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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1002.
PARTIES EXCHANGING GROUND.
If President Roosevelt is an. authori
tative exponent of Republican party
principles, then that party has moved
upon traditional Democratic ground,
whither conscientious Democrats can
not choose but follow. Specifically, this
utterance:
The state cannot carry any one. The state
cannot do as much for you as you can do for
It. Under no circumstances will it be possible
by law to shape conditions so that each man
Bhall succeed. If the man has not got In him
the stuff out of which he can work success the
state cannot supply it. If ho falls I am sorry
Sor him. I will help him as far as possible.
1 will lift him up if he stumbles, but I won't
try to carry him, for that Is neither helping
him nor helping me.
At Lynn earlier In the day he ex
pressed himself on the same subject as
follows:
A government can do something it can do a
great deal, but it can never begin to do as
much for an individual as the individual can
do for the government.
, No man -who has heard Democratic
doctrine expounded from the stump by
Bayard, "Vilas, Carlisle or "Watterson
needs to be reminded that this is the
historic Democratic position. It was
once the dividing line between Demo
cratic and Republican theory. On the
one hand -we had the Republican pater
nalist, clamoring for protection for all
producers, for the Ration "with the big
U", for the extension of Federal power
and Federal aid Into every possible field
of control and Industry.
Opposed to this was the Democratic
contention, "which probably attracted
more young men Into the Democratic
party than came through any other
agency. The Democrat, we were as
sured, was -the man who held that
every man could do for himself just a
little better than the Government could
do for him: that the nearer Government
could be brought to the people, and the
less Its functions were withdrawn to
the remote central Government, the
better for Individual Initiative, the safer
for popular rights. It Is unnecessary
to recount the determined battles that
were fought by the Democracy along
this line, notably on the tariff ques
tion, but also on minor matters con
nected with labor, taxation, the elective
franchise and bureaucracy of various
sorts. '
It is six years now since a power
arose in the Democratic party in an
tagonism to this time-honored theory.
It was the underlying principle of
Bryan's political philosophy that for
every III the voter should appeal to the
Government for paternal aid and care.
The sound proverbs of Benjamin
Franklin, who reprobated the ne'er-do-well
that laid all his troubles at the
door of government, were set at
straight defiance by the new apostle of
Democracy. Mr. Bryan undertook to
promise on behalf of the Government
that the poor should become rich, the
debtor free of debts and the prosperous
compelled to divide with .the penniless.
Republican paternalism was put to the
blush by paternalistic populism; and in
the wake of Bryan's flagship floated a
motley crew of populistlc proposals to
enrich and ennoble the common people
by loans and gifts from the public
treasury.
The depth of this movement of ex
change between the parties Is evldently
sufficlent to Justify more than a pass
ing allusion. It may afford a hint of
the distance the Democratic party has
swung from its old moorings. It may
indicate something of the work to be
done before the Democratic party can
be restored to Its old place in the con
fidence of the conservative Democrat
and strict constructionist. Free silver
Is not the only leak "In the Democratic
hull.
In another column of this parser ap
pears a recital of the methods pursued
by the San Francisco sailor boarding
house men in promoting desertion from
ships. It .Is apparent from this story
from San Francisco that the business
of handling sailors In the Bay City does
not differ from that practiced In Port
land, except that crimping is worse in
the California port than it Is in Port
land. This fact Is not news to the men
who are in the closest touch with the
shipping business, not only as It is con
ducted in this port, but in other ports
throughout the world. It may cause a
ripple of surprise for reformers whose
knowledge of the sailor and the man
who commands him is only superficial.
The practice of inciting sailors to desert
has at times in the past received gen
erous aid from masters and owners,
who have frequently paid boarding
house men to take sailors out of the
ships. The boarding-house men, In in
ducing sailors to desert, are now doing
for nothing what the shipmasters in
times past paid them for doing, and
where the deserter leaves a sufficient
amount of wages behind him the pro-i
test against desertion Is mitigated.
Crimping is wrong, whether it is en
gaged In at San Francisco or Portland,
but the article referred to is evidence
that the evil Is no worse In Portland
than elsewhere, and should silence the
people who are endeavoring to place
Portland in an unfavorable light as a
shipping port
LATIN-AMERICAN DISORDER.
There is doubtless no basis 4n fact for
the special significance which European
papers are determined to read Into
President Roosevelt's utterances on the
Monroe doctrine. The London Saturday
Review Is needlessly censorious in its
expression of the familiar truth that
the Monroe doctrine is nothing more
or less than the necessary course of
self-preservation. The fact Is generally
recognized. It needs no Saturday Re
view to discover or promulgate it, and
it is in no way discreditable to the
United States. It has a perfect parallel
In the European concert of the powers,
and because we call It for convenience
the Monroe doctrine affords no Just
ground of offense.
Events, however, do Imbue the Mon
roe doctrine with special meaning at
this time, in view of the continued dis
order in Latin America and the pending
construction of the isthmian' canal.
More pertinent, therefore, are the Ger
man mutterlngs against assertion of
the United States hegemony south of
Mexico; for It must be clekr to the
dullest observer that such disorder as
now obtains In Colombia and Is threat
ened In Nicaragua cannot be tolerated
by us throughout the canal-building
era or its subsequent operation. It is
perfectly idle for Germany to protest
against the Monroe doctrine and yet
expect the Interests of European citi
zens in Latin America to be protected.
What Great Britain has done in South
Africa, what all the powers did at Tien
Tsin and Pekln, what Germany herself
would do under similar circumstances
whenever her own peace or the order
of communities for which she sustains
a quasi responsibility to the civilized
world should be menaced by dis
order, just that must be regarded as
the legitimate and necessary province
of the United Stales throughout the
region proximate to the Isthmian canal.
As a highway of commerce it must be
safeguarded from surrounding revolu
tionists. Europe will have to be satis
fied with our performance of this task.
Her interests are those of justice for
the lives and property of foreigners,
German and other. In these Latin-American
regions. The better the police work
we do, the better for Germany and all
Europe. And it Is perfectly idle for Ger
man critics to put themselves In the
attitude of complaining at our perform
ance of duties whose neglect would be
Inimical to all clvllizatlon.-
The most important aspect of the
Nicaraguan and Colombian difficulties
Is their bearing on the site of the canaL
We know enough of Central American
politics and alleged government to ex
pect little but alarm and outbreaks
during the whole construction neriod.
Army and Navy will have police work
to ao tnere, and the question between
healthful, near-by Nicaragua and dead
ly and distant Panama becomes too
serious for unconcern. It Is In the
neighborhood of 500 miles farther to the
Panama ports than to the Nicaragua
ports on either side of the isthmus.
San Francisco will be the headquarters
and nearest point for the Pacific opera
tions, and the matter of carrying ships,
men and supplies there and back, both
for construction and police duty, is one
of moment and magnitude. If the Ad
ministration gives proper heed to these
considerations. It may yet decide to.
build the canal at Nicaragua the
proper place
THE CRY OP THE NEGRO.
W. E. Dubois, an able and eloquent
negro, contributes an article to the cur
rent number of the Atlantic Monthly.
In the course of which he bitterly re
proaches the leaders of public opinion
of the North and the South because they
have never approached the negro prob
lem from the standpoint of justice and
humanity. He fairly says that nine
millions of negroes cannot be extermi
nated, hor deported, and warns the
South that It cannot alwaj-s continue to
be simply an armed camp for Intimi
dating black folk. Mr. Dubois says the
negro cannot safely be treated always
as a "tertium quid that God created
between man and cattle"; that no se
cure civilization can be built with the
negro as an Ignorant, turbulent prole
tariat. Mr. Dubois says that the mass
of the negroes at the South, when they
hear white men deplore the presence of
the negro, ask, "Who brought us here?"
When they hear frantic protest against
Intermarriage, they ask whether legai
marriage is not better than systematic
concubinage. When they hear about
prejudice of race and color, they ask
what proof of that prejudice Is found
written on the foreheads of two millions
of mulaf.toes. When they hear lust
murders Imputed to the negro race as
Its peculiar trait, they answer that it
was born out of the brothel of slavery
and lynching and lawlessness are its
twin abortion: that color or race are
not crimes. Mr. Dubois says that nine
millions of negroes are brooding over
these thoughts, and because this is so
it Is best to keep these millions from
becoming converts to the gospel of re
venge, so that with the co-ooeratlon
and encouragement of their white H
neighbors they will find their Way
toward a larger Justice and fuller fu
ture. The bitter protest of Professor Dubois
against the "de-humanizing" of the ne
gro, which a Southern born and bred
man, Professor Sledd, of Emory Col
lege, Ga.; recently denounced without
stint in the Atlantic, is not surprising;
but It should not be forgotten that not
only the South, but the North, has al
ways been a slaVe to negrophobla. Up
to 1820 public opinion In the Northern
States seemed to assume that negroes
were such Intrinsically degraded beings
as to make it unsafe for society to per
mit them to exist as free men in large
numbers in anjj community. In 17SS
Massachusetts forbade negroes to abide
in the state longer than two months. In
1807 JDhlo forbade any negro to come
lntothe state unless wlthln-twenty days
he gave a bond to the amount of $500
for good behavior, and the same law
provided that 4,no black or mulatto per
son" should be allowed to give evidence
in any case where either party to the
controversy was a white man. In 1818
Indiana passed a law to the same ef
fect, and the same year Illinois for
bade any negro to reside In the state
unless he could produce a certificate of
freedom. In 1786 New Jersey forbade
any negro who ,had been freed In other
states to travel In that state, and the
Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled In
1826, though the census of 1820 showed
THE MOByiSG OBEOOXIAy, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBEB 2, 1902.
that there were twice as many free ne
groes as slaves In the state, that a
negro was presumed to be a slave un
less he could prove that he was free.
This waa the prevailing estimate of the
negro in all parts of the Union In 1S20,
and the explanation of the vehement
opposition to the admission of Missouri
Into the Union as a slave state In that
3ear was primarily a struggle for po
litical power. Either the Southern
slaveholder or the Northern laborer
must be excluded from Missouri. When
the slaveholder was allowed to take
his slaves to that state the Northern
laborer would not go to a state where
the laboring man was put on a level
with slaves. William PInckney, United
States Senator from Maryland, a fa
mous lawyer and orator, said that love
of liberty, religion and humanity had
nothing to do with Northern opposition
'to slavery in Missouri.
The Northern men whose votes for the
Missouri Compromise made It a slave
state were neither better nor worse
than the Northern men who put the
slavery clauses Into the Constitution for
the sake of Union. They decided In
1787, In 1S20. In 1850. that a union with
slavery was better than no union at all,,
and they stood ready to perpetuate that
kind of union in 1860-61 If the South had not
repudiated It. So far as the negro Is
concerned, the people of the North as
a whole had no sympathy for his de
graded lot. It was a Connecticut mob
that smashed the windows of Prudence
Crandall and forced her to abandon her
efforts to teach colored girls to read and
write; and the State Legislature passed
an act forbidding colored schools. At
the outbreak of the Civil War there
was no sympathy for the negro, no anx
iety for his fate expressed. On the con
trary, our Generals for arf time prompt
ly returned fugitive slaves to rebel own
ers. The emancipation proclamation
was reluctantly Issued as a war meas
ure to help save the Union, not as an
act of justice to an enslaved race.
Neither " before the war nor after the
war was there any popular disposition
to solve the negro problem through
methods of justice and humanity. Un
der these circumstances it is not re
markable that the negro has fared
badly between the upper millstone of
the Southern an the nether millstone
of the Northern whites. The Northern
whites made a political tool and fool
of the negro so long as he had any
appreciable power as a voter. The
South hated him first because he was used
as a club in the hands of carpet-baggers
to capture political spoil, and un
der the "poor white" supremacy he has
been hated from hostility -bred Jn and
Inherited from the days when the slave
mimicked his master's contempt for the
"cracker." Out of such a state of things
wise. Just and humane treatment of the
negro has made but slow advance.
THE LESSON' OF LABOR DAY".
Labor In leisure and parade yesterday
formed a striking spectacle and a pleas
ing one. It told of a prosperity of the
most substantial type a prosperity
that made Itself known In men revel
ing in the very exultation of cheerful
ness; of wages that permit the famlller
of the earners to be well clad and well
fed, and of a complete resurrection and
rehabilitation of the industrial forces
that a few years ago were, to all ap
pearance, dead beyond recall. Against
the dogma of the political trickster,
which declares that the "poor are .grow
ing poorer.' It made most substantial,
earnest' and convincing protest. If said
plainly, ' the laboring element of the
country is not "poor," neither is it to be
commiserated.
It is, on the contrary, well to do in all
that goes to make independent man
hood, helpful womanhood, protected
childhood. No self-respecting man or
woman, wants to be a recipient of the
dole of pity. No able-bodied man or
woman Is a fit subject for thi. bqunly
In times like the present One has only
to call at the home of the thrifty
farmer at noontime to find him and his
family feasting upon the abundande of
his lands, or to pass the home of the
energetic laborer In any of the trades,
or even, the more humble vocations, to
see evidence of an accounting between
labor and capital that Is just and even
generous to the worklngman. -
Labor day, as a day of rest, r as ob
served yesterday In this city, was prob
ably not a success. But as a day of
neighborly good feeling and self-congratulation;
of genuine reJoiclncr over
the Improved and constantly improving
condition of the worklngman and his
home; as a mark of legislative consider
ation and the popular approval of the
legitimate demands of labor. It was dis
tinctly and conclusively In evidence.
It was thought, n fixing Labor day
as the first Monday in September, that
this date would mark the end of the
Summer's activities; that labor would
be. In the wider sense, suspended on
that date, not by legislative enactment,
but because the season's work was
practically ended. That this was a
mistaken idea, the abounding activity
In Industrial lines at this time clearly
proves. Not even on the first day of
May of this most gracious year was
the Industrial prospect all along the
line of skilled and unskilled labor as
bright as It Is now. Quite naturally
organized labor makes this the text of
Its rejoicing upon Labpr day and takes
to itself boundless credit therefor.
To this no objection Is offered in any
quarter. But in the universal song- of
labor that rang throughout the state
yesterday, there' was an earnest note of
thankfulness for the changed industrial
conditions based upon a stable financial
policy of the Government that rendered
possible this jubilant celebration of La'r
bor day.
If the New Zealand compulsory arbi
tration law had existed In Pennsylvania
the men before striking and without
striking would have asked for an ad
vance. If the advance had been denied,
the case would have gone before the
Board of Conciliation far the district,
made up of three men chosen by the
operators' association and three by the
miners' union. This Conciliation Board
has no authority to do more than make
a recommendation If this recommen
dation Is rejected by either party, the
case would go up to a central court of
arbitration, which would consist, under
the New Zealand law, of one "asses
sor" selected by the miners, another
assessor chosen by the operators, and a
Judge of the Supreme Court. In New
Zealand such a Judge is appointed and
holds the bench for life. This Judge,
who is president of the court, issues his
summons to both sides to the contro
versy. No counsel is permitted. Each
side by Its representatives states its
case. The Judge has power to call wit
nesses, to demand books, pay-rolls, rec
ords of sales, and any letter or paper
essential to a Just and Intelligent decis
ion. He can call at the expense of the
state accountants and other experts to
assist him. The final decision 1b made
by a majority of the court, which sits
without appeal. When the decision Is
made, the operator can close his mine
or open it, the miner can work or go
elsewhere, .but if an operator opened
his mine he must pay the wage and
keep the hours adjudged, and If a
miner worked he could-take neither les:
nor more of wages nor 'Of hours than
prescribed In the decision withdut being
subject, both operator and miner, to
fine and imprisonment.
General Botha Is in Holland asking,
embarrassing questions. Plainly and
bluntly stated, be wants to know where
the money went that was liberally sub
scribed in the United States and else
where for the maintenance of the Boer?
In the field. This money was of no
avail to the fighters, who had to depend
for supplies solely upon plundering the
British,, the Boers in Holland mean
while .living in comparative luxury.
Putting this and that together, General
Botha is of the opinion that the funds
were misappropriated. This Is most
probable. The patriotism that retreats
at a safe distance and proclaims its
undying quality is of a voracious as
well as of a vociferous type. tIt Is a
little late, however, to investigate the
matter, since the treasury Is empty, ex
Preeldent Kruger non-committal, and
Dr. Leyds has disappeared, while an
American politician .who was paid a
large sum for speeches In favor of the
Boers has no doubt safely Invested his
portion of the "swag."
Judge R. M. Benjamin, of Blooming
ton. 111., la quoted In the Indianapolis
News as saying that the Governor of
Pennsylvania can end the'strlke by call
ing "the Legislature In special session
and asking that body to enact a law
classifying the coal mines and estab
lishing minimum prices for mining and
minimum prices of coal to the public,
or to take over the mines under the
power of eminent domain on public ac
count Judge 'Benjamin observes' that
"the coal mines of the country should
never have been allowed to be the sub
ject of private ownership." The New
Jersey Federation of Labor in state
convention recently passed resolutions
demanding that the Federal Govern
ment confiscate the anthracite coal
mine3 and operate them on public ac
count. Of. course, Jt is Implied that the
Government on taking the mines would
make good to the present owners what
they have invested therein.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt holds that the real
contest in the Pennsylvania coal region
la for the recognition of- the. union, and
that there, can be no arbitration, of a
strike where the fight is for recognition
of the union. Among .other things Mr.
Hewitt says:
What Is wanted to end this destructive con
flict Is not arbitration, but the stern repression
of violence and the assured protection of the
miners who desire to earn a livelihood for
themselves and their families. To this protec
tion tUey are entitled, and -the Ooi-ernment
which Jails to afford It la..x reproach, to re
publican Institutions.
It Mr. Hewitt lsvlght in his view that
if the demands of the miners are con
ceded by the operators. "It will be Im
possible for any man not, holding a
union card to secure employment In the
coal fields," then arbitration Is riot to be
expected.
The Vermont Supreme Court has ren
dered a decision denying- the power to
make valid contracts by which a news
paper Is to use Its entire Influence li
favor of some one candidate for public
office against another. The contract is
declared invalid as being against, pub
lic policy when a Democratic editor
sells his Influence for a Republican
candidate. This decision,, which sus
tains that of the lower court, is literally
a blow under the jaw to the Vermont
editorial profession, which has hitherto
found fat pickings in a state where rich
candidates largely appear.
The forces of destruction are still at
work in the Lesser Antilles. The pre
dictions -of scientists to the effect that
Pelee had exhausted its wrath have
been discredited by tremendous belch
Ings of Are, ashes and .volcanic du3t
from the mountain within a- few days
that makes the air in the reelon of
Martinique seem "conflicting fire."
Happily, no further hot air blast from
this volcano can reach a city and In
cinerate Its people. Pelee did its work
so thoroughly a few months ago. that its
migntiest now are but impotent bellow
ings. The proposed combination of the large
meat-packing concerns of this country
would weld together establishments
doing more than twice the gross busi
ness of the United" States Steel Corpora
tion, though the net Droflts n.r
than half as great The new trust
woum oe strong enough to do some
dictating to the transnortation
nies, and could easily build or control
a line between Chicago and the Atlantic
seaboard.
The young woman whose engagement
to Reginald Vandcrbilt was recentlv
announced Is a Roman Catholic, and the
Van Alen-Collier wedding at Newport
tne otner day took place In a Roman
Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic
Church is becoming a social cower in
America. The French Socialist leader.
Jaures, who Is a radical In religion as
wen as politics, allowed his daughter
to be confirmed In the Roman Catholic
faith.
The declared scarcity of wood for
fuel, in the presence of aDDarentlv un-
dlrnlnshed forest supply, seems absurd.
Villi I Ttllll W V..) -I 1 1 1 . -,
uui. ii wu uc ueuciivjiui u it ieaas to a
determination. nroDerlv stmnnrtpd hv
capital, to develop the coal deposits
tnat ne within easy reach of our mar
kets. A typographical error In yesterday's
paper overstated the number of school
children In Oregon last year. The
proper figures are 135,818.
Iowa's qid Toper" Cut.
Chicago Record-Herald.
lOWa hOS O. law which nrnvMne fny Ihn
confining of habitual drunkards in insane
asylums. It Is popularly known as "the
old toper law," and Its enforcement Is re
porter to De navmg a wonderful effect.
Many men who for vmm Mum- tn tho
habit of getting drunk regularly have re-
xuiimu una Become more or less useful
as citizens.
If such a law has tho
Iowa it might well be tried in other
states. The insane asylum Is the proper
place anyway for people who are habitual
drunkards. Surely no sane man ever is, an
iiduuum inuiina.ru,. mougn QiunKarus,
like all other Insane people, always get
very indignant when they are accused of
being mentally unbalanced.
it a sojourn of a few months In an In
sane asylum will cure a drunkard It will
be well to enlarsre th nsvlum nt nnf
and have "old toper" laws adopted every-
wnere.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The maiden of uncertain years who has
remained faithful to the love, of her youth,
although men with houses and lands have
shown a desire to hitch their horses at her
front gate, is a familiar figure in fiction
and on the stage. She is not exactly the
Inspiring motive of the romances in which
she appears, but the sentiments which she
evokes are gentle and tender, and she in
spires chivalrous respect. If not emulation.
This gentle and pathetic figure seerhs to
be the model chosen by the anti-lmperial-Jsts.
They are emulating her constancy,
and their devotion to their lest cause is as
unwavering as her own. Their latest dec
laration of their undying faith in the sor
did and infamous villainy of their neigh
bors who enslaved the Filipinos was made
at the annual dinner at Ashfield. Ashfleld
is a little town in Hampshire County,
Massachusetts, where the local academy
has a dinner every August. Great and
little lights of literature and morals have
been invited to these dinners for "nearly 20
years now, and the addresses have been
received with enthusiasm by the elect.
Charles Eliot Norton presides at these
feasts, end the pne held this week took
Is mild and not unusual anti-Imperialist
sympathies. Mr. Xorton himself testified
to his belief that President Roosevelt could
give no service to his country which would
ever compensate "for the evil which he
renders by "his exaltation of war." This
Is mild and not unusualy anti-imperialist
doctrine, but Louis R. Enrich far exceeded
any of the familiar Ashfieldians in his
devotion to the ldealsof the faithful band,
so far as the speeches have yet been re
ported. Mr. Ehrlcfi. after paying tribute
to the lovable personal qualities of "William
McKInley, added that the historian would
be constrained to add to that President's
record that "the foulest stain on the pages
of our history was his signature .of the
benevolent assimilation proclamation."
Then follows a paragraph which for Its
absolute " faith' In the inner light vouch
safed to the speaker, but denied to his
fellow-citizens. Is notable even In the an
nals of anti-imperialist self-sufficiency.
Here it is:
The eaddest. most disheartening fact, has
been that, while our National Ideals were being
desecrated, while from 50,000 to 1CO.O0O lives
were, being sacrificed and hundreds of millions
of treasure being worse than wasted, the pul
pits of Christ applauded, and In all the count
less meetings and conventions of our Daugh
ters of the Revolution. Colonial Dames. Sons
of the Colonial "Wars. Woman Federations and
other bodies professing to reprecent the patri
otic spirit of our past and the moral and social
hope of cur future, not an outcry was heard
In protest. Could this generation give stronger
proof of American decadence?
The lone Juror who was prevented from
doing justice by 11 obstinate men is out
done by Mr. Ehrlch. "When the ordinary
man finds civilized opinion running one
way while he thinks tho contrary, he takes
account of stock and holds an examination
of his Intellectuals. But the ordinary man
does not become an antl-Imperia'.Ist. Such
sublime self-confidence as Mr. Ehrlch's Is
necessary for admission to that cult, and
that is rarer than the faith In miracles or
in the prayer cure. By Mr. Ehrlch's ad
mission the entire Christian church and
all the patriotic societies' which exist for
the preservation of the ideals of our fore
fathers; agree upon the substantial justice
of our treatment of the Filipinos. The man
who can see In this remarkable agree
ment only the strongest "proof of Amer
ican decadence" really belongs In a mu
seum. It would be unkind to call him a
freak, and there Is no occasion for un
klndness toward men whose intentions
are excellent. But the mental twist which
keeps a man crying on the housetops that
he alone sees the light while all his neigh
bors are going straight to perdition, 13
material for tho psychologist or the alien
ist, rather than the statesman. The fact
that such a man makes his protest part
of a plea for the preservation of American
Ideals adds a touch of comedy to the sit
uation. The fundamental American ideal
is the rule of the majority. Our system 13
based upon the noble faith that the love
Of Justice and good-wllf to our fellows aro
the -ruling motives of mankind, and that
where men govern themselves absolutely
these noble ends will be attained. There
Is no reservation in our Constitution for
the Inner light of the superior few. Our
system was criticised for a century In
the Old World for precisely that omission,
and our failure has been predicted over
and over again for that reason. But to
have Americans born, with a long Inherit
ance of American traditions. Join this Old
World claim that they themselves are
the superior few whose light Is being neg
lected. Is a spectacle to add to the gayety
of nations. The neglected, faithful maid
en, whom this band emulates. Is usually
too modest to add to her proclamation of
undying devotion tho boasf that she Is
better looking than the girl whom her
recreant lover took up with.
Western Revision Sentiment.
, Indianapolis News.
The Republican leaders will find It dan
gerous to antaglnize the tendency In fa
vor of tariff revision that has so strongly
manifested itself throughout the West.
Wo' believe the sentiment in favor of
tariff modification Is as strong In Indiana
as It Is In Idaho and Iowa. The old pleas
no longer serve. The people understand
perfectly well that a protective duty is a
tax a tax which the Republicans at least
are willing to pay If It can be shown that
It Is necessary that they should pay It,
but against which they will rebel if it
can be shown to be unnecessary. Tho
period of the Infant industries has passed
forever. There Is no reason whatever
why we should tax ourselves for the bene
fit of combinations of manufacturers that
are selling their products In every market
of tho world In competition with foreign
ers, and against the aggressions of which
foreigners are seeking to guard them
selves. In the face of such conditions it
will not be easy for the defenders of the
status quo to convince the people that the
DIngley tariff is so perfect a piece ot
work as to be Incapable of Improvement
The President and the People.
The Independent.
Not only Is the speech of the
Presldenr-Tsenator
on the subject of trusts frank and clear.
but its courage Is politically wise. Those
who have imagined that President Roose
velt would prove a clumsy bull in a china
shop are greatly mistaken. He can give
odds to other politicians, for his shrewd
ness Is of something higher than the
foxy order. Take, for example, his wide
awake grasping of the nettle at Hartford,
when the committee of arrangements
attempted to" snub the Mayor because ho
was not their social, equal. The President
took pains to show distinguished honor to
the representative of the masses, even
against the classes. The people like a
bluff, honest frank man; and the poli
ticians will find that he is an adept also
In political wisdom. President Roosevelt
holds the people.
The Envious British Tory.
London Saturday Review.
Lord Kitchener's statement that the
empire's new territory Is a land fulr ot
"every description of potential wealth"
should give pause to those that declare
that gold is the sole resource But what
did Lord Kitchener mean by the state
ment that we have "the makings of
nothing less than a new America in the
southern hemisphere"? Ono America Is
as much as the civilized world can put
up with; and there are times when -we
find that one too many.
Shy on Scripture.
New York Evening Post
President Roosevelt's speeches show a
commendable familiarity with the Bible.
On Saturday he had the tower of Slloam
falling, and Jeshurum waxing fat and
kicking with perfect accuracy. But how
about that "Psalmist" of his who "prayed
for neither poverty nor riches?" His ref
erence waa really to the bok of Proverbs,
xxx, 8, quoted as "the words of Agur," a
"prophecy," not a psalm: "Remove, far
from me vanity and lies; give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food
convenient for me."
SOCIETY WOMEN AT FARO.
Baltimore Sun. ,
And now the announcement comes from
Saratoga that ladles have been admitted
to the faro tables and that they are
eagerly availing themselves of the new
privilege. The public has been expecting
this, and the news will neither snock nor
surprise anyone. The doings of the
"smart set" can no longer caure any sen
sation. Everything is discounted in ad
vance. After the city of Athens became
a tributary of Rome and was no longer ot
any consequence In the affair;; of man
kind, "all th6 Athenians and strangers
which were there spent their time in
hothing else but either hear or tell some
new thing." They were an Idle eet and.
having nothing useful to occupy their
time, they spent their lives in gossiping.
It was a contemptible use to make of life,
but It was infinitely better than to spend
it as many of the "new rich" women or
this country do. Having abandoned the
mission of woman as a homemaker. as a
"lady." or bread-giver, as the word im
plies, having surrendered to others the
care of their children. If they have any.
which is not likely, and the companion
ship of their husbands, they spend their
time In a mad ni3h after some new ex
citement Publicity, to- have their names
in the newspapers, is the breath of their
ncstrils. If they invite friends to dinner,
an account of It must appear in the pa
per, with the amount spent for each
guest and the cost of the flowers. Noth
ing is too vulgar to give them pleasure,
provided it brings them before the pub
lic. Vulgarity Is the crowning feature or
this society.
And now this new kind of new woman
has found her way to the faro table.
"The society colony at Saratoga." we arc
Informed by the press dispatches, "views
the affair complacently. The tenor of the
remarks heard Is In effect that what Is
good for men In the way of amueemcnt is
also good for the women." And they
might have added that what Is tad for
the men In the way of amusement Is
also bad for the women and may be much
worse. If women are to engage In ail
the "amusements" that men often en
gage In, then our entire social fabric will
collapse. Women, on the average, are
far better than men are, and It Is to be
hoped that they will stay better. It Is
to women thnt are intrusted the most
Important affairs of this life, namely. the
training of the children and the main
tenance of the purity and sanctity of tho
home. If they are to be gamblers, whis
ky drinkers, and horse racers and what
not. then 'the land will speedily fall a
prey to hastening Ills.
The fact that a few smart women have
engaged In playing faro and that others
of the same cet are looking at the
gaming table with longing eyes may ex
cite our disgust, but it need not cause
any serious -apprehension. What these
few do or say cannot affect the millions
of virtuous, modest, homemaklng Ameri
can women whese price is above rubles,
who look well to the ways of their house
hold and eat not the bread of idleness;
whose children arise up and call them
blessed, and whose, husbands also praise
them. Imagine Martha Washington, or
Abigail Adams, or Dolly Madison or Lu
cretla Clay at a faro table!
With a Lesson.
Chicago Tribune.
The footpad had got the drop on him.
There was no doubt of that.
"Hold up yer hands!" was his stern
command.
The other man compiled, but observed
carelessly:
"You don't seem to be on to your Job.
This Is no place for a holdup. Those fel
lows In the shade of that doorway are
watching you, and you won't get two
blocks away from here before you're
nabbed."
The fcotpad turned his head for a brief
glance In the dlrccMpn Indicated, and the
other man instantly knocked him down
and walked all over him.
O. fatal curiosity! How many men. as
well as women, have come to grief
through heedlessly indulging in Its gratification?
Mr. Itosevelt's Speeches.
Baltimore American.
President Roosevelt has made a happy
beginning in his public utterances during
the first two days of his big "swing
around the circle." Hi3 addresses have
beon felicitous almost as epigrammatic
as those of either Harrison or McKInley
and marked by unusual versatility. They
have also been instructive and well calcu
lated to please hj hearers by their In
tensely patriotic tone. But the best thing
about them is the fact that they aro with
out direct partisan coloring, for It would
be as foolish as It la unnecessary for the
President to make a partisan stumping
tour of New England, where Republican
success Is guaranteed.
In Bryan'M Bailiwick.
Nobraeka Stato Journal.
Johnstone Bartlett a lightning - rod
agent, called on the Prosecuting Attorney
today and asked that warrants be Issued
for the arrest of 12 Atchison County
farmers. He says he started out of At
chison a week ago with a team of good
horses and a new spring wagon, but that
during the week he was swindled out ot
everything, in trading horses, and was
compelled to walk back to town. He did
no business, and lest all his lightning
rods. The Prosecuting Attorney said that
getting the best of a horse trade was no
violation "of law, and Bartlett left for the
East, saying bank presidents were easier
than farmers.
Another Shock.
Yonkers (X. Y.) Herald.
Brown I understand the German Em
peror says he will never consent to his
son entering Into a morganatic nwrrlage.
Jones Great Scott, man! Has Morgan
got a corner on royal engagements, too?
PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT.
George T. Beck, the Democratic nomlneo for
Governor of Wyoming, is a son of the late
Beck, of Kentucky. He has lived In
Northern Wyoming for many years.
Professor Walter A. Wyckoff. of Princeton
University, is about to set out on a walking
tour through Colorado, In which he will ob
serve tho social and Industrial conditions.
Peter Perren, the Alpine guide who took up
the first party of tourists to the summit of the
Matterhorn. is still alive and in active serv
ice. He has made the ascent of the mountain
41 times.
The people of Alexandria, Va.. propose to
erect a monument to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the death of George Washing
ton. The first President, in his youth, was
one, of those who helped to survey the old City
of Alexandria, in 1749.
New Orleans Is to have a home for orphan
boys, built out of funds bequeathed by the
late George Xavler Carstairs. Mr. Carstalrs
was himself orphaned when very young, and
had a hard struggle with the world. He accu
mulated a Itrge fortune, however, all of which
he has left for the purpose Indicated.
The Countess De La Warr, who divorced her
noble husband the other day because of his
scandalous life. Is one of the prettiest woraeu
in London society. She is a daughter of the
enormously rich Lord Brassey, a Baron, and a
famous expert in naval and shipping affairs.
She accompanied her parents on a trip around
the world on Lord Brassey's yacht Sunbeam,
about which cruise his lordship wrote a very
entertaining book.
Sir George Dibbs, of Sydney, who has occu
pied the center of Australia's political stage
for many years, in some ways resembles a
good many men who have risen to prominence
In the Western States. He stands C feet 4
Inches In his stockings. Is a first-class' black
smith, and has held numerous high political
offices. Including three terms as Premier. He
and Lady Dibbs have been blessed with 15 chil
dren. Sir George is thoroughly democratic In
manner, though immensely rich.
"How old Is Kcar-Admlral Thomas O. Self
ridge, retired?" Is a question the Navy Depart
ment Is trying to solve. Is he 00 or 100? The
records don't show, and Rear-Admlral Selfrldge
won't tell. He says It Is nobody's business how
old he Is. But as he entered the navy in
1818 and must have been at least 13 years old
at that time, the supposition Is that he Is be
tween 00 and 100. The Admiral's oldest son,
Rear-Admlral Thomas O." Selfrldge. Jr., owns
to being 66 years. The senior Selfrldge was
born In Hubbardston, Mass.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The laborer is worthy of ls hire.
Lots of peopje Imagine all the pickpock
ets In the crowd are looking at them.
It is men like "Hell-Roaring Jake" that
fit a savage country for civilization.
That valise you lent your friend for hl3
vacation has he returned It in as good
order as he got it?
The pdllce arc raiding gambling dens.
Their courage, therefore, is not exceeded
by their good looks.
Russell Sage is down on trusts. They
have raised the cost of a good downtown
lunch from 5 to 10 cents.
The production of gold In the Klondike
Is decreasing. Seattle will have to In
crease Its production of brass.
The crop of laws promised for the next
Oregon Legislature shows that tares have
been sown among the wheat.
And now, besldea a yite or the oil tanks
and the fair, we nave to choose one for
the drydock. Our troubles grow apace.
When an Infant industry ceases to have
that kind of an appetite, the chances are
that it is out of its swaddiing clothes.
Hath not Peter Power denied it these
three times? And hath he not denied it
thrice before tho cock hath crowed twice?
Letter carriers are going to hold a Na
tional convention at Denver. They are
prosperous In spite of their roundabout
way of making a living.
Mount Pelef has had another unexpect
ed eruption. What is our vaunted science
good for when It can't tell anything about
an eruption until it is all over?
The rich man could not return to his
wealth from the parade yesterday and
say with conscience: "My power and
the might of mine hands hath gotten me
this wealth."
General Uribe-Uribe should take a run
ning Jump at himself and turn a somer
sault and then his name might recollect
its parts so that It would not sound to the
enemy like the same thing over again.
Thoaa grasshoppers up the Valley aro
said not to be dangerous. The only rea
son they were dangerous .was that some
body called them grasshoppers. Evil
things, those dictionaries.
The Shah of Persia is lavish with his
money. But If the Persian taxpayers
like to spend their money that way, it's
their own business; and If they haven't
any kick coming, who should?
Jim Dumps did worry day and night, and
had the blues about the site; the fair
board was so pesky; slow he didn't know
where it would go. But now a tip has
come to him and turned him Into "Sunny
Jim."
The cruiser Olympia landed a force In
Massachusetts and captured the tele
graphs. We should all grin at the mock
battle If it weren't for the Olympia, for
the Olympia captured Manila in a real
battle.
Roosevelt Is the best friend the trusts
have. If they throw their Influence against
him and defeat him, they will in the end
only elect a radical. The trusts would
better bear the ills they have than fly to
others that they know not of.
Henry Watterson says he Is "too old to
turn rascal." A man who would say thi3
IriKentucky Is either chump, bughouse or
neither. If he is neither, he hardly be
longs in Kentucky, because wo never
heard of the age limit thcro. It might
have been worth Mr. Watterson's while,
however, to Inform us at what age ono
may turn rascal with propriety.
L'ncle Sam Is Indignant over the small
effort put forth by the Sultan of Turkey
to ferret out the captors of Miss Stone.
But Uncle Sam seems to be unduly impa
tient; that Is according to Turkish prece
dents. The Porte has done a great deal
more toward running clown the brigands
than is customary in that country, so that
Uncle Sam should be In a measure molli
fied. t
Professor Andrews has just called, bach
elors, degenerates. It is now Professor
Triggs turn at tho bat. If any other
professor wishes to achieve notoriety at
a cheap price, he has only to exercise hl3
ingenuity. Any man can get people's
tongues to wagging about him if ho will
Just jar them a little. And there's hardly
anything in being a professor, anyhow,
unless the professor can give things a jar.
General Botha, we are told, will succeed
Kruger. How he is going to do it is a
conundrum. Kruger, we are told, will re
sign the Presidency. Here's another con
undrum. Ho resigned the Presidency
long ago and to the British. Botha is
now a British subject, sworn to uphold
the flag of Britain. If he succeeds Kru
ger, he will cut a sorry figure. Indeed.
Botha Is a man;4not a sneak, who takes
an oath to break it.
Our own John Barrett has. seen tho
Son of Heaven, the Emperor of China.
He .has also jollied the Empress Dowager
tete-a-tete. If our John ever falls to get In
where he wishes to go. it Is not because
he has a-falnt heart. If he ever fails to
get what he wants, it Is not because ho
falls to ask for it. We trust that John's
strong heart won a fair lady. But wo
should not advise every person, who de
sires to follow in John's wake, to trust
too Implicitly In "what man has done man
can do."
PLEASANTRIES OF PAKAGRAPHERS
Excitement on the Road. "Don't you wish
you had an automobile?." Eaid Mies lllaml
Brown. "Oh, I dunno," answered llr. Erastus
"Plnkly. "A mule doesn't cost near so much
moncj", an' It's purty near as dangerous."
Washington Star.
Kittle "Well, there's one thing about the auto.
It has enabled a good many to make a noise in
the world who never were heard of before.
Kittle But It has brought them into worse
odor than before, if that were possible. Bo3ton
Evening Transcript.
Has the making of Him. "That boj- of mine."
said the man with his family sorrow, "is an
Incorrigible liar, 'and I can't reform him."
"Don't try!" exclaimed the practical man.
"Think what an acquisition he will be later
to the ranks of the world's financiers I'V-Baltl-more
News.
Why It Was All Right. "You needn't bo at
all afraid to speak to papa, George. I am
suro it will be all right." "What makes you
think so?" "He asked mo last night what
your business Is. and when I said you were a
retired coal dealer he smiled and said he
guecsed that settled It." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
After the Profit. "Great Scott!" cried tho
Summer-hotel guest, as he lookedat his hill,
"you're charging twice what you did last Sum
mer." "Of course," replied the proprietor,
calmly. Wo didn't expect to do it at the be
ginning of the season, but we had such a rainy
July that there was nothing doing, and so
these August prices are necessary." "But I
wasn't to blame for the rain." protested the
guest. "Neither was I," replied the landlord.
In a tone that seemed to Indicate that this set
tled the matter. And It did. Chicago Evcnlmr
Tost.