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TODAY'S WEATHER Fair, with northerly
winds.
YESTERDAY S WEATHER Maximum tem
perature, 86; minimum temperature, 5S; pre
cipitation, none.
PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1002.
WELL DESERVING RECOGNITION.
The exceedingly low rate which the
Southern Pacific has made for an ex
cursion to the State Fair on Portland
day, September 18, should induce large
numbers of residents of Portland to
visit the fair on that occasion. The State
Pair is no longer a local Institution,
either in Its management or itB scope.
Eight counties are to have special ex
hibit, and the resources of every sec
tion of the state will be fully repre
eented. The best breeders of livestock
on the Coast will be there with their
"best cattle, horses, sheep, goats and
hogs. The large purses that have been
put up for the trials of speed have at
tracted an unusually good string of
racers. Everything gives assurance
that this is to be the best State Fair
ever held in Oregon, and, although it
should not excel that of last year, it will
he worth a day of any man's time.
Portland business men have much to
gain by spending a day at the State
Fair. Nearly all of them stay closely
by their desks twelve months In the
year, with the exception of a few days
spent at the beach in the Summer. They
are doing business with the people of
the interior of the state, but meet those
people only during the huriy of. bus!
ness hours. They know most about the
products of farm, garden, orchard and
range as those products are placed upon
the dining table cooked and ready for
eating. The city business man who vis
its the fair and spends a day mingling
with the farmers, the stockmen and the
country merchants will return to his
work with many new Ideas and much
Information which will be of use to him
in his business.
There Is a need of closer relations be
tween the city and the country a bet
ten-understanding of the Interest which
each has in the other. Country people
are too ready to look .upon residents of
the city as a class who live upon the
farmers without rendering a just return
and without feeling an Interest in the
welfare of those upon whose success the
prosperity of the whole country depends
Three years from this time Portland
will be holding an exposition not only
of local and state importance, but of
Interest to the whole Northwest and the
country at large. Then it will be de
sirable that all the people In the state
feel kindly toward the City of Portland
In no other way can this feeling be
more effectively created than by the
people of Portland first showing
friendly feeling toward the people of
the Interior by visiting a fair which Is
peculiarly theirs. The friendly feeling
already exists, but its manifestation In
some practical way will be productive
of good results.
No better opportunity for a profitable
holiday has been presented than In the
establishment of Portland day at the
fair, with the added inducement of a
low excursion rate. For the small sum
of $1 50 one can make the round trip
and spend the day viewing the exhibits
and watching the races. The cost of
the trip Is within the reach of all, and
It is now up to the people of Portland
to show their interest In the State Fair
by giving it the favor of their pres
ence on September 18.
The people of Montana are, literally
speaking, up in arms against the pro
posed pardon by Governor Toole of
Harry Clarke, a noted highway robber
and one of the m'OBt dangerous crlm
Inals doing time in the Penitentiary at
Deer Lodge.. Clarke is a noted all
around scoundrel. As recited by the
Montana Record, he, while working for
a farmer In Minnesota, some years ago,
enticed the young daughter of the latter
away with him and .came West as far
as Portland, an epidemic of highway
robbery following in his track. He went
from here to Puget Sound and thence
back as far as Helena, where he shot
and crippled for life a policeman who
was trying to arrest him. For this and
other crimes he was convicted .and sen
tenced to forty years In the Penlten
tlary at Deer Lodge. This was in the
Fall of 1891, and the sentence was in
dorsed by popular opinion, not only in
Montana, but In various other sections
of the Northwest, where this dangerou
crook had plied his v6cation. This Is
the man who, with scarcely more than
a fourth of the term for which he was
sentenced to his credit, is. If the pardon
board will ratify the Governor's action
to be turned loose upon the community
Acts of clemency of this character go
far towards convincing many persons
that the greatest good for the greatest
number would be promoted by the abol
lshment of the executive pardoning
power. This case is by no means an
Isolated one, nor, indeed, is It unusual
So pernicious has been the abuse of the
pardoning power in times past in this
state that for all Intents and purposes
of justice many criminals of the baser
sort, including some at least of homi
cidal tendencies, might as well not have
been, taken Into custody at all.
LITERARY JUDGMENTS.
Who shall decide when critics dis
agree? Well, every reader must decide
for himself. Perhaps the safest way Is
for him to do this In any case. Cer
tainly it tends to activity of thought
and vigor of Independent judgment
This is the conclusion of an ingenious
and suggestive essay In the current
North "American Review, from the pen
of Professor Howe, of the University
of Oregon's chair of English literature.
Mr. Howe has found It possible, by
taking Tennyson as an example, to pre
sent a most Impressive exhibit of con
tradictory critical estimates from the
best literary authorities. An Illustra
tion, from his long array, will make
his method clear:
Is "Maud'' a poem great in conception and
intellectual content?
, YES.
Every great poem then and no poem can be
great without Intensity of feeling Is also a
treasure-house of the Intellectual powers, and
can be studied, like a universe, from that point
of view. "Maud" is not one of the least of
these. (Stopford Brooke, "Tennyson, His Art
and Relation to Modern Life.")
No poem since Shakespeare seems to show
equal power of the same kind, or equal knowl
edge of human nature. (B. Jowctt, In "Tenny
son, a Memoir.")
The prose of Dickens and Thackeray did not
more firmly grasp real and actual manners.
(Talne, "History of English Literature.")
Maud" is so beautiful a poem that the email
regrets of criticism" are as nothing In compar
ison with the large delights It gives. (Stopford
Brooke. "Tennyson. His Art and Relation to
Modern Life."
"Maud," In Its Joy and sorrow alike. Is the
loveliest of Tennyson's longer poems. (Brooke.)
NO.
Maud" is scanty in theme, thin In treat
ment, poor In thought. (Stcdman. "Victorian
Poets.")
Its characterizations are not. happy. Saints-
bury. "History of Nineteenth Century Litera
ture.")
In "Maud" ... the author's personality
less obviously Interposes a false atmosphere
between the reader and actual llf. But the
falsification nevertheless exists. (Gates,
Studies and Appreciations.")
The pity of It was that this production ap
peared when Tennyson suddenly had become
fashionable ... and to this day Tennyson Is
deemed, by many ... an apostle of tinsel
and affectation. (Stedman, "Victorian Poets.")
With these and with other quotations
of like contrariety, Mr. . Howe shows
that the reader, if he depends cn the
critics, will be hopelessly at sea; and
also that the teacher, whose pupils are
known to consult authorities for them
selves, must be very careful, and Is In
danger of being harried as well. He
therefore calls In question the finality
of accepted critical estimates, and em
phasizes the value of Independent think
ing, especially to the teacher as a prin
ciple of Inculcation and to the pupil as
a means of growth.
It is not our purpose to challenge
Mr.- Howe's conclusions, which are
sound so "far as they go, or to belittle
in any way the side which he espouses
In an ancient controversy. But it
should be pointed out, perhaps, that
Tennyson affords a more fruitful field
for variant criticism than for fair illus
tration of the critical art, and that the
discrepancies of criticism are but Inci
dental blotches on a noble fabric. What
we find in his article is Interesting; but
what we do not find there Is an ade
quate appreciation of the supreme value
of that estimate which the cultivated
thought of the world has placed on the
names in English and American litera
ture. Mr. Howe has himself supplied the
grounds upon which the general irrele
vance of his .Tennysonlan enterprise Is
to be established; for he shows how
the surpassing art of Tennyson earns
the blue ribbon from a worshiper of
polish, like Stedman, but not from an
appreclator of dramatic or philosophic
constructiveness, like Forman. The
block of stumbling here is In the sub
ject's own one-sldedness, and it Is a
property obviously exceptional. On the
main and necessary points of criticism.
and as to the great run of writers, no
such hopeless variance could be estab
lished. The young person who reads
Mr. Howe's essay will perhaps gain In
independence of thought and certainly
In self-confidence, but he will not be
moved to that more Important thing a
reliance In faith and affection upon the
judgment, in fundamentals, of the great
and good whose voice in these matters
should become the earnest student's
guide and friend.
DO MINERS CONTROL THE SITUA
TION r
John Mitchell, president of the United
MIneworkers of America, in a speech
made before 7000 strikers near Scranton,
Pa., a few weeks ago, declared that
fully 90 per cent of the American people
believe the strikers in the great anthra
cite contention right, and the operators
wrong. He was probably right in this
statement so far as it applies to those
who have considered the contention
from Its basic principle of the labor in
volved and the remuneration granted
The public, however. Is not ready to
sympathize with the demand of strikers
that only union labor be employed,
When that point is made the vital issue
of a great industrial stagnation, the
American spirit of fair play Is very apt
to assert itself and change somewhat
the current of public sympathy. This Is
especially true when resort is had to
violence In support of the unreasonable
demand and lives and property are lost
in lawless strife.
It appears, however, as cited by the
Engineering and Mining Journal, that
there Is a law In Pennsylvania that
practically supports this proposition
This law requires that coal shall not
he mined In that state except by em
ployes who are competent men, their
qualifications to be ascertained by exam
ination, and to those who stand this test
licenses are Issued by a board composed
of miners. The applicants must prove
that they have had two years' expert
ence In mining, and answer correctly
twelve questions In English pertaining
to mines. They must also be vouched
for by practical miners already holding
certificates. The examining board meets
once a month, and if It should not meet
In any month there 13 no penalty im
posed. As a matter of fact, this board
has not met since the strike was de
dared.
It will be seen that the law practi
cally puts It in the power of the miners
to say who shall be employed in the
mines, and the operators cannot Import
and employ green men who have no cer
tlficates without violating the law
which will subject them to penalties.
This law. which was plainly enacted in
the sole Interest of the miners, and
doubtless upon demand of their leaders,
further forbids the calling of miners
outside of their district This provision
prevents the operators from calling to
getter from several districts idle mln
ers who are provided with certificates
and are willing to work, and putting
them to work In the mines of a single
district. It appears, therefore, that the
miners have the game in their ow
bands, as far as the law Is concerned,
and the operators are virtually unable
to employ anybody until those who hold
certificates are ready or are permitted
by their organizations to return to
work. This phase of the question dis
poses of much that has been said of
the duty of operators to meet a press
ing need by opening their mines and
working them with any help that can
be procured.
The situation Is a most trying one.
Each day that passes without relieving
the strain between the opposing forces
increase its tension and gravity. The
Summer has waned In idleness and
stubborn contention.. Fall, with Its
cool days and early frosts, Is at hand.
The coal supply runs perilously low.
It Is Impossible In such a controversy
that the blame Is all upon one side. It
Is plain, indeed, hat stubbornness has
met stubbornness until first causes have
been obscured and grim determination
not to yield possesses both parties. The
public has become weary, and, facing
Winter on a short fuel supply. Is restive
and impatient. It is not the rlshts of
tnese men or those of the miner or the
operator, but the rights of thepublic
that are of paramount Interest. If, as
set forth by the Engineering and Min
ing Journal, the miners control the situ
ation, the great volume of public sym
pathy which President Mitchell, les3
than a month ago, declared they pos
sessed will dwindle and disappear with
the bitter blast of Winter unless they
use their power to prevent suffering and
disaster that must follow a coal .famine
in the large cities in midwlnterl
GAINS OP DEFENSIVE WARFARE.
The war game played between our
land forces on the New England shore
under General MacArthur, and our fleet
attacking under command of Rear-Ad-
mlral HIgginson. is a sutrgestlve- re
minder In Its Incidents of the progress
we have made in scientific warfare.
both on land and sea. When our Civil
War broke out we had a wooden Navy.
Farragut won his victory at New Or
leans by running the batteries of Forts
Jackson and St. Philip. The capture of
Hilton Head by Admiral Dupont was
due to the effective fire of a fleet of
wooden ships. Then came the victory
of the Confederate Ironclad Merrlmac
over the vooden frigates Cumberland
and Congress. The monitor Ironclads
were repulsed by the fire of Fort Sum
ter. Porter's wooden vessels ran the
batteries before "VIcksburg. Farragut
won his victory at Mobile Bay by his
'rush" battle tactics. There were
Ironclads In the fight, but the wooden
ships decided the day. Porter's fleet,
by the weight and accuracy of its fire.
made the land assault upon Fort Fisher
practicable.
When the Civil War closed it cannot
be said that we had any seagoing. Iron
clads worthy of comparison with our
modem battle-ships. The use of the or
pedo was not unknown, for It had been
effectually used on both sides, but the
torpedo-boat service as we have It had
no existence. The use of the searchlight
was unknown, and so was the applica
tion of electricity to the working of the
guns and machinery of a great vessel
of war. None of our vessels and none
of our forts were then armed with mod
ern high-power guns, and smokeless
powder was unknown. On the whole, It
may be said that when our Civil Wa'r
closed Admiral Farragut, our greatest
naval commander, probably had such
small faith in Ironclads, save for harbor
defense, that he doubtless would have
fought his battle of Mobile" Bay exactly
as he did if there had not been a mcnK
tor in his fleet.
At the close of the Civil War the
Navy was able to say that its fire was
equal to the capture of any land bat
tery it could reach, and that It could
successfully run the fire of any river
battery It could not capture. But within
the last twenty-five years the revolu
tionary change in the methods of mod
em warfare has given the advantage to
the land batteries against an attacking
naval squadron. Admiral Sampson, for
example, did not repeat Farragut's
"rush" battle tactics at Santiago. This
Is not surprising, perhaps, when we re
member the great cost of a battle-ship
and the length of time employed In its
construction, but It Is a notable fact
that tho fire of our battle-ships pro
duced no serious damage upon the obso
lete Spanish fortifications. Our guns
were of modern construction and well
served, and "yet we did not "rush" the
passage of the harbor and our fire did
no Important damage.
The Ineffectiveness of the fire of the
British Ironclad fleet at Alexandria in
1882 Is a well-known historical fact
The city surrendered, but the fire of
the fleet had done no damage that need
compel a surrender. So far as we can
judge from the bombardment, of Alex
andrla and the defense of Santiago.
well-served and well-mounted land bat
terles under modern conditions are rela
tively harder to overcome by a war fleet
than they were In the days of our Civil
War. A Farragut today could hardly
force the passage of Mobile Bay as via
torlously as he did in 18G4. He could
not rush' the passage of the forts below
New Orleans, for searchlights would
betray his line of advance and the su
perlor range and power of modem guns
would keep him longer under fire. It Is
doubtful whether Porter could have run
the batteries at VIcksburg under mod
ern conditions. Because of these facts
battle-ships are not expected to over
come powerful shore batteries. They
are expected to meet and fight the battle-ships
of the advancing enemy. It Is
an interesting fact that the defense Is
growing stronger on sea as well as on
land. Inventive genius puts the burden
of effort, afoot or afloat, on the prose
cution.
the; passing of hanna.
The appearance of Senator Hanna as
the champion of perpetual franchises
for street railroad companies means that
his name can be marked out of the
list of possible candidates for President
in the Republican party. Governor
Nash, of Ohio, a sound lawyer, has had
prepared and submitted to the Ohio
Legislature a code which provides for
a twenty-five-year limitation upon
street railway franchises, subject to a
revision of termB at the end of every
ten years by . agreement between the
roads and the city. These franchises
are to be disposed of every twenty-five
years to the highest bidder. But Sen
ator Hanna. Is president of one of the
street railway companies of Cleveland,
and, despite the fact that he is chairman
of the National Republican Committee
and leader of his party in the state, he is
the acknowledged leader of the combi
nation of capital that Is interested in
the success of the perpetual franchise
scheme. Mr. Hanna's action is consist
ent with his career, for not many years
ago be nearly succeeded In forcing a
nlnety-nlne-year franchise bill through
the Ohio Legislature. Senator Foraker
represents street railway interests in
Cleveland, and is likely to support
Hanna's project, and It Is possible that
this scheme of perpetual monopoly
franchises In the public streets may be
enacted. Whether It becomes a law or
falls to be enacted, Hanna cannot be
ever seriously considered as a Presiden
tial possibility.
If the v Republicans of the West aa
long ago as 1888 refused to treat serious
ly the suggestion of Chauncey Depew
as a Presidenlal possibility because of
his Identity with the affairs of a. great
railroad corporation, we may be sure
that the Republicans of the West will
never seriously consider Hanna for a
National leader. The man who Is the
champion of a perpetual franchise
scheme for street railways will not Eoon
be selected as a Presidential candidate
by any political party. The franchise
feature of the code Is to relate to all
public-service corporations, ?ras, electric
lighting, etc., as welj as street railways,
and the perpetual franchise demand ap
plies to them all. In Massachusetts
franchises are revokable at will by the
public authority. The street railways
of the leading Massachusetts cities and
of Washington. D. C. the best In the
country, are operated on grants subject
to recall atv any time. Tom Johnson,
the Democratic leader In Ohio, favors
the Massachusetts system. One of the
best street railway systems In the world
Is the Brooklyn bridge system, and
there the franchise Is held at the pleas
ure of the grantors.
Opposed not only to the Massachu
setts system, but to the Governor Nash
scheme of a twenty-flve-year franchise
is an immense body of capital under
the energetic and astute leadership of
Senator Hanna. By the employment of
the sinews of war and the use of polit
ical acquaintance and Influence Hanha
may secure the enactment of his perpet
ual monopoly franchises In the public
streets, but his business victory would
surely prove his political defeat. Not
only would ltibe fatal to his campaign
for the Presidency, but it might defeat
his party In the state. The action of
Mr. Hanna In ODenlv suooortlncr
the enactment of the perpetual
franchise scheme at this time, when
such perpetual monopolies In the public
streets are exceedingly unpopular In
Ohio, may be fairly accepted as an
nouncement on Mr. Hanna's part that
he no longer considers himsalf on the
list of Presidential possibilities. It Is
not unlikely that he has reached this
conclusion. He Is not blind to the fact
that President Roosevelt is today too
strongly intrenched In the esteem of his
party to be easily elbowed one side by
any other aspirant for the succession in
1904, and, accepting this conclusion, he
has promptly acted upon It by proving
that he was entirely sincere when he
said that he "was a business man first
and a politician afterward, and where
politics conflict with business politics
will have to go by the board."
It Is doubtful whether a man of this
temperament ever seriously considered
himself as a Presidential candidate, for
he must have known the persistent
practice of his mercantile tactics in
political campaigns had completely dis
credited him for the place of National
standard-bearer. He was to McKinley
In his race for the Presidency as useful
and Indispensable as Marshal Berthler,
his Indefatigable chief of staff, was to
Napoleon; but nobody ever thought of
Berthler as fit to command the army.
Since McKinley's death Hanna has been'
remitted to the political level' upon
which he stood when he became Mc
Kinley's political chief of staff. Presi
dent Roosevelt doesn't need any polit
ical chief ofstaff, and so Hanna, who
lacks nothing of . shrewdness, sees plain
ly that as a Presidential probability he
is not likely to materialize in 1904. and
he feels at full liberty to take care of
his. business Interests, even when they
decidedly conflict with the party Inter
ests.
No carnival could be quite complete
without a human monstrosity shuffling
along the streets or stationed upon a
conspicuous" corner legless, armless or
otherwise without bodily members or
proportions to excite the disgust and
the pity of the passer-by. Hence no
surprise was occasioned by the appear
ance upon a prominent corner when the
festivities of last week were at their
height of the body of a man sans legs,
causing the throngs of visitors to
quicken their steps or with averted faces
pass to the other side. This unfortu
nate creature was not begging; he
seemed to be merely out on promenade.
Hence perhaps there was no way by
which he could lawfully be sequestered.
But the fact remains that, for reasons
that any physician will Indorse, means
should be devised whereby such miser
able, misshapen human creatures could
be kept off the public streets. A man
who walks in a sitting posture, or a
woman who propels her wheeled chair
about the streets with distorted hands
ceases to be an object of pity and be
comes an object of disgust if not of
horror when he or she appears persist
ently In public places. True humanity
demands the sequestration of all such
unfortunate creatures for their own
sakes as well as for the sake of others.
A more Inappropriate gift than a
cane could scarcely have been selected
by the loyal citizens of Georgia for our
alert, high-stepping young President.
However, being made of well-seasoned
hickory, and duly- clamped with silver,
this souvenir will keep until that dis
tant day, now scarcely to be imagined,
when Theodore Roosevelt will need a
staff wherewith to support his totter
ing footsteps as he moves slowly about
the house.
"Loop the loop" belongs to sport of
the daredevil sort, of which bridge
Jumping, shooting rapids in a barrel,
walking a rope across dizzy heights and
parachute performances are familiar
and more or less shocking examples.
The wonder why anybody wants to rlBk
life and limb In such reckless and use
less feats is only exceeded by the won
der that people swarm In crowds to 'Wit
ness them.
The selection of the site for the- Lewis
and Clark Fair Is very generally In
dorsed by the citizens of Portland who
have taken the trouble to inform them
selves In regard to the location. This Is
encouraging, since It bespeaks in the
outset harmony -and good-fellowship,
which are essential to the success of
the enterprise.
Wellington and Sonlt.
London Spectator.
"I heard the Duke at his own table In
Paris ask, 'What is the difference between
Soult and me?' A general pause ensued,
when His Grace said, 'I will tell you the
difference. I often bring my army into an
infernal scrape, but It always gets me out
of It. Soult often did the same for his
army, and then he was left by it. CP- 30,
Reminiscences of General Sir Thomas
Makdougall Brisbane.)
SPlRlf OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS-
A Nortkvrefiterit "Combine."
Here Is the. way the Seattle Times fig
urea on tho Congressional campaign in
Washington:
The effort to combine the King and
Pierce County delcKAtlons has failed. Tnls
leaves the Hold open for other combina
tions of greater Mtrength, provided tho
leadens desire. Even if Kinc and Pierce
had combined, they would have had but
one-fourth of the iitato convention, and
that isn't enough. By combining with the
northwestern countlen. however, 200 dele
gates woull be. secured. That In a mighty
good combination.
Undoubtedly the Jones and Cuahman
followers expect to renominate their men
by the help of the rnllway commlmlon ad
vocates. It may be a close proposition
whether King and the northwestern coun
ties can combine a sufficient number of
anti-railway commission delegates to con
trol the situation out It's worth trying.
If Cushman and Jonrs be renominated, tho
chances arc that the third nomlnntlon will
go to Spokane. It therefore become! a
question of eliminating Cushman but how
can this be done? EaBy enough if there be
sufficient talent among the political lead
ers of the opposition.
So far as Seattle be concerned she cer
tainly would rather support Browne of
Everett for Congress than Cushman of
Tacoma, and for ample reasons. In a state
with only 600,000 population and five Rep
resentatives and Senators in Congress, it
is devilish unfair for a city of 37.000 to
control one-third of the Congressmen and
one-half of the Senatorial representation
but that will be the way the matter will
stand if Cushman be re-elected. This
leave 563,000 of the population with only
two Representatives in Congress and one
in the Senate or one Representative and
Senator to every 1S0.000 of the population
while Tacoma gets one Representative and
Senator to every 37,000 of the population.
Moreover, a Representative In Congress
from Everett would look after the inter
ests of the entire Northwest while Ta
coma would have Senator Foster as its
representative in Congress.
This could do no harm to Eastern Wash
ington, as Congressman Jones represents
the southeastern portion of the state
while Senator Turner takes care of the
northeastern portion thus leaving a Con
gressman for Southwestern Washington.
Moreover, two Representatives in Con
gress from the Puget Sound 'country one
from the north and one from the south,
with a United Slates Senator In the cen
teris a fair division, not only from a
population standpoint, but a territorial
point of view.
On the other hand. If Cushman be re
nominated, the result will be that the
southern, eastern and northeastern por
tions of the state would have the whole
five Representatives In Congress, -while
the Northwest. Including King County,
with a population of at least 00.000, ot
one-third of the entire state, would go
unrepresented.
Burning: Gold.
Walla Walla Union.
Reports from Southwestern Oregon from
Southern Oregon, In Siskiyou and Klam
ath Counties, irom Central 'Oregon, In
Grant and other counties, and from vari
ous portions of Western Washington,
British Columbia and Idaho, show that,
if anything, more than the usual amount
of fine timber is being destroyed by forest
fires this season. In some cases the fires
are extinguished by settlers who rise and
unite to protect their own property; in
others, the huge flame Is allowed to burn
itself out. Generally speaking, it is only
combatted when it begins to endanger in
dividual properly Government property is
permitted to burn away unchecked. This,
of course, is only natural. '
But the moral Is that action Is Impera
tive somewhere to save the splendid" areas
oi marketable tlmberl which annually go
as a sacrifice to the forest Vulcan of the
West. Representatives of the people will
not be content to stand Idly by 10, 20 or 30
years from now and watch the smoke of
pine and fir aicend to heaven It will be
like turnirg gold then, and foresight
should point out that burning gold 30, 20
or 10 years from now Is not much worse
than burning the raw material at the pres
ent time. Cannot these forest fires be
prevented?
Would the Government be warranted In
establishing a system of forest ranging In
tne be&t timbered districts of the West?
It follows this method on the forest re
serve5 of Washington and Oregon. Would
It not be profitable In the end If an appar
ent extravagance In protecting the open
Government timber w.re indulged now?
It is useless to underestimate the prob
able scarcity of pine In the Northwest or
to put the question oft by reference to the
vast resources of the present time. The
greatest country is the country which con
serves Its resources, permitting nothing
to be wasted. The Government should
conserve the forest resources of the West,
Thero is ' little doubt that SO per cent
of there forest fires are due either to ma
Hclous incendiarism or to criminal care
lessness. There are state laws providing
punishment for both these offensea. There
ought to be a prolific field for the secret
service man In the great solitudes of the
Western mountains, where fires when
started rage in peace until dying of their
own accord.
Anything: to Beat Wilson.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review scarce
ly attempts to disguise its desire for
Democratic victory. It says:
Tne Republicans have instructed their
Legislative nominees to vote for John L.
Wilson until they may be released by
unanimous consent, and the Democracy
has directed their nominees to vote first,
last and all the time for George Turner.
It follows, of course, that a vote for the
Republican Legislative candidates will be
a vote to return Wilson to the United
States Senate, and, conversely, a vote for
the Democratic nominees will be a vote
for Senator Turner.
But while Wilson Is the Republican can
didate and Turner the Democratic, the re
markable fact stands out that Turner Is
the outspoken champion of President
Roosevelt on the trust Issue and of Gov
ernor McBride on the railroad question.
In other words. Senator Turner has re
peatedly declared that he will uphold the
hands of these Republican leaders in Na
tion and commonwealth on Issues which
these leaders have declared to be par
amount In the pending campaign.
Upon the other hand, Wilson at no
time has expressed approval of these par
amount doctrines of President Roosevelt
and Governor McBride. In truth he is
unalterably against them. His newspaper,
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Is the rec
ognized; Northwestern .organ of the trusts,
and In the fight before the recent Spo
kane convention, Wilson's forces engaged
in open combat with ' Governor McBride
over the plank on the railroad commission
question.
L Paradoxical as it may seem, it Is yet a
vital fact that a vote for Turner will be
a vote In support of the paramount prin
ciples of President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor McBride, while a vote for Wilson
will be a vote against these fearless, in
corruptible Republican leaders.
Political Amenities 100 Years Ago.
London Times of 1802.
After the late election for Norwich, Mr.
Windham happening to meet one of the
electors, was told by him his reasons for
not voting for him. In the first place, he
did not like him; and. In the second place,
his aversion arose from his being a turn
coat, and many more observations equally
affronting. Mr. Windham replied very
coolly: "You do this, sir, to put me off my
guard, but I am collected, and though the
laws of courtesy bid me knock you down.
yet. as you have before voted for me, and
as I think. It may teach you how to be
have in future. I shall only pull your
nose," which he did, by wringing Tt well,
LONE STAR AND RED TOP.
. New York Sun.
The other day Dr. Edward Everett Hale
called Texas a "physical paradise." From
the pen of a Yankee of the Yankees this
seems generous praise, but it is cold com
pared with the truth as the Texas poets
see it. It Is our happiness to add to our
collection "and recommend to the public
the Hon. Dal Gall, of Galveston. In spite
of a name seemingly unpropltlous. how
ever metrical. Mr. Gall Is one of the
hlghefit-flylng and hlghest-ocreamlng birds
that ever looked the Lone Star in tho eye.
He lives and ring for Texas; and the
wind of Its vast spaces sighs or thunders
through him. Hear him prelude sublime
ly: Texas la a symphony, a vat hurtle of melliflu
ence, an eternal mlody of loveliness, a grand
anthem o agglomerated and majestic benevo
lence. Texas U heaven and earth and sea and
iky set to music. Grand Old Texas!
We might object to the phrase "ag
glomerated benevolence" as a violation of
the grand old Texas law against trusts,
but clearly. Mr. Gall Ik himself a vast
hunk of mellifluence. The Dictionary ot
Profanity records among Comprehensive
and Cumulative Forms. "All Hell and
Most of Texas,"' a phrase of even wider
range than It seems. All Hell and Heaven.
Earth and Sea and Sky Set to Music!
Thus is the profoundly encyclopeadlc na
ture of this expletive of cumulation est
forth for the first time; and thus Is the
poet, the "maker," a maker of lexicons.
How big Is Texas? It Is big enough
to contain men like the Hon. Cyclone
Davis and the Hon. James Stephen Hogg,
scratchers of the firmanent and Justlers
of the -stars. Somewhere in its illimit
able Inwards. In Deaf Smith County, per
haps, or elsewhere, the Democratic states
man, shock-headed, long-legged, for whom
Marso Henry Watterson Is yearning and
crying passionately, drives his mules and
waits for the destined hour. So great
a state must breed statesmen In propor
tion; and we hope it Is not "unwarranted"
to mention the name of our calm young
friend, the Hon. 'Joe Bailey, of Gainesville,
Texas mupt be bigger than he. but how
shall metes and bounds be put to it? How
shall the mind grasp it? It can't be done.
Dal Gall says it can't be done:
She Is too big In possibilities for human comprehension.
So speaks the Texas patriot who knows
"how proud we are of the Incomparable
splendor of our state."
Grand old Texas, with all Its steers.
with all its hopes of future years! But
mere is something grander, incompar
ably more splendid, and a good deal
younger. With a quill of the flamingo
and in red of the dawn and sunset. Dal
uan sings the brightest and most beau
tiful of polls:
The red-headed Texas girl seems to be about
the most gorgeous and glorious bunch of hu
manity to be found on the earth. She is
human sunburst.
How Is that for flame-colored taffeta?
The white horses ot the sun look down
sympathetically. In a vocal unburst and
moonourst. In a mighty nature-chorus.
Dal Gall turns the dictionary Into a song
book and fills the universe with the
apotheosis of grand old Texas and the
grand young red-headed girl:
The August moon- swings low In tho starlit
sky, the perfumed breezes sweep over the hills
freighted with the melody of the mockingbirds.
tho tireless sea presses Its gentle kisses upon
the shimmering strand, the gallant youth and
the red-headed. Elberta-cheeked girl bill and
coo amid the draarny shadows of stately trees.
the pesky wind-jammers are lulled to peaceful
sleep, and tired ears are soothed by the music
which trembles upon the air. the wall of the
nightingale and trill of whippoorwlll come
from some distant glade and dell, the earth
and sky are full of peace and rest. There Is
nothing so sweet and serene as a night In grand
old Texas.
Night! There Is no night where those
tresses flame like flowers of fire. Mr.
Gall tells us in a footnote that "there are
123 unmarried men in Texas to every 100
marriageable women." Thus do statis
tics and poetry, arm-in-arm, bow down
before the red-headed girl. Mr. Gall him
self is still wedded to his art and has; not
yet taken a slice of sunsat home; yet it ia
clear that he loves grand young Texas
even more than grand old Texas.
Tilden and Watterson.
New York Sun.
St. Clair McKelway. regent of the State
University and Brooklyn's greatest ora
tor, had listened to a politician tell why
certain men should be nominated because
the people wanted them.
"How do you know the people want
them?" he asked.
"Why why well, that seems to be the
demand."
Then Mr. McKelway told a story. When
Tilden was Governor and was looming up
for the nomination for President, Henry
Watterson visited him several times.
After each visit Watterson would write
for his newspaper or tell in a speech a
great deal about Tilden. One day Daniel
Manning remonstrated with the Governor
about talking so much to a newspaper
man.
"I am afraid, Mr. Ti'deri. that your close
acquaintance and Intimacy with Watter
son may result In some of our plans
leaking out."
"Daniel," said Governor Tilden. with a
twinkle In his eye, "maybe Henri Is more
Intimate with me than I am with him."
The politician who heard Mr. McKel-
way's story looked thoughtful for a time
and then changed the subject.
PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT.
Lord Kelvin Is the richest of British Invent
ors. He Is now receiving royalties on 14 of
his patent appliances which have been fitted on
board the latest Japanese warship.
George Gould's private car Atlanta Is nearlng
completion at St. Charles, Mo., where he In
spected It a few days ago. It Is to cost about
1150.000, and will be a veritable palace on
wheels.
Adellna Patti has written to friends In New
York City, asking them to have photographs
made of the house she lived In when she was a
child a two-story brick villa on Matilda street,
north, of Becker avenue.
Ex-Governor Foster, of New Jersey, has Just
completed a three weeks' vacation tour on
horseback. In the course of which he rode 400
miles through portions of New Jersey. Pennsyl
vania and New York. Most of the time he
traveled alone.
P. D. Harrison, of Manchester, X. H.. has
been for three years gathering data for a his
tory of the Stars and Strjpes. The volume
will consist of all Important first raisings of
our National emblem during war and peace
In this and foreign countries.
The Illness of ex-President Steyn. of the
Orange Free State, according to the London
Dally News, is due solely to prolonged ex
posure and hardship In the field, added to the
anxieties, of his official position. He has no con
trol of bis musetes, and Is unable to lift his
eyelids without assistance, and his arms and
legs are quite powerless.
Blanche K. Bruce, the colored man who at
one time was Registrar of the Treasury, Is pub
lishing a paper In Bond, Miss.. Its avowed ob
ject being the elevation of the colored race In
accordance with the plans favored by Booker
T. 'Washington. He advises all negroes "to buy
homes, educate their children Industrially, servo
God and practice morality, temperance and let
gambling and politics alone."
Certain persons In St. Louis propose to change
the name of Sklnker road, the picturesque lane
which forms thewestern boundary of the city.
Opponents of any change In the name, offer a
prize of $75 for the best protest against It.
Sklnker road was laid out about 65 years ago.
and gained its present name when Colonel
Sklnker. a retired lawyer, built a fine mansion
contiguous thereto.
Mayor low was not present In the reviewing
stand at the New Tork Labor day parade, and
many of the marchers made pointed remarks
regarding his absence. From time to tlmo
there were shouts of "Where Is the Mayor?"
"Why Isn't he here to review?" "Guess we
aren't good enough for him!" There were an
swering cries of "Oh, Willie Is on his yacht 1"
and "He doesn't need you dubs until election
time!"
Mr. Baer, the coal magnate who recently
wrote of "the Christian gentlemen to whom
God In his wisdom has given control of the
mines," Is coming to be regarded by his fellow
magnates as a sort of Burchard of the trust
companies. His utterances have been repu
diated In guarded fashion on several occasions,
ons critic saying that Bar reminds him of Bob
Toombs definition of a fanatic "a man of
. weak parts and strong convictions."
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Will Summer kindly remove
herself
from the lap of Autumn?
If It wasn't for Butte, Seattle and Hele
na, Portland would win the pennant easy.
"Should looping the loop at 80 miles an
hour into a crowd of innocent spectators
be classified as sport or crime?
The newspaper correspondents of Spo
kane and elsewhere are getting busy again
over the "pass evil." The evil is, there
aren't passes enough to go round.
"Why does Ted Holman, an undertaker.
give $500 for public baths to save the boys
from drowning?"
"Weil, you see, they will all die some
day, anyhow, and Ted will sell them
big coffins Instead of little ones."
President Roosevelt has again shown
his courage. The other day he said right
In the midst of the antl-lmpcrlallsts camp:
"Hardness of heart Is a dreadful quality.
but it Is doubtful whether In the long
run it works more damage than softness
of the head. At any rate, both are un
desirable."
John Saul, a veteran of the Civil War,
lives near Bridgewater, Me., and has mar
ried three times. Each of his wives la
dead, the latest Mrs. Saul having crossed
the dark river elx years ago. Ever since
then the widower has been considering
what fort of an inscription he should
place on the headstone at her grave. He
finally decided on this, which has been en
graved on the stone by a local marble
worker: "To the memory of Mary Ann
Saul. Born December 22, 1S4S, died August
5. 1S9C. Erected by her loving hus
band, John Saul. She was the best wife
I ever had."
Thomas Brackett Reed, who Is happier
now In the peaceful practice of law than
he was as Speaker of the House, has a
vast number of cartoons dealing with
himself, but is particularly fond of one
which he has hanging conspicuously in hl3
library. It was the first ever printed In
which his face and figure were portrayed.
It appeared in Harper's Weekly soma
time in the '70s, when he was a young
man. Of It he says: "When that cartoon
appeared I felt that I had 'arrived.' not
at the summit of political success, of
course, but that I had at least reached
the top of a foothill."
A story is told of how Admiral (then
captain) Evans was cured of his desire
for an automobile. He was riding In one
of these machines with a friend In New
York." After the spin through Central
Park had become most invigorating the
Captain became talkative with the
chauffeur. "You are the man I want
to talk to," he remarked. "I have been
thinking for some time of buying one of
these flying machines for myself and 1
.want some expert advice as to what
brand of wings to purchase." "I've
driven every kind of machine that there
Is," returned the affable engineer, "eteam,
gasoline, electric, and all. and I guess 1
know 'em all from A to Izzard." "Well
now, my man," returned the Captain,
warming up to the gentlemanly steerer.
"If you were going to- buy a machine for
your own self what kind would you se
lect?" "Well, sir." replied cabby, "If l
was to buy one, I'd save up my money
and buy a hoes." The Admiral is still
without an auto.
Bring the good old hammer, boys; we'll glva
another knock.
Before the frq3t 13 on the vine, tho punkln In
the shock;
Old Portland Is a-movln", and unless we're
wide awake.
She'll get too swift a motion on fer us to hold
the brake.
Everybody's up and movln. and It's hard to
hold 'em back.
So bring the good old hammer, and we'll hit
'em each a crack.
I see that one McCusker Is a-Ieadln of a plan
To make the city suitable for the abode o'
man.
It's a thing I cannot advocate, and wouldn't If
I could.
I'm alters used to broken streets and walks o
crumblln wood.
With boxes and banana-peels strewed round In
wild array,
I like to stumble blindly In the good old-fashioned
way.
The fair site 13 selected, and so we'll all ba
sore.
And root for every other place that we havo
knocked before.
Our street-cars plod their way along as slow
as any snail.
And yet so fast the motormen should be locked
up In Jail.
Beware of strangers comln' In to make old fail
ures pay,
Wo'd better swap our Jackknlves In the good
old-fashioned way.
t see the railroads and the Immigration board3
have planned
To fill the state with settlers upon all our va
cant land;
It's mischiefs certain, for If everybody was
like me.
That there's too many people now we all could
. plainly see.
No men or capital should be Invited here to
stay
Let's llvo upon each other In the good, old
fashioned way.
I don't want any traveler who comes here from
the East
To think that this old hamlet Is excited In the
least.
Or say that Portland. Oregon's, the finest town
he's seen.
With honest laws and perfect streets and side
walks new and clean.
And I'm down on every movement on the en
terprising tack;
So bring the good old hammer, boys, and hit
'em each a crack.
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS
Up-to-DatP. He I think that, in order to
make a good husband, a man should practico
self-denial. She Yes! But not preach it.
Brooklyn Life.
Unappreciated Luck. "My husband." she
sighed, "never notices when I have a new gown
on." "Let me congratulate you." her aunt re
plied. "Mine always does." Chicago Record
Herald. Marriage Would Cure Him. Mr. Gumpps
That boy will never be good for anything until
he marries. Mrs. Gumpps I suppose not. Mr.
Gumpps No. He's got to get over the habit of
hanging around the house. New York Weekly.
New Reading of the Line. "Such sporty
clothes as our minister was wearing on hl3
vacation! Did you see him?" 'Yes, and what
neckties he affected. His motto seems to ba
Best Is the tie that blinds.' "Philadelphia
Press.
Rule for Success. "What is your rule of busi
nessyour maxim?" we ask of the Wall-street
baron. "Very simple." he answers. "I pay for
something that I can't get. with money that I
haven't got, and then sell what I never had for
more than It ever cost." Life.
His Only Request. Judge The Jury has re
turned a verdict of guilty. Have you anything
to say for yourself before sentence Is passed?
Prisoner Only one thing. Your Honor. I trust
you will see your way clear to deduct the time
occupied by my counsel's speech from my term
of Imprisonment. Chicago News.
Chicago's Way. "Perhaps you noticed that
after Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt's party some
of the men guests went out In their evening
clothes In the morning and played lawn tPn
nls?" "Their evening clothes In the morning?
S.ay, that must have reminded some of the spec
tators of Chicago." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
From Kansas. "It must have been a good
deal of a calamity when the water overflowed
your cornfield that wet season." "Not such a
terrible calamity. When the water went away
It left millions of fish behind. I let them
stay there for fertilizers and raised the biggest
crop of corn you ever heard of." Chicago Tribune.