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TODAY'S WEATHER-Partly cloudy, with
occasional showers; southwesterly winds.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 53; minimum temperature, 40; pre
cipitation, 0 00.
PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1002.
OUR IMPEXDIKG CALAMITY.
It seems strange that no one has sug
gested arbitration for the great strike
that hangs like a pall over the business
and comfort of Portland; and yet again
It is not strange; for all the conditions
under which arbitration. Is proposed and
made effective are absent from the sit
uation. Questions of schedules can be
submitted to a board of arbitration, if
that hoard is empowered or assisted by
the contending parties to get at the
facts as to the ability of the employers
to meet the demands of the men, and
as to the need of the men for the con
cessions asked. It is perfectly plain
that no such situation exists in this
Portland strike. The issue is nominally
one of hours, but at bottom it is in real
ity one of unionism The employers are
determined to check the union aa an ef
fective agency of combined demands of
the men, and the men are equally aa de
termined to maintain the union in. that
capacity.
Few of. the employers, doubtless,
would say they are opposed to the
union. They don't object to organiza
tion, they will say, Taut they do think a
man has the right to run his own busi
ness to suit himself. The men can liave
all the unions they want, so long as
they use them solely for purposes of
mental, moral and social improvement,
"but the moment they attempt to use
them as a means of enforcing demands
for the betterment of their financial con
dition, in other words, for Increase of
pay or the amelioration of conditions
under which labor is performed, then
the'millmen will resist to the death.
If they can't run their own business
to suit themselves, they won't run it
at alL If they must be dictated to by
a lot of union officials who have no con
nection with the mills; if they must run
certain hours, and sell only to such and
euch people and treat as equals a set of
agitators whom they despise why,
then they will endure and even rejoice
at the spectacle of cold furnaces and
silent wheels- As one of them said
"Wednesday: "We will stay until our
men are ready to take off their hats,
how their heads and march back to the
sound of muffled drums."
Now this is a very natural and even
justifiable position for the mlllmen to
take. Logically, there Is no escape from
the simple proposition that a man is
entitled to run his business in his own
way. Logically, it is preposterous, of
course, as Sir. Connell says, that a plan
ing mill man should be asked to make
terms about wages and hours In his
mill with, . committee consisting of a
bnckmaker, a clgarmaker and a laundry-worker.
Yet this may all be true,
as it undoubtedly is. and yet it may
also be true that the natural, logical
and even justifiable position for an em
ployer to take is nevertheless a position
which he cannot successfully maintain,
and which actually does himself more
harm than good. We have to take the
world as we trad it, human nature as
we find it, and organized labor as we
find it. What seems to us right and
just to us may not, and in fact seldom
does, seem to the man at the other end
of the bargain to be what is" right and
just to him. Our determination to run
our own business in our own way may
come into violent opposition with our
employe's determination to work for us
in his own way. It will suit us for him
to bow his head and march in humbly;
but it may not suit him; and stubborn
ness and arrogance, however admirable
in esthetics or agreeable to self-love, do
not always win.
When Mr. W. P. Hearst sends out to
the Chicago American the mold or
matrix of a page of type that has been
already cast for the New York Journal,
the page is subjected to the jurisdiction
of the printers' union, whose concern it
most certainly is not The union de
cides, and Mr. Hearst acquiesces, that
"before this stereotyped page can be run
In the American, the type must be set
up in the Chicago office, proof read on
It. corrections made, and the whole put
In readiness for publication. All this I
'miOM'WILL YOU PLEASE I
TVTIAT RESULT JJO YOU WANT r .
WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER SEE OREGO STAXDf
Men of Oregon, whose eyes shall greet this page this morning,
in your hands Is the result of Oregon's election a week from Mon
day. Yours are the power and the responsibility, yours will be the,
penalty or the reward. A Democratic victory will please certain
ones, a Republican victory will please certain others. "Which will you
reward the friends of your prosperity or its enemies? Choose be-
tween the columns.
Republican Success
Will Please
The Republican North.
Our Soldiers in the Philippines
Friends of the Canal.
President Roosevelt
A
Manufacturera
Honest-Money Men.
Mitchell, Tongue and Moody.
It Is known that President Roosevelt Is looking toward Oregon,
for approval of his stand Against the trusts and of the general poli
cies of his own and the McKinley administrations. Sound money
and expansion, strict coatrol of trusts, fairness to organized labor, in
dependence of Wall street, enforcement of the National authority In
the Philippines the same as In Porto Rico all the5e things are up
for the decision of the people. The verdict of a week from Monday
will be accepted by the country at that valuation. Chamberlain's
good-fellowship or Simon's vengeance will have no part In that Inter
pretation. The issue is fair and square between trie two choices.
"Which will you promote?
Republican Success "
Will Promote
Confidence.
Belief in Fair-TradS.
Expansion. ,
Honest Money
Patriotism.
Good Times.
Do you want to be the men to start another period of Democratic
menace to all business and industry?
Do you want to reward Tillman, Carmack, Patterson, Rawlins
and others who are maligning our soldiers In the Philippines and
seeking to degrade the American name?
Do you want Oregon to stand in the Democratic column along
with the Southern States, or In the Republican column along with
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana, the old doubtful
states, and all the great and growing states of the great Middle
Northwest? "
- Do you want to start a movement to abandon the Philippine
islands and relinquish the foothold gained there for Asiatic markets?
Do you want to go before a Republican Congress, asking for
money for an expansion Centennial, after having elected a Democratic
Governor on an anti-expansion platform?
DO YOU THINK MORE OP GEORGE CIIAMBERLAIX AND JOE
SIMOX THAN YOU DO OP YOUR OWX WELFARE f
work must be paid for; and then Mr.
Hearst is free to run the stereotype or
his freshly-set page as he chooses.
Here is a proceeding both unwarranted
and impertinent; and Mr. Hearst would
be justified, If he were so inclined, to tell
his printers he would see them else
where before he would pay them a cent
for setting up a page of matter he can
send stereotyped from his own office In
New York. But he doesn't He reasons
In a broad .way that It is better in the
long run to put up with occasional In
justice and Inconvenience (and no uni
form rule, however equitable en general
principles, can escape causing occa
sional injustice and inconvenience), for
the sake of the general good results he
gets with a contented and cheerful and
willing and loyal body of workmen.
The Oregonlan has learned a great
deal in fifty years of study and experi
ence with trades-unions; and its de
liberate advice, which It hopes will be
candidly received as offered, and which
it hopes may exert some beneficial In
fluence at thi3 critical hour Its advice
to both sides of the present controversy,
is that nothing is to be gained by a
spirit of unreasoning defiance and a de
sire to win simply for the purpose of
proving oneself right and one's antago
nist in the wrong. The members of our
trades-unions, especially when as in
Portland they are In great part fairly
educated and enlightened Americans,
are not bad men. They are the sup
porters, not the enemies, of law, justice
and order, They pay their taxes with
out lawsuits, their children are in our
schools and clad as well as parental
love and foresight can clothe them.
They are not unreasonable men. If they
are approached in a spirit of reason
ableness and kindness, though there Is
enough of human nature In them to
show resentment at slight or scorn.
There are hotheaded and dangerous
fellows among the strikers, just as there
are men in the employers' ranks with
out a drop of human kindness in their
selfish breasts. But these hotheaded
and dangerous fellows are the objects
of fear and distrust from their fellows,
rather than, of approval. Therefore let
us urge upon, masters and men alike a
spirit of conciliation and concession,
above all an absence of anger and in
vidious disparagement It is oot an
auspicious move toward settlement to
say there is nothing to arbitrate. The
main point In this momentous crisis Is
not to punish anybody on either side.
The main point is to bring about the
resumption of business at the earliest
possible hour. A struggle to the death
is just what the public welfare doesn't
want; because the casualties will bo
heaviest among the Innocent non-combatants
whose livelihood must be imper
iled while the embattled men and mas
ters devastate the field of industry and
trade. If the unions offer to discuss
the issues with the employers, or if the
employers offer to discuss the Issues
with the unions, the responsibility and
the odium will rest upon those who de
cline. The coal strikes, where one
Mitchell, a preacher and now an agi
tator, is recognized both by the mine
owners and the Civic Federation alike
as representative of the miners, has set
at naught the old contention that
unions cannot be recognized by employ
ers without loss of their self-respect
It was recently announced, as a re
sult of Investigations and experiments
that lasted many months, that the War
Department is now in possession of a
secret method of firing big guns that
does away with the little cloud of white
smoke which has heretofore betrayed
the firing of the pieces, even when
charged with smokeless powder. This
discovery will, it Is asserted, completely
mask a battery, since it will be impos
sible to tell that a shell has been fired
until it drops or shrieks over the lines
or encampment The value of this dis
covery is minimized somewhat, how
ever, by the experience of soldiers in
Rnuth Afrlrn tfhn av -tv n.v it...
can see iha jeuns at all they can always
It,
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Democratic Success
"Will Plcaso
The Solid South.
Copperheads in the Senate.
The Railroad Lobbies.
The Trusts "
Free Traders.
Bryan and Tillman.
Joseph Simon.
Democratic Success
WiU Promote
Apprehension.
Fears of Free Trade.
Scuttle.
Financial Heresy.
Copperheadism.
Doubt and Retrenchment
tell when the discharge Is about to take
place, as the gunners jump away from
the gun when the loading Is completed.
From this movement It Is known that
the shell is to-be expected the next mo
ment Thus the Instinct of self-preservation,
alert In its own cause, Is able
to defeat human Ingenuity, plotting the
destruction of human life.
AJf INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST.
With the possible exception of Thomas
Addis Emmet, the late Lawrence God
kln Is the ablest Irishman who made
this his adopted country after he had
reached full manhood and had been
thoroughly educated In the land of his
birth For the very great service that
Mr. Godkln wrought the cause of inde
pendent, high-mindea and Intelligent
journalism In America, It was perhaps
fortunate that he was not born and
bred an American, and that he came
to this country a thoroughly educated
Irishman of 25. Had he been born and
bred In America, he would prbbably
have been drawn early into politics,
and, had he sought the .field of journal
Ism, would doubtless have made an
upright but probably a bitter partisan
Journalist, with the virtues and infirm
ities of Greeley, or. an able, intellectual
opportunist in journalism, like Ray
mond. Mr. Godkln, coming to this
country at maturity, equipped with ex
cellent scholarship and Old World ex
perience; escaped the disease of pas--slonate,
brutal partisanship in journal
Ism, and by natural gravity of mind
escaped the contagion of easy, good
natured lndifferentism. He saw that
there was room for a higher type of
Independent journalism than America
possessed In 1S65, and In the Nation he
was the thlck-and-thln supporter "of no
party. He has been accurately de
scribed as "the sfdvocate of public or
der, of political and social morality and
Individual self-restraint" He was hos
tile to Incompetency, fanaticism and
sentimentality In both of the great par
ties. He welcomed honest, able, patri
otic purpose and service wherever he
found it
In the first fifteen years following the
Civil War the country greatly needed
able, independent Journalism like that
of Mr. Godkln, for the burning issues
that were consequent upon 'that conflict
disturbed the just balance of the most
Intelligent and conservative minds in
both the great parties. Mr. Godkln was
an Intelligent critic, for he had lived
nearly tea years In the United States,
and he was a dispassionate critic, be
cause he did not come to this country
until he was 5 and hlseducatlon was
complete. He brought dignity, scholar
ship, Intelligence and Incisive intellect
ual force to the discussion of current
political and social issues. The Nation
soon commanded a hearing from earn
est, thoughtful menin both parties.
After he had given 15 years of service to
the Nation, it became merged In the
New York Evening Post As editor of
the Post Mr. Godkln was of splendid
service to the cause of good govern
ment through his unquaillng, ceaseless
hostility to Tammany Hall at a time
when some of the leading journals of
New York City either auletlv nlaved
into the hands of Tammany or were ln-
different to its misdeeds and malign life to its natural termination, miser
influence. The onlv man n fhnf ma. ki.. 5 , A x - . ,.
infiuence
who was the peer of Mr. Godkln In In
j - - - "-
nonr nt Xfi CnArt I l
tellect versatile 'scholarship and capa
city as an editorial writer was Charles
A. Dana, of the Sun. Indeed, Mr. Dana
was more than f the peer of Mr. Godkln
In the versatility of his gifts. His so
cial personality was at once impressive
and charming through his abundant wit
and abounding good humor, while Mr.
Godkln was a man of nervous Irrita
bility of temper aggravated by over
work. Sometimes Mr. Dana frater
nized with Tammany and sometimes he
vigorously warred upon Tammany, but
whether he was for Tammany or
against it, ' the Sun under Mr. Dana
never had anything but jeers and sneers
for "Larry" Godkln.
This was the flaw in Mr. Dana's dia
mond. He stood easily at the head of
the American press in ability, scholar-
ship and Influence; he was personally
a man pf high character and had ren-;
dered his country great service during
the Civil "War; but when Mr. Godkln
was doing able and efficient service
against Tammany Hall he was always
sure to obtain ridicule at the hands of
the Sun. If it was due to dislike for
Mr. Godkln's personal infirmities of
temper, it was not worthy of so influ-
due to a disposition to help Tammany
wnen helping Tammany was good busi
ness, It certainly was not to its credit.
At all events, the only able enemy that
the civic despotism and corruption of
Tammany Hall had without break In
the New York Dress was the New York
) Evening Pest under Godkln. He fought
it early and late, without fear or favor,
with all the effective weapons of a press
writer, except humor; he had wit and
satire at his command, but the de
lightful mocking humor which Dana
possessed was not one of the gifts of
Mr. Godkln.
Mr. Godkin tested the substance of all
public questions always fearlessly and
generally fairly. No good cause had
any need to fear him, for his very op
position was enlightenment He taught
his foe how to parry by showing him1
where nakedness invitedjittack. Wltb
out gush, without a taint of sensation
alism in his composition, with a cold,
clear head, writing a pithy, forcible
style, he used his pen with the pug
nacity of a warrior. He instinctively
hated scoundrels and hypocrites. His
mere political judgments were some
times erroneous, but his permanent
moral and -intellectual force in politics
was very great He was an educator
of intelligent, growing minds. His Eng
lish was admirable In Its vigor, purity
and freshness. He was sometimes un
fair, but the spirit of moral and Intel
lectual Integrity was the pervasive pas
sion of the man. His scolding was an
education to his adopted country, since
he scolded so effectually that he left
his great profession a nobler power
than he found It; left thoughtful, generous-minded
men In all parties glad that
he became an adopted citizen of this
country, for whose enlightenment and
elevation of soul Jie devoted the best
powers of riis mind and hart with sig
nal ability for more than thirty years.
RECOGXITION OP ROCHAMBEAU.
Tomorrow, In the presence of a dis
tinguished company, the statue of Gen
eral Rochambeau. who commanded the
French troops In tjhe victorious cam
paign of Yorktown, will be unveiled.
Our Minister to France, General Horace
Porter, will make an address on this
occasion. Among the notable French
men who will b,e present will be Gen
eral Brugere, of the French Army;
Count de Rochambeau, who Is a de
scendant of a brother of the Revolu
tionary General; Vlscomte de Cham
brun, the great grandson of La Fay
ette; Ferdinand Hamar, the sculptor of
the Rochambeau statue; Admiral For
nlere, of the French Navy, and Ambas
sador Cambon.
The services performed by General
Rochambeau with his 6000 French troops'
were of Inestimable value to our Infant
Nation. Without this French contin
gent and the fleet of Admiral De Grasse
the success of the Yorktown campaign
would have been impossible of attain
ment. Had The English fleet been able
to beat De Grasse, Cornwallis could not.
have been successfully blockaded at
Yorktown, and without the reinforce
ment J of the 6000 French regulars
brought by Rochambeau to the assist
ance of Washington and the -3000 French
troops with which De Grasse.relnforced
La Fayette before the arrival of Wash
ington and Rochambeau, Cornwallis
would have been able to- escape from,
the tolls by which he was surrounded.
Washington's plan was excellent, and
Its execution wag most energetic; but
without the knowledge that he could
count on the 6000 French veterans of
Roohambeau and the fleet and marines
of De Grasse. "Washington could not
have hoped for success in forcing Corn
wallis to surrender. But for the French
soldiers and fleet, Sir Henry Clinton
would have been able to rescue Corn
wallis from his critical situation. Noth
ing Is more historically certain than
that the American Revolution was xn
its last legs when Its success was as
sured by the arrival of Rochambeau
and De Grasse. At this critical moment
France brought us 6000 disciplined sol
diers, a strong fleet, with 3000 marines
and money.
While it Is true that General Rocham
beau did his work with military skill,
the French troops storming one of the
redoubts at Yorktown and the Ameri
cans the other, nevertheless he has
never held any place In the American'
neart like that obtained by La Fayette,
for Rochambeau was a professional sol
dier obeying the official orders of his
government La Fayette was a volun
teer, who, In disobedience of the orders
of his government, came to America at
his own expense, spent his wealth like
water In our cause before the French
Government had become persuaded
thrpugh the surrender of Burgoyne to
come to our aid against Great Britain.
La Fayette offered us his sword, his
llfe,i his property, when we had but a
most desperate chance of success, while
France turned a deaf ear to our appeal
until after the surrender of Burgoyne.
La. Fayette fought for the cause of
American liberty, while France helped
America only to help herself.
The discovery of the body of Mrs. Gei
ger, the young woman who disappeared
so mysteriously In this city some three
weeks ago, in the Willamette River,
solves the mystery of her fate, but
throws no light whatever upon the
deeper mystery which precipitated her
death. The only explanation possible is
that she was one of a multitude of hu
man beings who cannot withstand the
ordinary vicissitudes of life, and who at
a certain point deliberately refuse to
accept them. Another detachment of
V. n-k. . !-,, ,. a. i
oui uuuuuiuuii ui every alter) oi me ian-
.... ....
ure mat is witnm tnemseives, yet ut
terly lacking strength of purpose neces
sary to turn It into success. Perhaps
the latter division of the great army of
lncapables. are more to be pitied than
the f former, but both challenge and
should receive the sympathy of persons
whom nature has cast In a stronger
mold. Longfellow's Immortal exhorta
tion In the world's broad field of battle
In the blr&uac of life.
Be not like dumb, driven cattle,
Be a hero In the strife.
Has fallen as an Inspiration upon thou
sands of lives. That it has heen mean
ingless to other thousands may be held
to indicate the cause of the failure of
one man and' the success of another
whose opportunities in life, to the out
ward seeming, were equal. It becomes
humanity to be humble In the presence
of these facts so painfully Illustrated
by the object-lessons of every day, and
ask reverently "Who made these men
to differ?" "Whatever the answer may
be, or whether any one is bold enough
to essay an answer, the fact that hu
man beings do differ should soften
many of the asperities of life and sl-
17
sharp voice of criticism In connection
Mt
with what Is termed individual success
and failure in life.
Mr. Baker's success In his theatrical
venture, resulting In a long lease of the
theater that Is known by his name. Is
gratifying In every way. Portland will
pay for good attractions at fair prices
and Is a "bad show town" chiefly to the
undeserving. It is fortunate for the city
tnat Its dramatic affairs are In sucn
Worthy and progressive hands as those
of Mr. Hellig, Mr. Cordray and Mr.
Baker. Their public spirit, moreover,
was attested by the prompt and hearty
response they jointly made to the ap
peal for subscriptions in aid of the
Lewis and Clark Centennial. One of
the secrets of Mr. Baker's success Is
the liberal use of printer's Ink.
The people of Martinique are, It Is
said, anxious to abandon the island. In
this it would be well to encourage and
If necessary to assist them. Economics,
Whether applied to human life or to
finance, dlscouraire homebuildine: and
business undertakings under the shadow
or a belching volcano, the pitiless power
of which has been so severely tested
as has that of Mount Pelee. An escape
valve for Internal furies, it is impossi
ble to tell when It will be opened to
the forces of destruction or to what
extent their ruthless energies will be
employed for death and devastation.
At last a woman's head Is to adorn a
United States postage stamD. Very
properly this will be the head of Mar
tha WashlngtPn, the first mistress of
the "Republican court"" Upon the new
8-cent stamp soon to be issued will ap
pear In profile the benign features of
this grand colonial dame the wife of
Washington.
Oregon lias received everything It de
sired at the hands of a Republican Con
gress. Nothing which it earnestly de
sired has been refused. Its decent re
turn will be a decisive Republican ma
jority in June.
The Four Per Cent Provision.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The United States owes the Oregon to
the 4 per cent provision in the naval ap
propriation bill of the year the contract
with the Union Iron Works Was signed.
The provision was simply a recognition of
the well-known fact that materials and
labor are higher on the Pacific Coast than
in other cities in the United States. If
the Union Iron Works Company had put
in a bid low enough to secure the contract
without the 4 per cent provision, It could
not have built the battle-ship that steamed
round Cape Horn and reported Itself at
Key West "fit for duty." But this Is only
a part of the record of the Oregon. An
other part will be found In Admiral
Schley's testimony about the early events
of the memorable 3d of July. There were
moments on that day when the Issue "was
In doubt In one of these dark moments
Admiral Schley saw the white prow of
a battle-ship breaking through the cloud
of smoke in which the squadron was en
veloped. His quick eye took in two things
first, that the white prow was that of
the Oregon, and, second, that her speed
was equal to that of the cruiser upon
which he was standing. From that mo
ment the issue was no longer in doubt.
The Oregon Was more heavily armored
than the Brooklyn, and its speed was
equal. The two steamed after the flying
Spanish -vessels with a speed and a pre
cision of fire that drove the enemy- ashore.
Of the battle-ships, the Oregon was the
only one that could keep close to the
Brooklyn. Four per cent of JS.OOO.OQO is
$200,000. That Is what the Oregon cost the
Government in excess of what an average
battle-ship would have coat. Two hundred
thousand dollars! What American would
take 100 times that sum of money for the
record of that day's work, a record that
would have been Incomplete had the Ore
gon been Just an average battle-ship! Still
the naval committee proposes to econo
mizeto strike out of the appropriation
bill the 4 per cent provision which placed
Pacific Coast shipyards on an equality,
so far as the cost of construction goes,
with Atlantic Coast shipyards.
The Fate of Treacherous Guides.
General Order 100, of 1S63, which General
Jacob H. Smith pleaded as his authority
for Issuing circulars to his officers to
use retaliatory measures against insur
gents in Samar, Is fully indorsed by
Secretary Root and the President Re
taliation was not resorted to In Samar
until after Balangiga massacre, where
insurgenGs fully demonstrated that at
Samar insurgents violated all rules of
war In their wanton murder of the sol
diers at Balangiga, and this alone is con
strued by Army officers to Justify General
Smith In retaliating "as a means of
protective retiibutlon," to quote the
words of the order.
In the order the principle Is laid down
that "all troops of the enemy, known or
discovered to give no quarter in general
or to any portion of the Army, receive
none." it is pomtea out ty rnenas
of Major Waller that It was well
known that the Insurgents at Balan
giga gave no quarter, and that un
der this section General Smith was
warranted in directing that no quar
ter be given the enemy. That punishment
by death in retaliation is authorized
by the order for offenses less than mur
der Is shown In section 5S, uhlch pro
vides that "if an enemy of the United
States should enslave and sell any cap
tured persons of their army It would be
a case for the severest retaliation," and
that as "the United States cannot retal
iate by enslavement, therefore death
must be the retallatibn for this crime,"
Under this order the shooting of treacher
ous guides is fully authorized an act of
Major Waller that has been ignorantly
Impeached by the critics of our military
authorities.
The Wold's Peace.
Japan Osaka Mainlchl.
While the contracting powers In the
new alliance are Great Britain and Japan
on paper, there is also the unofficial
American support of the alliance. It 13
an alliance of the three powers which
hold the balance ot power in the fir
East, in commerce, In navigation and In
naval and military strength. These three
powers can defy the world, and we dq not
hesitate to assert that their alliance is
sufficient to guarantee the peace of the
world. The mist of uncertainty which
has hung over the far East since the
China-Japan war has been dispersed.
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The House Beautiful.
Ladles' Field.
One of the things which partlcuuarly
strike one in the last 23 years Is the enor
mous stride which has been made' Iri the
beautifying ot the Interior of houses
Nowadays taste has so much Improved
that an ugly house Is the exception, not
the rule; although I remember having seen
quite recently Japanese fans and aspin
alled milking stools In a noble old oak
paneled picture gallery, where they looked
as Incongruous as a few yards of pink
tulle would, appear 1 used as a drapery
In Westminster Abbey.
"Where M.,P.'b Are Plentiful.
Australian Review of Reviews. .
Australia has more members of Parlia
ment per head of population than any
other civilized community on earth. The
mere statement that, excluding New Zeal
and, Australia posscses no fewer than 14
Hou3Cs of Parliament counting 751 mem
bers, for a population of less than 4,000,
000. Is a bit of arithmetic calculate tn
make all sober Australians sigh, and the
rest of the outside world grin
THE WORST BRUTALITY OF ALL..
Denver Republican.
The most brutal thing In connection with
the war in the Philippines and the sub
jection of those Islands to the authority of
the United States is the attack made by
a lot of contemptible Democratic Senators
and yellow Journalists upon the honor of
American soldiers who are fighting for
the flag in those far-away Islands.
These soldiers are the pick of the strong,
vigorous young men of the country. In
response to the call for troops they volun
tarily enlisted, to risk their health and
their lives for the establishment of Ameri
can authority and the defense ot Ameri
can fl;ig in a remote and tropical region,
not only exposed to the diseases common
to that climate and to the bullets ot the
enemy, but subjected also to the danger
of being tortured to death by a cruel and
vindictive foe! They went out to the Phil
ippines at the command of the Govern
ment, and behind the Government in this
matter stood the American people.
They are in the Philippines battling for
a cause which the American people In
dorse, and which has been advocated most
vehemently and eloquently by Senator
Patterson himself, and which Is an out
growth of the treaty with Spain, the rati
fication of which was due in a largemeas
ure to the influence of William J. Bryan.
It is worse than ingratitude to refuse to
extend to these brave fighting men the
sympathy they deserve. It Is brutal be
yond anything ever charged against them
to open fire in their rear and while they
are far away to bring false and malicious
charges against them of cruelty to the
Inhabitants of the Philippines.
The Democratic Senators who have thus
tried to blacken the fair name not only
ot American soldiers, but also of the
American Nntlon, have done so In the ma
lignity of their hearts, reckless of the
consequence fi, provided only that they
may make some little political capital for
themselves or seem to gain some petty
advantage for the party they disgrace and
the political associates whom they dis
honor. They care nothing for the fact
that the soldiers whom they thus vilify
and traduce are obeying the orders of the
American people, and should be encour
aged and sustained through all the trials
and sufferings to which they are sub
jected. They care nothing for the fact
that by these false and malicious accusa
tions they would bring the Government
of this country Into disgrace and dishonor
were It not that their testimony -will not
be accepted before the tribunal of public
opinion in any part" of the world.
These slanderers and mallgners, who
are a reproach to the states that sent
them to the Senate, are of the same kind
with the Tories of the Revolutionary War
and the Copperheada of the War of the
Rebellion. Vipers of this same species
obstructed the efforts of Mr. Lincoln and
all the other patriotic people of the North
to save the Union from destruction; and
now we see them showing their heads
again to hiss at the men who are risking
their lives for their country and making
sacrifices which these backbiters would
not so much as dream of making for any
cause under the sun unless it promoted
their own selfish and ignoble ambitions.
Popular Election of Senators.
Chicago Tribune.
Senator Frye says he is "decidedly
against the election of United States Sen
ators oy popular vote." He Is unable, he
says, to see any good reason for a change
in the method of electing them, or any
benefits to be derived by any deDarture
from the present methods. Personal con
siderations do not Influence Senator Frye's
Judgment Whatever may be the method
of election, he will continue to represent
nis state, let he Is aware that there is
a popular sentiment In favor of a change
and that the sentiment la not an evan
escent one. It is gaining In strength con
tinually. Men who are as sober-minded
and as conservative as Senator Frye are
becoming converted to the belief that the
election of Senators by the people will do
away with a harmful anomaly In our po
litical system. The House of Representa
tives has voted unanimously for the sub
mission to the states of an amendment for
the popular election of Senator. This ac
tion is significant The House Is not made
up of rash, thoughtless men, eager for
change for the sake of change. There are
In It men who are as 'well acquainted
with the strong and weak points ot our
political institutions as Senator Frye Is.
Under the circumstances the Senator
should be willing to give the people an
opportunity to decide whether they favor
a change in the method of electing Sen
ators. There can be no change without
the concurrence of three-fourths of the
states. The people are so conservative
where the National Constitution Is con
cerned that any amendment to it which
receives the votes of 34 State Legislature!
will represent the deliberate, well-reasoned
views of the people. If an amendment
providing for the eelction of Senators by
the people does not strongly commend It
self to Americans it will not be ratified.
In that event Senator Frye can safely vote
for the submission of the amendment.
If three-fourths of the states are pre
pared to ratify It no Senator has a right
to1 balk the wishes of the people.
Ostentation in Hospitality.
London Tattler.
People seem to have lost the power of
living quietly and happily In their coun
try homes. The country is only made en
durable to them by sport and gambling
and boisterous house parties; and when
from ono cause or another these resources
fall they are frankly bored and long for
London. They are no longer content, as
our faJJiers were, to entertain their
friends with hospitable simplicity. So pro
foundly have all society been vulgarized
by the worship of the golden calf that un
less people can vie with alien millonaires
in the sumptuousness with which they
"do you" delightful phrase they prefer
not to entertain at all. An emulous os
tentation has killed hospitality.
Sham Champagne,
London Family Doctor.
American apples are cored, sliced and
dried, sent to France, and there con
verted Into cider. With the addition of
carbonic acid gas and yeast and a little
flavoring powder, the cider becomes
champagne, and much of it comes to
England and Is drunk under the delusion
that it Is of the best brand.
Emigration.
Tho following appears in a Philadelphia pa
per of the year 183S, under the head. "Grand
Scheme ot Emigration." It Is a curious per
formance throughout, and the concluding lines
have a very characteristic drollery:
The Brewers should to Malt-a go.
The loggerheads to Scilly;
The Quakers to the Frlend-ly Isles.
The fur-riers to Chile.
The little, bawling, squalling babes.
That break our nightly rest.
Should be packed ofC to Baby-Ion,
To Lap-land, or to Brest.
From Splthead. cooks go o'er to Greece;
And while the miser watts
His passage to the Guinea Coast,
Spendthrifts are In the Straits.
Spinsters should to the Needles go,
WIne-blbben to Burgundy,
Gourmands should lunch at Sandwich Isles,
Wags at the Bay of Fun-dy.
Musicians hasten to the Sound.
The surpllced priests to Rome (roam).
While still the race of hypocrites
At Cant-on are at home.
Lovers should hasten to Good Hope,
To some Cape Horn Is pain;.
Debtors should go to Qh-l-o, "
And. sailors to the Maine.
Hie bachelors to the United States,
Maids to the Isle of ,Man;
Let gardeners all to Botany go,
And shoeblacks to Japan.
Thus emigrate, and misplaced men
Will than no longer vex us;
And all that ain't provided for
BfiI better so to Texas,
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Hurrah for the Fourth of July! We ara
Americans, after all.
Judge Williams has a record, and he
can look at It without blushing.
The cats around the palace will not re
quire Invitations to the coronation.
The Martinique Immigration Bureau
has undoubtedly gone out of business.
The Nebraska volcano can scarcely hope
to compete Vilih the editor pf the Com
moner. Modjeska sajis that stage fame Is like
Dead Soa apples. It certainly becomes
seedy, in some cases.
But let us hope on. After a while Mor
gan will bo making so much money that
he won't be able to keep it all.
Martinelll says he will consider Amer
ica his second country. Where does the
Reverend Cardinal place Heaven?
The North "Western Railroad has abol
isher smoking on Its line and employes
are Included as Well as locomotives.
The peace-at-any-moment correspond
ents in South Africa are as numerous as
the peace-at-any-prlce men at home.
Tammany is having more trouble. The
people of New York, however, will soon
become sorry for It and help it back
Into power.
Baron Munchausen ha3 been breaking
athletic records. Perhaps his distin
guished relative left him his ability as
a press agent
When Miss Stone's story is on sale for
10 cents, with other things thrown in,
why should people pay half a dollar to
hear her tell it ,
Clyde Fitch Is recuperating In Italy
from the strain of hard work. This bus
iness of writing three plays a day is
wearing on a man.
Uncle Sam had better got a fire depart
ment ready for service in the Danish
West Indies. There is no telling what
may happen down there.
Pension Commissioner "Ware has got
out a new' edition of his poems. His
appointment was certainly a top-column-next-to-readlng-matter
advertisement
The Ohio Legislature was so drunk the
last night of tho session that the Speaker
had to cut short the proceedings on his
own responsibility. There followed what
the reporters call a Bacchanalian revel
through the streets of Columbus.
Wllhelm Busch, the German humorist
and comic artist received the following
message from the Kaiser the other day:
"To the poet and artist whose splendid
creations, full of genuine humor, will Ilyo
Imperishable among the German people,
I express my sincere congratulations on
the occasion of his 70th birthday. May a
beautiful evening be vouchsafed to his
life. In gratitude for the many merry
hours which you give him. William
I. R."
Rev. James Polet, Baptist minister, is
in Sangamon County Jail, ab Springfield,
III., on a charge of having killed his
young friend, Charles Isaksson. He is
a cultured man, whose home Is In Graf
ton, and who has been well known as
a missionary worker. He was latejy en
gaged In his gospel labors at Granite
City, wher6 he first met Isaksson. Rev.
Mr. Polet says he knows nothing of the
death of Ws friend, whose body was
found In North Springfield soon after his
having been seen with the clergyman.
Sarah Bernhardt Is the silent partner of
her niece and another young French
woman In a projected millinery shop for
London. The famous actress lent these
two young women a good many thousand
francs a couple of years since, when they
opened a shop In Paris, where they re
cently became bankrupt. She did not
scold them, however, for their bad luck,
but, with a tender smile, exclaimed: "You
are both pretty and winning little Paris
ians, and you have become bankrupt in
the land of millions. Bravo, my dears,
I am sure I could never have dona that.
Now, shall we try our luck In London?"
And she threw a bundle of bank notes
into her niece's lap.
Few people know that these horses
learn dancing Just as men and women do.
They actually go to a "school of danc
ing for horses," and there is a big school
of this kind In New York, where there
are many bright pupils on the hoof. In
the school competent instructors drill
them in the several feats they are to
perform, and accustom them to music,
teach them to run up Inclined planes, and
to obey the slightest word of command.
After being thoroughly drilled the horse3
are given several dress rehearsals on the
stage until pronounced ready for their
debut At the school there are always
several veteran actor horses waiting for
an engagement There are also under
studies ready for work at an Instant's
notice.
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PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Tit for Tat. He Many a girl wears a sailor
hat who can't row a boat. She Yes; and
many a man wears a silk hat who can't set
up a sto etflpe. Chicago Dally News.
A Cruel AStab. Miss Fortysummers I had a
proposal last night and refused It. Miss Crush
erYou are alwajs thinning of the welfare of
others, aren't you, dear? Ohio State Journal.
Looking Blue for Milkman. "I mora than
suspect our milkman." "Of what do you sus
pect hlmr "Of trying to work the Filipino
water cure 6n us. Look at the color of that
milk!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Cleansing Process. "How clean and fresh
the landscape looks today." said Mrs Hiland to
her husband. "I read something In the paper
about detectives scouring the country," ex
plained Mr. Hiland. Pittsburg Chronicle.
Sweet Innocence! "Did you ever see the
like?" exclaimed the Blllvllle matron. "Why,
what's the matter?" "Ef thar ain't Innocence
J!nkiri3 klllln' ratlesnakes without a sign of a
sunbonnet on her head !" Atlanta Constitution.
In Doubt 'Does jour husband like your
cooking?" "Well, I'm not Just sure. He says
he does, but I notice he. Is usually detained
at the offlce so late that he has to get dinner
up town whenever wo are without a girl."
Chicago Post.
Farmer (la cart) Hi. stop! Stop. you. fool!
Don't you see my horse Is running away?
Driver of motor-car (hired by the hour) Yefc,
It's all very well for you to say "stfep," but
I've forgotten bow the blooming thing works 1
Punch.
The Slick Ruralltei Cyrus These here auto
mobiles are great hay-savers, gllas So they
be! When yeou are car tin liay to market and
an automobile catches up behind, yeou can
blockade the road without fear ot half your
load beln' eaten up." Harlem Life.
Extensive Conflagration. "Yes," said the
conductor. "I remember It very well. That
was In 1S07, the year of the big Are." "What
big Are?" asked the other man. "Don't you
recollect? Twenty-nlno fellows on our Una
wero bounced for knocking down." Chicago
Tribune.
Not Completely Filled. "Isn't this awful?
asked the common-looking man on the crowd
ed street-car. "Isn't this awful? Why, there
are already IGo people on this car " "It Is aw
ful." agreed the person addressed, who was a
street-railway magnate. "It Is awful. There
ought to be at least 20 more In here. Til taka
that conductor's number, and have him. on
I the carpet tcmorrcw." Baltimore Ataericaa.