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1 THE MORNING" OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1902 V. Catered at the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, as second-clasa matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mali (postage prepaid. In advance) Dajlr. with Suaday. pir month ff Dally. Sunday excepted, per year.....-.- I M IUllr. with Sunday, per year 9 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 Thi Weekly, per year 1 50 The WMky 8 months ... 10 To City Subscrlber Dar. per week, delivered. Sunday excepted.lBo Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lnduded.203 POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: J? to 14-pai paper Io to 28-page paper .....Jo Foreign rates doable. News cr discussion Intened-for publication Jn The Oreconlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oresohlan." not to the naias of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tl!np. subscription or to any business matter shTald Jjo artdressrd nlmply "The Oreeonlan." 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News Co.. 217 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. 63 Washington street For Fale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 3B13 Farnam street: Mcgeath Stationery Co.. 1303 Farnaai street. For eale In Salt Lak by th "nit Lake News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale In Minneapolis by R. G. Hearsey A Co.. 24 Third street South. For sale in Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kcndrlck. D0S-012 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence street: A. Series, Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy, with occasional showers; south to .west winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 47; minimum temperature, 30; pre cipitation. 0.17 inch. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, DEC. 13. You can get the views of all the public men In Washington on any important subject at a moment's notice by estab lishing connection with a newspaper correspondent who is abreast of the time. He will instantly repair to the apartment by courtesy called an office, lock the door, set fire to a moiety of eleemosynary tobacco, and with the aid of Government writing materials will grind you out as fast as mere mechan ical limitations permit the exact impres sion created by a given -Blece of news upon "each and every" segment of offi cial "Washington. He will do this with out leaving his box, expect good pay for it, and, what's more, he will get it. One of these resourceful persons is evi dently and opportunely in Caracas, for he wires the Associated Press that the release of British and German prisoners "has created a good Impression." As suredly, it would put this accomplished and versatile correspondent to some pains to locate this good Impression with any accuracy. It certainly did not please the "Venezuelan populace, on fire for vengeance on the foreigners. What the men on the assembled warships thought of It he had no means of know ing. The few menaced foreigners are not likely to be airing their views very extensively. The favorable impression, therefore, may be reasonably narrowed down to Minister Bowen and the corre spondent himself. The entire approval vouchsafed by the released persons at their own escape, we should suppose, goes without saying. Miss Isom's commendable activity in the display of eligible Christmas books for children, like her recent bulletin on arldand literature, apropos of the irri gation convention, should be an addi tional reminder to the community of the necessity for Intelligent use of the Port land Library, now public Invery sense. For this Institution to be of any real value to the intellectual life of the com munity it must be regarded as some thing more than a place to kill time or to get exciting novels with which to cram empty heads. A library Is very much what it is made by the people for whom It is maintained. They can have it filled with heipful works of record, in struction and reference, or else devoted solely to the baser uses of mere novel reading. The library is now In the best possible hands, both of directorate and working force, and it will accurately re flect the demands made upon it, so far as its means vgo In Portland, as every where else, there is the disposition to depend too much on second-hand sources of Information when original authorities are within reach. Every day brings to this office many inquiries on subjects which can be learned all about by any who will take the' trouble to consult the library. Toung persona especially should be encouraged and urged to possess themselves of authori tative and definite knowledge from the best books within reach; and there is no more effective way to get better books within reach than to use intel ligently and faithfully the books at hand. The way to double the library's equipment and usefulness is to cultivate its resources to- the limit of their pres ent capacity. A natural demand for in crease will then be created, and means will somehow appear to meet it. It is easy to understand what Senators Daniel and Tillman mean by their in vidious and uncivil caviling at the pres ent labors and proposed pay of Judge George Gray, on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. They want to wreak a petty revenge upon him for his action as a Democrat against Bryan in 1896 and subsequent years. Of Tillman it Is perhaps unnecessary to refer In terms of greater aspersion than the mere mention of his name; but of Dan iel's brains and breeding something bet ter might have been expected. Tet his own record on two Important matters is such as to make him feel keenly the un favorable aspect he bears in-comparison with the honesty and courage of Gray. Daniel has seen the miseries of debased currency In "Virginia, yet he advocated debased currency in the Nation for party regularity. It Is an Inadequate defense. But Daniel has a yet darker record, and It concerns this very prob lem of labor and capital where he now agitates for partisan advantage. When President Cleveland was arraigned in Congress for his course in the Chicago riots of 1894, he had no warmer defend er on the floor of the Senate than Dan iel of Virginia. Daniel was for law and order. He opposed free riot and called upon Congress to sustain and approve the course of the noble Democratic President in suppressing violence and anarchy at Chicago. Tet in less than two years we find this same "Virginia statesman, as chairman of the Demo cratic National Convention, joining forces with Bryanlsm In an assault not only on Cleveland's views, but upon Cleveland's acta Gray stood by Cleve land in 1894, and again in 1896. He was loyal not only to the mac, but to the Nation's honor, in finance and in pub lic peace. It is not strange that men like Daniel should squirm under the withering rebuke administered to them by George Gray's manly and unobtru sive pursuance of his dally duty; and perhaps it is equr.liy natural that they should seek to vent their venom in ways of such pitiful meanness. Councilman Albee falls into one very dangerous error In his championship of the abolishment of private boxes con-, nected with saloons. This Is his. esti mate of these contrivances as the fountain-head of youthful vice and crime. He should go back beyond the saloons to the imperfect character given the youth by the Inheritance and training received in the home. We could name Mr. Albee many young men and women in Portland to whom all the seductive drinks on Satan's wine list and all the blandishments' of private entrances would be no more temptation than a veritable devil with horns and tail. But this is the only fault to be found with his proposal or his reasoning. If there is any defense in law or morals to these prolific breeding-places, of drunkenness and debauchery, it has yet to be offered. Boys are made wrecks and girls are made prostitutes by the bad company and bad "habits they take up with in these secret rooms, where every precau tion Is taken to screen them from obser vation and facilitate their passage to eating-tables and lodging-houses. No sdoonkeeper who prizes his buzlness standing or covets any sort of social recognition for his family will condone the black offenses of these hell-holes. The moral aspect of this question is one that transcends every consideration of revenue and puts It in a different cate gory from the perennial adjustments of license fees. Any Councilman with a boy he hopes to see successful, or a girl at whose ruin he would shudder, should not need lu.ig to make up his mind on this subject. And If he have neither, shall he b.e reckless of his neighbor's ewe lamb? Opportunity makes the out cast as well as the thief. The field 13 one where prevention is .far more effica cious than cure. Who, alas! shall cure the ruined life of its wasted years and its bitter memories? IT IS REAL WAR. The operations of the fleet of Ger many and Great Britain ire directed toward enforcing a "peaceful" blockade of the ports of Venezuela and the seiz ure and temporary holding of the custom-houses of that country. To accom plish this purpose, it was, ol course, nec essary to capture Venezuela's ships-of-war, as these were ottstacles to enforc ing this blockade and occupation of custom-houses. After- they were captured they were practically prizes, which could be held during a settlement or could be destroyed If their captors could not spare the men necessary to send them Into some British port. Vene zuela knew that failure of satisfactory answer to the ultimatum of the enemy meant exactly such measures as have been taken. Venezuela knew that after negotiations have terminated without effect, the receipt of an ultimatum means that If a settlement is not made military force will be applied. Of course, In a limited sense Great Britain and Germany are making war upon Venezuela. They "are not making war for the purpose of territorial ag grandizement, but they are making war for the purpose of coercing Venezuela Into a satisfactory settlement ' of her debts. When President Harrison sent what was practically our ultimatum to Chile, if Chile had maintained the dog ged silence of Venezuela, our Navy would have bombarded the Chilean ports until they agreed to apologize and pay an indemnity. Without any declaratlon of war, Commodore Hollins, United States Navy, bombarded and burnt Greytown, In Central America, because of some offense against Ameri can citizens. A good deal of actual war may be waged without formal declara tion of war, and a so-called "peaceful" blockade may necessitate stern naval measures and may expand into a fully developed war on sea and land. Of course, the present 'limited naval opera tion agalpst Venezuela could not be suc cessfully undertaken against a great power without a serious war. A power like Russia, France, Germany or the United States would consider any at tempt to blockade its ports, seize Its ships or occupy its custom-houses as a declaration of war, and would instantly retaliate by land and sea, so that, what ever it may be called, the proceedings of Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela are acts of war consequent upon the dogged refusal of President Castro to satisfy the demands of the ul timatum. Since It Is really a state of war, noth ing that has been done is in excess of the laws of war. WKen Venezuela re fused to settle, the "peaceful" blockade followed, with just as rhuch war In it as was necessary to enforce the pur pose of the blockade of Venezuela's ports and the occupation of her custom houses. The same view holds good as to the prisoners taken and the ships cap tured, whether they have been sunk or held as prizes awaiting final settlement. When war is undertaken it Is a nat ter of discretion or convenience with the captor what he does "with his prizes taken from the enemy, and so with his prisoners. .There is nothing that Ger many and Great Britain have done thus far that they have not a perfect fight to do under the laws of war, be cause an attempt to blockade the ports of any power and occupy Its custom houses is an act of war. The ultimatum was a warning that war would be at once -resorted to if satisfaction was not at once granted by Venezuela. Some of thereatest wars in the his tory of the world have been begunwlth out any formal declaration, and war has sometimes been made without any pub lic provocation, like the British naval expedition against Copenhagen under Admiral Nelson. Great Britain was at peace with Denmark, but Great Britain feared that Napoleon would seize the Danish fleet, so Nelson destroyed it, after a terrible battle, to keep it out of the hands of the French. Great Britain has over and over again collected dam ages at the cannon's mouth from petty states like Venezuela which have Inflict ed Injuries upon. British subjects and re fused redress. Abyssinia, Zanzibar, Persia, Algiers and Morocco h'ave been brought to terms by British arms with out any purpose of territorial aggran dizement. So long as Germany and Great Britain do not transgress the laws of civilized warfare, their methods of procedure against "Venezuela are en tirely defensible, because their so-called purpose of "peaceful" blockade Is really nothing but war. The actfon of our Minister at Caracas is nothing more than the discharge of the same duties that were willingly assumed and dis charged by Mr. Waehburne, the Ameri can Minister to France, during the Franco-German. War of 1870-71. When that war broke out there were 50,000 German citizens in Paris, whose inter ests were cared for as far as possible by Mr. Washburne. -- The rally of the- people of Venezuela to arms Is natural, but It will be of no avail. They have no warships, and they cannot break the blockade of their ports without warships. If the blockade is not broken, the revenues of "Venezuela will be reduced so largely that President Castro will not be able to pay running expenses. If the resistance of "Venezu ela should prove to be unexpectedly formidable, it would be an easy mat ter to support the allied squadron by troops sent from Europe in numbers sufficient to capture Caracas. "Venezu ela has about 2,500,000 people, inhabiting an area of 566,000 square miles. She has no railroads . to speak of; her fighting population is largely composed of mixed Indian and Spanish blood. "Venezuela's well-armed and disciplined troops prob ably do not exceed 25,000 men, and In the matter of field artillery they could make no appreciable resistance to the allies. If all "Venezuela rushed to arms to support Castro he could not collect more than 150,000 men of all sorts, but of effective, well-armed troops fit to meet European regulars he cannot com mand more than 25,000 men. He will not fight; he has no money, no good troops, no ships. He will simply have to ssttle. MITCHELL IS TOO SANGUINE. The present suffering on the Atlantic, seaboard and "as far west as Chicago from the scarcity of coal ought to con vince the parties to the anthracite con troversy that the public welfare will be paramount in the matter of the prompt settlement of the great coal strikes. In the current number of Mc Clure's Magazine Mr. Mitchell discusses the coal strike with Intelligence, ability and good temper, but he Is likely to be disappointed in his expectation that voluntary arbitration will be sufficient for the future settlement of quarrels be tweencapltal and labor; that here is no combination of labor or capital powerful enough to oppose .successfully the ad verse public sen.timent which would be directed against the party refusing to submit to voluntary arbitration or to accept the award of such a board. This is altogether too optimistic a view. The miners were fortunate In finding not only a sympathizer, but an ally, in President Roosevelt But this was the merest accident. Without the Intervention of the President, it is quite probable that the mine operators would have obstinately refused to arbitrate, and If they had, the strikers would have had a bitter time this Winter. The self ishness of the mine operators is not ex tinct; it Is only for the time subdued by transient circumstances, and will bide Its opportunity. When we have a President some day who Is a "Jefferson Ian" Democrat, or a "Jeffersonlan" Re publican, and does not approve or is temperamentally unable to employ extra-ofllclal Intervention in a great strike, then the mine operators will show their teeth again and force another- great strike with the hope of forcing the miners to surrender on the operators' terms. Men as heartless and cruel as the tes timony before the arbitration tribunal shows these anthracite coal autocrats to be cannot be changed by defeat. They will, of course, be obliged to accept the findings of the commission, but at the first promising opportunity they will fight another battle with the mlnework ers' union. This Is the fatal weakness of trusting to Involuntary arbitration. The mine operators seldom want to ar bitrate, because they think they can better afford a long strike than the min ers can, and as a rule they will refuse to arbitrate in the future as they have in the past. The miners are short sighted in not seeing that It would be far better for them to be able to force the operators Into a court of arbitration than to trust to luck to force them to arbitrate by a long strike. CHILD INSURANCE. Grave abuses through life Insurance for young children have again been dis closed in Pennsylvania. The practice, as shown by the revelations, is very ex tensive, and its drift is toward the shirking of parental responsibility in the most shocking manner. The Insur ance Commissioner, in calling attention to the scandals that have grown out of it, asserts, as a basis of reform there in, tlyit "any concern that Insures life should be incorporated," thus incurring fuller legal responsibility for its acts. This statement is in itself startling, since it discloses the fact that "con cerns" are engaged in a business in Pennsylvania without the authority which insures legal responsibility in a class of very important transactions, one party to which Is utterly helpless. Insurance of children, says the Phila delphia Bulletin, In commenting upon the subject, rests upon an entirely dif ferent basis from that of adults. The truth of this estimate is obvious. The life of a wage-earner or a business man represents a cash value to his family, and- the steady growth of the number of policies issued to such persons by reputable substantial and responsible companies Is a development in modern business life which may be commended as an example of practical thrift and forethought. Small children, on the contrary, are sources of expense, and not of revenue, to their parents. In cases ofpeor families It may, other con ditions being satisfactory to the Insur ance Inspector, be justifiable to insure the lives of older children for sums that would, In the event of their death, pay the necessary expenses incident thereto. But the line must be drawn somewhere, and the practice of Insuring infants In rarms may well be forbidden as a spe cies of gambling which is abhorrent to persons of humane Instincts, and which may put temptation in the way of de praved parents whose poor homes are overflowing with Infantile life. It is, of course, impossible to calculate with anything like probability,' not to say certainty, what the chances of life for an infant a few weeks or a few months old may be. And even where older children are concerned Insurance should be surrounded with safeguards and restrleticns which will operate to reduce possible abuse, fraud and inhu manity to the minimum. A state that contains even one large city among whose inhabitants there are necessarily a considerable number of starving poor should concern Itself in this matter to the end that the most utterly helpless of Its .Inhabitants may be protected from inhumanity, of which the most re volting phase Is parental irresponsibil ity, that may develop Intohe, cruel neglect of young children, looking- to the price that has been set upon, their lives. Ex-President Cleveland's remarks at a public meeting" In Philadelphia Thurs day evening on the Industrial training of the colored people bear the stamp of a just-minded man who feels that he is out of politics. The whole negro ques tion, so called, consists In the possibility of bringing negroes up to the standard required for self-respecting, useful and safe members of the body politic. In the words of Mr. Cleveland, these peo ple must. If this is to be 'accomplished, be taught to do something more than "haul hay and draw water." Careful thrift and intelligent Industry are the handmaidens of progress. These quali ties were wanting In the negro race when released from generatlons-of bond age. Ten-year-old David Copperfleld, In Dickens' immortal story, was not more unfitted to take charge of the problem of his own existence, when set adrift In London, than were the ne groesmen, women and children when turned out by the edict of freedom to think and plan and act for themselves. Unwise because untaught, these people have blundered on in so-called freedom through a generation, environed by con ditions in which ignorance, prejudice and helplessness were chief factors. They need now,' as they sorely needed when cast adrift upon the sea of re sponsible irresponsibility, the discipline that only comes from Industrial train ing, the object of which is individual in dependence and good citizenship. If they ever reach this goal It will be through the discipline and power of self-respecting, self-sustaining Industry a quality as distinct from blundering, awkward manual labor as though one were occupation, the other idleness. President Castro, of Venezuela, will naturally seek to restore his damaged popularity by raising the standard of national resistance to Germany and Great Britain, but it is reported that the Venezuela Conservatives will refuse to support him. He Is said to be hope ful of becoming at no distant day the head of a union of all the South Ameri can' Republics for purposes of common defense against foreign aggression. But South America is not ready for such a step, for she is a country of magnificent distances, and her little republics, are in no sense united in sympathies or in terests, and if they were the President of Venezuela would not be selected as the head of a South American union. Chile Is the most warlike and. energetic of all the South American states, and she would not for a moment join a union with such a man as Castro for Presi dent Neither would Argentina nor Brazil. The Provinces of Venezuela and Colombia are hostile to each other, and Ecuador dislikes Colombia. Peru and Bolivia detest Chile, and Paraguay hates Brazil. There Is no love lost be tween Argentina and Chile. The South American union is a dream, "and Castro is nothing but a very ambitious dreamer. The Senate committee on military af fairs, by its favorable recommendation of the bill for the retirement of General H. C. Merrlam as a Major-General In stead of ,a Brigadier-General, has done only an act of Justice. "General Merrlam was brevetted for gallantry at Antie tam; he wears a medal of honor for his conspicuous gallantry exhibited In leading his regiment in the assault upon Fort Blakeley In April, 1865; he was a full Brigadier-General in 189S when the war with Spain broke out Through no fault of his own General Merrlam was given no opportunity o command In Cuba or the Philippines, and despite the fact that he had been overslaughed' re peatedly in the matter of promotion to vacant Major-Generalships, he was re tired for age in November, 1901, with out the additional grade that was in equity his due. General Merrlam was, during his long career of forty years in the Army, an officer of distinguished ability and high character, and it Is to be hoped that the United States Senate will do him the justice that its military committee has recommended for enact ment. Pension Commissioner Ware is com ing Into troubles of his own. These are already taking the shape of those with which Commissioner Evans became so familiar. They spring from the same source that produced 00 plentiful a crop for his predecessor the attorneys and agents who make a livelihood by getting claims through the Pension Bu reau. While there was no evidence that Commissioner Evans did anything more heinous than to execute the laws of Con gress, he was assailed as an enemy of old soldiers' and made the object of fierce denunciation in ills official capac ity. All of this Is a matter of political history. The pension allowance pro vldes for the disbursement of $139,847,000 during the next fiscal year. This sum is more than one-fourth of the entire estimated expenditures of the Govern ment, exclusive of the Postoffice Depart ment Its proportions certainly dis prove the assumption that the Pension Bureau is being administered in a spirit unfriendly to old soldiers. The sum of $500 will be added to the soldiers' monument fund for the erec tion of a monument in Lone Fir ceme tery In memory of the soldiers there in terred. The sum, though a substantial contribution to a most worthy cause, represents, an effort out of all propor tion to the returns on the part of a few patriotic but sadly overworked women during a nine days' fair. Indeed, if the strength and vitality of self-denying women who engage in such work could be or were assessed at anything like their true worth, the levy placed upon them would far outrun In value the re turns of any bazaar held. for the purpose of raising funds for even the most worthy object. This is a plain state ment, the truth of which will scarcely be challenged by any bazaar worker, tired from last week's campaign. A baseball war Is being waged out of season on the Pacific Coast with tongues for bludgeons -and words as hot shot The public can get along (though, of course, the possibility of such priva tion Is harrowing tq contemplate) If the war should result In the disruption of the league and the Impossibility of or ganlzing anotner. mere are some things of which one specimen of each In a community Is quite enough; as, for example, a Board of Trade and a base ball team. Two of each may make themselves ridiculous by clamoring for public recognition and support, but that would be about the extent of their abil ity to aid, please, amuse or Instructs SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS "Will Hev to" Find Out." Olympia Recorder. Flnley -Peter Dunne, author of the Dooley letters, was married yesterday. "Undoubtedly he Is now at the" end of his troubles, but, as Dooley would say, "He will hev to find out which end." Sympathy for the Under Dor. Albany Democrat. The greatest outrage and, most cow ardly act of modern times Is A. Germany and England jumping upon Venezuela mostly on account of some private con tractor's claims. For shame! Always Actlngr for Themselves. Lewiston Tribune. Somehow the railroads always seem to be doing something whenever there is any special open river activity but manage to get hung up whenever there Is a lull. The railroads do not want Jo havn to compete with the river and if anyone would like to see them jump just let work once be gin on removing The Dallcs-Celilo rapids. IiOOkuJFavorable for the Fair. Pendleton Tribune. Portland has subscribed $400,000 for the Fair. The railroad companies 550.000. The state seems inclined to Increase the sum of the two by $500,000. which makes ,al TTinsf si.ooo.000 In Orecon. Every West ern State will, help fill the Fair's treas ury and if Uncle Sam does his part the Lewis and Clark celebration will be a pretty biff affair. There is no cause ior discouragement yet Harmony Would Mean Extravagance. Hillsboro Argus. It will not be many weeks until the Oregon Legislature will be In session, and with this Oregon will be Inflicted witn another Senatorial fight There will be the usual pulling ana naming ana aeartn of decent legislation, but the state will not suffer as much as might be expected under such circumstances because of the direct legislation amendment This safe guard will do much toward checking many extravagances that would otherwise pre vail, and generally have prevailed in the past Oregon Must Take the Initiative, Albany Herald. Portland In asking $2,000,000 from the general Government for the Lewis and Clark Fair Is not asking too much. In view of the fact that the business men of that city are putting into the fair $300,000. Then, asaln, with Congress mak ing as liberal a contribution $500,000 would not look very unreasonable for the share of the State of Oregon. Oregon must take the initiative to make the Fair a success. With these liberal aids and the neighboring states doing their yart. the Fair will be a signal credit to the entire West The Greeks Bearing Gifts. Lebanon Criterion. The Democratic press of the state Is over anxious that the Republicans in the Leclslature do not fall to reward Gover nor Geer, for past services, by electing him to the United States Senate, when th Democratic papers are over anxious for the welfare of any man It Io time for the Republicans to "look a leetle out" The Democrats would probably like to see Geer rewarded for the assistance he ren dcred George E. last Juno, but tha Re publicans don't see It that way and will elect some good Republican to the posi tion. Still Harping; on the Trolley Line Forest Grove Times. "The Times was right about the way to treat Portland," said a prominent cltl zen the other day. "If they hold hp our electric road then our members of the Legislature should hold up the bills they are most interested In. Let them under stand that there. are others In the state besides those who live .In the big city. Portland is a great, city, and we are, proud-of It and want It to prosper, but we alio have some interests that we want encouraged, and if Portland don't treat us fairly then It becomes a duty to force a recognition of our rights." Olympla's Golden Dream. Seattle Times. The Olympia papers are In ecstasies over the proposal of the Northern Paciflc Railway Company to purchase the tide lands In front of that city. It Is alleged that the company proposes to make that point the shipping pert for the wheat that it brings from Eastern Washington. It is said that the company will reach tide water by a downrjlH haul along the banks of the Columbia, then up the Cowlitz and over to Olympia. thus doing away with the heavy grades of the Cascades. There are certain movements being made that give credence to this story. It is not the practice of railway companies to do things In a hurry, but It need, surprise no one If the two great wheat shipping ports of Puget Sound should be Seattle anU Olympia. Hotv the Trust Does It. Snokane Snokesman-Revlew. A Spokane jobber can testify that at least one trust, the salt trust, has sharp claws beneath the velvet. The Pacific f?nnflt suit trust haa hoon rnnt--iHlrifT tVta Spokane market, and forcing local dealers ana consumers to pay artificial prices prices above the Eastern rate plus the frelsrht rate. This Snokanfi lohhnr ns?rt. ed a somewhat Bhadowy American right to buy where he could get the product the cheaper. He sent East for a carload of cheaner salt, and had nleasant thought about Increased profits. They were short lived. The Pacific Coast trust heard of tnis audacious action and took steps tc nunlsh this bit of Snokane indpnpnrlpnrp By easy fiat It put down the price of Its salt In the Spokane market below the price at which the audacious jobber can afford to sell his Eastern stock, and the result la a loss tq the dealer who brought In the carload of competitive salt. In other words, It serves sharp notice on Spokane dealers that" they will be pun ished if they assert the time-honored rignt or buying where they please. T greater or less extent, this is the under Ivlnc nrinclDle that animates nil mnnnn ollce. It Is a vicious influence, and the American people, will not rest content uniu iney nave iouna a way of correctln the growing abuse. tet Him Be Himself. New Tork Evenlnsr Post. Press and Congressional comment on the President's message leans stronclv to the view that It doe3 not interfere with the do-nothing programme which the party leaders have sketched out for the winter. Congressmen comfortably fold their hands, thanking heaven that Mr. Roosevelt does not seriously mean to disturb their slumbers. President James J. Hill cracks his Jokes about the PresI dent being "level-headed" on the trust question, and thinks Congress will have an elegant time passing a law which will crush "bad" trusts, while leaving the "good" ones to go on their benevolent way rejoicing. But we are satisfied that all this Is to mistake the President's real hope and purpose. No one could be more mortified, than he, or politically more Injured, If all his bold words about trusts come to exactly nothing at all Nor will his enthusiastic Western admir ers, who rose to him and stayed by him expressly because they thought that he would force the unwilling Republican managers to do something to check the exactions of trusts, be content to accept the Idea that the whole thing was merely a campaign hullabaloo, with nopractIcal result ever intended. To retain their support, Mr. Roosevelt will have to press Congress"to action; and to hold in re serve the threat of an extra session If he cannot make the legislators budge this Winter. To suppose that the President will quietly 'let trust legislation go liy the board is to suppose that he is willing to submit himself to a personal and po litical humiliation deeper than that he suffered last year in the Cuban business. CHANGE OF CHURCH NAMES. Minneapolis Tribune. -Church names in America are historical ly cumbrous and complicated, except in a iw cases wnere me Ameptuu tuuitu ah Integral part of a universal church. An the Independent Protestant bodies that have sprung out of Protestant boaies in Europe, have to resort to long and clumsy titles to express, at the same time, their kinship and their Independence. Then most of the Protestant churches have broken up from time to time on geo graphical lines or ethical questions, es pecially that of slavery, and the sections have had to name themselves anew. Some of these breaches have been closed and some have not V, The Episcopal church Is discussing the wisdom of changing Its ponderous name. "The Protestant Episcopal Church In the United States of America" is a tremen dous mouthful. One almost never hears it, and rarely ees it in print, except in formal documents, let it expresses so precisely the origin and history of the. church, which was organized here by bish ops consecrated la England after the Rev olution, that it is difficult to imagine a change that would not miss something of the meaning It is desired to express. Nevertheless the question of change Is under discussion. A joint committee ap pointed, by the last general convention has a3ked- each convention and -convocation to be held hereafter to Inform the committee "whether it does or does not desire that the name of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America shall be changed at this time, and, If It does so desire, what name it wishes sub stituted therefor." These diocesan con ventions or district convocations are re quested to communicate the result of ac tion to the committee before October 1, 1S03. The result of this inquiry will "bo watched with curious Interest by members of the Episcopal church, and of other churches In like predicament. But we Im agine that the convocations and conven tions will find difficulty In agreeing upon a shorter and simpler name. There Is no great wealth of suggestion, as yet The name under doubtful consideration In some church and secular papers, "The Church In America," Is beautifully sim ple, but does not commend Itself other wise. It has a curious flavor of exclu slveness and arrogance, wholly unsulted to this liberal and unassuming body of religious believers. Whatever new name may be adopted. If any, we may be quite certain that this will Jiot We cannot Imagine any American denomination as suming a title that suggests belief that it Is the only church In America. A Hopefnl View of the Case. 1J PMcaen Tribune. Rpvrnl Smith em States have framed! new constitutions for the sole purpose on disfranchising the colored voters. Booker T. Washington takes a novel and wnat some may consider a sensible view of such unfriendly constitutions. He finds in them an incentive to the colored race to get knowledge and money. He says, "Wa cannot elevate and make useful a race or people until there Is held out to them a hope of reward for right living." Tbe "hope of reward" in this case Is the suf frage. "Every revised constitution throughout the Southern States," says Mr. Washington, "has put a premium upon Intelligence, ownership of property, thrjft and character." If the negro wishes ,to vote and to stand in this respect on a level with his white neighbors, he must learn to read and write, or must get to gether property enough to entitle him to the ballot. Until there Is evidence to the contrary, it must be presumed that a col ored man who has a right to vote under a revised constitution will be allowed to vote. At the last election in South Caro lina thousands of negroes who are quali fied electors and have registration tickets did not go to the. polls. For tho'flrst time since the negroes got the ballot not one of them is holding any kind of public of fice la the state. The lone colored mem ber of the last Legislature failed of re election. No bulldozing Is reported, and apparently the colored men who are qual ified electors took no Interest In the elec tion. Nor for that matter did the white Republicans. In six Congressional dis tricts the. Republican candidates got only 742 votes. It may be that revised consti tutions will not do so much to encourage thrift and Intelligence among the negroes as Mr. Washington thinks they may. Increasing; Wages on the Railroads. Chicago Tribune. The railway employes of the United States were paid $610,000,000 during the year ending June 30, 1901. The Engineer ing News estimates that $20,000,000 of that sum represents the salaries paid to offi cials. Hence If the 10 per cent increase in wages recently ordered by the Pennsylva nia road had been ordered by all the roads 2V years ago, the expenses of the roads for the year 1900-1S01 would have been In creased $57,000,000. That Increase would have left the roads with a surplus of $28, 000,000 -after the payment of interest on bonds and dividends. The actual surplus was $S7,000,000. The higher wage scale would have been paid in 1901 without re ducing dividends. It could not have been done In 1897, when a 10 per cent Increase In wages would have cost the roads $45, 000,000. That year the railways paid out $87,000,000 in dividends and had a surplus of but $6,000,000. It follows that with the business the roads are doing now they can pay higher wages without trenching on dividends on the one hand or raising freight rates on the other. It Is true that a rush of business may necessitate large outlays on account of rolling stock and supplies, the prices of which have ad vanced considerably. Even after making allowance for 'this It does not seem neces sary that an advance in wages should be followed by an extensive advance In rates. But when traffic falls off, as It will some time, the higher wages will be apt to eat Into the dividends If rates are not raised now, and the railroad managers will have to make their choice between cutting down wages, which Is not a pleasant task, or putting up rates. A W.inlcle Romance. Baltimore News. Little Lucy Likens loved Dumpy Danny Deaver His heart hurried humplngly. Flushed of fervid fever; Teeny Winkle tickled she Winkle Teeny tickled he. Oh! the tender, things they thought. Where the bright stars twinkled On their plans for future blis3, j How the lovers thinkled!' Teeny Winkle chided she Weenio Teeny laughed at he! In a mansion they would live, - ' ' Happy and contented. Fed In luxury by pa. x After he'd relented; Teeny Winkle cuddled she Winkle Teeny winked at he. Sixteen horses, a barouche. Servants and. butler Cutglass fixings, anJ the knives From the swellest cutler! Teeny Winkle sighed for she Winkle Teeny grabbed at he.. Then they fled, one moonlit night, . On a car. for fl' cents. To the preacher's Danny, he Swift produced his license; Teeny Winkle swore to she Winkle Teeny tied to he. Ah! hia sad, distressing tale' Must come to an ending Love and poverty, you see. Don't agree in blending; .Teeny Winkle swore at she Winkle Teeny wept at he. Sausages and hard tack proved Not a healthy diet (j You who doubt It. Just pitch tn 'For yourselves and try It ' Cold Facts bucked and kicked Romance , Off behind the crupper, And they had to. run to get ' Home in time for supper! Teeny Wink deserted sh Winkle Teen was sick of he. NOTE AND COMMENT. . The postman Is now flip slave of Sa'ntT Claus. ' f ' When It comes to a pinch, the crab I all right. I ' . . j The man whQ Is continually settlni them up is usually Xond of putting then down. J The Street-Cleaning Department shoulr be equipped with skimmers, instead "d- brooms. Christmas trees should be planted soon In order that thsy may come to maturit; by the 25th. The report taat San Francisco's plagu Is the chicken cholera shows a foul condi tion of thlnj The gang that Is continually making tracks on Mprrlsoa street never seems t get anywhee. This may be due to th breakeMn tia pavement. The weaiher man is working off his olr stock preparatory to giving Portlanl lovely skfes and fair winds for the hall days. Bostonlls having coal riots, but doubt less the 'echool teachers of that city w8 hold a meeting and utter enough warn words about the situation to raise th temperature. Heaven be praised! Laziness Is a dls ease, and there's no known cure for it and those of us who'ro lazy are to b pitied and nobody can blame us, and wi should be helped out as much as possible Aronft you glad? The girl who will get up on a steplad deriurlng the next two weeks and dcllh erately hold over her head a bit of mis tletoe while he is at the foot of the lad der deserves her certain fall, and it I her own fault If she .drops the preclou parasite. Observation teaches that bu few ever let go of It "r A Judge In Maine has rendered a decls fan that a wife cannot legally be consid tred a thief when she steals from he husband, as man and wife arc one. Unde this interpretation It may be suppose that when a man beats his spouse he 1 hurting himself. It reminds' one of th old story told by mothers when the ma ternal slipper had been put Into operatlo as a punitive instrument. The story neve was a satisfactory explanation, and th Maine Judge Is possibly mistaken also. Those who travel on street-cars towan dinnertime will appreciate this story fror the New York Mail and Express: There is a little girl up at Washlngto: Heights who has correctly apprehende the situation on Manhattan Island at 1 very tender age. She Is only 4 or 5 year old, and has just been taught to repea the Lord's Prayer before going to bed a night And this Is the way she render the passage about forgiving those wh "tresspass against us": "And forgive us our tres'p'ses as w forgive those who press up against us." Heaven knows that we have to forgiv them, if we travel on the elevated! The old lady who admired her pasto becauie he said "Mesopotamia" .so beauti fully has been outdone by a Broadwa; office boy. He jtvasjiot pleased with the Burname 0 Mulligan, to which he was,-condemned and o when he applied for a new posltio: In another office ho decided to-glve hlmsel a new name, and for thl3 purpose bor rowed what he thought was a name fror the financial statements which he had t sort.and file in tho office ln which he wa lastj employed. ""jVhat Is your name?" inquired th clerk to whom he made application fo wofk. 'William Recapitulation," replied th boj 'That's a funny name," said tho cleri after he had tho boy repeat It severa times. "Don't you vknow General Recapltula tion?" asked the boy In surprise. "Never heard ofhlm." "Why, his name is in all Blank & Co.. Wall street reports." During the recent street-car strike I' San Francisco the California-Street Cabl Railroad was taxed to Its utmost ca paclty. The cars were so packed that b: tho time the passenger would be able t . force his or her way to the rear end t notify the conductor to stop, one woul frequently be blocks beyond the propo destination. - Ono afternoon, with the rain comln, down in torrents and more struggling hu manity than ever clinging to every aval) 'able point of vantage, the conductor, b. dint of much- elbowing, arrived at th front and said to the grlpman: "Say, Jim, stop at Franklin street, wi! you?" To which his careworn comrade replied "Can't do It we're late now." The conductor looked serious, and final ly remarked: "Well, look here, old man, I guess you", have to! Lady wedged inside there ha been three round trips with us alreadj I've forgotten to let her off each time!" It Is needless to add that on this trl the unusually patient bit of femlninlt was permitted to alight at Frankll street PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Mlgsby JonesV-I prayed fer a sled and a pal o' skates fer qhristmas, and all I got wus i Bible and a prayer-book. Reddy Mullins Hu? ly see! And do you still believe In God? Puck. Mrs. Hornlhand Mrs. Scrcgglna tells me tha since that lifry son o' thelrn was throwed ovi by that Goldsby girl he's been all broke ui Farmer Hornlhan Yes. I ben secln' his piece in th paer. Baltimore American. Miss- Eva So your youngest son is calla "Eggnog." That's a funny name for a boi Aunt Hannah-Well, yo' see. mlsis. det culu woman next doah named her twins "Tom ai Jerry." an' I didn't want to be outdone. Chlcago Dally News. "I tell you." said the Cynical Codger, "th President's message must have been an awfi hard task. Just think how hard It must hav been to resist the temptation of putting 1 jeveral of his bear-hunting stories and cxpt rlences!" Baltimore Herald. "No." said Mr. Wu, as he stopped pacing th deck of the vessel and turned to look at th shores of America, now fast receding from hi view. "I can't say I was really a popular ma In that country- No brand of cigars has ev Deen named for me." Chicago Tribune Tcss So their engagement is broken off jessYe3, they quarreled, and she was in th wrong. Tess And she wouldn't admit It Jess No. that was the whole trouble. She di admit it, and after that he simply became ur bearable. Philadelphia Press. Mr. De Style Why have you cut Mrs. Higl upp "from your list of acquaintances? Mn De Style They have lost their money. "Wh says so?" "No one; but I've learned that sh Is giving her daughters a thorough educatloi That shows that she wants them to bo school teachers." New York Weekly. "I wish," said Senator Sorghum, perislvelj "that you would refrain from circulating the? reports that I am willing to pay for votes.' "Do you deny the charge?" "Tftat has nothln to do with the case. I don't want cverybod who mlcht be wllllmr to vote my way free t feel that he Is wasting1 -wney." Washlngto Star.
