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ft THE 3IPRSISQ OREGOKIAK. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1908. iV. il I KHI Illlll IIILa at U Poitoac al t ortlana. Oregon, as sscond-class matter. (nostare crcsala. In ctx:icj with Sunday, per rear s.uo .K"ar " eeklr. 1 months .to ty Subscribers week, aeiiverec. bimasy inciuaea.iuc POSTAGE KATES. d States. Canada and Mexico rates couDle. or discussion Intended for publication Oregonlan ahonld bo addressed lnvarta- IndlrlduaL Letters relating to adver subscrlptlon or to any business matter be addressed simply "The Oregoolan." ao stamps should bo inclosed (or this m Business Once. 4S. 44. 45. 4T, 48. 49 bunding. New Tork City: B10-ll-ir Dtuiausr. t:tllrm- thn K c necJCWlin Agency. Eastern representative. street; V, W Pitts. 1008 Market street: Co.. 748 Market street, near the Hotel: Foster i Oreer. Ferry news Frank Scott. 80 Ellis street, and X. 'J. 813 Mission street. Tflntfc and U'.lnitt .--.. shlcxton street. In Omaha br nsrVslow nraa 1S12 street; -Megeath Stationery Co.. 1J09 street Jas. It. Crockwell. 242 25th street. TV est Second South street. news stand. sals In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & IMI TOVlr S. Ql.ll(...n. Wl-,,,.... streets. RDATS WEATHER Maximum 1, . mostly southerly. IND, SIOXDAY, APRIL 20, 103 T THE MOTHER TOXGL'C determination of the Hnu-.iiinn frt ln . . .. I 1 sentimentally and practically a backward, but It proceeds from When every other mntlv nf feeling has been lost, there re- en marked in the rudest tribes the DeoDle the stronirpr hold It er tongue was among the most in tneir recent struggle with unions vnicn preceded the laying oi ineir arms. In the Phllinnlnos and progressive of the native peo- -O aw . V I. ... 11,1111 n me jjujiuiutiuu ciing iirmiy to which was spoken by their jnianu. wnere uie czar has out the native lansruacre na n mcin open revolt more bitter on this i under conditions of general and ( Venn Tnn ma... .....i mJ I .. IP nf mat 11ffli.iittlMi 1 . a popular knowledge of the old- Welsh tongue, and even much of tfmtnro Th n-tinU nffliil.l V... l and general life of the Welsh peo- in ue Ingush language, and the olnts as Is the population of any Ijan nr Hrlrnln Thu nnrtnnlm a r uic, iu Aiiiisn: me reacting ot uie trV ta Trn 1 Y. V-aVkm ...J -I. to the end that It may not be lost v-w, iiiiriu tag t.uc ii i-i3ii UUIIUCB mi tn me isunuar buiduis: ana the habit of the country la deeply isa fiiiiiipa s-r nimrasar a va -- hll . llltM In ..1,1 I rv. .Sl... nerc? In which the country finds no treasures of history or lit- And, all this being true. Its auon or revival at; uns ume as 1 birssalbillty. The attempt may pi r:i:tics In that It may cater to trtj-Ice of a numerically large av as, J i li.iure- ro matter wnat the oe tne practical and cerriceaDie i iULiU twin u. iiiusuaica uie nar r.T.irlr whlrh 1nr nrw mn. - r Ia4t Lnyts(,lV49 SO lilt. A L.L1IL s tha Territorial Delegate to Con- Tfc Prince was chosen, not for PT-n'io' nr hone of advantajre th(-r Is now before tne tUn rv 1,111 to annronriate S20.000. -i 111 UUUiilUU IW v t I . . a ! jffton on someioing iikc ur r'r. htit It must da re- ::i:c;3 r-opie. '-".lUEyr ukea r rm.T CIPLE. ' ra-g VanderbllU. who were rr"- a police magistrate at ' a r-?a ror violating uie jaw e B'-ttir r f speeding their motor "Slrae'l the matter as a fine joke. u raaae rr.crry over the Incident as ry 3ritli irir of course. It ters r "t v . i a few debars to car In the -way of dollar - is nim WHO never vun money in moderate sums OO metuJnr TJ.. It nnrht to nut Vfry sta of property, If Ue laws of the land are held In respect, whether In matters great or small. If the respect and authority of law be weakened In this country, what Is there to hold the VanderbUt fortune or any other property to the use and serv ice of him who owns It? There Is no other definite and effective principle of protection among ns but the law. By respect for law, the interests of lndl dlviduals In particular and of society In general are held In poise. Contempt of law, should It become universal, would speedily work the. undoing of society. How great, therefore, is the responsi bility of every citizen so to conduct himself as to contribute to the Integ rity and the continuing authority and power of the law! Every citizen who thoughtlessly or otherwise so conducts himself as to put the law In disrespect Is In measure great or small a contributor to the an archy which always and now more than commonly menaces society. It Is a thought not only for the Vander bllts of the country, but for every man who has a stake, either material or moral. In the welfare of the world. TUB COLOR LINK IX IJASEDALL. A little "sporting story" comes from "Washington which seems to have sug gestlveness, both special and general. Saturdays hasph-lll cramp thr tho dispatches say, was between Harvard ana ueorgetown universities, and was marred by a squabble having Its origin in racft nrplnrl lr Han-anl nut nn n negro named Matthews to play short stop, ana. in consequence Catcher Ap perous and Manager Miller, of the Georgetown team, who are Southern ers, withdrew from the game. There was some mild demonstration of dis pleasure at thA nema nnTwurnnM nn the Held, but Matthews finally won the crowa Dy brilliant work In accepting a few chances that came his way. So far as the srtectatora nrp Fnnrvmil the record proves that their original ob jection was due to the belief that the negro was Incompetent. The proof of It lies In the fact that his good play ing killed the prejudice. We all know how the disfranchisement of the negro is baid upon his unfitness for suf frage. His banishment from baseball would proceed, of course, along the same lines. Let him show fitness, and his case Is won. There is no evidence that the negro shortstop's color was lightened, or his eyes Anglicized or his lips thinned throughout the nrocress of the game. He gathered in awkward grounders and stopped hot liners in a way that showed he knew his busi ness. It Is a fair deduction that th masses who vote as well as watch base ball would be won over by similar dem onstration of the negro In civic life. uood work will kill prejudice. The Southerners who withdrew, how. e-er, it is fair to assume, did not re turn to their Dlaces In the ram nmn the shortstop's good showing. Their grievance was not to be removed by anything he did or could do. The un pardonable offense In him was commit ted at birth In the color of his skin. He Is to be punished, despite anything he can do. for something In which ho had no part or choice. The negro Is incompetent. Well, how will you prove It? Oh, by never giving him a chance. It Is fo much easier to show -that the negro is no good by keeping him from playing In the game than by taking any chances on him. Suppose he should outplay us? I will tie" your hands be hind your back, and then I know I can lick you, because that Is the surest way to prove that you are Inferior to me with all your faculties In free play. The negro must be kept down also on social grounds. He Is so Inferior to us that If he isn't killed or knocked down occasionally he will marry our women folks. We do so abhor the negro that our young women win rush to marry him unless he is kept out of office and denied any social recognition. The negro Is so abjectly craven that he must be cowed with shotgun and fire. He Is so politically weak that If he Is allowed to vote or hold office he will soon reduce -us to slavery. He Is so cially bo Impossible that If he Is al lowed to wear good clothes and ride In Pullmans and attend functions, the en tire female population of the South will soon be giving birth to colored chil dren. The negro is an inferior race so be It. The whites will not be ruled by the blacks granted. But Is there no other pertinent fact In this problem besides racial Inferiority and race prejudice? Tes, there Is another element, and that Is Justice. These Southerners are able men and gracious women. There is charm about them, and ambition, and resolution to preserve their homes and, society in purity and honor. But all' this does not set aside the right of the negro to be dealt with Justly. The Ig norant negro must suffer for his Igno rance, and the licentious negro for his crime. But the negro who is neither Ignorant nor brutal; the one who has done right and lifted himself to culture, property and capacity he is not to be punished for Ignorance and brutality that are not his. Race hate Is not Jus tice. Social ostracism Is not Justice; and Justice Is mighty and will prevail. peacb axd rnocnEss FOR IRE LAND. The national convention convened by the United Irish League at Dublin has approved the principle of the govern ment land bill subject, of course, to such amendment as the Irish party In the British Parliament deems expedient and Is able to obtain. When this land purchase bill becomes a law Ireland will have social rest and political peace. It settles the land question finally, and the settlement of this controversy means the end of the home-rule agita tion In the sense that Gladstone and Parnell urged Its enactment. There will doubtless be an extension of local government In Ireland which will provide for the establishment of a Legislative .Council at Dublin, which will have control not only of such local matters as railways, gas and water works, but of the Irish constabu lary. This locil Legislature of limited functions Is. all the home rule that Ire land will get, and Is really all she needs, for the total separation of Ireland from Great Britain has few friends. The land question -was really all that ever kept the home-rule agitation alive. Up to the passage of the land act of 1S70 every Irish tenant was a rebel In thought, because under the law he could be ceaselessly robbed by bis land lordthat Is. any Improvement In the property made by the tenant only meant a raise In the rent, with no al lowance for betterments. Under the land act of 1SS1 and subsequent legis lation 80,000 tenants have purchased their holdings, and the state has not lost a penny, and now, under the pend ing land-purchase bill the whole body of tenants can become peasant propri etors on terms acceptable to the land lords and easy for purchasers. The government proposes to lend the ten ants J500.000.000 In cash, procurable by an Issue of government stock, to enable them to buy out their landlords. For repayment the tenants will have 6SH years. The tenant will pay less annu ally for the advance of the purchase money than he now pays In shape of Judicial rent. According to the land act of 18SL the rents are Judicially readjusted every fifteen years. The first and second re visions of rent have resulted Jn an av erage reduction of 2 per cent. In about eight years a third revision of rents under the land act of 1SSI could be applied for by the tenants. The landlords could not afford to wait un til third period rents fixed the pur chase rate of their lands. The land lords can afford to sell, the tenants can afford to buy, and the British people can afford to pay a bonus for a tran quil Ireland. ROOSEVELT AJCD HARVARD. The suggestion that Mr. Roosevelt would like the presidency of Harvard College upon his retirement from the Presidency of the United States Is In teresting. It Is In Itself entirely reason able, for It would give to a man still young and somewhat overweighted with fame a place In the world at once active In its duties and dignified In Its character. It would be a good thing for Mr. Roosevelt, unquestionably, and It could not fall to be a good thing for Harvard. It would. Indeed, be a fine thing for the educational purpose and practice of the country It men of achievement could be brought more and more Into our educational system. Old-fashioned scholarship the scholarship of the cloister Is good In Its way. Civiliza tion could III afford to lose It. for It keeps alive a certain ideal spirit which Is vastly Important-in what may be called the economy of civilization. Ideal scholarship needs to be cherished. Indeed, but It ought not to hold the leading place and make the spirit and tone of our educational system. After all, the most truly wise man, the most helpful teacher, is the man In whom knowledge and the scholarly spirit are combined -with experience In life. Harvard made almost a revolutionary advance toward the practical In educa tion when Dr. Eliot was elected to the presidency. Prior to that time the president of Harvard had Invariably been a churchman a theologian or a man of the theological mind and habit. Eliot was. Indeed, a man of deeply re ligious character, but at the same.time and In the very best sense he was a man of the world. The' changes In spirit and method brought by his influ ence at Cambridge are well-known. They have not hurt the scholarship of the school, but they have Infinitely ad vanced Its relations to the active and practical life of the country. In the presidency of Harvard Mr. Roosevelt could not fall to carry for ward the practical spirit which Dr. Eliot has Introduced there. To all that Harvard now teaches her youth he could not fall to add something of the culture of essential manliness. Mr. Roosevelt, to be 'sure. Is no great scholar. His days and his nights have not been given to laborious study, but he Is enough of a scholar In the tech nical sense to carry himself with pro priety and dignity in any position, while the spirit of scholarship in Its best and truest character Is In him. He would. In truth, be a most valuable recruit to the educational system of the country. IXDIFFEREXCE TO DUTY. The "shamelessness of St. Loulsl" as recently disclosed through Congres sional Investigation of election returns. and further set forth In a late magazine article under that head, was contin ued by the recent election In that city. It was supposed that the exhibition that was furnished of the facts of the boodle combine would call out a full and de termined vote for the purification of the municipal administration, but the returns show a contrary result. The machine, the workings of which had been so completely exposed, carried the city by a plurality of 18,000. The House of Delegates, that hotbed of corruption, several of whose former representatives have been convicted and Imprisoned, remains In control. The explanation of this result, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, Is not less curious. It continues: Tho rote roiled was only halt the registra tion. The machine sot out etery adherent it could muster, 40,000 rotes out of a total ot 62,000. It Is explained that the starat-home electors retrained from rotlne because they felt they would have no chance under the Iniquitous election law. Tet 22,000 anti-machine voters went to the polls and were count ed. Ir the other 00.000 voters had made the same effort It Is reasonably clear that. Instead of a machine victory by 18.0U0. the boodlers would have been routed by an orerwhelmlnr majority. Tne attempt to palliate thla nexlect ot civic duty by the plea of Impotence serves to explain why corruption attained such growth In Su Louis. It Is a pitiful confession and a deplorable result. Such a spectacle presents the most discouraging aspect of popular govern mentpublic Indifference. The public conscience Is a mighty force, but one exceedingly difficult to arouse. It is also an element of extremes, and Is likely, when aroused, to overstep all middle ground between Inaction and violence. Attorney-General Cunneen, of Jfew Tork State, has decided that the Cath olic parochial schools of Dunkirk are outside the Jurisdiction of the state public health law, and that neither local nor state health officials can prevent nonvacctnated pupils from attending these parochial schools. Many ot the nonvacctnated pupils excluded from the public schools have entered the pa rochial schools, whose superintendent refuses to comply with the law. The state board threatens now to proceed against the children's parents. The action of the superintendent of the pa rochial schools may be within the law, but It is an outrage on sound public policy. The efforts of the state to pro tect the public health ought not to be resisted by the superintendent of the parochial schools on technical grounds. The French Revolution upset the Roman Church along with the mon archy, but Bonaparte arranged with Pope Pius VII the celebrated Concordat by which the church was re-established under the patronage of the gov ernment. In the recent debate In the French Senate a Socialist suggested that the Roman Catholic Church should be divorced entirely from the state In France, but Premier Combes, In an swering the Socialist Senator's attack upon the Concordat, said that the day had not arrived for breaking with the Vatican, but. Intimated that this ex treme step would be taken unless the clergy ceased Its political activity and eccleslasttcisin retired within its proper boundaries. Premier Combes said this to satisfy the Socialists, whose support ta essential to the life or the present Ministry, for he ta too Intelli gent a statesman not to know that .France is overwhelmingly Catholic The daughter of Jaures, the eloquent leader of the Socialists, was recently confirmed In the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic is the only church in France that ta an or ganized social and religious force. The peasantry are all Catholics. The Con cordat ta as Immovable In France as the established church ta In England. The French people are not disposed to repudiate the Concordat, and yet they are not disposed to allow public educa tion to be controlled by religious orders that are politically hostile to republican Institutions. There ta no reason why King Edward should not visit the Pope at the Vati can, and as the sovereign of millions of Roman Catholic subjects there ta every reason why he should pay his re spects to Leo. The coronation oath of the King of England contains language that, however obsolete and meaningless it may be today. Is In Its letter most of fensive to his Roman Catholic subjects, and In the spirit of comity and toler ance the King of England ought to rec ognize the pope as an Illustrious spir itual sovereign, the head of a great historical church, as cordially as he would Emperor William or the Russian Czar. At least thirty of the most dis tinguished of the nobility of Great Britain are Roman Catholics, Including the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquta of Rlpon; the English Catholic nobility has been distinguished for at least a century for Its unswerving loyalty to the crown. So conservative has been the Roman Catholic nobility in politics that the Irish party In Parliament has received no support from it. The King ot England could not afford to be dis courteous to the pope as a matter of sound public policy. He may be com pelled to take a coronation oath of ob solete form and obligation, but he Is not obliged to Ignore the dignity and Influence of the pope of Rome. The Bundesrath, or Federal Council, the upper house of the German Par liament, is not disposed Jo accept Chan cellor von Bulow's proposal that the second clause of the law against Cath olic associations, which permits the ex pulsion of Individual Jesuits, or the subjection of them to special police con trol, be repealed. If this clause were annulled. Individual Jesuits would be allowed to live In Germany, but they would still be forbidden to organize communities. They could not combine as members of the Society of Jesus. The Reichstag has repeatedly passed resolutions In favor of repealing this clause, but the Bundesrath Is afraid to offend Protestant sentiment. The anthracite Reading Company owns control of the Jersey Central; the control of the Reading ta virtually In the hands of the Pennsylvania, an other anthracite road; J. P. Morgan Is In control of the Erie as voting trus tee, and also in control of the Lehigh Valley; the Erie In turn controls the Erie & Wyoming Valley road and the New York, Susquehanna & Western, coal roads, and owna the Pennsylvania Coal (Company. All these lnterowner shlps of stock In companies that are naturally competitors are rendered pre sumably unlawful by the decision of the United States Court In the North ern Securities case. Should there prove to be no way of getting at the money appropriated by the State of Washington for the SU Louis Exposition, Governor McBrlde will hardly be sorry. The failure will fall In with his line of "retrenchment," The sum of tTS.OOO was appropriated, but the State Auditor was not author ized by the act to draw warrants upon It; and there ta a statute that forbids the State Treasurer to disburse money except on warrants drawn upon him by the Auditor. It makes a troublesome situation, and no way out of It ta yet apparent. The Northern Securities people assert that there Is no danger that their rail way combination would make extor tionate prices for transportation, since there would be loss of traffic through overcharge. There 1s something In this, In theory, but nothing In fact Of course, the great railway combine wouldn't want to destroy traffic, but If left to Itself It might be expected to take from shippers and travelers every. thing It could without actually stifling the energy of production. A few years ago Kansas, as a Popu list state, was screaming over what her people called "the per caplty." It was said that in all the United States the amount of money was only JH.S7H "per caplty," and the plutocrats ot the gold standard had all that. But now the Journals of Kansas are boasting that there are $60 on deposit In the banks ot Kansas for every man, woman and child In the state. And the accursed gold standard still prevails. C. F. Martin, secretary of the Na. tlonal Livestock Association, said the other day at Kansas City that the de cision at St. Paul In the merger suits will. If sustained by the Supreme Court, be a death-blow to plans for merging the large packing Interests, and there fore will mean survival of competition In the packing business and main tenance ot stock prices. Twenty years ago the British govern ment refused to allow dead bodies to be cremated, and It was necessary to fight out a cremation case in the courts In order to establish the right to burn the dead. The law has recently been changed, and Is now entirely favorable, owing to the growing public opinion In support of cremation. It should not be supposed that all the boodlers In the Missouri Legislature were In the 31000 class. But the S1000 notes are more easily traced than those ot small denominations. No doubt, now, every man who flourished the big notes wishes he hadn't been so fast and frisky. But sudden wealth often makes a man a fool. It Is certain that Oregon now Is re ceiving more attention from. Eastern people than at any time -hitherto In Its history. There ta good reason to be lieve that within ten years the popula tion of the state will be doubled. The forces pointing to such result are get ting fairly Into operation. Democratic hopes and "claims" in the First District will be at high pitch till the vote ta counted. Then the old "tired feeling" will supervene. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Imputation on Official Experience Eugene Guard. (ha wuhIa Va4 H T-sm Mm rousing reception. The young man should have the place rather than the chronic offlce-boldlcg Blnger Hermann he who has fattened on the people tor were tj years. Hermann and Hlteheoclc Boise (Idaho) News. Quite a larce number of Oregon Repub licans want Blnger Hermann sent back to Congress Juw to air Secretary Hitchcock's record on the floor of the House, ana tor the same, reason a verv considerable num ber want him kept at home. It Is a pretty family row they have on over In weotoot land. Complaint Without Fonndatlon. Heppner Gazette. TV . knl t TT.V.. ni f A v. I r, at town appear to be a very small speck In aW, t 1 . T. I T I w, . I . .vt, ti lde 1UHUIU falUture. aUC muiiJUUH aa Maw out any foundation whatever. The peo ple ot the Inland Empire want the port age road and there Is no mistake about It. Don't Be a lion. McMlnnvUle News. A large number of Eastern people are coming to this state and county this year and buying property. Our people can not be too particular In their treatment of them: always display a Christian spirit and ever remember the golden rule and treat them as you would like to be treated If you were going to a new coun try and among strangers. The Ounce ot Prevention. Long Creek Light. Those- having ranches along the trail which outside sheep follow In coming Into Grant County, and who have been permitting outside sheep fo cross their deeded lands In order to get Into our mountains, will not grant them this priv ilege this Spring. With few exceptions the border ranchers will forbid outside sheep crossing their lands this season. A Slight Concession. Olympla Olympian. It Is noted that many of the Immi grants who are now seeking homes In the West travel In Pullman cars. That Is a sign of American prorreeo. From the Atlantic to Ohio the travel was In wagons: from Ohio to Kansas it was In Immigrant cars; from Kansas to this point they come In Pullmans. When the time comes for migration from washing ton the people will take wings and go to heaven. Portland Is Co-operntlnu. Pendleton Tribune. The success of the Eastern mission of T. B. Wilcox In inducing the O. R. & N. to agree to build a branch line Into .the interior ot Eastern Oregon Is far-reaching In consequences both for the section of country to be tapped and the City of Port land. The opening of the Columbia River is ot as great Importance to Portland as a city as to the farmers, stockmen and miners of the upper river region. The portage road bill was as earnestly sup ported by the Portland Legislators when they realized Its Importance as by the Eastern Oregon members, and more zeal ously than by some of our Senators and Representatives. Two-thirds of the area ot the state lies east of the Cascades, and this vast territory once developed would supply wonderful resources for the build ing of a great city. Portland has come to recognize these facts, and the extension of the O. R. & N. Into the Interior Is con sistent with Its policy of striving for the trade of the Inland Empire. Sprinc Poem In Prose. Salem Journal. Who does not love the Spring? The old est and. most sordid and least appreciative of us thrills a little at the soft, wooing breezes, laden with the perfume of mill ions or bursting buds and refreshing turf. Softer tints come on the hills. The dull gray on the oaks changes to tender green, and the mosses and lichens cover with silvery sheen. The bursting willow tips and the many humble shrubs that line the water courses glitter with swelling points and promises of early foliage. In the door- yards files of daffodils, royal flowers that array themselves under the command of yellow-helmeted captains. Gay and gaudy tulips gleam among the -evergreen trees, and In the forest the shy tooth-wort brings Its pinkish purple sprays of bloom a will ing sacrifice to the hands of flower-greedy school children. What treasures the Springtime brings to Innocent childhood! How they seek out each new flower In Its hiding place and carry their spoils to the teacher, often soiled and crushed from affection. The 'Spring perfumes come back to our calloused memories with recollec tlons of youth. Observe Arbor Day. The Dalles Tlmes-Mountalneer. According to the statute of Oregon the second Friday In April Is designated as Arbor Day. a day on which the children of the public schools shall assist In advancing the school grounds by plant' lng trees and flowers thereon, and the custom Is becoming quite universal throughout the state. This Is Indeed a commendable custom. School grounds tastefully set to ornamental trees are more attractive to the youth than bare plats of land with a cheerless school house as the only decoration. School at best Is none too Inviting to the aver age youth. Most children look upon the pursuit ot an education as a favor they are conferring upon some one else. They do not realize that to acquire knowledge Is solely a benent to themselves, there fore cheerless surroundings about the school premises do not attract them. consequently it was a wise' act of the Legislature that halt a day of each year should be set apart for the beautify lng ot school premises. Let the obstrv ance ot the day be universal. Anachronism ot the Banchgrasa. Spokane Spokesman-Review. A misnomer. A quarter of a Century ago bunchgrass was the chief and almost exclusive resource ot the broad Interior. and cattle, horses and sheep were the main tokenn of wealth. Thus It came that the residents of the 'Tipper country' were known as "bunehgrassers." The term stuck, and when delegations from this re gion attended conventions of any charac ter In the Willamette Valley or on the shores of Puget. Sound. It was Invariably applied to them. But long ago the term lost the distinctive significance It had In pioneer days. The bunchgrass has all but ceased to ripple in the Summer breeze. Long ago the settler's plow turned It down. The land of native grasses has he. come a land of grain fields and gardens ana dooming orcnaras. it is time, there fore, that the newspapers of Western Washington and Oregon took cognizance of these changes and ceased calling our Legislators, our convention delegates and our baseball teams by an archaic term which Is worse than meaningless and pos itively misleading, and no more suited to existing condition! that the term "Wana- toes" would be to the ball teams from Portland and the Puget Sound cities. Attempting- the Impossible. Washington Post. It seems to us that the members of the Administration who have recently dis cussed the tariff on Important public oc casions have made the mistake of ex pending on their Democratic fellow citi zens a good deal of rhetorical eloquence that might more produbly have been addressed to their dissenting brethren In New England and the West. It the Republican leaders can clore the gap In their own party the work will pay them much better than trying to win over the Democrats to the stand-pat doctrine. The former may sot be, but the latter manifestly is Impossible. EVIL SPEAKING. Philadelphia Ledger. La Rochefoucauld. In all his witty and wise maxims, showed perhaps th deep est Insight Into Imperfect human nature In the acute observation that "In the adversity ot our best friends we often find eotnethlng that Is not exactly dis pleasing. So cynical Is the thought, however, that the author himself sup pressed the maxim In the third edition of. his book. The most odious ot the passion. envyr is at the bottom ot the Jealousy which we commonly display when others whom ' we think not so worthy ot the favors ot fortune possess that which we have failed to secure, and moves us to speak .slightingly of them or even to feel momentarily at least some thing too far removed from genuine sor row when the plans, or the hopes of those with whom we are acquainted have been frustrated. It la egoism, selfish ness, which causes us to be Impatient and aissatUfled at- seeing anybody else seize that to which "we think we have the only fair title." and hence the "Jeal ous leer malign." which Is the way those who are much xlven to littleness and vanity have of easing their own chagrin and disappointment. The detractor or the malignant backbiter, aa an old writer said. Is usually "some weak parted fellow, and worse minded, yet Is strangely ambi tious to match others, not by mounting to their worth, but by bringing them down with his tongue to his own poor ness." If It were considered how great is the Injury done by evil speaking, malicious tattling and gossip, all In the world ex cept the hopelessly malignant would ex ercise the greatest care over their speech wmcn relates to the good names ot oth ers. The light and Idle word has often embittered Uvea, wrecked homes, excited the angriest passions and Is constantly me cause ot the greatest heart-burning, trouble and distress of mind, often to those who are innocent of wrong doing and. therefore, sensible ot the greatest injustice. stoDert South said: Would not a man think 111 deeds and shrewd turns should reach further and strike deeper than 111 words? And yet many Instances might be given In which men have much more easily pardoned 111 things done than 111 things said against them. Such a peculiar rancor and venom do they leave behind them In men's minds, and so much more potsonously and Incurably does the serpent bite with his tongue than with his teeth." If the origin of the greatest trouble .the most disagreeable eDlsodes. the most deep-seated and long-continued animosi ties in every town, village or community were traced. It would be found In per haps the majority of cases that light words. Idle gossip, hareh wit, satirical speeches were the cause of more unhap plness and more hatred than all other causes put together. "Few men." nh. serves Dean Swift, "are qualified to shine in company: Dut it is most mens power to be agreeable." Gossiping and the habit of detraction come largely from the desire to talk wrfen the mind Is empty, and the persons and the things with which shallow persons are the best acquainted are neighbors and their doings. On these subjects anyone can be fluent. Ordinary fluency, continues Swift. is in many men ana in many women "owing to a scarcity of matter" Th retailers of gossip have only one set of ideas ana one set of words, and the "are always ready at the mouth. So peo ple come faster out of a church when It Is almost empty than when a crowd Is at ins floor. From the fact that there Is of Ill-natured gossip In the world, and inai a great many Intelligent Dersons who are not really evil natured habitually pea.t 111 ot otners in a nan humorous way, no generous and hleh-mlnded vnnth should ever let himself fall Into the habit or saying unmanly things of others, and he should esbeclallv heed the fin ft navlntr of Sir Walter Raleigh: "Defame not any iei nim "iignt up with a thousand noble disdains" at that he should become a gossip and de scend to the Uttlenesse of the weak and ot me malicious. A Financier's View. (Thin cm Tnta. rV.aan "We Shnlt nA rinuht fnr .nry.. 41 . .w. uwu.v n ... u a great unwillingness to embark In new nuaurs, remaraea jacoo H. Schlff of me nortnern securities decision. But mat is no misfortune, for promotion has been carried too far. In this respect, perhaps the Northern Securities decision maV Drove a hlataalnv In Mr. SchllT Is undoubtedly right." While we have nnt ha. nn nntlnn ah have within the limits of Its available neaas ana nanas too many new enter prises that really propose to produce somethlnaT useful .trat mnv )..r. . .1 had too many enterprises ot the kind uioi jit. ocnm cans promotions. Thes"e do not, as a rule, propose any. thlnC RAW in h Wnv nvua. at --- - ij v. .iruiatUUII. They are, as a rule, mere organlzstions ' c-nsiaiig inauaines. rney do -not mean new ways of production, but new ways of controlling production. They do not, as a fule. add anything to the country's . neww. -iien grow nch by them. but Chleflv bv antlrlrvittnir mm. - , .. ,.n ,WUW. These promotions have taken on a form and size In rrnt x-.o r that K ... . J ...tat- C Hii Cil l- ened grave perils In both politics and uuaiice. nence u is in lact well that a halt be. called on them. That halt Is, of " " lentil i L au alien TOO UOpeU IOT large and speedy wealth by means of .ucau. uui iiuining oi me real wealth of the nation will be lost. And that halt Will K-tvA PV.rvhrvl l- , .h,.n. , i " --- - - -j , vuinkc iu ureatne wu ujiuk ana cairn nimseii. as a practical man of large affairs Mr Schlff sees thn AdvAntsc nr ..,. - o- v. ouui tX li.l 1 L. That Is why he feels that the Northern ucv.iiuca uciisiuu. in spue or tne. pres ent confusion, may be a blessing In dls guise. Tariff Revision a Necessity. Chicago Post, We have had a number of "authnrita. live" and quast-offlclal utterances on the 'nu question, -iney appear to have given much aid and comfort to the fanntini n Irrational opponents of revision and freer iraae. mere is great Joy In the "stanr. pat" camp. Root. Shaw. Allison and other leaders nave condemned tariff revision. and even talk of revision as a menace to the prosperity of the country, though they have admitted, as an abstract proposition, that In certain conceivable circumstances ana at some future time revision may be advisable. What a trlumnh for the ene. rales of progress! And even President Roosevelt Is now claimed as a recruit of the "stand-patters." His Minneapolis speech was certainly not the deliverance oi a convinced and resolute revisionist. To put It bluntlv. It was a disappointment to the 'friends ot the Iowa Idea and honestly applied protection. It was full ot lfs and buta and perhapses, and avoided definite statements. To oppose reasonable revis ion at the earliest possible moment Is to protect monopoly and Invite reaction and the political and commercial penalties of oppression and abuse. Ill Louisville Courier-Journal. If Mr. Bryan could get the Presidential bee out of his bonnet, the nolson of ora. lory out ot his blood, and could earnestly and Intelligently sit down to a study of truth or, better, could travel, see the world and learn a little outside his own barnyard he would be at once a more useful and a happier man. a founder and a builder, and not the embittered architect ot ruin ne tnreatens to become. Same as Other Criminals. St. Louis Republic. Bribers end boodlers will soon be forced to adopt the philosophy of ordl niry criminals, which ta to the effect that crime Is a game with the chances largely against the player. That this is true pholosophy is manifest by the fact that criminals are pitted against the or go nixed and overwhelming force ot so ciety as a whole. S0TE AIVD COMMENT. Who said Iceman?" The Browns seem to be at the bat again. Easter hats had another outing yester-. day. ' ' The weather man has been feeling good'. of late. . Two In one day Is about as much, as the local fans can stand. The ladles have formed the Sacaiawea. Club. Look out for trouble. VVuen we've won two In a single day It's time to forget those fifteen defeats. The Blue and the Gray have) no longer any followers In Portland. It's all Brown now. Typhoid fever seems to be a prominent course In college curriculurns at the pres ent time. ' 4 It's time for some one to send In a joke about the propriety of having a ship re view at KleL A few more days like yesterday and the sprinkling wagon will be the next number on the program. . Maine and Now Hampshire refused to make any appropriation for the-St, Louts Exposition. Massachusetts, on the other hand, voted an appropriation of 1100,000. It ta stated that the President 1s taking his present trip for rest. He will find ' before he gets back to Washington that rest and railway Journeys don't always agree. The late Joseph Park ot White Plains, N. V., by his will divided about t7.00O.00O among his relatives and friends, but Sam Brown, a colored coachman for Mr. Park tor halt a century. Is not mentioned lq the will. Of the late Mr. Park It may be remarked that, like Mr. Barkis In "David Copperfleld," he was "near." Tim Corcoran, of the Jewell-Vea-cxr' mall route, was In the city the fore part of the week. He brought In as a curiosity an ecg that had bv-n laid with a nickel In It. It looks pretty hard on a hen to have to.work all day laving one esc at 15 cents a dosen and then throw In a nickel with each esc. That beats the ntckel-ln-the-slot machine. Astoria Herald. Shades of Aesop, are we going to get a golden egg after all, or will the hen be arrested by the authorities for coun terfeiting? The "Law and Order League of Greater New Tork" has been formed In Brooklyn to protect women from Insult and annoy ance from foul language In street cars and public places. A hundred- members ot the league are to be commissioned deputy sheriffs, with power to make- ar rests. The immediate cause was an as sault by a gang of young ruffians upen Assemblyman Ulrica, because be rebuked them for Insulting women on a car. The gifts made by Andrew Carnegie since 1S95 for the founding of libraries and for educational purposes In America and Oreat Britain amount, according to the report ot the Commissioner of Edu cation contained in a pamphlet Issued by the United States Bureau of Education. to JS7.M.93. Of this sum over J32.O0O.0OO was given in this country, according to an extract from the Washington Post. said to have been revised by Mr. Car negie himself. The report contains a table showing the distribution and amounts of the various gifts. Mr. Bryan, Will Yon Be Good? Louisville Courier-Journal. The editor of the Courier-Journal was fighting trust and trustlsm when Mr. Bry an was creeping like a snail unwillingly to school: nor was he using bows ana arrows against Mauser rifles, either. On the lines of the Chicago platform of 1W6, ana ot the Kansas City platform of 1S00. Mr. Bry-r an led the party to a disastrous defeat, meeting a dwindling, not a rising, vote. On those lines the Republicans would-be assured of a victory each succeeding four years to the end of time. TeJ. because the Courier-Journal urges tne party to turn Its back upon the dissensions which brought defeat, to plant Its feet upon high and solid ground, to set its face resolute ly to the future and the foe, this obstin ate, Ill-Judging, self-important youth grown rich as a candidate for office, full ot the bravery of his conceit" and Inex periencehas the effrontery to question our fidelity and our sincerity. Mr. Bryan speaks disaainiuiiy oi money. Mnnev is "as needful to political battles as powder and ball to real battles. Does Mr. Bryan think that Mr. Tllden was less a Democrat because he was a rich man? That Is the meaning of what he says: If a man be not a pauper, he Is a Republic an. In Mr. Bryan's vocaouiary uemoc- racy and defeat are synonymous terms. The moment a Democrat looks like a winner, Mr. Bryan begins to hate and abuse him. ... The boys are mighty tired of it- TheyT are hungry and thirsty. They can see nothing in what Mr. Bryan Is driving at but continued dissension, hopeless divis ion and certain defeat. If Mr. Bryan has his way. It Is another drubbing In 1304. It he does not get It, he means to bolt. Aft er he has done this, both wings of the party will stand even, and then they may get together. Before that, however, some of us will be dead rLEASAvrniEs of paiiagrapubrs Tea, Miss Gotrox employs a man to do noth ing but bathe her terrier twice a dar." "In deed J" He'a a sort of a skyescraper. ehr Baltimore News. Ot hesr that Casey has been appointed a walkln delegater- "Walkln' delesate! Sure he'll not walk. He'll rold an' charge ut to th' union." Brooklyn Life. Not Worried by His Mistake. Irate guest (No. 4S) I didn't tell you to wake me up at & o'clock. Bellboy Didn't yer? Well, mebbe It mil No. 84. Detroit Free Press. The Usual Proportion. First chauffeur Whoee make is your machine? Second chauf feurWell, about one-third the manufacturer's and two-thirds the repairer's. Puck. "Tour uncle, the bishop," remarked the caller. "Is becoming famous, isn't he?" "Xf." said Mrs. Lapslltg, affably. "He's getting to be quits a celibacy." Chicago Tribune. "I ns lust telling my daughter." said Mrs. Nooaens. "that It's really a shame for her to play the" piano on Sunday." "Why did you mention Sunday, particularly?" asked Mrs. Pepprey. Philadelphia Press. The Stimulus of Competition. "It Is a great mistake. Mabel, to trifle with the affections of a man who loves you by encoursgtng someon else." "Well, he's a little alow, auntie. I think be needs a pacemaker." Puck. All New Torkers Look' Alike "1 see that a New Tork woman ehot her husband because she mistook him for a burglar." "Say. aln t It wonderful how all those New Torkers get to look alike?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Somebody Would Benefit "Tes." remarked the loud-voiced man with the diamond stud. 1 am 'it ot politics for good." "Ah." mur mured the sedate little fellow In the corner; "may I ask for whose goodf-Philadelphla Record. A Stickler for Truth. Cassldy-Ol want a wreafh av flowers. an put on It. "He rests . m pieces." Florlst-Don't you mean He rests In peace?" Cassldy-Ol mine phwat OI sed. "ITs for Casey, that was blowed up In th quarry. Tit-Bits. Ida Charlie rjunn waa learning to waits last night. May How long was he on the dancing floor? Ida-Oh. about two minutes. May Way. Mabel said two hours. Ida No. two minutes on the floor, and the rest ot the time on my feC Chicago Daily News. 0 4 i