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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DEC. 24, 1001.
PRIMARY LAW DEFECTS.
The City of Duluth has just tested a
primary law something- like the one to
be put Into use in Portland next Spring,
and two complaints are made that may
be expected to apply here. One Is an
objection to the requirement that the
voter publicly disclose his political affili
ation, and the other relates to the
length of the campaign.
The Oregonlan has never ardently
sympathized with the precipitation
shown, by Mr. Bingham and others in
their retreat under the Are of Califor
nia decisions. The antipathy to pri
mary laws reflected in the California
Supreme Court is not shared in other
states, and is not, we believe, shared in
Oregon. It is altogether possible, there
fore, that provisions abandoned In our
existing primary legislation may yet
be adopted and sustained, by the Su
preme Court One of these provisions
is security of secrecy to the voter.
It is perfectly plain that if at a gen
eral election the voter were obliged to
announce to the election board which
party ticket he proposed to vote, the
chief merit of the Australian ballot
would be vitiated. Our elections have
been reformed largely through the fact
that voters might be bought but bosses
could not tell whether the contract was
kept or violated. This uncertainty has
been a powerful discourager of bribery.
Under the Duluth system, as under the
Oregon system, the voter at the general
primary election must call for the party
ballot he intends to vote. This has cre
ated a good deal of dissatisfaction at
Duluth, and may here. The remedy is
to have a blanket ballot, such as we
use at the general election. This was
the Minneapolis plan, and the demand
at Duluth is for a return to that plan.
Our local primary reformers' were
scared away from the Minneapolis plan
by the California decisions. Maybe they
will get more courage another Legis
lative session.
There is also a good deal of dissat
isfaction at Duluth over the long time
Intervening between primaries and elec
tions. The time allowed at Duluth is
seven weeks, which is pronounced too
long. Three weeks is the length of the
campaign in New York, and it seems
to be enough. The longer time inflicts
upon candidates annoyance .and ex
pense that seem to be unnecessary, es
pecially as the ante-primary campaign
has already threshed over pretty thor
oughly the merits of the opposing as
pirants. Our Oregon law fixes primary
day as not less than sixty days before
election. This is longer even than the
Duluth -campaign of seven weeks,
though In Oregon we eleot delegates
only, and some time must elapse for
holding the nominating conventions.
The Oregon law, we have no doubt,
will be approved in practice for its fair
ness. But it is only a beginning in the
direction of true primary nominations,
and when the next act of the sort is
passed the experiences of Duluth and
other cities should be useful for guid
ance. In a late Massachusetts Bulletin of
Labor a carefully tabulated statement
shows the great place occupied by
women in the industrial or wage-earning
life of that state. The total num
ber of branches classified in the occu
pation returns of the latest census of
the state show a total of 3825. Women
workers are Included in 2127 of these, or
56 per cent of the whole number. Look
ing over these tables, one cannot fall
to be surprised at the wide scope that
is given to women as wage-earners In
this most conservative of states. They
enter Into the official life of the state,
being found in all branches of the pub
lic service except the Army and Navy.
They are found In medicine, literature,
art, music, amusements, education and
science; in its domestic service they are
in large majority; in trade they show
active competition with men; in trans
portation business they appear with a
fair per cent; in agriculture, care of
animals, etc., they make notable show
ing; in manufactures they are numer
ous; as educators they are in great ma
jority. The state, in brief, appears to
be a great hive of feminine Industry.
The ideal condition of society, in which
the men of the commonwealth support
its women in homes, is lost in a com
munity where an army of women strug
gle manfully in gainful occupations.
Perhaps, as some would have it, women
have outgrown the condition that made
them homekeepers, and this showing is
one of progress. But is it not more
likely that men have shirked their duty
as wage-earners, forcing women into
the broad arena of gainful endeavor?
Is it that women are unduly officious
in making their way Into wage-earning
vocations, or that men are remiss in
their duty as protectors of women and
supporters of them -in homes? The fig
ures to which reference is above made
tell a story; its preface is a long one
and obscure in details; its sequel can
only be surmised.
Alf INEXPLICABLE SILENCE.
It has occurred to several Americans
of high position that we are under ob
ligation to treat Cuba with generosity.
Secretary Root declares that "the same
considerations which led to the war
with Spain now require that a commer
cial agreement be made under which
Cuba can live." President Roosevelt's
message observed that there are
"weighty reasons of morality and of
National interest" demanding that the
policy of reciprocity "should be held to
have a peculiar application" to Cuba,
and that there Is a "vital need" for "a
substantial reduction" In the duties
against that Island.
The latest undertaking en Cuba's be
half Is General Leonard "Wood's article
in the Independent, in which he dis
cusses the Importance of perpetua'tlng
moral confidence between the two peo
ples and urges the "dishonor and bad
faith" of any attempt "to force polit
ical opinion in Cuba" toward annexa
tion -by withholding tariff concessions
except on that basis. He also points
out that Cuba can only prosper and
thus become a blessing Instead of a
fretting burden to this country through
a government founded on "business
confidence among the producers and
traders of the Island." "We must, more
over, sell goods to the Cubans if we
can, and we can do so only upon the
condition that we buy liberally of them.
For such imports as they now take
from us' and for the Increasing imports
which a prosperous people should con
sume they must pay us with their two
great products, cane sugar a'nd tobacco.
In the Interest, therefore, not only of
moral regard between the two peoples
and of the stable government which thlB
country undertook to Insure In the
Island, but in the Interest of a develop
ing and mutually beneficial commerce
between both, General "Wood urges "a
reasonable reduction" of present duties
on Cuban products.
All of which is very plausible. But
we should like to have President Roose
velt, Secretary Root, General "Wood or
any one else explain to us what moral
or economic obligation of generosity
applies to our relations with Cuba that
does not also apply to the Philippines.
Nay, more, the Philippines are a part
of us, and to Cuba we have pledged In
dependence. Is there no "Importance of
perpetuating moral confidence" between
the Philippines and the home land? Is
there no need of "business confidence,"
or "moral regard," In this case, as well
as in Cuba's? And if there Is, why this
studied neglect of the Pacific Islands
and fond solicitude for the Atlantic
Islands?
The welfare, happiness and good or
der of the Philippines- are as vitally
bound up with tariff concessions as Is
the welfare of Cuba. Yet while strenu
ous effort is readily enlisted on behalf
of Cuba, tiftbody in all the departments
of the Government has a word to say
against the inhuman policy of treating
the Philippines as foreign territory.
Dlngley rates are uniformly levied
against Philippine products, and if they
happen to be on the free list, we levy
an export duty at Manila.
Is there a conspiracy at "Washington
having for its object the alienation of
the Philippine Islands? And, if so, has
the Pacific Coast no man big and brave
enough to expose it to the world?
DISCIPLINE MUST BE MAINTAINED.
The .rebuke of General Miles by the
President not only was just, but it was
most timely. Under the Administration
of President McKinley General Miles
was so conspicuous an offender against
military discipline by the freedom of his
speech as to make his judicious friends
grieve and cause his enemies to impute
to him a disposition to abuse his posi
tion by playing to the galleries of the
political theater. General Miles is a
very able soldier, but he does not ap
pear to advantage In public speeches or
letters. His personal vanity is very
great, and he seldom loses a chance to
pose before the public. In his soldierly
virtues and personal infirmities he con
siderably resembles that famous hero
of the Mexican "War, General "Winfield
Scott General Scott was an admirable
soldier in the field, but through his per
sonal vanity he was all his days in
trouble, either with the President or the
"War Department In the Mexican "War
General Scott was in trouble with Sec
retary of "War Marcy and President
Polk, and his last official act before
his retirement as Lleutenant-General
in November, 1861, was to write a bit
ter letter to General McClellan, which
caused President Lincoln great embar
rassment General Scott like General
Miles, had a political bee buzzing in his
bonnet, but it ceased to buzz audibly
after his tremendous defeat for Presi
dent in 1852.
During this campaign General Scott's
speeches in response to serenades were
foolish enough to make a funeral pro
cession smile. The poor, old veteran
was an awkward hand throwing bou
quets to the crowd when he said that it
delighted him to recognize among the
voices of those that cheered him "the
sound of the rich Irish brogue." Since
the day of "Winfield Scott, no eminent
American soldier has manifested any
burning thirst for political honors. Mc
Clellan knew that the nomination he
accepted meant overwhelming defeat;
Grant spoke the truth when he said
that he made a severe personal sacri
fice when he exchanged a military po
sition which he enjoyed for the Presi
dency, with Its political responsibilities,
for the best discharge of which he did
not deem himself fitted by personal
taste or experience. General Sherman
flatly refused to allow his name to be
presented before the Republican Na
tional Convention of 1880; and General
Hancock certainly did not court the
Democratic nomination he obtained.
General Miles seems to be a kind of
survival of the "Winfield Scott" type
of soldier, able and judicious always In
the field, but indiscreet and factious in
his relations with military superiors.
The discipline of the Army was se
verely shaken by the license permitted
both sides during the controversy be
tween General Miles and General
Eagan; the memory of that quarrel Is
fresh with President Roosevelt and he
is clearly determined that, if he can
prevent it, neither the Army nor the
Navy will have its morale ruined by
unwarrantable license of speech and
conduct on part of military or naval
officers, high or low. And in this de
termination the President ought to be
firmly supported by Congress, The
government of the Army and Navy is
necessarily despotic; discipline in a
business that In Its last analysis means
the execution of duty in face of death
cannot be maintained save through des
potism. "When an officer asks and obtains a
naval court of inquiry, if he is not satis
fied with its verdict he may appeal to
the President, who is his commander-in-chief
and final reviewing authority.
"Beyond this no officer can go or encour
age his friends in carrying his case,
because such proceedings would be
totally subversive of all discipline. If
every officer, high or low, of the Army
or Navy, should appeal from the Presi
dent's review of the proceedings of an
Army or Navy court to Congress, when
ever he happens to have political par
tisans enough to force, a hearing, the
morale of the Army and Navy would
be utterly ruined In a short time, be
cause political "pull" and partisanship
would serve to discredit all reverence and
respect for the highest tribunals of mili
tary justice. Of course, military courts
are fallible, like civil courts, and may
not always do perfect justice; but, with
an honest reviewing officer in shape of
the President of the United States, a
military or naval court Is far more
likely to do justice than Congress sit
ting In judgment as political partisans
or representatives of bitter sectional
feeling.
If it be true that it Is overturning
the fundamental conception of the Gov
ernment of this country for a legislative
body to Interfere with the judgment of
a court, it Is certainly true that it would
be the absolute death of all Army and
Navy discipline if every judgment of a
military or naval court should be re
heard and passed upon by an average
American Congress. Every thoughtful,
patriotic officer of the Army or Navy
will agre that a true soldier must be
content with military justice for pro
fessional wrongs; that it would be con
trary to sound public policy for a sol
dier to feel that, no matter what the
military court decided, a purely polit
ical tribunal would rehear his cause;
that is, that professional judgment
would be subordinate to political sym
pathy or spite.
A GIFTED CHAMPION OP LABOR.
John Swinton, who died in New York
City on the loth inst, at the age of 72,
was one of the ablest newspaper men
of New York In the last half-century.
In his personal opinions Mr. Swinton
was an advanced socialist of the Intel
ligent typo of "William D. Howells. He
was a writer of great vigor and elo
quence of expression, and was unri
valed in his accurate knowledge of the
economic and social history of the
world. He was born near Edlnburg,
Scotland, in December, 1829, came to
this country when a boy, and followed
for several years the calling of his
father, who was a compositor. He
worked as a printer in Charleston, S.
C, for a time, but his abolition opin
ions forced him to leave the South. He
was managing editor of the New York
Times under Henry J. Raymond from
1855 to 1869, arid from 1S75 to 1S97 he wafe
editorial writer on the Sun, and for a
long period chief of staff of that paper.
Mr. Dana thought .Swinton's judgment
as to what should and what should not
go Into the Sun worth 510,000 a year to
him when he was in full charge.
Mr. Swinton sacrificed much of his in
come as a journalist when for four
years, from 18S3 to 1887, he edited John
Swinton's Paper, which was devoted to
the cause of the worklngman. He was
for twenty years the orator of trades
unionism and other labor movements In
New York City, making labor speeches
In Tompkins Square when he was chief
in the Sun office. He Is described as
"one of the most cordial, eager and
friendly of men, full of humor and wit
with his friends, but unsparing in his
hostility to capitalists who exploit their
fellow-men." Mr. Swinton was a very
remarkable man, and belonged justly
by his great literary talents and edi
torial administrative powers to the first
rank of men who have risen from the
printer's case to high public distinc
tion. Nothing prevented John Swinton
from becoming the peer of Greeley,
Raymond and Dana In journalism ex
cept the fact that he deliberately chose
all his life to sacrifice all worldly con
siderations to his passion for human
ity. He was, like William Lloyd Garri
son, an excellent printer, an excellent
newspaper manager, an admirable
writer, and, like Garrison, he never al
lowed himself to think of business In
terests or worldly welfare when there
was any chance to help "the cause of
humanity." He could not endure the
slavery of black men at the South, and
he was just ag hostile to what he con
sidered the oppression of labor by
tyrannical capital at the North. "Will
lam D. Howells, another gifted gradu
ate of the printer's case, Is a socialist
of genius of the same sort as John
Swinton, although gentler In the expres
sion of his opinions.
Speakers at the various New England
banquets held In memory of the "land
ing of the Pilgrims" of course never
omit to mention that New England has
been the birthplace of a great number
of famous Americans, but they never
allude to the fact that New England
was also the birthplace of a goodly
number of Infamous Americans, or at
least Americans of disagreeable notori
ety. Among these might be named
Benedict Arnold, Stephen Burroughs,
the famous criminal; Brlgham Young,
Heber Kimball, Joseph Smith, Orson
Pratt, and other famous leaders of the
Mormons; John H. Noyes, the founder
of the Oneida Community and prophet
of the gospel of human stlrplculture;
Orson Murray, "William Miller, founder
of the Mlllerltes; John Brown, the
"martyr of Harper's Ferry"; Colonel
Ethan Allen, author of the "Oracles of
Reason," the first "infidel" book print
ed in America; Orestes A. Brownson,
who began life as a Congregationallst,
then became a Unitarian, and finally
landed in the Catholic Church. New
England is the birthplace, too, of
"Mother'' Eddy, of "Christian Science"
fame and of the famous "Eddy fam
ily," who for many years earned a com
fortable Income materializing the spir
its of the departed and making them
revislqt glimpses of the moon for the en
tertainment or awe of their friends in
this world.
The tenacious life of the prohibitory
liquor law in Maine, "Vermont and New
Hampshire Is a survival of Puritanism,
as any one who is familiar with the
history of colonial New England will
testify. The ancient Puritan lawgivers
did not prohibit the sale of liquor, for,
while intemperance was treated as a
vice, the use of alcohol by all classes
was too universal to make its sale sub
ject of prohibition. Clergymen were
given to tippling between Sunday ser
vices, strong drink was served at
funerals, as It was at no distant date
among the Scottish peasantry, and the
use of ardent spirits was never de
nounced in colonial New England, but
rather defended, saving when it result
ed In public drunkenness. But the an
cient Puritan lawgivers prohibited the
wearing of fine clothing, of short sleeves
or low-cut gowns; and In 1675 it was
made a penal offense for men to wear
"long hair like women's hair." The use
in public or private of tobacco was for
bidden, and Its purchase and sale were
expressly prohibited. All of these anti
tobacco laws proved unavailing. The
courting of a maid without consentof
her parents was expressly forbidden.
It Is clear that the prohibitory temper
saturated the ancient Puritan theoc
racy. The question of what was prac
ticable, or expedient, was never given
any philosophical consideration by the
Puritan, who persisted in trying to reg
ulate wages and prices by law. The
Rev. Mr. Cotton quoted the Scriptural
example of Ephron and Abraham in
support of his assertion that "It was a
false principle that a man might sell as
dear as he can and buy as cheap as he
can." This political economy of the
Puritan pulpit was quietly rejected by
the people, for John WInthrop records
that In 1640 "this evil was very notori
ous among all sorts of people In their
commerce to buy as cheap as they could
and sell as dear."
Portland takes up public kindergar
tens at a time when some other places
discard,, them or question their wisdom.
A number of cities In the East seem
about to arrive at the conclusion that
kindergartens teach children much that
Is not only unfavorable to subsequent
progress, but requires time and effort to
eradicate. Spokane, which previously
maintained a dozen public kindergar
tens, recently subjected to careful ex
amination pupils In the intermediate
grades who had had kindergarten In
struction, comparing them with children
of similar position who had not attend
ed kindergarten. The result showed
nothing In favor of the kindergartens,
and all but two of them were discon
tinued. Portland has not yet actually
engrafted the kindergartens upon the
public school system, but has taken the
first step iri that direction by turning
over public money for their support.
Mr. M. F. Moore writes us from New
Era:
Will you please publish the artlclo In the
Oregon Constitution that will allow the Legis
lature to mako a legal approprlaUon for the
celebration of the Lewis and Clark Centennial.
The celebration may boom Fortland. but Port
land never will amount to much; It Is too far
from New Era.
If Mr. Moore will consult his well
thumbed copy of the Oregon Constitu
tion he will find:
ARTICLE XIX. No appropriation shall be
made for expositions, except at the City of
New Era.
The wisdom of the fathers Is thus
abundantly attested, Portland will
move up to New Era as soon as It gets
through moving to Astoria, Kalama,
Mock's Bottom and elsewhere.
Under modern processes of manipula
tion, land scrip Is a device by which
great corporations get legal possession
of public domain in defiance of the real
spirit of our land laws. The Burling
ton and Northern Pacific Railway Com
panies are among the most extensive
holders of this land scrip, which is, in
other words, the right to take the
choicest public lands for equal areas of
worthless land they have found oppor
tunity to surrender to the Government
Tracts of special value are "scrlpped"
by these companies or their successors
In interest by the thousands of acres
before settlers have a chance to take up
homes. Here Is an Injustice that might
properly be ended "by Congress at this
session.
Late statistics show the steady de
cline of flax cultivation in Europe. This
decline in 'England, Germany and Aus
tria since 1865 amounts to 65 per cent
The flax acreage in France hag been
reduced nearly 50 per cent since 1895
alone. In Austria there were sixty-nine
flax mills in 1872; now there are but
thirty. It Is explained that this de
crease is not wholly due to the decline
In flaxralslng, but to the substitution
of cotton for linen goods In the Aus
trian army, navy and public institu
tions. "Whatever the cause, the de
crease marks an auspicious time for
the Increase of flax culture in sections
of the United States favorable to the
production of fiber flax.
Mrs. H. C. Payne, wife of the new
Postmaster-General, Is said to be more
like Mrs. Alger than any other woman
in public life. That Is simply to say
that she is resourceful, tactful and has
a genius for pleasant Intercourse with
the outside world. Her addition to the
circle of Cabinet women Is hailed with
pleasure, and by no one more heartily
than Mrs. Roosevelt, who has frequently
been the guest of Mrs. Payne In her
Milwaukee home. "While non-essentials
in executive matters, women are sig
nificant factors In official life In Wash
ington, and play a part therein that
makes for dignity and Impresslveness
In Governmental functions.
People of the Yakima country, In
"Washington, will not be content without
railroad connection with Portland. That
Is a rich country, and it Is occupied by
enterprising people, who should have,
and probably will have, what they
want.
"Wade and Dalton will jrlve their Uvea
Kin exchange for the one they took. It
is lamentable that In quitting the world
they cannot leave the account more
evenly balanced.
The Queen of Holland has taken back
her renegade husband for better or for
worse. Men seem to be as scarce with
Queens as with the ordinary woman.
France is enacting a new subsidy law.
It does this, presumably, because of the
tremendous satisfaction the two It has
already tried have, not produced.
In case of war the Kaiser would
lead his forces In person. It might,
therefore, pay Venezuela to accede to
Germany's demands.
"We are always locating oil but never
getting it It would seem to be harder
to find a place where oil Is not than
where It Is.
If you are thankful for your homes,
your firesides and your fortunes, you
can afford to honor Lewis and Clark.
Historian Maclay la too much of a
"coward" and "caitiff" to quit the Navy
and face the world for a living.
The anomaly about all those hold-ups
at Salem is that the Legislature Is not
In session.
THE WEST AND TARIFF-REFORM
Chicago Record-Herald.
Several Western Representatives have
spoken bravely and Intelligently on the
"burning" question of tariff readjust
ment The confident or dogmatic tone of
the Eastern anti-reform brigade Is calcu
lated to Impose upon the timid, but men
with real Insight and some courage will
not hesitate to assume the offensive and
summon Congress to the performance of
Its duty.
Representative Boutell announces that
he will continue to agitate the repeal of
the war tax. though not as a substitute
for tariff revision. He says with charac
teristic directness and vigor: "The busi
ness men want this law repealed. They
cannot understand why they should con
tinue to pay taxes for war purposes when
there Is no war, and then have their
money scattered among banks of deposit
from which they have to borrow it at 6
per cent Interest While it remains it
will continue to be a menace to the busi
ness prosperity and an invitation to riot
ous extravagance by Congress."
There will be resistance ever to this rea
sonable demand, as a recent interview
with a Pacific Coast Senator Indicated.
It will be urged that a surplus Is better
than a deficit (which no one dreams of
denying, and which Is utterly Irrelevant);
that the isthmian canal project and the
Pacific cable scheme, to say nothing
about river and harbor appropriations,
will require extraordinary expenditures,
and that the present rate of accumula
tion may not continue Indefinitely. But
It is gratifying to know that the aggres
sive antl-rcclproclty and anti-revision
Representatives will give some sort of
support to the demand for some measure
looking to the reduction of the surplus.
However, as Mr. Boutell perceives, the
surplus problem Is wholly distinct from
that of tariff revision and commercial ex
pansion. Brushing aside miserable soph
istry and cowardly evasion, he siys:
"For my own part. I stand squarely upon
the utterances of thejaje President Mc
Kinley Jn his last speech at Buffalo.
There was nothing ambiguous or uncer
tain about that speech. It indicated
clearly, logically and Intelligently a line
of procedure for the expansion of our
trade which we cannot Ignore. President
McKinley undoubtedly gave expression to
the sentiment that pervades the West
The West stands for expansion of trade."
Congressmen Prince and Warner, as
well as Senator Cullom, have been ex
pressing similar sentiments. No one will
suspect our senior Senator of sympathy
with radicalism, and there Is peculiar sig
nificance in his statement that the people
of the West are denfinding tariff revision
not as a means of reducing taxation, but
as a method of promoting our foreign
trade. The doors wirr bo slammed in our
face if we fall to make the concessions
demanded by Canada, France and other
good customers. The "disturbances"
which no one fears as the result of ra
tional revision at the present highly aus
picious time will be decidedly real and
grave if we forca the conclusion upon Eu
rope and Canada that discrimination and
retaliation alone will compel the United
States to adopt a policy of give and take,
of enlightened self-interest and liberalism.
Cable Company's Troubles.
New York Times:
What the Anglo-American Company has
actually done Is to give notice to the world
that it sees in Marconi a dangerous com
petitor; that it Is afraid of his Invention,
and that the syndicate of capitalists which
secures control of It will have a means
of compelling the existing cable companies
to come to- terms. This would be an ex
tremely dangerous admission. If true. In
making It the Anglo-American Company
has done Marconi all the good possible
and Itself all the harm It was at the mo
ment In its power to Inflict This illus
trates exactly the difference which exists
between narrow selfishness and enlight
ened self-interest The Incident is instruc
tive, if not edifying.
New York Evening Post.
If the Anglo-American Telegraph Com
pany has restrained Marconi from con
ducting experiments In Newfoundland, as
today's dispatches confidently assert, the
sympathy of all right-feeling p'ersons will
be with the great Inventor. His experi
ments are. he asserts-, of a purely scien
tific nature, and do not constitute an, in
fringement of the commercial monopoly
whlch the Telegraph Company enjoys.
The case. In equity, of the company Is
the poorer because Marconi Is there by
Its express permission. So long as It sup
posed that his- experiments were to be
restricted to signalling for short distances
ho was welcomed; the moment hia three
dot S clicked from England he became
no longer an experimenter, but a rival
telegraph line, which must be sternly sup
pressed. It may be readily understood
that the cable companies generally can
tako little satisfaction in Marconi's tri
umph; the strange thing is the failure to
see that not only decency, but policy, re
quires them to be Marconi's friends. The
telegraphic monopoly In Newfoundland ex
pires In two years. Then all companies
will be free to seek franchises from the
Provincial Parliament By that time It
will probably pay better to be with Mr.
Marconi than against him. The Anglo
American Cable Company should lose no
time In revoking an action which is not
only shabby in the eyes of the world, but
also impolitic from any point of view.
'Objections to Separate Primary
TIclcets.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
As long as only one ticket, and that the
one bearing the largest number of cross
es, were counted, there would not be a
handful of persons willing to sacrlllce
their votes for candidates of their own
party for other offices In order to nom
inate a weak candidate of the opposite
party. Moreover, two could play at that
game as well as one. And finally, the
experience of Minneapolis showed that
thero was nothing in this objection. To
bo sure, those who want to return to
the convention system insisted that Ames
was nominated by Democratic votes. Un
doubtedly he did receive many Demo
cratic votes, but the results of the elec
tion show that they were either given in
good faith or gave him prestige enough
with those who wish to be on the win
ning side to make up the loss. If the
game of nominating Ames as a weak
candidate was tried, it proved a boom
erang, as any one would or could have
foreseen. The objection to the separate
ticket system is that It takes away from
tho ballot that secrecy which Is desira
ble and In some cases essential, and It
keeps those' persons who, for sufficient
or Insufficient reasons, fear to disclose
their affiliations from participating in
nominations.
The Clilld In the Manger.
Bishop William Croswell Doane, In the'Church
man. O Christmas Child,
So roughly cradled here.
Born, undented.
Of maiden-mother dear;
Xono dreamed thy true estate,
None deemed thee to be great.
There In thy swaddling bands
In far-off eastern lands.
Save that -wise mother-heart.
To whom the angel's word '
Revealed thee as the Lord
And Savior that thou art.
We praise thee, thee we bless.
And worship and confess.
As God and Lord on high.
Whom angels. In the sky,
And men on earth adore;
But for this single day
Our lingering hearts will stay
WlfcbJn the stable door
Where, as a baby laid.
Thy humanness has made
All human hearts thine own;
There, where all helpless shown.
Thou madest manger throne;
Blessing all cradles upon earth.
Blessing each child of human birth,
Giving new meaning to the mirth
Of motherhood, and so.
Filling all hearts, both high and low.
With a fresh sense of childhood's grace
Reflected from thine infant face.
THE PROFESSOR'S DARLINGS.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"I have Just done the thing," said Pro
fessor -Monckton, "thaf makes It possible
for man to traverse the Illimitable reaches
of space."
"Tell me about It," replied his beauti
ful young wife, who. Incredible as it may
seem, took an Interest in her gifted hus
band's experiments.
"As you know," he explained, "my ran
tometer completely reverses the law of
gravity, making whatever it is attached
to fall away from the earth Instead of
toward it"
"Yes, but aside from solving the prob
lem of aerial navigation the rantometer
has been of no use. It doesn't enable us
to pass outside the earth's atmospheric
belt, hence wo are as Ignorant as ever
concerning other worlds than our own."
"That Is the point I am coming to,"
the professor answered. "I have just
completed an apparatus with which I
can store heat. Long ago I began bot
tling atmosphere. Ono day it occurred
to me that if air could bo packed away
like crackers in a box it must be possi
ble to condense and preserve heat. This
I can do with my praemostat. Now there
Is nothing to prevent our taking a trip
to some star and finding out what con
ditions exist there."
The professor's wife was anxious to
become an actress, and, realising that
it would be easy for her to do thlsir-she
could gain notoriety a3 the first woman to
make a trip to the stars, she consented
to accompany him across the gulfs of
space.
After an uneventful trip through realms
that were wholly devoid of obstacles,
they found themselves, one day. In the
vicinity of a large planet that resembled
the earth In the latter's most lovely spots.
The professor put the reverse English
on his rantometer, thus permitting their
car to drop gently down upon tho sphere
which lay under them. They found this
planet to be a vast' Garden of Eden.
Every breath of the atmosphere was as a
strong tonic; beautiful flowers were
everywhere; sparkling brooks tinkled
through lovely woodland ways; "birds
filled the air with melody, and gladness
was upon everything.
"By George!" said the profersor, hop
ping out and helping the lady to alight,
"this must be heaven. I wonder If
George Boardman Is around hero any
where? George was the best man I ever
knew He surely "
"Lemuel Monckton," his wife Inter
rupted, "what do you mean by speaking
that way of such a man? Didn't he make
a provision in his will that his mother
should have a regular annual allowance
from his estate and fix It so that If his
wife gave her own people anything the
property was all to go to his family
The Idea of your expecting such a man
could go to heaven!"
"But you know, my dear, her people ob
jected to their marriage, claiming that
she was throwing herself away on a man
of low birth, and It was only "
Their argument was cut short by a
happy looking old man who had just
stepped from behind an Immense rose
bush. "How do you do, sir?" said the pro
fessor. "Can you tell U3 how far we are
from Chicago?"
"Chicago? Ah, yes, I remember Chi
cago. Well, no matter about tho num
ber of miles. You can neither see the
smoke nor smell the stockyards, and
there Is no dust from the streets to blow
Into your eyes or sift down your backs.
This is the plvtet Halcyon. When did
you die?"
"We are not dead," the lady answered:
"wo are mere travelers. My husband
thought when we landed that this must
be heaven."
"It Is or, rather, a part of heaven.
This Is your husband's heaven. Youra 13
located on another planet"
"What!" she exclaimed. 'You don't
mean to tell me that we are to be divided
In death?"
"Yes and no. Here your husband will
find all tho women he ever loved or ever
thought ho could love. Here they ore
and here they will remain through all
eternity to be wooed by him." I
"Lemuel," she commanded, turning to
the professor, "you get Into that car and
Etay there till I'm through talking to this
man."
After locking the door she turned and
said:
"I'd Ilka to know where the heavenly
part of it 'comes in with such a state of
things. If a man can come here and go
to wooing all the women he ever loved
there must be fine old times. I'd like to
see a few of the homely things! I'd
show "
"There comes one of them now," the
old man replied, pointing to a beautiful
maiden who was tripping down a winding
path toward them.
"Let me out! Let me out!" yelled the
professor, pounding at one of the car
windows.
But the old man waved a warning hand
at tho girl and she turned away.
'You see," he continued, "the system
Is rather complicated. An exact counter
part of you will be here among your hus
band's loves If he really loves you and
you, on tho planet to which your spirit
will go at last will find your husband's
double there among the other men you
have loved and with whdm you will be
free to moon and spoon and flirt for
ever. So you see every one may be pro
vided for. Each of those you havo loved
will, in turn, be placed among the differ
ent ones he has loved, free to make each
believe she Is the one and only. This
disposes of the question that has troubled
peoplo on earth the question how a man
who has been married three or four times
is to arrange matters with the ladies In
heaven. With his wives located on dif
ferent planet3 and with each of them pro
vided with a counterpart of him, they
may all be happy. You must understand
that there are millions -and billions of
planets that cannot be seen from the
earth even through the most powerful
telescopes. The stars that are visible
from there are in number as a handful of
peas compared with the sands of the
seashore. Many of the stars you have
looked upon In the night are Buns with
systems of Invisible planets that revolve
around them. Men know of the Invisible
planet which swings around the star
Algol. That Is but one of thousands of
billions of similar cases. There's plenty
of territory for all comers. It will never
be necessary to put out the standing room
sign." '
"But do you think for a minutes, sno
replied, "that I can be happy with my
husband's double when I know that he Is
away off on another planet somewhere,
gallvantlng around with a lot of other
-women? Do you supposes "
"But you won't know it. You'll think
you have the real thing, and he In turn
will think you are really there among
the others he has loved."
"I don't care," she angrily declared. "I
don't believe In any such plan as this.
I'm going right out to find those horrid
creatures who are waiting for him, and
At this point in the proceedings Pro
fessor Lemuel Monckton. while endeavor
ing to break out of the car, knocked
over the tumbler In which his teeth were
soaking and woke up, glad to be home
again.
e
Hott They Tallc About Us.
Tacoma Ledger.
Mariners so dread Portland and have
such difficulty in getting In and out that
the gain of Pugct Sound Is partly ex
plained by the circumstance.
X"
Christmas Roses;
R. I. O.. in The Spectator.
Pale Winter roses, the white ghosts
Of our June roses.
Last beauty that the old year boasts.
Ere his reign closes!
I gather you, as farewell gift
From parting lover.
For ere you fade, his moments swift
Will all be over.
Kind gnosts ye are, that trouble not.
Nor fright, nor sadden.
But wake fond memories half forgot
And thoughts that gladden.
O changeless past! I would the year f
, Left of lost hours
No ghosts that brought more shame or fear,
Than these white flowers 1
X0TE AND COMMENT.
Avoid the rush if you can.
'jTin to one you'll forget about six pres
ents. . Rt-pntance will come with the day af
ter tomorrow.
The Joke about Christmas cigars is real
ly no Joke at all.
Count the Sunday school children now.
while they're there.
General Buller knows where, he will eat
his dinner tomorrow, anyway.
The 55 boxes of candy come high, but
the VO-a-weeTc clerks must have them.
It begins to look as if we would get a
clearance sale price on those Danish West
Indies.
It will be pleasant to get down to plain
food after a holiday diet of mince pie and
plum pudding.
The great Amerlivin boy will get out oC
bed tomorrow mornirs earlier than he has
since last Christmas.
A good many promtient statesmen wilt
look anxiously in theic stockings for Cab
inet portfolios.
Texas has a crop of scaawherries. Farm
ers who have them outfit to be able to
trade In a few bushels .for a potato to
serve up Christmas.
The Congressional Record -.Is an excellent
paper, but it. Is getting beaten right along
on Washington murder stonVs by its es
teemed contemporaries.
Many families which are totftzy enjoying
peace and quiet will wake up tomorrow
to the fact that some evil grnlus has
prompted Santa Claus to leave a. drum in
their midst
An Ingenious youngster disappeared ear
ly yesterday morning, and" a little later
his mother heard a commotion an the
roof. Running out In the yard, she saw
her son on the ridge-pole and in the act
of nailing the following sign near the
chimney: "SANTA CLAWS THIS IS MY
HOUS. DONT MIS IT JIMY."
An English teacher and school inspector
tells a. story of a visit which he made to
a rural school for tho purpose of distrib
uting prizes. "I wound up my speech,"
he says, "with an exhortation to the boya
to be good during the coming year. Said
I: 'Now, boys, see that when I come again
next Christmas I shall hear an excellent
account of you and shall not have to bo
told that you have got into any trouble or
mischief.' 'Same to you, sir!' shouted tho
whole school, with one accord. Whether
this was quiet humor or a mochanlct.1 re
ply to the time-honored 'Merry Christ
mas, boys!' which they had taken my
final words to Imply, I cannot say."
One of tho pleasant jokes of a recent
humorist was that London's fogs wore
caused by its dull people. The cynicism
Is not original. Between Leigh Hunt and
William Jordan, editor of the Literary
Gazette, In tho 20s and 'SOs of the last
century, a feud was waged. One of Hunt's
epigrams aimed at Jerdan's head ran
thus:
The secret's found of Brompton's heavy air:
Jerdan lives there.
Other of Hunt's agreeable couplets upon
his foo were:
Last week a porter died beneath his burden;
Verdict "Found carrying a Gazette from Jer
dan." Same day: Two gentlewomen died of vapors:
Verdict "Hair curled with Air. Jerdan's pa
pers." A typical scene In a Manchurian vil
lage Is thus described by a correspondent
of the London News: "That afternoon we
pulled up near three shanties on a woort
slde, and a gang of Chinese all squab-ling-and
making noises like dogs growl
ing over bones fought with one another
to get on a platform, where a boiler, madis
by a New York firm, was chained. Thero
was a scuttle. One Chinese was- pushed
baclcward and fell. Ills head hit the met
al and cracked like a nut. He gave a
wriggle and died. The Russians who saw
the accident were affected. The Chlncso
laughed. He lay for an hour In the sun,
until I undid his sleeping rug and spread
It over his face. He was soon forgotten.
A Chinese threw some hot water over a
growling dog and made It howl. At this
there wero shrieks of mirth. The engine
puffed and groaned and jerked the wag
ons Into progress. The last I saw of this
spot was two Chinamen pitching mud at
the same dog to keep it from sniffing at
the body of tho dead."
His Flocnt Fbant of Tears.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
There are funny incidents In the Hfo or
a photographer. A man came In the oth
er day and looked over all the samples,
asking the price of each.
"Do you want a sitting?" I asked.
"I don't see nothln' like what I want,"
ha replied.
I told him if he would Indicate what ho
wanted that I might arrange it.
"I don't know as you can," he said,
"for I don't see nothln at all like what
I want."
I repeated what I had already said. Ho
asked me to sit while ho told me.
"You see. It's like thisr," he began. "X
had a girl that I loved, and -we was go
ing to git married. She had her thlng3
made up, and we was all but ready, wheu
she was taken ill and died. And what I
wanted was a picture of me sittin on her
grave, weepln."
I was touched at the homely story of
grief, and told him I could send a man
with him to the grave and have the pic
ture taken as he desired.
"It's some distance," he said. "It's over
In Ireland. I expect it 'ud cost a lot to
send over your traps for what I want?"
I said it would.
"I thought," he answered, "that mebbe
you could rig up a grave here In your
shop, and I would weep on it, and It
would do just as well. It's no trouble for
mo to weep anywhere."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARACRAPHERS
Its Name. "Miss Frocks has bought a bird
less hat," said Mrs. Cumso. "It might tw
called an Audubonnct, might It not?" a3ked
Mrs. Cawker. Judge.
"Ef you inns resk yoh money." said Uncle
Eben, "don snoot craps. Save It up an" put
It In do stock inahket. tv hah de police aln' tak
In' no notice.' Washington Star.
She What was his father, anyway; do you
know? He Tcs; why? "He told me his father
was a skipper." "That's right. He wad a
bank cashier." Philadelphia Record.
Equipped. Proprietor Our new editor Is evi
dently a walking bluebook. Where did you dis
cover her? Manager She used to be emplojcd
at Bradstreet's agency. Town and Country.
Discreet. Jay Yes. sir. when I was In Now
York a sharper robbed me of $30. Hay Why
didn't you call a policeman? Jay Well. I
thought $30 was enough to lose. Philadelphia
Press.
Up to Papa. "Children." said the father,
facing the ordeal manfully, "this Is your new
mamma." "Was that tho best you could do.
papa"?" asked the youngest, casting a critical
eye on the new member of tho family. Chica
go Tribune.
Pleasing Opprobrium. Little Jlmmle Dad
and ma said I was a little heathen. Aunt Jane
How dreadful! Aren't you soiry? Little Jlm
mle No, not If they buy me a Christmas
presentsvlth the money that's la the missloa-ary-bfi-Brooklya
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