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They nave been run- Eng in Seattle under the policy or lonthly fines and Incidental "protec- m." They took the "public graft' to bcape from the "private graft," but the rlvate graft went on. The theory was bat if payment for protection went Into lie city treasury, It would not go into ie pockets of blackmailers. The fact tas that the city got its money, but did not prevent officials and go- stweens from getting theirs also. Some 5000 a month has been paid for "pro pction" to corrupt "agencies, In addi- Ion to the city's fines. The reason is lat the monthly fine system makes the hlef of Police the recognized and se re dispenser of gambling privileges. he. .toe.s ihat go -to the city imply live the gamblers a sort of vested i:atUE, so to speak, and. make the po- Ice department's position as autocrat lpregnable. The police cannot sell the Irivllege of a wide-open town, for the ity has done that on its own account; tut they cpn sell things equally neces- iry to the gamblers. The number of louses Is to be regulated, and the .mount of monthly fines. Those who Ire permitted to run soon form a ring, nd those who are not form another. raffle and controversy are busy, and loon the whole business breaks up in a low, the corruption is exposed, and the jwn. Is closed in sheer weariness and IsgusL "Neither can a corrupt tree ring forth good fruit." Publicity is a powerful agent for con trol of the trusts. It will go further to ward keeping them within bounds than Volumes of limiting statutes and court fecislcns. The public corporations, like Ihe great railroads, ought to make pub- tc detailed reports of their business, in frder that a correct knowledge of their Iperatlons might be available for all ;ho seek. This would -contribute to a better understanding between the cor porations and the public they serve. It rould tend to regulate the trusts, for bubllc opinion will" not sanction the trawins: of exorbitant nrofits frnm nuh. Iic utilities, and" this" lies at the root of nost of the complaints against the arge corporations. The present len iency is in the direction of greater se- r.recy rather than greater publicity. lowever. In the past few months the borporations owned by the Northern Se curities Company have discontinue even the meager reports they formerly Inade .to the Stock Exchange. The Bur lington, Great Northern and Northern sine say their stocks are no longer pn the market, therefore there is no !lfor making public reports of earn ings. Of course the Northern Securities ill make Its annual report, because Its btock Is distinctly on the market, but mt report will be so delightfully gen eral that It will not reveal anything of ie condition of the railroads owned by the combine. The motive for dlscontln- llng reports is to conceal from the pub ic the sire of the profits earned and listributed. This is precisely the rea son why the public should have the re- jorts. The public, from which these jrporatlons derive their right to exist id do business, has a right to this In formation, and to assurance that It Is lot paying too much Into the private purses that are fed through the corpo- itlon treasury. President Roosevelt is right in urging full publicity as, means' Cor regulating the great combinations jf corporate capital. Chairman Maxwell, of the National Irrigation Association, in his address jefore the hardware men at New Or leans, drew attention to a feature of. the (irrigation movement that Is often over looked. At the bottom of most of the ictlvity for reclamation of arid land lies the question of trade expansion. he effective membership of the Na tional Irrigation Association Is com- josed of merchants, some of them hav ing also railroad affiliations. They have I framed the legislation under which it is proposed to render the arid sections of the Nation habitable and fruitful. I And it Is all legitimate effort. The I merchants "of St. Paul, and St Louis, and Omaha, and Denver, working for settlement and cultivation of Eastern Oregon are engaged in a very whole- some movement. It Is no 'work of char ity, It ia true, for they expect to gain from the opening of the new trade ter ritory. But the enlightened self-interest they manifest is good for the country. The gospel that Mr. Maxwell is preach ing everywhere he goes will also bear fruit in larger public sympathy with forest reservation and other agencies, for making barren land fertile and keep lag It so. The hardware merchants and manufacturers of the East are now com mitted to the policy of preserving for ests and reclaiming arid land. Interest in the cause is spreading, and It Is sure to result in a wider and truer knowledge of this very Important subject. St. Louis has added her infamy to the record of municipal corruption written by the large American cities. It is like the others, In that the public was plundered for private profit, and the prostitution of the ballot was one of the agencies 'for bringing about the reign of boodle. The boldness of the" St Louis malefactors was hardly matched. In New York or Chicago, where wholesome convictions were finally mavie, but the men who have been Indicted in the Missouri metropolis seem yet to rely on immunity from punishment. There is the man Kelly, who distributed $47,000 among nineteen members of the Council that passed the electric light franchise 1 which opened the wlole Investigation he, a fugitive from Justice, brazenly returns from Europe on the day when the statute of limitation makes further indictment impossible, and surrenders to the au thorities. This does not, help his case, for he had already been indicted, but it blocks inquiry as to where the money came from that he so shamelessly dis tributed. It may be that if he had told what he knew, the public would have been able to regain the franchise rights jobbed away by the gang. It Is not hard to guess whose money kept him out of the country during this period, though legal proof may never be forth coming. All this trouble tracks back to the political bosa The governmental system of most of our great cities Is Just the environment this species of parasite requires for Its greatest devel opment. And so It will continue until the people are given, not only the means of naming the men who shall serve them, but also an Incentive to action. Direct primary nominations will do more than anything else In this direc tion. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AT SAX FRAN CISCO. vAt the time, many years back, when San Francisco granted a franchise to the Geary-Street Railway Company, It was provided that the municipality might, on January 1, 1903, In its discre tion, either renew the charter or take over the property at an appraised valua tion; and, the time being near, the question Is to "be determined tomorrow by popular vote. The proposition Is to issue municipal bonds in the sum of $700,000, to draw 36 per cent Interest and, with the fund thus provided, to pay the Geary-Street Company for Its prop erty, which, thereupon, is to be handed over to the city government for opera tion. The question is a simple one Shall the municipality buy and operate a street railroad now In successful op eration, or shall it renew the charter of the private company which now owns and manages the property? Very strong forces are supporting this ' proposal onlts affirmative side. The city government wants, naturally, to try Its hand In the matter, and the trades-union element is very generally enlisted on the same side. There is, too, a large and ordinarily conservative element which is willing to see a trial of public ownership of public utilities; and the proposition has another source of strength in a very general popular enmity against the street-car interests of the cits. San Francisco, Is, from its natural situation and from the habit of its people, one of the best "street-car towns" In the country, that is, it yields to its car systems a patronage far ahead of the ordinary ratio. Each of its many car lines has made the fortune of its own ers; but the latter, noV content with legitimate profits, have repeatedly wa tered their stock and so built up a mountain of fictitious capital, upon which 6 per cent dividends are demand ed and received. There is universal feeling that if the capitalization of the street-car companies were reduced to legitimate figures, a very much reduced passenger rate would yield ample re turns upon the money Invested. Labor, too, has Its special interest in the matter. The street-car service of San Francisco has been one of Jong hours and relatively light pay. The municipality, on the other hand, en forces the eight-hour rule and pays a minimum wage of $2 50 per day, and this practice would cut down the hours of street-car service about 20 per cent and Increase Its pay by something more than 25 per cent The change Is one which every laboring, man in the city would like to see made, for It is argued- It would, In the nature of things, tend to advance wages all along the' line, and particularly in the line of street-car work, in which several thou sand men are employed. Objections based upon the argument that municipal ownership would make the street-car service an engine of po litics are mct with the charge that the "Geary-Street Company has been ag gressively In politics for thirty years, and that, through Its affiliation with other street-car companies, It has at will made and degraded city govern ments; and the record most unhappily supports this charge. A particularly offensive incident, In which, a few years back, the president of the Geary-Street Company, in Defending a damage suit, attempted to bribe a jury, escaping the penalty of this crime only by an acci dent, gives emphasis to this aspect of the case, and will probably contribute largely to the vote on the side of public ownership. There ,1s, however, one argument In opposition which nobody has been able to meet and that Is the traditional in efficiency of the San Francisco munici pal government Never in the history of the city has there been even a fairly capable and honest municipal admin istration. There have been men of high character In the Mayor's chair not al ways, Indeed, but often but there- has never been, a through-and-through de cent municipal organization. Either the system has been at fault or the men have been at fault for 'a continuous half century. The San Francisco City Hall, for the greater part of that time.' nas been literally a den of thieves, and the abuse has grown Into a grievance which nobody now expects to be cor rected. Every department of municipal government which has to do "with busi ness affairs is thoroughly debauched; and, this being so, there is small hope that any good will come out qf. the public ownership and administration of a street-car line. So grievous is the situation In this respect that there are many favorable to public ownership who oppose the present proposition, upon the theory that it would, by its Inevitable failure, cast discredit upon the principle. All the omens, however, are favora ble to the success of the proposal to take over the Geary-street line. The city government, as stated above, Is actively favorable to It; the labor as sociations are for It; the street-car em ployes are for it; the enemies of the street-car Interest of the city are for it; the element which always support a novelty Isfor it Indeed, all the more active political forces are for it, and its success appears from this distance to be a foregone conclusion. HOPE FOR. AMERICAN SEALERS. Tardy justice has at last reached the' owners of another fleet of sealing schooners "which were Illegally seized ten years ago, and this time Russia must pay something over $100,000 for her Ignorance of the limits of her marl- time jurisdiction. It has been nearly" three years since the United States was forced to pay $425,000 to the 'Canadian sealers for an error similar to that of which Russia has just been declared guilty. A strange feature' of these long overdue awards is that it becomes nec essary to secure a verdict from a for eign tribunal, when the verdict In both ases shows the error of the offending nation to be so palpable that It should have been acknowledged and settled for without recourse to the courts. It would seem that both Russia, and the United States had been very lax In Interpret ing their rights In the waters of Behring Sea. The case in point, establishes no prec edent for Russia, for more than eighty years ago. she seized the , American whaler Bounty for alleged trespassing In the same waters where seventy years later she seized the James Hamilton Lewis, Kate and Anna, Cape Horn, Pigeon and C. H. White. The United States, without the aid of a Paris tribu nal or a conference at The Hague, easily convinced Russia that she had no rights beyond the three-mile limit and the Czar gracefully paid damages and re leased the Bounty. Forty years after that seizure the United States pur chased all of Russia's interest in Alas kan territory bounded by Behring Sea, but along In the '80s suffered from a lapse of memory regarding the three mile limit, and seized a number of Canadian sealers, as well as six Amer ican vessels. It was in- payment for the seizure of these Canadian sealers that we paid the award of $425,000 three year? ago. The claims of the owners of the Amer ican sealers which were seized at the same time have never been settled, al though repeated efforts have been made to secure justice. Russia has now paid damages for the seizure of American schooners, and the United States has paid damages for the seizure of Cana dian schooners, but the United States has not yet paid damages for the seizure of American schooners made under ex actly the same conditions as were the other seizures. From -first to last, the part which the United States has played in the .sealing dispute has been any thing but- creditable, and perhaps the most flagrant offense is the failure to make restitution to the owners of the seized American schooners for .the loss of their property. A country "that Is big enough to compel Russia 'to" pay hr just claims, and broad enough to ac knowledge error by paying 'Canadian claims, should not make fish of "one and flesh of another. If the awar just made at The Hague Is just, and by all law and precedent It Is just, the American schooners Allle L. Alger, Annie, Llllie L., Alpha and Sylvia Handy, seized In 1886, are entitled to the same proportionate remuneration which has just been assessed against Russia. The American flag should af ford the same protection to the owner of a schooner at home that It gives him, abroad, but It has failed to do so in the case or tnese sealers, we can never bring back to this country the millions that have b,een lost by driving sealers under the British flag, and Incidentally, protecting the Prlbyloff Island monop oly, but It Is not yet too late to make some amends for the disgraceful selz ure of American schooners In 1886. Rus sia established this precedent of paying damages In 1821, at the suggestion of the United States, and Is again forced to recognize it. The last chapter of this matter will not be written until the United States pays for the illegal selz. ure of American sealers. STUPENDOUS POSSIBILITIES OF IR RIGATION. When one considers the age of Irri gation and the extent to which it has been practiced In both ancient and modern times, It is remarkable that here In Oregon, 'Where there is so much arid land and so great opportunities for reclamation, we nave been so long In awaiting to the Importance of the sub ject. Two thousand years before the. dawn of the 'Christian era, the Egyp tians practiced the art of Irrigation, and the Valley of the Nile was traversed with canals and ditches that were con structed upon plans which are shown to be wonderful feats of engineering, One of these canals was 350 miles long and was large enough to float ships. Though the Nile annually overflowed its banks and inundated the fields, the Egyptians did not leave the water to take its own cours?, but conducted it as their needs required. The land then supported many times the number of inhabitants it does now, and the coun try was rich and prosperous. Conquests and oppression scattered the people,--and many of the canals were permitted to go to ruin. The remaining traces of the 'canals show, however, as do the pyra mids, the former wealth and population of that region. In Italy, Spain and France are ancient irrigation works which show that the Romans learned the art from -the Egyptians and trans mitted It to other European countries In England there are still In use irriga tion canals constructed during the time, of the Roman possession of that coun try. In the Western Hemisphere there are also remains of irrigation works which, with other relics of a prehistoric race, Indicate the advanced stage of develop ment attained on this continent long ago. In Peru there is an aqueduct some 500 miles long and constructed so as to convey water from a natural reservoir in the mountains. This canal, a portion of which Is now In use, was built sev eral hundreds of years ago, and with tools much inferior to those known to modern times. Some of the smaller conduits were 'built of long granite block's hewn out bo aa- to convey the water without loss from seepage., In Central America, in Mexico and In Arizona and New Mexico, there are the remains of canals which tvere dug by prehistoric races for Irrigation pur posea In Southern Arizona such canals aggregating a thousand miles in length have been found, and many of them have been repaired and are now being Utilized to Irrigate land which once sup ported comparatively large populations, but which has for centuries been a bar ren waste. These canals were in places cut through solid rock, the cuts being aB large as twenty feet wide and fully. Tia deep. These excavations of rock-and earth were made without the aid of powder and- dynamite, artd probably with the aldo'fTno better tools than cop per hammers and drills. By the resto ration of some of these, ancient canals over a hundred thousand acres of land have been, reclaimed In the vicinity of Phoenix, and it ls'apparent that at one time more han double this area was madeproductive by the artificial appli cation of water. In modern times India presents the best examples of Irrigation work on a lare scale, the canals covering, ten years ago, an area of 35,000,000 acres. These works were constructed at a cost of $360,000,000. In our own country the reclamation of the arid land around Salt Lake, and the building of a mag nificent city in a region which was for merly a desert, show what may be done when an abundance of water Is brought upon the soil. In our own state we have seen irrigation -works built upon a small scale, and have seen many of them meet with success. Few, If any, of those which have been con structed for commercial purposes that Is, for the sale of water to consumers- have been paying Investments to their owners. The time may come, and we all feel confident that It will, when an Ir rigation system will not only pay a fair profit to the proprietor of the ditch, but also to the owner Of the land who con sumes and pays for the water. In Eastern Oregon there is room for the building of more .than one city the size of Salt Lake, If the arid lands of that section can be reclaimed. The steady increase in the population of-the United- States drives homeseekers con stantly westward, and when all the fer tile valleys have been filled, the sage brush plains must be made to produce crops for the support of the people, still seeking for homes. There Is yet room in Western Oregon and in Western Washington for thousands of families. and the lands still lying waste in these sections will bo cleared and put under cultivation. But the movement now started for the reclamation of the arid lands will not wait-for the settling of regions watered by nature. Slowly but steadily the Irrigating canal will en croach upon the unproductive land and compel It to yield food and clothing for a prosperous and contented people. The tendency In constructing the Irrl gatlon canals and .ditches will be to look too much to the present and its needs and problems und not enough to the future. The future of Eastern Ore gon depends very little upon the Irriga tion of a hundred thousand or five nun dred thousand acres of arid land, but depends much upon the Irrigation of millions of acres of land in accordance with policies that are shaped at the be ginning. We must be excused for re peating with; emphasis that no greater problem now confronts us than tne framing of laws for the control and regulation of water riKhts. Before a right is acquired Is the time to put 11m ltatlons and conditions upon the exer cise of that right At the beginning of our Irrigation development Is' the time to enact irrigation laws, not this genera tlon or the next but for this century and the next, and as far into the future as we can see the possible needs of the time. This Is a subject to which too much attention cannot be given, and we shall have more, of a specific nature, to say upon It, and shall encourage such a discussion as will aid In the enactment of laws best suited to our present and future needs. The Legislature of Vermont has passed a high-license bill, which adopts the Massachusetts plan Of an annual referendum on the licensing of saloons; It sets a minimum fee of $500 for a gen eral license and a maximum fee of $1200, and grants a fermented liquors license at $250. The bIllvalso contains an antl-treatlng clause. This law com pletely revolutionizes the policy of the state on the liquor question, which has been prohibition without a break since 1S53. The change was due to the fact that the drug stores In all the country towns had become free dispensaries of the vilest kind of spirits; that the mor phine habit was alarmingly Increasing that farmery were becoming confirmed alcoholics by the consumption of hard cider. It Is a noteworthy historical fact that the original prohibitory liquor law of Vermont was enacted. In 1853; It passed the House by a very small ma jority, and that majority celebrated Its passage by a memorable carousal, view Inir its passage as a mere bone thrown to the Prohibitior.ists,whose votes were wanted for other pet measures. Lord Roberts Is a man of sturdy Eng llsh common sense. The honor of Knight of the Garter was conferred upon him by the King, but finding that the fees exacted by court officials for the acceptance of the King's gift was no less than $3000, he refuses to pay them. He says fairly enough that these fees to the court officials should be paid by the government, If by anybody. lie had not sought the decoration of the Garter. It was given to him In recogni tion of his military services, and, he could not afford to pay so high a price for such a luxury. Lord Roberts Is right. Suppose Congress should vot$ a sword of honor to a great soldier; ll surely would not expect the hero to pay for the compliment. The accident on the Big Four by which the St. Louis Flyer was thrown down a high embankment, near Avon, Ind., is unique, in that ,not a single passenger on the three sleepers that took the plunge was fatally injured. This, taken in connection with the fact that one of the coaches turned over twice In the descent, landing bottom up, and another turned over completely, but righted Itself, seems to partake of the character of a miracle. For people who were unfortunate enough to be In a railroad wreck, these passengers are the most fortunate travelers on record. Arizona, which asks to be admitted as a state, had in 1900 only 92,903 white In habitants, less than half enough to en title it to a member of the House of Representatives, and of this white popu lation 22,395 were of foreign birth, prin cipally Mexicans. There were only 184S negroes In the territory. The remainder of the population consists of Indians. SPIRIT OF THE N0RTHWESX.PRESS Not Tweedleanra, fcnt jrvreeaiedee. Albany Herald: Thft cfcTieral orosnerlty Is probably not so much due 'to the success of the Repub lican party at the polls as it Is to the de feat of the Democrats. A Timely Bit of Advice. Woodburri Independent Do not write- and advise a friend to tome to Oregon and land here in the Fal without a cent to keep him alive until Spring. Such advice is no indication of true friendship. Every Dofr Has His Day. Lewiston Tribune. When millionaires and politicians can be sent to the. penitentiary' as they are doing In St Louis, there does not seem to be any reason wHy ordinary thieves and culprits cannot be brought to justice. Saggests a Strenuous Penalty, s Eugene Guard. The evident collusion between the Sa lem official state land ring and speculat ors In school lieu lands makes one think that, after all, the Chinese method lo the best when they catch an official stealing cut his head off. And It Is the real ar ticle they decapitate, not an official head. The Effects of a Good Dinner. Roeeburg Plahidealer. The Thanksgiving day proclamations recently Issued by the Governors of Dem ocratic states do not agree with the dole ful Democratic speeches made during the recent campaign. Either the speeches or the proclamations contain a good many "fibs" as to the material condition of the people and their cause for thankfulness. Wheat Farmers Agraln Happy. Harrlsburg Bulletin. A limited outlet for Oregon's wheat and flour In the Orient has grown until the shipping at hand is Inadequate to carry the orders booked in Portland for Immediate delivery- While this lack of carrying capacity is an Inconvenience for the present It fwlll be speedily rem edied -when the' demand is of general knowledge to ship-owners. The prospect is a happy one for wheat farmers. The price for their grain is no longer con trolled by the single quotation of Liver pool. Let the People Share the Surplus Walla Walla Statesman. With over J60O,O0O,O0O In gold In the Na tional Treasury, the greatest hoard In the history of the world,vlt would seem that the American people would be Justified in demanding a reduction of the high tariff taxes that are largely responsible for the enormous surplus. Many of these taxes are maintained for the benefit of colossal trusts, which are enabled by the special privileges given them under the protec tlve system to levy $5 in tribute from the people for ever $1 that goes to the Gov ernment. Men Won't Fit to a Mould. Pendleton Tribune. Socialism is receiving some pretty hard blows nowadays, but no one struck hard er than President Elliot when he said it eliminated competition and destroyed in dlvlduallsm. Many pretty theories may bo built up, but any that violate the nat "Ural law of competition must come to grief. The .fittest will survive the unfit Its a law of plant life, of an(mal life and or social life, it is the law of growth, and the socialistic theory must of neces sity ran. ttitncr tne men must die or the mould be broken. Depends on the President. Oregon City Courier. If Roosevelt does not succeed In getting the Republican party to reform itself within the next few months, long before 1904 It wltl have pulled Its temple of pow er down upon Its own head. Abe Lincoln was Wiser than "his day and generation when he said: "You can fool all of the people a part of the time, and a part of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time, The Republican party has been trying to fool all of the people all of the time. The storm of righteous wrath by an outraged people whose heritage has been sold to the money power and to corporate greed may break long before" 1904. The ebb tide of Republicanism is about to set in, and we shall see what we Bhall see. Vision Obscured by the Dollar. Toledo Reporter. If some of the wise newspaper men who clamor for a $500,000 appropriation for Portland Exposition would kindly explain Just how the taxpayers of Oregon are go ing to profit on the Investment, they would confer a favor. Do they want to advertise Oregon? Well, such reckless extravagance as an appropriation of $1 per capita in order to make a show for Idle sightseers will advertise Oregon as a place for Investors to stay away from In all the history of expositions no state has ever been called upon to appropriate $1 per capita. The modest gentlemen who ask for the half million as coolly as they would order a beefsteak are appealing to state pride for any old thing that will rake the valuable chestnuts out of the fire. All the papers In the vicinity of Portland are whooping it up for a big appropriation, but jusy why country peo pie. who have nothing to gain by It are echoing the clamor Is almost Inexplic able. If the Legislature would approprl ate a few thousands for a Lincoln County fair well, that would be different. Importance of the "Glad Hand." Newberg Graphic. s It is no unusual thing to hear the re mark made that Portland people make very little attempt at giving the glad hand to the multitudes of neoole who are coming to Oregon, while on the other hand the people of Seattle are ever ready to drop business, if necessary, and talk for Seattle and the whole State of Wash ington, and make the newcomer feel that he is among friends, and that he is really wanted as a homebullder. It Is one thing to advertise our country and ask people to come to us. and it is another thing to meet them pleasantly and make them feel that they are really wanted when they come; for, to the most desirable ele ment of those who are seeking for new homes, it means about as much to know the kind of people they are to be thrown among as It is to know the quality of the soil they arc to cultivate. The whole State of Oregon needs .in awakening along the lines suggested, and it is pos sible that Npwberg needs it as much as many other places named on the maps. Steer the stranger clear of the dyspeptic and the growler, and Introduce him to the man who will "scatter sunshine" a3 he talks for Oregon. Means, Much for the State, Too. Heppner Times. Oregon Is pleased to note that Portland has decided to make strenuous efforts for the success of the" Lewis and Clark Fair. While Portland may be more directly ben efited by the Fair, It will be a big ad vertisement for the state, which will doubtless bring many new- settlers, and will In the end be of Inestimable benefit to the entire state. Portland now pro poses to send a trainload of her citizens to the National Livestock Convention, which meets In Kansas City, in January. The mission of the party will be to se cure the 1904 convention for Portland. They will also go to New York to see Mr. Harrlman, from whom it Is expected to get a donation on account of the rail roads In which Mr. Harrlman Is Inter ested. The delegation from Portland will bo so large that It will attract a great deal of attention, and will be the means of .advertising Oregon, Portland and the Fair across the continent, from the Pa cific to the Atlantic. This indicates that Portland Is In .earnest in her efforts to make the 1905 Fair a great success; She should have the support of the state, be cause all will be benefited by :the. success of the Exposition. , . . MACVEAGH AND MITCHELL Chicago Chronicle. Wayne MacVcaghfi mode of ' cross-ex1 aminlng John Mitchell Is a preposterous mixture of oratory, sophistry and dema- goglsm. It was more remindful of the Police Court than of the style of legal In terrogatory familiar to a Justice of the Supreme Conrt of tbk United States. Some of Mr.. MacVeagh's questions to Mr. Mitchell were impertinent. Many were Irrelevant Up to this time, although unacquainted with schools In his youth, Mitchell has proved more than a match In logic and repartee for his cross-exam iner: He Was also more candid. Mr. Mac Veagh's style indicates habitual verbosity outrunning discretion. The Operative Plasterers' Association of New York was brought into the Tecord by Mr; MacVeagh, who asked Mr. Mitchell If he approved or "heartily disapproved" of the rules of that association said to have been invented against employers. As Mr. Mltchellhas no connection with New York Plasterers, he aptly replied: "I should say that my union has no ,such rules." Mr. MacVeagh asked Mr. Mitchell: "Do you think ybu have the right to ask for an Increase in wages, which, if granteo, would Increase the cost of living to hun dreds of thousands of , the poor?" To which Mr. Mitchell replied: "There are BOOroOO persons In the anthracite reglonB starvlnsr. It Is their fundamental right to ask for living wages in return for their labor." Mr. MacVeaeh asked Mr. Mitchell whether he had a right to limit a man's labor to eight hours a day. Mr. Mitchell made the Judicious reply: We favor a maximum of eight hours, but we will ac cent whatever award the commission makes." t Mr. MacVeagh reminded Mr. Mitchell that Abraham Lincoln wdrked more than eight hours a day. As the news was not In the form of a question. Air. Mitcneu could not reply that Lincoln often rode bareback on a buckboard, while Mr. Mac Veagh undoubtedly enjoys a luxurious carriage or pays the highest railroad rate when not riding on a pass. If Mr. MacVeagh desires the miners to return to Lincoln's ways why does he not set an example by declining to accept for professional services compensation higher than that which prevailed in the era of rall-epllttlng? The coal barons represented by Mr. Mac Veagh before the arbitrators are hot like ly to derive much benefit from his serv ices. STRONG SPEAKER NEEDED. Minneapolis Tribune. The most interesting question about Can non is whether he is going to be a strong speaker like Reed or a weak one like Hen derson. The House has had no Speaker by divine right of strength since Reed abdi cated, and it Is beginning to miss the di recting hand. At first It rioted like a boy In vacation; but it has been sobered by a sense of failure and incapacity. Hen derson was chosen because he was a popu lar good fellow. Cannon Is popular, too, but with a difference. We imagine the difference had something to do with his selection. Cannon has shown powers of leadership on the floor of the House that Henderson never developed either before or after he was elected Speaker. Cannon has been actual leader, for the purpose of direct ing legislation, as head of the appropria tions committee, and has used his power with no sparing hand. He has taken no spectacular part in exciting debate or legislation that caught public attention; but no member has had more real influ ence n the conduct of business in which the House was most interested. He has not been a popularity-hunter. He has said "No" oftener and harder than any other man since Reed, and his support for Speaker Is proof that he, too, knows how to say It without offense. We sus pect that tnls has something to do with his choice as a candidate. The House is getting tired of a Speaker who cannot rule it. The real strength of Cannon's character will be tested this Winter. He will be an avowed candidate during three months of active service as chairman of the commit tee, on appropriations. Members whose votes he wants will besiege him for local appropriations for their districts, and will ask him to shut his eyes to the jobs that try to worm their way into every appro priations bill. If his power to say "No" to all these should not be Impaired by his desire to be Speaker, It will be a fair conclusion that he is strong enough to keep the House In order and down to its proper business of legislation. Princely Gift to Charity. 'New York Telegram. One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars was the donation announced at the annual meeting of the Hebrew Shel tering Guardian Society as the gift of the six daughters of the late Leonard Lewlsohn. This sum Is donated to the building fund of the society, $50,000 being given outright. One condition is attached to the remaining $75,000, and that is that the society shall secure a similar sum to complete the building fund within a year. A Unanimous vote of thanks was extend ed to the donors, who were present. President Levy previously read an ex haustive address, in which he said the society during It9 23 years' existence had sheltered 4429 orphans, all of whom were destitute. It was the intention to buy a large acreage In Westchester County probably, and there erect suitable build ings that would enable It to care for the Jewish orphans and destitute children, not only of Greater New York, but all who came to the attention of the society. Four hundred thousand dollars was need ed, he said, of which about $110,000 had been subscribed. At present 758 children are In the cus tody of the society, while G9 are waiting to be admitted as soon as room can be found for them. The Uncrowned Kintr. Chlcaso Itecord-Herald. ' free-born citizen sets up, when dew Is The on the grass, And ses himself reflected In a trust-made looking-glass. A trust controls the soap ho finds at length upon the stand. And through the favor of some trust he takes his comb m hand. His shoes, suspenders, shirt and socks, tha buttons on his coat. His handkerchiet his necktie and the collar round his throat All came from factories that trusts permit to operate, A trusti allows him to have coal to pile upon the crate. By yielding to the sugar trust he make3 his coffee sweet, ' By bowing to the beef trupt he may have a steak to eat: The cracker trust, the flour trust, the coffee trust likewise. Takes tribute from the man who dwells where Freedom's tanner flies. He rises from the table which a trust leaves In his care. And on the trust-made hall-tree finds a trust made hat to wear. Now see the free-born citizen upon the trust owned car, By paylner tribute he may ride to where his dutlc3 are. He sits before a trust-made desk a trust has sold he may And being free and equal he tolls for the trust all day: At nlsht a trust provides his light and when i hl3 prayers are said The uncrowned King devoutly kneels beside a trust-made bod. Thus all his trust's bound up in trusts that treat him as they please. He lives through favor of the trusts, to them ho bends his knees; Ah, let us trust that when he dies and leaves this world of care. Some trust will' waft him to the skies and , give him glory' there. NOTE AND, COMMENT The sweetest laughter Is akin toUears; Where Ignorance is royalty, 'tls'folly to be wise. ( The man who pays as he goes' rarely has to come back. The trees are -turning -the last leaves of the book of Summer. r There are times when profanity ap proaches the simplicity of prayer. While the lover believes firmly, oh! so firmly, In unions he never cries for shorter b.ours. There Is one star that Is Insulted ltyou say she twinkles, and that Is the the atrical star. Why does a woman who confides her reflections to a mirror blame the man who confides his to a pipe? First a man leaves his work to take a drink; In the second stage he leaves his drink to do some work. To fight alone requires courage; to live alone after victory Is more than virtue, and few there be who attain It Didn't H. R. H. of Siam know that this Is John Barrett's native town? Well, he'll find out some day. Or else Commissioner Barrett will. It has transpired since the Prince's de parture that his first name Is Semdetch. This correction is made In the interest of bill of fare play. A well-known doctor tells of a visit to an old colored man, who was convalesc ing from a severe Illness, says the Phil adelphia Ledger. After expressing his satisfaction at the progress of his pa tient, and assuring the old fellow and his wife that 'his complete recovery depended only on the exercise of a little caution In the matter of diet, he added, with an eye to their small store, that It would be a good thing if she would buy a chicken and prepare the broth. The old darky's face lit up with the memory of happier days, and he eagerly turned and whis pered: "It ain't abs'lutely necessary to buy dat chlckun." A priest while preaching In the church of San Carlos, at Naples, tried to impress his congregation, which was drawn from the poorest and most disreputable of the Inhabitants, with the terrors of hell. With the view to heightening the effect of his oratory, he had placed behind tho altar In the sacristy confessionals a man who, while tho priest vividly described the tor ments of hell, howled, walled, groaned and rattled chains. The performance was so realistic that the congregation fled in terror, and many were Injured in the crush at the doors. The police have warned the priest to abstain from his dangerous ' theatricals. And yet realism is the axiom of today. In a-play at one of the local theaters there is a lino of such wisdom that It escapes most in its fullness of expression. The woman who has elected to become the wife of another says to the lover, who is more worthy: "Oh! what a good friend you would make!" Never was truer sen tence In the mouth of woman. For hus band and lover of choice she will take a man of fickle heart, of murky past of unsettled and Inveterate desire. To him she will open her secret mind, and before his careless feet spread jcwls of tender value. But for a friend the ordinary woman chooses, or would choose, a quiet undemonstrative, cool man with common sense. She would have him the creature of her own moods to an extent, and to him she would yield more than she ever yields to less worth, enduring obedience. But of love? Not a whit. Occasionally there Is a woman who makes of a man .both lover and friend, when this nap- pens the heavens smile, and the world stands aside a little for these two to pass. And they go into felicity undreamed of by divided hearts. - , Though most of us be no seafarers, yes terday's gale probably awoke the ancient blood that we never can be rld of. The man does not live to whom the wind does not call at some time or other. And straightway when tho song reaches the Inner ear there rises swiftly before the eye gray seas rolling round the world, gales that blow from out of tho far depths beyond the skyline, currents that sweep Interminably to unknown oceans, where life is a dream of sweet silences. Some of us remember dizzy hours on the ueellng yard high above everything but God and His strength, nights of peering Into pregnant blackness, moments of strong ecstacy and fierce. exultation. Nev er a wind blows on this Coast but some where beyond our borders men fight or lift, wrench from the elements anfcin stant's wild living, set stern fnces.agalnst death and the terror of drowning. Better an hour panting for a life grip on a plunging jibboom, with the lust of battle In the blood, than years of granted exist ence. Yet, even In the turmoil and tho panting combat, we picture the delights of the qUIet haven, and before strain ing eyes comes the evening scene of fair harborage, where only the thunder of tho faraway surf Is heard, and at our feet the waters of contentment ripple softly. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGItAPKERS Oyer Bald heads remind me of kind words. MycrAVhat's the answer? Gyr-They caa never dye. Chicago Dally News. Mrs. Wltherby We must give 3ome sort oC affair, dear. If only to- maintain our posltlofl. Wltherby I suppose you want It to cost as much as possible. "Oh. more than thatl Life. First Football Player (bending over Injured player)-Poor Jack! He didn't know what struck him! Second Football Player-No! Jlls first . words were: ".Arrest the chauffeur 1 Puck. "Is this, then, to be the end of our ro mance?" ho asked. "No." she answered, ily lawyer will call on you In the morning. I have a bushel and a half of your letters."-ChIcago Recbrd-Herald. "Remember. Mr. BIchley. that it Is said. By their works ye shall know them.' " "I won't forget It. sir. you can wager. The fact Is. I wouldn't know my friends if they didn't work me." Philadelphia Bulletin. Tourist (In search of "the antique." after admiring old cottage) Is there anything else to look at in the village? Village Dame Lor bless 'ee. why there's- the beautiful new Rec ra'tion Ground as we've Just 'ad made! Punch. JonesYou are looking better than you did the last time I saw you. Brown-Yes; I have got wholly over the effects of my Summer's vacation, and am now building up my strength In preparation for next year'3 vacation. Bos ton Transcript. "I suppose." said the very young man who was seeking knowledge, "the secret of success In politics 13 learning to treat one's inferiors with deference." "Preferably with beer or whisky," replied the wise old politician. Phll adelphia Press. By the Yonkers Route. ''Yes. he takes a 1 great interest In prison work. He has been fa miliar with the ln3lde of so many of them." "Indeed! As a criminal?" "Not , exactly. As an automoblllst." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dumlelgh Frost had the audacity to call me a pcnny-a-lincr. Synnex A gratuitous Insult, I call it. He knows well enough that nobodyd pay a penny a line for anything you wrote. Frost ought to be ashamed of himself. Boston Trarscrlpt.