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Alluding to the well-known fact that Mr.-Furnlsh is not a man of words that is to say, not a flatulent stump-speaker, but a-man of action Mr. Chamberlain said: "I, too, am a man of action, and also of some words." If he is a man of action, his official record does not show it Of course, it is with his official record only that we would willingly deal. In office or out of office, doubtless, Mr. Chamberlain is 'a good fellow." ,But in no official position that he has ever held hap he shown executive ability. He is an easy, accommodating man, whose only sort of earnestness is an extreme and fanatical devotion to his party, which he has followed throughout, in all tho phases of Its career through the slough and mire of debased money and Bryanlsm to its present policy of "scut tle" in the Philippine Islands. The Oregonian has said that he ha? shown no executive ability,' no real ef ficiency, in any office he ever has held. It repeats this statement for the, pur pose of remarking that he shows none in the office he. is holding now. When he became District Attorney for Mult nomah County he made a show of ef fort to correct or check various evils and rampant vices in Portland. But he soon gave up even the show of effort. These evils are now as rife as ever, and he cannot but know It Yet the District Attorney Is the one official who has power the highest power under the law and through the law to suppress or check them. "We remark in passing that Mr. Chamber lain, upon becoming a candidate for the office of Governor, has not resigned this office of District Attorney, so as to give the -people opportunity to elect his suc cessor. But, of course, the reasons are cogent to the office-seeking and office holding mind. Mr. Chamberlain has no confidence that he will be elected Gov ernor. And if he should be elected, he would like to hold the office of Dis trict Attorney to the last day. In Janu ary next, when the office of Governor would await him. And then, as Gov ernor, he would pay a political debt by appointing his successor. There is storm and stress about the state fee system. It is a very old abuse. Mr. Chamberlain was a member of the legislature. "Was he found a "man of action" on this subject? " Or even of "some words"? Not at all. The fee system had been created by his own party; his own party had long had the usufruct, and he was not the man to disturb so good a Thing. Moreover, he was looking to extension of the oppor tunities of officialism, and more than willing to turn some of tbm to his own account The office of Attorney-General of the state was created; a Democratic Governor appointed him to it, and two years later he was a successful candi date for re-election.. "The office was and is an unnecessary one, and Mr. Cham berlain during his six years' incum bency drew the salary. Only that and nothing more. This, with the addition of a term as District Attorney in the Third Judicial District of Oregon not notable for any thing is tha record of Mr. Chamber lain's "splendid attainments, personal and executive," as one of his ardent supporters terms his "-career." The simple fact is that Mr. Chamberlain is not an earnest or aggressive man In anything but partisanship, and In his desire to turn It to account In the way of getting and holding office. We have this year a somewhat singular cam paign of politics. One leading feature of it Is the opposition of our Demo cratic brethren to "William J. Furnish because he has been successful, or mod erately successful. In business, and their special commendation of and appeals' for George E. -Chamberlain because he has not been so. This, indeed, is un usual, and even extraordinary. Realiy, The Oregonian hasnot des'ired to make any such comparison. However, it will say that It does not think that Mr. Chamberlaln'B lack of success in what ever private business he may have un dertaken Is proof of any special quali fication in him for the office of Gov ernor of Oregon. It is known that Mr. Furnish has been moderately' or fairly successful In business. He la not rich", but he is not posed as a candidate for the suffrages of the people on the ground'that he has keen unsuccessful In business, and is poor, therefore. "Why inake want of tuccess a claim to m:rlt? Mr. Chamber lain has certainly had every chance .and. opportunity of success that Mr. Fur nlsH and others have had. "Whether lack of success In such circumstances Is or Is not commendation of a man for the office of Governor, the leading business office of the state, men will Judge. Mr. Chamberlain and his friends ought not to have started the suggestion. We allow no aristocracy of wealth. Are we asked to allow an aristocracy of ineffi ciency and failure? It is a new idea that the Governor of Oregon ought to be chosen on a record or claim of inca pacity for business. Should he be elected Governor, Mr. Chamberlain might be expected to act as he has acted In every other office he has held. He would perform routine and perfunctory duties, but never would go to the bottom of things In the impor tant business of the state. He has the political, not the business, turn and habit of mind; he would do nothing that wa6 palpably wrong, unless It were forced upon him by the action of his party, which he never would resist, be cause his one strong characteristic is an intense partisanship; but In the line of independence. efficiency and positive ability for direction of business in the executive office of the state very little could be expected of him. THE SI3IOX MAFIA. A protest is going up against the ac tion of the recent city and county con vention, in the name of liberty. The caucus participated In by the delegates who named the ticket consisted of a large majority of the convention. The ring that Is protesting consists solely of a select coterie of Joseph Simon's Imme diate adherenta They proteBt against ring rule in the name of the people. One hundred delegates out of 160 are a ring, while Cohen, Bernstein, Pipes, Ross and Mackay are the people. O Liberty, what ghastly Jokes are perpetrated In thy name! The objection Is to the proceedings of a very large majority of Republican delegates, elected at open and fair pri maries, under the procedure prescribed by law. But by what convention and upon what credentials are the five or six men accredited to form a caucus of their own and apportion out the of fices? By what body of the people or of Republican voters, legal or Illegal, are they delegated, and whom do they represent? The answer Is that they represent one man, and that man Is Joseph Simon. He is the soul of the movement here. His personal fortunes must be cared for at the price of Re publican defeat, Mr. Simon Is mum as to his attitude toward the Republican ticket in this county, city and state. He has no word of hope for Its success; he dares not ex press a hope for Its defeat If he told the truth he would say that the lead ing constituents of his old machine here, under his direction, are engaged In a conspiracy to defeat the Republican party in his state. But this would doubtless Interfere with his plans at Washington. If it were known in Washington that he,, as a Republican Senator, is aiding and abetting a con spiracy here in the Interests of Repub lican defeat at this critical time In the party's history, such standlngas he has in Republican councils there would be destroyed. The truth Is precisely what he has every desire and concern to con ceal. It is well understood that Simon and j.he remnants of his machine will now support Chamberlain for Governor, as Simon supported Pennoyer for Governor against Thompson In 1890, and 'as he had previously supported Strahan for Justice of the Supreme Court, against Waldo. These fifth-rib stabs In politics suit Simon and his machine perfectly. Williamson, the Republican nominee for Congress, is now to be knifed in the same way. This stiletto work In poll tics Is no new thing under the Simon machine. Many men have been victims of it Let us see if we cannot now put an end to the work of this political Mafia, whlcr so long has been operat ing In Oregon. AX IMAGINARY ASSET. There are Democrats, The Oregonian Is told, who have strong hope of the election of Mr. Chamberlain by Repub lican votes. They admit this Is their only hope, since there is a large Re publican majority in the state. But these Democrats say Republication vari ous parts of the state are telling them that they intend to vote for Chamber lain as against Furnish; because they prefer a man who has been a Demo crat all the time and has remained with his party all the time to orfe who for merly was a Democrat and has been a Republican only on the questions and issues of recent years. The Oregonian is not going to ques tion the sincerity of these enthusiastic and roseate Democratic claims. At the same time it will remark that the wise man will not bank on these claims as an asset to "be realized "out of doubt, and out of question, too, and ambigui ties," as honest Fluellen woQld say. The coming election is to be decided on high conslderatlona The personal element in it wlll-not be great It Is the policy of one party, on questions of highest National Importance, against the policy of the other party. There will be mighty few exceptions to the rule that men who are Republi cans will vote the Republican ticket The Oregonian has some facilities for ascertaining what public sentiment Is; and the diligent Inquiry it makes in all parts of the state does not result in discovery of any basis for this claim that Republicans are going to vote for Chamberlain. A few here and there. In deed, may. So there are Democrats who will vote for Furnish. But except in Multnomah, where the Simon conspir acy against the Republican party will "doubtless bring Chamberlain some votes, the whole of these cjaims on either side may be set down as neg ligible quantities; and in Multnomah the whole efforts of the Simon conspir acy can give Chamberlain no more than a few hundred votes in addition to the strength of his party. Republicans know that this contest presents National issues. They know that the general policy of their party is at stake. They know that the ques tion at issue is whether Oregon Is to pronounce for Republican policy or against It The assumption, then, that Republicans will prefer to vote for Chamberlain because he has always been a Democrat, and Is still a Demo crat, rather than for Furnish, who once was a Democrat, but left that party on the great Issues of six years ago, and is a Republican today on the issues of to day, would imply simply that Republi cans no longer are Republicans, but pre fer tcv be Democrats. The Oregonian must be excused when It calls this as sumption stuff and nonsense. - l Six years ago the Republican party was extremely glad to have men like William J. Furnish come to it. Their accession to the party saved It from defeat, and the country from the worst of disasters. It was everywhere regard ed by Republicans as an act of patri otism In men like Mr. Furnish to come out from the Democratic party and to act with the" Repjublican party on the supreme issues of that time. To say that Republicans now prefer a man who re mained with the Democratic party then, has remained with it ever since, and still sticks to It on the newer questions of today. Including "scuttle," rebuke of the Republican National Administration and rejection of all that-the Republican party in Oregon stands for before the country, is a queer estimate of the In telligence and sincerity of Republican ism in Oregon. It Is moonlight on the lake, as the slang goes; It Is chase of the rainbow across fields and pastures. The Republican who doesn't realize the Importance of keeping Oregon in the Republican column, at a time like this, when issues of deepest consequence, es pecially to our Pacific States, and to our position In relation to the Philippine Islands and Oriental commerce, are at stake, will be found In June as rare a bird as the dodo. He will not. In fact. be a Republican, but an antl-expanslcn and scuttle Democrat. BELGIUM'S IMPENDING CRISIS. The -worklngmen's riots In Belgium are caused by political conditions. The franchise in Belgium Is virtually con fined to he upper and middle classes, working people In the towns and the mining districts having no votes. The right of suffrage Is restricted to citi zens who have reached the age of 21 years and who pay at least 40 francs (58) annually In direct taxes. There is a provision giving an additional vote to any citizen who is a university graduate. These outrageous inequali ties in the law have given the Clerical party an overpowering advantage, which has enabled It for years to de feat the efforts of the Liberals, Radicals and Socialists to obtain a manhood suf frage. The worklngmen are under the Influence of the Socialists, and desire that the Socialists who sympathise with their views be granted the suffrage. The exhibitions of feeling in the army as well as among the people indicate that before long Belgium will have to choose between concession of universal suffrage or collision with a popular In surrection of a more formidable char acter. Belgium, whose area 13 but 11,373 square miles, has a population of over 6,000,000 of people, and Is the most densely populated country outside of Asia. Nearly one-sixth of its inhabi tants labor in mines or factories. The people of its southern portion speak the French language, and are largely of Frenchblood and political sympathies. Belgium was under French rule during, the whole of Napoleon's career, and since thejreation of the third republic in France the working people of Bel glum have been exceedlnglyv restless under their existing so-called govern ment, which Is really little better than an oligarchy In the superficial dress of a constitutional monarchy. The King is a mere figurehead; the standing army is but 45,000 strong, and if it should prove, as reported, to be more or less honeycombed with socialism, it would probably fraternize with the people in event of a formidable insur rection. Thousands of the soldiers Qt the line Joined the Insurrection of the French 'Commune In 1871. The disaf fection . 5f the French Army to the royal government was notable in the great French Revolution of 1789, and It would be remarkable ff the standing army of Belgium did not become dan gerously disaffected In event of a popu lar revolt. The Belgian Government will have to yield, unless It expects the Emperor of Germany to Interfere In its behalf, as the Emperor of Russia did In 1849 In behalf of Austria, lest a Belgian re public should be formed which would ultimately become part of France. Bel glum Is a Roman Catholic country, and the Clerical party are bitterly opposed to fthe Socialists and Liberals, who favor the separation of church and state at least to the extent that has obtained enactment under the present government of France. lit may be that the bill promoted by Senator Clark, of Montana, for repeal of the present timber and stone act and substitution of a plan for selling tim ber from Government land to the high est bidder Is not the best remedy that can be devised for present abuses, but at the same time It may be seriously questioned whether the timber and stone act as it stands is so perfect that it should not be touched. It may be said that the purpose, of the law Is to give the people a chance to acquire timber rather than to place It within the control of rich corporations who have the money to bid It in at public sales. But what 4s the result? The corpora tions get the timber lands anyway, and all kinds of crooked practice are re sorted to by entrymen who find it profitable to serve the lumbermen by taking land for them. And the lumber corporations now "scrip" large areas of timber land, cutting out In those cases all participatlon-on the part of the in dividual entrymen. True, they are not permitted1 to place scrip on unsurveyed land. butf6rmal application- and guar anty of expense of .survey will easily change any desired tract from the un surVeyed to the surveyed class, In which scrip will apply, or manipulation of en tries will be serviceable. Timber-grabbers seem to be getting pretty nearly all they want, as the law and practice now stand. There Is room to doubt that Senator Clark's bill Is entirely de sirable, but it is also evident to most people that present methods of handling our timber lands will soon 'result in put ting them all In possession of the lum bering corporations or speculators, with small benefit to the Government If It b business logic for timber lands to go in large tracts to those who have the capital necessary to manufacture and market lumber, why should not the Government in some manner recognize them? When Judge Murphy, in Detroit, Mich., recently sentenced to life im 'prlsonment Professor Joseph M. Miller, a married man, who confessed that he had deliberately planned and executed the murder of his paramour. Miss Car rie M. Jennett, he denounced Miller as a demon whose sentence was inadequate to his horrible crime. Judge Murphy Is right; but who Is to blame for the fact that a sane. Intelligent man can In Michigan kill a girl with a hatchet in cold blood and suffer nothing but life Imprisonment? The State of Michigan Is responsible for this shameful situa tion by its sentimental abolishment of the death penalty for murder. There Is today In the Michigan State Peniten tiary a young man of more than aver age Intellect and education who mur dered his own mother in order to rob the house and inherit her propertyT After this miscreant had been a few years In confinement he murdered one of the turnkeys by administering poison to him, and, taking his keys, made his escape. He was recaptured, returned to prison, where he may remain the rest of his days, but if he had been prompt ly hanged for the murder of his mother on conviction the poor turnkey would not have lost his life. There Is no rea son why every life prisoner In the Michigan Penitentiary should hesitate at murder In order to' escape, for If re captured the murderer Is no worse off; he simply resumes his service at life Imprisonment. The limit of the law for murder Is life Imprisonment, whether you kill one victim or run amuck like a mad Malay and kill a whole picnic party. vIn Italy, where the death pen alty for murderers has been nominally abolished, life Imprisonment Is made a living death, for the convict Is subjected to such Intolerable hardships and in genious legalized cruelty that his mind sooner or later gives way and he be comes a hopeless maniac or idjot. Of course, under our form of government no such terrible legal torture of a con demned man would be permitted, and never ought to be. For the protection of society we have a clear right to de stroy a human wild beast, but we have no right to torture either man or beast into madness. Michigan will be driven by the force of aroused .public opinion to re-enact the death penalty for.mur-der. While it is very probable that there have been Isolated instances of cruelty toward Filipinos by our soldiers, it Is preposterous to Imagine that any officer of responsible rank has ordered any act of the kind, or would tolerate such acts. If he has knowledge of them. Some of our exasperated soldiers, smarting under betrayal and murder of their comrades, or having Information about acts of treachery,' cruelty and torture perpetrated by Filipinos, either on our soldiers or on friendly natives, may in considerately have resorted to retalia tion; but even cases of this klhd must be rare, since humane conduct Is natu ral to Americans, -and officers are ex ceedingly careful of their reputations on this head. While there may be some truth In these stories and they ought to be probed to the bottom it I3 well to remember that there are soldiers who are fond of making sensational and ex aggerated statements, and after their discharge are apt to vend such state ments freely. But let U3 have full and open Inquiry. Yet it may be depended on that no officer ever gave an order to torture or murder Filipinos. Sentiment in regard to the disposal of the wreck of the battle-ship Maine, sunk just before .the beginning of the war with Spain In Havana harbor, will doubtless give place" to utility when ever the time comes for raising the ves sel. The clamor for the return of the battle-ship with her tell-tale wounds, whatever they are, to an American port, to be preserved there as a relic of a time of trouble, has about ceased. Nothing can be gained by an object-lesson the purpose of which Is to recall a period of National excitement and keep up international ill-will. The wreck of the Maine, according to the popular be lief, was procured through treachery. Let that pass, especially -since- no one can complain that the act was not fol lowed by a full measure.of retribution. The wreck as it lies, however, is an ob struction to navigation, and upon this basis Its removal will in due time be ordered. The burden of civilization grows. British supremacy in South Africa, as sured from the first, but so stubbornly contested by the Boers, has already cost Great Britain enormously. The assur ance of peace brings no. cessation of the demand for money, though happily the demand for men will cease. To restock and rehabilitate the farms of the Boers, and even start them on the way to self dependence, will be a tremendous task. This will be necessary to some extent If Great Britain Is to stand before the world as a generous conqueror. No wonder 'that people of all olasses In England regard the situation In the light of a "burden placed- ori posterity," 'since certainly the present generation cannot bear It to the goal of liquidation. v It is a spectacle. 'Mr. Simon poses at Washington as a Republican Senator and demands "recognition" from the Administration on this claim; yet he is the head and soul of a conspiracy in Oregon "against the Republican party and Its candidates, and through the relics ,- of his dilapidated machine Is working in a Democratic combination to make the Legislature Democratic and to elect a Democratic Governor and Democratic members of Congress. The movements and purposes of Mr. Simon, through his Portland machine, will be made known at Washington Indeed, are known there already. The Piatt exclusion act passed by the Senate, is not as perfect a device for the purpose in hand as the Mitchell Kahn bill, but It is a distinct adyance upon the Geary law, and to that extent It marks the defeat of the antl-exclu-slonlsts and the final assimilation of National Bentlment to the necessities of the case as understood upon the Pa cific Coast. The Philippines are includ ed within the prohibition, and under an amendment secured by Senator Mitch ell Chinese In the Islands are to be reg istered." The other night in the local Demo cratic caucus Judge O'Day remarked that it was necessary to make selections for " the nominations the Democratic part of them that would be satisfac tory to the Republicans who were con tending for "good government" "Who are theseRepubllcan reformers?" Inquired a delegate. "D. Soils Cohen and Aleck Bernstein!" shouted another.' Then the laughter was general. Senator Patterson thinks the Chinese are "white-livered." The fighting In Manchuria and further south does, not bear out this theory. Mr. Patterson should attend a highbinder massacre on the streets of Portland. Senator Hanna's opposition Jo the Mltchell-Kahn hill will more than off set any favor he will gain from organ ized labor through his arbitration ef forts. The proposed British war loan of $160,000,000 Is ten times oversubscribed. That Is how anxious the British public is for peace at any price. ALL EYES ON OREGON- St Louis Globe-Democrat The first election of 1902 Is that which will come off In Oregon. It will fcike place on June 2, a little "less than two months hence. The Republicans have put up a good ticket and have framed a platform on which their party all over the country could consistently stand. It comes out strongly In favor of the reten tion of the Philippines, attacks the trusts, advocates protection to domestic Indus tries which need it "declares for the con tinuation of the exclusion of the Chinese, and favors the adoption of a sensible sys tem of Irrigation. For years past the Republicans have been carrying Oregon. The Demo-Pop fusion won It In 1S92, and the Bryanltes came so near winning it in 1896 that Mc Kinley's plurality was only a little over 2000 in that state. That was the time when the silver wave was sweeping over the greater part of the country west of the Mississippi. By 1S3S Oregon regained its political balance, and the state was carried by the Republicans by a 10.000 plurality for Governor tbat.year, It gave 13,000 of a lead to McKInley and Roose velt in 1S0O. Its delegation in both branches of Congress belongs to the Re publican party, and usually has for a few years pas. There can be no doubt that Oregon will roll up a handsome plurality for the Re publicans In. the election a few weeks hence. That stato elects two members of Congress on that day, as well as state officers, and thus the election will have an interest for the whole country. 'It will turn on National Issues, and on Na. tional issues the Republicans oughtto be able to carry Congress and most of the states which have been Republican In re cent years. The Republicans are ' strong on all the great questions of govern mental policy this year. National expan sion and the general question 6t Industrial development with which the party has been identified are popular with th4 coun try, and the country Is In the mood! at the present time to give emphasis to Its views on these and other great Issues. The Republican party expects- to hear) grand news from Oregon on the night of June 2. The Oregon Republicans expect ito roll up a good-sized majority for their ticket. More than once that June election m Ore gon has given encouragement to the Re publican party of the country In Import ant National canvasses. There Is good reason to suppose that the 3ame state will rise to the importance ot the occasion In the present Instance, and, by the magni tude of its Republican vote, Inspire en thusiasm In the party in the rest of the country. The eyes of the United States will be on that historic Pacific common wealth for the next few weeks. CAPTAIN GARDENER A SOCIALIST. New York Sun. WASHINGTON. April 11. Coptafn Cor nelius Gardener. U. S. A, Civil Governor of the Philippines, Province of Tayabas, the author of the report submitted to the Senate committee on tho Philippines yesterday, criticising the conduct "of the American soldiers In tho Philippines, was formerly stationed at Fort Wayne, near Detroit The attention of members of Congress has been callea xo the fact that Captain Gardener, while living at Detroit was so radical in his political views and so active in expressing them that he made himself persona non grata. Captain Gar dener, Indeed, was looked upon as a rank socialist He was the personal friend and adviser of the late Hazen 8. Plngree, when he was in the zenith of his career as the Populist-Republican Mayor of Detroit It was Qaptaln Gardener who first suggested to Plngree the establishment of free po tato patches on the vacant lots of the City of Detroit which gave the Mayor and Governor the nickname of "Potato" Plngree. . r There is a little downtown club in De troit, occupied chiefly by business and professional men, where they congregated dally at the luncheon hour to talk over, public and private matters and where the political line Is not drawn. This is tho Yondotega Club, and It is famous in Its way, having entertained -beneath Its hospitable roof many noted men from all parts of the world. Captain Gardener was an almost dally visitor to the club for some time, but his socialistic and Pop ulistic views became so obnoxious "to the other men who congregated there. Demo crats as well as Republicans, that he was given to understand thai it would be agreeable, to everybody if he should take his luncheons elsewhere, and he did. When the war with Spain broke out Captain Gardener was ready for duty in Cuba, but he was purposely retained with his regiment In camp In the United States and never got to the front He was al ways exceedingly unpopular with officers and men under him. and those Congress men" -a ho knew of h!s political beliefs and his personal characteristics are not sur prised at the nature of the report that he has submitted to the War Department General Chaffee's reply to Captain Gar dener's report will be received soon and made public, and will go Into the record alongside of that of Captain Gardener. Rare Opportunity Well Improved. New York Evening PostT Why have the Imperialistic newspapers in this city suddenly fallen as "dumb as (Yorlck's skull? Where be their gibes now? On the one subject which flames highest in the day's, news, which most agitates Congress, which arouses even the foreign press, these great leaders of public opinion have not a word to say. What do the Tribune, the Times, the Sun think of proved atrocities in the Philip pines, or of the suppressed reports which show, out of the mouth of our own of ficers, that our whole policy in those Islands has been a ghastly failure? They cannot well aliego the pressureof more interesting matter. Today's Tribune, for example, has a powerful leader on that thrilling subject "Chile's Financial Plight" the Times awakes to a deep in terest in Krultzlnger and Macedonia, and the Sun has an eloquent column on a speech concerning Irish Home Rule made by Mr. Morley some weeks ago but neither of them ha a syllable about the burning question of the day. Speak, broth ers, and let the worrt be known; "speak ing will relieve you," as the canjpmeetlng hymn nays. We do not care 'what you say, only do say something, spr the credit of the American presB. Tnft'a Attitude Commended. New York Commercial Advertiser. Governor Taft's attitude toward the re port of the Civil Governor of the Province of Tayabas in the Philippines, charging outrages and brutalities of various kinds on the part of the American soldiers to lward the Insurgents, should be the atti tude of all fair-minded persons withhold Judgment till the accused are given a chance to be heard. That the crrarges are appalling, being preferred against Amer ican soldiers, nobody can deny. If they are true, then warfare in the Philippines has made savages of large numbers of our officers and men. The War Depart ment Is investigating them and can be depended upon absolutely to deal fairly In all Instances, to get out the full truth, and to inflict strict and stern Justice upon the guilty. Unquestionably the Inevitable friction which arises between the civil and- military arms of the Government, where the two are In operation together, has led, as Governor Taft says, to ex aggeratedaccounts of the conduct of the Army. Unquestionably, also, the presence of the Army- is doing positive harm in many parts of the island. It Is because of this that Governor Taft favors reduc tion of the Army and the extension of the powers and Jurisdiction of civil rule. THE PENSION .POET LAUREATE- Chicago Cffronicle. It was bound to come. The President has already made selections from his wide range of personal acquaintances, from romping broncho busters of New Mexico and shady reformed gamblers of Arizona, to fill offices of responsibility and trust, and lt'Was to be expected that he would sooner or later broaden out and pull in a few celebrities of purely literary distinc tion. For this latter' class Kansas was kindly reserved and the pension depart ment o'f the Government was singled out for the honor with nice discrimination as to the everlasting fitness of things. The President has tendered the position of Commissioner of Pensions to the cele brated poet, Eugene F. Ware, of Topeka, to succeed the old stand-by, H. Clay Evans. Mr. Ware, as all readers of recent literature must know, has long hidden his personality under the vigorous yet smooth flowing pseudonym of "IronquiH" and has turned out many gross of sketches, pam phlets and legal essays besides In the bright sunlight of his own propria per sona. It Is as the "Ironqull" poet of the sun kissed prairies of the sunflower state that Mr. Ware has won his greatest reputa tion, particularly and It is written with a somewhat keen sense of mortification In England, where as Is well known -the best of funny things of this world find their keenest relish. Few in this be nighted land are aware probably that tno new Pension Commissioner has manufac tured a whole volume of humorous vertfe, but It Is true, nevertheless, and now that he has risen to the height of a proud functionary under the general Government It will probably have the effect to broaden his popularity. - There is something especially-fitting in his selection for this position, and it shows the keen business instinct of the Presi dent In calling the great litterateur to the place. It will popularize the President with the vast army or pensioners, for they will at once discover that they now have at the head of the department one who is In keenest sympathy with them. This la shown In the rollicking verse which Poet Wore gave to the world when the first enthusiastic surges of his poetic afflatus pulsed through his brain after Dewey's triumph at Manila and brought forth such beautiful ahd appreciative testimonial as the following: Oh. Dewey was the morning Upon the first of May, And Dewey was the Admiral Down In Manila Bay: And Dewey were the regent's eyes, VThem" orbs ot royal blue. And Dewey feel discouraged? I Dew not think we Dew. This is but a sample of the roaring and contagious verse which "IronquiH" has given to the world. Its- rhythms, Its mel lifluous cadences proclaini him the lau reate in fact. The President would have had to hunt far before finding another like him. He Is the President's personal selection. He should be crowned at once. Senator Hnnnn'a Little Joker. Chicago Tribune. Just before the hour had arrived to take a vote. In the United States Senate on the ship subsidy bill, Senator Hanna offered an amendment. " No notice had been given by him that he Intended to offer It It was new matter. The 'amendment called for discussion, but It could not be dis cussed! Debate had closed and was out of order. The Senate voted stolidly and adopted tho amendment not lgnorantly, we fear, but with malice aforethought Striking .out" superfluous words, the amendment reads as follows: Nothing contained In any act of Congress shall bo construed to prevent any corporation from operating ! any Interest In one or more steamship lies engaged In foreign commerce. The only apparent purpose of the provi sion is to permit trunk lines operating be tween interior points and the seaboard between Chicago and New York, for ex ampleto obtain, the control of "one or more" ocean steamship lines and to make compound rates' .from interior points to the other side of 'the Atlantic. In this way all lines engaged In Interstate commerce might evade the Iaw'ds regards both land and ocean traffic. Fortified by Senator Hanna's amendment, if it shall become the law, the trunk lines will be enabled to snap their fingers at the Interstate Commerce Commission, so far as -all for eign business Is concerned, and SO per cent of their eastbound trafllc Is foreign. Besides this, the amendment nullifies some of the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law for the benefit of the In dividuals or corporations engaged In trans Atlantic traffic. The great steamship companies- are "pooling their Issues," and Congress Is asked to sanction their action. The consent of Congress, If given, will be given by an amendment Introduced when tho time for debate was at an end, and put through without explanation by its author or Investigation by a single Sen ator, At this moment the true bearings of Senator Hanna's amendment are con sidered apparently by few Senators or Representatives in Congress. V Tammany and Reform. Brooklyn Eagle. Salary Foeltlon. per day. Foreman $4.00 Assistant foreman 3.00 Detailed keeper of the picks 2.50 Detailed keeper of pick, handles 2 50 Detailed keeper of the square shovels 2.50 Detailed keeper of the pointed shovels 2.50 Detailed Keeper of the rakes 2.50 Detailed keeper ot the grubs 2.50 Detailed keeper of the crowbars ".. 2.50 Detailed keeper of the brooms 2.50 Detailed keeper of the pails. 2.50 Detailed keeper of the lanterns 2.50 Two do tailed keepers of the wheelbarrows. 2 50 Detailed keeper of the rammers 2.50 Detailed keeper of the hammers 2.50 Detailed keeper of the chisels 2.5 Detailed keeper of the blankets 2.25 Detailed keeper of the sponges 2.25 Two detailed keepers of the sweepers .... 2.00 Two detailed keepers of the noes 2.00 Before you make up your mind that the present administration i3 about as bad .as Tammany, just run your eye over the above list of office-holders. It Is not a Fusion list It? is the schedule of the men employed by President Haffen, of the Bronx, to care for the tools In the base ment of his borough headquarters. Haffen Is almost the only man on the late, Tam many ticket who was not submerged by the reform wave. Last, year, when ho could get jobs for his followers down town, two men tended the tools In his basement. Downtown Is hard picking for a Tammany man this year, however, and the faithful Haffen has subdivided the work and multiplied the pay by detailing "keepers of the rakes" and other in geniously titled officials. .Since the feed ing of the multitude In Galilee, nothing like It has been known outside of Tam many. That Is the kind ot government which we have emerged from. It is the kind of government some voters declare they are ready to go back to Just be cause they do not like dry Sundays. v A To the Moon. Sir Philip Sidney. With bow sad steps, O Moon, thou climb's t the skies I How silently, and with how wan a face! What, may It be that e'en in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries! Sure, If that long-wlth-love-acqualnted eyes Can Judge of love, thou feel'st a lover's case. I read It in thy looks; thy languished grace. To me, that feel the like, thy state descries. Then, e'en of fellowship, O Moon, tell me. Is constant love deem'd there hut want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be? T)o they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers ecorn whom that love doth pos sess? Do they call virtue, there, ungratefulness? Too Late I Stayed. William Robert Spencer. Too late I staj ed. forgive the crime! Unheeded, flew the hours; How noiseless falla the foot of Time That only treads on flowers! And who, with clear account, remarks The ebblnss of his glass. When all Its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pais? Oh, who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings. When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings? NOTE AND COMMENT. Variety is the spice of April weather. i TTInr. "PTrwri1 "q cttll wraHni. Vile Vinf- Soclety is certainly going to the dogs. What a horrible thing that water cure wduld be In Kentucky. Which same 13 true of the bock beer. ' Christmas comes but onee a year. There wlUbe another crop of sore Re publicans after Saturday. The bunco man still finds Portland an Incomparable health resort. Every dog has his day, but unfortunate ly every dog doesn't have his prize. The Bryan Presidential boom seems to be stalled for the present, at least. Jobs In the Russian Cabinet should be accompanied by heavy life Insurance poli cies. Kipling has written an ode on the death of Cecil .Rhddcs. Alfred Austin please copy. Our maritime prosperity Is evidenced by the number of barks In the Exposition building. Assasslnology seems to be the chief branch of learning pursued by the Russian students. Fuel and fcod are going up, but cigar ettes will be cheaper, so the public need not despond. Perhaps Senator Hanna thinks the sov ereign delegates will be as easy to whip into line as a bunch of paltry Unltetl States Senators. It will save a lot of trouble- about tho Geary bill if Congress will just extend tha hair-cut regulation that has been applied Lto the noble red man to the Ignoble Chi nee. Five hundred temperance lecturers aro to be turned loose on Chicago. Wicked cities always did get caught up with, from the earliest times recorded in the Scrip tures. Dr. P. M. Rixey recalls that when Presi dent 'McKinlcy's mother sat down for tho first time to a White House dlnner."what( stemed to Impress her most was the prodi gal supply of cream, and she commented on Its abundance, and then added: "Well, William. at last I know what they mean when they speak of the cream of society." The President laughed. "I admit," said he, "that there seems to be an extrava gant array of cream on the- table, but you know, mother, we can arrord to keep a cow, now." Mr. Richard Mansfield is not celebrated for his lively cense of humor, but this serious cast of his mind does not preent him from occasionally indulging in a bit of humor no less enjoyable because un. consclous. Recently, in conducting a dres3 rehearsal of a play in w hich occurs a rain bcene, Mr. Mansfield and his entire com pany began coughing violently from a shower of dust which suddenly filled the wings. "Stage rain" is generally made by the dropping of split peas in a drum cylinder, and in this case there was an instant suspicion that the "ralnbox" had not recently been cleaned. But none ot the stage hands volunteered the Informa tion until Mr. Mansfield fiercely exclaimed: "I demand to know where this abominable" oust comes from1." Finally one of the men, more courageous than his asso ciates, ventured the explanation: "I think it comes from the ralnbox, sir," "And ca-a-n't you wash the rain?" inquired Mr. Mansfield In all seriousness. Hanging on the -wall In the corridor of the State Denartmcnt at Washington is a life-size portrait of His Highness, the Ma shlr Mohammed Essadek. Bey of Tunis. Beneath the picture ia'the following in scription: "This portrait Is presented as a souvtnlr of his friendship In November, 1S65, by his envoy, General Otman Hashem, bearer of letters of condolence on the as sassination of President Lincoln and of congratulations for the ending of the war." Several years ago this painting hung on the wal of the room of an As sistant Secretary of State, immediately back of his desk. One day a messenger brought the Assistant Secretary's lunch and put It on the desk in front of him. The Assistant Secretary was busily en gaged at the time, and did not want to bo annoyed, although he had instructed his messenger to place his lunch on his desk j'ust at the moment he did. Without a -word the official picked up the tray and threw it over his head. A piece of pio struck the painting and spotted it so that it was necessary to call in an artist to retouch it- The painting was then placed in the corridor, where it ha3 since re mained, out of the way of pie. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS She I want you to see my new piano the next time you call. He When 'do ou expect to get It? She Oh, In about six months. Chi cago Dally News. Self-Centered. Tes Yes. she loves Jack, but she's afraid he loves some one else more than her. Jess So he docs. Tess Whom? Jess Jack. New York Sun. Her Magnanimous DecUlon. "And so they have made up their quarrel?" "Oh, yes! As soon as she saw she was wrong sho concluded to accept his apology." Puck. Two Viewpoints. "He's a very fast young man." "Not at all." "Evidently you don't know how he spends money." "Well. I know how he returns what he borrows." Philadel phia Press. An Explanation "You frankly confess that your noel failed because of a lack of literary skill?" "I do," answered the author. "Tha man who wrote the ad ertlsements was no good."-Washington Star. Titles. 1. Give a Georgia darky a "chaw" of tobacco and you're a Captain. 2. Giye him a quarter, jou become a Colonel. 3. Paralyse him with a dollar and you're a General for life. 4. Throw In an old suit of clothes and two stiff "drams" of corn liquor and he raises all his children to call you "Governor." Atlanta Con stitution. In English A. Freshleigh Is It ever correct to say "this 'ere"? Mr. Soaplind (firmly) Nevor. Freshleigh Nor "that air"? Mr. Soap lind (wearily) Never never. Freshleigh Then, If I have a cold, I mustn't say. "Please close the window, as that air blows In this ear"? (Soapleigh marks Freshlelgh's last theme F minus.) Harvard Lampoon. JudgeYou are charged with the murder of this man, one who was one of your modt Inti mate friends. Have jou anything to say la defence? Prisoner You see, it was this way. Your Honor. Ho had been to a vaudeville show, and he was about to tell me some of the Jokes he heard there. Judge You are dis charged. I have a friend who frequents the vaudeville houses. Come and see me, come as often as you can. Bo3ton Transcript. Something to Tie to An ov er-Indulgent fa ther had a son whom he fondly Imagined had the monej -making Instinct of a Morgan or a Gould, so he started him off to New "Orleans to speculate in cotton, giving him a substantial amountjjf cash for that purpose. In the courso of a few days ho telegraphed to the young man to ask how he was gettlrg on. The reply came that he was about even on cotton, but nearly J20 ahead on poker. The father wired back: "Drop cotton and stick to poker." Phlladel-