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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28.
IS THERE A PARTY t
"We take It that Mr. Edward Holman
is heart and soul for Pacific expansion
so long as he is vouchsafed the Coro
ner's office as an accessory to his busi
ness as undertaker and embalmer.
Otherwise he Is enamored of Demo
cratic men and measures.
We infer that Mr. S. C. Spencer is
soundly and enthusiastically for Re
publican policies so long as he bears a
sword and epaulets at the head of a
division. Shbuld thg vicissitudes of
campaigning reduce him to the ranks
for the nonce, he reserves the right to
go over to the enemy.
We understand that the talents of Mr.
D. Soils Cohen(and they are neither few
nor Insignificant) are at the service of
honest money, National honor and ad
vancement, so long as the police de
partment is n his control. "Whenever
In the mutations of time and chance
other members of the party are elevated
to positions of eminence, the aforesaid
talents Instantly become at the disposal
of Alex Sweek and Sam "Wolf in the
cause 6f Democracy.
The impression we get from Mr. Ed
Werleln's exploits is that so long' as he
and his uncle are, acceptably lo
cated in office, they and their lives,
fortunes and sacred honor are pledged
to the maintenance of Republican prin
ciples. The moment any one else is
nominated for City Treasurer, the Dem
ocratic party claims him.
These Instances of disaffection and
others that might be mentioned throw
a flood of light upon the previous party
activities of the men in question. When
Pipes, Bernstein, Ross et al. were
whooping it up for the gold standard
two and four years ago, they must
have had in mind not so much the gold
standard and expansion as the "usu
fruct." Their present course proves it.
The principles they championed are still
at stake the rewards of nominations
only are withdrawn. The change of
front shows clearly what motives dom
inate them. Their action inspires a
doubt even concerning the passion felt
by their distinguished chief, Mr. Simon
himself, for the , maintenance of the
parity, and the pride that stirred his
blood as he viewed the achievements of
the Oregon Volunteers in the Philip
pines. This year, as always, there is com
plaint at the autocratic powers of the
various committeemen to whom the de
tails of the campaign have been in
trusted. It is necessary to have some
body, for .these positions,, and they must
be filled by those who are willing to ac
cept the work, which is arduous and
practically without pay. Men like Mr.
Corbett and jJudge Williams are not in
the habit of asking for the chairman
ship of the state and county commit
tees. When the party in due form
chooses these officials, the only way is
to work through them. It is eo'very
where. The party has certain purposes
to achieve and policies to pursue, and
somebody has to do the administrative
work of the campaign. When Mr. Si
mon's friends were in control of the ma
chine, The Oregonlan supported the
party for its general purposes and prin
ciples, and in this campaign when they
have lost that control it still supports
the party, for' Its general purposes and
principles, without regard to who is
nominated for Coroner or what partic
ular affable and Industrious young man
is assistant secretary of the city and
county committee. These present bolt
ers were In control of the party two
years ago, and four years ago, and
The Oregonlan supported It The recent
primary put the control of the 'party in
other hands, and The Oregonlan still
supports it The Oregonlan Is not of
those who think a party can have no
reason to exist unless one set of men Is
always in control of it
The question pends, therefore, as to
whether there is any Republican party
here, at all or not Undoubtedly we
have certain individuals in the aspect
f and garb of men, pursuing office with
a diligence worthy of reasoning "beings,
to whom a Democratic or Republican
Governor and Legislature are equally
acceptable, so they occupy the posts of
honor, authority and emolument. But
as to whether we have men who regard
at all seriously the purposes for which
the Republican party stands, and who
would feel a qualm of conscience at
desertion or betrayal of those purposes,
seems open to grave doubt.
If The Oregonlan thought that the
rank and file of the party entertained
no higher Ideals of party than this, it
would despair of any appeal to Intelli
gence or principle. But it cannot be
lieve that the mercenary conception of
politics party for what there Is in It
prevails among the masses of the peo
ple. In this campaign, therefore, as In
others, it labors and hopes for the suc
cess of the Republican ticket, regard
less of 'Inquest fees and wives rela
tions, and asks the party .to follow It
In so doing. No personal considerations
of grief or revenge should stand in the
way of a Republican victory next Mon
day that will strengthen the hands of
those who are upholding Republican
policies everywhere.
IT IS A SIMPLE ISSUE.
For the citizen's support of any party
there Is, of course, no reason, beyond
the service such party may have ren
dered to the country; beyond such
achievement and success as its history
has demonstrated, and such promise for
the future as experience has derived
from what such party has accom
plished. So now, if the Republican party has
not been successful in its undertakings;
if its policy has not been useful to the
country; it It suffers by comparison
with the Democratic party; if it has
not shown in dealing with the problems
of the time a quality of judgment and
of wisdom, of which, in comparison
with Democratic policy, it has no reason
to be ashamed, then turn it down. Then
don't vote to keep it at the helm of the
country. But, on the other hand, If it
has done well, if it has done better than
its adversary, uphold it.
It is remembered, doubtless, that
things were not very good some years
ago, when the Democratic party had
direction of the affairs of the country.
That indeed, was an experience at
which memory shudders." How the
country was recovered from that night
mare is not yet ancient history. Res
toration of prosperity was obtained
through Democratic defeat, and has
since been maintained by keeping the
Democratic party out of power.
The want of the country was a
broader policy and a more rational pol
icy than the Democratic party could
give it This broader and wiser policy
Is now in full tide of success. Why
should it be Interrupted?
The interests of our Pacific States are
most intimately bound up with Pacific
Ocean commerce. A splendid beginning
has been made, which, however, would
surely be arrested by success of the
partj' that demands our retirement from
the Philippine Islands. England,
France, Germany, Russia every great
nation has with infinite pains estab
lished Itself in the Orient Through
fortunate opportunity a position su
perior to any other, a position which,
more than any other, will command the
commerce of the Orient has come to us.
Are we to abandon It?
Thus far the personal features of tEe
present contest in Oregon have en
grossed attention. During the few days
that remain its larger side only should'
be considered. It is simply a contest
between parties, on their general course
and history; on what they have been
and done, and what they propose. In
the judgment of The Oregonlan the
Democratic party should not be put in
control of the country, and Oregon
ought not to open the door to such a
result
HAIfXA AS A PRESIDENTIAL POSSI
BILITY. The meeting of the Ohio State Repub
lican Convention has drawn forth a
good deal of talk concerning Senator
Hanna as the second choice of his state
for President should President Roose
velt not be nominated. A Washington
dispatch to the Philadelphia North
American describes Hanna as really the
head and front of the opposition "to
nomination of President Roosevelt
Hanna Is defined as the choice of the
business world, which has its center in
Wall street He believes in combina
tions of capital, believes that "legisla
tion and government should help, not
retard, business development" The
business world that believes In Wall
xstreet business methods is described as
opposed to Roosevelt's nomination be
cause he has frightened Its members
with his action against the Northern
Securities Company and against the
beef trust, and his threatened assaults
upon other combinations of .capital,
which he thinks are violating the law
and oppressing the.people. Hanna and
his associates are resolved that Roose
velt shall be defeated, and if they fail
to defeat him in convention they will
try to defeat him in the election by vot
ing for the Democratic candidate if he
commands the confidence of business
men, like ex-Governor Pattison, of
Pennsylvania. The correspondent of
the North American says that the
scheme, however, is to defeat Roosevelt
in convention, and to defeat him with
Hanna.
In our judgment there is no opposition
at present to the renomlnation of Presi
dent Roosevelt that is worthy of serious
consideration. It would be impossible
with the opposition that could and
would be made by United States Sena
tor Foraker and his following to send
an anti-Roosevelt delegation from Ohio,
for Foraker has already publicly de
clared himself in favor of Roosevelt's
nomination. There is no opposition to
the President of consequence in New
England. The ruling forces of the Re
publican pajrty in New York are repre
sented by.Governor Odell, Mayor Low
and Secretary Root and United States
Senator Piatt 1b reported as content
with the policy and conduct of the Ad
ministration. The Republicans of the
States of Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, In
diana, Missouri, Minnesota and Kansas
seem to be entirely satisfied with the
President, and whatever substantial
foundation exists for the story that
United States Senator Hanna is the
leader of a political combination whose
purpose is to defeat President Roosevelt
for nomination In 1904, the achievement
of such purpose Is at this time very im
probable. - (
Senator 'Hanna could not defeat
Roosevelt in convention if he would,
and it Is by no means certain that he
would do-so if he could. He Is not in a
state of health that would justify any
such herculean labors as he performed
to secure the nomination and election of
McKInley, and it has been reported
heretofore that Senator Hanna Isa cor
dial supporter of President Roosevelt's
nomination. The fact that the mem
bers of the Ohio State Convention ex
press np expectation of or desire for an
anti-Roosevelt delegation would indi
cate that Hanna will not be a candi
date against Roosevelt before the peo
ple of Ohio In 1904. And If Ohio cannot
be counted upon for opposition to
Roosevelt, it is not likely that Hanna is
the leader of a political combination to
defeat him in the National Convention.
A LITTLE FICTIOX EXAMINED.
It is amusing to hear Mr. Chamber
lain's supporters telling abqut his de?
votlon to public duty and efficiency in.
office, it is generally known, and often
has been subject of remark, that he Is
among the least efficient of the District
Attorneys that Multnomah County has
had though the list 1s long. Most of
his official work has been done in a
manner merely perfunctory. There has
been the least possible Interference with
vice forbidden by law; prosecution of
crime has been feeble; Mr. Chamber
lain himself has done very little work
at any time, and especially little for
many months, but' has devoted his
whole efforts to politics though he has
steadily drawn the salary and still
holds on to this office, while a candidate
for another. These are plain facts; and
It remains to be said that his record in.
the office of Attorney-General was sim
ilar to his record in the office he now
holds. Mr. Chamberlain, like all men
of his temperament and easy social
habits, is inclined a good deal to indo
lence. He lacks the genius of labor,
and doesn't want to take trouble him
self or give-anybody else trouble, even
In matters relating to official duty. It
is this deposition that makes him a
"good fellow." Let him pass for what
he Is and have credit for it; but the
story of his industry and efficiency in
office may as well be "cufc out" He
never has devoted one-tenth part of the
labor to the duties of office that he has
devoted to his efforts to get office. In
deed, all the work he ever has done in
office and he has held office many
years rwould not equal the amount of
work he has been doing during the past
few months in the effort to reach the
office of Governor of Oregon.
A POSSIBLE FIGHT- FOR TRADE.
In a paper read before the last meet
ing of the American Economic Associ
ation, Mr. Brooks Adams sets forth in
striking language ' some Ideas that are
worth consideration: The theme of Mr.
Adams is the tremendous changes in
the world wrought by our new economic
development In March, 1897, America
for the first time undersold Europe In
steel. Great Britain at ouce entered
upon a phase of decline, Germany at
tacked China and attempted to, absorb
her mines, while Russia collapsed. The
United States owed her quick develop
ment of her resources to the fact that
It lies between two continents, with
ports on either ocean connected by rail
roads, with great lakes penetrating the
Interior, with unlimited gold, silver,
iron, coal and copper, with a fertile
soil and an energetic population, and
with the whole social system adminis
tered with a precision elsewhere un
known. The London money market is
dominated by French bankers. The
British iron mines are failing, the cop
per mines have failed, so Great Britain
imports her ore. Great Britain buys her
food of America and pays for the trans
p6rt of what she has to buy. Germany
js forced by American competition to
adjust its whole system of agriculture,
industry and transportation to a new
standard. But Germany can never
make her mines compete with American
mines; she must always buy her raw
material, and her beet-sugar Industry
will be destroyed through the loss of
the American market by Cuban com
petition. Russia has suffered the most
because her transportation Is costly and
her population Is a wasteful, Ignorant,
hopeless "back number" among the so
called great nations of Europe. The
Russian competition with American
grain substantially ceased last year.
This Is a brief summary of the facts
cited by Mr. Adams upon which he
bases his conclusion that this struggle
for the world's trade between the
United States and Europe will continue
until one of the two competing systems
Is destroyed. If the United States
pushes her advantage, European na
tions In their extremity, singly or In
combination, may attempt commercial
exclusion somewhat on the principle on
which Napoleon acted against England
In his famous Berlin decree; or they
may adopt a policy which will lead to
war by disregarding the Monroe Doc
trine and proceeding with the appropri
ation and exploitation of South Amer
ica, Mexico and Central America. The
vulnerable point of attack in the United
States at war with Europe would be
our communications. We should be
obliged to preserve our outlets on both
oceans. We could not hope to- do this
with our present Navy. We should
need a Navy as strong as that of Great
Britain, and elaborate seacoast de
fenses. Without directly forcing us to
war by attempting the occupation and
exploitation of South America, Europe
could force mineral production still fur
ther westward by appropriating the
Chinese Provinces of Shan Si and Ho
nan, whose coal and iron are unparal
leled in value, and under European di
rection could be'so cheaply mined as to
undersell America.
The conclusion ojt Mr. Adams Is that
the problem of future civilization prom
ises to turn upon the capacity of Euro
peans to partition and reorganize
China, and upon the attitude which the
United States may assume toward the
experiment Mr. Adams pleads In sup
port of his view that fear and greed on
the part of Europe will lead her to at
tack us through repudiation of the Mon
roe Doctrine in' South America, or
through the partition of the mineral
producing provinces of China. It is
true that the great and decisive wars
of history from the days of Alexander
the Great to the battle of Manila Bay
have been kindled by the shock of two
rival economic systems. Nevertheless,"
what Mr. Adams apprehends and In
geniously argues we do not think will
take place, for the plain, practical rea
son that unity of the great powers of
Continental Europe for the purpose of
directly attacking the United States by
the appropriation and development of
South America, Mexico and the Central
American States could not possibly hope
for success. The natural and artificial
difficulties are too great. All Europe
could not occupy South America against
its will, backed by the United States,
Whether France, Germany and Russia
could partition China and absorb Its
great mineral-producing provinces de
pends entirely upon the action of Great
Britain and Japan. There Is not the
slightest probability that Great Britain
and Japan would consent to the occupa
tion and exploitation of the great mineral-producing
provinces of Shan Si and
Hcnan by Germany, France and Rus
sia. Great Britain s the only real friend
that Japan has' .against Russia, and
Japan knows that the unity of China
Is indispensable to her own safety and
perpetuity as a nation. Great Britain
will never let go her commercial hold
on the great middle -provinces of China
wltKbut a fight to the finish, and in such
a fight Great Britain and Japan would
have at least the moral if not the finan
cial support of the people of the United
States. Great Britain has too many
jrons in the fire to quarrel with us over
our successful trade competition. She
can better afford to look pleasant and
open new avenues of trade elsewhere or i
increase those in which she now has
control. Great Britain will never quar
rel with America, for she knows that
from policy, from self-interest, let alone
the sympathetic ties of language, lit-
-erature and free Institutions, it would
be folly to do so.
The Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania
are out with their regular candidate
for Governor and their customary plat
form wail of degeneracy In morals and
politics, all owing to the liquor traffic.
Upon Rev. Silas C. Swallow, as nomi
nee for Governor, devolves the hercu
lean task of proving to the electors of
the state the truth of the platform, as
sertion that (all owing to the manu
facture and sale of intoxicating HqUors)
the country Is in desperate straits In
dustrially and financially. Speclfically
he stands pledged to "divorce the Gov
ernment from all complicity through li
cense, tax or otherwise in the manufac
ture and sale of alcoholic beverages."
This contention is an old one, and Mr.
Swallow has frequently voiced it in
Pennsylvania, yet there are still consid
erable numbers of men in that sturdy
old commonwealth who insist that those
who drink these beverages to excess
contribute their full share to the miser
ies that belong to intemperance. De
mand and supply are not easily di
v6rced. They are, in fact, the most
steady and harmonious of, yoke-fellowe.
The loss by fire of the extensive plant
known 'as the Sugar Pine Door and
Lumber Mills, at Grant's Pass, is most
unfortunate. An industrial caiamlty
at any season and time, this loss is
particularly heavy at the beginning of
a most busy season in a prosperous era.
The insurance carried on this class of
property Is commonly smann on account
of the high premium that attends the
risk, and it was so In this Instance.
However, there Is pluck behind this en
terprise, and the mills will be rebuilt as
soon as practicable. Still., much delay
In filling orders must result, and build
ing, which was very active In the district
supplied hy these mills, will of necessity
be- stopped for some time. In the mean
time, several hundred men employed In
conjunction with this manufacturing
plant must seek work In other lines.
Fortunately,' a season of general Indus
trial activity Is now on, and perhaps
little difficulty will be experienced by
these burned-out employes In getting
work elsewhere, while reconstruction of
the mills Is in progre3&
A prohibition orator- last week in
Portland was at eome pains-' to describe
how Sheriff Pearson had enforced the
prohibitory law by closing up saloons in
Portland, Me. Here is another object-J
lesson of how the prohibitory law Is en
forced in Maine, which Is set forth In
the following from the Bangor (Me.)
Commercial:
What Is this? A Lewlston man. says that
Lewlston liquor-sellers are paying as big a
license as those of any city In the United
States. At a. public meeting In Auburn Charles
Hosbury. regarded as a trustworthy citizen, of
Lewlston, said that he knew of a wholesale
dealer In Lewlston who was recently paying
certain officials $150 a month for the privilege
of selling unmolested. The" party who was the
power In the case demanded $150 more, but the
dealer refused, and a few days after a carload
of his liquor was seized, costing him $700 to
?S00.
Republicans of Marlon County and
elsewhere, too, would- do well to look
out for the stiletto and fifth-rib politics
of Governor Geer. It is known that
Senator Simon is doing his utmost to
stab the Republican party, wherever
he can. Governor Geer's methods,
though more cautious, secret and
subtle, are equally well known. He
wants to get more votes for Senator
than Furnish will get for Governor, but
he will not Mr. Geer and Mr. Simon
are not the proprietors, of the Repub
lican party of Oregon though they evi
dently thought they were. Hence their
fury and rage when they found they
couldn't control the atcion of the party.
A class war between the sophomores
and freshmen of Vermont University
has resulted In the death by drowning
of one of the latter class. ft is not too
much to say that there Is a fatal weak
ness in the governing forces of any col
lege when a war between its classes
is permitted to reach the stage herein
developed. It sometimes becomes nec
essary in the Interest of harmony and
good -government to substitute a
stronger for a weaker force In college
management This would seem to be
true in this 'case.
Generosity can easily be overdone,
even In the face of great calamity.
Witness the statement that comes from
Fort de France, Martinique, that, owing
to the excessive relief being distributed
there, the laborers of that port refuse
to work. The "pauper instinct In thrift
less people is readily pampered, and the
most difficult problem with whteh phil
anthropy has to deal is how not to do
too much for the destitute.
The, Rev. Thomas B. Hyde In a recent
address on "Married Life" in New York
City said: "Give women the right to
propose and there will be more mar
riages." Of course woman now has
that right or privilege, and probably a
good many of them have Indirectly used
It A man too dull to detect the wink
of invitation to matrimony or too timid
to assume the initiative, does not de
serve to win a wife.
The cold rains of May have reduced
materially the promise of the prune
crop in various localities in the Wil
lamette "Valley. As is usual in such
cases, however, the fruit will Jte larger
and of better quality thari when the
trees are overburdened; hence the cash
returns from the prune i crop-'may not
bfe materially lessened.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR.
New York Commercial Advertiser.'
Ex-Secretary Long made the following
excellent remarks In the course of an ad- I
dress before the Massachusetts Club in
Boston:
There is Just now a little excitement going
on about the manner of the conduct of the war
In the Philippines. Indeed, our brethren on
tho other side- seem to be driven out of every
other resource of attack except that of the
conduct of the war. If anybody has crluclsed
the conduct of the Army with a sole reference
to reforming that conduct whenever it needs
reform, as It does, of course, that seems to me
perfectly legitimate and proper. All war Is
hell. It has been said. All war Is accompanied
with violence and outrage, with cruelties, and
with barbarity. Some of those cruelties we
have come to accept, and make no complaint
about Of course. It U utterly barbarous to
Are Into a. ship and 6lnk it with 500 or 600
men on board. It is cruel to the people on
board the ship and to the widows and children
who are dependent upon them. That Is cruelty
we arc accustomed to. But there are certain
methods of warfare that are not legitimate.
The water gag Is not. the effort to lay waste
a country and kill every person over 10 years
of age Is not. Such a thing Is outrageous, and
usht to be stopped, and your President has
issued orders to stop It just the moment It
comes to his attention, Just as you or any
one would.
That is precisely the position which the
War Department has maintained through
out the Philippine hostilities, as revealed
in the recent letter of Secretary Root to
tho Senate. The Secretary showed In that
letter, not by what hp said, but by orig
inal documents from the records of the
Wir Department, that the only kind of
war which the department had authorized
and approved in Batangas and Samar had
been the kind prescribed In the famous
instructions embodied in General Orders
No. 100, issued under President Lincoln's
approval and commxnd In 1S63, and that
no orders for and no approval of the very
different kind of war which General
Smith is said to have conducted had ever
emanated from the War Department
There is not a pirticle of doubt that if
General Smith shall be found to have is
sued the instructions which are attributed
to him, those instructions will be disap
proved by the War Department and he
will be condemned and punished for Is
suing them. Those Instructions form no
part of the Government's policy in re
gard to the recent guerrila war in Batan
gas and Samir, but are wholly Inconsis
tent with It.
That the policy of the War Department
in those provinces, as In all other parts of
the Island, has been humane and has been
successful Is demonstrated by the docu-
Lments which Secretary Root sent to the
Senate. A greit outcry was made by the
chronic opponents of the Government's
Philippine policy because General Bell es
tablished concentration camps in Batan
gas and Laguna. It was charged that he
was doing whit the Spanish military com
manders had done in Cuba about which
there had been such an outcry before the
war. As a matter of fact, there was not
the slightest similarity between the two
systems. They had the same name, but
that was ill. Under General Bell's orders
the natives were assembled In these
camps for the purpose of protecting them
from tho guerrilla bands. Their proper
name, as the Commissary-General said,
after Inspecting them, should have been
"camps of Instruction and sanitation."
The Inmates were well lodged, well fed,
carefully Inspected and guarded against
disease, their herds of cattle protected and
taken out to graze, schools established
for their children and they themselves In
structed In the laws of health and in
many useful occupations. That this was
the most humane as well as the policy
most conducive to the establishment of
peace was shown by the event Within a
comparatively few weeks after the camps
were instituted, as Secretary Root point
ed out, ."the guerrilla warfare In Batin
gas and Laguna and the adjacent region's,
with all its accompaniment of long-continued
suffering, destruction and assassi
nation, has been ended, the authority of
the United States has been asserted and
acquiesced In and the people who have,
been collected and protected in the camps'
of concentration have Deen permitted to
return again to their homes and resume
their customary pursuits in peace."
Secretary Root embodied in his letter
to the Senate the full text of General Or
ders 100, and It is an extremely Interesting
document which every critic of war
should have before him when he writes.
It is In 10 sections, with 157 subdivisions
or specifications, and every possible phase
of war is treated in it The"water cure"
is expressly barred out by specification 16
of section 1:
Military necessity does not admit of cruelty
that Is, the Infliction of suffering for the sake
of suffering or for revenge nor of maiming
or wounding except In fight, nor of torture to
extort confessions. It does not admit of the
use of poison nor of the wanton devastation
of a district. It admits of deception, but dis
claims acts of perfidy; and. In general, military
necessity does not Include any act of hostility
which makes the return to peace unnecessarily
difficult.
That covers the act of General Funston
In "deceiving" Agulnildo, which so dis
tressed the high-souled "antls." Specifi
cations 27 2S and 29 of the same section
are also Interesting reading In view of
current discussion:
The law of war can no more wholly dispense
with retaliation than can the law of nations,
of which It Is a branch. Yet civilized nations
acknowledge retaliation as the sternest feature
of war. A reckless enemy often leaves to his
opponent no other means of securing himself
against the repetition of barbarous outrage.
Retaliation will, therefore, never be resorted
to as a measure of mere revenge, but only as
a means of protective retribution, and. more
over, cautiously and unavoidably; that Is to
say, retaliation shall only be resorted to after
careful Inquiry into the real occurrence and
the character of the m!sdecd3 that may demand
retribution.
The more vigorously wars are pursued the
better It Is for humanity. Sharp wars are
brief.
It is said that there has been a great
demand for the Senate document (No. 347)
which contains Secretary Root's letter,
and this Is gratifying news. The more
widely it is disseminated the more just
will be the appreciation of the humane
and wise course that the Government has
been pursuing in the Philippines, and the
more certain will It appear that every
officer In command in the islands who has
In any manner departed from the strict
lines of that policy will be condemned and
punished.
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Youth and. Age.
Lord Byron.
There's not a Joy the world can give like
that It takes away
When the glow of early thought declines In
feellnsB dull decay;
Tls not on youth's smooth cheek the blush,
alone. which fades so fast.
Biit "the tender bloom of heart Is gone, ere
youth Itself be past.
Then the few whose spirits float above the
wreck of happiness
Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt, or ocean
of exce:
The magnet of their course Is gone, or only
points In vain
The shore to which their ahlver'd sail shall
never stretch again. ' .
Then the mortal coldness of the soul like
death itself comes down;
It cannot feel for others' woes. It dare not
dream Its own;
That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain
of cur tears.
And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis
where the Ice appears.
Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and
mirth distract the breast.
Through midnight hours that yield no more
.their former hope of rest;
Tls but as'lvy leaves around the ruln'd turret
wreathe,
All green and wildly fresh without, but worn
and gray beneath.
Oh could I ffel as I have felt, or be what I
hare been.
Or weep, as I could once have wept o'er many
a vanlsh'd scene i
As springs In deserts found seem sweet, alt
brackish though they be.
So midst the wltherd waste of life, those tears
1 would Sow to mi i
HATS OFF TO THE ARMY.
Kansas City Star.
In a small plaza of Havana stands a
marble statue to the memory of General
Albcar, the Cuban 'engineer to whom the
city owes its excellent water supply. The
island will show Itself unworthy If It does
not erect some monument In its capital
to the American officers who have spent
the last three years In its regeneration.
The army took possession when Cuba
was In ruins. There was everything to
do and nothing to do it with. Only the
raw material was there. The people had
to be trained In the rudiments of civilized
living. The Army had not only to clean
up the filth o'f ages. It had to educate
the people to keep clean. It had not only
to create a decent government, it had to
train the voters to care for efficiency and
honesty. When it set Us face against
bribery it found little public sentiment to
back it up. When it enforced eanltary
measures It impelled politicians like. Juan
Gomez to exclaim that they preferred
Spanish slavery and dirt to American
rule.
In the face of conditions such as those
the achievements of the army of occupa- I
tion have been marvelous, inewom oi
the officers has not been done under the
ypur of expected reward or fame. The
names of most of them are unknown and
the great majority of them will return
to the United States with only the pro
motion that comes from seniority. Who
In America knows of Major Black, chief
of the department of public works that
transformed Havana; of Major Greble. su
perintendent or charities and hospitals;
of Colonel Bliss, chief of customs; of
Major Davte and Major Gorgas, of the
sanitary department that has freed Ha
vana from yellow fever; of Major Reed,
the surgeon under whose direction the
discovery of mosquitoes as bearer of
yellow fever was made; of Lieutenant
Hanni. superintendent of schools; of Cap
tain Scott and the scores of other offi
cers who have held up the hands of Gen
eral Ludlow, General Greene, General
Wilson, General Wood and the other
chiefs in the renovation of Cuba?
General Wood, it Is true, by reason of
his splendid abilities as an administrator,
has leaped into prominence and has risen
from the position of an obscure captain in
the medical corps to brigadier in the line.
But few persons understand at what cost
of work and worry he has earned promo
tion. "You'll be the raqst unpopular man
in the United States a year from now.
General," a bold correspondent said to
him a few months ago. when It looked
as if Cuba mteht reject the Piatt amend
ment and an Insurrection break out.
"Very likely," replied the General, "but
that doesn't affect the situation."
Today the splendid work of the Army Is
brought to a successful close. The re
ward for most of the men engaged In
It will simply be the consciousness that
they have done their duty as American
officers, that they have transformed the
face of Cuba and that they have had a
part In those victories of peace, which,
as Milton wrote to Cromwell, are no less
renowned than the triumphs of war.
Xerv Creed n Wise Step.
New York Evening Post.
The new creed ought to be hailed en
thusiastically by Presbyterians, It seems
to us. For ono thing. It comes some
where near representing what the major
ity of them actually believe. This the
Westminster Confession no longer does.
Only two days ago an outspoken layman
expressed before the assembly his happi
ness at the prospect of having a creed
that he could both understand and accept
To the Presbyterian church as a whole,
the Westminster has ceased to be a living
creed. It Is not preached by the majority
of the clergy; its more grisly parts are
shuddered at by the vast body of the
laity if, indeed, the Presbyterian laity
can be said to be aware of their existence.
It has become & creed not to be cham
pioned, but to be explained away. Now
explanation of a creed. a3 Leslie Stephen
has told us. Is a common way of making
it die. That process has so long gone on
wit hthe historic creed of the Presbyterian
church that, even In the judgment of its
own members, It now waxes old as doth
a garment.' To lay It reverently aside,
and to substitute for it in the working
faith and life of the church a statement
o Christian doctrine corresponding to ac
tual beliefs, and freed from the old night
mares, was in fact seen to be the wise
step to take.
An Exemplary Antl.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland, was
moved to say yesterday that the war in
the Philippines, as carried on "by the Ad
ministration, was "as Indefensible as that
of the hordes of hell, led by Lucifer,
aealhst God." That is worthy of Tillman,
hand somewhat beyond tho fine vitupera
tive powers of Rawlins and Carmack. It
adds another touch of moral grandeur to
the great "antl" crusade. Senator Well
ington Is the statesman who refused to
express sorrow when the news of McKin
ley's assassination was communicated to
him. He is a tender-hearted, hlgh-souled
patriot whose whole being revolts at bru
tality and Inhumanity. He disagreed with
President McKInley on many subjects so
radically that he took the stump for
Bryan, and he could feel no sorrow when
McKInley was murdered because McKIn
ley was so distasteful to him. He Is In
thoroughly congenial company with Till
man, and his speech should be circulated
by the "antls" in the same pamphlet that
contains Tillman's great effort in tho
same field.
How the Senate "Deliberates."
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The intemperate and irresponsible at
tacks on the Army, so far from serving
the Filipinos or assisting in any gooa
cause, has simply served to divert atten
tion from the Philippines government bill,
which has been supposed to be under de
bate. The Army issue has obscured all
others in the public mind, though there
are provisions In the Philippines bill that
should be thoroughly understood by the
country before it becomes a law. In sev
eral important respects the Senate bill
falls to conform to the recommendations
of the Philippines commission. It would
have been far more conducive to the In
terests of the Islands if the time devoted
to blackguarding American officers and to
misrepresenting the Administration had
been devoted to a discussion of tho bill
on its merits. ,
General Wood's Efficiency.
Indianapolis Journal.
Many Americans have proved equal to
great and difficult tasks, but none ever
made a better record or won more credit
for himself, his Government and the coun
try than General Wood has done. The
period of pacification and reconstruction
In Cuba was a turbulent one, and the
work of establishing civil government was
a gigantic undertaking. Failure on Gen
eral Wood's part would have been a Na
tional humiliation, and his splendid suc
cess affords corresponding reason for re
joicing. There Is glory enough for all.
The Opponent of the Government.
Cleveland Leader.
It Is worth noting that most of those
who arq' opposing the Government's policy
In the Philippines are the same ones who
have opposed protection and everything
else advocated by the Republicans. That
ought to show whether they are honest or
not."
His Rightful Fate.
There was a man in our town.
And he was wondrous wise;
Ke bought a heavy stock of goods,
But would not advertise.
He said the folks knew where he kept
And what he had to sell.
And it they did not choose to come
They all might go to well."
They didn't Come, and so he sat, j
And growled and custed Ukceln,
And Anally1 the Sheriff came - - -
i And gently scooped him In.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The weather has squared itself.
No one who knows J. P. Morgan can ac
cuse him of being afraid to buy.
Buy your fuel now. You may need a
little of your money for other thinss in
the Fall.
It is curious how tha scientific account
of the Martinique disaster takes the hor
ror out of It.
Senator Stewart says silver is dead, but
the world nerved itself to bear the shock
of the news some time ago.
Emperor William Is still" anxious to visit
America. Prince Henry has probably been
putting on airs over him since he got
back.
Mr. Hanna still looks longingly at the
White House, but the present incumbent
likes the place so well that he will prob-
ably keep It,
The students of Northwestern Univer
sity seem to have forgotten that hazing is
no longer looked upon as a harmless form
of amusement..
Gold has been discovered within tho
territory of the Sultan of Sulu. He will
probably invest it in a new and complete
stock of wives.
The framers of the Cuban constitution
will avoid political complications later on
If they will tell what the document means
in the footnotes.
The Filipinos would undoubtedly prefer
cold water to hot air, which is what they
would get if their friends in the Senate
treated with them.
There Is a great rush for offices in Cuba.
It makes little difference about the na
tionality of a people. They're all tho
same when they get into politics.
The Dalles appropriation has been cut
from $400,000 to $314,000, but this ought to
accomplish Just as much If the contrac-
tor Is not in too big a hurry to get rich.
The Filipino hero who held up a flag of
truce and tried to kill the American who
answered it, is, of course, too sensitive to
be insulted by a dose of" the water cure.
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Andrew Carnegie says that England will
one day become an American state. That
Is an encouraging outlook for the young
persons who are in line of succession to
the throne.
It Is reported that the meat trust haa
gone out of business; that Mount Pelee
has ceased to erupt and that peace has
'been declared in the Transvaal. These
are fictitious times.
Senator Beverldge is a felicitous letter
writer. When he takes special pains with
an epistle It is pretty sure to do its work.
His communications are celebrated all
over the state of Indiana. When the
Senator's mall came the other day, gos
sips a Washington writer, he noted one
envelope with a black border. Wonder
ing which one of his constituents had
been bereaved, he opened the letter first.
It began thus: "Yours of the 15th Inst,
received. My husband read it himself.
At 8 P. M. he died of heart failure."
When at a "smothered chicken" dinner
in New York the other day a guest ex
pressed a preference for legs, an epicure
present told this story: "We were tour
ing Europe and had popped at Lepsiho,
a short distance from Athens. The land
lord of the small hotel served with every
meal a large dish containing a sort of
stew, the principal Ingredient of -which
was turkey drumsticks. For days to
thrived on drumsticks. They were good,
but wo began to wonder why he never
gave us any other portion of the turkey.
It was finally left to'me to make Inqui
ries, so I approached with some trepida
tion, not caring to seem officious, the
head of the house. When I Intimated that
he might have saved the breasts, wings,
etc., for some special occasion, he looked
at me and laughed. 'You like them?' ho
asked. 'It Is all yours. In Greece we cat
only the drumsticks.' He then showed mo
three or four of tho fattest young tur
keys, weighing seven to nine pounds,
from which only the legs had been re
moved. I captured them all, and during
the rest of our stay we lived high."
Zack Snyder, a citizen of Byron, 111., has
won a wager made 22 years ago, and a
recent storm decided the bet. In 1S30
Snyder was In Oregon, III., talking to
G. A. Mix, when their gaze happened to
fall on the spire of the Methodist Church
which stood across the street The two
fell to speculating as to the probability of
the structure's toppling over in a wind
storm, and each ventured a prediction as
to which way it would fall. Mix bet
Snyder that it would fail to the north.
While Snyder held out that it would go
over to the east. The result was a bet
of a box of 10-cent cigars, and they clev
erly planned to get the weeds In advance.
They went Into the store of T. A. Jewett,
then, as now, a merchant of Oregon, and
told him that the loser would pay when
it was decided. Jewett, not suspecting the
terms of the wager, turned over a box of
cigars to the pair, and he has been waiting
for his money all of these years. Not long
ago the steeple succumbed to the fury of
the storm that prevailed in that region,
the structure tumbling over to the east,
and Mix. remembering his wager, called
on Jewett and planked down the money.
PLEASANTRIES OF FARAGRAPHERS"
Result of Worry. "What makes her look so
miserable?" "She's experimenting with health
foods." Chicago Evening Post.
Affluence. "Is her husband so very rich?"
"Rich! Why, she can even afford to economize
on her clothes I" Brooklyn Life.
Tommy Willie hit me" (crying). Grandma
Did he hit you on purpose? Tommy No'm; on
the head. Detroit Free Press.
Consistent. She Are you going to church
with me today, Henry? He No; it's too con
founded hot; I think I'll play golf.-Ohlo State
Journal.
No AVonder. "What .started the fus3 at the
milkmen's hall?" "Some blamed fool asked
one of the men If he had brought his pumpa
along." Chicago Tribute.
She Thought It Was Golf. He (American)
My grandfather fell at Bunker Hill. She (Eng
lish) Oh. what a pretty name for a golf-links!
But how did he happen to fall? Judge.
There are always two political parties; not
so much because there are two sides to every
public question as because there are two sides
to every office, viz., the inside and the out
side. Life.
She I'm delighted to know you, but I'm sur
prised to find you so tall; your brother, the
poet. Is unusually short. He I wouldn't say
he was unusually short. "o?" "Xo; he Is
usually short." Philadelphia Record.
Seclusion. "I hav decided to spend my va
cation at Newport." "At Newport! Why,
man, I thought you wanted seclusion." "I do,
and I'll be secluded all right. I don't happen
to be recognized In the Newport set." Balti
more News.
LooWng Ahead. "But." she said, "we are
ilttte, jnore than strangers asr yet, you know
.TesgSbe answered, "but don't let that inter-
JfcreiriVe ca"njbreak: oft tho engagement after
weget better acquainted, If necessary." Cal-
i cago Record-Herald.