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PORTLAND, THUHSDAT, APRIL 17.
MR. GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN.
In accepting the nomination for the
office of Governor at the hands of his
party Mr. Chamberlain uttered a sneer
against his opponent. 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-