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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2.
WASHINGTON AND ITS RAILROADS.
It is the plainest of certainties that
unless public opinion can be lifted bod
ily Into a" higher plane than it now
occupies, the young State of Washing
ton ia about to pass through the fiery
furnace of a railroad war, In which
unreasoning populism will stand ar
rayed against unscrupulous corporate
rapacity. The middle ground .of popu
lar rights and justice to property seems j
to have a curious and most lamentable
non-existence in the political life of the
state. Yet it is the only safe ground,
and. so time will show, at whatever in
cidental cost of corruption or disasters
of populistic blight
The explanation of the bitter contro- i
versy that is now agitating the public
mind of Washington is simple. To
such extent have the activities of pro
rallroad and antl-rallroad lobbyists
come to dominate the state's politics
that for a man to oppose the Incompe
tent Railroad Commission of Governor
McBride, for example, is for him to be
interpreted by the leaders, of public
opinion as a paid servant of the rail
.roads, and a political ally of John L.
Wilson, Between these two extremes
of unwisdom and corruption the right
minded man should be found; and it is
perhaps the most depressing factor In
the situation that this wise policy has
scarcely an advocate ln all the journal
ism of the state.
A sufficient warning against these
errors Is afforded by the political an
nals of California. It has long been
known that C. P. Huntington had so
corrupted the politics of the state that
it required considerable hardihood for
the honest man to stand with him, even
when he was right. To resist the ap
peals of the most frenzied anti-railroad
element was to be stamped in the pub
lic mind with railroad influence and
railroad corruption. Upon this baleful
way the railroad Interests of the State
of Washington have been inclined to
enter. Governor McBrlde's fulmlna
tiona against the lobbies that have dis
graced the capital at every legislative
sesslQn find abundant justification in
the nefarious methods there pursued.
It is no wonder that popular indigna
tion rises high against the corruptive
influences.
The chief offender and the original
source of such a situation is the preda
tory politician. It 1s the history of
blackmail everywhere that the original
nffender Is the political bird of prey and
that the corporation resorts to" corrup
tion in self-defense before it appropri
ates It as a settled policy of both of
fense and defense. The business man
naturally prefers to do business in. a
business way, without submitting to the
drain upon his resources made neces
sary by the blackmailing politician.
Railroad attorneys are naturally loth
to encumber expenditures of their de
partments with large disbursements to
lobbyists and to besmirch their call
ing with the attainder of bribery. Ex
tensive as their ultimate operations of
aggression may become, the beginning
is always made in protection against
rapacious thrift or wild-eyed anarchy.
Such weight and Influence as The
Oregonlan can bring to bear upon the
counsels of Republicans and of all
other forces of public opinion In the
State of Washington, it would cast In
the direction of stirring up- business
men and serious-minded citizens gen
erally to demand of the state conven
tions and the Legislature a course of
justice and wisdom that shall at once
steer clear of the railroad , corruption
and the populist persecution. It will
not do for the railroad lobbyist to hold
the destinies of this growing young
commonwealth in his unscrupulous
grasp.. Nor will it do for the state to
enter upon a campaign of unreasoning
hostility to the railroad corporations.
It is a critical moment in the hlstory
of the Pacific Coast. The State of
Washington can ill afford to advertise
itself as the Implacable foe of capital
or the -helpless prey of corrupting lob
bies. The whole situation has no more dis
couraging feature than the inexplicable
absorption of Governor McBride In a
punitive scheme that is at once danger
ous and Inoperative. With the history
of railroad commissions in Oregon and
California so plain before him, and in
view of the Impossibility that guberna
torial appointees should exercise the
judicial functions reserved to the courts
by our form of government or the leg
islative functions reserved for the Leg
islature, it is difficult to see what he
can hope ;to gain either in ultimate ef
fects upon the state's welfare or In tem
porary standing for himself in the
minds of the ludicrous and discerning.
He has arrayed himself and his lmme
dlate adherents at the head of the antl-
j-ailroad element Jn. Washington poll
tics; and the end of such indiscriminate
warfare, disclaim it as he may, is writ
large In the history of populist depres
sion la Kansas,. Colorado and Oregon.
Does every Western State have to pass
through this desperate ordeal? If eo,
Washington has chosen a most Inauspi
cious time for its passing. The Gover
nor has correctly apprehended the giant
of railroad corruption. But he goes out
to meet it with a discredited and
broken weapon.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Mr. R. H. Edmonds, in a recent ad
dress before the Georgia School of
Technology, recited a large number of
interesting statistics In proof of the re
markable Industrial progress made by
the South since I860. The South's pres
ent output of pig iron, of bituminous
coal, of manufactured lumber products,
greatly exceeds the total output of the
whole country in 1860. The South .has
25,000 miles more of railroad than the
whole country had in 1S60. In 1860 the
value of manufactured goods In the
United States wa3 $115,000,000. Today
the South, manufactures $110,000,000
worth. The mineral and manufactured
products of the South In 1900 were
$1,620,000,000, against $1,900,000,000 for
the whole country In 1860. In 1860 the
whole country produced 500.000 barrel?
of petroleum. Today the South is mar
keting 20,000,000 barrels, while in bank
ing capital the South has about half of
what the whole country had thirty
years ago.
These are striking proofs of splendid
Industrial progress, but industrial
growth alone will not make a great
people; for if rapid winning of commer
cial wealth through capacity for trade
constituted a great people, why, then,
Tyre and Corinth were greater than
Athens or Rome, and Venice a state of
more glorious record than Great Brit
ain or Holland. The best and the. most
recent evidence that the South is grow
ing fast not only In body but in soul is
the legal hanging of two white men for
murder in Mississippi. One of these
murderers was the black sheep of a
good family, and extraordinary efforts
were made by his family arid powerful
friends to save him from the gallows.
Governor Longlno refused to grant any
respite, and the sentence was carried
out in a public execution, which was at
tended largely by negroes. The Missis
sippi Governor had become aware that
there was a general popular belief that
the condemned murderers would not be
hanged because they were white men,
and the negro population believed that
the public would be Imposed upon by a
secret hanging while the murderers
would really escape. Because public
opinion had come to believe that "only
negroes are hanged," the government
of the State of Mississippi wisely de
cided upon a public execution and In
vited the people to witness it. The exe
cution took place, and the negro spec
tators were assured by the public
hanging of a white man of aristocratic
Southern birth and breeding that, so
far as Governor Longlno was con
cerned, capital punishment would as
surely be inflicted upon a white mur
derer as upon a black. This action of
Governor Longlno in deciding that
these' murderers not only must be
hanged, but be executed so publicly
that there should be no possible doubt
among the most illiterate negroes that
justice had been wrought, in our judg
ment is notable assurance that the
progress of the South consists' not mere
ly In getting richer, but in growth in
civic wisdom and justice.
The State of Mississippi before the
Civil War was conspicuous for the abil
ity and virtue of her public men, and
after the Civil War she was represented
in the United States Senate and upon
the Supreme Bench by a statesman of
rare quality in the person of Lamar.
Governor Longlno seems to be a man of
resolute civic courage and public in
tegrity. He sees that the horrible prac
tice of lynching negroes for great
crimes, petty crimes and often for no
crime at all can never be corrected If
any mercy is shown by the courts or
the Governor to white murderers. Gov
ernor Longlno has spared no effort to
bring the executives of lynch law to
justice, and it is not his fault that he
has not always succeeded, but he is op
portunely wise in making the poor, ig
norant negro population of Mississippi
understand that if any white murderer
falls into the hands of the legal au
thorities he will get the same punish
ment he would obtain if he were black.
SPECIAL TRAINING REQUIRED.
In the political stress in Great Brit
ain Incident to a change of the Cabi
net at a critical period, much is said
of the value of commercial train
ing as a prime requisite for men who
are given charge of matters of state.
There is a feeling that Lord Salisbury
relied too much upon his own gifts and
past experience In filling Cabinet va
cancies, gathering about him .thereby
a class of politicians of little better
equipment than that of government
clerks, and in many cases lacking even
such qualifications as these. According
to the Pali Mall Gazette, "Salisbury's
last Cabinet was fast dying of Its own
dignity." The Times raises the cry for
the "commercially trained," and the
Echo significantly observes that "Mr.
Roosevelt has advisers who earned
their own living before trying to con
duct the mighty affairs of state."
There is much more In all of this than
appears upon the surface. Commercial
efficiency is not picked up while in of
fice, except after much blundering and
at great cost to the Nation. The thor
ough training that a "man of business
requires in his manager and confiden
tial clerk Is needed in a much wider de
gree .in a Cabinet office. Dignity is a
good thing, no doubt Indeed, it is an
essential thing In a man who speaks for
a great nation. But an excess of dig
nity cannot cover shortcomings In dip
lomatic and commercial training
among men at or near the head of the
Government. Dry rot will creep in
where dignity is In excess, and ability
as acquired by training is at discount
"Advisers who haVe earned their own
living before trying to conduct the
mighty affairs of state" may be regarded
as safe advisers, if, as is the case with
the members of ,the Roosevelt Cabinet
they have gained In so doing wide
commercial and sound economic views,
and acquired from touch with men and
affairs in this and other lands the
graces of diplomacy.
Lord Salisbury was the puissant head
of the British Empire. It seems from
the running fire of comment that has
followed his sudden retirement that he
' was also the body of the empire, speak
ing from the standpoint of directive
force. This, in view of the 6lender ten
ure of human life, is a condition of pub
lic affairs that may justly excite alarm.
In this Instance it seems to justify the
call of the- Times and other Journals
of jnore or less Influence in British
politics for .special training for public
service, as preliminary to public peace
and responsibility. - '
STRIKES AND THE PUBLIC WEL
FARE. '
The riot atShamokin, Pa., which
compelled the .Governor to order thither
the militia, Is sure 'to 'renew the' dis
cussion of the question which1 strikes
bear to the- public welfare. The history
of battles between capital and labor
show clearly that the public peace , and
general business has been most de
structively disturbed; that whether the
hostilities were begun by employer or
employe, public, welfare has been tram
pled recklessly under foot by private
interest The public welfare is always
doomed to suffer, and because of this
fact the most thoughtful friends of so
cial progress Insist that "it has now
become the public duty to declare em
phatically and definitely that labor dis
putants shall have no more right to dis
turb public tranquillity by a rec6urse
to a test of strength and endurance
than a pair of bruisers have to settle
their differences in the street" This
Is the position taken by a leading Phil
adelphia journalist. John Handlboe, In
the July issue of the North American
Review.
A strike always affects many persons
In no sense responsible for' the dispute.
The financial loss becomes enormous
and widespread. The price of coal Is
advanced, railroad employes of all sorts
are discharged, industrial plants are
shut down an.d work people forced into
Idleness. The distress of families In
creases, Idleness leads to drink, drink
breeds riotous temper; men on both
sides are killed and wounded, the mili
tary is called out The public In the
last analysis has to pay a heavy bill of
costs for all this destruction of prop
erty and military measures against riot
There Is nothing to hope from employ
ers who say "We have nothing to arbi
trate," who refuse to admit the para
mountcy of public welfare .under cir
cumstances which forebode the disrup
tion of the peace of a community, a
county or a state;, and there Is not
much to hope fpr from labor leaders
who dogmatically declare, "We are op
posed to compulsory arbitration."
The flrst step toward the prevention
of costly or sanguinary strikes, Mr.
Handlboe argues, is the incorporation
of all labor unions, whether local, state
or National. At present labor unions
can abrogate a contract, without the
least fear of consequences, and there Is
nothing Jo prevent employers from do
ing likewise. Mr. Handlboe would have
a binding contract entered into by em
ployer and employe, but such a con
tract cannot be 'made tmless employ
ers recognize the labor union, which
many of them refuse to do, and unless
labor unions are Incorporated a step
for which these unions have no inclina
tion. The next step would be toward
compulsory arbitration, where this
should become necessary. Labor and
capital are both opposed to this, but
the public, which Is the greatest suf
ferer when a great strike occurs, has a
clear right to enact a compulsory ar
bitration law which would provide for
the hearing and determination of a
wage dispute when the parties to that t
dispute are not disposed to end the
matter peacefully for themselves.
A compulsory industrial arbitration
law has been, In successful operation In
New Zealand for a number of years,
and the very latest news from that
country Is that this system1 of settling
labor disputes continues to work well.
A commission appointed by the Vic
torian Parliament recently returned
"from New Zealand to Melbourne, after
spending a long time in taking testi
mony of all sorts of people in all the
centers of Industry. Among those con
sulted were, the president of the chief
Chamber of Commerce, officers of rate
payers' associations and representatives
of various industrial unions. All agreed
that the arbitration court works well,
but the commission found that the con
ciliation boards are not equally satis
factory. These boards take evidence
and can then send on points to the
arbitration court for final decision.
Many desire that the boards should
have the power to give their recom
mendatlons the force of law until re
versed by the court, and It is proposed
that the act shall be amended so that
Its machinery shall not be put In opera
tion unless half the employes petition
for It
Unions having been Incorporated, a
system of contracts provided and a
compulsory arbitration law enacted,
Mr. Handlboe thinks formidable strikes
could be prevented. Under such a sit
uation as exists at present In Pennsyl
vania, the compulsory arbitration act
could be invoked and enforced and re
bellious and contumacious parties to
the dispute punished for violation of
the orders of the arbitration court It
is easy to call such a plan as this for
compulsory arbitration revolutionary
and impracticable, but the protection
of the public welfare will sooner or
later compel us to adopt It
HIS SPEECHES HELP HIM.
It is a favorite cry of the "anti-imperialistic",
critics of the President that
his frequent public speech is bad policy
for a man of his impulsive tempera
ment; that "no man can make numer
ous public addresses without running
the risk of saying indiscreet or ill-considered
things." As a general maxim
this is probably true, but some men are
sul generis; they are never misunder
stood because of their utter frankness
and lack of conventionality. Andrew
Jackson was a man of this sort and
Theodore Roosevelt Is another. . An-,
drew Jackson was firmly trusted and
enthusiastically supported, not because
of his impetuous, precipitate public
speech, but in spite of It The people
knew that Jackson's superficial .explo
slveness of political speech was not al
ways In good taste, but they knew,
too, that he was a man entirely earnest
and honest In action. The people knew
that Jackson, if he lacked the grace
and tact of a diplomat was never open
to any suspicion of dissimulation; they
knew that if he sometimes fired in haste
without stopping to see whether the
game was worth the powder, Jackson
was sure to open deadly fire on the
enemies of the. American flag, whether
foreign or domestic. Because the peo
ple firmly believed and trusted In An
drew Jackson as never a demagogue In
peace or war, he was permitted to deal
in expletives and imprecations early and
late. If he sometimes fired wl)d the
people laughed, because they felt abso
lute respect for the man behind the
gun.
It is something so with Theodore
Roosevelt Like Andrew Jackson, he Is
sul generis; like Jackson, he is a trans
parent man, an aggressive man, a man
of spontaneity of temperament and,
like Jackson", he Is a" brave, frank.
truthful man, who is never suspected
of trying to carry water on both should
ders. Such men, when they are credited
with public disinterestedness, generally
obtain and retain the confidence of the
people. President Roosevelt's speeches
cannot be measured by the same stand
ard as the public speeches of President
McKlnley, who by natural temperament
and long practice In the art of public
sejf-restralnt never said more than he
meant, never Impulsively answered In
terruption with retort Nevertheless, It
is probable that President Roosevelt
gains rather than loses popularity by
that very impulsiveness and ardency
of utterance, which a practiced forensic
artist like President McKlnley would
be sure' to avoid.
Pew of our Presidents have been good
public speakers, but we notice that all
of them who possessed this accom
plishment were disposed on public occa
sion to exercise It Washington was
trained as a soldier and could not talk
at all on public occasion. Jefferson had
fine conversational powers, but was a
poor speaker Not until we reach John
Qulncy Adams do we reach a President
gifted with superior powers of public
speech. Franklin Pierce had for many
years been the finest jury lawyer In.
New Hampshire; he was a handsome
man and a most eloquent and graceful
speaker. Abraham Lincoln made a
great many speeches during his term
of office, and was an excellent speaker,
not because he had any of the superfi
cial personal gifts and graces ot an
orator, but because his utterances were
always flawless in logical force, apt in
illustratfon and irradiated with fine hu
mor. When Andrew Johnson was en
tirely himself, he was a very Impressive,
strong and attractive speaker. Garfield
was a robust speaker of the fervid
quality that shines "on the stump," but
he could not make a finished political
speech on a high public occasion that
was equal In matter or style to the
public efforts of either Benjamin Har
rison or McKlnley.
President Roosevelt likes to talk, and
his. public speeches have served to in
crease his strength with the people
largely because he takes his audience
entirely Into his confidence, even at the
risk of parting sometimes with his offi
cial dignity. But the people like him
all the better because they see there Is
no guile or art In him. His heart is In
his hand, and in his mouth, too, and the
people know that you can always de
pend on that kind of a man, provided
he has already proved that he can be
brave and resolute and patriotic and
is possessed of executive ability, both as
a soldier and a statesman. The most
popular Presidents we have ever had
In this country have been men of the
unconventional. type; the type of Jack
son and Lincoln, and in our judgment
the frank, unconventional public speech
and manner of President Roosevelt have
served " to Increase the confidence of
the people In. his sincerity and strength.
The case of the two Vancouver lads
having in charge an Infant twenty-four
hours old, the child of their young sis
ter's dishonor, taken while endeavor
ing to convey the babe surreptitiously
to the Baby Home In this city. Is a
strange one, and one in a sense most
pitiful. Hard-working, honest folk, this
family seems to have been appalled
by the misfortune that befel it through
the weakness of the daughter and sister
herself but a chljd and the perfidy
of her betrayer. In the hope of keep
ing the occurrence secret, and to insure
care for the child, the blundering at
tempt to foist It as a foundling upon
the Baby Home was made and failed.
It Is up to the good people of Vancou
ver to encourage this betrayed young
girl to take care of her babe, and her
family to provide a home for both, that
her ruin may not be complete. The
child, in such a case is the young moth
er's salvation. Being relieved of Its
care, her transgression" Is shorn of Its
penalty; deprived of its' presence, the
springs of maternal love soon run dry
and the mother's surest and tenderest
safeguard Is removed. The moral sense
of a community, properly touched, will
give a child-mother the one chance left
for her social redemption by making It
possible through timely and Judicious
encouragement to take care of her in
fant This is a question of moral rather
than material support, and addresses
Itself to enlightened, conscientious
women for solution.
General Jacob H. Smith, whose "kill
and burn" order subjected him to
court-martial, Congressional criticism
and much public censure, has reached
San Francisco from a long term of
service In the Philippines. He Is an
old soldier and a good one, as his mili
tary record covering a period of many
years showa His chief offense in the
case that went so hardly against him
was the use, under great provocation,
of Ill-considered. Intemperate language.
He has had his lesson, and will not In
his humiliation and retirement repeat
the offense; declining to talk upon his
arrival yesterday, lest he might there
by subject himself to further criticism.
Sympathy for his misfortune will be
increased by his dignified bearing and
by his voluntary seclusion In his hotel
after having learned of his retirement
frdm active service by the President
Tracy has, it seems, gone beyond hope
of capture by Sheriff Cudihee and the
valiant posse that Btarted out some
weeks ago to show Oregon officers how
it was done. The way he covers ground
and picks up plunder by the way, al
ways, so far as the public is advised,
with his finger on the trigger, is a
marvel of desperate cunning and phys
ical endurance. He is now In Eastern
Washington, headed for "Hole In the
Wall," Utah, and there is no rea
son to suppose that he will not reach
his destination and be welcomed, a thief
among thieves, by the bandits who
have long made that place a robbers'
roost ,
Earthquakes are coming uncomfort
ably close. To be sure, Santa Barbara
County,. California, is some distance
down the coast, .but selsmatlc waves
take little account of distance and even
slight ' vibrations" are. sufficient to un
settle the nerves and cause startling
Visions of toppling chimneys, tumbling
brick walls and gaping fissures In the
earth's crust However, earthquake Is
the one thing from which even terror
cannot flee, not knowing which way
to run.
Oliver C. Davis, an embezzler of
school funds In Decatur County, Kan
sas, some years ago. but latterly of the
Salvation Army of this city, has been
arrested and will be returned to Kansas
for trial. And now It Is hoped that at
least one other member, of the Davis
family will join the Salvation Army,
become conscience-smitten, and give
himself up to punishment Otherwise
one George W., erstwhile of Salem, Is
likely to go unwhlpt of Justice.
HO PROTECTION UNDER BaLFQUR
Chicago Evening Post
The new British- Premier-has now mado
It plain that the ministerial changes
foreshadowed no great change In fiscal
policy, no reversion to protection. Per
sonally Mr. Balfour may sympathize
with the zoilverelners and neo-protectlon-ists,
but he knows that the old-fashioned
Tories have been on the side of Hicks
Beach, the retiring chancellor of the
exchequer, nojt on that of Mr. Chamber
lain, who denounced free trade as
"economic pedantry", and was anxious
to commit the Cabinet and the party to
the customs-union project
A day or two ago, replying to a direct
question from Mr. Labouchere as to the
effect of Sir Michael's withdrawal, the
now Premier (who remains the Govern
ment leader In the House of Commons)
stated that "there was no ground for be
lieving that any policy settled upon by
the Cabinet while the chancellor was a
member of It would be changed by his
retirement"
This,- It Is true, may seem rather am
biguous and evasive to those who are
familiar with Mr. Balfour's dialectical
and controversial methods. No one
knows what policies are deemed to have
been "settled" by the Cabinet of which
Sir Michael was an Influential member,
and it would hardly bo unrpasonable to
.hold that the question of restoring the
corn laws and establishing an imperial
customs union was open and unsettled
Such an Interpretation of Mr. Balfour's
answer would be the reverse of reassur
ing to the opponents of protection.
However, this was not the Premier's
meaning. He was not quibbling or evad
ing the question. This we Infer from the
first public Bpeech on the political situa
tion which he recently made in the Com
mons since his appointment After pay
ing a warm tribute to Mr. Chamberlain,
to whose personality and policy England
was declared to be indebted for the pres
ent relations between the mother country
and the colonies, Mr. Balfour went on
to say: "We must look forward hopefully
to the present conferences of the colonial
Premiers in London. If they resulted In
Increased prosperity or help In times of
difficulty, it would be well. Even If no
formal arrangement were made it would
be well also. Britain had seen what the
colonies could do and were willing to
do. and hereafter It would be Impossible
to regard the great collection of self
governing communities of the empire as
merely paper glory."
It 1b understood that the colonial Pre
miers have abandoned the subject of
preferential tariffs. They are now dis
cussing ship subsidies as a means of
fighting the American steamship combi
nation, but even on this point a "formal
arrangement" Is extremely unlikely. At
any rate, the zollvereln project is shelved.
Mr. Balfour .will not go out of his way
to encourage the neo-protectlonlsts. He
Is a good politician and understands the
art of compromise.
Tnwney Needs His Lesson.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Mr. Tawney Is one of the ablest and
most efficient of our members of Con
gress. His 10 years' experience in Con
gress has greatly Increased his ability to
be of service to his constituents and the
country. He has attained a position of
conspicuous influence among the Repub
lican leaders of the House. In his suc
cessful fight for the protection of the
dairy interests of the country against the
oleomargarine fraud he has won' the
grateful regard of the farmers of his dis
trict, who are extensively engaged in the
dairy business. Whatever opposition to
him exists among the Republicans of his
district is due to the extreme length to
which he carries his devotion to the pro
tection policy. An active and Influential
member of the committee on ways and
means, he is one of those whose faces are
set like flint agalnstany revision or re
adjustment of the tariff to existing con
ditions. While lauding what he calls in
his letter "the great Republican policy of
reciprocity," he so defines It as to reduce
It to a chimera, an empty form of words,
.for his Idea of reciprocity Is that It can
only be Republican and wise when we get
something for. nothing when the conces
sions are all on the side of the foreigner
and none on ours. Eleven reciprocity
treaties approved by that great master
of the philosophy of protection, William
McKlnley, have been hung up or killed in
the Senate for reasons which illustrate
Mr. Tawncy's Idea of reciprocity. The re
duction of the duty on some foreign ar
ticle was objected to by the home manu
facturer in each case, and was therefore
rejected as not a wise or Republican reci
procity. Of course, no reciprocity would
be ever possible on this principle.
The atmosphere of the committee of
ways and means is not conducive to a
clear appreciation of public sentiment In
an agricultural district like the First on
these matters, so that Mr. Tawney has
ceased to be In line with the more Intelli
gent and progressive of his Republican
constituents on the tariff and reciprocity
questions. Mr. Knitvold, in entering the
field against him, has blazoned his colors
with declarations that emphasize these
Issues. He will have undoubtedly a large
support In his district. He may not be
nominated, but the discipline of such a
campaign was needed by air. Tawney,
and It will doubtless have an improving
effect on him.
A Tariff Injnstlce.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Griggs, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional committee, has ascertained
that typewriters which are sold to Ameri
cans for $100 are offered for export at $55.
The price of typewriters is maintained by
the tariff, by the monopoly conferred by
patents and by a combination of the lead
ing manufacturers. If there Is $25 profit
on the machine sold abroad there Is $70
profit on the machine sold at home. The
export price sheets that Mr. Griggs has
obtained from some of the export houses
show sewing machines offered to foreign
ers for $1? which are sold at home for $10.
Tin plate, on which there Is a high rate
of protection, based upon the pretext that
It costs more to make it here than abroad,
Is offered for export at $3 19 per box, and
to Americans for $4 19. Lead is offered
for export at half the domestic price, wire
rope at less than half, wire nails at a lit
tle more than a half, barbed wire, out of
which Mr. John W. Gates has derived such
very satisfactory profits, at three-fourths
of the domestic price. But the duty Is
maintained on barbed wire on the ground
that American wages would have to be
reduced if the duty were lowered. Shov
els are offered to foreigners at a little
more than two-thirds the domestic price
and axle grease at exactly half the do
mestic price. Mr. Griggs does not believe
that he has obtained the very lowest
prices offered to foreigners, the special
discounts for the export trade. -
Knlttinjr as n Medicine.
Family Doctor.
Knitting Is declared by specialists in the
treatment of rheumatism to be a most
helpful exercise for hands liable to be
come stiff from the complaint, and It Is
being prescribed by physicians because
of lis efficacy In limbering up the hands
of such sufferers. For persons liable to
cramp, paralysis or any other affection of
the fingers of that character, knitting Is
regarded as a mo&t beneficial exercise.
Besides the simple work Is said to be an
excellent diversion for the nerves, and Is
rccorr mended to women suffering from
Insomnia and depression. In certain san
itariums patients arc encouraged to make
use of the bright steels, and the work Is
so pleasant that It Is much enjoyed by
thim.
Should Let Well Enough Alone.
Peoria Journal.
Rathbonc has evidently never heard the
old adage that It Is best to, let sleeping
dogs alone. He has demanded a vindica
tion, and he may not understand all the
possibilities connected with the attempt
to get one. It might be much better for
him to let matters stand as they arc.
There is a very general Impression that
Rathbonc-got off exceedingly easy.
SCAVENGERS OF THE" CAMP.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The President will not feel called "on to
answer the "open letter" of the sniveling
old women of the anti-Imperialist league.
This is fortunate. There Is no language
fit to answer this letter that is- fit for the
President of the United States to use.
There Is no need for him to answer It
He has said his word .in vindication of
the American Army. Its honor needs no
defense from him against the baseless at
tack of this sort of cattle. The open
letter contains no. new evidence of any
kind. The statements of fact on which
Its sweeping slanders rest have been
proven false In court and before- commit
tees of Congress. The matter calls for no
ofllcial notice. The unofficial attention
Its authors require they will get from the
American people.
These venerable blackguards were the
Instigators of the Senatorial Investigation
last Winter. They led the Philippine com
mittee Into the dissemination of lies that
overwhelmed the Democratic party with
popular wrath. They worked up the "evi
dence" that was riddled in that Inquiry.
They dug "witnesses" out of the scum of
the Volunteer Army, and coached them
to tell their lies straight before the com
mittee. They are suborners of 'perjury.
They are scavengers of the cimp. They
nosed among the refuse of the guard
houses like pigs In the dump hoap ofa
distiller. They smelled out every malin
gerer that had come back from the Phil
ippines, hating his officers for trying to
make him do his duty; every drunken
loafer and coward that had divided most
oi his service between skulking and pun
ishment, to show them how to take a
sife and mean revenge by slandering the
Army they had dishonored and compro
mising the officers whose scorn they had
felt. They have conspired with rogues
to stab the Army in the back as historic
traitors conspired with hired assassins to
murder statesmen and rulers.
They failed, and this open letter Is the
impotent mouthing of baffled rage and
malice. The witnesses they coached broke
down cn the stand; the evidence they
cooked up was riddled by credible testi
mony; the whole fabric of perjury was
blown away- by the first breath of honest
Inquiry. The Senatorial investigation
ended in ridicule and failure, and nearly
destroyed the party responsible for It The
military courts stood by the Army. Wal
ler was acquitted; Glenn's "punishment"
is a joke: tho President's rebuke of
Smith's intemperate language which had
no effect on the conduct of the Army Is
the net result of the campaign of slan
der. Ordinary malice would have sought ref
uge In obscurity; but these creatures have
fronts of brass. Probably they call It
appealing o public opinion to scatter
broadcast monstrous allegations of a gen
eral policy of cruelty and brutality In the
Army, based on a few specific statements,
most of which have been proven false.
They can safely be left for public opin
ion to deal with.
The Sand Paths.
New York. Tribune.
At a little village near Huy, Belgium.
In the night of April 3&, there exists
the custom known as the "Chemlns de
Sables," or sand paths. On the morning
of May 1 the village lanos are found cov
ered with narrow tracks ot white sand
running side by side, and by following
them one will be led at one end to the
house of some winsome country lass, and
at the other end to the home of her vil
lage lover. v
Sometimes these sand paths are miles In
length, and will take those who follow
them to all the most frequented haunts
of the lovers. However, to know these se
crets and Intrigues the curious must rise
with the early bird, for the maidens spy
out from their windows and when they
see a .streak of white sand leading up to
their doors hasten down to sweep away
the telltale Hrack. Sometimes several
sand-streaks lead to the door of the same
las, a sign that she Is a decided favorite.
Snake for a Garter.
Newark News."
Playing1 golf wltha snake colled around
her ankle that was the experience of
Mrs. Harry Bartow on the Hackensack
Club links. A party of young married
women were having a putting match and
Incidentally a picnic In the woods. At
one point In the play Mrs. Bartow said
her foot was caught in the oaddy bag
strap, and she gave two or three kicks
to free herself. The last effort threw a
enakc about three feet long before her on
the grass. Some of the women promptly
left the vicinity, but Mrs. Bartow com
pleted her drive. The Incident broke up
the picnic.
Merely Follow! npr Onr Example.
St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Why should not the European powers
exclude American goods? Is It not taught
In the United States that a country ex
cluding the goods of other countries be
comes prosperous? The Europeans arc as
anxious as ourselves to prosper, and they
know that we have been getting very
rlch.
PERSONS WORTH KNOWIXG ABOUT.
Tho Crown Prince of Germany has developed
Into an automobile expert. He knows every
piece of the machine, and the other day when
his automobile broke down the Prince himself
alighted and repaired the damage.
The condition of women of all classes In
Russia has been made a special study this
Summer by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president
of the National Woman's Republican Associa
tion. Mrs. Foster has been traveling exten
sively through Russia.
The wife of Wu Ting Fang will be greatly
missed In Washington. Many Oriental women
have resided there who are pleasantly remem
bered, but none of her sisters from the East
succeeded In making an Impression on sb
clety such as Mrs. Wu has made;
Thlrty-flve secretaries are constantly engaged
In coping with ths enormous volume of let
ters which dally pour Into the Vatican. Pope
Leo receives more letters and newspapers than
any other ruler In the world, the average num
ber being somethln? like 20,000 to 22.090 dally.
An Iowa Judge and his daughter were among
the callers on Mayor Low, of New York, the
other day. In the course of, a chat with Mr.
Low, the young woman said, artlessly: "We
aro here to see the sights, and so we called on
you." The Mayor's habitual poise was some
what shaken for a moment, but he saw thut
the remark was Intended as a compliment, and
bowed his thanks.
Dean Smith, of the Tale Medical School, once
cited n hypothetical case to a class ami asked
one student how much of a certain medlolne
should be administered to the sufferer. "A
teaspoontul." said the young man. but. after
reflecting a minute, he said he would like to
chango his answer. "My young friend." said
tho Dean, dryly, "your patient has been dead
for 40 seconds."
Tho physician of Governor George P. Mc
Lean, of Connecticut, has advised him that It
would be exceedingly Impolitic for him to re
main In public life after the close of his pres
ent term, and he has accordingly given out
word that ho will not be a candidate for a
rtnomlnatlon. "I would run If I could." he
lately wrote to a friend, "but the good Lord
has ordered otherwise, and I am content."
The eminent German anatomist. Albert von
Kolllker. has resigned his professorship at the
University of Wurzburg. which he has occupied
25 years. He Is now In his S3th year, and his
bodily and mental powers are still well pre
served for one of his age. a fact which he at
tributes to his lifelong devotion to gymnastic
exercises, riding, swimming and hunting. Ills
father had Intended him for a bank official.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has been
credited with being able to sleep as easily In
a standing position as he can lying down. Said
the Duke of Devonshire to him on one occa
slon: "You are like a policeman. Bannerman,
you can always sleep standing up." An equal
ly curious habit Is that of Lord Rothschild.
who confesses that he can sleep better In a
theater during the performance than he can at
any other time or place.
Senator William A. Harris, of Kansas, ac
companied by Mrs. Harri, has sailed
for Europe, with the view of neeurl-i: for the
St. Louis World's Fair the grfatest TShlblt of
livestock that has ever been sefn. The Senator
goes as a special commissioner of the expos!
tlon, and will also bear important credentials
to United States diplomatic and Consular offl
clals. He will make a special effort to secure
the entry of some splendid herds owned by
King Edward, one of them being the finest
herd of ' shorthorns in Europe.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Let us hope thatrEastern Washington is
thoroughly posselzed.,
As If the climate of California wasn't
hot enough "without any imitation Mount
Pelces!
General Brooke retired trlthmit ? mtirl.
marid. He apparently ' did not open his
man regularly.
It begins to look as if Tracy is soing
down to Walla Walla to get a parting
shot at the bloodhounds
Somo mem are born great, others achieve
greatness, and others are relatives of the
authcrs of historical novels.
It Is noticed that now and then a skillful
reporter manages to extort a few words'
from the taciturn Mr. Bryan.
A Texas Sheriff has just captured two
train robbers. A man l.ke that has a"
rich future before him in Washington.
The Philippines may prove almost as
troubltfome as Tracy If reports of the
bloodthirstiness of the Moros are true.
A California young woman distinguished
herself yesterday by shooting two men.
She apparently had mislaid her hatpin.
A Boston lawyer has admitted that he
Is a thief. Is not such unprofessional
conduct ground for disbarment proceed
ings? Alfred ' Austin would never dare aim
a coronation cde at his sovereign if the
latter were In.sutllclent health to defend
himself.
Automobile owners smile when they hear
that oats are rising:, but they should not
forget that automobiles are also very
likely to go up. ,
The Victoria Colonist says thut that city
is very much alive. If this -Is the case,
there is no immediate need of performing
an autopsy on Tacoma.
Emperor William has never been
crowned, but he seems to have created
a very genera! Impression that he Is run
ning affairs in his country.
A man 39 years old in Salem. Mass.,
died of drinking too much water. Drink
ing to excess will land the best of them
It they keep it up long enough.
Hon. AV. E. Cody must sign a few mem
bers of the Senate for his aggregation, if
he wants tto make the public believe that
it Is truly illustrative of wildest North
America.
One day when Senator-elect McCreary,
of Kentucky, was out looking after his
political fenqes, he stopped before a house
where there Was a well In the yard and
asked for a drink.
"Sorry, mister," responded the man of
the house, "but there ain't a drop on this
here place, and I'm getting purty dry
myself." '
"Isn't there any water In the well?" ex
claimed McCreary.
"Of course there is," . blurted out the
man. "I didn't know you wanted water.
I thought you wanted a drink."
Lighthouse keepers on Percy Island, off
the coast of Queensland. In 1900 were for
gotten for months by the government au
thorities. The food supply of Percy .Isl
and Is supposed to be delivered once a
quarter, but no food arrived at the island
after the flrst week In June until a Brit
ish sloop chanced to pass In October. Tho
islanders. 20 in 'number, were delirious
from lack of food, but managed to hall
the vessel, which left behind an ample
supply of provisions, and reminded the
Queensland Government of the lighthouse
men whose existence it had forgotten.
Lord Hopetoun. who has just had an
enthusiastic sendoff from the citizens of
the commonwealth, promised, according to
an English paper, to procure for an English
friend an egg of the emu, the Australian
ostrich. Tho emu's egg Is of considerable
size, and this particular one happened to
arrive when the consignee was away from
home. His gamekeeper never saw such a
colossal egg before, but he concluded that
It had been 'sent for purposes of incuba
tion. His report to his master ran thus:
"In the absence of your lordship. I put
it under the biggest goose I could find."
The addresses in Persian upon letters
which go through the postofllce at Cal
cutta arc often quaint and puzzling. An
Indian paper recently translated one as
follows: "If the Almighty pleases Let
this envelope, having arrived at the City
ot Calcutta, in the neighborhood of Ca
lootolah, at the counting-house of Sira
Joodeen and Ilahdad. merchants, be of
fered to and read by the happy light of
my eyes, of virtuous manners, and be
loved of the heart Meean Shaikh Inayua
Ally, may his life be long. Written on the
10th of the blessed Rumzan, Saturday, In
the year 1266 of the Heglra of our Proph
et, and dispatched at Bearing. Having
without loss of time paid the postage and
received the letter; you will read it, and
having abstained from foo'd or drink, con
sidering It forbidden to you. you will con
vey yourself to Jaunpoor. and you will
know this to be a strict Injunction."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Church Is It easy to fall Into the New York
ways? Gotham Oh. yes. tho subways. Ton-'
kers Statesman.
Jolly! "Oh. papa, we have a new game! Wo
are playing baby Is a bank, and we've put In
75 'cents already." Life.
Xo Cause for Jealousy. He Your dog seems
to be Jealous of me. She Oh. he won't be as
soon as' he knows you better. Judge.
A Slight Misunderstanding. Relle Don't you
think Sousa Is a great conductor? Xell I don't
ever, remember riding on hl3 car. Detroit Free
Press.
Quite True. Hewitt It Is worry, not work,
that kills. Jewett That's so; especially -when
a fellow worries himself to death because ha
cannot get work. Brooklyn Life.
Equivocal. Mrs. Blobbs I quite thought you
had forgotten us. Miss Gusher. Mlsa Gusher
Well. T have a bad memory for faces as a rule,
but I should not be likely to forget yours.
Punch.
A Delicate Distinction. "That friend of yours
seems to have a clear conscience." "No."
answered Senator Sorghum, "not a clear con
science; merely a bad memory which with
eomo people answers the purpose much bet
ter." Washington Star.
An Unbiased View. Younghub There's noth
ing like matrimony for teaching a young man
the value of money. Oldwed That's right. A
dollar a man gives to his wife looks twice as
big as the dollar he blew In on her during
courtship. Chicago Dally News.
Love's Dlsfrnlacs.
Matthew Prior.
The merchant, to secure his treasure.
Conveys It lri a borrow'd name:
Euphella serves to grace my measure.
But Cloe Is my real flame.
My softest verse, my darling lyre
Upon.Euphella'a toilet lay
When Cloe noted her desire
That I should olng. that. I should play.
My lyre I tune, my voice I raise.
But with my numbers mix my tlghs;
And whilst" I sing Euphella' s praise,
I flx my bouI on Cloe's eyes.
Fair Cloe blush'd: Euphella frown'd:
1 sung, and gazed; I play'd. and trembled:
And Venus to the Loves around .
Knmark'd how 111 we all dissembled.