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RESTRICT A3TD BROADEV.
The large representation secured by
certain Simon leaders In Wednesday's
convention through use of proxies was
not In itself mischievous, and even pro
voked the gaiety of the gathering. But
it was portentous enough to Justify the
strictures made in these columns
Wednesday morning against the proxy
system. It Is certainly not within the
spirit of representative government that
men elected under laws to discharge
certain designated functions, as dele
gates'are now elected under the primary
law, should delegate their powers to
whomsoever they choose. For if so,
there' is nothing to prevent any man
thoroughly repudiated at the polls from
exercising the right that the ballots of
his 'fellow-citizens have denied him. If
so, there is no reason why Mr. Simon
himself should cot have secured a
proxy and carried his fight on the very
floor of the convention. If so, there is
no reason why in Oregon, as once in
Washington, a powerful band of rail
road lobbyists, defeated at the polls.
cannot secure seats In convention and
possibly defeat the popular will with
tricks of subterfuge and intimidation.
It would be a good Idea for the com
ing Republican State Convention to
adopt a new procedure in this matter
and make it binding not only upon fu
ture state conventions, but on city,
county and district conventions as well,
providing for election of alternates, de
nying proxies, and giving to such rep
resentatives of a precinct or county as
appear the right io cast the full vote of
the precinct or county, without regard
to the absentees.
Another reform needed In our conven
tions is a broader basis of representa
tion. The number of delegates has not
kept pace with the growth of popula
tion and of parties. Here is the big
county of Multnomah with only 162 men
in its county convention. It would be
far better to have 300. The state con
vention will number about GOO. It ought
to have 500 or GOO. In this way the
participation in party affairs would not
be confined to a few. The party or
ganlzation and policies would be
brought nearer to the people, the hon
ors and responsibility be more evenly
distributed, and the chances for boss
dictation reduced to a minimum. The
relative strength of localities would, of
course, be preserved, but the conven
tion would come nearer being, what it
purports to be, a representative gather
ing. The practice for the country districts
would ;be In every way more satisfac
tory. .Suppose that for a distant county
we had six men elected Instead of three,
and six alternates. The Interest and
participation in the primaries would be
noticeably and beneficially extended.
The chances would be greatly Increased
for a good representation, and cases
where the distant county had no repre
sentative present would be very rare.
The -sections would be brought Into
closer touch with each other, to the
promotion of better understanding and
good fellowship, and the party would
be the gainer in the communion and
attrition of more of its brightest mlnd9.
The country districts, whether in
county or state conventions, should be
required to be present. No such impro
priety should be permitted as that of
city men sitting In the convention to
represent distant communities. These
and other reforms ought to be seized
upon now and made into landmarks of
our present passing from boss dictation
.o representative rule.
PRACTICALLY AX AMERICAN TER
RITORY. It seems now practically certain that
an arrangement will be effected by
which the Cuban sugar product may be
marketed in this country upon condi
tions of reasonable advantage. The
concession to be made in the tariff rate
is not great, but It may be sufficient to
turn the scale from loss to profit and to
enable the sugar industry of Cuba upon
Which everything else in a business way
in Cuba depends to make a reasonable
living. This concession has not easily
been brought about; indeed, it would
not have been accomplished but for the
fact that it was promised by MoKlnley
in return for the complaisance of the
Cubans In accepting the Piatt amend
ment last year, and for the further fact
that, having broken the old Spanish
connection of Cuba, we stand bound in
a measure to give them another by
which -they may live. ,
The tariff concession is hailed as a
circumstance assuring the business
prosperity and Independence of the
Island; but this, it appears to us. Is a
very shallow view of the matter. It
will no doubt give prosperity to Cuba,
but prosperity tinder such conditions
16 very far from implying independence,
since the conditions are subject to
change any hour at the -will of the
United Statea To be independent a
country must be able to control the
conditions of its own existence and wel
fare it must stand without ex
ternal support and Cuba by the confes
sion of those who speak for her Is in no
such position. Her fortunes are in the
keeping of the American Congress
rather than in that of her own gov-,
ernment soon to be established; and this
being so, all talk about Independence is
In the view of those who look at things
from the standpoint of cold actuality
mere sentimental twaddle. It may sat
isfy the vanity of the Cuban people and
It may technically answer our engage
ments, but It does not alter the fact.
All that we have done In our dealings
wfth Cuba since the close of the Spanish
"War Is mere circumlocution to the end
of annexation. It is bound to come in
time; we could not make it otherwise If
we would. The island stands In such
geographical relation to this country
that we cannot permit it to fall under
other political influence than our own;
we stand pledged to the maintenance of
social and political order; we control ab
solutely the conditions of Cuban indus
trial and business prosperity. These
facts imply just one thing, and that is
that Cuba is already in effect Amer
ican territory.
WISELY DECIDED.
The Senate is probably right in law
in its yielding to the House participa
tion In the reciprocity treaties; It is cer
tainly wise from the standpoint of pub
lic policy, and it has doubtless estab
lished a principle that will never again
be brought in question.
The Senate has been disposed to con
tend that the reciprocity treaties are no
concern of the House. It Is a very ques
tionable position, in law and In fact.
The Dlngley act contemplates In terms
that the reciprocity treaties negotiated
under it shall be not only "ratified by
the Senate" but "approved by Con
gress"; and in the face of this declara
tion It becorries a very serious question
whether tariff revision through treaties
should take the form of a settled prac
tice, involving as It does the proscrip
tion of the House of Representatives,
where, under the Constitution, all reve
nue bills should originate. The Consti
tution is sound in its theory that taxa
tion should be very closely safeguarded
in the more representative body of Con
gress, drawn more directly from the
people, more frequently returnable to
them and corresponding in sectional
strength to the Inhabitants. It is easy
to see that if the practice of making and
unmaking tariffs through treaties nego
tiated solely by President and Senate
were once established, It might easily
lead to a situation where the House had
only a nominal part in tariff legislation,
or at least to a violent and disturbing
controversy.
The Senate, to be sure, reserves to it
self the right to bestow this participa
tion in treaty ratification as a gift, and
that is to be expected from the most
dignified deliberative body in the world.
Yet its action In requiring the pending
treaties to be acted upon In the House Is
likely to be the first In a series of un
broken precedents, as we have said, and
Is moreover Ealutary In putting upon
the House Its rightful share of respon
sibility. It is doubtful If any of the
treaties can muster so large a following
proportionately in the House, this ses
sion at least, as In the Senate. The
treaties are unpopular, and members of
the House are not courting any unneces
sary hostility this election year.
One can Indorse the Senate's action
without feeling compelled to suspend
the sense of humor at Its lofty esti
mate of its own greatness. The Senate
acquiesced In the Dlngley law, the com
mittee says, even In section 4, with its
heavily loaded phrase "approved by
Congress," yet this does not signify.
Great and mighty as are the acts of the
Senate, and entitled to all respect and
veneration, yet even they pale before
the august character of the Senate itself
as fixed by the Constitution. Nothing
small or ridiculous that the Senate by
the most violent wrench of the Imag
ination can be conceived of as doing,
can affect the Senate's inaccessible and
even unapproachable grandeur. Great
as are the Senate's acts, they are negli
gible In estimating the Senate's great
ness. It Is a refreshing thing, In this
iconoclastic age to come upon a thing
possessed of such simple trust and
boundless veneration, even If the object
of its adoration Is Itself.
SCEXERY AND CLIMATE AX ASSET.
Henry H. Gannett, the geographer of
the United States Geological Survey, In
a recent article on Alaska says of the
wonderful scenery along the Alaskan
coast that Its "grandeur Is more valua
ble than the gold, the fiBh or the timber
of the country, for It will never be ex
hausted." In 1898 the tourists who vis
ited Switzerland to enjoy its mountain
landscapes, waterfalls and glaciers left
$38,000,000 In the country. Scenery is
Switzerland's largest source of wealth.
The country does not begin to raise food
enough for Summer visitors. It buys
50,000 beef cattle from Austria and Italy
every year; It Imports from Russia,
Hungary and the United States three
times as much wheat as It produces,
and It has to import a great deal more
wine than Swiss vineyards produce; so
that a great deal of the money that
Switzerland receives from tourists Is
sent out of the country to pay for the
food supplies she is obliged to import
But the Pacific Coast is able to feed
its rapidly Increasing army of Alaska
tourists. There is no doubt that at no
distant day the pleasure-seeking pas
senger traffic to Alaska from the Pa
cific Coast ports will be enormoua The
visitors to Alaska have included a num
ber of men of superior literary powers,
like Thomas B. Reed, John Burroughs
and John Muir, whose eloquent de
scriptions of Alaskan scenery have been
published in the leading magazines of
the country. The high reputation of
these men for large public intelligence
and veracity gives a currency to the
record of their experience that no trans
portation company's advertising circu
lars could hope to obtain, and Alaska
in the near future will be to the Amer
ican tourist what Switzerland is to the
European traveler.
There Is "a good deal of money" in
fine scenery outside of the "Valley of the
Nile, and the otherwise poor and un
productive valleys of Switzerland. The
peasantry of the Scottish Highlands
make a good deal of money out of Eng
lish tourists, and so do the Inhabitants
of Ireland and the romantic seacoast of
Norway. In Oregon we are disposed to
smile when we talk of our mountain
and river scenery and our fine Summer
climate. Nevertheless, until the Nica
ragua Canal is built our scenery and
i our climate, added to our fertile soil
THE MORNING
and timber wealth, will be our strongest
attraction to draw settlers to this coun
try. There are thousands of men of
middle life "who will be tempted to
spend their latter years In a land that
Is charming to the eye, well watered
and free from Summer drouth or severe
Winter cold. A land where the Sum
mer heat is never severe, where the
Winter's cold Is never biting, where the
crops never fall, where fruit Is easily
raised and where flsh and game are
still plenty, Is an attractive land to
hundreds of, people who have found
neither profit nor pleasure In the hot,
dry Summers and the bitter cold .Win
ters of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, the
Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.
Fine scenery will some day be Alas
ka's best asset, and fine scenery and a
good climate. Winter and Summer, will
at no distant day put money in- the
pockets of Oregon and Washington.
SPIRIT OP '70 AXD '01.
"It cannot be that the spirit of 76
Is entirely dead In the American heart"
Thus speaks Hon. Champ Clark, of
Missouri, in an article setting forth the
attitude toward the Philippine question
which the Democrats will occupy with
hope of success In the ensuing Con
gressional campaign.
Well, what was the spirit of 76? Was
It, as Mr. Clark conceives It, the spirit
of surrender to a foreign foe, skedad
dling oft the field and leaving the flag
to trail In the dust?
The United States Is at war. Its sov
ereignty is assailed and the spirit of '76
and of '61 has inspired not only soldiers
to enlist, but Congresses to grant sup
plies and voters to sustain the party
that In the White House and in Con
gress is carrying on the war. Against
this spirit the Democratic party Is op
posed. Its aim Is to show, as in 1864,
that "the war Is a failure"; that Amer
ican arms and American diplomacy In
the Philippines have erred in about
everything they undertook; that Dewey,
Otis, Merrltt, McKInley, Taft. MacAr
thur and Bell have acted so badly ad to
deserve censure o their conduct and
repudiation of their acts; that all that
has been done In the Philippines is ir
regular in propriety, pernicious in re
sults, and should be undone as far as
possible, even to the point of yielding
up our sovereignty and turning over the
islands to the Insurgent guerrillas.
Mr. Clark comes from a section and a
party that learned at some pains a
generation ago how little there is in fit
ness for self-government to Justify a
claim for political Independence. If
any people were fitted for self-government
lp 1861, they were the Southern
people. Yot they were not given self
government except In the limited way
In which all parts of the American Em
pire receive self-government, that Is,
local self-government adapted to the
needs and capacities of the different
sectiona There Is one form and range
of self-government In South Carolina,
another m Oklahoma, another in Alas
ka, another In Hawaii, another in Porto
Rlco. another In the Philippines, an
other (the least and most ethereal of
all) In the District of Columbia.
What the Democrats support and sym
pathize with in the Philippines Is seces
sion, pure and simple. It will not be
tolerated there any more than It was In
South Carolina, or would be In Alaska
or Porto Rlco. The spirit of patriotism
Is as strong now as It was In '76 and
In '6L
IMMORALITIES OP PROHIBITION.
Prohibitionists both East and West
are beginning to admit that prohibitory
laws are worse than, useless In any com
munity where public opinion does not
sustain that policy. Rev. Dr. Funk,
the leading Prohibitionist of New York
City, recently said In a letter to the
New York Sun that "If I was King of
New York I would not make New York
a prohibition city, even if I could do It
by mandate. I don't believe that an at
tempt should be made to enforce such
a law until a majority of the people are
In favor of it." Ex-Governor Morrill,
of Kansas, recently stated that there
are many places In the state 'where pub
lic opinion does not sustain the prohl
tory policy; that it cannot be enforced
where public opinion is against It The
Topeka Advocate, the Prohibition or
gan, says that the law as now admin
istered, in deference to public opinion
against it, "is more injurious to the
morals of the state as a whole than the
licensed saloon"; that It "is a pretext in
most communities for public officials to
take boodle"; that "In many counties
blood money Is exacted from the joint
keeper by the County Attorney down
to the Councllmen," and that "the effect
is damaging to the future greatness of
the state." At a recent meeting of the
Loyal Legion Temperance Solcety in
New York Cltv Surgeon L. L. Seaman,
First United States Volunteers, argued
strongly In favor of the restoration of
the Army canteen. He quoted statistics
showing that while the canteen was In
force Intemperance was greatly de
creased and sickness greatly dimin
ished, and read letters from'many Army
officers in which they stated that condi
tions have been much worse since Its
abolition. He said that the canteen was
a much less evil than the saloons out
side the posts, which the soldiers fre
quent In absence of the canteen. He
advocated strongly the restoration of
the canteen, and said that of 1000 re
cruits whom he had accepted only five
were total abstainers; that absolute
prohibition 1b as visionary an undertak
ing within the Army as it has proved
without it. and maintained that if the
Woman's Temperance Unions and other
temperance organizations would under
stand the situation correctly they would
soon make efforts to, have the canteen
restored. Rev. Dr. Prltchett, presi
dent of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, In a recent address before
the Congregational ministers of Boston,
among other things said:
I should prefer tb have students meet in a
building under the control of the Institute,
where beer was used in a rational way. than
to have them sent where the use of beer la
unlimited, and where there is no restraint. I
believe that Is true temperance.
I don't know why Christ did not use water
Instead of wine when on earth, but I do know
that that secured to him the opposition of
some of the people at that day. There were
temperance societies then, but he did not join
them. While he condemned drunkenness he
used the wine of the country.
If students are to have such meeting I
should much prefer them to have them In the
company of their professors and .Instructors,
and where I can personally join them.
A large colony of Dunkards, including
entire families and numbering In ag
gregate between 2000 and 3000 people. Is
en route to new homes In the North
west The bulk of these colonists will
go to lands that have been secured for
them in the Mouse. River district of
North Dakota. These people, wherever
they locate, are quiet and law-abiding,
but essentially clannish and nonpro
gressive. They resemble the Quakers in
their plainness of drees and speech, and
OBEQONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902.
In their refusal to take oath or serve la
time of war. As unprogressive as the
Boers, they totally lack the pugnacious
characteristics of those people. Inter
preting literally the command "Is any
sick among you, let him call for the
elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil In
the name of the Lord," they practice
this method in dealing with the sick
and many of them refuse all other
means of recovery. In connection with
the ceremonial of the Lord's supper,
which Is observed In the evening only,
are feet-washing and the apostolic "love
feasts." These and other peculiarities
set the$e people apart, so to speak, and
make them objects of curiosity to more
progressive, public-spirited people. Ow
ing to their habits of excluslveness.
they are not particularly sought after
as Immigrants, but they are, neverthe
less, accorded a welcome as self-supporting,
law-abiding people.
Great pressure has been brought to
bear upon Governor Toole, of Montana,
urging him to commute to Imprisonment
for life the sentence of Clinton Dotson,
of Deer Lodge, who has been con
demned to death for the murder of his
father. He, however, persistently re
fuses to Interfere with the course of
Justice, and advises the condemned man
to dismiss all hope of clemency and de
vote his time to preparation for the
event that will end his career. This
man Dotson seems to have been a crim
inal by Instinct, and, though every ef
fort has been made by counsel and fam
ily to save his life, no extenuating cir
cumstances softening the atrocity of
his unnatural crime have been brought
out A criminal and an associate of
criminals, his business for years was
that of plotting and committing crime.
True sympathy enltghtened sympathy
does not seek to stay the execution of
penalty In the case of such a man, but
urges, for his own sake as well as the
sake of his family and of society, that
the law be allowed to take Its course,
unhindered by vexatious quibble and
unnecessary delay.
Charleston is a city of but 65,000 In
habitants, less than 25,000 of whom are
white, but It provided a capital of
$250,000 for the South Carolina, Inter
state and West Indian Exposition, and
Is apparently making a success of the
enterprise. It Is off the main lines of
travel, but the railroads have taken a
very Important part In contributing
money for the exposition, and Improv
ing facilities for reaching the city. The
State of South Carolina has a building
and a very creditable exhibit. The Na
tional Government Is also well repre
sented there. A dozen fine buildings
serve to house the exposition. If all
this can be done at Charleston, the
Lewis and Clark Centennial, being of
far greater historical and Industrial sig
nificance, strongly appealing to several
growing states and having Its seat in a
commercial center of much greater
wealth, may easily be made a greater
success than most of our citizens look
forward to. The ease with which an In
stitution of this magnitude Is carried
when a community Is united In Its sup
port will continue to surprise our own
people.
The Turkish Government has refused
the demand of the United States for a
return of the sum ($72,000) extorted by
brigands for the release of Miss Stone
and Madame Tsllka from captivity.
Since It Is fair to presume that the de
mand was made advisedly, .it Is now
incumbent upon our Government to
take such steps as will make Its claim
effective. This action on the part of
the Turkish Government was no doubt
anticipated, hence the next step,
whether of diplomacy or hostile demon
stration, must soon be taken to bring
Abdul Hamld to a realizing sense of
the fact that the United States Is in
earnest In this matter. While the
amount is not worm going to war.
about, there Is supposed to be 'a princi
ple at stake which must te respected.
It is a matter of common knowledge
that It is very hard for young physi
cians to make a livelihood In the first
years of their practice. Yet, according
to a recent report from Washington,
there are now sixty-three vacancies in
the medical corps of the regular Army,
and qualified applicants are extremely
scarce. This Is perhaps due In part to
the severity of the examinations, which
mu9t be passed In order to gain admit
tance to the ranks of Army surgeons,
but it might be supposed that the posi
tions offered, with their security of ten
ure, pay and perquisites, and the pros
pect of eventual advancement, would
prove attractive to young medicos fresh
from their books and lectures, who pre
sumably would have little difficulty In
meeting the required tests.
The King, of Great Britain, It Is said,
has revived and made fashionable the
habit of taking snuff. Of all the dis
gusting forms of using tobacco, except
perhaps the process called "dipping,"
which Is more or less extensively prac
ticed among the "poor wlhtes" of the
South, that of snuff-taklng Is the most
repulsive. "Snuff-taklng at the royal
table at the beginning of the dessert"
Could any announcement be more nau
seating to the well-ordered stomach?
Or any practice more at variance with
decent table manners?
Senator Bard has doubtless aban
doned all hope of re-election, or he
would not so openly come out against
the Mltchell-Kahn exclusion bill. His
course can only be Interpreted as sac
rificing the interests of the people of
the Paciflp Coast to the railroads and
steamship companies. This Is not the
way to get votes, and it should not be.
Senator Proctor is de-vilish shy. He
knows that the Eastern men are op
posed to drastic Chinese legislation, so
be thinks to make a hit by proposing
to re-enact the Geary law and thus kill
off the Mitchell bill. He seems likely to
succeed mere's the pity.
Edward Green, the man who achieved
whatever distinction he acquired In life
as "Hetty Green's husband," has passed
away. His wife still survives to keep
up her long fight against tax-gatherers
and lawyers.
If the Czar believes so strenuously
In the open door for China, why doesn't
he secure some reduction on the pro
hibitory tariffs maintained by Russia
In Europe?
When a man has won all your money
it's confounded mean of him not to ap
preciate harmony enough to give you
about two-thirds of it back.
Senator Aldrlch's speech puts another
nail In the coffin of 'Kaesonlan reciprocity.
BILL AGAINST THE ANARCHISTS
The Senate bill for the protection of
the President against anarchist assassins
is, on the whole, a better bill than the
House bill. The Senate bill Is a brief
measure for the protection of the Presi
dent and Is indorsed, while the House
judiciary committee found Constitutional
difficulties In a measure protecting tne
President as a man, and it also attempted
to deal' with anarchy and anarchists.
The Senate bill would hang the assassin
of the President, whether he murdered
him officially or unofficially. It he at
tempts to kill the President and falls
In his purpose, his punishment would be
death. Had President McKInley re
covered and been injured for life, the
New York law would have permitted a
maximum sentence of 10 years only,
which time commutation would con
siderably shorten and set the miscreant
free to fire another shot. Had the as
sassin killed McKInley In Rhode Island,
Maine. Michigan or Wisconsin, he would
not have been hanged, because those
states have abolished capital punish
ment The House judiciary committee
was not willing to Impose the death
penalty on those who failed of their
purpose to murder the President It
was not willing to give the Federal au
thorities Jurisdiction either in case of
the assassination or a murderous as
sault on the President or Vice-President
unless It could be proved that the Presi
dent was killed while -he was engaged
In tho performance of his official duties
or because of his official character or
because of his assumed official sins of
commission or omission.
It would have been difficult, under the
House bill, to punish, by the National
authority, an assassin who shot at a
President in a theater, or at ordinary
Sunday church service, or on a railway
or In. transit to a college commencement
as Garfield was when Gulteaur shot him.
The House bill Insisted upon attending
circumstances, which would make the
assault not personal, but an outrageous
attack upon the official authority of the
United States. The House Judiciary
committee held that w'lthout this clear
circumstance of resistance to Federal
authority the Federal Government can
riot constitutionally take Jurisdiction of
a crime committed within the limits of
a state, even If the victim be the Presi
dent of the United States.
The Senate bill provides that any per
son who, within the limits of the United
States, or any place subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, shall willfully cause
the death, or attempt to cause the death,
of the President or any officer upon
whom the power and duties of the Presi
dent may devolve under the Constitution
and law, shall suffer death. Those who
conspire to kill the President or advise
the same are punished with Imprisonment
under this bill, but the punishment of
anarchists generally Is left to be dealt
with "in a separate measure. Senator
Spooner Is sound in his contention that an
assault upon the President Is always an
assault upon the Nation, for the President
Is always In discharge of the duties of
his office. The House bill Is inferior In
good sense to that of the Senate, In
that It attempts not simply to repress and
punish crime, but to repress and punish
anarchism. You can fairly fine or lm
prlEon a man for "advoca'tlng, advis
ing or teaching the duty, necessity or
propriety" of the unlawful killing or as
saulting of one or more of the officials
of the Government, but you cannot, In
practice, punish a man as a criminal
"who disbelieves In or Is opposed to all
organized government" You can punish
a man for polygamy, but you cannot
very well punish a man for believing in
tho Mormon creed rather than In that
of monogamy. Under the House bill
no man holding anarchistic opinions
would be permitted to enter the United
States, or If he Is already here, allowed
to take out papers as a naturalized
citizen. How could you find out whether
an Immigrant was of anarchistic prin
ciples If ho tried to land? How could
you find out If he was an anarchist If
ho was already here and cared to stay
here? Of course all this kind of legisla
tion Is absurd. You can punish a man
for his deeds, but not for his abstract
views. We cannot legislate In a free
country after the method of he Dutch
man who asked his son: "Hans, did you
-ay d n?" "No, fader." "No matter,
you dinks dam; so I licks you any vay."
The measure for the deportation and
exclusion of alien anarchists proposed by
Senator Bacon would practically serve
small purpose of Increased protection. The
anarchist would furnish no proof. A
few notorious men might be excluded
or deported, but these notorious anarchists
are not the ones that murder Presi
dents. It Is the obscure wretch who never
was suspected of anarchism until he
becomes an assassin that does the awful
deeds. Tolstoi, In theory. Is an anar
chist; so, for that matter, was Hugo,
but nobody was ever afraid that Tolstoi
would shoot a Czar or that Hugo would
murder Napoleon III. Nobody ever
thought of Booth as an assassin
until he shot Lincoln; nobody ever
thought of Gulteau as a President-killer
until he slew Garfield; not even the most
blatant aranchlst in the country ever
heard of the existence of tho assassin of
McKInley.
We can keep out of America Prince
Krapotkin, of whom nobody Is afraid,
but we cannot keep out or turn out of
the country the possible embryo an
archist who, In all ages. In all times
and climes, may at any moment shoot
a President or kfil a millionaire.
Henderson In Rccclvinff Light.
Boston Transcript
It must be admitted that when Speaker
Henderson flops and his record In this
line Is something remarkable he comes
down with both feet. About a fortnight
ago he was. If not openly and avowedly
for beet sugar first, last and all tho
time, leaning strongly toward beets as
the basis of harmony. Tuesday night he
was friendly to Cuba with all nhe zeal of
the convert who has come to a definite
conclusion as to which side of the bread
Is buttered. He was for harmony with
out beets as Ingredients. In effect he
warned the extremists among the op
ponents to Cuban relief that If they per
sisted they had better make an assign
ment to the Democratic party and bo
done with It
Tvro of a Kind.
CMrs. Crawford She said she had no faith
In men.
Mrs. Crabahaw No wonder. Her first
husband was a handwriting expert, and
her second a weather prophet
She Is ot Fair to Outward Vlevr.
Hartley Coleridge.
She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me.
Oh, then I saw her eye was bright,
A well of love, a spring of light.
But now her looks are coy and cold.
To mine they ne'er reply.
And yet I cease not to behold
The love-light in her eye:
Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens srt
ROOSEVELT AS A CANDIDATE-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
An alleged remark by President Roose
velt, reported In the press a few days agoF
I& seized upon as startling evidence that
he Is a candidate for renomlnatlon. Who
supposed that he was not? It would be an
extraordinary thing It he were not He
Is young, he was a recognized Presidential
possibility before he was nominated for
the VIce-resldency, ana he Is now In the
effice for a term of three years, during
which he can show the people of the
country what his abilities for administer
ing It wisely and well are. Like every
strong and healthy minded man, he be
lieves In himself, believes In the pol
icies and the principles that he Is
endeavoring to put Into practice, and
would like to so Impress the people with
his capacity for the work that they will
continue him In it. Whnt could be more
natural or more laudable In a man who
had come Into the Presidency Indirectly
as he has than to desire to come Into It a
second time by direct vote of the people?
In a speech which he made at one of the
harmony banquets of the Democratic
party In this city a few weeks ago. ex
Senator Hill charged that Mr. Roosevelt,
on the day following McKinley's death,
announced that he should not be a candi
date for the Presidency at the close of
his term. This was pure "fake," for no
such announcement was made either then
or at any other time. To his friends Presi
dent Roosevelt has made no concealment
cf his attitude. He has said, with no
Injunctions of secrecy, that he should be
greatly pleased If at the end of his three
years his party were to renominate him;
but he has said also that his course during
those three years would not be deflected
In the fcllghtest degree from what he be
lieved to be his duty by a desire for re
nomination. Whenever any one has said
to him that he should regard himself as
President for seven years, he has replied:
"I don't know anything about seven years,
but I do know that I am here for three
years, and I am going to do my utmost
to give the country a good President dur
ing that period."
Why should he not aspire to a renoml
natlon with as much Justification as a reg
ularly elected President? Other Vice
Presidents In his position did so, though
none of them had his ambition gratified.
It Is quite beside the mark, however, to
class him with them. As we have said, he
was a recognized Presidential possibility
when he was nominated for second place,
and but for the great popularity and great
political strength of McKInley, would have
been a formidable competitor for first
place. Most of his predecessors In second
place were nominated to "fill out the
ticket" not because of their National
prominence, but because of their supposed
availability to placate or please some po
litical faction or some class of voters.
Everybody familiar with the Influences
which put Roosevelt into second place
knows that they were quite other than
these.
That he will be a very strong candidate
for renominatioq, as matters stand now,
nobody can deny. His first five months
of Administration have greatly strength
ened him., both with the people and with
his party. He has made no bitter enemies
within his party, has caused no rupture
either with Its leaders or with the ma
jority in Congress, and he has alienated
pone of the extraordinarily unanimous
newspaper support that he had when he
entered upon his duties. It is the actual
fact today that from one end of the coun
try to the other there Is no harsh criticism
of him in the newspapers of all parties and
of no parties. The whole pres3 of the
country Is friendly, and the greater part
of It heartily so.
Of course, such an anomalous condition
of political affairs as this cannot continue
Indefinitely, but that it should exist after
five months of office and after Congress
has been In session for three months is a
striking evidence of the President's suc
cess. There Is no more sign of a for
midable opposition1 party now than there
was when he took office, simply because
ro mistake has been made which could
be utilized as an Issue about which an
opposition could concentrate.
The Defection of Senator Honr.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
What has become of Senator Hoar as
a Democratic leader on the Philippine
question? Since the advent of Governor
Taft at Washington ho has scarcely been
visible "at all In the foreground of this ag
itation. In fact, from the time that Sen
ator Foraker surprised him with the In
formation that the terrible treason act of
the Philippine Government was nothing
more nor less than our own bill of rights
as It has stood In the revised statutes for
1C0 years, the senior Massachusetts Sen
ator has seemed to lose interest In the
whole Philippine issue. While Governor
Taft was testifying Senator Hoar remained
quietly In the background, and allowed
Tillman and Patterson and Money and
Dubois to carry off the honors of leader
ship, thus leaving tSte Democrats them
selves to take charge of their own for
tunes. With Senator Hoar getting quiet
ly out of It, and Congressman ' Littlefield
gone over to Oxnard and beet sugar, the
cause of pure morals In politics Is in a
very sad way. Senator Tillman will revive
presently from his depression because of
the harsh treatment of his fellow-Senators,
a'nd then thlntrs will look brighter again,
for nobody has ever given to the anti
imperlallst cause the aspect of moral
grandeur that he has been able to Impart
to It
Lost HIm Snnsngc Appetite.
Philadelphia Record.
"Another new waiter has come and
gone," said the veteran of the 15-cent res
taurant, as he deposited a beef stew in
front of his favorite customer.
"What was the matter with him?"
asked the favorite customer.
"Well, It wasn't exactly his fault," ex-,
plained the veteran. "You see, the sec
ond day he was hero a customer comes In
and asks for a brace of frankfurters.
Sausage Is all out," says the new waiter,
'but If you wait awhile I think I can get
you some.' He was so eager to be obliging
that he was going to send across the street
for 'em. Well, sir, as he went through
tho door Into the kitchen he happened to
tread on the dog's tall. The dog set up
a howl, and the customer yells: 'Hey,
there! Never mind that sausage. I guess
I don't want it!' Then he puts on his"
hat and goes out
"The boss saw the whole thing, and
that night the new waiter was paid off,
and quit Pretty tough, wasn't It?"
Incapacity Among House Democrats.
Philadelphia Times.
Democratic statesmanship Is conspicu
ous by Its absence. Instead of assuming
an advanced position as the champions of
the Cuban people, and of the American
people as well, and the advocates of com
mercial freedom, we find the Democrats
In the House aiding the beet-sugar lobby
and Joining In an Idiotic deliverance
about the sugar trust and "subsidized
newspapers" and other petty Inventions
too foolish to be considered seriously ex
cept for the revelation thus made of po
litical Incapacity.
Virtue Inimortal.
George Herbert.
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright
Tho bridal of the earth and sky;
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight;
For thou must die.
Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,
Thy root Is ever In Its grave.
And thou must die.
Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses,
A box where- sweets compacted He.
My music shows ye have your closes.
And all must die.
Only a sweet and virtuous soul.
Like- seasoned timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal.
Then chiefly lives.
N0TAND COMMENT.
Too bad some
by proxy.
pen cannot attend church
March doesn't seem to be leaving any
thing for April tov do.
The Democrats all agree that this is a
good year for Democrats.
Prince Henry Bill, she's a great, coun
try. Better go over there and run for
office.
Perhaps the Boston employers forced
their men to strike by Insisting on paying
their wages In beans.
British Major-Generals are taking re
markably good care of themselves. None
have been captured for several days.
Charges have been filed" against Minis
ter Wu, but it Is not llkejy that any of
them accuse him of refusing to talk.
Politicians who have had their eyes on
various offices did not report that they
have seen said offices charging around
seeking men.
Now blooms the flower in the field.
The gentie robin mates.
And everywhere around we see
A swarm of candidates.
Emperor William Is to name a torpedo-
boat for Miss Alice Roosevelt. The gov
ernment which fires upon It will then
have a quarrel with Uncle Sam.
Another coal miners' strike Is In pros
pect. Just why the coal miners strike
when the weather Is going to be hot la
hard to guess.
A Russian naval officer says the Amer
ican warships are very formidable. The
Spaniards entertained very much the same
opinion after May 1, 1S93.
Turkey wants the powers to help her
dispute with Bulgaria. This la the power
that was threatening to thrash the United
States and France at the same time.
General Miles threatens to leave the
Army If the Lleutenant-General Is to have
no power. Contrary to general belief, h
seems to think the senior officer should
have something to do besides wear a
uniform.
"A young friend of mine," says an Eng
lishman, "charged with the repair of tele
graph wires In the rear of Lord Roberts
army when the Boers were particularly
active on the line of communications, had
one or two black 'boys' sick, and decided
to ask a Basuto chief who was In charge
of some hundreds of his tribesman re
pairing the permanent way to supply
them. The Basuto, with a billycock hat
on his head, was sitting with his back
against the corner of a truck, smoking a
short pipe. To him our engineer, speaking
very loud and clear in words of one sylla
ble, said: 'We want two boys teleg
raphers,' at the same time holding up two
fingers and pointing with the other hand
to certain 'boys' near. The Basuto swell
took his pipe out of his mouth and slowly
repeated the request. 'You want two
boys and . So our engineer friend said
It all over again. The Basuto, without
without changing his expression In the
least, replied In Incisive and rapid par
liamentary English: "I don't know how
far my instructions authorize me to de
tach two boys from the repair of the
permanent way to assist you In the tele
graph department. However, I will stretch
a point and do my best to accommodate
you."
A dinner at the House of Commons was,
a part of the experience of William H.
Crane last Summer. Mr. Crane dined
there with an Irish member, and an ap
petizer was suggested as a necessary
preliminary to the feast. Mr. Crane was
agreeable, and, following strictly the gen
erally wise policy to do In Rome as the
Romans do, "David Harum" ordered tho
same as his Irish friends, which turned
out to be Irish whisky. It came, a neat
half-pint flask to each man. Mr. Crane
observed the size of the drink with some
Inward trepidation. The others In a matter-of-fact
manner tipped the liquor Into
high-standing glasses, which they then
filled up with foaming soda water. Then
they quaffed off the decoction with gus
to, and Mr. Crane did the same, but with
a silent prayer for the future. Conversa
tion followed, which dragged with a de
lay In serving dinner, when a happy
thought struck a member, and he sug
gested another drink, which met with the
unanimous approval (bar one) of the par
ty. The order was given without refer
ence to the guest, and soon another half
pint of strong Irish whisky rested on
the table In frcnt of the American actor.
He eyed It a moment, and then his pent
up feelings burst forth.
"Say," he queried, turning heatedly to
his neighbor; "when you chaps tako a
drink, do you always take one of that
size?"
"We do," was the chorused reply.
"Well, all I've got 'to remark, then,"
returned the wanderer from the United
States, "is that I am not surprised that
the Boer War continues."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
White Did old Green recover from that rail
way accident? Black No; but his wife did
to the tune of 2000. Tit-Bits.
A Lucky Fellow. Cholly Been shooting for
a week, old chap! Had great good luck! Algy
What did you bring back? Cholly (proudly)
The dogs! Judge.
"I see they are talking of having isles of
safety la New York; do you know what they
are. Bridget?" "Enure. I don't; but I suppose
It's an improvement on kerosene, mum."
Yonkers Statesman.
He Poor girl! Was her husband blown up,
run over by an automobile, or killed In a rail
road wreck? ShcS I don't remember the de
tails. One can't keep track of bow those New
Yorkers go. Life.
Aunt Amandy Hain't yew ashamed ter kum
around here beggln'? Onnlz Way Well, dis
ain't a werry 'rlsterakrtlc neighborhood, fer a
fact, but we mustn't be too pertlckler, mum.
Chicago Dally News.
Up to Her "I suppose," said Mrs. Gabble,
whose husband had been dead scarcely a month.
"If I were to go to that 5 o'clock, tea It would'
cause a lot of talk." "Naturally," replied
Mrs. Spyte. "unless you should happen to looe
your voice." Philadelphia Press.
Lenten Non Lent-'em. Frauleln von Under
Standt How very plainly zat dear Lady
Churchlelgh Is dressed! Friend Yes, Indeed.
But you must remember, it Is Lent. Frauleln
Ach, no! You do not mean to tell me really
and truly zat she borrows her dresses? Puck
A shadow crossed the young man's face.
"Can It be that we will make a mistake In
marrying?" he queried, anxiously. "How you
frighten me!" exclaimed the maid; "let's have
another wedding rehearsal, right away." Phil
adelphia Record.
Determination. "I hope," said the visitor,
quietly, "that you will not use money In your
next campaign." "I've got to do it.' answered
Senator Sorghum, simply. "I come from a
district where bulldozing would not be toler
ated." Washington Star.
His Greatest Achievement. "And now tell
me," said the teacher, "what George Washing
ton did that made him great. I see your hand
raised. Arthur. What was It?" "Crossed the
Delaware standln' up and didn't rock the
boat." Chicago Record-Herald.
The Next Move. "South Carolina is attract
ing too much attention In tho Senate," said tha
North Carolina politician. "She's casting us to
the shade." "That's so." agreed his lieuten
ant, "and what we want to do Is tor get Jim
Jeffries to settle her and make hint Senator
for us." Philadelphia Press.