THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1901.
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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, NOV. 28.
"IT WILL GO."
Citizens of Portland during the past
three days have pursued with fine
spirit the work of getting the stock
subscribed for the Lewis and Clark
Centennial. "Upon the progress that has
been made there is every reason for
Congratulation. The greater part of the
Bum of $300,000 has been subscribed al
ready, and the remainder is in sight.
By the time the various committees
that have the canvass in hand shall
have completed the work that they have
kid out the whole sum, and much more,
Will have been secured.
There are many sources from which
large subscriptions are expected which
It has not yet been possible to readi.
Corporations are slow, since their
boards of directors must be consulted,
bod the control of few of the great cor
porations Is In Portland. It will take a
considerable time to hear definitely
Jfrom all of them. But the people of
Portland are responding with an alac
rity and earnestness that assure the
buccess of the undertaking.
There are few who refuse; but there
are many who promise subscriptions,
yet request a little time for consulta
tion with others Interested with them
selves. On the part of those whose pos
sessions are but moderate or small there
has been a general and generous re
sponse; and from this class large num
bers of subscriptions are still to come.
The canvassing committees have, aa
yet In no case, completed the work as
signed to them; but' enough has been
accomplished to afford assurance that
the subscriptions proposed will be se
cured. The country may depend upon it that
Portland will carry out what she has
attempted, and that the LewlB and
Clark Centennial will be properly cele
brated at Portland in the yar 1905.
(Portland is going to ask the co-operation
and support of the country in this
(undertaking, and there is assurance
lhat It will be given. The City of Port
land, as a municipality, will help; the
State of Oregon will help; her neighbor
Btates will present fine exhibits here,
and the General Government will be
expected to make an exhibit, In the line
bf Oriental industry, art and commerce,
as well as In our National history and
development. At this centennial we
shall celebrate one of the chief events
In the history of the expansion and
growth of the United States. We can
make It a thing of local Interest by not
forgetting Its historical significance.
Meanwhile, let citizens of Portland
cougratulate each other en the fine
Spirit shown in subscribing to this fund,
and, on the splendid progress made in
this first stage of a great undertaking.
The capital stock should be increased
from $300,000 to 5500,000, and there can
how be no doubt that the additional
ktock will be subscribed. Portland has
raised $300,000 In two days a thing
without precedent in her lstory
though the canvass is not yet" nearly
completed. "We can get the $500,000,
and the aid besides of the City of Port
land in purchase and improvement of
grounds, which can be used afterward
ts a park; and theState of Oregon will
make a fine exhibit. But there must
be no excess; we must keep within our
means; there must be conservative
management throughout
We shall attempt no imitation of the
Buffalo or the St. Louis Exposition.
That would be madness. But we can
have an excellent and useful celebra
tion and exposition an occasion that
trill bring out the historical significance
of the expansion of the United States
across the continent to the Pacific
Ocean, and set forth to the people of
the whole country the resources and
advantages of these Pacific Northwest
Btates, hitherto little known. The Cen
tennial will "go," and it will Te the
greatest agency for development of the
Pacific Northwest States that has yet
been known.
VACCINATION AND LOCKJAW.
About ten children of Camden, N. J
who had been vaccinated were subse
quently attacked with lockjaw. A mil
lion and a quarter of people have been
vaccinated within thirty mJIes of Phil
adelphia the past month, and yet only
ten cases of lockjaw occurred. The chil
dren affected had been allowed to run
about Jn the dirt with unprotected
wounds, and were not cared for as the
' physicians directed. Lockjaw may
tome, and usually does come, through a
scratch or other injury of trivial na
ture. Several children died of lockjaw
In St. Louis after injections of anti
toxin In tjie treatment of diphtheria,
and after ever- Fourth of July there
Is always an epidemic of lockjaw, due
to the wounds .received by pepplerom
toy pistols arid fireworks. - C the 'ortli- j
nary precautions are observed in per
forming the operation and the wound Is
properly oared for, there Is no greater
danger of lockjaw from vaccination
than, that which comes from any abra
sion of the skin's surface.
When lockjaw Ib in the air, any cut
or scratch is likely to give It lodging
place. The bacteriological examination
of the vaccine virus jised at Camden
proved it to be absolutely free from
tetanus. A period of nineteen days
elapsed between the vaccination and
the appearance of the tetanus, while
acute tetanus develops in five days.
The fact that lockjaw suddenly devel
oped in one city of the land, though
vaccination has been practiced all,over
the country, shows simply a very un
fortunate prevalence of the lockjaw
germ coincident with a period of vac
cination. When tetanus is known to be
prevalent, hospital surgeons suspend all
operations, except In the most urgent
cases. There is no more danger from
lockjaw through vaccination than there
would be from any slight abrasion of
the skin through which the specific
germ causing this disease may enter,
for tetanus Is always caused by the en
trance of this germ into an open wound.
CUBA OUR IRELAND.
Cuba should not have free trade un
less she consents to annexation. This
Is a proposition economically untoward,
perhaps, because the freer trade is be
tween the United States and Cuba the
etter, excepting, of course, such du
ties as will equalize the .Internal reve
nue taxes laid upen our home produc
ers. But we can't give Cuba free trade
justly so long as we withhold It from
Cuba's competitors in the West Indies
and Latin America generally.
Porto Rico has paid the price. Sbl is
governed from Washington, she pays
internal revenue taxes Just the same as
our domestic producers pay. Therefore
she has free trader In time of war she
will have to contribute to the common
defense of the American Empire. Her
harbors may be taken for naval bases,
boys In blue may be quartered In her
streets and public buildings, and her
sons may have to shed their blood in
defense of the Stars and Stripes. This
is the price Cuba must pay for free
trade, and it is a price she is appar
ently unwilling to pay.
Cuba, if we may believe some of her
most voluble statesmen, would like the
game without the candle. She will
cheerfully dance to the free-trade musfc
if some one else will pay the piper.
She will enjoy the blessings of Ameri
can markets without paying internal
revenue taxes, or undertaking the re
sponsibilities and burdens of either ter
ritorial government or statehood. This
is not fair to our domestic producers,
nor to the friendly states of Central
and South America, with which we
have no right to provoke a quarrel or
deal unjustly.
Now, the real peril of Cuba to us
lies not so much In economic grievances,
the while she is independent as in the
discontent we shall encounter under an
nexation. It is doubtless true that
nine-tenths of the property and business
of the island will be satisfied with noth
ing short of annexation. But nine
tenths of Cuba's property and business
cannot control the other tenth, and
above all cannot control the populace.
The masses of Cuba are not so much
concerned about industry and trade as
they are about ' "Cuba llbre." True
antls, they covet the shadow of "self
government" rather than real govern
ment of order and progress. As they
were under Spain, so they will be under
the United States. No matter what lib
erality and wisdom inform the legisla
tion accorded them, 'the tyrant's heel
will be on their shore. -
It Is a most painful and depressing
prospect. Unless our administrators
are gifted with almost superhuman in
sight and prudence, Cuba, independent
or annexed, is likely to lie for centuries
before our door, m some such attitude
to us as "unhappy Ireland" bears to
Britain. Cuba Is part of Latin Amer
ica, and Latin America Is weH, It Is
Latin America all broils and unrest,
straining at ambitious imitations of
things It has no conception of or capac
ity to attain. Cuba Independent will be
come another Haytl, another Nica
ragua, another Colombia, ruled by a
procession of revolutionists passing
through Its seat of government. Cuba
annexed will be the scene., of patriotic
uprisings and stern repressions; Indif
ferent ascendency of trade and Indus
try, menaced by soldiers of fortune and
their restless followers, some of whom
must be imprisoned, and others de
stroyed, before the island can know any
real peace. Cuba, it seems likely, is to
be our Ireland.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Thanksgiving was driginally' a New
Engand institution. It was a flame of
gratitude to God for ultimate delivery
ance from doubtful conflict with the
Indian, for triumph over disease and
the rigor of the elements. Doubess in
its original observance it smacked
more of a funeral than it did of a mod
ern feast in the demeanor of those who
observed It, for It had its birth in
gloomy times and was established by
an austere theocracy of morbidly as
eptic temper. If ever a people stood In
sore need of a genuine day of Thanks
giving, a day of unrestrained social
hilarity, it was old-time theocratic New
England. Christmas day was not cele
brated by the Puritan fathers. At an
early day a law was passed by the Mas
sachusetts General Court making It a
finable offense to observe "any such
day as Christmas or the like." May
day and other time-honored English
holidays fell under the ban of the same
law. The conditions of social life for
women must have been oppressive in
those days. Large families of children
were the rule in the old Puritan house
holds. The Rev. John Sherman, of
Watertown, had six children by his first
wife and twenty by his second. "Be
hold," writes Cotton Mather, "thus was
our Sherman, that eminent fearer of
the Lord, blessed of him."
The care of such great families In
the small houses that were then the
rule must have mads the life of a
mother a burden weighty enough to
make death welcome. The preachers
emitted furious sermons against ungod
liness in female attire. One woman
who ventured to ask concerning the
dress of the Queen and the fashion of
trie court was denounced by the Rev.
Nathaniel Ward as "the very gizzard of
a trifle, the product of a quarter of a
cipher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to
be kicked, if she were a kickable sub
stance, than either honored or hu
mored." Men were fined In 1652 for
wearing silver lace and women for
wearing silk hoods, and in 1675 It was
made a penal offense for men to wear
"long hair like women's Jialr." The
law prohibited the use of tobacco- for
bade playing of cards, dice, billiards or
ninepins. Dancing was prohibited In
public or private. No theatrical-entertainment
was allowed In Boston until
1750. No singing schools were permit
ted until 1720. Marriage rings were not
tolerated. This was what Charles Fran
cis Adams calls "the theologico-glacial
period, or Ice age, of the Puritan com
monwealth." No wonder that with such an unnat
urally gloomy environment Intemper
ance became a common vice among an
otherwise austerely pious people. There
were so many fast days and "lecture
days" that the latter were made an
opportunity for conviviality and social
frivolity. There were no fires In the
churches; the sermons were long; the
only public days that were not of a
religious character were election day
and training or mustering day. To
such a people, priest-ridden day and
night, there could have been no normal
childhood for either sex. The home cir
cle was crowded to suffocation; the food
wasill cooked and unwholesome; the
ventilation was bad; the mother was a
pious drudge; the father not seldom a
gloomy creature, bilious with piety
when he was not morose through drink.
Of course, Thanksgiving day, in its
modern method of observance, bears
small resemblance to the ancient Purl
tan day of thanksgiving, when the at
mosphere was surcharged with so
called "religion" rather than social
hilarity. '
The ancient " Puritan Thanksgiving
was a day of austere pious exercise,
rather than a 'day of good cheer and
social relaxation. The original New
England days of thanksgiving were
really days of fasting and prayer, days
of austerity and gloom, with no smack
of hilarity in them, for Puritan New
England, outside the Plymouth Colony,
was not cheerful community. It had
the saving, warlike virtues of courage,
resolution and constancy, but it was an
austere, gloomy and dyspeptic com-vj
munity, and its virtues were associated
with many great vices. Its civiliza
tion was quite as inhuman as that of
cqlonies that were more free and easy
in their minor morals. New England
would not permit horse racing, nor
dancing; it fortade the celebration of
Christmas; but New England legalized
lotteries, and under the New England
legal code negroes were burned at the
stake as late as 1755. Our National
Thanksgiving day Is an evolution, Just
as humane New England of today Is
an evolution, from the brutal New Eng
land that hanged witches and Quakers,
exiled Roger Williams, mobbed Pru
dence Crandall for teaching . colored
children to"f-ead, and burned a Catholic
orphan asylum.
The spirit of our National Thanksgiv
ing day is not of that brutal old Puri
tan, Roger Endicott. It Is rather that
of the Pilgrim Fathers of Plymouth Col
ony, the spirit of Bradford, Carver and
Wlnslow and their benignant spiritual
teacher In Holland, Pastor Robinson.
The New England settler at the West
brought his "Thanksgiving day" with
him. It was his only pleasant mem
ory of his comparatively bitter land.
The spirit of the day was further en
larged and ameliorated by his new en
vironment. Four years of civil war nat
urally brought with them days of fast
and thanksgiving, and since Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed a day of National
thanksgiving for the victory of Chatta
nooga on November 25, 1863, Thanksgiv
ing has always been proclaimed by the
President of the United States and ob
served as a National holiday.
NO CURRENCY PANACEA.
It has been a favorite theme with
The Oregonian that bankers are not
the radical currency reformers they are
accounted in populistlc circles, and the
theme is one that has often been sup
ported by evidence. No radical reform
and few tentative ones ever can obtain
the support of bankers, singly or en
masse. The various "plans" always
have to be advocated by theorists and
experts. Some time ago a poll of bank
ers was taken on the proposal to retire
the greenbacks, and nearly all of them
said no. Bankers are not for retiring
Government bonds and substituting an
asset currency.- Neither Can they be
got to agree on any comprehensive
plan for making the currency "scien
tific" Comes now the Bankers' Magazine
with a fresh bit of testimony to this
conservatism. Its special aim now is
at those enthusiasts who offer to pro
vide backward agricultural communi
ties with financial peace, plenty and sal
vation, all through the simple medium
of "currency reform." .This captivat
ing idea of the reformers the Bankers"
Magazine makes bold to combat. "It is
an Utopian idea," it says, "that the
Government can Inaugurate any scheme
of finance by which a country with no
natural resources and with an unenter
prising population can be placed on a
level with more fortunately situated
sections." What alls our backward
communities is, of course, their limited
security, their small volume of business.
Five per cent in New York Is more
profitable in the long run than 10 per
cent in Arkansas or Oklahoma, where
half the lime the lender loses not only
interest, but principal. No law can
equalize these diverse conditions, bow
ever liberal a banking system, how
ever elastic a currency.
Nor is this all; for the Bankers' Mag
azine goes on to show that loans in ex
cess of paying power contribute to any
community not a blessing, but a posi
tive detriment. Beneficence of this
misguided sort tends to suppress
and deaden productive energy rather
than to encourage It. Russia's agricul
tural banks were a failure. Those of
France paid, but from other than agri
cultural business. Whenever a land
owner has adequate secuilty he can
borrow freely as it is, and at as low
Interest as his section affords to other
callings; but to press this natural limit,
fixed by business considerations,
through sympathy or philanthropy, is
worse than useless. It throws a bur
den upon the contributors, whether vol
untary or taxpayers, and it weakens the
Incentive and initiative of the supposed
beneficiary.
It is a great thing for the country
that this veteran financial publication
has the courage and decision to stand,
as It always does, against these fleeting
and unsubstantial hrlsions of theorists.
It is a perpetual rebuke, not .only to
the dreams of ardent reformers, but
to the equally baseless fancies of dem
agogues who attribute, conspiracies in
numerable to the "Money Power."
The notable things In the report of the
Secretary of War are his earnest rec
ommendations that Congress authorize
the War Department to arm the Na
tional Guard with the present service
small arms used by the regular Army;
that the truard of the several states act
as a first reserve, to be called Into ser
vice of the United States in event of
Invasion or Insurrection; that the term
of service beulmited to nine months;
that the President now be empowered
to organize the volunteer forces when
ever called out In the manner provided
for by the act of March 2, 1899. The Sec
retary also recommends that the anti
canteen law be given further trial, de
spite the fact that the great weight of
testimony on part of Army officers is
against its influence as unfortunate.
The recommendations of the Secretary
regarding the organizing, arming and
disciplining of the militia of the United
States are. If enacted, all that are need-,
ed to make the National Guard as effi
cient as possible. The term of nine
months service Is long enough for any
work that the National Guard would be
equal to discharging, For a long war.
or a war waged In a remote field,
men for longer terms would be
sought and would have to be obtained
from a different class than" that which
usually fills the rank3 of the National
Guard in time of peace. The National
Guard will be able to serve admirably
as a state.,rnllitary force, or as supple
mentary to the regular Army under cir
cumstances cf serious domestic riot,
but of course for longor .remote wars
we shall be obliged 'to raise and organ
ize regiments of United States volun
teers, just as we did under the act of
March 2, 1899.
President Roosevelt has named Colo
nel Clayton McMichael for postmaster
of Philadelphia In place of Thomas L.
Hicks, who was the object of an inves
tigation by the National Civil Service
Reform League riot long ago and was
shown to have repeatedly violated the
law and the rules of the public service.
His case was presented to President
"McKlnley and his removal asked for,
but nothing came of It, for Hicks was
backed by the Postmaster-General.
President Roosevelt has declined to re
appoint Hicks as an object-lesson of
warning to those Federal office-holders
who treat the civil service act with
contempt. Collector Sapp, of Louisville,
Ky., has "resigned"; Collector Dillon, of
El Paso, Tex., has been removed, and
now Postmaster HIck3, of Philadelphia,
is refused reappointment. All three of
these men have been complained of by
the National Civil Service Reform
League, which had hitherto in vain
asked for their removal. The removal
of these conspicuous violators of the
civil service act will serve to convince
the machine politicians that the Presi
dent has not forgotten that he has
sworn to execute the laws of the United
States. The successor of Postmaster
Hicks, Colonel Clayton McMichael, was
a gallant soldier of the Union Army in
his youth. He was for more than thirty
years editor of the Philadelphia North
American, United States Marshal of the
District of Columbia under President
Arthur, and has been treasurer of the
City of Philadelphia four years. He is
in the first fank of the eminent citizens
of Philadelphia, a man who in war or
peace, in business or politics, has been
upright and efficient.
The Canal Commission will report to
Congress In favor of the Nicaragua
rather than the Panama route- By the
Panama route the distance from New
York to San Francisco is 377 nautical
miles longer than the route through
the Nicaragua Canal, and it is 579 miles
longer by the Panama route from. New
Orleans to San Francisco than by the
Nicaragua route. By the Nicaragua
canal the time of 'passage would be
thirty-three hours; by the Panama
route, twelve hours. This extra twenty
one hourB at ten knots an hour Is equal
to an Increased distance of 210 nautical
miles against the Nicaragua Canal, but
the climate of the Panama route Is very
unhealthy, and during the rainy season
it would be most difficult and expensive
to keep the canal in perfect repair.
.It is silly to assert, as some do, that
the "hard grind of our competitive sys
tem'' produces criminals like the thugs
who murdered James Morrow. All
criminals, or nearly all, are persons who
are trying to escape from honest labor.
These young scoundrels could- have
earned an honest and decent livelihood,
had they been willing to work. The
"capitalistic system," so much de-
houncsd, was not only not in their way,
but offered them abundant opportuni
ties. But they preferred to be crim
inals rather than to work. It is silly
to pretend that creatures like these are
more sinned against than sinning.. So
cialistic agitators might be in better
business. Fortunately, there is a pre
vailing common sense that will not
hearken.
Ewlng, alias Wade, In court yesterday
turned a short corner on Strickland,
alias Dalton. Wade said that Dalton
was trying to escape hanging for him
self, while making conditions that
would send Wade to the gallows; and
Wade, very humanly for a murderer,
wants his brother In crime to be hanged
with him. Hence the confession of
Wade, with his detailed statement. In
open court. Justice will take both these
fellows.
The first Roosevelt Club for 1904 has
been organized at Denver, and similar
clubs will be organized in every county
in the state. General Irving Hale, a
LWest Point graduate, who served with
uisunuuun us a .origaaier-iaenerai ot
Volunteers -in Luzcn, Is the first vice
president of theDenver club.
Oregon woolgrowers favor reciprocity
when wool Interests are protected. So
it Is with men of all other Industries.
This Is the whole argument for reci
procity, but it is in reality the whole
argument against reciprocity.
We all have something to be thank
ful for, even those 'of us who are enti
tled to a part of that $500 reward which
the other fellow will get.
The tale of the Yukon conspiracy
seems to be corroborated, now tat it
comes through other channels than the
Seattle news bureau.
If Lewis and Clark were alive they
would have cause to be glad they ex
plored the Oregon region.
George W. Davis' bond Is no good,
and the way to thefts from the public
treasury Is still open.
Let us be thankful that there are
three less thugs to waylay us and kill
us these dark nights.
If It's all Greek to those rioting
Athenian students, we can sympathize
with them.
:-
This is the Lewis and Clark Thajiks
Ivincr day.
A NATIONAL FESTIVAL.
PORTLAND, Nov. 23. (To .the Editor.)
Your interesting "Symposium" on
Thanksgiving day was very timely, and
should engage the attention of all your
readers. The inclosed cutting from a
New York paper, just at hand, has some
additional historical points that would oe
well to add to what you have given:
M. W. B.
History records many special Thanks
giving days- and services, but, so far
as we can learn, the United States is the
only nation that has a regular, annual
Thanksgiving day. Perhaps no nation
ever had so much reason for "one. Look
ing back along the lines of its career,
seeing to what a giant in wealth and ex
tent it has grown in 125 years, we can
not but feel that God has not dealt so
wondrously with any nation. No wonder
that a Thanksgiving day has become one
of its prized and popular festivals!
In saying that no other nation has
such a festival, we do not forget that
the Hebrews have a Feast of Tabernacles
which has a similar character, and is
of very ancient enactment. But the He
brews are a race, not a nation.
The first Thanksgiving service In North
America, of which we have any record,
was held by a priest of the Anglican
church on the shores of Newfoundland,
Monday, May 27, 1578. The first held
within the territory of what is now the
United States took place on Sunday, Au
gust 9, 1607, on the coast of Massachu
setts. A later one, in 1G61, is noticeable
becauso the chief reason for thankful
ness secm3 to have been for the "stop
ping of the bottles of heaven" and the
"restraining of the excessive ralgns."
The first Thanksgiving day was held in
obedience to a proclamation of Governor
Bradford, of Massachusetts?, on December
21, 1621; the causes for gratitude, as enu
merated by him, being "health and
strength", and "all things in good
plenty."
Thenceforward, until the Revolution,
Thanksgiving days were frequent, but not
regular. During the Revolution Congress
recommended an annual feast of the kind
until the general "Thanksgiving for
Peace," in 1734, after which the custom
seems to have been dropped until 17S'J,
when, on the adoption of the Federal Con
stitution, Washington appointed Thursday,
November 26, as a National feast ot
Thanksgiving. An extract from the proc
lamation he Issued, as the forerunner of
the many that have followed It, will not
be uninteresting:
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign
Thursday, the 2Cth day of November next, to
be devoted by the people of these states to the
service of that great and glorious Being, who
Is the Beneficent Author of all the good that
was, that Is, or that will be. that we may
then all unite in rendering to him our sincere
and humble thanks for hit kind, caro and pro
tection of the people of this country previous
to their becoming a Nation, for the signal
and manifold mercies, and the favorable in
terpositions of, his providence In the course and
conclusion of the late war. for the great de
gree of tranquillity, union and plenty which
we have since enjoyed, for the peaceable and
rational manner In which we have been able
to establish constitutions of government for
our safety and happiness, and particularly the
National one now Instituted; for the civil and
religious liberty with which we are blessed
and the means we have of acquiring and dif
fusing useful knowledge: and in general for
the great and varied favors which he has been
pleased -to confer upon us.
Nevertheless, thtf South did not gener
ally adopt the feetival until 1858, when
eight Governors of Southern States sent
out suitable proclamations, though not
without Incurring some criticisms for -their
adoption of "Yankee notions." During
the Civil War and for some years after
the custom was, of course, discontinued,
hut has now become so general that
Thanksgiving day and the Fourth of July
may be set down as our two great, dis
tinctive National festivals.
ITS SOCIALISTIC INSPIRATION.
A True Account of the Gcneni and
Force of the Bryan Movement.
Chicago Chronicle, Dem.
Thoma3 J. (Morgan's, recent admission
that tho Bryan movement was a step
toward socialism furnishes confirmation
from an unimpeachable socialistic source
of the Chronicle's contention from the
beginning.
Taking into account only the forces
which made Bryan a candidate and Ignor
ing wholly the prodigious power exerted
by the Democratic organization in the
hands of these forces, It was plain In 1S9C,
and it is obvious today, that, so far as
Bryanlsm had any influence, it was social
istic rather than Democratic.
Millions of Democrats voted for Bryan
through the force of party habit and with
no Idea of departing from well-established
Democratic principles, but the elements
which controlled these millions and which
perhaps contributed a few hundred thou
sand votes to the cause, were socialistic
and In some cases anarchistic.
The free-silver question was urged much
more as a well-understood assault upon
wealth than It was as a legitimate propo
sition In finance. Indeed, as a. monetary
consideration alone. It would have been
Impossible for anybody to conduct an up
roarious campaign upon the Issue of
16 to 1.
The free-silver propaganda was popu
lar with socialists and anarchists because
they perceived that it was inimical to
many forms of hoarded wealth, and their
more numerous dupes did not at once real
ize the fact that It was eaually menacing
to the thrifty man of small means who
was dependent upon a fixed Income.
It was this subtle attack upon wealth
and credit which brought Into the cam
paign as Bryan's assistants all of the
flaming bigots, agitators and revolution
ists from Maine to Oregon, and gave that
alarming aspect to tho contest which has
been described as the arrayal of class
against class.
Left to themselves and operating under
any true colors, the socialists could not
have made much Impression upon political
and business life. It was tho Democratic
name and organization, backed by mil
lions of loyal but misguided Democrats,
which mada the movement formidable.
Now that Its character is known and
avowed, Its power for evil within, as well
ns without the Democratic party, will be
Immensely curtailed. Mr. Morgan is to
be commended for his candor.
Trrentieth Cetoturx Finance.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
J. Plerpont Morgan Is not alarmed by
the large gold exports. He says sensibly
that the weak point In the present sit
uation Is the condition of affairs abroad,
and that as we can spare the precious
metal it ought to go Where it Is needed to
sustain credits. Mr. Morgan's remark is
that of a constructive financier and not
of a mere speculator who shapes his pol
icy according to the temporary conditions.
Mr. Morgan has made his money by
looking far ahead and building up prop
erties In whose steady Increases In value
other people have been permitted to share.
Being this sort of a man and not a
wrecker, he is not disturbed by events
of a superficial character, such as the
gold exports, whose real tendency he can
easily perceive.
Deirey'n Service to Schley.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Admiral Schley has set an excellent ex-
iripleto military and naval heroes by re
fusing a public subscription to pay his
expenses before the court of Inquiry. It
Is only to be regretted that the example
was not given In time to be of service to
a greater naval hero, whose popularity
toundered on the rock of a popular sub
scription. There Is some compensation
for. Admiral Dewey in the opportunity
given him to recover some of hia lost
popularity by his admirable attitude a3
, head of the Schley court.
AM0SEMENT&
It Is a far cry from ''Nathan Hale" to
"The Cowboy and the Lady.' but Clyde
Fitch, is a dramatist who picks up ma
terial wherever he sees It lying around
loose, and he certainly found "plenty of
It In the. wild West for the latter play,
which was presented by S. Miller Kent
and a good company at the Marquam
last night. The play contains all the es
sentials of tho ordinary gallery melo
drama, except the Impossibilities. It has
a villain who is none the Iers a villain
because he does not say "aha!" and
"foiled!" It Is full of heroics, and there
Is every opportunity for cheers, but It Is
at the same time reasonable In plot, and
far stronger in situations than any over
wrought "blood"" play could be. Guns are
drawn and used with the result that two
people fall prone and bleeding on the
stage; cowboys discuss topics that inter
est them without apologizing for saying
"damn," and the city-bred youth, of brief
stature throws the Western gentlemen
with rough rider hats around In a de
lightfully refreshing fashion. . But .the
dramatic possibilities have" been well
bared for, and the comedy Is natural and
unusually pleasing.
The story hinges on the love ot "Teddy"
North, a college man transplanted to a
Western ranch; for Mrs. Weston, wife of
a scoundrelly husband. Mrs. Weston
looks upon North as a doll until she
discovers his true grit, by learning acci
dentally that It was he and not a cowboy
who risked his life to save her from fall
ing over a precipice. A little later Weston
makes himself obnoxious to both, and
both threaten to kill him. Before they
do so, however, the job Is taken off their
hands by a half-breed, whose girl Weston
has stolen, and the curtain falls on the
second act with Weston lying a cold
corpse, and Mrs. Weston and North stand
ing over him, each believing the other
has slain him.
With true gallantry North confesses to
the murder to save Mrs. Weston, and Is
tried for the crime in the third act. Here
is where the strongest situation of the
play arises. Mrs. Weston testifies that
she believes North Is Innocent, and he, to
convince the Jury that she Is not preju
diced In his favor, asks her if she lovea
him. When she says that sho does, he
forgets his sufroundlngs, throws his hot
Into the air and begins to celebrate, but
Is brought down from the clouds by a
verdict of guilty. But the hanging does
not come off. The half-breed Is made to
confess to the crime and everything ends
happily.
Mr. Kent Is a thoroughly good actor,
and easily masters the difficulties of the
part of North. His work throughout Is
natural, his comedy excellent, and he rises
to meet his greater opportunities with
much fire -and spirit. Next to him In abil
ity Is Miss C. Blanche Rice, whose charm
ing impersonation of Midge was no less
artistic than hef work as Taggs when
last seen here with "The County Fair."
Miss Ethelyn Palmer meets the require
ments cf the part of Mrs. Weston meas
urably well; Rapley Helmea as Joe Is an
admirable cowboy, although his gun han
dle points the wrong way In his pocket;
Bert Merket, as Pete, Is another good
cowboy; Ralph Yoerge does good work
as Weston, and the remainder of the cast
Is adequate. The play is well mounted
and costumed. It will be repeated this
afternoon and tonight.
OPENING OP THE BAKER.
Wilbur-KIrvrin Opera Company
at
the Matinee This Afternoon.
The new Baker Theater will be opened
today by the WIlbur-KlrwIn Opera Com
pany, which will present "Said Pasha" at
a special Thanksgiving matinee. The the
ater is now quite In readiness for the
public, having been closed for more than
a week to permit the making of extensive
changes. The company Is said to be the
strongest organization ever- giving light
opera at popular prices, and has been
specially engaged by Manager Baker to
open his new theater. Miss Klrwln, the
prima donna, will sing the role of Serena,
and the other members of the company
are said to be well cast. There has been
a large sale of seats, and the Indications
are that the house will be crowded.
Matinee at Cordrny's.
"The Lion's Heart," the stirring melo
drama which has been playing to excel
lent business at Cordray's all the week,
will be the matinee attraction there this
afternoon. The play is handsomely
mounted, and presented by an unusually
good company. The advance sale of seats
Indicates that standing room Only will
be obtainable after miifday.
At the Mnrcxunm.
S. Miller Kent will give a matinee per
formance of "The Cowboy and the Lady"
at the Marquam this afternoon. The. play
was enjoyed by a good house last night.
It Is a comedy-drama of Western life, and
will prove a strong attraction. The foot
ball teams of the Multnomah Club and
the University of Oregon will occupy the
upper boxes at the evening performance,
by special Invitation of Manager HelUg.
COJIING ATTRACTIONS.
Sale of Scat for "Rip Van Winkle."
The sale of seats opened yesterday morn
ing for Mr. Thomas Jefferson in "Rip
Van Winkle," who comes to the Marquam
Grand Theater Friday and Saturday of
this week with a special ladies' and
children's matinee Saturday at 2:15
o'clock. Nowadays when a son of a
great actor Is advertised to appear In his
father's plays, the public Is apt to be
come suspicious as to the ability of the
son to follow In the footsteps of the
father. Such hns not been the case with
Thomas Jefferson, who has been present
ing "Rip Van Winkle" for the past three
seasons with financial results.
"A Wise Woman," at Cordray's.
Cordray's Theater offers Wilfred
Clarke's comedy success, 4,A Wise Wo
man," for the week starting on Sunday,
December 1. It Is said to be an in
genious farce, rich in humor and the
complications arising are said to be funny
In tho extreme. There Is no trouble to
solve, or sermon to preach, the play be
ing written simply for the purpose of
arousing laughter and It Is said that the
author has succeeded In his Idea. The
play has been successful en route, and an
unusually strong company Is promised.
"Sns Harbor."
The sale of seats will open tomorrow
morning for James A Heme's beautiful
play of "Shore Acres," which comes to
the Marquam Grand Theater next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. One
reason given for the great success of
"Shore Acres" Is that the play attracts all
classes of theater-goers. It Is a simple
home play with a story full of heart In
terest and It makes a strong appeal to all
lovers of the beautiful In art and nature.
.ThankJiRivinpr Day.
What Is this day unto the young.
Who know not life has clouded ways?
"Who walk earth's paths with careless steps,
Nor 'dream of dark and stormy days?
Hope leads them on, no fear they know;
Rejoicing on their way they go.
What is this day to those who tread
The bounds of life's allotted space?
Whom earthly Joys no more allure.
Whose friends have fallen In the race?
This day the old with memory dwell;
She holds them In her mystic spell.
And what the day to those who stand
Midway between the eve and morn?
Who backward turn, yet forward gaze.
Who Joy1 have known and grief forlorn?
With chastened mien, yet steadfast feet.
They go, their future years to meet.
Let young and old give thanks today.
For God Is good, and life is sweet;
Walk, with unfaltering steps, the way
He marks for our ongoing feet.i
Though future days be dark or bright,
'At eventide it shall be light."
Portland. November 28. 1001. P. B. B.
X0TE AND COMMENT.
Thanks.
The gobbler today becomes the gobbled.
' General Indigestion will have a field day
tomorrow.
Here's betting that you won't have
pleasant dreams tonight.
Congress is not yet in session, so th
day's festivities may proceed.
Sufficient unto the day will be the tur
key and plum pudding thereof.
Let us" hope that ister Charity will
walk abroad early today, and retire late.
Tho dyspeptic doesn't see much use in
celebrating after the time-honored custom.
Dan McAUen will look at that $300,000
today and be thankful ho wasn't a quit
ter. v
How the small boy wishes he could en
large his' stomach capacity, just for to
day! Miss Stone will be compelled to miss tho
January sales if she Isn't released pretty
soon.
Of course, a clairvoyant who operates
with a circle cannot v be expected to be
square.
When the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
get together, it will indeed be an era of
consolidation.
Aguinaldo will get a better Thanksgiv
ing dinner in jail thai! he would have
got in the woods.
The Charleston Exposition is open, and
Is said to be a very brilliant afTalr. But
wait till you see ours.
Wade and Dalton shoujd eat, drink and
bo merry today, for tomorrow they well,
they can guess the rest of it.
The heavenly chorus will probably be
swelled by the deep, bass voices of half
a dozen football-players ere night.
The new geographies will define an Isth
mus as a narrow neck of land penetrated
by a canal and surrounded by warships.
If money keeps coming In at the rate
of $100,000 a day. the Exposition commit
tee will have quite a tidy fund by 1905.
The lawyers who defended Czolgosz
were paid $600. In view of the outcome of
tho trial, no one will begrudge It to them.
Let us be thankful that we have a
County ClerH to put his O. .. on the
marriages which are sent down from
neaven for approval.
English Generals have prudently re
frained from designating the place of their
Thanksgiving dinners this year. Perhaps
they will not eat any.
Sing a 3ong o' thankfulness,
A bottle full o' rye,
"And forty thousand other things.
All baked In one mlnec pie.
The President has finished his message,
and poets and joke-writers who are send
ing In contributions will have them re
turned Indorsed as "not available."
The editor of the Commoner has un
doubtedly taken In a good, fat turkey on
a subscription account, but there will bo
little heart In his Thanksgiving invoca
tion. The. following story is told of a. negro
recruit who challenged the officer of the
day: " 'HaU, dar, who's dat?' The an
swer was: 'Officer of the day.' Again the
sentry sung out: 'Halt, dar; who's dat?'
The officer then asked him what In Sam
Hill was tho matter. Why didn't he know
his orders? The negro said: I does know
mah orders. De Sarglnt done tole me to
halt you three times and den shoot you.'
And with that he cocked his rifle. There
upon the officer hastily dodged behind a
tree, from which retreat he succeeded with
difficulty In persuading the recruit not
to shoot him."
An Englishwoman relates this amusing
experience with the French customs offi
cers: "My father had an air cushion
with him which he refused to trust to
a porter's tender mercies, and insisted
on carrying himself. This attracted the
attention of a vigilant officer. 'WhaVs
in this?' he cried, pouncing eagerly upon
It, 'Air,' replied my father. 'Is there a
duty on English air? The Frenchman
was not so easily convinced and insisted
on satisfying himself that the contents
wore really of such an Innocent nature.
The cushion was unscrewed, the air es
caped and Jacques Bonhomme's face
lengthened more and more as the Ijidla
rubber became flatter and flatter."
Sincere ThnnUfnlnes.
That boy that lives acrtwt the street
Has got hU face washed up today.
An 'cause he's 'frald to poll his elo'es
He daresn't come out doors aa' play.
They're goln' to have a lot to eat
For dinner where h"s livln' at;
There'll be a turkey, an' minee pie.
An' sweet potatoes, an" all that.
For this, you know's Thanksglvln day.
An' all th folka that ain't too poor
Jus eats, an eats, an" eats, an' eata.
An they're a thankful lot. for sure.
They ain't no turkey to our house.
Nor nothln" we don't always get.
An' I Jus wieht that I was him.
With all them things to eat. you bet.
But still he's got to be washed up,
An' wear a hit o' fancy elo'es.
An" darecn't coma out doors to play,
Which must be awful, goodness knows.
An' so I guess that I won't wlsht
That 1 was that there boy no more.
But Just be thankful that I ain't
Got nothln' to be thankful for.
.
PLEASANT1UDS OF PARAGRAPHERS
Yeast Would you call his automobile a run
about? Crlmsonbeak Yes; It will run about
10 minutes ami then break down. Yonkars
Statesman.
Harry Fred say there Is only one girl in
all the world for him. Dick That's Just like
Fred's exaggeration. He knows well enough
there Isn't evea one. Boston Transcript.
Trying to Kxplaln It. "I see that the only
female barber In New Haven Is said to have
eloped with a customer." "He must have had
an attracts e mug." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The provincial barber remarked the sparslty
cf his customer's hair. "Have you ever tried
our special hair wash?" he said, expectantly.
"Oh, no. It wasn't that that did it." was the
customer's crushing rrply. Tit-Blts.
Taken Seriously Now. Bunker I used to get
considerable amusement out of golf. Ascum
Ah! Than you don't play any more? Bunker
Yes, Indeed. I was referring to the time be
fore 1 began to play. Philadelphia Press.
Financially Foolish. "I, sir," said the Al
truistic Author "am writing for posterity."
"The trouble about that le," said tho Tractfal
Publisher, "that you can't get any money cut
ot the ancestors of jour audience." Baltimore
American.
Plucked From tho Burning. "This new re
vivalist that Is working with such singular
success didn't you say he used to be a prize
fighter or somhlng of the kind?" "Worso
than that. He used to be a bear on "chang"."
Chicago Tribune.
Across the River Styx. "But," protested tho
new arrival, as St. Peter handed him a golden
trumpet. "I can't play this Instrument. I never
practised while on earth." "Of course, you
didn't," chuckled the old man. "That's why
you are hero." Chicago News.