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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
FOURTEEN VETOES.
Governor Chamberlain begins his ad
ministration by wielding his veto club
with a heavy hand. Although flaws can
be found in some of his reasoning and
there is a suspicious atmosphere of
"grandstand plays" about his contro
versial perlode. it must be said that his
grounds are in the main well taken.
Of the bill increasing the salary of
Multnomah County's School Superln
tendent It is to be said that the only
way this can be legally done la by re
enacting the section involved. The Gov
ernor's indicated bill "to raise the sal
ary," eta. would not stand. It Is' per.
fectly true that "counties containing
20,009 school children" Is synonymous
with Multnomah County, but many
other laws In the code are similarly
framed. The implication that Mr. Rob
iceon was trying to smuggle his meas
ure through is gratuitous, as he frankly
explained Its purpose as no other than
to restore his compensation to its old
figure, to every one who would listen
to him. Perhaps he overlooked the Gov
ernor and perhaps he now wishes he
hadn't.
The Governor is to be congratulated
and upheld for his firmness In all of
these vetoes, whatever their merits, for
there is hardly one of them which will
not raise- up specific opposition. If not
in his own party, at least among Repub-
licans where he must get votes if he Is
to be re-elected. There will be conv
plaint, not only from the school ma
chine in this county, but from our
County Court, which has desired to
bond Its outstanding warrants; from
settlers who promoted the fire warden
bill; from Republicans In whose interest
the Astoria charter was drawn; from
the advocates of the pure-food law, and
from the Republican machine behind
the amendment to the Australian ballot
act.
On the other hand, there are elements
of popular strength In more than one of
thepe vetoes. It Is of highly approved
form to fulminate against the state land
ring, whoever its members are, and ap
peals to the constitutional limitation
upon county debts are apt to stir an
swering responses in the breasts of tax
payers. The land bill veto Is doubtless
well advised, and where the Governor
goes out of his way to commend the
iniquitous Pierce bill, which was not
passed and Is not before him at all. the
Democrats will hardly notice this little
irregularity in their approval of the
bouquet thrown to their companion In
arms. Correspondingly, there will be
rejoicing among the Astoria Democrats.
It is to be hoped that Governor Cham
berlain will keep up his lick for econ
omy and resolution, and extend It down
the line to the conduct of state Instltu
tiona and petitions for pardons. His
ambition to- exemplify these traditional
Democratic ideas Is patent, and if he
will only adhere to it manfully he can
count on popular approval that will far
outweigh the discontent in Isolated In
terested circles. . Nothing gives greater
power with the people to a public offl
cial than the display of independent
judgment and firm adherence to con
victions of duty. It is not so very dan
gerous for a well-meaning man to make
en occasional mistake, for this happens
to alL But It is dangerous for a Gov
emor or a Judge to show weakness in
the face of threats, from -whatever
source they come.
Nothing but praise can be given of the
Governor's veto of the special appro
priation bill,, announced this moming.
All teat, he says of this amazing com
pendlnm of effrontery and grafts, is
true, and the Governor says it with true
spirit and effectiveness. They who
thought that the treasury was wide
open this session seem to have reck
oned -without somebody that Is by no
means negligible.
The outbreak of an epidemic of
typhoid fever in Cornell University has
caused much criticism and Incited not
a little Indignation among the people
of New Tork. "What," asks the Mail
and Express, "are the universities good
for when, after repeated warnings, ouch
. as Ithaca and Cornell have had in the
past, a raging epidemic of a prevent
able disease is allowed to decimate a
great scientific university and the town
of which it la a part?" The question is
pertinent. If the relations that exist, In
a potential degree, between science and
human welfare are not impressed upon
the minds of the young during an ex
haustive course in the university, then
that institution has failed of its mission
on the practical side of education.
What Is the use of a force of biologist,
f bacteriologists, sanitarians and doctors
of medicine as a part of the university's
equipment If It Is unable, with all of
Its scope and power, to demonstrate the
preventableneo of disease within the
relatively narrow circle of Its own In
fluence? Thlf Is one of the forms of
knowledge that counts today, and it
should be acquiredIf necessary, at the
expense of some thlng9 les3 eentlal
but more ornate.
A NATIONAL SCANDAL.
The danger- to our Institutions in
volved In the admission of three terri
tories to statehood is a small affair in
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name pontics wmcn tne opposition to i
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them has precipitated. There Is un
doubtedly much truth In the charges
of undeslrablllty lodged against the In
habitants of Arizona and New Mexico;
but it is easy to get things In Improper
proportion. We are doing worse things
than we should do to admit them
promptly. The Republican leaders who
oppose admission are clearly amenable
to the charge of bad faith. The St.
Louis platform of 1900 declared:
We favor home rule for. and the early admis
sion to statehood of, the territories of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
'Early admission," of course, does not
Imply that 1503 would be considered pre
mature. No snich implication was In
tended. The purpose- was a pledge of
Immediate statehood, and it is an In
sufficient defense to suggest, as Senator
Hanna does, that platforms are one
thing and performance an entirely dif
ferent thing. It Is not creditable to any
party to profess such slight concern for
Its campaign promises, and the Jaunty
air with which the Republican leaders
repudiate the plank on territories In
vites as It Justifies the taunts of Quay
and the Democrats.
Assuredly Arizona and New Mexico
have no vested right of statehood and
no Implied promise of a past generation
for admission. And yet there is no es
cape from the simple fact that the set
tlers In there territories have been ex
pecting statehood for many years, and
with precedents and promises of politi
cians to give them Increasing hope.
Meanwhile New Mexico has acquired
more population than Idaho, Nevada,
Wyoming or Delaware, while Arizona
ranks above two and Oklahoma would
be eighty-third among the ninety-three
states. There is no Justice whatever In
the objection that the new states might
send Democrats to Congress and the
electoral college; and sagacious states
manship would reflect that settlement
and development which always follow
statehood might confidently be counted
on to reverse the political status of the
three new state?, especially if admission
were to be conferred by the Republican
party. As it Is, every reason from a
party standpoint has been afforded the
territories for action with the Demo
crats.
The merits of the case, when all is
said and done, are debatable. But what
Is not open to question is that the Re
publican majority's display of bad faith
has brought out a spectacle of dis
graceful political wrangling, sharp
practice and bullyragging In the United
States Senate. It looks as If Quay may
have conspired to Impede trust and
tariff legislation. It looks as If Quay
had some mercenary understanding
with the statehood promoters. Obstruc
tionists on one side have denounced ob
structionists on the other, and dissen
sions have been stirred up which years
will not allay. When to all this are add-
ed the display of bad faith and the pro
longed disappointment and discontent
visited upon the territories, the whole
proceeding forms one of the most un
profitable and discreditable episodes In
our National history. It would have
been far better If the pledge of 1900
had been redeemed with cheerful alac
rity at the outset of the short session.
The game wasn't worth the candle.
The men New Tork and Pennsylvania
send to the Senate of the United States
afford scant justification for the Repub
lican party of the East to tremble for
the statesmanship of Arizona and New
Mexico.
THE "WTtOIfG THING POORLY DONE.
In the matter of Irrigation Oregon
has done'Just the wrong thing and In
the face of definite advice In advance
from a competent source. In order that
there might be early Government rec
lamation In Oregon it was recommend
ed that those Interested In irrigation
here take steps to elft the claims of
various localities In the state and pre
sent to the Government some definite
field for work under the new law. The
object, as was plainly stated, was to
relieve the Government of the responsi
bility and necessity of making the
choice of fields. For the Government
would need conduct on extensive exam
ination in order to determine the best
locality for Its irrigation works and
have a reason for Its choice, and this
would take some money and a great
deal of time. Therefore it was pointed
out that if the Oregon Irrigation As
eoclatlon, or some similar body, would
get an agreement on some suitable lo
cality and recommend to the National
authorities that they proceed to work
there. It would be possible to begin
reclamation in some Oregon district at
an early date. Otherwise, other states
where local agreement could be reached
would get the money Oregon ought to
have.
What was done? There was a mas
terly display of oratory, a great deal
of denunciation of private enterprises
already under way, and a general Invi
tation for the Government to Irrigate.
Oregon. Then, lest that should not be
comprehensive enough, the matter of
forwarding applications from the vari
ous counties or districts was delegated
to the executive committee, and a few
have been forwarded. All this Is Just
what the Government did not want. It
placed responsibility for selection of Irri
gation fields upon the Government. In
stead of getting an agreement here upon
some one or two districts for the Gov
ernment to enter without the necessity
for preliminary examination to deter
mine the relative merits of all the nu
merous fields. Now we are no nearer a
solution of the difficulty than we were
the day the Government Irrigation .law
was passed.
And not only that, but the states that
have accepted the suggestion from
Washington and settled upen a definite
recommendation of a site for reclama
tion works will get all the money. Note
the following statement which appeared
recently in a special Washington dis
patch to an Eastern paper:
Mr. Newell has decided on seven projects
which he will recommend to the Secretary of
the Interior for immediate construction wprk
next Spring. These bear upon the sites of the
St. Mary's River in Montana, the Gunnison
Hirer In Colorado, the Qua and Salt Rivers in
Southern Arizona, the Carson and Truckee Riv
ers In Nevada, the Bit Horn in Montana, the
Sweetwater in Wyoming, and the Grand jllver
in uiioraao.
There Is. no dispute over those locali
ties, therefore the Government can get
to work In them at once. It doesn't
have to conduct tedious preliminary In
vestigation to determine the merits of
claims put forth by rival sections. In
Oregon it is different. Failure to agreu
on something definite is costing Oregon
this great Improvement or at least is
the excuse for not spending here the
$1,000,000 we are eritltled to.
THE WE8LBV CEXTEXARY.
President Roosevelt last evening made
the principal address at the bicentenary
celebration of the anniversary of the
birth of John Wesley, held In Carnegie
Tiiii "v-,r- rn... wuu.i 1,1-. v.
aay was june i, dui mat aate was too
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late for such a function In New York,
and the day was set to conform to the
convenience of President Roosevelt.
Late in May another Wesley celebration
will be held, at which Secretary Shaw,
who -is a prominent Methodist, will be
one of the speakera Wesleyan Univer
sity, the oldest of Methodist educational
Institutions, will celebrate the 200th an
niversary of the birth of the great
founder of their church ail through Its
commencement week next June, and at
the Northwestern University, in Chi
cago, a celebration of the anniversary
will occur In a few weeks. The church
in England, Canada. Australia and all
other countries where Methodism pre
vails will hare bicentenary events. On
June 12, the Sunday nearest to Wes
ley's birthday, commemorative sermons
will be preached In every pulpit of the
denomination.
"Wesley came of a long line of minis
ters of the Church of England. In 1734
he accompanied Governor Oglethorpe to
Georgia as missionary to the colony and
the Indians. He was then In his 31st
year, an ardent ritualist and devoted to
the rubrics of the English Church. The
change which transformed him from an
austere Anglican minister to' the apostle
of Methodism began through the Influ
ence of some Moravian missionaries.
and on his return to England Wesley
began his new movement and the Wes-
Ieyan Church was organized In 1739.
Thirty years later the first missionaries
were sent to America, and between 1771
and 1773 Francis Asbury was sent over
to organize the church In the United
States.
John Wesley founded the Sailors'
Friend Society, established the first re
ligious publishing-house and started the
first religious magazine In England. He
Is Justly regarded one of the greatest
Englishmen In history, the greatest of
ail Christian evangelists, when we re
member that without Wesley Method-
Ism would not have been. It has been
Justly said that "while the rise of Chris
tianity did not depend upon Paul, nor
the Protestant Reformation wholly de
pend on Martin Luther, the rise of
Methodism did depend upon John Wes
ley." New York City claimed the honor
of holding the first celebration com
memorative of Wesley, because It was
there that the first service of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in America was
held In 176S by Barbara Heck and Philip
Embury in Embury's house.
Todaythe Methodist Episcopal Church
in this country has 2,971,716 members.
an increase qf 24.744 over last year. For
benevolent purposes the church spent
last year 32,665,369, and for ministerial
support 111,721,550. The property owned
by the church la worth $150,000,000.
Since 1S9S, 320,000,000 has been raised
to be devoted to education, missions.
philanthropic enterprises, church debts
and city missions. The organizing gen
ius of John Wesley laid the foundation
or. ims great cnurcn. wes-iey was a
man without bigotry. He spoke of Soc
rates and of Marcus Aurelius as pagans
whose righteous lives and high thoughts
made them worthy of salvation; and he
expressed profound respect for Loyola,
the famous founder of the order of
Jesuits, as a great and good man.
A DILATORY COMMISSION.
The Spanish Treaty Claims Commis
sion is most deliberate, not to say dila
tory, in its movements, even for a com
mission. Ex-Senator William E. Chand
ler is its president, and it held its first
meeting on the 8th of April, 190L Its
existence -was recalled to the public it
having practically through long somno
lence passed out of mind the other day
by the announcement that President
Roosevelt had extended its life for six
months from March, 1903, in order to
enable it to deal with the mass of
claims growing out of the Spanish War
which have not yet been reached.
If this commission were a private
body, dealing with matters of private
business. It would long ago have been
asked to explain what it was doing,
what It had done, and why it had not
wound up its affairs. It was Instituted
for the purpose of dealing with pecuni
ary demands growing out of the Span
lsh War. By the treaty of Paris the
United States engaged to become re
sponsible for certain specified claims for
damages resulting from the depreda
tions of the Cubans and the Spanish
troops in the Island. Attempts were
made to extend these liabilities further.
Including therein injuries Inflicted upon
property in Cuba by United States
troops In the ordinary processes of war.
Beyond this still was an effort to com
pel Spain to pa Indemnities to the sur
viving relatives or heirs of the seamen
who were drowned by the sinking of
the Maine, and to other sailors who re
ceived Injuries In that disaster.
These latter demands are the only
questions raised that have been reached
by the commission In the nearly two
years of Its existence. The Maine claims
were thrown out. and very properly so,
on the ground that the officers and men
of the Ill-fated vessel had no right to
sue the Government for damages re
ceived in perilous services In which they
were voluntarily engaged. These de
mands for money numbered 152, and
they were disposed of in a lump and
without very exhaustive effort on the
part of the commission. There are still
upon the claims calendar 3S9 cases in
volving a demand for about 59,000,000
as compensation for injuries to person
or property. It Is plain that a large
proportion of these claims could have
been Investigated and decided In the
nearly two years since the first meeting
of this commission, had that body pro
ceeded with due diligence In the dis
charge of Its duty In the premises. On
the contrary, practically all of these
claims are still pending.
President Roosevelt can speak plainly
and to the point upon occasion. It may
be hoped that he did so upon granting
the extension of time to this commis
sion. The man who "nurses his job" Is
avoided by the thrifty employer, but he
seems to be, In favor with the Govern
ment. Otherwise "Congressional dead
ducks." of whom ex-Senator Chandler
(not to come nearer home) Is a speci
men, would be turned out to shift for
themselves at the close of their terms.
Instead of being given soft Jobs with
highreoundlnt; titles with which to
Juggle Indefinitely for the sake of
salaries and perquisites. It would
be well enough to apply the spur
to this commission in the form of a
plain statement from the President that
It Is expected to proceed diligently with
the work in hand and wind it up as soon
as it Is reasonably practicable to do so.
Let us hope that this was done.
Mrs. Mlchell, the last survivor of the
Clatsop Indians, who lives near Sea
side, Is said to be 102 years old. She
looks it. It is doubtful, however,
whether In reality she has passed a
century of existence. It Is well known
that Indians, and especially Indian
women, grow old in appearance verj
early in life. Unclean habits of body,
wretched. Ill-cooked food, exposure to
the elements and the smoky atmosphere
of their huts, bring wrinkles early to
their swarthy skins, while their stolid
features suggest anything but the vi
vacity of youth, even at 25 or 30 years
of age. The squaws, now as ever, are
the burden-bearers of the race, and.
naturally low of stature, become stooped
early and half bent at 40. This last of
the Clatsopa may be 102 years old, but
In the absence of authentic record of
the date of her birth this may with rea
son be doubted. A few weeks ago there
died near San Miguel reservation, Cali
fornia, Marie Catallna, the last mem
ber of what was the most powerful
tribe of Indians on the Pacific Coast at
the time of the first visit of the white
man. It is said that she was 107 years
old, and some attempt has been made
to verify the statement by historical
events, but without entire success. She
belonged to the Serrano tribe, famous
in their touch with civilization for basket-weaving,
and Marie was one of the
most skillful of her race. Since bas
ketry has been revived and the collec
tion of baskets has become a fad, the
Serrano baskets have been eagerly
sought, and because of their scarcity
they have commanded fancy prices. Old
Marie is said to have plied her art to
the very last, growing more expert as
her sight failed and her body shrunk
Into yet smaller proportions. This
statement is probably not more correct
than that of the number of the years
that she lived. The enthusiast In these
things is nothing if not imaginative.
and, supported by appearances on the
one hand and by a fad on the other, he
can readily make the credulous believe
that a bent, wrinkled, sun-dried, smoke
cured Indian woman of 75 Is more than
a century old, and that In each one of
her 107 years she has turned out more
baskets than she could reasonably have
counted in that space of time. The
.story Is a harmless one, which cannot
be said of nil the wonder tales that
go the rounds, gathering bulk and seri
ousness as they move.
H. J. Schemer, who prevented Frank
De Falco, the brutal Italian who mur
dered his wife with a hatchet Wednes
day afternoon, from making an end of
the matter by Jumping from Fourth
street bridge Into Marquam Gulch, was
no doubt actuated by humane motives.
but his Judgment In the premises may
well be questioned. On the hypothesis
that justice Is pining to get a chance at
such a brutal creature with a rope, at
one end of which a noose Is nicely ad-
Justed for the neck, such action may be
excused. In point of fact, however, the
community is chiefly interested In being
rid of so conscienceless a wretch with
out further disgrace to Its civilization
or levy upon Us substance. The Inter
rupted purpose would have solved the
question promptly and Inexpensively
had It been carried out, while the cer
tainty that the criminal would have
been hanged In due course of law had
he lived and been brought to trial would
have furnished the needed moral lesson
without the cost of legal tuition.
The far-reaching Influence of Euro
pean royalty was witnessed In the elope
ment In Cowlitz County a few days ago
of Wilson R. Hepler, the father of six.
and Mrs. Woodard, the mother of four
children. The purpose in setting the
Sheriff on the trail of such a pair of
weaklings Is not apparent. They have
with them all necessary Instruments for
their own punishment as long as they
stay together. The wisest policy, and
one that brings surest penaltyis to let
them alone and later forbid their return
to their abandoned homes and children.
A vealy parson sinning In this way Is
sometimes "rescued" and returned to
decent society at the expense of his
wife's self-respect and the moral sense
of his flock, but it Is a mistake to at
tempt to reinstate less pretentious sin
ners of this type In the confidence and
respect of an outraged community. Let
them go, and Insist that they stay away.
A fine scheme that was to get tti
State of Oregon to make good for the
private base dealers. If the state had
done what was contemplated when the
office of the State Land Agent was ere
ated, found base to sell at double price
to all applicants, there would be Justice
In the claim that It should make good
for any Infirmity of base. But it didn't.
This matter was left to private schem
era In close touch with the Governor's
end of the State Land Department, and
some of the base thus provided does
not stand the test. These private deal
ers were paid for good base. Now if
they have obtained money In any case
by false pretense, let them make good,
It Is no part of the duty of the state to
protect them.
The two appointments to the Land
Office at The Dalles, announced In this
morning's dispatches, are deserving of
commendation. Miss Lang's father was
In the Land Office years ago, and she
has grown up with the work, admirably
equipped for its duties. Mr. Nolan's
services as Councilman and as Mayor
at The Dalles have established him as
a capable official. He Is a man of fidel
ity and character. In such hands the
portion of the public domain which
comes under their purview is safe from
spoliation.
The marriage of a young man while a
student In college Is an unusual event.
It may be added that It is also an Im
prudent because premature step. It Is
of no use, however, to tell the boy
first, because it will do no good, and
second, because he will find It out in
due time without being told.
Is Prodnclnsf Conieqnencei.
Springfield Republican.
Old stagers In Washington report some
thing like "a state of things" there, some
what upon the surface, but more, under
neath It and not yet publicly articulate In
any free way. Many Republicans there
are saying that Rough Rider methods are
better adapted to political campaigning
than to the smooth ana harmonious direc
tion of an administration. In a word,
Theodore Roosevelt's Impetuous dlsposl
tlon to take charge of all the affairs of
Government and to talk freely has been
and Is producing certain Inevitable Im
mediate consequences.
HER SOLUTION OF COAL PROBLEM 1
New York Herald.
Mr. Hlgglns groaned aloud as he read
the evening paper. He did it every day.
so Mrs. Hlgglns was not alarmed. She
merely held her needle closer to the tamp
that she might thread It more easily and
said:
"Coal?"
"Yes."
"How much?"
"Twelve dollars."
"Dreadful! And we've only a ton left!"
"A half-ton. my dear. And with this
weather It won't last us more than four
days."
Mrs. Hlgglns sewed more and more
slowly, until at -last she put down her
work and took a pencil and pad from the
drawer. While she covered the paper with
figures Mr. Hlgglns relapsed Into gloom.
"Alonzo," said' Mrs. Hlgglns solemnly,
looking up from her task.
"Yes, angel," answered her husband,
perfunctorily.
"I've solved the problem, Alonzo."
"You're smarter than I am, then. Let's
hear It." and Mr. Hlgglns laid down his
paper with no apparent anticipation of
anything being done to the question solu
tion, dissolution or resolution.
"You say that coal has gone up about
a dollar a week during the last month?"
"I'm," Mr. Hlgglns nodded assent.
"Now. wo usually keep the furnace go
ing until May 1. From January 1 to May
1 is precisely 17 weeks. I've counted It
up on the calendar."
"Correct." assented Mr. Hlgglns. glanc
ing over the calendar that his wife hand
ed to him.
"And if we buy a ton a week for 17
weeks, and pay a dollar a ton more each
week, we shall have paid from New Year's
day to May day three hundred and forty
dollars."
"Great Caesar's ghost!" cried the de
spondent householder, adding up Mrs. Hlg
glns' figures In a frantic hope of finding a
mistake. "Our usual bill for the whole
year Isn't over a hundred."
IX you can l auoru cuai you must use
substitute. That s sensible, lsn t It?
"Sensible, If possible." replied Mr. Hlg
glns, sententious-.
Perfectly possible. Listen! Our houyo
Is well built, is in the middle of a block.
and is protected from the north wind by
that big apartment-house at the back.
Now, I suggest that we cut the Gordlan
knot, plunge In medlas res
Really, Maria. I must Insist on your
not using such language. A little slang
occasionally I don't mind, but what would
Deacon Piper think if ho heard you say
such words as those? Where did you pick
them up, anyway?
Bosh, Alonzo! returned Alonzo s lov
ing wife, with elegant conciseness. "Our
house is a good, warm house. You are
away all. day. Sou have a Thick new
overcoat. We can perfectly well let the
furnace fire go out entirely. We can cook
with those kerosene-soaked bricks that
the newspapers tell about, and during the
few hours that you are at home you can
wear your overcoat.
Mr. Hlgglns looked at his wife with
marked admiration
"How your business sense has devel
oped since you married me!" he cried, de
lightedly. "Why, the plan seems quite
feasible, darling. Only, will my precious
be warm enough all through the day In
this cold, tireless house?
Oh, yes! lou see, I can get Just the
kind of a Persian lamb Jacket that I want
for (137.49. marked down since Christmas
from $1(3.93. That will be a saving of
$352.31 a clear saving. Why, Alonzo," she
went on, excitedly, as Mr. Hlgglns pulled
his beard and seemed about to suffer a
relapse; "Why, Alonzo, It's a grand sav
ing! We can even afford to buy some coal
with that. Let me figure It out. Yes, we
can buy a ton a week for nine weeks.
That will' take us Into please hand me
the calendar yes. Into March. Isn t that
splendid? And then It will bo time enough
to consider the question again. Never
cross your bridges until you come to them.
say. Coal may go down again by that
time. Or we might go to one of those
little Southern towns where they burn
wood, and stay through March. Oh why,
Alonzo Hlgglns, I never heard you say
such a thing In all the years that we ve
been married! And you a Christian and
Son of the American Revolution! I m
simply too ashamed to speak to you. But
I shall get the jacket tomorrow, for I've
proved to you beyond any question that
we can afford It perfectly."
A New Gdltor-In-Clilef.
Springfield Republican.
At the head of the editorial columns of
tho New York Evening Post yesterday
appeared the following announcement,
which Is of general Interest:
At the beclnnlns; of the present year. Horace
White slgntned to his associates of the Kventng
Post Company his Intention of retiring from the
position of chief editor. Rollo Osden. a mem
ber ot the editorial staff for nearly 12 year
baa become Mr. White's successor. Mr. White
retains an editorial connection with this paper.
and remains president of the Evening Tost
Company.
Mr. White, at 6S years of age, has cer
tainly earned this release from direct re
sponsibility which he has thus decreed.
He was New Hampshire born, graduated
at Bcloit College, In Wisconsin In 1SS3.
and bf-can his newsnaDer work with the
.dcago Tribune, of which he was editor
. -. . . i .
irom l&o-t xo is., ma important wni1
lngs on financial subjects are well known
to all students and Informed men In public
life. Since l&c he has been a power on the
New aork .evening Post, and Its chief
editor since the death of Mr. Godkln. Mr.
White must have been In the newspaper
harness above 40 years, and this consti
tutes ample warrant for "letting up." His
successor, Rollo Ogden. will need an Intro
duction to the general public Ho was born
In Sand Lake. N. Y.. January 19. IRC. was
graduated at Williams College In 1877. and
then tooK a theological course at Andover
and the New York Union Seminaries, and
entered tho ministry of the Presbyterian
Church, with a settlement in Cleveland,
O.. If we are not mistaken. His views un
derwent such a change, however, as to
make it necessary for his full freedom of
conscience that he seek work outside of
the denominational bonds, and ne turnea
to literary and newspaper work. Mr. Og
den has been in New York since 1SS7, and
allied with the Post editorial staff since
169L He has come to his full kingdom at
47, and doubtless has become sufficiently
steeped in the traditions of tho Evening
Post office so that Its future will suffer no
detriment In .s hands.
Cnrnegle the Philanthropist.
Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
Andrew Carnegie's busy disposition to
butt in with his money bags wherever
there Is conspicuous trouble tends to em
phasize before an observing public the
fact that the money bags are very full
nnd that's all It comes to. We have a
vague recollection of his offer to chip In
the $3,000,CW unaer discussion wnen me
Philippine problem was before the Paris
Commission. Now he kindly offers to
lend Venezuela the money needed to pay
the forelen creditors. This sounds peace
ful and philanthropic, but why in thunder.
so to SDeak. wasn t tne oner maae wnen
the row began and ndt delayed till the
sunset of that stormy day? Pretty soon
we may have him telegraphing Rocke
feller: "Don t worry about that publicity
act. If It costr) you any money I'll make
It up to you. I have a plenty left.
What Trnt Are Dolnir.
Detroit Free Press.
They substitute one plant for many.
They reduce their clerical force by thou
sands. They have taken an army of
commercial men from the road. They
have the best of labor-saving machinery,
and yet. with all these advantages, to
say nothing of the special favors they
receive in the matter of trarportation,
they are charging the exorbitant prices
in coal, meats, oils and other monopolized
commodities. The cutting of expenses
and arbltary Increase in prices readily ex
plain the fabulous profits that pay a tithe
in conscience money to churches, uni
versities and libraries.
DEATH-OF HORACE GREELEY.
From the speech of Chacncey M. Depew In
eulogy of Amos Cummlngs.
I have seen many a deithbed in my life;
havo seen life go out under conditions
that were sad or sweet, hopeful or de
spairing. I never but once saw a man
die of broken heart, and never do I wish
to see such a tragedy again.
I made a speech with Mr. Greeley In hu
Presidential campaign. Just before Its
close. We spoke from the same platform,
and both of us knew that be was to be
beaten. We went back to his home, and
he was Jeered upon the train and at the
depot when we arrived. We went into his
tudy, which whs littered with those
famous caricatures of Nast. represent
ing htm 33 the embodiment of all that
was evil or vile In expression or practice
In life. Mr. Greeley glanced them over
for a moment, and then said:
"My life Is a failure. I never have
ought to accumulate a fortune. I never
havo cared for fame, but I did want to
leave a monument ot wnat I had dona
for my fellowmen. In lifting them up and
In doing away with the curse of slavery
and the curse of rum, but here I am. at
the close of this campaign, so represented
to my countrymen that the slave will al
ways look upon me as having been one
of his oviners. and reform will looK upon
me as a fraud."
Then, his head falling upon his leak.
he broke Into uncontrollable sobs. I sent
for hl3 family. The brain that had done
such splendid work snapped. The next
morning he was taken to an asylum,
where he died. His heart literally broke.
(From the New York Tribune.)
So much for Mr. Depew's vivid recol
lection. Now for the reality: On Satur
day, October 12. 1S7I, there was a political
meet n in Fleasantvwe. near unappa-
qua, which was attended By many of Mr.
Greeley's old friends and neighbors, and
owing to that circumstance, as he ex
plained. Mr. Greeley took pains to be
present and made a speech. Mr. Depew
was also there and spoke. At that time
Mrs. Greeley, who had long been 111. had
become much worse, and thereafter she
failed rapidly until her death, on October
CO. at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Alvln
J. Johnson, in this city. During the la3t
fortnight Mr. Greeley was with her con
stantly, refusing to take any further pirt
In ine campaign, so that, as it Happened
the Pleasantvllle speech was the last
speech he made. Immediately after the
meeting Mr. Greeley and Mr. Depew took
the train for New York, but Mr. Greeley
got off at Wllllamsbridge to spend the
night with Waldo Hutchlns. while Mr.
Depew came on to New York. So van
ishes the touching fnble about Mr. Gree
ley's confession of failure to Mr. Depew,
the uncontrollable sobs, the broken
heart, the sending for the family, the
snapping of the brain that had done such
solendld work, and the- removal to an
asylum the next morning.
The facts are that In a signed communl
cation written on the day after the elec
tion Mr. Greeley resumed the editorship
of the Tribune In full possession of his
mental factultlos, wrote and published sev.
eral articles In the course of tho next
few days, but after November 12 aban
doned the effort to visit the ofilce regular
ly. Gradually succumbed to exhaustion.
due chiefly to hUt sleepless vigil at his
wires bedside at the end of a bard cam-
nalcn. and died at the residence of Dr.
Choate, near Chappaqua, Inflammation ot
the brain covering having ensued on ro
vcmber 19, more than six weeks after the
Pleasantvllle meeting, at which he made
his last speech, and Mr. Depew also spoke.
Of course, Mr. Depew will understand
that our sole motive In setting him
straight Is to prevent his speech, pre
served in the Congressional itecora, irom
being carelessly accepted as accurate and
nossiblv to some extent supplanting or
confusing the truth.
From the SDrincfleld Republican.)
So Mr. Greeley cot off at Williams
bridge! While Mr. Depew went on alone
to New York. The "llfe-ls-a-faiiure'
soecch never was "spoken! The scene in
the study, caricatures, sobs and all, is
merely a clever man's faking! No suc
cession of exclamation points can ade
quately express one's surprise In learning
tnese tnings. unauncey: v.naunceys
And still let us not Judge the Senator
harshly. He delivers a great many
speeches after dinner, and on other occa
sions when he feels the need of being In
teresting, amiable, complimentary and eu
logistic. In throwing around his posies
of rhetoric, his bouquets of laudation, his
Indescribable pleasantries and triumphs of
fanciful humor he has acquired during
many years a habit of making a thing
en -whether or not it is so. If at
dinner to Mr. Piatt he arises to speak
then von may be sure that. In Mr. De-
new's ODinlon. no statesman ever sur-
na.ed his colleague In service to the state.
On hLs 11ns. after dinner, the honored
truest becomes Invariably a miracle ol
genius and success. General Otis would
rank with Napoleon: and John Hay would
sumnss Franklin. Mettemicn ana Bis
marck combined In one. Tho habit of
exaggeration, the fatal gift for taffy, may
have serious result, as any one may
see. Constant exaggeration exercises the
imagination, and ultimately makes that
faculty a power-houso of uncontrollable
voltage. Finally, what could be more nat
ural than that Mr. Depew. In the effort
to speak on tho life and service or UK
I Inte Mr. Uummings. wno womea lor a
v. it tTamaa rvAAlAv e-ifnA qhnnin'rtfl.
while In Horace Greeley's office, should'de-
ocribe something he never saw, draw a
scene that never existed, quote a speecn
that was never uttered, and present It an
to his audience, eloquently, beautifully
and prayerfully, ns something that had
really happened7
Will They Rest Under the Stlstmat
New York World.
We have heard much of the dignity of
the Senate, but-lf Its dignity la not sensi
tive enough to resent the charge openly
made by the President that one-tenth of
all Its members havebeen the recipients
of telegrams sent to them by or on be
half of the greatest monopoly in tne coun
try, ordering not requesting or urging.
but ordering them to cast their votes
against bills obnoxious to that monopoly.
of what etuff Is It made? There was once
a Senate ot the United States on nine of
whose members no such Imputation as
this could have rested for a single day
without proving their indignant demand
for a full Investigation.
Clearly a Confidence Game.
Louisville Times.
Representative Cannon, chairman of the
appropriations committee of the present
and predestined Speaker of the next Con-
irress. states, "wnn empnasis,- mat
neither the Hanna nor nny such bill pen
sioning cx-claves will or can. In hie opin
ion, ever become a law. However, Sen
ator Hanna's Introduction "by request"
of such a bill will enable many a dishonest
white rascal to play upon the credulity
and the pockets of that best element of
our Afro-American population the faith
ful, simple and overtrustful remnant of
negro freedmen.
Sir. Garfield's Opportunity.
Boston Herald.
Commissioner Garfield will have a fine
opportunity to distinguish himself as a
trust regulator. His office is a new de
parture In Governmental supervision, nnd
Its lint occupant can demonstrate its use
fulness or Its uselessness In a very short
time. It largely depends on him.
TYhl at.
. Eugene F. Ware.
Hour after hour the cards were fairly shuffled
Anil falrlr dealt, but still I got no hand:
The morning came, and with a mind unruffled
I only said, "I do not understand."
Life Is a game of whist. From unseen sources
The cards are shuffled and the hands are
dealt:
Blind are our efforts -to control the forces
That, though unseen, are no less strongly felt.
r
I do not like the way the cards are shuffled.
But yet I like the game, and want to play;
And through the long, long night will I, un
ruffled.
Flay what I get until the break of day.
K0TE AND C0MMEIT.
Inspector Greene's report has not yet
been made public In full.
A dispatch from Vancouver sys tho two
Walkers nave been released f r,m custody
and are now free men. But thiy are still
married.
-Ex-Governor Semple, of Wasilngton. is
in Jail at Seattle. Truly, life In the Puget
Sound city Is full of unexpected pleasures
for the great.
Parents who have clipped manr coupons
from the bond of matrimony are writing
to President Roosevelt and asklrg for his
blessing on their efforts.
A noted English traveler says the Shah
of Persia has a soda water fountain, but
neither Ice, syrups or soda. It's a good
thing for the Shin's purse that tiese ad
juncts are lacking, for If he had a supply
on hand the ladles of the harerc would
soon deplete It.
It turns out that Bishop Brooks, at
whoso recent memorial service Dr. Ed
ward Everett Hale partook of Episcopal
Ian sacrament, thereby raising something
of a church commotion, himself received
baptism from a Unitarian minister.
Two California murderers havo been
hanged only 12 months after the crlma
Tvas' committed.' Such haste on the part
of the officials Is positively Indecent, and
criminal matters will no doubt receive a
severe setback on account of the action.
The students of a new literary society
which has been, organized at the Universi
ty of Missouri are wrestling with the
question whether they shall name their
society after Eugene Field or "Mark
Twain." They claim both for Mlssourl
ans, because they were born there.
The London Chronicle believes In mak
ing the punishment fit the crime, and sug
gests that some court of competent Juris
diction compel Lord Lansdowne to devote
tho next five years or so to writing an
essay on "German Diplomacy in Its Rela
tion to British and American Interests."
A valued correspondent asks this ques
tion:
If Portland Is to have 50 miles of new cement
sidewalks, what are the residents of the future
going to do for footprint on the sands of
tlmeT
We have yet to see the cement side
walk without footprints usually ot
vagrant dogs.
River.
The Congressional Bureau of Informa
tion finds that there are in this country
453 Industrial trusts with capital ana
bonded Indebtedness of $17,I96,4S3,S6S, and
340 "natural monopolies" capitalized at
$1,519,507,819 The United States Steel Cor
poration leads them all with a capitaliza
tion of $1,401,000,000. It Oregon's climate
should ever fall, we shall know where to
go for water.
Here Is the way Colonel Henry Watter-
son's star-eyed goddess views the mat
ter:
Thr la no dancer of a lapse In the contin-
nerformanee kindly provided by Latin-
America for the diversion of the world. Hon
duras and Guatemala are preparing to do their
knockabout turn, with the Salvador-Nicaragua
sisters in the finale. Senor Castro, iresn irom
his triumphs before the crowned heads of
Europe, has yet to do a few slelgnt-ot-nana
tricks with the revolutionists wno persist in
bothering him. Bolivia and Brazil promise to
interest one and all with a little farce ot com
plications, a domestic situation Is apparently
developing In Panama for an early appearance,
and the Santo Domingo government Is doing a
blackface sketch with Minister Powell.
Apostle Smoot's singular Ideas as to
plural wives are like to make trouble for
him.
Beed Emoot,
Tou scoot:
You've got two wives."
Say Gentiles of Salt Lake.
"We've done
With fun.
Now for our knives.
And for your lusty pat.
"We'll do
You through
Without ado.
Tou're not our Senator.
Tou scoot,
Beed Smoot.
Tou old galoot.
Tour plural we abhor."
'Progressive luncheon" Is a new Chi
cago fashion. It Is explained by the fol
lowing programme, arranged for a recent
function by the Ladles' Aid Society of tho
Austin Methodist Church:
First Soup, at the home ot the pastor., the
Bev. Abel M. White.
Second Meat and vegetables at the home ot
Mrs. E. Church. 303 North Central avenue.
Third-Salad, at the home of Mrs. F. E. Fray.
S37 North Central avenue.
Fourth Dessert, at the home of Mrs. A. H.
Dawes, 433 North Pine avenue.
This may do very well It tho stations
are not too far apart, but it Is calculated
to keep the appetite green and pursa and
stomach empty.
They tell a good story of Charles A.
Dana says a writer In the Atlantic how
Dana once summoned a boy reporter and
said:
Tomorrow you write up tho yacht
race."
But." said the lad, "I don't know
how; I'm a Ncbraskan. I only came here
last night, sir, and I haven't so much as
seen New York harbor yet. As for yachta
why, I never saw a yacht in my life!"
"Just the reason I sent for you, my boy.
You'll write a story that people can read;
you'll picture the thing: you'll write with
,hi-.m h.Muse it's all new to yoi"
, Th. DMtnr of tha aea hks
always been written by landsmen; It Al
ways will be. The barrack-room ballaas
are best sung by a gentle civilian. Tie
Inside of anything is cjearest seen by
erstwhile outsider. Mr. Bryce, not Mr.
Lodze. writes "The American Commoi
wealth." Emerson, not Carlylc writ
"English Traits.'
FLEASAJtTRIES OF PARACnAPHEIK
The Star Didn't you think I was really ill
The Soubrette Why. of course! I never sus
pected you of acting! Puck.
The Manager Bully! We'll have real horsfc.
. real brook, real hens and geese, and rI
hay. The Author And would you mind havt
real actors. tooT Life.
She (playing whist) I don't see how you cl
remember Just what cards have been play.
"Oh. I memorise the play wnue you re la
lng." Glasgow Evening Times.
Jinks Why did young Pudney fall? I thout
he was doing well. BInks He was until
spent too much time reading tne advice
young men on how to succeed Judge.
Mrs. Hlrhup Are you going to Quick. Sal4&
Co.'s for your Jewelry? Daughter Tes. na.
Mrs. Hlghup Well, while mere, just step Ilto
the engraving department and see if they ha-e
any bargains in family crests. New Tik
Weekly.
The Bride Oh! Jackl How delightfully o-
mantlc It is to think that we are actually In
eloping couple. The Groom Tou don't redet
It, do you. darling? The Bride Ob! No! lit
I do wish we could have eloped with lath
consent. Brooklyn Life.
Aunt Hannah I suppose the young la
complimented you upon your new gown? I:
ren The hateful wings: xney man t nav
word to say. not one of them, except Grke
Sltwell. and she was worse than all the othts,
She looked at it slightingly, and then s:
"It's becoming, and, ot course, that's the natn
thing I Boston Transcript,