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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902
BREAKERS AHEAD.
Aggressiveness and self-confldence
are two Important elements in the
make-up of the successful public man.
It is rare phenomenon when success Is
thrust upon the timid and unseeklng.
Yet there are other qualities that might
be mentioned, such as caution and for
bearance. A forceful man can gather
up the reins of power and drive the
attached vehicle roughshod over every
body and everything that stands in his
way, and this can go on for some time;
but political annals are full of warn
ings that outfits of this kind are apt
to become unmanageable, and upon
occasion have been known to come to
grief around some sharp corner and
spill the occupants in an unedlfying
heap against a telegraph pole.
Something of this sort seems to con
front Governor La Follette, of Wiscon
sin, whose recent spectacular drive
with Senator Spooner at his chariot
wheels has made the groundlings laugh
and the Judicious grieve. La Follette
is described aa honest and faithful, but
determined to the point of a fault. He
is not content with dictating the p61icy
of his party on state Issues, but he in
sists upon being recognized as abso
lute, and will brook no dissent In the
slightest detail from those who agree
with him in fundamentals. One of his
predecessors, ex-Governor Hoard, has
supported the reforms in taxation and
in nominating machinery which La
Follette has championed, but believed
that Senator Spooner should be in
dorsed for re-election, upon his record at
Washington without any conditions.
He attempted to explain his attitude
to the boss In the executive chamber,
but he found that he stood hardly any
better than the most obnoxious "stal
wart" who had fought the Governor
in everything. The evidence already
accessible apparently justifies this de
scription of La Follette's high-handed
course by a well-informed Madison
correspondent of the Milwaukee Jour
nal: The Governor not only brooks no Individual
action on the part of his lieutenants, but he
puts tho scourge to them for a breach of dis
cipline with as much vigor and severity as ever
he laid it to tho back of a stalwart. He seems
to have no fear of the consequences of this
policy. He gives no quarter. His orders are to
burn and kill everything and everybody In the
path of his supremacy and ambition.
Naturally, there is trouble brewing.
And the disastrous result of such meth
ods is already hinted at by shrewd
observers! Thus the New York Even
ing Post, after premising thaf "no
politician, however powerful he might
become, has long retained power after
he showed himself a. tyrant who would
allow no protest against anything that
he might suggest," concludes that "La
Follette seems now drunk with his suc
cess, and unless he shall soon come to
his senses he will go the way that
demagogues go." The Indianapolis
Journal, also, warns La Follette that
""such unreasoning tyranny" 'is likely to
produce "rebuke of the impertinence
of the La Follette faction and make
certain, the re-election" of a Senator
(Spooner) worthy of the state."
It is possible that in La Follette's -experience.
Governor McBrlde, of Wash
ington, mayi find food fgr. reflection.
On another page today appears a most
interesting and impressive interview
with the Governor, as to his beliefs and
purposes. He is very confident, very
determined. There is no place in all his
itinerary where anything else can hap
pen but McBrlde bearing everything
before him. As he rode roughshod over
Wilson at Spokane, eo he will 'ride
roughshod over the railroads at the
state convention and over Ankeny, Wil
son and everybody else except his own
Senatorial choice at the coming Legis
lature. Nobody imputes to either of
these brilliant Western Governors any
thing but the best of motives, and the
most unsullied courage. But a team
can get up such a headway that going
becomes precarious. A man can make
more enemies in three strenuous months
than he can mollify or outwit in as
many years.
It is a' reprehensible thing for the
striking miners of Pennsylvania to take
up arms to redress their wrongs. There
is no way for society to meet such an
exhibition but with stern looks of dis
approval and sterner blows of physical
force. The appeal of the union author
ities, however, is for self-restraint on
the part of the strikers, and it is sure
of a more appreciative estimate from
the public than it could have received
a few years ago, and there is room for
hope that it may have something of the
desired effect upon the infuriated ranks
at which it is directed. Order will be
preserved and Justice dealt out, but a
share of public indignation will be ap
portioned to the owners and operators
whose oppression of the poor, contempo
raneous with accumulation of inordi
nate fortune?, has goaded these 'miser
able underpaid wretches to fury. The
harvest the operators will reap from
these awful scenes will not be all of Joy
and praise. The country apprehends
their rapacity as well as the rioters'
frenzy.
ROOSEVELT AND THE BIG THREE.
Nobody that we kribw of has asked
Boss Piatt to come out with blare and
flare in pledge of New York's votes
for Roosevelt at the convention of 1904.
He performs this exploit upon his own
initiative. The same is true of Hanna
in Ohio and Quay In Pennsylvania.
The Joint labors of this picturesque tri
umvirate are not undertaken or the
country's good or for Roosevelt's ben
efit, or from a, general Impulse of al
truistic self-sacrifice. There Is an ob
ject in it, and the object concerns them- !
selves and the fortunes of the three
political machines of which they form
the capable and unchallenged center.
All the bosses were red hot for Mc
Klnley in 1S9S. That is, they wanted
him less than they wanted anybody else
on earth, but they made a virtue of the
necessity in which they found them
selves. At that time the embryonic
statesman in sole charge of the McKIn
ley movement, which he had laboriously
built up from nothing by the most ap
proved mining and maritime methods,
Mr. Hanna now finds himself occupying
one of the chief seats at the bossls
matic board. He is a full-fledged
statesman, In altitude of oratory, In
profundity of original research In eco
nomic problems and In the affections of
all true and simple-minded patriots the
peer of Piatt and -Quay, If not of Gor
man himself, or even those dead and
gone philosophers, Tllden and O. P. Mor
ton. The bosses, let us repeat, were red
hot for McKinley In 1896. just as they
are red hot tpr Roosevelt now. It Is
not a deeply burled secret that the In
terests which make life worth living to
Hanna, Piatt and Quay didn't want
Roosevelt nominated at. Philadelphia In
1900. Tho immense combinations of
wealth were only consenting finally to
Roosevelt's nomination as Vice-President
because perhaps even more than
the possibility of his accession to the
Presidency they dreaded his continued
occupancy of the Governorship of New
York. They were persuaded that Mc
Kinley would live, and thus that neither
in the White House nor in the State
house at Albany would there be a mah
to whom the laws against capitalistic
and monopolistic abuses would seem
things really deserving of serious at
tention. So they were for Roosevelt.
Oh, yes, they were enthusiastic for him.
And they are now.
The reason for these ebullitions of
Rooseveltian enthusiasm Is that the sa
gacious triumvirate and their imitators
in smaller states feel the need of some
sAtch impetus to their local enterprises
as the popular confidence In President
Roosevelt bids fair to supply. In need
they go where succor may be found.
The Presidential purpose toward Cuba
was actively or passively nullified,
when It might readily have been sup
ported and fulfilled, and now the Re
publican "leaders, apprehending the
groundswell of popular disapproval of
them and approval of him, devise to
utilize it The wind is coming up early,
they say, fresh and strong; let us get
our windmills in trim and It will grind
our grist, elect our Governors, and
Treasurers and Legislatures, and alto
gether put us in circumstances.
The noise and glee exhibited by these
great thinkers and reformers in sup
port of Roosevelt today need engender
no opinion In the observant mind aa to
the course their" delegations will take
in the National Convention of 1904.
Make hay while the sun shines, Is un
derstood In New York and Ohio as well
as in the state whose political philoso
phy may be more directly traced to the
thrifty counsels of "Poor Richard."
They are for Roosevelt now, because
they can find use for the aid that dec
laration stands to bring them. They
will be for whoever and whatever to
morrow, or next day, or two years
hence, shall present an auspicious front
to their keen and reflective gaze. We
shall see as time goes on what we shall
see, not only how the bosses vote In
July. 1904, but how their workers de
mean themselves at the November elec
tion of that year. Democratic Presi
dents have been elected by Republican
bosses, and vice versa. Roosevelt Is a
good President, and deservedly popular
with the people. But he Is probably old
enough to understand that politics Is a
mighty "oncertin" as well as interest
ing game. Every player around the
board Is reasonably certain to make the
most of such cards as he holds. These
are very good cards, Mr. Dealer, to
judge by the backs. Sit up. gentlemen,
and look sharp! 1
IRELAND'S PRESENT PROSPERITY.
John D. Crlmmlns, an eminent Irish
citizen of New York, a man who came
to that city a poor boy and has risen
to large wealth and high esteem among
educated men of both the great polit
ical parties, has recently returned from
a visit to Ireland. This visit was made
purposely that he might learn from his
own observation and from the people's
Hps the condition of Ireland: He re
ports that he found contentment and
prosperity; that Ireland is working out
Its own salvation and needs only better
means of transit and modifications of
the land act rapidly to accomplish It,
Mr. Crlmmlns holds that Ireland today
is not a distressful country:, that the
demeanor of the people of all classes,
high and low. Is marked at all public
entertainments, races, horse shows.
fairs, by joy, contentment and ease of
manner.
The beginning of this new order of
things dates from the great land act
of Gladstone of 1870, and the amend
ments which followed It The social
revolution Inaugurated by this act will
not be completed until the compulsory
purchase act, urged by T. W. Russell,
becomes a law. Under the present act
63,000 holdings have been sold to ten
ants, and sales are being made dally
Under this land act the Land Commis
sion determines the value of the land
and fixes the terms of payment, fifteen
or twenty-one years. The seller of the
property receives his money at once. It
being provided by the government
Tenant farmers, who feel that their
rents are excessive, appeal to the Land
Commission, who determine the amount
of rental they shall pay. This Land
Commission has in some cases reduced
the landlord's income by one-half. The
compulsory purchase act, now advocat
ed by the Irish members of Parliament
compels the landlords to dispose of their
land now occupied by tenant farmers
at prices fixed by the Land Commis
sion. This- act Is favored br elchtv-one
out of eighty-six Irish representatives
m Parliament. Ireland, without dis
tinction of creed or section, is unani
mous for this measure.
So prosperous Is Ireland that Mr.
Crlmmlns met a number of men for
merly in his employ In New York who
had returned to the land of. their birth
because of Its prosperity and comfort
Under the acts of Parliament the Urban
and Rural Council has brought about
the demolition of the old-time hovels
occupied by the Irish laborer and com
pelled the landlords to replace them
with laborers cottages built of stone
with slate roofs. The national schools
are excellent, and in all their public af
fairs It is plain that the Irish people
today are able to take care of them
selves and arejn no sense a poverty
stricken people, and do not wish to be
considered so. Mr. Crlmmlns says that
the Irish people are entirely loyal to
their King, and have no sympathy with
the intemperate language and acts of
certain Irish members of Parliament of
the temper of Tim Healey and Red
mond. The Irish Catholic clergy at the
convocation at Maynooth were unani
mous In their expression of deep sor
row for the illness of the King.
While home rule, such as Is exercised
by the colonial governments, would be
welcome to Ireland, no thought or de
sire for separation from England Is
thought of by sensible men. Under the
land act today the landlord cannot de
prive the tenant of the betterments he
has made, and when the compulsory
purchase act now pending becomes a
law, Ireland will most emphatically be
long to the Irish. When we remember
that this revolutionary remedial legis
lation, granted by a British Parliament
In abatement of its ancient Injustice, is
of a sort so radical that nothing iden
tical with it was ever enacted by the
United States, it does seem as If the
Redmondites could afford to be less ma
lignant Our emancipated slaves have
had to root, hog, or die; they needed
Industrial education and agricultural
endowment, and we fed them on the
husks of politics In shape of the suf
frage, which Increased their weakness
because it incited their enemies to con
fiscate every black vote they could not
control. England has had a conscience
for her ancient Injustice that we have
never felt.
CRONIN, OP DENVER, THE CHIVAL
ROUS.
And so the equality of the sexes has
at last reached the United States Su
preme Court on an Issue that will afford
that august tribunal the opportunity
of probing deep into at least one aspect
of that perennial problem. The case
comes up from Colorado, and derives its
chief significance from the fact that
under the constitution and laws of that
state full citizenship. Including suffrage,
is conferred without regard to sex.
The complainant appellant, one Dan
iel Cronln, contends. In support of his
desire to serve women In his saloon,
that he has as much right to sell liquor
to women as to men, and that they
have as much right to drink as men.
He argues that since women have been
given the right of suffrage, they stand
on the same footing in all respects with
men, and hence "are entitled to the
pursuit of happiness and the same ra
tional enjoyment as their brothers."
The District Court upheld this conten
tion, but the finding was overruled by
the State Supreme Court, and hence no
course Is left the conscientious Mr. Cro
nln and his liberty-loving attorneys but
to appeal to the United States Supreme
Court. This they have done, the case
has been docketed, and In time the
decision may be looked for.
We take it that in a case of this kind,
however much the Supreme Court af
fects technicalities and the dry conten
tions of the pleadings, It cannot be
wholly impervious to the humanities of
the case. It becomes a sacred duty, we
should say, to consider at some detail
and with sympathetic attitude the
deprivations to which Mr. Cronln ad
verts on behalf of his suffering patrons.
The "happiness and . rational enjoy
ment" which a saloon affords may not
be apprehended by the Supreme Court
at their real value. It Is possible, In
deed, that the Justices are out of touch
with the Institution, and will never un
derstand what Mr. Cronln's patrons
stand to lose If his base should fall.
The pleasure' and profit of standing
up at a bar for some four consecutive
hours, exchanging coin of the realm
for headaches, consuming thirst, empty
poqkets, ruined reputation and unavail
ing remorse should be set out before the
Supreme Court with all the power at
Mr. Cronln's command. Experience
must have made him fully Informed
on this and other points. He can ex
plain how it Is that while a boozy bar
tender Is of all things unbearable, a
boozy, customer Is the ne plus ultra of
the successful grogshop. He can ex
plain how pleasant It Is to be visited
with the tears and imprecation of the
drunkard's wife; how Joy lights up the
homes where his devotees repair when
their prowess at the bar declines from
physical or financial causes; how wel
come the patron Is always made whose
appetite outlasts his money.
As the especial custodian of "happi
ness and rational enjoyment," Mr. Cro
nln should continue his exhibit along
the whole line of saloonary pleasures.
There is the worklngman, stopping on
his way home with his week's pay until
it is all behind the bar; the business
man whose conviviality is letting him
down the Inclined plane to failure; the
gay young son of proud parents start
ing on the downward road. There are
the shadows on once happy homes and
sequels Innumerable In divorce courts
and bloody tragedies and solemn scenes
at murder trials, and wan faces In the
pporhouse, and long lines of hopeless
prisoners at the Penitentiary. He
should not confine his moving pictures
to the feverish gayety of the evening
hours, but throw upon the screen the
early morning hour, when his saloon, if
it Is like others, presents the 'most de
pressing sight that revelry creates.
When the 6un is coming proudly up In
all his majesty, when the morning
breeze blows softly and refreshingly
across the awakening earth, when birds
are calling cheerily to their mates, then
go Into Mr. Cronln's place and see its
grewsome relics of the night's "happi
ness," and smell Its sickening odors,
and estimate the equivalent in misery
represented by the fat parcel of money
he will soon be carrying oft to the bank.
This is a world of "rational enjoy
ment" Into which one would fain believe
the women of Colorado have no desire
to force their way. It Is a department
of masculine activity where the equal
ity of the sexes, one would be glad to
hope, might be magnanimously waived.
If It Is not against the rules of the
court, an interpleader might be brought
in, to the effect that the happiness and
rational enjoyment of the women of
Colorado can be sufficiently ministered
to by the blbular arrangements In full
force and effect without extension to
them of the rights and privileges so
cogently prayed for in their behoof by
Mr. Cronln. We submit to the Supreme
Court that In the consuming desire of
some women to be men there are a few
objects of pursuit which may be fore
gone without more than constructive
damages.
The bears In the Chicago oats market
who were forced to "play the baby act"
by taking advantage of the marginal
price and appealing to the courts for
protection, will receive but small sym
pathy from the grain producers of the
country. For many years this band of
sure-thing gamblers and welchers have
hammered down prices of wheat, corn,
oats and every other farm product; have
garBled figures and Intensified the
bearlshness of weather and crop re
ports, solely with a view to depressing
prices. The Liverpool market follows
the Chicago market, and accordingly
Pacific Coast farmers have suffered with
the farmers of the Middle West through
the manipulations of this unscrupulous
clique. The shorts sold oats which they
did not possess, and then sought to ham
mer the market down to a figure where
they could buy them at the price which
they had made. Now they demand the
protection of a marginal price. It Is a
matter of regret that the manipulators
of the corner were not permitted to
keep them squirming until the last gong
soumled on settling day. With the
squelching, of a few of the Chicago
Board of Trade's chronic bears, grain
prices would have some show under the
old law of supply and demand.
Canada Is gratified to observe that
Its export trade has nearly doubled In
nine years; In 1893 It amounted to $102,
000,000. and In 1902 to $196,000,000. It is
especially flattering to Canada to ob
serve that Its manufactured exports
much more than doubled In the nine
years. Of the total Increase of $94,000,
000, $29,000,000 is In the product of the
mines. The ratio of Increase Is nearly
seven-fold; In no other branch of ex
ports has the ratio been nearly so great.
The Increase In the exports from the
fisheries la $6,000,000; this Item did not
double; the forests furnished an in
crease of $6,000,000, which !s less than
25 per cent; animal products Increased
$28,000,000; this is not very far short of
doubling; agricultural products In
creased $15,000,000. or about two-thirds;
Manufactured exports were $7,693,957 in
1893 and $18,462,970 In 1902. This Increase
In manufactured exports Is the more
rotable because the population of the
Dominion has not increased rapidly; the
results in the last census were much
below what It was hoped and expected
that they would show.
The modem typewriting machine and
the Investment that It represents In cap
ital and labor illustrate fairly the
stride that the Inventive genius of man
has taken in a decade and the com
mercial growth and convenience that
have attended It According to a cen
sus bulletin recently Issued, there are
forty-seven establishments for the man
ufacture of these machines In the
United States, representing an Invest
ment of $8,400,431. The value of the
output is reckoned at $6,932,029, pro
duced at an outlay of $480,468 for sal
aries of officers, clerks, etc., and $2,403,
604 for wages. The materials used,
freight and fuel, represent an outlay
of $1,402,170; rent, taxes, etc., $714,821.
This showing presents industrial enter
prise as a wheel within a wheel, each
part of which contributes to the
strength, profit and purpose of the
whole.
The term "midshipman," as designat
ing the young man In training at the
Naval Academy, was substituted some
twenty years ago for that of "naval
cadet." The substitute has from the
first been relatively meaningless. That
Is to say. It has never stood In the
pride and affection of the American
people for exactly what the old name
stood. This fact has at length been of
ficially recognized, and by a provision
of the new naval appropriation act the
old form has been restored. Every
reader of sea romance as well as every
lover of the Navy, of John Paul Jones
Commodore Perry and Admiral Farra
gut, will welcome the return of the
good, old title, with Its suggestion of
latent valor and study of naval tactics.
Although the dispatches apparently
seek to equalize the odium of the New
York riot between the Jews and their
assailants, it is hard to extenuate the
anti-Semitic wrath that cannot restrain
itself In the presence of a funeral pro
cession. Then, it appears, the devoted
followers of an eminently useful and
consecrated man might be suffered to
bury their dead in peace. American
life has nothing more humiliating than
these outbreaks of Ignorant and ungov
ernable race hatred against a peaceable
and retiring people. Scenes like that
of Wednesday In our greatest and most
pretentious metropolis should be borne
in mind when we prate of our superior
civilization and enlightenment.
The status of the dairying interest
of Oregon is encouraging. An increase
in the "creamerj output of 25 per cent,
as reported, by Mr. Bailey, Food and
Dairy Commissioner, certainly repre
sents a substantial growth, and speaks
well, not only for Oregon as a dairy
state, but for the enterprise of Its farm
ers and for the intelligent Investment
of capital.
The Pope's Gifts.
Indianapolis News.
Some supposed constitutional authority
has raised the question as to whether
Judge Taf t and his associates may accept
the presents given him by the pope.
There la no constitutional prohibition
that bears In any way on this case. The
Constitution provides that "no title of
nobility shall be granted by the United
States," and that "no person holding any
office of profit or trust under them shall,
without the consent of Congress, accept
of any present, emolument. office or title
of any kind Whatever from any king,
prince or foreign state." The Pope Is not
a king or prince, and tho papacy Is not a
foreign state within the meaning of our
Constitution. The pope himself does not
pretend to be a de facto king or prince,
or at least he does not pretend that he Is
recognized as such. If he were a ruler In
the commonly accepted meaning of the
term, he would have no occasion to Insist
on the restoration of bis temporal power.
We have never recognized the pope In
any ofllcla way. He Is unrepresented at
Washington, and we send no diplomatic
agents to the Vatican. It Is true that he
Is a prince of the church, but we recog
nize no church as having any temporal
authority or political existence. The
question Is not one of what rights tne
pope thinks he ought to have, but or
those which he actually enjoys-. As far as
our Constitution Is concerned, Judge Taft
no more offends against it In accepting a
present from tho pope than he would In
accepting a present from Cardinal Gib
bons or Archbishop Ireland,
THE DECLINE OF ANONYMITY.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Punch has astonished England by print
ing In its Index the names of contributors
after the titles of their articles. The
Edinburgh Review Is now the sole re
maining publication of literary standing
to cling to 'that strict rule of anonymlty
wblch used to bo the fashion.
Most people will confers that they like
to know who writes the articles In the
magazines. When an essay or a story
pleases or offends or in any way Interests
one it Is natural to Inquire the name of
the author, and it is a .disappointment to
look In vain for his signature. Human
nature relishes a flavor of personality in
Its literary dishes,-and the name of the
author Is to his article what salt and but
ter are to corn on the cob. There are
some who will declare this curiosity about
authors vulgar, "but they are mere, pre
tenders to a culture which they have not
If It Is not vulgar to seek Information
about the authors of the "Iliad" and e
"Hamlet,' why Is It vulgar to seek infor
mation about the author of a noteworthy
paper in a current periodical? Not a lit
erary esthete would disdain to take In
terest In the fact that Shakespeare had a
mole on his umblllc. but many deem It
vulgar not to be Indifferent to personal
and Intimate disclosures concerning the
great men of the hour.
But while readers are unquestionably
gratltled by ecoing the author's name
at the head or foot of his article. It Is a
question whether or not the magazine,
the public and the authors profit by the
publication of the names.
Uniform anonymity places every article
before the public on the same footing,
and gives the new and unknown man an
opportunity equal to that of the oldest
and most renowned. It requires men with
great names to submit every article on
Its merits, and prevents poor work from
passing muster on the credit of Its au
thor's reputation. It draws attention,
also, to the magazine rather than to the
contributors, and gives the magazine a
personality and an authority quite distinct
from that of Its staff. On the other sldo
of the balance Is the fact that anonymity,
by subduing the sense of personal respon
sibility. Is likely to produce a poorer qunl
lty of work. When a man must sign his
writing he will take more pains with It
than he will with unsigned matter.
On the whole, however, the argument In
favor of signed articles seems the strong
er. When a man docs good work It Is
only fair that he should get credit for It.
and it Is not a hardship on obscure writ
ers that they grow chill In the shadow of
great names. 'Merit will force Its way out
of the shadow In time for good work and
usually obtains recognition. Readers pre
fer to see articles signed, and the signed
work Is generally of better quality than
the anonymous. Years a so the American
magazines gave up the policy of printing
unsigned matter, and the English periodi
cals, one by one. have followed this lead.
In this country the newspapers, too. have
been drifting away from the utter ano
nymity of old-time Journalism, and are
printing signatures with all work of more
than ordinary merit and with much that la
of less than ordinary merit
Anarchy and Gnnliont.s.
New York Mall and Express.
Anarchy In Haytl. anarchy In Colombia,
anarchy In Venezuela, revolutions In full
bloom In Honduras and Nicaragua, and
always In the promising bud in San Do
mingo, Costa Rica, Salvador and Guate
mala, together with the dubious state of
things in Cuba, make plenty of mid-Summer
employment for our Navy In Carib
bean waters. The little gunboat MaChlas.
for instance, after affording succor and
protection to the volcano-stricken nponl-
of Martinique, quickly resumed her watcn
over the volcanic political passions which
are in a continual state of eruption at
the fever-laden port that sullies the name
of Colon: and now she has been sent post
haste to Cape Haytlen. to prevent, if pos
sible, a revolutionary bombardment ot
that Importana port. This, o fcburse,
leaves Colon unguarded, and no one can
tell what sudden demonstration of Isthmi
an disorder will develop there.
To a reporter of tho Mall and Express
recently Major George M. Barbour, one ot
our sanitary officers Just from Cuba, gave
a peculiarly cheerless account of the pros
pects he had left behind him there. No
work, no revenue, largely Increased ex
penses, smuggling, treasury raiding, popu
lar discontent and official faction are
likely to breed early disturbance in Cuba.
What are we going to do when It comes?
Where shall we find ships enough to watch
American Interests In the Cuban ports and
also supervise the anarchy of all thi rest
of the West Indian and Central arid
South American republics?
Grave questions are bound to confront
us within the next two years In that
quarter. We cannot, meantime, recruit
our Navy with new ships or new men too
rapidly.
Spooner and La Follette.
Baltimore Herald. Rep.
A sign that some exceptional Inspiration
of wisdom exists among Wisconsin Re
publicans which will direct retention of
Senator Spooner as one of the state's rep
resentatives In the upper house of the
National Government, despite the fact that
he la not In touch with the majority of
his party on state questions, would be very
welcome. But this sign has not ap
peared. In the meanwhile the personality
and characteristics of the alert and popu
lar young Governor ot Wisconsin are at
tracting much attention. Large destinies
are mapped out for the Badger State
statesman, who has risen to prominence
by a display of aggressiveness and pug
nacity In entering the lists against shrewd
and veteran lenders. How much of this
Is due to the evanescent ardor that accom
panies a surprising success cannot be es
timated now'. There Is doubtless much to
admire In La Follette, but he will have to
do great things in order to measure up to
advance notices.
ExtrnvnRance About Mr. Mackay.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
There Is wild exaggeration In such talk
as the following concerning the late John
W. Mackay: "He made a great deal of
money, and no man ever earned It with
more constant and zealous toll. What this
land and this nation's system of men-making
gave to John W. Mackay Is held In
store for any man today who will be what
he was, labor as he labored and do what
he did earn what he deserved and deserve
what he earned." Mr. Mackay was a dis
coverer rather than an earner. He searched
for wealth and found It. Others have
searched and not found It. No man could
possibly have earned all that he pos
sessed. There is not wealth enough In the
world to reward all as he was rewarded
The
American Bill of Fare.
Cleveland Leader.
When It Is considered what a chance
Would be made in the food supplies of the
American people If they were deprived,
for all practical purposes, of peaches, wa
termelons, muskmelons, blueberries, huck
leberries, cranberries, maple sugar, maple
syrup, pineapples, green corn and most or
the oranges, It Is easy to understand that
If wc eat too much meat, as a nation. It
is a mistake which cannot be explained by
any lack of other food. In excellent variety
and fine quality. The truth Is that the
American bill of fare, both animal and
vegetable, Is of rare abundance. The
United States Is a country of good eat
Ing.
Child Labor in Southern Mills.
Atlanta Constitution.
It Is Idle to ,thlnk that the matter of
factory legislation against child labor can
much longer be excluded from the South
ern mills problem. Any fair scheme for
adjusting this question originating with
the mill men will be met more than half
way and favorably by the people and their
legislators. But a stubborn and Irrational
resistance to any reform of the prevailing
abuses of child and lemale labor will lead
to legislation that may be drastic and go
beyond tho lines of necessity and equity.
THE STR0NG-Y0HE SCANDAL.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Why was it that the wires were kept
hot for several days lasrt week with the
Strong-Yoho scandal? Why Is It that so
much space has been given by the press
for nearly a year past to the disreputable
antics of this couple? For the same rea
son, wc presume, that the public flock In
vast numbers to see plays of the "Camllle"
type, and to buy books that are full of
coloring, albeit this coloring Is a little
"off." It Is the old human drama of
crime and passion that Homer Inspired
with such pathos and naturalness, and
which Shakespeare so Illuminated with
the plastic touch of his genius. May Yohe
did not become valuable "copy" to the
newspaper sensationalist until she had
achieved a certain evil notoriety by nu
merous escapades, by marriage with a
scion of English nobility and subsequent
divorce; and lastly by her notorious asso
ciation with this fellow Strong.
Is she the one most greatly to blame?
Any one reading the current comments
would think so. Strong Is represented as
a "sort of weak character, led astray by
her wiles. Intoxicated by her beauty, and j
" iuiiicu uy ilia inuiiipn in iuhmi
her away from richer ami more noted
rivals for her favors. But consider the
woman's origin and training A girl of an
humble family, who first attracted atten
tion by her beauty; having had none of
the advantages of an education which give
stability of character and develop the
higher moral nature: through her fame
as an actress firet brought Into associa
tion with people of outward polish, but
not of Inward grace.
Before she came in contact with un
scrupulous men who made her ,at once
their Idol of clsy and their victim, her
light and leading had not been such as to
give her high Ideal?. She had some talent
ns well as beauty; she was naturally
shrewd. She saw that the public was a
fickle Jade, with an insatiable appetite for
sensation and small steadiness of purpose
in recognizing and rewarding genuine
merit. She found that the" more notorious
she became the larger the box-office re
ceipts. Is It any wonder, then, that she
became careless of reputation and Indif
ferent to conventional standards? This
woman Is the product of certain morbid
social conditions which proved stronger
than the resistance of sterling character
with which she mny have been endowed
by nature.
The man Strong, on the other hand. Is
the son of a good family; a man who en
joyed good educational and social advan
tages In youth; whose path in life was
smoothed by an Industrious and successful
sire; who could and should have made
himself respected and Influential In the
community. The reflecting person who
notes how he has wasted his life and flung
away his advantages will accord him little
sympathy, but will rather reserve his
sympathy for the woman whose lot un
kindly fate cast amid untoward sur
roundings and whose worst qualities
were stimulated to activity by a false
public sentiment.
A Pension Contrast.
Pltsburg Dispatch.
The lates trush for pensions furnishes a
striking comparison. The demand for
pensions comes from the recent war with
Spain, and the comparison Is between
five volunteer regiments and the same
number of regular regiments. From the
fact that the live volunteer regiments did
not have a single man killed or wounded
It Is concluded that they did not partici
pate In any serious engagement. At all
events, their record is no killed or wouna-
ed; pension claims, 2997. The five regular
regiments had 564 men killed and wound
ed; pension claims filed, 7C0. These figures
Illustrate the Industry of the professional
claim agent and the activity of the "pull."
The volunteer Is accessible to the claim
agents, and his Congressman Is Rmenable
to applications. The regular private has
no pull. Consequently the paradox Is
presented of nearly four times as many
.claims from the regiments which did not
do the fighting as frctn these that did.
Bad Juries.
Indianapolis News.
There seems to be an epidemic of btid
Juries nowadays. Besides our own nota
blo gamblers' jury there was a jury at
MInneipolIs that let a man off because
It knew It would make his wife happy,
nnd now the grand Jury at EvansvIUe
has been rebuked by the court for viola
tion, of Its oath In refusing to Indict
gamblers.
Are Novels Worth Rending r
Chicago Record-Herald.
The great question for the reader with
regard to most fiction Is not whether It is
Immoral, but whether It is worth while.
It Is a terrible. If not a profitless, time
killer. PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT.
General John C Black, of Illinois, who was
President Cleveland's Tension Commissioner
during his first term. Is a candidate for Commander-in-Chief
of the Grand Army.
Senor Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain, was
originally a society reporter on a Madrid paper.
He is now nearly SO years old. his face scarred
by as many wrinkles as was Von Moltkc's dur
ing the latter's cloning years. He lives very
quietly in a flat, and, like his great political
rival, the late Senor Canovas, Is renowned for
his sterllnsr Integrity.
Professor Edward S. Holden, United States
Military Academy. '70. has accepted- the ap
pofntment of librarian of the United States
Military Academy at West Point. The library
now contains about -13.000 volumes. Congress
has provided a much Increased appropriation
$11,300 for the present fiscal year, and Its col
lections are likely to grow rapidly. The Inte
rior of tho large library building has lately
been remodeled at a cost of 5 So, COO.
M. Santos-Dumont has been accused of effem
inacy because of a bracelet on his left wrist
which he Invariably wears. But it Is his "rab
bit's foot," and to It he attributes much of his
Immunity from aerial accidents. In form It Is
a gold chain wound three times round the wrist
and terminating in a medallion of the virgin.
M. Santos-Dumont received It from the former
royal houso of Brazil, tho presentation being
made by the daughter of Dom Pedro.
Princess Charles of Denmark has many
charming accomplishments; she Is a good lin
guist and can speak and write Russian that
most difficult of languages. She Is also a clever
bookbinder and photographer; can sew well and
Is a good spinner, often spending hours at her
spinning-wheel, and she plays a really excellent
game of chess. Outdoor amusements afford her
endless enjoyment, and she Is a fine horse
woman, a keen cyclist and a fi rat-rate croquet
player.
John Burns, the labor member of Parliament.
who advises that no more concessions be made
to American "Invaders." has sat for Battersea
since 1802, and Is one of the most picturesque
public characters In England. Mr. Burns was
formerly a stationary engineer and a leader
among his fellow-workmen. For many years
he has been tna spirit of the labor party In
England, has assisted In the spread of trades-
unionism. He favors municipal ownership of
city railway lines.
British puMlc opinion is strongly In favor of
keeping Lord Kitchener at home Instead of
sending him to India. His Lordship does not
stana so wen with the aristocracy, to many
members of which he has given offense by re
fusal to meet their wishes. For instance, there
is one great nobleman who desired that his
favorite son be sent home from South Africa.
So he telegraphed to Kitchener; "Please send
my eon home at once: urgent family affairs."
Kitchener replied: "Your son cannot return at
all; urgent military affairs."
The Klng'of Italy was unpopular at the time
of his coming to tho throne because of the
stories of his extreme economy, but has lately
shown that, though he Is circumspect In hl3
expenditure, he Is liberal and benevolent. He
gives largely to charity, both organized and
Individual, and In his social life seems ready
to make any outlay that is necessitated by his
position. Among his recent benefactions was
a gift of 100.000 llro to the town of Palermo.
to be- distributed among the poor and three
charitable Institutions. Of this sum 50.000 llro
U to go to the poor. $30,000 lire to the town
hospital. 10,000 llro to the marine hospital, and
jv.wv ure w wo xvea v,ro3s society,.
NOTE AND COMMENT. '
We wbn the. ball game yesterday. Acci
dents will happen.
The Panama hat joke Is becoming aa
battered and worn as most of the hats.
Never fear, we shall have a fair site as
soon as the Nicaragua Canil is finished.
The Initial of Mr. Tank, who Is making
prohibition specdhes in Ohio, is prob
ably X.
Now that gas Is so cheap, the Populist
orator will have to retire still further to
the rear.
Tennis Is really a more entertaining di
version than the tabloid version of It
known as ping pong.
Mr. Bryan still appears to regard him
self as the only really manifest destiny of
the Democratic party.
Curious that the President continues to
linger at Oyster Bay. now that the open
seison for mergers Is on.
Minister Wu wis too smart to remain
In Washington. The same remark seems
atso to apply to Mr. Tracy.
Seventy-five earthquakes have shocked
California. They have to run In herds
to get a hearing In that state.
It begins to look as If the King would
have to paper the house In order to get
any audience at all at the coronation.
Mr. Kan acquits the sheep which vis
ited him "Wednesday of the charge of
Iconoclasm. He says there were no gods
in his shop.
The Kaiser thinks that Morgan doesn't
understand the theory of commerce. Bo
that as It may, he Is pretty well up on
the practice of It.
The Sultan of Turkey Is giving away
the ruins of his dominions. That means
that there will be mighty little left for
the residuary legatee.
An astrologer predicts more accidents
to our warships. If this Is to come to
pass, the navy of some other Nation must
be billed for annihilation.
The Government bought the Rosecrans
for JU0.00O, and sold her for 5S0.0C"). It
might pay the Government to purchase
a little financial advice from J. P. Mor
gm. A St. Louis man has been- fined for
swearing Into a telephone. If this caso Is
to be made a precedent, the courts will
soon be In receipt of an Income almost
equal to that of Andrew Carnegie.
The late Dr. Talmage once called on
his liwyer and found two of his parish
loners there on legal business of a private
nature. "Ah, doctor!" called the lawyer.
In greeting. "Good morning! Here aro
two of your flock. May I ask without im
pertinence If you regard them as black
sheep or white?" "I don't know as yet,"
replied Talmage, dryly, "whether they're
black or white, but I'm very certain that
If they remain here long they'll ba
fleeced."
Senator Piatt, of New York, gives this
advice to a young man just entering poli
tics: "Never give any one the right to
say that you have broken your word to
him. Be careful about making a promise,
but when you have once passed your
word, stick to it, though it may be to your
own detriment." Mr. Piatt has had In
timate social' and polltlcil acquaintance
with every President elected by his par
ty, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, and ha3
been the undisputed Republican leader in
New York State for 18 years.
The ruin spread In Androv Kan's stora
by a flock of sheep has reminded an old
citizen of a greater catastrophe, which"
happened on the Jefferson-street ferry, 14
years ago. The actor In that event was a
wild bull. He made a rush for the ferry,
as If with the Intention of butting It off
the earth. The outer shell of the boat
was so fragile that It broke In, and tho
bull found himself In the boiler-room.
No amount of rage or effort employed
either by himself or the crew could ex
tricate him. To make a complex problem
simple he had to be killed In his tracks
and then removed in hunks.
When Mr. Shaw became Secretary' of
the Treasury thero was a minor employe
of the department named Mike, whoso
duties were so multifarious and compli
cated that he had come to be regardea
as Indispensable. About once In two
months Mike went on a spree and was
discharged, but was always taken back
when things In his particular sphere went
wrong. Mr. Shaw learned of this and
asked the delinquent's imedlate superior:
"What would you do If Mike were dead?"
"Oh, I suppose we would have to
straighten out things ourselves." "Well,
so far as this department Is concerned,
Mike Is dead. So begin to straighten."
Oregon Is a big country but some peo
ple are stingy enough to wish to keep
It all to themselves. The committee
which is soliciting an advertising fund
for the Harriman Immigration Bureau
found a specimen of that breed of hu
manity the other day.
"Don't want any more people here," ho
snapped.
"But your business will grow larger."
"No, It won't. I'm In the lumber busi
ness. They will use up all the timber.
Why should people expect me to find
homes for them? I found my own home."
'Is that so? Didn't Lewis and Clark
find It for you?"
All of which goes to show that thero
are all kinds of people In the world and
that some of us are either supremely
selfish or think a whole lot of our own
Interests.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGHAFHERS
Quite Likely. Little AVlllle Pa. who was It
that said "Dead men tell no tales?" Pa
Some automobile flend, probably. Chicago Dally
Xews.
His Status. Gladys Is he so absolutely flip
pant and worthless? Ethel Is he? Why. every
girl he meets feels sure she discovers nobta
qualities In him that only need development by
a true woman. Puck.
"Do you know the amount of money that la
spent for rum each year?" asked (he Prohibi
tionist. "'So." replied the man addressed; "i m
not Interested In the price which staggers hu
manity." Yonkers Statesman.
Plenty of Xames. She was Idling at tho soda
fountain. "How many different kinds of drinks
do you serve here?" she asked. "Oh. 10 or 13."
replied the clerk, "but we have 50 or 60 differ
ent names for them." Chicago Tribune.
Startling Incompetence. First Burglar
Here's a bank cashier bin stealln for 20 yearj
an only taken ten t'ounsand dollars. Second
Burglar Hully gee! Such a Incompetent man
ez dat must er got hl3 Job t'roo "lnfloocnce."
Judre.
Handicapped. "Here's a dime." said Mra.
Goodart; "now don't get drunk with It." "No
fear, ma'am. I'm a perfect stranger In dl
town." "And may not a stranger get drunk?"
"Not wld 10 cents, ma'am. You gotter know
de ropes." Philadelphia Press.
Microbe Mad. "Is Mr. Fussc much afraid of
microbes?" "Well. I should say he was. He
washes the antiseptic gauze gloves he wears In
an antiseptic fluid before he even handles tho
sterilized glass that contains the boiled and Al
tered mineral watr ha Intends to drink I"
Baitlmwe Herald,