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PORTLAND, MOXDAY, .MARCH 17.
PRESENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
It would be something more than
profitless now io seek specific explana
tion of the outcome of last Saturday's
election. There are duties immediate
ly ahead for the Republicans of Mult
nomah Counts', and we would better
give our thoughts and energies to them.
There io, indeed, a lesson In what has
just passed, but It is a lesson plain on
its face, and it will not be made more
Impressive or effective by continuation
of the discussions which preceded the
event. Let us have peace and good-fellowship
within the party; let us, in re
building the party organization, make
its basis broad enough to include all
elements; let us address the party in
its reunited and rehabilitated form to
the work which lies before it!
Circumstances give to the Republican
party in Multnomah County a very
large responsibility in connection
with state, and even with National, af
f aira The weight of Multnomah In the
State Legislature, estimated merely
upon the basis of numbers, is so consid
erable as to make the voice of Mult
nomah a highly potential factor in
relation to every legislative proposal.
And, naturally enough, there is always
a disposition on the part of those who
come to the Legislature from commu
nities of less political weight and less
force in other respects, to .look to the
Multnomah delegation for the initiative
in most legislative and political con
cerns of a large kind. For good or for
ill, leadership in the public affairs of
Oregon, and in such affairs as belong
to Oregon's relationship to the Nation,
attaches to Multnomah County. This is
ut once an honorable and a serious fact.
It puts upon those who stand for Mult
nomah County at Salem, and upon the
body of the responsible party, at home,
& profound moral obligation.
These considerations must be kept in
xnlnd in the party work now to be ac
complished. There has been a shift in
the center of gravity within the party.
but the change is not in its character
one to limit the loyalty or to chill the
enthusiasm of any member of -the party.
On the other hand, it is a change cal
culated to bring every earnest party
man, no matter where his immediate
affiliations have been, into a closer and
more manly relationship to party af
falrs. The forces which triumphed in
last Saturday's election stand pledged
to these ends, and their justification
for such action as they have taken lies
in enforcement of these ends. Reor
ganization must be accomplished upon
a plan to afford to every Republican a
place suitable to a man of Republican
principles, of the party or co-operative
spirit, and of consistent self-respect.
The party ticket now to be made up
and submitted to the voters of Mult
nomah County will not reflect the pur
poses of any clique, of any party boss.
The convention which meets "Wednes
day owes its character to a universal
protest against personal and arbitrary
party control. It will be a convention
the first In long years In which every
element of the party will have repre
sentation, and in which every reason
able voice may be heard with respect.
'It will be a convention competent to
do Its work' by processes of mutual con
sultation and reason; it will have some
thing more to do than to ratify perfunc
torily a "programme'-' jobbed into shape
In a back room, weeks before the mem-b"ereof--the
-convention were" -elected.
Here, as always, the will ofrthe respon
sible majority must control, but it will
be a majority of Independent and rep
resentative men not a body of faction
ists bound in ' pitiful allegiance- to a
party dictator and trained to respond
to signals which signify the will of
their master. It will, we believe, be a
majority with no arbitrary purpose, but
one seeking by consideration and fair
ness to justify the confidence reposed
In it by the body of the party.
During many years there have been
dissensions Jn the Republican party in
Portland 'and Multnomah County. Now
and here is the time to end them. Now
and here Is the time for a new de
parture", "forgetting the things that are
laehlnd." Now Is the time, now the op
portunity, to put the Republican party
on a basis broad enough to include all
Republicans. In guiding the policy of
the party, and in making the ticket to
be put before the people at this time,
courtesy and consideration are due to
those who failed to win a majority of
the convention, and representation on
the ticket should be freely awarded
them. 'Wide consultation for common
objects should be substituted for star
chamber proceedings. Let us now have
a Republican convention, not an assem
bly to register a dictator's decrees.
The object of the work of Saturday
was not to substitute one ring for an
other but to recreate a party and to set
it above factions.
AMENDMENTS FOR PRI3IARY LAW.
The general purposes and aims of the (
new primary law were approved in Sat
urday's election, and such defects as ap
peared in practice were mostly discov
ered In the procedure before election
day. The voting Itself passed off ad
mirably, excepting in a single particu
lar, which will be noticed later In this
article. As a rule, the amendments
needed pertain to the operations that
take place under the law priQr to pri
mary day. These let us briefly notice.
The public interest requires that the
general power of political machines over
primary elections should, be still fur
ther restricted.' The law Is a beginning
In the right direction, but it does not
go far enough. -A potential abuse it
permits was shown In the operations
of the Republican Central Committee,
and must be expected to occur unless
the law Is amended. One of these
abuses grows out of the prerogative of
apportioning delegates. This .should be
taken out of the hands of the commit
tees and made th'e duty of the County
Court. Another grave error is the short
time permitted between filing of tickets
and primary day. Two days or four
days are not enough. A week is the
shortest time that should be permitted.
Two weeks are not too much. The
voters should have ample opportunity
to canvass the merits and demerits of
nominees for delegates. The law should
also be extended to cover the whole
county as well as the city. Failure to
Include the outlying regions, and the
latitude allowed the committees in ap
portionment, worked injustice, to many
suburban voters.
A serious fault in the law is the lati
tude allowed for selection of primary
day. Now we see that the primary Is
.n election jUBt as much as the biennial
event of June is an election. If the law
says that the second election shall occur
on a certain Tuesday In June, why shall
Jt not also say that the first election
shall occur on a certain Monday or Sat
urday in March? Primary day should
be fixed by statute, and not left to the
"whim or manipulation of County Clerks
or campaign committees. An early date
in April Is probably the best time.
March is too early, and prolongs the
campaign unnecessarily. A Wednesday
or Saturday about sixty days before
the June election would be best.
The single exception to the satisfac
tory workings of the law on election day-
Is one that must have occurred to al
most -every fair-minded man who either
felt himself the injustice or observed an
other's feeling of injustice at being com
pelled to declare In the public booth
what political ticket he wished to vote.
So many years of experience with the
Australian ballot have educated our
voters that there Is a natural feel
ing of repugnance to this palpable In
trusion upon the secrecy of the ballot.
The Oregonlan still adheres to the opin
ion that Mr. Ed Bingham's conten
tion has been right about this matter
all along namely, that at the first or
primary election, as well as at the sec
ond or general election, the voter should
be given a blanket ballot, on which he
should have the right to record his
choice of delegates for any of the par
ties with which he desires to act. Sat
urday's experience Is eloquent on this
point. If a Democrat wished to partici
pate in the Republican controversy, he
simply called for a Republican ticket.
None could stop him, and no one can
prevent him from voting for a Demo
crat in June because he voted for Re
publican delegates in March. Is any
thing whatever gained by wresting from
such a' man. a public exhibition of dis
honesty? This thing has been tried In
Minnesota. As soon as Dr. Ames was
nominated on a blanket ballot at the
primaries the Republican bosses raised
the cry that he had been nominated by
Democratic votes because the Demo
crats wanted a man they could easily
beat. The sequel put them utterly in
the wrong, because Dr. Ames ran as
well election day as he did primary day,
and was triumphantly elected. The
contention that a blanket ballot contain
ing all ndtainees of all parties Infringes
upon the vested rights of party organ
izations is one we do not believe will
find weight with fair-minded men on
or off the bench.
When the Lockwood law was passed
a year ugo The Oregonlan was intensely
disappointed with it as a makeshift for
true direct "primary elections which had
been promised. But when the incongrui
ties of the Morgan law-,were developed
under discussion, The Oregonlan wel
comed the Lockwood law and rejoiced
in its affirmation in the courts as a step,
however slight, in the right direction.
After Its trial It seems that, , on the
whole, its merits were underestimated.
It assures to every voter a chance to
vote with the certainty that, his ballot
will be counted as cast The achieve
ment Is one for congratulation, there
fore, and for resolve to go on In the
law's perfection. Ballot reform moves
slowly, but surely. Oregon will never
see the day when the Lockwood law will
be repealed, or when the secrecy of the
Australian ballot will be removed from
either primary or general election.
Changes will be made, but they will
be in the direction of greater security
of the ballot and purity of elections.
Revolutions of this kind never go back.
ward.
THEMSELVES TO BLAME.
"Wall street Is wondrously perturbed
over the widespread antagonism toward
the great railroad mergers. 'This an
tagonism extends from the Administra
tion and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission down to the vast body of the
investing public. As the situation is
put in yesterday's dispatches from the
New Tork stock market:
The pending litigation against the Northern
Securities Company is to be constantly borne
In mind in understanding the present stock
market. The admonitory attitude of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, toward the
railroads, as a result of recent investiga
tions by the commission and admissions by
the officers of railroads, has been a disturb
ing Influence. The dissolution of several
organizations led to some disturbance and
nominal changes In freight rates. This Is an
unfailing source of uneasiness to holders of
railroad securities.
There are two very cogent reasons
why the merger promoters deserve -exactly
what they are getting In the pros
tration of their securities. One i9 that
they have set out deliberately to defy
the law. Every one of these great rail
way mergers Is in direct conflict with
the spirit and letter of the Sherman
anti-trust law, with Supreme Court de
cisions, and with the rulings, not to say
the commands, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. It is hoped by
sharp practice of shrewd lawyers to cir
cumvent the lawt the courts and the
commission. New terminology is In
vented which does not come within the
specifications of the law, and Ingenious
statements are given to the press In the
hope of befogging the public mind and
diverting attention from the plain in
fraction of the law. This Is not very
creditable business, and does not de
serve much of that popular sympathy
for which? the trust promoters seem eo
Eollcltoua.
The other reason why the railway
trusts deserve what they get is that
they are built up and defended on the
most childish and insincere of excuses.
The professed object is to conserve the
properties and eliminate disastrous
rate-cutting. Now, It Is perfectly pre
posterous to pretend that the controllers
of the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern cannot amicably agree to
maintain fair rates and respect each
other's territory except by a great
scheme of their common purchase, In
volving enormous sales of the joint se
curities on the stock -market and the
withdrawal of millions in commissions
by promoters and underwriters. They
are like the boy In the story, yoked up
with a "steer, who cried to his father:
"D n our fool souls, dad, head us off!"
They cry out to the trust promoter to
head them off, or they will ruin them
selves with disastrous competition. It
is the pretense of childhood at play
rather than the utterance of mature and
capable business men.
If the organization of these mergers
is palpably unnecessary as a device to
enable men tired of fighting to live In
peace, what Is Its real purpose, unless
to earn money for the men who have
formed them? And If they are now dis
credited In the very field whence their
emoluments sre drawn, could Justice be
more fittingly applied?
A GLAD HAND FROM THE SOUTH.
The Mississippi Legislature on the
4tK inst. -passed a remarkable set of
resolutions, remarkable for their pa
triotism and their repudiation of Popu
lism. These resolutions recite the fact
that in the section east of the Missis
sippi and north of the Ohio and the
Potomac there is a population "whose
leaders stand for the highest types of
American enterprise and sagacitj-, and
for a most amazing aggregation of
wealth and intelligence." These reso
lutions proceed to recite that this sec
tion has untold millions of idle capital
for Industrial Investment and expan
sion, while in the South there are
boundless natural resources being neg
lected for want of ready capital for
their development and utilization. These
resolutions recite the determination of
Mississippi "to maintain at whatever
cost the paramount supremacy of the
Federal flag," and refer with pride to
the valor of the Southern soldiery In
the late war with Spain.
These Mississippi Democrats believe
in compromise and concession -"as the
conservative principle in our system of
popular government, and. upon these
lines they "Invite the co-operation of
conservative, patriotic men of all sec
tions," that sectional estrangement may
be no more and that "the talent, re
sources and genius of the American peo
ple be applied to the practical solution of
economic problems and to the mitiga
tion of the condition of kindred peoples,
not yet free." These remarkable reso
lutions were enthusiastically passed by
an almost unanimous vote of the Mis
sissippi Legislature, and are heartily
indorsed by the Jackson Evening News.
Another sign of saving common sense
among the Democrats of the South is
the -vigorous repudiation of "the con
sent of the governed" theory by the
Nashville American, which says that "if
Mr. Lincoln were President today his
Philippine policy would urge the Amer
ican forces to unrelenting activity until
they compelled peace in those islands."
Time Is slowly proving the great
healer, the effective consoler between
the North and South. "What a contrast
Is presented today between the attitude
of the people of Mississippi holding out
the olive branch of Industrial Invitation
to Northern capital and the attitude of
sullen hate and contempt maintained
toward Northern capitalists when some
twenty-five years ago they thought to
develop the white oak region of Mis
souri and Arkansas by running narrow
gauge railroads through it. The land
was cheap; Northern capital could make
that lumber region blossom like the
rose, but twenty-five years ago, when
Northern capital was disposed to touch
It. It dared not do It. Why? Because
the native population was then so clan
nish and so hostile to Northern skill
and enterprise that the moment it was
evident that foreign capital was rapidly
earning a dividend the natives would
set a torch to the Invading lmprove-
ments'and fiddle the "Arkansaw Trav
eler" over the ruins of the Imported
efforts to redeem the wilderness.
That was the mood of the Missouri
and Arkansas borderers In the white
oak region twenty-five years ago, but
all this is changed; railroads have long
ago pjerced that white oak timber tract
and brought its riches to market. In
Florida twenty years ago there were
districts where Northern men spent
thousands of dollars to erect mills and
other Improvements only to see them
burned by the natives, who spared only
those buildings that they knew were
mortgaged to a Southern man. All this
has changed in Florida as it certainly
has about Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Fifteen years ago a small Southern
farmer of the class that made up the
rank and file of the Confederate Army
was hired by -a member-of the United
States Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, a gallant officer of the Union
Army, to show him the lines of the
battle-fields of Chlckamauga and Chat
tanooga. These two old soldiers became
naturally quite friendly, and the North
ern Colonel finally asked this 'ex-soldler
of Bragg"s army If he was pleased to
see Northern capital In Chattanooga,
and the answer was: "No; I am not
sorry that slavery Is gone, but we farm
ers don't want you fellows down liere,
and wo have no use for you or your
money." It was the truthful answer of
a brave but narrow-minded man, but
without any. disrespect to this manly
old Southern soldier It is safe to say
that the new mood of the South Is due
to the fact that the generation that
fought' the war Is passing away at the
South; the simple-minded soldiers on
both sides who fought the Civil "War
to a finish are either dead or have
ceased to bs a potential influence in
either National or State politics.
This is well, because there is a time
when sentimental prejudice and hostil-
Ity must make room for the businessTrtJ
peace. belt-interest in ;the sense of en
lightened selfishness has always ruled
the world since the day that the busl-
I cesB, of the world ceased to be handl-
capped by religious superstition. It was
natural and creditable to both sides that
sentiment held sway on both sides to
the great conflict after it was ended. It
was natural that both sides for some
years after the war lost no chance In
Congress or outside to shoulder th'elr
crutches, and, tell hqw fields were lost
or won, but that day Is gone, never to
return. Both sections have since fought
under the same flag against a foreign
foe; the great captains on both sides
are "either all dead or tottering on the
verge of the grave; the young genera
tion, whose childish slumbers were
broken by the April drums of 1S61 re
peating Lincoln's long roll of alarm, to
day rule the Nation In the President's
chair; In Congress; In the state gov
ernments; in the great places of busi
ness and politics.
The South and the North are both
very different peoples than they were
twenty-five years ago, because the gen
eration that fought the war Is dead or
on the retired 11st, and because the ex
ecutive generation of today nave de
cided that the dead past should be suf
fered to bury Its dead without expect
ing any further consideration from the
living present, which stands for peace,
not war, between the sections; for busi
ness, not sentimental memories. The
present prospect "Is that the South will
be enormously developed by Northern
capital during the next twenty years.
The South sees that nothing is needed
to secure this capital but security for
its Investment. This security could not
be assured until provincial sentiment
and sectional prejudice had been burnt
out or buried, and today the South feels
both willing to Invite the investment
and to pledge its faith for its security
from lawless spoliation.
The United States Supreme Court
holds that ordinances enacted by the
City of Detroit, Mich., arbitrarily reduc
ing street-car fares' In that "city to 3
cents,, were Irregular and without bind
ing effect. Thus another of the pet
schemes of the late ex-Governor Pln
gree, by which he hoped to revolution
ize the workings of business and
finance in his state, has fallen before
judicial ruling. His potato-patch
scheme, by which he .rose to 'promi
nence, is no longer heard of. and his
attempts to bring the railroad corpora
tions of the state to his way of thinking
through the force of legislative and ex
ecutive power failed. A man of bound
leas energy and radical reform Ideas,
he commanded respect by the manifest
sincerity of his Intentions. The prac
tical good sense of his potato-patch
scheme commended it and him to the
favor of philanthropists and voters, but
his peculiar views on finance brought
him notoriety rather than respectful
hearing. The failure of the effort to re
duce street-car fares In his capital city
to 3 cents, by compulsion, clears the
board of the methods whereby Mr. Pin
gree came Into prominence-as n. cham
pion of the rights of the working people
and a friend to the poor. While he
gained position and place through them,
he accomplished little that will be of
permanent value, and literally worked
himself to death, a martyr to energy
and perhaps to principle.
By posters Issued on primary day, and
Indecently paraded by Ting officials
even at the polling-places, attempts
were made to prejudice the minds of
worklngmen against The Oregonlan. It
was a most raltry business, worthy of
the paltry fellows who fathered It; and
it is creditable to the Intelligence of
those to whom these appeals were ad
dressed, as well as to their sense of Jus
tice, that the expedient so completely
failed. The Oregonlan is one of the
largest employers of labor In the city,
and the wage rates in Its business are
higher than In any other line what
ever; and In all departments It pay3
rates above the union scale. The Ore
gonian has no disagreements with the
people who work for It. Its relations
with them stand on the basis of mu
tual respect, common interest and re
ciprocal good-will. The main objections
of The Oregonlan to these posters were
the purpose and manner of their issue,
the baseness of the police and some of
the election officials who flaunted them
in the face of voters, and the" attempt,
futile though It was, to make working
men believe The Oregonlan an enemy
of our working people. The Oregonlan
has but to add that men like "Big"
Jones and Policeman Hoare were In
very dirty business.
It is rumored that Count Tolstoi died
at his retreat lnhe Crimea on the loth
of February! and that the fact of hla
death has been suppressed by the Rus
sian Government 'In order to avoid dis
turbances that knowledge of the event
would precipitate. The rumor probably
has no other foundation than that fur
nlshed by the well-known feeble condi
tion of the aged novelist, and the fur
ther fact that he haB long been seri
ously ill. Sharp as is the censorship of
the press in Russia, It is likely that, had
Tdlstpl died at the time stated, the
event, with authentic details, would
long ago have been given to the world.
It is, no doubt, true that Russia Is In
the midst of troubles of her own, and
she naturally dreads any event of a
disturbing nature. Hence the effort to
keep the knowledge of jany such event
from the public would no doubt be
made. It Is the possibility of suppress
ing it for such a length of time that Is
doubted. Absolutism etlll reigns In Rus
sia, but these are not the days of Ivan
the Terrible, nor of Peter the Great.
There are some things that even des
potism cannot compass, even in despotic
Russia, for the reason that she is now
in touch with the world and its throb
bing news arteries.
Nothing could be more reprehensible
than the use and abuse of official au
thority, as exhibited In Portland at the
primaries on Saturday. It swept Into
support of the Simon tickets the greater
part of the dependent, the vicious and
the semi-criminal classes, amounting to
fully one-half the votes the Simon tick
ets received. Had the proposition been
separated from officialdom and from its
influence and coercion, Simon would not
have received 1000 votes In Multnomah,
for 'return to the United States Senate.
Four-fifths of his support was "worked
up" through officialism and through its
power over one set of men and another.
Every observer knows It. The "graft"
was the sole source of the power of the
"machine" in Saturday's primary. The
opposition that defeated it could come
only from an awakened and aroused
people. The few unconnected with the
"graft," or not under its pressure, who
voted the Simon tickets, could do noth
ing in any contest, nor would they try.
They acted with the machine only be-
cause they relied on Its power and
thought it would win. The defeat of
this effort is the most powerful lesson
yet delivered in Portland on civic duty.
OUR MODERN WYCUF.
New Tork Times.
The Illness of Tolstoi suggests that na
tions have to pass through the same
troubles, although at different times, and
points a parallel between certain phases
of Russian thought today and events that
took place In Western Europe 500 3cars
ago.
"When peoples are subject to the tyran
ny of priests thero spring up courageous
men, who proclaim the independence of
thought and refuse to be shaken by the
ban decreed by frightened clerics or by
the appeals of timid friends. In our day
Tolstoi Is a man who has defied the power
of a church which opposes the education
of the people, sees Its oxjp safety In the
absolutism of a ruler, and plays Into the
hands of a Crar.
Modern In many things, and earnestly
striving after that freedom of thought
and action which we of the Western na
tions undervalue because It seems our nat-
ural birthright, as to religions matters
Russia still lingers in the lap of the
Middle-Ages. She possesses a state re
ligion officered and manned by priests
without spiritual leaven who practically
constitute another police to curb the peo
ple and subject them to the supposed will
of the Czar, thus acting in collusion with
the army and the courts of law. Tnelr
greatest fear, as they Imagine, their great
est foe, Is education. It Is this tremend
ous Instrument In the hand of a despotic
government that Tolstoi has antagonized
by his conduct during later years and by
his pamphlet-novels.
Tolstoi was not from the first a pure
spirit that protested against tho iniqui
ties he saw about him. He has not lived
the life of a holy man like Wycllf; far
from It. The fact that ho experienced a
change of heart only when age had cooled
his blood need'not blind us to the good
In his work. It Is a great thing for Rus
sia vthat one man existed who did not
fear" the bigotry, the Ignorance and world,
llncss. the hypocrisy of the Russian
church. Certainly the high social rank of
Tolstoi has helped to protect him from
the actlvo resentment of a church whose
ministers are neither admired nor respect
ed by the vast majority of the nobility.
The situation In Russia Is not unlike the
state of things in England at the time of
Chaucer, when the clergy was worldly
and corrupt. Ignorant, and a ready tool
of tyranny, sunk in sensuality, and only
rdused to activity by the fear of being
deprived of their temporal advantages.
In that century there aroso a man like
Tolstoi, but far more learned and bold,
who paved the way for Huss and Luther,
and, indeed, was more clearsighted and
logical than the great reformer of a later
day. This was Wycllf, the man who
dropped Latin for English, translated the
Bible into the vernacular, and assailed
the church In pamphlets with a learning
and a vigor never surpassed. He. too,
was supported by nobles of the highest
rank, but found, when he pushed his logic
to its conclusions, that man cannot put
his faith in Princes. Had he not died In
the nick of time, he would lnevltably
have been burned at the stake for pro
claiming things which the greater part of
the educated world accepts today as self
evident. Tolstoi may be likened to the great
head'of the Lollards, though at a respect
ful distance. Like him, he advises a
simple life, like him he brushes aside the
cobwebs spun by priests and tells his
hearers to seek their religion in the, life
and precepts of Christ, not the crafty
enactments of synods. Fortunately for
Tolstoi, there is no superstitious tyrant on
the throne, and the admiration of Rus
sians for their literary magnate Is so
great that the anger of the men whose
very existence Is assailed by his writings
is confined to an Impotent excommuni
cation, which Is to follow him after death.
Both are pitiless In holding up the mirror
to shufflers and hypocrites: both have
been called sacrilegious and revolution
ary. The parallel holds to the very treatment
of Wycllf after death, since his enemies,
unable to bring him to the stake alive,
dug up bis remains and burned them, while
tho clerical foes of Tolstoi have served
notice that his body shall not receive
Christian sepulture.
The veiled communism of Wycllf. which
was Inevitable as soon as he thoroughly
worked out the reasons for the failure
of the medieval church, reappears In Tol
stoi, because the same causes produce
the same results.
Mr. Roosevelt's Statesmanship.
Detroit Tribune.
The Tribune Is thoroughly convinced
that both National honor and National in
terest demand that substantial tariff con
cessions be made to Cuba, and that if
they are not made, there will be both
moral and material reasons for regret
ting the failure. At the same time It Is
constrained to say that President Roose
velt, having set forth these facts, In his
annual message to Congress In emphatic
form, is acting wisely In serving notice
that he will not be placed in tho' position
of trying to dictate to Congress the ac
tion it shall take onHhe recommendations
there, made. In other words, he will
neither threaten nor lobby In favor of
Cuban reciprocity. The two houses know
what his deliberate Judgment Is; they un
derstand his moral convictions In the
case, and have had the benefit of tho ar
guments presented In the message. He
feels, as a President should feel, that
there his duty in advising the lawmaking
body ends. In refusing to follow so re
cent, so conspicuous and so distinguished
a precedent as that which hl3 predeces
sor established in his executive lobbying
with the House and Senate, Mr. Roose
velt has made what Is. to date, his most
commanding claim to high statesman
ship and far-seeing patriotism. That the
cause which he refuses to serve by such
dangerous means lies near his heart and
takes root in his moral nature makes the
refusal the more striking and the more
commendable. A conscience less stern
or a patriotism more emotional might
readily Justify the means for the sake of
so righteous an end. That tho President
Is unablo to do so entitles him to still
greater praise.
Turning Point In Onr History.
Kansas City Journal.
The turning point for the American Re
public cams when W. J. Bryan and" free
silver went down to defeat. Nowhere in
the annals of tho world can we find a
parallel to the prosperity which came
with leaps and bounds after the people
had voted to establish the gold standard.
The enormous advance of our country
since 1S96 is due in a greater measure to
the adoption of gold as a basic money
than to all other causes combined, and
any attempt to account for It which does
not give the principal credit to the elcc-
tlon of 1S9S Is without grasp upon a very
plain situation. As we look back now
it is easy enough to see the mistake that
was made in 1S73 and again in 1S75. In
1S73 wo virtually adopted the gold stand
ard without closing the question. In 1S75
we again foolishly dodged the Issue by
providing for specie resumption without
establishing a standard. If the American
people had gone boldly to the gold stand
ard In 1873 there would now be no ques
tion about tho location of tho world's
financial center.
However, there is no use in crying over
spilled milk. What we may be assured of
is that since we adopted the gold stand
ard the financial power has been stead
ily shifting from London to New York,
and that with a continuance of present
conditions tho transfer of supremacy will
not be long delayed. This much is admit,
ted in England, and In most of the Eu
ropean capitals It Is spoken of as a fore
gone conclusion.
Ancient Tapestries.
New York Evening Journal.
Some of the tapestries and embroideries
at the doorway of the imperial inclosure
at the opera had been used on occasions
of royal ceremony In the Old World hun
dreds of years ago, and were the cher
ished possessions of noble families.
They were loaned for the occasion, and
consisted principally of old Flemish tapes
try of the 15th century, brought from the
old chateau near Toulouse. The chairs
in the royal box Were all of the periods of
Louis XP7 and Louis XYI.
GRAFT'S START IX THE WAR.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"How old do you think I am?" asked J.
H. Evans, of PlattsvUIe. Wis., In the
course of a conversation reminiscent in
character.
"Sixty-five."
"Seventy-one!"
"I knew General Grant before, during
and after the war," continued Mr. Ev
ans. "I am 13 years older than my broth
er. H. Clay Evans, the Pension Commis
sioner, about whom so much has been
written and said.
"As I was saying, I knew General Grant
before the war. He used to drive from !
Galena to Plattevllle as a salesman fori
" . j-c.ijj. lijius io acsi learner.
He was not a successful business man.
He succeeded a brother. Simpson Grant,
who died In St. Paul, Minn. When Simp
son died Jesse Grant, the father, who re
sided In St. Louis, and was the senior
member of the firm of Grant & Perkins,
wrote his partner telling him they would
have to give Ulysses Grant a chance. I
know he isn't worth much.' -wrote the
General's parent; 'he has proved a failure
In everything he has undertaken. How
ever, put him on. pay him what you find
he Is worth, and If It Is not enough to sup
port him and his family I will pay the
difference.'
"Mr. Perkins put the future commander
of the largest army In the world at work
traveling about the neighborhood selling
leather, and after a time concluded he was
worth $15 a month, paid him 5D0. and
charged Jesse Grant with half of the
amount. This was told me by Mr. Per
kins himself.
"General Grant was In Galena only a
short time when the war broke out. A
mass meeting was held, at which John A.
Rawlins, an eloquent young lawyer, and
a companion of the leather salesman, pre
sided. At the conclusion of the speaking
Grant declared that, havlnc been educated
by the Government at West Point, he
should fight for the Government. He anJ
Rawlins started In to raise a company.
"Before the ranks were filled, however.
Governor Yates met E. B. Washbume m
Chicago, and said:
" 'Senator, we are In a tangle out In
Springfield over the mustering In of our
soldiers. Can you tell me where I can get
a good man to attend to the business?
"Senator Washburne was silent for a
moment, and then exclaimed:
" 'The very man for the place! I have
him! Cantaln Grant, of Galena.'
" 'For heaven'? sake send for him a3
quickly as you can.'
"Captain Grant reported for duty at
Springfield, was placed In the Adjutant-
Gcneral'3 office, and began bringing order
out of chaos.
"A regiment the Twenty-third was
raised in Chicago and Qulncy. Some
trouble broke out In Hannibal. Mo., and
the Twenty-third was ordered there to
quell the disturbance. The Qulncy men
refused to go. claiming they did not enlist
to fight their neighbors (Qulncy is just
across the river from Hannibal). The Col
onel of the regiment was a weakling,
thoroughly Incompetent. Governor Yates
sent for Captain Grant.
" 'Can you take the Twenty-third Regi
ment to Hannibal. Captain?' inquired the
Governor.
" 'I can.' replied tho Captain.
" 'You are In command, sir. Do It.'
"Captain, now Colonel Grant, had neith
er horse to ride nor uniform or accouter
ments to wear. He finally obtained an or
dinary animal of William Culderwood. a
liveryman, on credit, for $150. and hl
father's partner, Mr. Perkins, loaned him
the money to buy his uniform and sword.
"Then Colonel Grant. In the gathering
shade of night. Issued his first order In
the War of the Rebellion. It was, for the
Twenty-third Illinois Infantry to appear
the following day for inspection parade.
This made It necessary for the men to
have their knapsacks, packed ready for
the march. Ordinarily such an order
would mean little, but when the Inspection
parade terminated the Twenty-third Reg
iment .was 12 miles from Springfield, on
the road to Hannibal, with wagons and
camp impedimenta following In their
wake.
"The men did not realize what was up,
and went into camp without a murmur.
The march was continued until Quincy
was reached. Hannibal wa3 Invaded, and
the disturbance ended. Down the river
the regiment Journeyed, and participated
In the battle of Belmont, opposite Colum
bus, Ky.. and Grant's career as a soldier
started, en route for Appomattox."
Facts nt First Hand.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Ervlng Winslow Is easily the first of
all the "antls." and he Is a genuine joy
forever. Nothing stands In the way of
the Irresistible march of his Intellect
toward any conclusion that he wishes
to reach. Agulnaldo admits that he
killed General Luna. He said to General
Funston: "Why, yes: I had him killed
simply because if I had not he would
have been dictator In my place." Gov
ernor Taft, in his testimony before the
Senate committee, said: "I have never
heard It denied until now that the killing
of Luna was the result of a factional
difference between him and Agulnaldo;
that he was killed by the guard of Aguln
aldo at Aguinaldo's headquarters." Does
this testimony convince Winslow? Not
for a second. He says It will be shown
before the Senate committee that "Ag
ulnaldo had nothing to do with General
Luna's death." Who will show It? Prob
ably FIske Warren, of Boston, the antl
envoy, who went to the Philippines to
"learn the facts and displayed such open
sympathy with the Insurgents that the
Taft Commission compelled him. greatly
against his will, to take the oath of al
legiance to the united states Derore dc
inc allowed at large. Think of that high
handed outrage! Could anything worse
than that be done to a Boston antl who
was confessedly on a mission of hostility
to the Government and the soldiers of his
own country? If he gets on the stand in
the Senate Inquiry he will show the world
what a pack of liars McKlnley, Taft. all
members of the Taft Commission, General
Otis. General Funston, General Chaf
fee and the other "Imperialists" are. He
knows the facts better than any man ex
cept Winslow.
Blood Royal of Enrope.
Bostdn Traveler.
With the exception of the King of
Sweden, a descendant of Bernadotte
whom Napoleon raised from the ranks
and later made King, there Is not a single
Important ruler in Europe who Is not de
scended from Man. Queen of Scots. In
"Macbeth." which was evidently written
with the Idea of courting the favor of
James I. the first Stuart ruler of England.
Shakespeare put Into the mouth of the
witches this prophecy to Banquo, from
whom the Stuarts are by legend descend
ed: "Your children shall be Kings." It Is
a curious historical fact that the dynasty
of the Stuarts, In many cases the worst
dynasty that ever ruled over England,
should have left so many descendants
among the reigning houses of Europe.
Bear Ye One Another's Hardens.
If any little word of ours
Can make one life the brighter.
If any little sonjr of ours
Can make one heart the lighter.
God help us speak that little word.
And take our bit of singing.
And drop It In some lonely vale.
To set the echoes ringing.
If any little love of ours
Can make one life the sweeter.
If any little care of ours
Can make one step the fleeter.
If any little help may case
The burden of another.
Gcd give us love and care and strength
To help along each other.
If any watchful thought of ours
Can make some work the stronger.
If any cheery smite of ours
Can make its brightness longer.
Then let us speak that thought today
With tender eyes a-glowlng.
So God may grant some weary one
Shall reap from our glad sowing.
Selection.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Let us change the subject.
Let the frugs and snakes- lie low till to.
morrow.
The redoubtable Mr. Jtouth seems, to
have labored in vain.
Anyway, Mrs. J. P. Morgan will be able
to purchase an Easter hat.
Russia and Japan are preparing for war,
but so is every other country.
Perhaps wc- shall be subject to correc
tion today for our Erin ways.
Bunco men will find tickets out of town
on sale at all the railway offices.
Messrs. Kerrigan and Snow can now
go -back into the detective business.
Other voices will be heard In this con
vention besides that of Mr. McCamant.
The way we honor Pathrick
Is plainly to be seen.
For In our -very kitchens
The sen ant girls is green.
If we hear that Prince Henry Is to un
dergo an operation for appendicitis, wo
shall know why.
All nature heln to celebrate
With color bright and gajv
The threes an hills and meadhows will
All wear the Tecn today.
Whatever may be said about Secretary
Long, no one .has heard a bluejacket com
plaining about eating embalmed beef.
Howly St. Pathricb, bliss the great name lv
him.
He made all the snakes an' the toads dis
appear. Sure when we think of the wonderful fame
lv him.
We wish thot se had such a mon over here.
Sarah Bernhardt has cot Into a oiuarrel
with a poet. Some English actress who
wants to cet the same kind of advortlslnsr
might find Mr. Kipling a handy sfsbject.
Let thlm that ate the jritzel
And drank the lager beer.
f Because our frlnd Prince Hlnry
Was astorjpln' oer here.
Today ate plain peratles.
An take their whisky straight
For this, good frlnds, la wan great flay
We all should cllebrate.
Emperor William of Germany can talk
fluentiy In six languages. He has written
a play and conducted Its rehearsal. He
has written a public prayer and conducted
a choir. He can cook his own dinner, can
play chess, paint pictures and draw cari
catures. He has learned engineering and
studied electricity. Though he can use
only one arm, he can shoot game for hours
at the rate of two a minute. He has over
100 titles, and Is an Admiral In three
of the biggest navies. In 25 years he has
shot 27.000 head of game. He changes his
dress a dozen times a day, has a dozen
valets, and his wardrobe Is worth $500,000.
iM. Slason Thompson, replying to cer
tain family criticism of his recent enter
taining "Study" of the life and character
of Eugene Field, says: "You can no more
find the true Eugene Field In his book3
than you do the true Dr. Johnson In his
dictionary. In the estimation of no less
an authority on the subject of biography
than Edmund Gosse. nothing short of a
miracle will save any biography of a hus
band that fully satisfies the dear delu
sions of his widow. I, for one, thank God
that these delusions put an eternal limita
tion on the credulity of men and women
writing the memoirs of wfves and hus
bands." Senator Bacon, of Georgia, is clean-shaven
and bald-headed. Once when a young
man he wore long, flowing sldewhlskers.
When the roller skating craze of 15 or
20 years ago struck Georgia, Bacon was
the crack skater of his town. One night,
relates a Washington correspondent, he
was out on tho floor of the rink making
fancy figures, when two amateurs, hand
in hand, bore down on him. He tried to
get out of the way, but couldn't. The
two skaters bumped Into the embryo Sen
ator. One caught hold of his whiskers on
one side and the other took a grip on tho
other side. Yelling with pain. Bacon tried
to shake them off, but they clung to him
until all three went to the floor together.
Bacon got up, took off his skates, went
home and shaved. Since that time he
hasn't worn either a skate or a whisker.
Slavery In the Philippines.
Indianapolis Journal.
People who have distressed themselves
with the thought that slavery exists un
der tho American flag in one of the re
mote Philippine islands will welcome the
explanation of It by Governor Taft. He
says his investigation shows that the na
tives enslaved were held for debts, that
thero Is no separation of families, lit
tle cruelty, and that the form of bondage
was mild. If any kind of slavery could
be so characterized. He found It Impos
sible to secure an accurate count of the
number of slavesiLdeSfrea Yrfth' 'a view of
purchasing their release because tho na
tives, hearing of the plan, all declared
themselves slaves. To attempt to free the
slaves by force would be disastrous, be
cause the slaves themselves would re
sist by force. Such being the conditions,
those who have been making themselves
wretched because of slavery under the
American flag should endeavor to comfort
themselves, even If they would rather
have a cause for wretchedness In the Phil
ippines. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
More Work Than Play. "Docs she play
whist?" "Xo. She makes the worst work of
It you ever saw." Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin. Tho "Extra." Vandeveer Any difference be
tween that extra of yours and my earlier edi
tion? Brlnkerhoff Yes. a small Item on tho
Inside of your paper Is printed in big; red
type on the outsldo of mine! Puck.
Marjorle The Idea of her marrying a man In
the evening of life like old Grumley! Maymc
The evening of life? He's farther along than
that; I Bhould say early in the next morning.
Chicago Dally News.
His Classification. "You played nothing but
tragedies." said the friend. "They were worse
than tragedies." answered Mr. Stormlngton
Barnes, as he stopped figuring on his expense
account. "They were financial catastrophes."
Washington Star.
The panic In the diamond market Is growing
worse Instead of better. It Is now almost im
possible to get No. 2 whites In carload lots;
No. 1 blues can be obtained only In bushel
lots: and No. 1 straws are no longer quoted,
except by the peck. Chicago Tribune.
Possiblo Evolution.' Nurse Yes; dear, this is
vour little baby Bister. Elsie Indeed! And
where did she come from? Nurse The stork
left here hero In a clothes-basket. Elsie The
Idea! Perhaps she'll grow up to be a wash
woman. Philadelphia Press.
Young Lady A friend of mine Is engaged to
a roan, and now he refuses to marry her.
What would you ad vise her to do? Old Law
yer 13 the man wealthy? Young Lady No.
He hasn't a shilling. Old Lawyer Then I'd ad
vise her to write him a nice letter of thanks.
Tlt-Blts.
No Competition, Overheard In Angel Court.
"Hallo, youngster. What are you doing In the
city?" "Oh. I'm In tho stock exchange now."
"What, a boy like you? What are you going
to do there?" "Try to make an honest living."
"Really! Well, you ought to succeed; there's
no competition." Bulllonlst.
A Heartless Suggestion. She We are getting
up some tableaux for the benefit of the church,
and our pastor is to be the Christian martyr,
and we want you to be the heathen execu
tioner will you? Please do! He Why not get
one of the trustees? She Oh, It would never
do to have it too realistic! Brooklyn Life.