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would be If under the American flag,
or why they would be any safer from
Interference. "Warships are not in the
habit of discriminating against bellig
erents in favor of neutrals.
The complaint is that bur people do
not go into the shipbuilding and ship-
running business, and that therefore the (
Government should support them at It.
Why should Government support them
in that any more than In anything else?
Mr. Ballard explains:
BceanKc the United States Is the
largest producer of steel and coal,
onnbllHjc b& to bHlld and run niany
znorc venHela readily.
Steel and coal are eo plenty and cheap
that the shipyards should have a bonus
from the Treasury. Land Is so plenty
and cheap that the farmers should have
a subsidy. Lumber is eo plenty and
cheap that the sawmills should have
a subsidy. We fear that Mr. Ballard
is gifted with the true subsldarian acu
men and logic to a more than ordinary
degree. His argument certainly proves
a great deal.
We said a moment ,ago that the for
eigners know how to run ships. There
Is, however, an exception. There Is one
nation whose ships are always getting
Into trouble. They are always running
down other craft, or quarreling with
port officers, or 'beating passengers to
death when their ships go down, or tak
ing freight too low, or losing their seamen-
every time their ships touch port.
That nation is France, whose merchant
marine has been raised in a subsidy
hothouse and turned out to languish In
a cold and cruel world. The example. Is
not inspiring.
If European nations want to tax them
salves $20,000,000 annually to afford us
cheap carriage for our grain to market,
is it exactly up to us to get mad and
deal ourselves the same blow?
promptly sent to prison on one of the
Islands In the harbor, where he la
worked so steadily that he is not likely
to make himself liable to recommitment
In New Jersey and North Carolina
tramps are promptly arrested and made
to work In a chain gang on the public
roads. Both of these states have made
excellent progress in the matter of pub
lic roads by making use of tramp labor.
Wherever tramps are promptly ar
rested and made to work hard, they soon
become scarce. A state workhouse to
which tramps and kindred offenders
could be sent from the various County
Jails has cured the tramp evil In sev
eral of the Eastern States. A life with
out tobacco, cards or conversation, a
life of ceaseless hard work, is what the
tramp dreads, and that Is the kind of
life he 13 given in the New England
workhouses.
TODAY'S WEATHER Occasional alnj pos
sibly part snow; -warmer during the after
noon; southerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 40; minimum temperature, 32; pre
cipitation, none. -
PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JAN. 1G.
"WELL DONE, MARYLAND.
Tuesday was a red-letter day In Mary
land politics, for It was then that Gor
man was re-elected to his old place In
the. United States Senate. Maryland is
to be, congratulated upon her achieve
ment. She has done a good thing for
herself, for the Nation, and for human
ity. No Senatorial election or re-election
of the year can surpass this one in
usefulness and moral influence. Mary
land has done herself proud!
This Is not said with insufficient
knowledge of what Senator Gorman
stands for. He is undoubtedly one of
the worst men in American public life.
A thorough spoilsman in purpose, un
scrupulous as to methods, and regard
ing every political and moral question
as a mere instrument of his personal
aggrandizement his influence is con
tinuously exerted for the bargain and
sale of public interests and the de
thronement of the public conscience. In
these and other respects, Mr. Gorman's
elevation could be correctly represented
as a calamity for present and for future
generations. In one respect, however,
his service is so great as to compensate
for all elBe that can be said against"
him. We accept him gladly In the room
of what he relievee us of. i
There Is a man in the United States
fienate from Maryland who, when his
country was In danger, stood with its
enemies, gave them aid and comfort
and'hamp'ered the efficiency of its arms.
There Is a man in the United States
Senate from Maryland who, when his
country's Chief "Magistrate was struck,
down by the assassin's hand, spoke
coldly of the dead and said the' catas
trophe was nothing to him. This is
perhaps the only man now living whose
replacement by such as Gorman would
be a gain for progress and honesty.
There was another, but he is dead. He
called himself Czolgosz.
ABLE SEAMEX "WHILE YOU "WAIT.
We are indebted to the gentlemanly
carrier on the Sixth-street route for the
following: i
To the Editor of "The Oregonlan Sir: The
following are a few of the many reasons why
Congress should pass a liberal ship subsidy bill
immediately:
Because our tonnage of merchant marine is
only 5,524.218 gross tons, against Great Brit
ain's 14.C04.1C2.
Because we have only enough vessels to prop
erly do the business of our lakes, rivers, har
bors and coasts.
Because we have only one line of mid-ocean,
steamers, crossing the Atlantic to Europe; only
seven steamers crossing the Pacillc to Asia,
and only 'three steamers to Australia.
Because, south of the Caribbean Sea and the
Isthmus, there Is no regular line of American
steamers to either coast of America.
Because last year American steamers carried
only 8.2 per cent of our exports and Imports,
the lowest percentage In our history1-,
Because our position on the sea, except our
Increasing Navy, Is insignificant.
Because Great Britain, France. Germany.
Italy, Japan and other nations have subsi
dized regular lines of fast steamers to North
and South America, Asia, Africa, Australia
and Europe, to the extent of f20.000.000 an
nually. Because the United States Is the largest pro
ducer of steel and coal, enabling us "both to
build and run many more vessels .readily.
Because In a time of war ana at all times,
unless ' our merchant marine Is largely In
creased, we are at the mercy of foreign na
tions for the carrying of IU.B per cent of our
gigantic exports and imports.
Ifused, pleaBe send five copies to Walter J.
Ballard, 725 East Liberty street, Schenectady,
Jn. Y.
We gladly make room for Mr. Bal
lard's note of warning, but we cannot
help a suspicion that Schenectady is un
necessarily alarmed. Portland does a
foreign commerce of some 800,000 tons
annually, and while it may not be equal
to that of Schenectady, yet it affords
some basis for estimating the impending
dangers. So far, we have not heard of
any patriot losing sleep over the possi
ble failure of the subsidy bill. If Mr.
Ballard really wishes to allay the agi
tation of Schenectady and would like
to investigate the sources of peace and
security here, we will gladly render him
any possible aid, and will furthermore,
here and now, offer such modest sug
gestions as occur to us.
In point of fact, there are some
twenty-live steamers plying between
the Pacific Coast porta of the United
States and Asia, and so far as known
not their speed, carrying capacity or
seamanship is affected by the flag they
bear. We have our objections, on divers,
grounds, to the foreigners, but we must
say they know how to run ships.
We are at the mercy of the foreigners
In time of peace, as It is, but we manage
to survive. As for time of war, we have
been, through that also. The Govern
ment got all the transports it needed,
out frdm under foreign flags. If Russia
or Great Britain were to blockade our
ports, it is not clear whqt advantage
would accrue to us from owning the
ehips that were estopped from trading,
sunk or seized as prizes. There Is no
reason that we know of why these for
eign vessels. In time of war, would be
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
Public opinion In the United States
has long been growing restive under the
practice of certain manufacturers who
sell their products more cheaply abroad
than they do at home. They are con
fessedly enabled to do this by virtue of
the protective tariff, which gives them
a monopoly of the home market. They
can sell at bargain prices abroad be
cause they get such high prices at
home. It has occurred to some observ
ers that the capital these corporations
have acquired In this country, the in
ventions upon wh,lch they control, pat
ents by favor of the Government, might
with greater propriety afford low prices
to the people of this country than to
foreign nations; that the consumers who
have paid high prices in order that
these Infant Industries could grow to
giant corporations may properly ask for
relief now, and that the workingmen of
the United States, by whose labors
these great industries are maintained,
should get low prices if anybody should.
This sentiment is widespread enough
to have found expression In the bill in
troduced in the House by Representa
tive Babcock, reforming the Iron and
steel schedule of the DIngley law, and
In Mr. Babcock's remark as follows:
This bill has been drawn with care, and at
tempts to meet present conditions intelligently.
It Is an effort to maintain tho authority of
protection In accordance with the best tradi
tions and to prevent the party from becoming
responsible, by nonaction, for schedules that
havo been outgrown by changed conditions of
finance, and may be made use of by combina
tions to extort unreasonable prices from do
mestic consumers.
It seems like an illuminative coinci
dence that the proceedings of the tariff
committee of the German Reichstag the
same day Included, among other things,
this record:
Among other resolutions proposed was one
appointing a Government commission to study
the effects of tho tariff in promoting syndicates
and trusts. Tho resolution empowered tho
Government to suspend duties when any pro
tected articlo produced In Germany is sold
lower abroad than at home. Herr FIschback
(Radical Association) announced to tho com
mittee that tho German wire manufacturers
are selling their products at 25 marks per
metric hundredweight at home and at 14 marks
abroad, and that bar iron and rolled Iron are
sold for 125 marks per ton at homo and for 100
marks abroad.
Men and brethren, this business of
continuing protection to concerns that
are already exporting surplus products
is the same unworthy, pitiful thing the
world over. Your infant industry, mo
nopolizing the home market through
protection and selling abroad In the
face of competition, is the same ugly
critter in Germany and in the United
States. The billion-dollar steel trust,
with wealth accumulated through high
tariffs and Pinker tons, Is using the In
ventions of American brains and the toil
of American brawn to provide cheap
wares for European consumers and ex
act the last farthing at home, protected
by the tariff from foreign competition.
Germany is precisely In our fix. It Is
known here, It is known there. The
question s whether in either place there
are courage and honesty enough in the
representatives of the people to cope
successfully with intrenched privilege,
no longer a suppliant at the hands of
Congress or Reichstag, but a master
assuming to dictate. The pressing duty
before the American people is to send
tariff reformers, Republicans or Demo
crats, to both House and Senate, when
ever opportunity offers.
AX EFFECTIVE REMEDY.
The tramp, evil can only be solved by
a workhouse, where each man Is con
fined in a Cell at night and worked hard
all day. A common jallroom, where
tramps can talk, smoke and play cards,
has no terrors for a tramp. He soon
learns to avoid a state where there is
such a workhouse as we have described.
Some twenty years ago an inland New
England State was cursed' with the
tramp evil. The County Jails were
filled every Winter with vagrants.
These creatures would live like gypsies
all Summer, camping in woodlands,
fishing a little for amusement and loot
ing henroosts, gardens and orchards
for support In Autumn, Just before
Winter sets in, these vagrants would
force a commitment to the County Jail
for some petty offense and obtain & sen
tence of from I four to six months.
This gave them fire, food, shelter
and a chance to talk, smoke and
play cards In absolute Idleness, in a
large, common room, all Winter. Lib
erty came in the Spring, and then the
gypsy life was resumed. A state work
house was built and to It every offender
who has not committed a state prison
offense is promptly sent. His life at
this workhouse is no picnic. He works
hard all day dressing stone; a very dis
agreeable outdoor Job In the severe tem
perature of a New England Winter.
There is no talking allowed during
work hours. When work is over each
man is locked up in a separate cell;
there Is no association allowed for
amusement In a common room; there is
no tobacco; there Is no card-playing -nor
conversation. The tramps don't like it,
and they avoid the state.
THE SOUTH WOULD SCORX CHARITY
Representatives Rixey, of Virginia,
and Gardner, of Michigan, on Tuesday
supported the proposition to open the
doors of the Soldiers' Homes to ex
Confederate veterans. More than twenty
years ago General Butler, of Massa
chusetts, declared on the floor of Con
gress that he was in favor of pension
ing all the soldiers of the Civil War,
both Union and Confederate.. This was
a bit of arrant demagogy on Butler's
part, for he was too able a man to sin
cerely advocate such an absurd
measure as pacing men a premium for
revolt against the Government. The
leading men of the South then said that
they would scorn to take a pension
from the Government for acts of Insur
rection, and the present mood of the
South, we believe, is fairly voiced by
Representative Lamb, of Virginia, who
said the presence of Confederate veter
ans in the Soldiers' Homes would rest
not upon helr right to be there, but
upon the plea that they were objects of
National charity. Representative Lamb
Is right. To pay honors to the gallant
dead of either side is one thing; to pen
sion and support the veterans of both
sides Is quite another affair.
The South now taxes itself consider
ably In aid of its Confederate veterans,
and as it grows richer It will probably
Increase Us bounty. It does this for its
living soldiers, Just aB it erects monu
ments to its dead, but the Federal Gov
ernment cannot place the same premium
upon the patriotism that was faithful
to the flag and the patriotism that was
so cankered by sectionalism and limited
by state lines that it revolted against
the flag. Very few of the traditional
historical penalties of revolt were in
flicted upon the South, but the State of
Georgia -would think a delegate from
bedlam was abroad If her Governor
sho Jld propose a pension for all of
Sherman's veterans now resident in
Georgia; that is, the veteran who
fought for Atlanta under Hood
should be on the same state pen
sion roll as the veteran who helped
to force its gates and burn up Its pub
lic buildings under Sherman. The Fed
eral Government not only hanged no
body for treason, but it did not even
try anybody for treason. It exiled no
body; it sentenced nobody to any term
of imprisonment It permanently de
prived nobody of suffrage or civil rlghta
It confiscated nobody's estate after the
war. but, granting that .the Govern
ment was entirely wise In its modera
tion, the nation would today le guilty
of self-stultiflcatlon to enact Ben Sut
ler's fustian concerning Federal pen
sions and Federal Soldiers' Homes for
ex-Confederates.
It would certainly smooth tha
wrinkled front of the next civil war if
the insurgents understood that, in case
of failure, there would still be a light
In the window and a warm supper wait
ing at Uncle Sam's headquarters for
the Insurgents the moment they surren
dered. Ben Butler's aspiration was to
lead a disabled Confederate into a Fed
eral Soldiers' Home and seat him be
side a Union veteran, saying, "My dear
heroes: Know each other; hereafter
have but one purse and "home between
you. Bless you, my boys, bless you;
the United States is proud of you both;
of her Union soldier as an undoubted
success; of her Confederate child as a
magnificent, heroic failure; you are
both good boys, and Uncle Sam feels
bound to take care of you both; for one
of you showed remarkable ability and
courage In firing the fabric of the Union
in several places, while the other with
equal heroism exerted himself success
fully to extinguish the flames."
This Is the proposition for tho joint
occupation of Federal Soldiers' Homes
by Union and Confederate veterans, re
duced to Its lowest intelligible terms.
Such a proposition Is an insult to the
brave "people of the South who were
with the Confederacy heart and soul,
and would scorn today to become pen
sioners of the Union they tried to upset.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert al
ways waB present at the Memorial day
exercises at Arlington cemetery. He
could doff his hat before the graves
pf gallant soldiers of either section,
without compromising his self-respect
as an ex-Confederate soldier, but he
could not, without loss of self-respect,
accept the shelter of a National Sol
diers .Home any more tnan a
Union veteran could without loss
of self-respect accept the shelter of
the Georgia State Home for Con
federate Veterana Decently caring for
the graves of the gallant Confederate
dead Is a tribute of sentiment to a gal
lant foe. such as the enemies of France
offered to the valor of Marceau, killed
at the passage of the Rhine, but the
proposition for the joint occupation of
Federal Soldiers' Homes by both Union
and Confederate veterans Is an Insult to
the gallant South. She can accept trib
utes of respect for the valor of 'her sol
dier dead, but she could not afford to
accept charity for her living veterans.
The proposal is an insult to the sol
diers of both sections. If we fought
four years heroically en both sides at a
cost of 500,000 soldier dead and a public
debt of "over $2,000,000,000 over a matter
so slight that we are ready today to
put both partleB to the fight on the
pension roll, then Verily what fools we
mortals be! The South has always re
sented this kind of talk, and with per
fect Justice, for the pension or shelter
in a Federal Soldiers' Home of course
Is given for services as a soldier. It
would be given and would have to be
accepted upon the ground that the Con
federate veteran had become an object
of charity, a National pauper begging
alms of the flag he tried to shoot from
its staff.
quarantined against, as can smallpox
and other virulent physical disorders,
the only hope of checking this epidemic
of youthful crime is to build up within
the now ready victims a spirit of moral
resistance that renders them immune
to vice a sturdy self-respect that will
cause boys to turn away from gross
and Immoral places and practices. With
two young men In the County Jail
awaiting the day of their execution, for
which the scaffold is already rising, and
two boys sent together but yesterday to
the penitentiary for a crime that they
had committed Jointly; with lads ap
pearing every few days before the Mu
nicipal Court charged with misdemean
ors more or less heinous, and the State
Reform School taxed to its utmost ca
pacity to -accommodate incorriglbles, it
certainly behooves our thoughtful men
and women to turn their attention to
the question of youthful crimlnajlty
with a view to suggest plausible means
of prevention where cure is costly and
at best doubtful. The causes of juven
ile criminality are reasonably apparent;
its effects are matters of public record.
Remedial agencies are not far to seek,
but their application requires wisdom,
patience and persistence, which, unfor
tunately, are not found in the homes in
which they are most needed.
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHAT
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Under the new proposition of the Pan
ama Canal Company the United States Is
asked to pay 540,000,000 for what?
1. For a concession that hinds us to pay
the Colombian Government 516.600,000 in
rents for the Panama Railroad, and, at
the very least, $25,000,000 In rent for a
canal that we are to build.
.2. For a concession under which it is
impossible for an American canal, owned
and controlled by the United States, to
be -operated.
3. For a work on which French engi
neers spent seven years and $262,000,000
and gave It trp as Impracticable after com
pleting, only two-fifths of the excavation.
4. For the .privilege of trying to com
plete in clsht years for $200,000,000 a canal'
which, when completed, would not be un
der oUr control.
. 5. For antiquated machinery, which
would be thrown aside for modern machin
ery similar to that used In constructing
the Chicago drainage canal.
5. For the right to construct a canal
on a route rejected by a score of Ameri
can engineers and condemned as Imprac
ticable. In short, we are asked to pay the as
signees of the old bankrupt Panama Ca.
nal Company $40,000,000 to relieve them of
a burden that we may take up a heavier
one ourselves.
We are asked to pay $40,000,000 for the
privilege of doing what we have decided
a dozen times we would not do In our
own Interest; we are asked to abandon
all attempts to construct an isthmian ca
nal under our own control on a route that
suits Ub, and to confine ourselves 'to a
route . on which tho experience of the
ablest French engineers has demonstrated
that no canal of permanent usefulness to
Commerce can be constructed.
-We are asked to contribute 540,000.000
to the fund that has been- ueed for 25
years to prevent the construction of any
Isthmian canal, to prevent the extension
of American influence; to cripple Ameri
can enterprise and to thwart American
nuruose.
to issue orders with special penalties I we are asked to give up all that has
agalnet gatherings on the streets, to j been secured by recent treaties, to sur-
AMUSEMEXT&
The clever little entertainers of tho Pol
lard Juvenile Opera Company delighted
a theaierful of children yesterday after
noon, and a good-sized audience' last
night, by their Interpretation of "The
Gaiety Girl." a London success which
was given for the first time in Portland.
All of the youngsters had parts that fitted
them perfectly, and their singing and
dancing was enjoyed hugely by every on
who saw them. Little Daphne Pollard
made the hit of the performance m. a
dance in Highland costume, but there
were many other favorites in the cast,
including Alice Pollard, whose singing
won for her numerous encores, and Willie
Pollard, who is a comedian who could
cive nointera to manv an older actor.
The opera was beautifully mounted, and
the costumes were even more elaborate
and tasteful than those In "The Geisha."
"The Gaiety Girl" will be repeated tonight.
X0TE AND COMMENT.
Summer seems to be passing away.
Astoria has been dissatisfied ever since
the rate to Portland was raised. ,
Has Kipling gone to South Africa to
write up the end of the Boer war?
Snow or rain, gays the "Weather Bureau.
Nominate your choice, gentlemen.
The trust Is still operating trains in
Minnesota, but they go through the state
at record speed.
Senator Quay is going to write his bi
ography. It 'will probably be chiefly note
worthy for what la left out of it.
Mr. Carnegie is managing to drop mon
ey right along without the assistance of
either political ambition or racehorses.
The Havana Councllmen have suspend
ed the Mayor. They seem to be getting a
tolerably fair grasp on "free institutions
down there.
The iron hand of Russia still bears re
semblance to that which held the sub
jects of the .empire in its grasp during
the reign of Ivan the Terrible. "Ex
traordinary police supervision" has
lately been extended to sixteen cities of
the empire and to the Province of Vllna.
This means that local Governors
(creatures of the Ministers) in these cit
ies and in this province have been given
the right to close Industrial establish
ments, to expel anybody from any place,
withdraw processes from the courts or
exclude publicity, to put their seals on
private property without givihg any
reason, etc. Harsh as these measures
are, and to the enlightened mind devoid
of all justice, It is possible that they
are necessary to hold In check the an
archistic tendencies of turbulent men
who, at the preseht stage of their de
velopment, would only use the privileges
of liberty to abuse them. In Our mag
nanlmouB rendering of the word "lib
erty" we have more than once stood be
side the bier of a President, even as In
refusing to recognize the word the Rus
sian Government has mourned mur
dered rulers.
THE GIRARDS TOXIGHT.
Order of WaHhlngton Entertainment
to Be Given at the Raker.
The Girard Specialty Company will g'e
an entertainment tonight and tomorrow
night at the Baker Theater, under the
auspices of the .Order of Washington.
Many tickets have already been sold bv
members of the order, and at the box
office, and crowded houses seem assured.
On the programme Will be n comeay
skcteh by the Girards, entitled "Fun in a
Chinese Laundry"; Webber and Elliott,
whose performance on almost every mu
sical instrument in existence has won
them fame In and out or Portland; Rice,
the black-face comedian; the Tlce Sts-
. i. ,-s-.no. nnt (Intiw Walters, "the
Rube"; the Weber Mandolin and Gultai eion gives a pretty good imitation of a
Club, and Antonio Perri. the strong man. squaDDie now ana men
A good entertainment Is promised.
King Edward says the war in South Af
rica Is nearly over. Is the King trying
to. qualify for the position of coronation
press agent?
A young woman announces that she
wrltea romances In her sleep. But cor
respondents have been doing the same
thing for years.
We haven't any Navy office in Port
land, but the Port of Portland Commla-
Mrs. A. H. Stuart, the noted club
woman of the Pacific Northwest, who
died in Olympla recently, departed from
the almost universal custom of women
in disposing of her property. The usual
custom followed by women Is to leave
their holdings, In default of direct heirs,
to some institution for the education,
pleasure or profit of men, or perhaps as
an endowment for a young man's edu
cation, or establishment in business.
This testator, however, was of different
mold. She left her fortune to three
women, without binding them .to any
special disposition of it, for their very
own, to use as she would have done,
according to their own Judgment and
wishes. If the clubwomen of the North
west do not raise a monument to the
memory of Mrs. Stuart In the Capital
City of the State of Washington, which
had for many years been her home,
they will prove themselves singularly
lacking in appreciation.
render the hope of controlling the Pa
cific, and to bind ourselves to a, project
conceived In fraud and burled in corrup
tion. This Is the climax of 4 campaign Of
Impudence and deception, hut unlets Con
gressmen have lost their senses the prop
osition will be rejected in d. way to close
the case for all time.
James Duross, Tammany member of
the New York Assembly from the sev
enth Assembly District, lately Intro
duced a bill Into, that body making it
treason punishable by death to kill or
commit any overt act In an attempt
to kill a man who shall at that time
hold the office of President of the United
States or Governor of any state. The
Duross bill adds a subdivision to the
existing statute which defines treason
and If It is passed it will make the at
tempt to assassinate the President, Vice
President or Governor within the limits
of its jurisdiction a capital offense. It
probably will not become a law, though
there Is no good reason why It should
not
May Heed It..
Chicago Chronicle.
The Chaplain Qf the United States Sen
ate has at last done the rlghtj thing In re
gard to newspaper reporters. He has
prayed for them. It Is a matter of record
that for the first time in the history ot the
Senate reporters and correspondents were
prayed for in the meetings of hat public
body. This is turning over a,new leaf,
and good results are expected.
The newspaper reporter has been railed
at from time Immemorial, but", no one
thought of praying for him. EVer since
he came into being he has been" blamed
for doings and misdoings. Neverrecelv
Ing from the public a word of praise, he
has been charged with all the offenses
that creep Into the dally paper. Ever on
the alert to please the public, he has had
Ih return only abuse.
It Is strange that no one thought of
praying for him. Ho was sadly In need of
it But now that the ?ood example has
been set by the Chaplain of the United
States Senate, it is expected that -preachers
generally will follow the example. It
Is hoped also that private Individuals, in
stead of heaping curses on the wicked re
porter, will now pray for his conversion;
that he may be kept In the ways of truth
and rectitude.
The Nellla In "Bnrbnra Frletchle."
"Barbara Frletchle," Clyde Fitch's
drama of the War of the Rebellion, will
be given at the Marquam Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week, by tne
Nelll Company. Tho opening act has
been described as catching tho audience,
and Its Influence la felt through all the
other acts. The Summer night scene with
the pretty girls In light dresses, sitting
on the 6teps, is said to be most natural
and attractive. There are said to bo
strong situations in every act, and thy
rlse to a most effective climax In the last,
when the flag episode ends the play very
dramatically. The sale of seats will open
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The Portland Savings Bank, with the
phenomenal success of Its early years,
the wild speculations of its middle
period and the dishonorable practices
of its closing era, has passed into his
tory. Many of those connected with its
doing and undoing have passed on; its
victims are widely scattered; its funds
have ceased to furnish meat to the ma
nipulator. "What Is writ Is writ. Would
it were worthier." But, such as It Is,
let the volume containing the record be
closed and clasped forevermore as most
unprofitable reading, because calculated
to irritate rather than to soothe, to
conduce to profanity rather than to
piety.
Some Republican Heterodox.
Indianapolis Journal (Rep.). '
The remarks of Representative Over
street before the Republican conference.
In which he advocated modification of the
present tariff, are indorsed by more Re
publicans than some men in Congress
may believe. If any ono does not think
this la the case, let him go about among
Republicans in business circles dnd con
sult practical men. When he shall have
madb such a trip he will conclude that the
sentiment In favor of tariff readjustment
is strong. Mr. Overstreet is not in favor
of general tariff revision, but believes the
tariff should be adjusted to the conditions
which have arisen in recent years. This
declaration Is in defiance of the alleged
protectionists who speak through the
American Economist, and a few other
out-and-out protectionists who Insist that
the present tariff is perfect and therefore
cannot be Improved. The Journal believes
in the adequate and reasonable protec
tion of American industries to hold the
home markets. The results of such a
tariff are apparent on every hand. At the
same time it holds, with Representative
Overstreet that tariffs need to be modi
fied to conform to changing conditions.
The Collamarlnl-Rcpetto Concert Co.
The Collamarinl-Repetto Concert Com
pany, which will open a week's engage
ment at Cordray's Sunday night, will give
a series of selections in costumes from
the most famous operas, and as the repu
tation of the members of the company has
already been established in Portland,
there seems to be little doubt that their,
coming will afford much satisfaction to
local music-lovers. Of the fine artists in
the company. Collamarlni and Ruho have
already been heard here. As a coloratura
artist Repetto stands high. Maurice Grau
called her to his aid during tl iate Grau
grand opera season at the Grand Opera
House In San Francisco.
Ferrari will be remembered for his work
with the Lnmbnrdls in "Eranl." "Lucia"
and "PPagllacci." His voice Is a robust
baritone, remarkable for Its clarity and
volume. Andre Benolst, tne young Jt-ar-isian
pianist, has had the benefit of tui
tion from Salnt-Saens, Thome and God
ard. A souvenir matinee will be given
Saturday.
"Eaiit Lynnc" at the Baker.
That beat-known of emotional plays,
"East Lynne," will be the attraction at
the Baker Theater Sunday night, and all
next week. The company presenting It hv
said to be fully up to its requirements,
which are, every one knows, severe. Miss
Elizabeth Hale, who plays Lady Isabel, is
Va young woman who has met with great
isuecess in emotional roles, although she is
one of the youngest leading ladies on tne
stage. Hamilton Armour, Percy Oblein
and other well-known players are in the
support The play will be presented wiui
r.ew scenery and costumes, and a produc
tion of much merit is promised. The
clanges that have been In progress In the
interior of the theater during the past
wek are now completed, and the seating
capacity has been considerably enlarged.
Six and a half million dollars is a
very -tidy sum for Seattle to ask of
Congress for a canal connecting its har
bor with the fresh water of Lake
Washington. Yet It would doubtless be
of some actual service to commerce and
the Washington men in Congress have
set their hearts upon It We would
suggest, however, that the demand does
not augment the gracefulness of the
attitude these same petitioners assume
in antagonizing improvements asked for
at the entrance of the Columbia River.
trade unions, much to the anxiety of the
white people down there. But an in
strument is not responsible for the way
it is employed, so that. If many people
regard trade-unionism In the South as a
menace, this is no indictment of the
system itself. In the hands of a man
of sobriety, whisky is a medicine; in
the hands of an Indian, It is an evil.
The Word Woman.
Detroit Journal.
Professor Scott of the University o
Michigan, told the Modern Language As
sociation at Harvard that there are 1000
persons In this state who object to the
word "woman." In this age of salesladies,
wash ladles, scrub ladles and so on, it is
hard to conceive why the rest of tho un
classified ladles should take up arms
against that honest old Anglo-Saxon word
"woman." Etymologlcally, It signifies the
happy state to which every female (how,
cold that word seems every lady then
that Is no better) looks forward namely,
the state of matrimony. The woman is
tho wife-man. So long as a man is proud
to be called a man, why should a woman
be ashamed to bo called a woman? Some
times the word Is found In bad company
and assumes an Invidious color from the
cohtext but that does not derogate from
its worth as a word. "And the rib which
the Lord God took from man, made he a
woman." Not a. female or a lady, mind
you, but a woman.
Chance for Real Leadership.
Philadelphia Times.
Here is the Philippine tariff before the
Senate now. No caucus can be needed to
consolidate opposition to a measure so
unstatesmanlike and unjust and so ob
noxiously expressive of the Republican
tariff oollcy. The Senator who shall most
Negroes of the South are forming.Po -- " STJS!
bilC UUU1UC& UL t UUtiUl uuitMi.4 fw.
Senator Depew's celebrity has turned
Into notoriety since he took a silly
young thing to wife. Instead of acting
the old fool in a honeymoon, he ought
to be at home adding gravity to the
Senate. What is counsel to the young
man worth when the elders prove them
selves void of wisdom?
Judge Frazer, in passing sentence of
two years each upon two lads of 17
years who had been convicted before
him of burglary, .referred to ( the epUl
demlc of crime among ooys tnat nau
lately afflicted this community, and
expressed concern as to the outcome un
less the epidemic could be checked. His
In Massachusetts every tramp who is perplexity is shared by all thoughtful
less anxious to 3o busk-ess than they I arrested kx the vicinity of Boston Is I citizens. Since moral disease cannot he
Miss Portia Knight Is an actress, has
sued the Duke of Manchester for breach
of promise and has wbn $5000. Yes,
indeed. Miss Knight is a great actress
and is now a still greater actress. Her
reputation is made.
The chief instrument of Von- Bulows
statesmanship just now seems to be
gab. But, although day unto day
Uttereth speech, night unto night show
eth not knowledge.
The trouble with the Port of Portland
Commission Is that too many men be
stride this narrow world like a Colossus.
The Empress Dowager of China , Is
against every Innovation except the
new woman.
Icy in contrast with it will put himself at
onco In the line of leadership. The party
In power Is blundering along in Its col
onial policy, in its economic policy. In its
financial policy. What is the opposition
doing? Disputing over dead Issues and
tilting at windmills. Leaders are never
evolved from such conditions.
There I Safety In Publicity.
Philadelphia Press.
When Mayor Low, of New York, de
clared that news of actual doings would
be freely given the newspapers he was
taking the best possible course to save
his administration from misrepresenta
tion. There is always a great deal of
complaint by some public men about the
way in which they are treated by the
press, and that their actions are never
properly reported. They are themselves
to blame for this in almost If not quite
every Instance. The official who Is en
tirely frank with "the newspapers Is not
the cno who has anything to complain of.
They Are All Like This.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It is observable that your Uncle Have
meyer Is very solicitous about the tax
the people pay on account of the duty
on raw sugar, but that he has notning
to say about tho tariff on refined sugar.
The sugar trust Is like other protec
tionists: it wants free trade on what It
has to buy and a high tariff on what it
has to sell.
Anarchy In High Places.
Boston Herald.
Thero Is not a railroad corporation nor
a railroad traffic agent who does not know
that rate-cutting Is prohibited by law:
yet most of them do not hesitate to vio
late the law secretly or openly for gain.
In Chicago on Tuesday the traffic man
ager of the lines of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad west of Pittsburg. Mr. McCabe,
testifjing before tho Interstate Commerce
Commission, isknowledged in a manner
that was rudely impudent his fault in
this matter. He said that he did not
maintain the published rates on meat
products last year, that he made a re
duction of five cents on July 21 and an
other of three cents in October. Wheu
asked to furnish the records, he said the
records had not been preserved; and,
when asked why not, his answer was:
"Possibly because It was thought that
you might ask for them." Tho questions
and answers following were these:
"Then you mean to say that those records
were destroyed to remove the evidence of your
Illegal acts?"
"Frankly, that might bo tho reason for de
stroying then."
"Who take the responsibility tor ordering
violations of the Interstate commerce law, for
ordering secret reductions In the rates on the
Pennsylvania lines?"
"I am in charge of traffic affairs, and do
what I consider necessary for the best interests
of the company."
Other traffic managers confessed to like
acts of violation of low. Is It any won
der that the, plain people grow restive
and "show a disposition to lawlessness,
when such things are done by rich cor
porations and their representatives? In
our sober Judgment, conduct like this by
the managers of business interests. In
contempt of law and in derision of its
penalties. Is vastly more Influential to
promote anarchy, absolute anarchy, than
the assassination of public officers is. It
Is not so horrible, but more demoralizing.
i
Invocation.
Charles G. D. Roberts, In Smart Set.
0 Voice.
Whose sound Is as the falling of the rain
On harp-strings strops In casements by tht
sea.
Low with all passion. joignant v.ith all pain,
In drearas, out ot thy dutance. come to me.
1 hear no music If I hear not thee.
O Hands.
Whose touch is like the bilm of apple-bloom
Bnyhed by the winds of April from the bough.
Amid the passionate memories of this room
Flower out, sweet hands, a prerence In the
gloom.
And touch my longing mouth and cool my
brow. i
O Eyes,. i
Whose least look Is a flame rlthln my soul,
(Still burns that first lone look, across the
years!)
Lure of my life, and my desire's control.
Illume me and my darkness disappears.
Seeing you not, ray eyes see naught for tears.
O LIds.
The rose's lovelier sister, you whose breath
Seems the consummate spirit of the rose
Honey and ffre. delirium and repose.
And that long dream of love that laughs at
death
All these, all these, your 'scarlet blooms enclose.
A Pertinent Question.
Indianapolis News.
Manufacturers do pot deny that they
sell goods cheeper abroad, but they are
disposed to ask you what you are going
to do about It
O Hair.
Whose shadows hold tho mystery of a shrine
Heavy with vows and worship, xvhere the pale
Priests who pour out their souls In Incense
pine
For dead loves unforgot be thou the veil
To ay heart's altar, secret and divine.
O Voice, O Hands, O Eyes, O Lips, O Hair,
Of your strange beauty God (himselt hath care.
So deep the riddle he hath wrought therein
Whether for love's delight or love's despair.
Charles M. Schwab wa3 recently put
ahead 20.000 In a little game .at Monte
Carlo. He evidently carries his business
system Into his pastimes.
The Washington correspondent of tho
New York World has wired his paper that
the hat of one of the Roosevelt children
blew off one day. The public is waiting
anxiously to learrt whether it lit on the
crown or the brim.
The following announcement appeared
the other day In a Buckinghamshire (Eng
land) paper: 'The vicar regrets to have
to Inform his parishioners that in conse
quence of his advanced age It will not be
possible for him to visit the residents on
the hilltops. He will still be able to per
form all the Sunday church duty. If at
any time It should please God to send
him a pony and carriage It will give him
great pleasure to resume his former
course of visiting!"
An evangelist who Is making many con
verts in Holton, I$an., preaches like this:
"Tho man who poses as a sceptic and will
not listen to conclusive proof as to the
truth of God's word is a dishonest puppy.
You may announce yourself as a man, but
when you -go Into partnership with whis
ky, either by your vote or support, you
become a dirty, low-down, white-livered
devil. Don't tell me sou are an atheist,
and then go 'round pturlng out blister
mouthed profanity In tfte name ot a God
you don't believe In, you sklllet-headcd
old scrub. The men that can be bought
at a big price here won't bring 15 cents a
dozen In hell. I am reaching for you
politician."
At a meeting of the Roicommon, Ire-
land. Board of Guardians, the other day,
strong objection was taken to the use of
the letters "O. H. M. S." (6n His Maj
esty's Service) on the envelopes of the
board. One member said: "TJeso letters
are emblematic of our subjugation tos
base and barbarous race. Ler.it bo put
down on the minutes that the cjerk is in
structed td cease ordering any more en
velopes with such degrading letters print
ed or written on them, and that' for the
future envelopes with some national em
blem or lettering, such as 'On the people's
service.' be substituted." Eventually, af
ter a discussion, a notice of motion to
abolish the letters was given.
The late Ll Hung Chang was very apt
to revllo in the lowest billingsgate if any
one offended him. Once a district magis
trate Incurred his displeasure, whereupon
Ll cursed him In a loud voice, even going
so far as to damn his ancestors. But the
district magistrate, nothing daunted, '
spoke up sharply: "I am an officer of the
Emperor, even though my rank is low.
You may kill me, but you must not curse
me. Besides, the Emperor orders you to
promote your good officials and degrade
your bad ones". He did not order you to
curse them. If you curse me, cannot 1
play at that game, too?" The rejoinder
so astonished Ll that he ceased reviling
and escorted the man to the gate, saying:
"Great district magistrate!", The next
day he ordered the provincial treasurer
to give the man a first-class appointment,
saying that a man of such courage would
surely make a good official.
Some amusing stories are being told
which Illustrate Kaiser Wllhelm's pref
erence for having things represented as
they are. rather than as they might be.
When the Berlin sculptor, Schost, was
commanded to model a statue of Frledrich
Wilhelm I of Prussia, to be placed in
the imperial palace, he made the mis
take of idealizing the monarch in his
desire to produce a fine work of art,
and the consequence was that tho first
sketches laid before tho Kaiser repre
sented a majestic and calmly dignified ,
figure which totally lacked the 'charac
teristics of Frledrich Wilhelm. "My dear
Schost," was Kaiser Wllhelm's criticism
after closely inspecting the sculptor'a
production, "you must represent the King
more forcibly as Inexorable, simply;
after all he was a bearish fellow. Well,
make him one." Schost followed the ad
vice and produced a cast of the statue
of the King which was full ot energy,
powerful and blunt. "Famous," exclaim
ed tho Kaiser on beholding It; "make
his thus, only take his hat off. Where
court 'customs reign one doffs tho ha.t,
even when one is inconsiderate and a
King."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Teeth. "One's teeth require lots of looking
after, don't they7" "Yes. Ma mislaid hr
upper set yesterday, and it took us two hours
to find them." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Quite a Difference. Harold She said she
would be willing to go to the ends of the world
with mi'. Jerrold OhI Any girl would. But
how about settling down In a Harlem, flat?
Puck.
La Montt I wonder what they are selling
over there? I Just heard them shouting: "Here
Is something to catch a man's eye!" La
Moyne H'm! they must be selling ladles' um
brellas. Philadelphia Record.
Margie (aged 4) Mamma, what made our
washerwoman black? Mamma She was born
so. Margie. The Lord made her black. Margie
Well, I'm awful glad the Lord wasn't around
when I got born. Chicago News.
Getting Even. Artist Miss Brownie-Brown-Brown,
who is to marry a Prince, won't let
us have her photograph for publication. Editor
She won't, eh? Tell the foreman to use ono
ot those cuts labeled "Before Taking." New
York Weekly.
Achievement. "Remember, young-man," said
tho practical friend, "that in order to succeed
you must teach people tx trust you." "I have
dono that." answered the gloomy young man.
"I have succeeded in getting Into debt beyond
my fondest expectations." Washington Star.