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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1002.
POPULIS3I MENACING PROSPERITY.
Every great popular movement car
ries within Itself the danger of. excess.
From the extreme of abuses it is a
quick and natural transition to the ex
treme of persecution. Unless the radi
cal reformer is held in check by con
servative regard for the - underlying
principles of human endeavor and so
cial laws1, he may do more harm with
his measures than good. These varia
tions from one extreme to'another seem
natural and inevitable. As far from
the perpendicular as the pendulum was
on one side, so far it swings on the
other; but if It were to remain stag
nant In equilibrium, the clock would do
no service.
We have been at one end of the pen
dulum swing with reference to organ
ized capital. It' has arrogated to itself
excessive privileges. Corporations have
multiplied beyond the power of slowly
developing common law or slower stat
utes to keep pace with them. In two
respects their aggressions have at
length been apprehended. One is their
denial of organized labor's fight to
maintain Its existence, and the other
is their escape from Just taxation. The
overweening desire of corporations to
appear in the public's estimation as the
exact equivalent of that public in their
relations with labor, labor being mean
while the recognized enemy of the pub
lic as of the corporations, has failed of
Its object Corporations are not the
public, however conscientiously they
seem to think so. Nor Is the commu
nity necessarily inimical to organized
labor, but it will ascertain Its interests
and the demands of justice and appor
tion Its support accordingly.
The unreasoning impulsive antidote
to monopolistic corporations Is popu
lism; and while populism as a political
party is discredited, Its mental attitude
toward the world of capital may often
be discovered in unlooked-for placea
Some years ago we had synchronous
populistic administrations in Oregon,
In Colorado and In Kansas. The mem
ory of that wretched time Is still fresh;
and Industry in the three states is but
now recovering the confidence of East
ern capital that was then destroyed.
Now we are apparently confronting an
era of Republican populism, In Wis
consin, in Washington, and to some ex
tent, co-operating with a Democratic
Governor, in Oregon. Governor Lafol
lette is as anxious to put the screws on
the corporations as he is to force direct
primary nominations through the Wis
consin Legislature. Governor McBride
is determined to wring from his Legis
lature a railroad commission with
which he can utilize the railroads
within the State of Washington to in
crease the revenues of his administra
tion and at the same time strengthen
his own political fortunes. Governor
Chamberlain will go into office with the
avowed purpose of securing acts by the
Oregon Legislature which will afford
indirect methods of prey upon railroad
and other corporations. Most of these
enterprises are of a piece with mortgage-tax
laws and similar devices, os
tentatiously aimed at capilal, but doing
their real execution In the ranks of bor
rowers, small tradesmen, farmers, man
ufacturers and laborers.
The attitude of legislation towards
capital engaged In productive enter
prise must be friendly. If taxes on cor
porations are too low, they should be
raised, but In a friendly spirit and one
not predatory or vindictive. The way
to remedy abuses of low railroad and
other corporate assessments is to raise
them, not beyond the profit-producing
point. It Is most unwise and mischiev
ous to go after capital as If it were an
enemy to be driven away. The 'only
legitimate effect of such procedure is to
cause its withdrawal, the cessation of
constructive and development work,
loss of employment for labor and great
eventual loss In wealth, Inhabitants and
taxation.
It is matter of very recent history
that laws hostile to capital have beeh
tried and found ruinous in New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ne
braska and Texas. Sometimes the leg
islative acts have been kindly nullified
by the courts, and sometimes the Leg
islatures themselves, overwhelmed by
public protests against the flight of de
veloping capital, have made haste to
undo their errors and atone. .Against
thja plain record It will be folly for
other states to array themselves; and
the folly Is doubly disastrous when It
grows largely out of the desire of dar
ing politicians to add to their own Im
mediate resources, and the desire of
partisan machines to outbid each other
in base appeal to unreasoning popular
prejudice against corporations. The new
states of, the Pacific. Coast., especial -
ly, have need at this time to pursue a
moderate course toward the millions of
outside capital that are becoming Iden
tified with our railroads, mines, timber
and manufactures. The duty and the
high privilege of men of brains and
education Is to correct and not to mln-ister-to
the erroneous prejudices of their
time. The career of Bryan should be
a perpetual warning to all who are
tempted to trifle with great moral and
economic principles for the profit of a
fleeting fame or temporary lease of
power. The end of such unworthy
struggles is political death.
HARDIHOOD AND CONTRIBUTORY
NEGLIGENCE.
Taking Into consideration the history
of surf-bathing at the Oregon and
Washington beaches, the drowning of a
reckless bather at Clatsop Sunday may
be considered as slightly overdue. These
distressing fatalities which periodically
send a shudder over the Summer colo
nies at the beaches, are the result of a
familiarity which breeds contempt for
the dangers of the ocean. There are a
few bathers and their number is con
siderably less than one In a thousand of
those who enter the water who have
a thorough knowledge of the difficult
art of crossing, In and out, the tumult
uous breakers of the North Pacific
shores. This knowledge on the part of
the fortunate lew Is supplemented by
great skill as swimmers and plenty of
nerve, which enable them to take things
easy at a critical time when an inex
perienced surf bather would rapidly be
come physically exhausted through wild
but misdirected efforts.
The unfortunate victim of Sunday's
fatality at the beach apparently swam
out beyond the .danger line through Ig
norance of the risk he was assuming.
There Is something In the deadly sweep
of the undertow that carries to its vic
tim a thrill of terror such as can never
be understood until It is experienced.
The fortunate few mentioned know how
to meet and combat the tricks of this
fearful under-current without losing
their presence of mind or exhausting
their strength. The novice, however,
has but little show for his life, and
as long" as inexperienced bathers, even
though they be good swimmers in still
water, tempt fate by following experts
beyond their depth, we may expect a
repetition of just such accidents as that
which cast a gloom over Clatsop Beach
Sunday.
It is apparent from the reports of the
accident that the Clatsop Beach hotel
proprietors are showing their custom
ary indifference towards providing any
means whatever for saving life in such
cases as that of the unfortunate Mr.
Stahl. Their Indifference has cost sev-i
eral lives in the past, and the sacrifice
will continue until the appeal takes a
financial and not a humane aspect. If
the drowning of a surf bather fright
ens visitors away from that portion of
the beach where the accident happened,
the profits of the hotel-keepers and
other beach tradesmen may be affected.
When this fact Is Impressed on the
minds of those whose duty It Is to pro
vide lifeboats, rafts and lifelines, the
unfortunate bather who gets beyond his
depth will still have some show for his
life.
At every other well-regulated surf
bathing resart In the country lifelines
are provided for the bathers; and for
the venturesome spirits who care to
swim beyond the breakers,-large buoys
or rafts are anchored well out, where
exhausted swimmers can seek rest be
fore attempting to return. A raft of
this kind would undoubtedly have
saved the life of the last. victim of the
undertow. Finding his strength fail
ing and insufficient to make the shore
in safety, he could have sought refuge
on the raft and waited until his
strength returned or until a boat or line
from the beach could have been car
ried to him.
Clatsop Beach Is today as safe for
bathers as nature ever intended It
should be. It Is not as safe, however,
as the ingenuity and forethought of
man can make it, and until it Is pro
vided with all possible equipment for
protecting and saving life, we may ex
pect periodical drowning accidents. The
ocean Is as merciless today as It was
before civilized man ever wandered by
its shores, and death is the penalty for
unguarded encroachments on Its do
main. Stahl's carelessness was primar
ily the cause of his untimely death, but
the criminal negligence of the keeepers
of Clatsop hotels and other resorts at
that point in not providing Hfesaving
equipment was a contributory factor of
great prominence.
UNWRITTEN RECORDS.
The unwritten records of the great
Northwest country from the Missouri
River to the Pacific Ocean and north
ward to farthest Alaska contain many
tales of life among the Indians In which
white men. well born and bred, but
falling under the ban of civilization,
are actors. Despised "squawmen,"
first reckless, then weak and finally de
based utterly, even In their own eyes,
many of these wandering creatures
have lived apart from home and kin
dred and friends, maintaining to the
end unbroken silence in regard to their
whereabouts and hlstorj-. Children who
have had a just grievance against their
fathers because of the simple fact of
their existence have been in many cases
the powerful lodestones that held these
Then to unsatisfactory conditions with
which they had thoughtlessly surround
ed themselves, the parental Instinct
being stronger than the desire to return
to the early home and to the friends
of the old days, Including perhaps the
mother whose eyes had grown dim with
long watching for the boy that never
came.
A woman returning from Nome a few
months ago displayed among the "snap
shots" taken by her kodak the picture
of two little girls twins the youngest
of a family of twelve children, whose
father is an Englishman of some cul
ture and whose mother Is a low-grade
native Alaskan Indian. The hut in
which the family lived was In the back
ground of the picture. It was the habit
Of the mistress of this dwelling to sit
placidly upon the earthen floor while
she performed the minor duties of. her
household. The man,' It was said loved
his children and had no thought of de
serting them. He had gone to that far
away place twenty years before on
what he and his friends believed to be
a brief mission. He was stranded there
unexpectedly; lost In his environment
his self-respect, married a squaw, and
as children came, settled himself down
In exile, outwardly content. He does
not expect to return to England, now
or ever. His handicap is too heavy.
Just people do not waste pity upon
such a man.. There is no overflow of
sentiment possible in his direction. His
hapless children bright-eyed, passably
1 intelligent, but without place. Ja .the
world better than that occupied by their
stolid, affectionate mother, are entitled
to all the sympathy that the situation
can possibly engender.
Another Instance among many Is just
now before the public In Montana, A
man who many years ago left his home
In Massachusetts has, after painstaking
search, been tracked to his grave by
the side of his Indian wife. A son and
two daughters survive, one of the lat
ter being married to a man of her
mother's race. Better for his relatives
Id the East had his history In the far
Northwest never been disclosed, since it
only revealed the fact that he was twice
dead to them.
The records of the Northwest country
are filled with facts of this type. It Is
a pity that they cannot be construed
into romances, but no such construc
tion is possible. They exemplify unmis
takably the truth of the assertion that
"No man lives to himself alone."
LESSON OP A WELL-SPENT LIFE.
There was borne to its last resting
place in this city yesterday all that was
mortal of a man the simple annals of
whose life as lived In and Before this
community for a period of forty years
attest the quality of his endeavor and
make good his title to true nobility.
John Catlin came here when a young
man, earnest, unobtrusive, purposeful.
Rising to meet such opportunities as
pioneer conditions and a slowly advanc
ing civilization presented, he became a
significant 'factor in the great sum of
endeavor that has marked the growth
of the community along better and
higher lines, and, full of years and hon
ors, he has passed on. Following the
lines of his life here, extending from
1&62 to 1902. we find no swerving from
the straightforward purposes of an hon
est, forceful nature. He was not In the
generally accepted sense of that term
a gTeat man, yet every one who sought
the services of John Catlin In his pro
fession found him able and trustworthy.
Though active In the councils of his
party, he was not a politician in the
narrow partisan Interpretation of that
term. A man of strong political con-
vlctlons, that came to him, as Is usually
the case, through heredity, It Is yet
written of him truly that he "placed
his citizenship above politics." Such
happiness as comes to a man of upright
purpose and affectionate nature came
to him In his domestic life. He mar
ried wisely and set up a home In our
midst, into which, as the years went on,
children came, and from which, in the
fullness of time and In orderly manner,
some of them have already gone out
to take their places in the world. He
did not accumulate wealth in the mod
ern acceptance of that word, but he
enjoyed a competency, the blessings of
which were diffused in family life and in
the best type of philanthroplo effort.
A poor young man when he came to
Oregon in 1S62, John Catlin was yet
possessed of an abundance of resources.
Integrity, Industry, a good education
and a genial nature these were his re
sources, and the record of his life as a
useful citizen, a safe counselor, a judi
cious father and an affectionate hus
band shows that he made the most of
them. His life was as an open book
to those who walked close to him. Hav
ing passed on, its unsullied pages are
open to the scanning of the public. In
its review, that which Is best In the
community takes a just pride. Its les
sons are full of encouragement and
promise of success to young men who
are starting In life as he started, with
their own way to make In the world.
Stimulating the faint-hearted, shaming
the Irresolute, rebuking dishonesty,
commending Integrity the life of John
Catlin Is an object-lesson In character
building, since without the character
that was the mainspring of his en
deavor its success would have been Im
possible. Another man of simple pame and
lowly lineage, but of wide reputation In
finance, followed John Catlin a few
hours later Into the realm of shadowa
Jdhn Mackay, the owner of millions,
lies upon hlB bier In his London palace.
His life is also an open book, and the
world has become familiar with Its In
cidents. But It can hardly be said that
the. scanning of Its pages will bring
hope to the heart or strength to the pur
pose of the ordinary young man, abroad
In the world of opportunity, seeking.
The chance upon which his fortune was
built was the chance not only of a life
time, but of a wonderful era of mining
development. It has come to but few
It can come 'to but few. Wisdom can
not counsel emulation of his career, and
prudence distinctly forbids it. But the
career of John Catlin Is open to the
emulation of every man, whatever
line his endeavor follows, who, taking
an Inventory of his individual assets,
finds therein Integrity, industry and
persistence of purpose. These are Che
elements of character that rise to meet
opportunity, and, closing with it, com
pass success In life.
A REMARKABLE MAN.
The story of the famous bonanza "big
four," who, under the name of Flood,
O'Brien, Mackay and Fair, rose to very
great wealth probably faster than any
other four men of modern times, has
dften been told, and Its details do not
need repeating. The riches of the
Rothschilds, the Barings, the wealth of
Astor, Stewart and Commodore "Vander
bllt were of comparatively slow growth.
Jay Gould cannot fairly be counted In
the list, as the twelve millions he won
in Erie was a stupendous steal. He se
cured possession of the Erie Railroad
by fraud and maintained himself In
possession only through the fact that
the corrupt courts of New Tork City
were all members of both the Tweed
and the Erie ring. Commodore Vander
bllt. by a legitimate effort in open mar
ket, had once secured the Erie Rail
road, but he was beaten by Gould's
going to Jersey City. "and printing an
overissue of stock, which made It im
possible for Vanderbilt to be victorious,
as Gould's stock was enly limited by
the power of the m printing press. Of
course, if the courts had not been In
Gould's hands he could have been
promptly arrested and flung lifto Jail
for a fraudulent overissue of stock. In
this way Gould secured and kept the
Erie until he had stolen It poor and the
English stockholders were glad to bribe
him to let go of the property, earning
with him $12,000,000 of the stolen money.
But the wealth of the bonanza "big
four," while won with extraordinary
rapidity, was not acquired originally
by the methods of Gould. Something of
exceptional luck attended the success
ful operations of all these men, and yet
one at least of them, probably Flood,
must have been gifted with a soundness
of Judgment, a shrewdness and a ca
pacity for prompt and resolute action
that belongs only to a person of su
perior talents for trade. The Colorado
millionaire. Tabor, rose to sudden
wealth by "grubstaking" a mining
prospector, after the manner In which
Flood and O'Brien did Mackay and
Fair, but the singular fact is that
Mackay, Fair, O'Brien and Flood stuck
together, rose to great wealth together,
and kept their own counsels so perfectly
that they were able when the big bo
nanza was exhausted to conceal the
fact and unload the empty pocket upon
the people. There must have been at
least one superior head among these
men whom the others firmly trusted,
or there would have been some break,
some falling out. among the friends
that would have spoiled their scheme.
All of these men were of Irish birth.
Flood may have come of the stock of
the famous Henry Flood, who as a
Parliamentary orator and debater was
second only- to Grattan In his day.
Mackay's name Implies that he was
of Scotch lineage. The story of his life,
how he began as an apprentice to Will
lam H. Webb, the famous shipbuilder of
New York City, and worked his way
to the top of the financial ladder. Is
well known. All of these men seem to
have been intellectually superior to
their station In life, save O'Brien, and
he seems to have possessed the art of
winning confidence by his genial man
ner. Flood seems to have possessed the
faculty of Justly estimating the worth
of various mining properties, while Fair
and Mackay were excellent executives
of the plans of Flood. It was a singu
lar chance that threw these four young
Irishmen together, and It is still more
singular that they kept Inflexibly to
gether without serious break or quarrel
until they had picked all the valuable
feathers off their ostrich and unloaded
the plucked bird, dead, upon a deluded
public It Is easy to- call the success
of these men luck; It was not all Juck,
for if It had been the bonanza "big
four" would have risen no higher than
Tabor of Colorado, whose luck was re
markable, but whose capacity to utilize
his luck was decidedly inferior to that
of the California quartet or mining
"sharps."
The Pacific Coast Is not likely to see
a repetition of this rapid rise from pov
erty to enormous wealth that has been
Illustrated by Flood, O'Brien, Mackay
and Fair. The American public knows
more about mines and mining "sharps"
than they did thirty .years ago. A
burned child fears the fire, and it would
be a deal more difficult today to tempt
people into gambling in mining stocks
than It was prior to 1S73. The public
today do not bet as readily and reck
lessly as they once did, either in rail
road or mining stocks. Furthermore,
the chance of the discovery of another
property so .rich as that successfully
manipulated by the "big four" is
slight, and the probability is small that
such a property. If discovered, would
fall Into the hands of four men as capa
ble of such absolute unity In thought
and action, such fidelity and capacity
to keep their own counsel, as was rep
resented by the managers of the Corn
stock lode.
Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, of the local
Btatlon of the United States Bureau of
Animal Industry, is right when he says
that to make pork packing a profitable
Industry in this city or section hog
raising Is the first requisite. "First
catch your hare" Is advice with which
we are all familiar. The inclination
toward diversified farmlitg must de
velop Into a reality before hogralslng
will or can become one of the industries
of the state. Our farmers, In aggregate,
hardworking and' economical In many
small ways, are yet sad wastrels. Oth
erwise pork to supply the local market
would not be shipped half-way across
the continent, while the odds and ends
of farm products the straw and scat
tered grain in the fields, and the un
marketable fruit in hundreds of or
chards, are permitted to go to waste
utterly, and the low-grade grain that
forms a portion of almost every har
vest Is sold at a loss to the producer.
The transformation of the unused ma
terials of agriculture Into the necessary
beef, pork, mutton, eggs arid poultry
would turn a waste heap into profit,
and we should no longer hear the dis
mal plaint that'"farming does not pay."
The grainraislng habit In the Willam
ette Valley and the cattle-grazing
habit in the eastern section of the state
were conditions fixed by a sfinted marr
ket due to Isolation. But this latter
condition passed away with the com
ing of transcontinental railroads, and
excessive gralnralsing and cattle-grazing
are slowly giving way to diversi
fied agriculture. When the transfor
mation is complete,, rural Oregon will
become a hive, noonly of patient In
dustry, but of wise economy In saving
and making over the waste of the farm
into marketable products for which
there Is always a steady demand at
good prices.
If the story is true that General S.
B. M. Young, and not General Cor
bin, will succeed General Nelson A.
Miles on his retirement, a little more
than a year hence, the compulsory re
linquishment of his place will be shorn
temporarily of Its bitterness for the Lleu-tenant-General
of the Army. To Gen
eral Corbin General Miles attributes the
slights that have been put upon him
by the present and preceding Adminis
trations, though in point of fact he has
been responsible himself for much of a
disagreeable nature that has befallen
him. But to see himself succeeded by
General Corbin would be gall and worm
wood to the loquacious, pugnacious
Lieutenant-General. General Miles will
reach the age limit August 8, 1903, after
which time. If present arrangements are
carried out. General Young will be at
the head of the Army until his retire
ment, January 9, 1904, at which time
the President will be forced to choose
between Generals Corbin and Chaffee.
The strife In this matter differs in de
gree, but not in kind, from the feverish
endeavor for personal preferment In the
ranks of official and social life all along
the line. As proof of the selfishness of
mankind, this push for place, even
when shorn of power. Is Incontestable.
The committee composed of business
men of Mllwaukie and Oregon City
that negotiated terms of settlement
between the carmen and employers of
the Oregon City Railway line, made the
following valuable suggestion in con
nection as supplemental to Its report:
We suggest to organized labor and organized
employers that If they will respectfully ak for
a conference and Investigation of their demands
when there Is a difference, before presenting an
ultimatum, they may often reach a peaceable
settlement that Is Just to both parties; but
where notice Is served that ceraln dtmands
must be compiled with before a fixed date. It
shuts off any chance of investigation or agree
ment, and leaves no room for anything but In
dustrial war.
This is commdn sense. Let us hope
it will rule In the councils of labor
unions -and in the organizations of cap
ital In this region hereafter.
OVER-CAPITALIZATION AND REMEDY
Minneapolis Tribune.
The New York Sun publishes a list of
large trusts that are supposed to be In
more or less financial trouble, and clear
ly traces the cause of their woe to over
capltalizition. The country has had a
long era of prosperity, and is more pros
perous today than at any previous period
In its history. Most of these over-capitalized
trusts were organized since the
period of good times set in, and If they
had been on a sound foundation and prop
erly managed there Is no reason why
they should not have rnide money nor
why their stock and securities should not
bo gilt-edged in the market at a time
when good 4 per cent stocks are selling
above par.
The Sun quotes the head of one of the
largest and one of the healthiest of in
dustrial corporations to the effect that
the trouble with the concerns that are In
difficulties lies within themselves rather
than without. "They were conceived in
folly, launched upon wind, md are kept
going by public credulity. They are load
ed down with a weight of capital under
which they C2n only stagger." The only
salvation of concerns in this fix is reor
ganization and the scaling down of cap
ital until they reach a solid financial
.basis. If this Is not done in time, many
will have to go Into the hands of re
ceivers, the crash will be felt by thou
sands of small Investors, and the whole
business of the country will be affected."
It is the duty of men who have to do
with large financial affairs to sit down on
these shaky concerns at once, and to sit
down hard. Such concerns are by no
means confined to the East. The West
has its full share of companies that are
over-capitalized. Perhaps they do not
average so large in size, but are quite as
tenuous when assets are compared with
liabilities.
One of the great business men of these
Twin Cities advised, some time ago, a
perfect remedy against the organization
of corporations upon an over-capitalized
basis, and that was the requirement by
law that every share of stock subscribed
be paid for at par in cash before it could
be Issued. With such a requirement as this
the corporation would be subject to only
the ordinary Vicissitudes of bad manage
ment and bad general business condi
tions. The foundation would be solid.
But upon a shaky foundation, no skill and
flo good- fortune will suffice to build a
solid structure. This is demonstrated by
the existing conditions wherein we see
one unsubstantial business structure af
ter another toppling over because It Is
like a pyramid set upon Its apex.
t
Next-lands Has -the Price.
San Francisco Bulletin.
A Washington dispatch to the Bulletin
yesterday contained the announcement
that the Hon. Frank Newlands had de
parted for hl3 nominal home In Nevada,
there to Inaugurate his campaign for the
United States Senatorshlp in succession
to the Hon. John P. Jones, who. after
a service of 30 years, has wearied of the
Job and does not want it any more. Nat
urally, the plum will fall to the gentle
man who has long lusted for it, and who
la blessed with the means to acquire It.
Few people will be found inclined to
grudge the prize to Mr. Newlands. He
deserves well of his constituents, his sec
tion and of the country at large. He has
earned credit and renown in the late ses
sion of Congress by his fight for the Irri
gation bill, which he was partly influ
ential in pushing to a successful issue.
But ho should nol plume himself too
greatly on the achievement. He is quot
ed as saying that "the West has the
Democratic partly to thank for the pass
age of the Irrigation bill." To our mind,
such a statement savors slightly of ex
aggeration. No doubt a number of patriotic and
liberal-minded Democrats voted for the
measure, but there is strong reason for
doubting that it would be on the statute
books today had it not been for the vig
orous backing and promotion it received
from President Roosevelt, the only Amer
ican Executive who ever lived In the far
West, or who ever appreciated the policy
and justice of reclaiming the arid and
semi-arid lands of the region. We are
cheerfully willing to give Mr. Newlands
all the praise he could ask for his devo
tion to the cause, and for his untiring
and successful efforts to bring it to
fruition. But he should not demand all
the credit in the premises, more particu
larly as It Is cash and not credit that
lands the political fish in Nevada.
T. Johnson, Presidential Candidate.
. St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Tom Johnson's candidacy for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination in 1904
stands upon a tripod whose three legs are:
First, his reputation as a "Jolly good fel
low," something after the physical and
mental order of Senator Billy Mason:
second, his advocacy of 3-cent street-car
fares: third, his war upon Ohio corpora
tions, whose franchises he has endeavored
to have taxed. In his capacity as a Jolly
good fellow he ha., in his brief period of
office as Mayor of Cleveland, run up the
current expenses of the city from $1,900,
000 under his Republican predecessor, to
$2,800,000 for a year. Where most of the
increase has gone is shown by figures
given in the Cleveland Leader demon
strating an Increase In the city payroll of
$630,000 In a year. In other words, he has
adopted the tactics once pursued by the
city authorities in St. Paul, of putting
everybody on the city payroll who could
by any pretext be found a place returns
to be made In political eupport. His ad
vocacy of 3-cent fares has been very loud
mouthed and dramatic, but mysteriously
Ineffective in view of the long identifica
tion of his personal fortunes with those
of the street-car companies. As to his
proposals for taxing franchises, he aim
ply follows In the wake of President
Roosevelt; the only difference being that
while Roosevelt's work in this direction
has been effective, nnd while the enact
ments secured by him in New York have
been sustained by the courts, Johnson has
accomplished nothing whatever beyond
some mere theatrical "posing." He would
make a. better candidate than Bryan,
whom he resembles in his love of the
theatrical; but he isn't the typo of man
that cool-headed Americans would trust
with Presidential responsibilities.
Good Men for the Canal Commission.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Two members of the Panama Canal ex
pedition seem to have been settled upon.
It is said that General Wood will be the
head of the commission, and that Senator
Spooner will be a member. Doubtless
Senator Spooner will be expected to deal
with legal, political and diplomatic ques
tions which may arise at the beginning
and in the course of the work. The selec
tion of General Wood was not expected;
but it grows in tho mind on consideration.
General Wood Is not an engineer, and
probably members of that corps will su
perintend the actual work of construc
tion. But General Wood has marvelous
administrative power, which will have full
play and large scope In the work of build
ing the canal. He will be In practical
command of thousands of workmen,
camped for years in an unhealthy region
of a foreign country. All tho experience
he gained In Cuba, in grappling with san
itary questions and dealing with alien
races, as well as In settling a maze -of.ad-minlstrative
difficulties, will stand him in
good stead at Panama. Perhaps no bet
ter selection could be made.
A Sense of Loss.
Washington Star.
Now Times goes Jogging down the path
With measured tread and slow;
No statesman rUes In his wrath
To cause another woe.
No more the Record blossoms out
With an exciting tale
Of measures there are put to rout
And mighty schemes that fall.
But now nf miss the fray;
We railed and wished the strife might cease.
The Joys of quietude and peace.
Alas! soon fade away.
And so, though fair the roses be,
.We feel a sense of pain.
And sigh and wait Impatiently .
Till Congress comes again.
MARVELS OF OYSTER BAY.
New York Sun.
OYSTER BAY. July 14. Come, Alice,
let me show you the Wonderland of
Oyster Bay, where a President's normal
life on vacation excites- more than a gub
blechub. It Is a. pretty station. Mos
quitos meet all trains, separating the
leather-skinned from the edible. Are these
the pirates of Oyster Bay? Quite so. Each
Is captain of a one-horse rig which will
sail you to Sagamore- Hill. They are the
recrudescence of the Niagara Falls hack
man. Let us submit to their extortions,
driving slowly thrqugh the village that
we may see the outer fringe of life here.
See the man In the quack-quack trous
ers screaming as he runs to the telegraph
office. What Is he saying? "Quentln has
thrown his father over the fence!" It
will be told to New York In red Ink on
the fudge page.
But stay, another man halts him! He,
too. has news that is worthy of the col
ored ink. Yes. it Is as we feared. The
President has changed his policy. This
"morning, it seems, he 'used sand Suds
polio in the bath. He tubbed this after
noon with Spare's.
"He can't float it!" cries the indignant
statesman.
Let us move on. How green the
hedges and lawns that skirt the way to
Sagamore Hill. Is there a secret service
man behind each blade of grass? My!
There comes the lawnmower! Run, men!
Here is the private lane of the Roose
velt estate. History Is making under that
roof, beneath the shade of these trees and
from the float near the boathouse- hard
by. Where will the great Littlefleld con
ference b; held in August month? On the
Sound? Mostly.
Will Mr. Littlefleld be taking a bath
ing? Hardly. Octopl run close to shore
In these waters. He will need all his
arms and legs for gestures In next Con
gress. Observe that tree. Standing beneath It.
wo are told, the President told Secretary
Root the best bait for gubblechucs. Is
the Octopus a fry or a broiler? We must
wait for the next annual report of the
Secretary of War.
The children have found a new game to
play on the barn top. That flying man
with a camera streaming behind him has
learned' the game, too, and soon the ca
bles will be warm with it. "Frying the
Friars" is played with a lukewarm egg
and a dull thimble. It Is a delicate game.
Behind the bushes over there the Pres
ident told Senator McLaurin who will get
the dead man's shoes In the Court of
Claims. The Senator has small feet, yet
they can be stepped on.
Seven fat Jobs are growing over in the
garden. That is the Panama Canal Com
mission plant. Will our friend Jones
pluck one? He may, if he will make the
secret pact which the President demands.
He must vote to retire the Panama hat
from the fashion hook next Summer.
That Is the main purpose of this Pan
ama Commission.
This Is Secretary Cortelyou coming over
the grass. He has a definition. It Is
smoothness without oil. Men feel his
unction, but their hands are dry. If Mr.
Dcvery were here he'd call Mr. Cortelyou
"the. goods." He has come out to talk
to the reporters. Has KIrmet flung the
groom Into the sky? Docs the cook use
yeast or baking powder? Is the sugar
which the President feeds the saddler,
Blelsteln. beet, cane, or bogus? Who
sleeps In the" oyster beds?
If we could look Into the house we
might see the President lighting a cigar.
Is It from the box which Leonard Wood
sent him or the present from the Chief of
Police of Havana? It would not be eth
ical to examine the box. Be assured
there Is no Binghamton brand on it.
The man wringing his hands behind the
hedge Is a photographer. He' did not
catch the President in bathing. The Will
lam Gillette Is showing him the return
route.
How thoughtless of the President to
play tennis when there Is a postmaster to
be named In Four Bears! Does he know
that a Chinese laundry trust has ad
vanced the price on pleated shirts right
here in Oyster Bay? Do pleats plead In
vain?
You forget that he Is booked to speak
at three New England fairs on his next
trip, a fearsome trial, which calls for a
study of hegemonic things.
Let us leave him alone with the syno
nyms. Another day we may return to
calculate how many tucks make a blouse
for Archie.
PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT.
The newspaper picture of Thomas MIskell, a
boy missing from his home at Brookllne. Mas.,
led to his discovery in the Interior of the state,
where he had secured employment. He was
returned to his parents.
Gabriel Harrison, of Sterling place. Brooklyn,
retired actor 'and teacher of elocution, aged S3.
used to run errands for Aaron Burr, and Is be
lieved to be the last surviving close acquaint
ance of that former Vice-President.
State Senator S. Henry Cochran, of Williams
port, Pa., has achieved a unique distinction.
He has proposed to the Council of that city to
pave one of the streets at his own expense,
aud he has no personal or pecuniary interests
In the particular pavement to be laid.
Professor Capen. of the Boston Latin School,
has seen 50 years' service In that Institution.
He Is now 79 years old. but does not propose
to quit active labor for some time to come.
He Is widely known throughout the East as
one of the best Latin scholars In America.
Representative W. AWen Smith, of Michigan,
says that one of his constituents who had been
living on a diet of egg and sherry was asked
by his physician how he liked It. "It would
be all right, doctor," he replied, "If the egg
were as new an the shery and. the sherry as
old as tho egg."
Nearly the entire town of Leavenworth lined
up at the depot to receive the Sixth Infantry.
It Is one of the most famous regiments In
American history, and has been commanded by
Zachary Taylor. W. B. Hazen, W. S. Hancock
and A. McD. Cook. It was organized In 1708.
and was first stationed In Port Leavenworth in
1S29.
Rev. Dr. Max Werthelmer. who created a
sensation a few years ago by abandoning Juda
ism to Join the Christian Scientists, has mar
ried Ruby M. Jewell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Jewell, Of Dayton, O. Dr. Wert
helmer is 36 years of age, while the bride Is
but 19. Dr. Werthelmer was the pastor of the
local synagogue when he decided to renounce
the Jewish faith.
No one looking at Lord Charles Beresford
today woutd Imagine that In 1SC0, when he
first went to rea, he was a delicate lad. and
was, In fact, put on board the warship Marl
borough for his health. When he first set foot
on board be heard a sailor say: "Poor little
chap, ho ain't long for this world." Lord
"Charlie" has seen many lively times since
then, and is still sturdy and vigorous.
It Is said that the bedroom of Czar Alexan
der II Is kept exactly as It was on the morning
he left to be brought back In an hour fatally
torn and mangled by the assassin's bomb. A
recent traveler was given the privilege of view
ing the apartment, which Is simple almost be
yond belief In Its appointments. A few toilet
articles. Including a couple of well-worn
brushes, lie on a little table, and the half
smoked cigarette which His Imperial Majesty
laid down before leaving the room still reposes
in the ash tray where he put It.
An Epitaph on the Admirable Dra
matic Poet, W. Shakespeare.
John Milton.
What needs my Shakespeare for his honored
bones.
The labor of an age In piled stones?
Or that his hallowed relics should be hid
Under a star-pointing pyramid?
; Dear son of memory, great heir of fame.
What need's thou such weak witness of thy
name?
Thou In wonder and astonishment
Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
For whilst to the shame of alow-endeavoring
art
Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart
Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book
Those Dlphlc lines with deep Impression took.
Then thou our fancy of Itself bereaving.
Dost make us marble with too much conceiv
ing; And so sepulchered In such pomp dost He,
That Kings for suoh a tomb would wish to die.
NOTE AXD COMMENT, .
God Is not a man, that he should He; neither
the son of man, that he should repent. Num
bers xxlll:I9.
The Madison-street bridge of -sighs is
again open.
Only the Summer hotel man finds this
hot sunshine 'golden.
If there were not so many fair sites,
there would not be such a dearth of
them.
The question as to who will get to
heaven concerns us mostly as it applies
to our neighbors.
No hot weather ever grew cooler from
our talking or thinking about it. Yester
day was cooler for some other reason. (
Governor Geer has the distinction of
reaching the highest elevation on the
recent ascent of Mount Adams. Think it
over.
Caesar had his Brutus. Charles had his
Cromwell. Aguinaldo had his Funston
and Tracy may yet profit from their ex
ample. Nine-tenths of the time the one-halt
does not Know how the other half lives.
If it did the wife would hurry 'home from
the seaside.
Our ball tossers are putting us to a
strong test. but. with all thelr.faults. we
love them still especially since ttfey have
taken a brace.
A "nutty" came la ping pong.
A rerfect rhyme with ding dong;
But I'm here not for Jokes.
This Is all for a hoax.
And I'll say to you kindly, "So long."
John Barrett Is convincing the Orient
that the St. Louis Exposition is one of
the greatest things on earth. He has
arranged so that the Orientals will not
mistake him for the exposition.
We shall have a fireboat if we don't
persist In letting the other man put up
the money. The other man has been ex
pected to put up the money heretofore,
but It has not always been the other man
whose property was destroyed.
Mrs. Waggoner hold's out for reward
for finding Merrill's body, and she is in
deep trouble for fear she won't get It. If
she hadn't come upon the body by acci
dent, she would be spared the anguish.
Accidents are Indeed sometimes very
cruel.
The dear thing Mary MacLane con
fesses that she is no genius. But here la
the first spark of genius that an "or
nery creetur" ever displays. She has vis
ited Chicago, and the halo which crowned
her has vanished. S6 much for Mary.
Now, If she could Just be put to scrub
bing floors and washing dishes, she
might become a sensible woman. Her
freak Is natural. It will be educated out
of her by Eastern associations. Her no
toriety has already passed its zenith.
Once upon a time some wise men came
together. Now these men were very
wise, above the wisest that were In the
land, and they said unto each other.
"We will do in this even against our own
profit."
Now these men were come together for
a great purpose. It was to find the locus
of the 1905 coefficient. And they said to
each other, "Our children will look back
at us as moved by exceeding wisdom,
even as our lathers will look forwardat
us In the same way."
And It happened that 96 years before
mighty heroes Clewls and Lark had come
to spy out the promised land, which now
nourished the wise men who were con
gregated. And these two heroes were held In
much honor In the promised land. And
the Inhabitants of the land said: "Let
the honor of Clewls and Lark wax great
among us. Let us hold up their mem
ories so that the world may look and re
joice with us." So they appointed wise
men to carry out their will, above the
wisest that were In the promised land.
And these men were sore afflicted, for
although the promised land was a mighty
land, as broad as the arc of the dally
sun. they could not find a site whereon
to rest the surpassing fame of Clewl3
and Lark. And in their affliction they
lifted up their voices nnd cried: "Who
can show us a place whereon to rest tho
fame of Clewls and Lark and the Iovo
our people bear to them?"
But this only increased their affliction,
for a multitude of voices lifted them
selves up and cried. "Here! Here!" un
til the wise men knew not whither to
look or whither to listen.
Then one of the wisest spoke up and
said: "Remember our vow. which wa
vowed unto our people, that we would
do In everything even against our own
profit."
So the wise men decided not to choose
until they were sure that what they did
would not redound to their own profit.
And in this way a long time went by,
and they were as much in doubt as ever
about their own profit.
Then, in their perplexity, one of them
'said: "Let us go out unto the people."
And so they went out unto the people
for advice.
But all their troubles waxed as great
again as before, until a voice was heard,
"Remember our vow unto the people";
and they decided to rest again.
And thus time went on. The wise men
could not choose because they hearkened
unto all the people. And when they
hearkened only unto-themselves they-re-membered
their vow nnd did nothing.
And it came to pass a'fter a long tima
that the problem of the 1905 coefficient
was forgotten and the fame of Clewls
and Lark rested on Its own pedestal.
Moral. Never put off for the morrow
that which can be done today.
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS
Van Dabble This Is my latest picture: I sold
It jesterday. Visitor Indeed? You are a
genius! Tit-Bits.
The man who never knew the word failure"
can find It in the fs In almost any first-class
dictionary. Baltimore News.
Housen What's wrong, old chap? Forgot
something? Lotts Yes: confound It! And that
Isn't all. I've forgotten what I forgot I Chi
cago Dally News.
In Need of Treatment. "He says he fell In
Jove with her at first, sight." "Perhaps I can
be of service to him. I know a first-class ocu
list." Philadelphia Bulletin.
No Business. Miss Prim (severely) Married
women. aboe all others, have no business to
flirt. Mrs. Gay Business? Of course, not; It's
a pleasure. Philadelphia Press.
Information Cheerfully Furnished. A corre
spondent asks If the 'g" Is silent In Mascagnl.
It well. Jt depends a little on how you pro
nounce It. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Her Reason. "But why did you encourage
him If you didn't want him to propose?" "Be
cause Just tit that time there wasn't any one
else to encourage." Chicago Evening Post.
Very Different. Benham I believe a woman
can love two men at the same time. Mrs. Ben
ham If she Is a married woman she has to try
to. Benham What do you mean? Mrs. Ben
ham Sho has to try to love her husband, and
he Isn't the same man when they have com
pany that he Is when they haven't any.
j Brooklyn Life.