeay-"fexvor. jNtflfr
bra,ffms-"sep"cl&ari '"HS is--g61ng to settle
the,c9loFrirri 5n"the South by- a brWefcs
equally sjInipTe and"-emedefous ThereTis
ta,"e .fiq1 Ic&geF any" cbroP'ne' at "sit
Eaeh. wpjte man, parflhlaSry'r he be a.
wjte"DemocraC"Qpeir tofconvictfoti?r v
io have his recognition "In the National
Government, and,1" -Ith eVeryhopner of
recognition? a "frafa-boiletC o'fflc'e.or 'a.
-chromp be&'rlngjjtie promise of Something
"equally as goo ." - r ' T .
Mclurln-fairlyujuppsjfor joyi.j.nd, be
fore he has gone ver far,J the President
will And that JLJthe.sujcesSiOfhls policy
is to ho-m easureabY the "acclaim, with
f hick the old, fiafe; 'and ' an ' appointment
are galled,.., every brier-patch and every
.clump nf ijimsdn-weeds" in Dixie conceal
the needed parly germ, If not a full' quota
of "Independents," And iet, back dfall
this stands 'tfig great black' iPijlemr ra
cial irreconcilability; to say nothing about
the IntermedFate play of polilfdal Interest
and jiasslon, fomented by Ignoranpe and
corruption, , complicated by ambition and
greed. ' ' ,
The-ojd-line sentimental abortionists, bf
whom somfe ate yet alive, and their prog
.eny, of whom the President Is pne, are
misled by the xoncelt that, having freed
the negro, they are forever to constitute
themselves his natural "protector quite
forgetting that we" have passed from the
humar-itarian stage of the question to the
practical? Vherfe what is really required is
some working policy departyized and dis
sectidhallzed, and equally good for both
the whites and the blacks
Meanwhile, the politics fof the Sbuth IS
not so-whollj hinged upon the color line
as many suppose There are as radical
differences in the, essential nature of the
Republican and 'Democratic 'parties now
.is ever. The differences are, perhaps, ac
centuated in- the iSouth,1 bu they exist
equaPjr' North and South. sThe Repub
lican party is "Federalism redivlvus, with
a pei verted Jeffrsoniantattachment. The
Democratic party Is' Jelfepjonianlsm gone
a little astray, it may he,, hut true to the
core, seeking ,,the greatest good to the
greatest number.' In other wardsr tfye Re
publicans, haying played the part played
by the Jeffers,onIans in the matter of the
acquirition of foreign territory are mas
querading as liberals and progressists,
though in reality promulgating doctrines
of prescription and force, which would, ap
pall Hamilton and Adams,, whilst the
Democrats, in opposition, seeking to resist
the gospel of centralized poyer and mo
nopoly In their ulta conservatism and re
spect for lawr have merely Seemed to be
reactionary and to leftist prorgess.
Touching the relation of the blacks and
the whites In those regions where the
blacks exist "in a majority, or In great
numbers, the f utdre " can only disclose
What may be best- to be done. In 'their
present r state of Ignorance the blacks
should certafnly be lifted out of politics
As the years go"by the communities im
mediately concerned must w6tk out their
own "remedies,' but, as 'for the color line,
It will endure- for all time ' It Is indistin
guishable. - No scheme Intended "to abolish
li will succeed, but the rather will prove
aninjary to both races JMr Roosevelt
must learn,' as, air "other 'honest men in
the North must learnr th.at there are ood
wmte men in the South, no less than in
th North, aud that Integrity nowhere,
North or South, Is hounded by party lines
li the North will .take care of its paupers
and its tramps and. its anarctystSj the
fcouth WjiU at least try to take ca.re of its
negroes
Truth to say. in this regard,, neither sec
tion can much help the other section.
Meanwhile, there it, an cquali quantum of
human nature- An both? which, thrown
back tpon Its own responsibilities may
be triifited to db the best' that can be
done with domestic tproblems "Wide apart
in requirement, but much alike In their
demands upon the wisdom and forbear
ance of the masses the firmness, and sa
gacity of the leaders, of public opinion
There let us leave them, for there Inf he
end. all such questions must go, and will
abide. ,.-, " "
-Sr '
SAMPON'SrREAONSIIFFERS-
-" Chicagoj:Tribune
Thepartisansof Safnpson nwhave.nrea-son-toish
thaVthey had let the Schley
affair rest at the "glory enough for all"
stage The first week's proceedings be
fore the court have not exalted the repu
tation of Admiral-Sampson Thus far his
fame has suffered more severelyfchan tharr
of- the man vwhose recrird "is" under in-g
qulry. 4 , f 5 :
There-wlll be no tendency to question'
either the ability or the bravery of Rear
Admiral Sampson, but the public verdict
is adverse to him in regard to the spirit
he-asdisplayed. The lack of fairness
which hb has shown toward Rear-Adml-ra.
Schley cannot be overlooked or forgiven-
M It was, most unbecoming In him
as a man and a fellow-officer of the Navy
to refer in official dispatches to the "rep
rehensible conduct" of Schley in the man
ner he did. He spoke covertly, as If
wishing to remind the Navy Department
of something detrimental to Schley, which
he-was afraid it would, forget His crit
icism of the maneuvers af Santiago also
came with 111 grace from a man who w&s
not In the battle. He should haVe re
framed from expressing any opinions coi-cernir-g"
Schley's methods of gaining that
victory.
An unfavorable Impression was created
by Admiral Sampson's action in withhold
ing Schley's: dispatch announcing the re
sults of the battle and in substituting one
of his own couched in terms of question-'
abla taste. Another phase of the same
uncharitable trait appears in the maga
zine article in which he accused Schley
of withdrawing the fleet twenty-five miles
from 'the mouth of Santiago harbor at
night. The testimony before the court ha3
shown the absolute falsity of this state
ment Admiral Sampson may have be
lieved in its truth-when he wrote it, but
the spirit which the accusation displayed
is unmistakable The suppression of, his
own letter to Schley at Cienfucgos "ls
another feature which cannot -be, over
looked iHisj atjltude of ungenerous crit
icism), his garbling of facts, and his evi
dent desire to "render less than justice to
Admiral Schley arethlngs not likely to be
forgotten by the people He" has shown
a tendency to use every possible pretext
to illfy his fellow-officer, while Admiral
Schley's attitude throughout has been a
shining example, of forbearance and-mas-hanlmity.T"VhilBj
Sampson never has lies
itated to attack Schley, the latter-never
has attacked fc Sampson. Theproceedlngs
ofTfrie "court of inquiry haye revealedTthe
Injustice of some of the gravest charges
,under which Admiral Schley has suffered
in silence. It is inevitable that there
should be a re-vulsion of feeling against
Admiral Sampson for the envious and un
fair spirit he has exhibited.
Let Commerce Alone.
Philadelphia Ledger.
One thing that the American people win
certainly approe is the proposition to
give the proposed subsidy act a retroact
ive effect by subsidizing foreign-built
ships already owned by Americans for
the purpose of promoting American ship
ping In fact, they have pretty well made
up their minds that what American ship
ping wants is not so much the stimulus
of subsidies as freedom from the restric
tions of crushing navigationlaws and reg
ulations. Eikfc any other American enter
prise, it will take care of Itself If 'simply
"given its bead" and let alone. "
GrowJngr Oriental Trade.
-Kansas City Star. -
The proposal 'of the Canadian Pacific to
follow the other transcontinental lines in
Planning for a line ofT.steamers between
Vancouver and Vladivostock is another
evidence of the great Importance attached
by the transportation concefns of this
country tofhfi prospective Oriental trade
"asa result "ofthe new part trie United
States is playing in Asiatic affairs?
AEJTjGSj OF Tp SXtth TRUST
JSTew York Journal of Commerce. Oct 3.
The, dl3dehdX aijd statement of the
IlnUsd 'States "Steel Corporation, which
have hen awaited with considerable in
terest for seve'raX days, were made'jrot--nc
yesterdfiy1 afternoon, The regular
quarterly dividends on, the. common and
pjeTerred, weie. declared, 'and the state
ment of earnings was ery favorable, ex
ceeding all previous, estimates. The state
ment Is a comprehensive one, giving the
earnings by months, and the arIous pur
poses to which they were applied, to
gether with. the-jSurplus. It was at first
supposed that the strike would materially
affect the earnings -of the company, yet
tbenet for August jyas 59.S10.SSO, the larg
est for any mdnth In the history of the
Corporation, and those for September,
partly estimated, were 19!0,6CO This Is
the surprisiiigjpart of the report.
The net earnintrs from ODeration for six
months e,hdtng September 30 were $o4 -
91,571, which, after deducting amounts set
aside for sinking f dbd and maintenance
and allowing for six mpnths interest on
bonds ,and, dividends on the common and
preferred stocks, leaves' a balance pf 12,
326 7-G. This balance Is applicable to sur
plus ox new construction, as the board
qf directors" may 'decide -at 'the end of.
the year. The preferred stock dividen4 is
payable Noyeniber & The hooks ciose Oc
tober 15, and reopen November 7. The
common stock dividend Is payable No
vember 0 Books close November 19 and
reopen November 23. The Statement In
full follows.
Net earnings
from operation
April $7,355,744
May r 9.612,543
June 9,394,747
J my ...... .... ?,aoi;iuj.
August 9.810.SSO
September (estimated) 9 209,000
Total $54,!54,S71
Les total amounts set aside for
sinking funds and maintenance 7,059,705
Balance .... ..,.,. f..$17,S93,16S
Si-v months"' Interest op bonds .... 7,G0O,CQO
Balance 510,295,165
First quarterly dividend on stock,
declared July 2
Preferred, 1 per cent $S,S95,913
Common, 1 percent.... 5.061,115 13,9a7,02S
Balance - ,..?26,C3S43S
Second quarterly dividend on
stock, declared October X
Preferred, 15i per cent ,929 049
Cdmhion, 41 percent.... o,0S2,347 14 011,396
Balance applicable to surplus or '
new construction, as the board
of directors may decide at end
of year , . $12,326",742
Aside from the favorable cpmplexlon of
the figures themselves the fact that the
"United States Steel Corporatipn has pub
lished an official statement of Its opera
tions for the first half the year is dis
tinctly reassuring, particularly as It fol
lows so close upon- the extreme- uncer
tainty "and nerv ousness resulting from the
complete lack of Information as to opera
tions of other Industrials, notably the
Amalgamated Copper Company The lack
of information about Industrials general
ly Is, undoubtedly, one of the wont feat
ures attending the management of these
enterprises and the frankness of the man
agement of. tho -Steel trust in letting its
Stockholders know exactly where it stands
at the close of a prolonged labor contro
versy was .generally gieeted with pro
nounced satisfaction. There are some
disadvantages- In making a report oftener
than once a year, owing particularly to
the uncertainty as to what allowance will
have to be made for depreciation, but any
such trivial objections are more than off
set by the increased confidence which
ooen and fair treatment arouses in the
minds of the stockholders.
Common-Senxe Lumbering;.
Nebraska State Journal.
A Texaf lumber company has entered
intd a contract to cut timber from a tract
of land belonging to the Houston Oil Com
pany The terms re so urtuSual as to be
worthy of notice The timber is to be cut
at a rate" thai will require about 20 years
td go over the entire tract. No trees
smaller than a foot in diameter are to
boTcut, and all of tho smaller trees arq
to be left uninjured. Thla policy will
leave the forest w orth a& much at the end
of 20' ears as It Is today. So Ion? as
these meihodsj are emplojedt will re
malniatpermahenisoureVofl wealth fo the,
owners. If tht Northern forests hSdjbeen
handled Inthls scientific manner, tto ap"
preclable inroads would ha e-L been made
into the shpprr o white pine-andV no-'Hum-.
ber famine would now be showing Its
front over the horizon.
Webstcr'Synly 4th Speech, 1S02
Kennebec (Me) Journal
A jhbteworlhy episode of "Webster's
pedagogic stay in Fryeburg, Me , In 1S02,
of wrjbsei aqajlemy he was principal at
the age of 20, was a Fourth of July ora
tion delivered by him in the old village
church to a deeply impressed audience.
For one so joung it was a brilliant, a
remarkable effort And what Is still fur
ther remarkable, the original manuscript
of his youthful address, after being lost
many years, was discovered by a city
junk dealer and rescued from oblivion.
JLt. Is. now, in- the- possessions of Alonzo
r J.ewis, or uryeDprg. Anomer curious
fact about this oration Is thats the peror
ation is almost the same, word for word',
as that of his last speech In the United
States Senate, delivered July U7, 1S5Q-18
years after.
Roose-vclt and the Pension Sharks.
Utlca Observer.
President Roosevelt has announced that
Pension Commissioner Hvans Hvlll stay,
which Is, good news for everybody except
ing the pension sharks, in whose com
pany we are sorry to find our ild friend,
General Dante B Sickles, parading. Gen
eral Sickles did what he could to disturb
the splendid equipoise of Mr. McKinley
while he was living, and now that he is
dead Sickles opens his batteries straight
way on President Roosevelt. But the
hero of San Juan Hill Is not to be scared
Info yielding to the demands of the sharks
when he can gain the respect Of the w hole
country by "nor disturbing" a man the
sole charge against whom Is that he has
pbeyed the laws of the land.
John D. Rockefeller's Golf.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An amusing story is told by a well
known business man of Philadelphia, who
recently was Introduced to John D Rocke
feller. Mr. Rockefeller's favorite pas
time outside of business hours Is pitching
quoits, at which ho is said to be very clev
er. He was speaking of this game when
s$me ono askealilm t he ever played golf.
tGolf" was Mr.' Rockefeller's reply.
"I don't know1 anything about golf. I
wouldn't even know how to hold m
caddie."
Race Prejudice and Lawlessness.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Negroes have been accused of shielding
men of their own color simply because
they were black. It will be a good thing
to break dowrr-tbe, race prejudice on both
sides The better elements of both races
can suppress their criminal clasjies If they
take the matter serlouE';yha"'hand" Per
haps it is true, as the Southern papers
assert, that the task of checking the. law
less black can oest he performed by the
people of his own color.
Respect for- la-v,tlie Remedy.
Indianapolis News.
It Is of the highest Importance that the
citizens of a freecountry should" under
stand that absolute and unquestioning
obedience to the law because ft i? the law
Is the first quality of intelligent and pa
triotic citizenship There Is Indeed no
cway to escape from It, for the law when
violated avenges itself sometimes in the
most terrible fashion
.. I ' 77
"" "Woman Suffrasre. ,
"The three staties. In wHfch woman suff
rage hasTjeen officially adopted -arc Col
orado, "Utah and "Wyoming, and there has
been a reyWal Qf the pro ject to tadd Iowa
to theoilisfc If It were carried out It
would riotx-become operative until after
the next Presidential election.
, A'GTE AND COMMENT.
The early riser catches the cold; these
dai s.
m The -turk$y gazing sadly, at .his
finish.., , '
The brigand's-valuation, of missionaries
seems to regulate the market. , t
Thel Hague, conference, has .notj dimin
ished the number of canons carried by
the Episcopal church.
James J. Corbett is "broke." The pub
lic lias no sympathy with efforts' to- ele
vate the stage, anyway.
The Colombian navy has twrship3, so
it is sure to peed a court of inquiry if
it ever gets into a, fight.
Chrjsanthemums will soon be remind
ing potatoes that they are not so high a&
they thought they were.
The new president ofc Ecuidor is only
38 j ears old. This is a dlsapointment.
"We thought we had the record.
A Philadelphia physician says the hot
wave killed nearly all the caterpillars.
Most people would prefer the caterpil
lars. When we get three-cent street car fares
we can solve the end seat-problem by
paying a premium of two cents for that
location.
It is announced that Spain has a. num
ber of Ship3 for sale, but until wrecking
Is further advanced as a science there
will be few bids.
J. P. Morgan will not be able to go to
heaven in the same elegantly equipped
tram that carried him to the San Fran
cisco conention.
Czolgosz says he does not know the
reason why he killed the President.
Czolgosz' executioner will be better sup
plied in this regard.
Sir Thomas Upton is still determined
to haV the cup, which means a few
more million pounds In circulation among
British boat-builders next year
Some ravaL officer has a chance to
achieve lasting fame by furnishing tho
testimony to the court of inquiry that
ddesn't have to be corrected the following
day.
A British officer who has served In
South Africa tells a characteristic atory
of Lord Kitchener. A young subaltern
In charge of some construction work in
Upper Egypt had the misfortune to lose
some native workmen through the acci
dental explosion of several cases of
anamite. Fearful of a "wigging" from
headquarters, he telegraphed to sirdar;
"Regret to report killing of 10 laborers
by dynamate accident." He awaited thp
expected rebuke with fear and trepida
tion. In a few hours came this laconic
dispatch: "Do you need any more dyna
miter A story is being told by English actors
regarding a recent experience of a young
actress, Miss Delavelle Barrlngton, who
was placing at the old Mary-Street
Theater, Cork. The heroine of the play
has to jump Into the Mississippi, but
when Miss Barrlngton reached the rocky
eminence from which she hid to leap
she saw there was no mattress below to
receive her. Also the ledge of the rock
in front of the supposed river was too
low to conceal the actress after her leap.
Miss Barrlngton, however, nothing
daunted, took her leap, and came down
with a thud on the bare stage. The sit
uation struck a member of the "gods,"
for a stentorian voice called out: "Oh,
be jabers; "rig trozent""
'
PLEASANTRIES OP 2ARAGRAPHERS
The limit to jykI progress will hardly ba
reached" until ever body has a fleet twice aa
strong as anybody else's Puck.
Hectof-RettemHer, mr TVunsr Irlend. there
are things In life better than money. Young
Erlend-TeviJuia'ssr thatijbut It ttea money
to buy them Tlt-Blta.
No Thanks to Her "How well behaved
Mrs. Goodstreefs children are." "Yes. she ha3
left their bringing un, snttret in charge of a
governess" Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Cauao tor" Grievance '"wSen you refused
rnSI you promised always to he my Trfend. and
now you are &3 cold as jin Iceberg " But I
didn't think ou were golns to stop proposing "
Ljfe.
.Discouragements of Literature "Has your
husband ever been accused of plagiarism?"
"No. and It discourages him. too It shows
he has never written anything: that's so good
other people would like to claha It."" Chicago
RCcord-Heralrf.
Deacon Jbne3 So you haye lost your hus
band, Mrs. Grimes? lt is very sad. Mrs.
Grimes Sad Is no nalna' tar iU ! don't bc
Jlev e any other woman ver had such a run of
luck. He was, -my thlrdj, you Jmow. I'm so
dWcoufkged I'va about made tip xny mind not
to have another Boston Transcript.
Tha Other Fellow Mrs. Grogan My. oh.
ml iPfrsvere did yea git th' black' eye. Paf
Grogan O, twas wan o tntm anarcblsths thot
ha$ some word3 wld me an Clancy Mrs
Grogan Ot the murderln' black-hearted, dlrthy
Grogan-'Sh. darUnt.- -don't-shpake hard av
the dead Philadelphia Press
An Embarrassment. "Why do you object to
being; shifted about "Because." answered
the New York policeman. It Impairs the ef
ficiency of the fOrce. No sooner do we learn
n horn it Is safo to 'arrest than we are sent
to some other part of town, where we have to
get acquainted all over again "Washington
Star v
r
A "Prayer
Dr. "g JVeir Mitcfiell.
Almighty God! eternal source
Of Tel ery-'arm we daw to "wield, l
Be thine tht thanks & blno. the force.
On reeling, deck or stricken field?
The thunder ot the battle hour
Is but the whisper oC tby-power.
Thins Is our wisdom thine our mfght;
Oh. lvc uk, more than strength and skill.
The calmness born ofrsene ot right,
The steaHTfast heart, tfib quiet will
To keepr the awful 'tryst "with death,
To know thee In the cannqn's breath.
O. liord of loye be thine the gracft
To teach", amid tKe wrath of "war? v
Sweet pity for a humbled race 4
Somelhdugnt of tfi5se" Inlands afar
"Where sad-eyed women vainly yearn
For-those who nver -shall-returnlC"
Great Master of earth's mighty school,
"Whose children are of every land.
Inform with love our alien rule.
And stay u with thy warning hand
If, tempted by Imperial greed.
-We, In thy -watchful eyes, exceed;
That In the days to come. O Lord.
"When we ourselves hae passed away.
And all are gone who drew the sword.
The children of our breed may say.
These were our'sires, who. doubly great.
Could strike yet spare the fallen state.
The Way of It.
W. E. Henley In McClure's.
It came, the news, like aflre. In the night.
That life and Its best were done:
And there was never so dazed a. wretch
in the beat of the living sun.1 '
I read the news, and the terms of the new3
Reeled" random through my brafa
Like the senseless, tedious buzzle- and boom
Ot a bluefly on the pane.. "
So I went for the news1 to tha house of the
news. ""I
But the words were left unsaid.
For tr-e face of the house wa3 blank with
blinds,
And I knew that she was dead.