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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, APTUL 24, 1003
LABOR TH C ST AND MILLMEX'S TJKIOX
The first step to an agreement be
tween employers of labor and their em
ployes must be clear apprehension of
the differences that divide them. Each
must understand the merits of the
other side as well as his own: each
must be made to see his own as well
as his antagonist's errors.
The contention of the contractors as
to the painters and carpenters is plain.
and commends itself to reason. Be
cause some men in a line of trade are
worth J3.60 a day; it does not follow
that all men In that line of trade are
worth $3.50 a day. It is understood that
the employers are willing to pay and
do pay JS.50 and even a dar for
many carpenters and painters; but they
say they do not want to pay this for
all workmen, regardless of earning ca
pacity, and, indeed, cannot afford it.
Excluding the inferior men, they want
.supply the deficiency by employment
nonunion men of competent class.
But right here is where we begin to
get on difficult ground, for this supple
mental employment of nonunion men
mets the strenuous opposition of the
unions, which hold that refusal to work
with nonunion men is necessary to
maintenance of their order. Over this
contention the issue is Joined, and,
while the surface proposals of the con
tractors seem unobjectionable, the
means by which they and their allies.
the mlllmen, undertake to combat the
union position must appear to the can
did observer as closely parallel to the
exclusive methods of unionism Itself.
It is complained by the employers of
labor that the .members of the union re
fuse to work alongside of nonunion
men, and if the latter are employed the
former will at once quit the Job. Un
doubtedly It is a principle of trades
unionism to stand by its own mem
bers; and this is deemed the most ef
fective of all means that can be em
ployed to such end. Now, the right to
work for a living, whether a man be
longs to a union or not, is about the
first of rights In this world, to say
nothing of its status as a divine com
mond; and to say that a man shall not
work unless he belongs to a union
seems to many to be about the same
thing as saying that a man has no right
to live in a community unless he is a
member of a union.
But in what way or on what principle
does this operation of unionism 'differ
from a combination made by men who
supply materials which declares and
enforces the declaration that it will not
sell materials to anybody until the
unions give up the main principle for
which they contend? In either case the
community suffers the boycott. One
extreme may beget another, but two
wrongs do not make a right- "What the
community suffers from the unions Is
not alleviated by -what It suffers from
the mills. The steps taken by the mill-
men's union to boycott and punish the
contractor who offends against their
rules bear a strong resemblance to the
established usages of unionism In re
gard to nonunion laborers." The union
ism principle Is condemned by the mills
In words, but approved by their own
practice-
There is one further thing to be said
about this situation, and that is that
the public, which Is bearing the griev
ous burden of this bitter controversy.
cannot reasonably be expected to en
dure In patience the annoyance and ex
pense to which It is subject, through
no provocation on its part, without
sooner or later laying bare the merits
and motives and secret operations by
which the struggle Is characterized and
carried forward. The rights and the
wrongs of each combatant will be ex
plored to the uttermost and made
known. The people themselves, who
are sufferers by. and not parties to, the
battle, may seem helpless now, but
they will not be helpless when at length
patience has ceased to be a virtue. The
court of public opinion has power to
send for persons and papers, and to
execute its decrees with force from
which there is no appeal. There is a
moral element In this question, through
and through. The Indignities visited
by unionism on nonunion men are in
defensible from any point of view; but
on no moral basis can it be considered
right that because union workers boy
cott nonunion workers, the lumber men
x should boycott the whole community.
"Get together" would probably be a
useless exhortation in the present stage
of the controversy. For the boycott is
"on, and before men can get together
the boycott must be stopped, all round.
There Is resemblance between the an
nihilation, now announced, ot a body,
of English troops in Soma! llano, East
Africa, and the destruction of Caster's
command br the Sioux Indians In Mon
tana In 1876. "The Impressive thing; In
both cases Is that men, know how to
fight and die. But the subjugation of
the followers of the ilad Mullah will
be as complete as was the subjugation
of the followers of Bitting Bull. The
savages must "go." As ire had to
clear them out of Oregon and of all
America, so they will be cleared out
of Africa. This work In Africa shows
what Great Britain Is dome; for the
world; and we have been doing: no
small job of the kind m the Philip
pines. THE LAST WAR GOVERNOR.
Alexander Ramsey, ex-Governor of
Minnesota, whose death at 88 is an
nounced, is Incorrectly described as the
"last of the war Governors, for ex-
Governor Frederick Holbrook. of Ver
mont, who was the executive of that
state from October. 1851. to October,
1S63, has Just celebrated his ninetieth
birthday at Brattleboro. Governor Hol-
brook Is in excellent health, and. re
plying to letters of congratulation, re
calls with pride the fact that he was
specifically thanked by Secretary Stan
ton for the real and energy he dis
played In raising Vermont's military
contingent and hurrying it to the front
In that terrible year of defeat for the
Union arms -which began in June, 1S62,
with McClellan's retreat from Rich
mond to the James River, and was not
relieved by victory until Gettys
burg, In July, 1S6S. Governor Holbrook
was thanked by the state convention
which renominated him in 1562 "for
the prompt manner In which he ten
dered to the President Vermont's quota
of 300.000 additional soldiers." It is not
true that Governor Ramsey was "the
first Governor to respond to Lincoln's
call for troops" after Sumter In the
sense that he wis the first Governor
to put troops In the field. Governor
Andrew, of Massachusetts, the great
est of all our war Governors, was so
confident that war could not be averted
that he put the militia of Massachu
setts In a state of complete readiness
to march to the front, and by circular
letters urged the other Governors of
New England to get ready to march.
Governor Andrew answered Lincoln's
call of April IE, 1861, by sending five
regiments of infantry and a battery of
artillery to Washington, and by the
19th of April the Sixth Massachusetts
was In Baltimore, and to It belongs the
unfading honor of being the first regi
ment, armed and equipped for service,
to respond to the President's call. It
left Boston the evening of April 17, "and
fought Its way through a Baltimore
mob at the cost of four killed and
thirty wounded.
Governor Andrew's prescience saved
Washington and saved Fortress Mon
roe. The other great War Governors
were equal to Andrew in energy and
executive ability, but Andrew's fore
sight made him the greatest of them
all. He furnished the Administration
not simply with men, but with ideas.
He was influential in urging the Eman
cipation Proclamation; he obtained Lin
coln's consent to raise the first black
regiment. He made the experiment a
success by persuading the best white
blood In Massachusetts regiments to
officer the Fifty-fourth Regiment, and
his success added 186,000 blacks to the
Union Army at a time when the de
mand for soldiers had compelled us
to resort to the draft and to pay enor
mous local bounties for recruits. An
drew wrote the famous address Issued
by the meeting of the War Governors
from Altoona, Pa., In September, 1861.
Andrew, as soon as the war was over.
was the first conspicuous Northern
statesman to urge Congress to adopt a
policy of reconstruction that com
manded the approval of the great mili
tary and civil leaders of the Confed
eracy, to accept the counsels of such
men as Vice-President Stephens, How
ell Cobb, Lee, Bragg and Joe Johnston.
He said these men are the natural
leaders of Southern public opinion, and
that It could not be hoped to enforce
a policy which these natural leaders
would not approve. Andrew was easily
our greatest War Governor, since he
furnished the Government not only with
soldiers, but with ideas that became
part of its war policy.
Next to Governor Andrew, our great
est War Governor was Oliver P. Mor
ton, of Indiana. Morton summoned the
State Legislature to meet April 24, 1861,
offered Lincoln 10,000 men. obtained
leave to borrow two million dollars, al
lowed Indiana to recruit troops in Ken-
uicKy ana auowea Kentucqy to re
cruit troops in two southern counties
of Indiana, and procured arms for the
Kentucky volunteers. In 1862 the Dem
ocrats carried the Fall elections, and
the Indiana Legislature was so utterly
hostile to the war that the Republicans
withdrew from It In a body and left It
helpless, without a quorum, to rob
Governor Morton of the command of
the militia. Morton borrowed a million
of dollars on his own credit and that of
hla friends, and, from April, 1863. to
1865, refused to summon the Legisla
ture in session, an arbitrary course, but
a military necessity. Governor Morton
visited Oregon in 1877 as chairman of
the commission to Investigate the elec
tion of Senator La Fayette G rover.
Next to Andrew, he was our greatest
War Governor, for he displayed the
quality of a Bismarck In his determina
tion to defy and circumvent the copper
head Legislature of Indiana.
The third great War Governor was
Andrew G. Curtin. of Pennsylvania.
He answered Lincoln's call, and. In
compliance with the demand of Gen
era! Patterson, who commanded the
state forces, raised 25,000 men in addi
tion. Secretary of War Cameron dis
approved the action of General Patter
son, saying the Government had men
enough, but Governor Curtin, with wise
forethought, did not disband these
troops, but kept them in camp, under
the name of "the Pennsylvania Re
serve." They were soon needed, and
became among the best troops In the
Army of the Potomac under the com
mand of such distinguished command
ers as McCall, Meade and John F.
Reynolds. Governor Morgan, of New
York, furnished the Government with
23.000 troops in two years. When wi
remember that our system of military
transportation was feeble and crude in
1S61 compared with what it is today.
the executive energy displayed by these
great War Governors excites our ad
miration.
There were 19,000,000 people in
the North, against about 11.000,000 In
the South. The total number of men
furnished by the states and territories
for the armles ot the United States ex
ceeded 2,800,009 men, making a fair es
timate for those who re-enlisted and
were counted twice. So energetic were
the War Governors of the states that
after the disasters on the Peninsula in
1S62, over 80,000 troops -were enlisted,
organized, armed, equipped and sent
into the field In less than a month
Over 60,000 troops repeatedly went to
the field within four weeks. More than
90,000 Infantry were sent to the armies
from the five states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois. Iowa and Wisconsin within
twenty days. Of these War Governors,
all are gone today save ex-Governor
Holbrook. of the little State of Ver
mont, which, with a population of only
315,000, sent over 35.000 men Into the
ranks of the Union Army. Among
them .was the son of Governor Hol
brook. who rose to be Colonel of a regi
ment by his courage and ability hi the
field. The last of the War Governors
survives at 90. and among hts fellow-
townsmen is Colonel William A us tine.
U. S. A-. who Is In bis eighty-ninth
year, the oldest -surviving graduate of
West Point, and a veteran of three
wars. The thirty-eight years that have
eiapsea since Appomattox nave ten dui
few of the conspicuous civil or military
figures of the Civil War to shoulder
their crutches and tell how that mo
mentous struggle was fought and. won.
AX OLD LESSON REPEATED.
As often as Sir Edward Jennet's dis
covery of vaccination is put to a gen
eral test In an emergency that faces an
epidemic of smallpox, its triumph as
one of the greatest discoveries of medi
cal science stands out with renewed
luster. The record that this disease
has made in Shan Ik o and Prineville
during the last two weeks is but a
repetition of the pages that have been
turned again and again -in its history
wherever and whenever It has been
promptly and efficiently met by inocu
lation. The stubbornness ot the man
who carried It Into the timber districts
of Crook County in having refused to
be vaccinated before be left Pennsyl
van la, though aware that he had been
exposed to a virulent type of smallpox.
-was the direct cause of the dire mis
chief that has been wrought In the lo
cality that he recklessly visited; and,
though he paid the penalty with his
life, after many days ot great suffer
ing, his stubbornness was practically
unforgivable, since It has reacted upon
a wide community In anxiety, business
stagnation and suffering of which no
record can be made, and In the death
ot a number of persons who were un
wittingly exposed to the Infection.
The person who stubbornly opposes
vaccination is a menace to the commu
nity, even though bis Influence in the
matter stops with himself. In these
days of rapid transit the ends of the
earth are in close communication, giv-
lng a new emphasis to the declaration
that "man does not live to himself
alone." The man who asserts that It
Is his own business whether he Is vac
cinated or not can only make good his
statement by retiring far from the
haunts of men and taking up his abode
in perpetual quarantine. At least four
persons have paid the penalty with
their lives for defiance '-of the first
requisition of prudence by refusing to
be vaccinated in the late outbreak ot
smallpox at Shanlko and Prineville,
while twice as many more have suf
fered from the disease In a more or less
violent form, while of those who were
promptly vaccinated some escaped the
disease entirely, and In no case was
the life of one of these In peril.
The arguments In favor of vaccina
Hon are but repetition hammered on
the ear. Once or twice yearly the
School Board In this city is forced to
go over them to parents who from "re
ligious scruples," or -prejudice of some
other sort, which finds in this term
convenient cloak, desire to have their
children exempt from the rule which
requires the vaccination ot all pupils
who attend the public schools; while as
often as occasion for general vaccina.
tlon arises, public health officers are
forced to use their authority in opposi
tion to Individual stubbornness for the
protection of the public. This Is sug
gestlve of a lack of personal respon
slblllty or the undue prevalence of plg-
headedness In the community that
distinctly to Its discredit:
A MERGER. OF BENEVOLENCES,
A merger the advisability of which
will no doubt appeal successfully to
business men for Indorsement Is that
which proposes to consolidate nine
great church benevolent societies of the
Methodist Episcopal church Into three.
The commission having this matter In
charge states that the objects sought
by this merger are "unity, simplicity.
economy and efficiency."
The multiplication of charitable, be
nevolent and religious societies has
long been recognized as wasteful In ef
fort and means, and unduly burden
some to the public. The manifold erup
tions that have taken place within the
ecclesiastical body have not only, by
diffusing effort, weakened or retarded
what is termed spiritual growth, but
they have imposed a needless burden
upon thrift in the building and main.
tenance of churches, and tn support of
church societies, that Is at all times
unjust and In many cases grievous.
This is an open secret; In fact, it Is
no secret at all, but a matter of open
discussion. Take, for example, the re.
cent case of a prominent East Side
church. After years of struggle and
of generous response to the efforts of
Its several pastors, and members, an
excellent, commodious and even artistic
church building was erected and fur
nished. Its equipment Including a fine
pipe organ. The seating capacity of
the building and Its Sunday school ac
commodations were ample for the needs
of the society and congregation for
years to come. But Inharmony crept
In, the spirit of Christianity crept out.
and, after public dissensions consplcu
ous for their acrimony, the member
ship has divided, and, unless Indlca
Hons are misleading, the community
will in due time be called upon for con
tributlons to build another church, buy
another organ, pay salaries to two mln
Isters where one should suffice, and
support the charitable and benevolent
work of two church societies where
one equipment would have been ample
and have done better and more efficient
work In a much more creditable spirit
of Christian endeavor. The story is an
old one. It has local application prac
Ucally everywhere. Whenever and
wherever members of any church be
gin to "hate each other for the love of
God," It Is only a question of .time
when the luckless community will be
called upon to pay for this un-Christlan
pastime ot the deacons and elders and
laity, in a new church building aad Its
modern equipment. It Is high time,
therefore, on the basis of economy, for
the merger not only to reach the char
ities and benevolences of one church
denomination, but the churches them
selves of all denominations; and not
only the churches, but the charitable
organizations unsectarlan In character
that, with a single object In view, have
formed the multiplication habit, laying
thereby an undue tax -upon the energies
ot their, jrorkers and the resources ot
those benevolently disposed -wKfcta the
radius of the demand. "Unity, simplic
ity, economy and efficiency" are cer
tainly most desirable elements in be
nevolent and Christian endeavor. The
consolidation ot charitable and benev
olent societies in )he Interest of these
forces will meet with hearty Indorse
ment, even though It Is -called by the
unsectarlan title of "merger."
Humanity, under great stress ot suf
fering, danger and death. Is sure to
arouse -what Whlttier calls "the angel.
In the human heart" and rally It to the
rescue. The late stress qf smallpox In
Prineville was no exception to this rule,
but. on thecontrary. is furnished cour
ageous men who did veritable battle
for humanity against a dreaded and
loathsome disease. Heroes' in this
encounter were Percy Davis, a guest
at the hotel In Prineville where the dis
ease broke out. and Dr. Taggert, a
traveling oculist, who happened to be
there also at the time. In response to
the simple call of humanity, these men.
neither ot whom was Immune, nursed
until the patients died, or they were
relieved by the arrival of trained
nurses, two of the worst cases. Both
men contracted the disease, and are un
dergoing Its sufferings and Isolation,
though, fortunately, with a prospect of
recovery. "I would not see a dog die
like Dillon did without trying to re
lieve him, said Davis, in speaking of
his charge, who perished miserably.
This sentiment was echoed by Dr. Tag
gert In his faithful ministrations to the
afflicted. These are heroes of peace, of
whom war can show none braver or
more self-sacrificing.
It seems a pity that the women ot
Oregon these days don't care to be
"bothered with children." And the
men, what In the light of the statistics
Is to be said of them? But, after all.
there may be some compensation. Bet
ter no race than a race of milksops.
Our Immigration boards will see the
necessity ot redoubling their efforts.
In fifty years more the effete native
stock will have given place to Its bet
ters. The Isolation of long yean pro.
duced a sort ot stagnation here, that
tells on the birth rate as In every other
line of activity. When men and women
lose the energy, necessary for propaga
tion of the race. It Is time to organize
Immigration effort. The statistics as to
Infertility gathered in The Oregonlan
yesterday tell their own story.
The Oregonlan extends Its sympathy
to Miss Hulda Thompson, whose at
tempt In a recent communication to
array sarcasm on the side of the work-
lngman's contest far more wages and
fewer hours brought down upon her
the undeserved wrath of a fellow-labor-
Perhaps nothing else In the versa.
tile realm of argument so completely
disarms the debater as to have his sar
casm taken at Its face value and turned
against him In sober earnest. Miss
Thompson should make the acquaint
ance of Mr. Llebe and explain to him
In language that he can comDrehend
her position on the matter of wages
and family expenses, and thus right
her record upon this burning question
of the hour.
The Illinois Legislature has granted
,,K ,,, ,, .., ..T
with unanimity a state pension of X5000
to the widow of the late Governor John
P. Altgeld, an act that vindicates the
public character of that remarkable
man. The Republican Legislature
passed the pension bill unanimously.
the Republican Governor promptly
signed It, despite the fact that Altgeld '
was the framer of the Democratic plat
form ot 1896. and was, while Governor.
the object of bitter hostility on the part
of a great majority of the people ot the
state. Altgeld seems to have belonged
to that class of men who have the fate
to be misunderstood, the courage to en
dure obloquy and resolutely to await
vindication.
The disaster to the British troops in
Somallland reads like an .extract from
the chronicle of surprises to British de
tachments during the Boer War. The
whole military history of Britain in
India, In North America, in South Af
rica, is full of disasters of this sort.
The British soldier is always brave
enough In battle, but his contempt for
his enemy has cost him very dear.
Braddock's defeat. Bunker Hill, Pak
enham's dreadful repulse at New Or
leans, the Zulu massacre at Isandula,
Majuba Hill. Magersfonteln. are all Il
lustrations of the fact that the British
soldier has a deal more bulldog than
fox In his composition.
The abandonment of the Improvement
of the Siuslaw River will no doubt
cause considerable disappointment to
the residents of this isolated portion of
Lane County. Major Langfitt, how
ever, gave the proposed Improvement
careful and thorough consideration, and
in reporting adversely gives reasons
that were satisfactory to the Secretary
of War. This settles the matter, for
the present" at least, and those who are
disappointed at the findings will have
to content themselves by exercising the
Inalienable right of the American citi
zen that ot more or less vigorous pro
test.
Great Britain's supply of coal yet re
maining to be mined Is now estimated
by experts to be 80,684,000,000 tons,
which, at the present rate of mining.
will last 370 years, and. if the rate of
mining Increases, will be exhausted in
250 years. Long before that time Great
Britain will probably have secured con
trol of a large portion of the coal- fields
ot China, or some substitute for coal
will be discovered and applied.
The Oregonlan has no idea that the
workingmen of Portland will desire to
invoke the referendum for the purpose
of defeating the Lewis and Clark Ex
position. They would, merely relieve
the subscribers to the fund of the nec
essity of paying up, and stop the dis
bursement of the money, four-fifths of
which will go to labor:
Algiers is politically part of the
French nation, and the Algerians are
represented tn the French Parliament
Just like any home department of
France. This country cannot afford to
be less liberal with Its dependencies
than the French oligarchy.
The possibilities of the Lewis and
Clark Fair site continue to expand in
beauty from day to day. That it can
be made an Ideal place for the purposes
of such ' a fair -is evident; that it will
be thus developed there is reasonably
certain.
It has been boldly asserted and again
solemnly reaffirmed that William K.
VanderbUt Is going to get married. Do
will . , j- a
A MANLY PLEA FOR JUSTICE.
Bocker Washington. In a recent lectern
before the Twentieth Century Club, in-1
Boston, among other thtngs, said:
I shall not dwell at length' upon our lat
est race problem In the Philippines. As
I understand it. that race Is now under
going a course of examination as- to
whether It anal be classed with the white
race or with mine. It he produces hair
long enough and? feet small enough hs
may be classed as a white man. otherwise
he will be assigned to my race. What
seems to me to be a far more Important t
thing than ihe question whether he IS
white or black. Is that he shall not have
to go about classed and branded as a prob
lem, and not as a man.
For 17 years the two races have been
facing each other In new relations, and
for themselves the black people have had
to Dlaze a path through the wilderness
of life. For SO years the negro has lived
among a people who In press and pulpit,
in legislative hall and on battlefield have
contended that the most complete devel
opment of 'man can come through the ex
ercise of the most complete freedom com
patible with the freedom of o'Jiers. It
would be strange Indeed if the' eloquence
of Patrick Henry, when he exclaimed.
Give me liberty or give me death. had
no effect upon the black man. If free
dom Is good for one, it is equally neces
sary for the upbuilding of others. We are
teaching at Tuskegee every dar that we
shall make the most progress toward free
dom through the soil tnrough the culti
vation ot the Christian virtues through
economy and honesty. Until the negro
has got property. Intelligence and Chris
tian character ie will not get the recog
nition that is his due. As a, slave the
negro was worked. As a freeman he must
be taught to work. There Is a vast dif
ference between being worked and work
ing. Being worked Is degradation. Work
ing la civilization. The negro asks no
privilege, only an equal opportunity. No
race has degraded another without de
grading Itself, and no race has attempted
to uplift another without being Itself up
lifted and ennobled. The negro can afford
to be wronged, but the white race can
not afford to .do wrong, without sapping
Its own sweet life and destroying the' best
therein. The only request I have to make
of the white man of the North, as-1 make
It of the white man ot the South, when
you approach the. discussion of the negro
problem, do It with moderation and cool
ness and Justice. The negro Is neither an
angel nor a devil, but only a man. Judge
the race, not by -Its worst men. but by
Its best, as you Judge, England by Glad
stone, and Germany by Bismarck.
Roosevelt's; Tariff Record.
Harper's Weekly.
Mr. Roosevelt Is a young man still, but
when be was much younger than he is
now he was a free trader ot such vigor
ous hue that on one occasion he an
nounced that he would "dt for free
tradei" Practically he has since learned
nothing concerning the tariff, but he had
accepted the post hoc propter hoc sort
of philosophy to which protectionists have
resorted in these days ot the degeneracy
of their doctrine, and he Is. therefore,
ready to say, with home market clubs
and other like disinterested authorities.
that because we are now prosperous we
are so -because of the tariff law. This is
uttet foHy. ot course, but the President
does not know It, because since the day
when he was a crusading knight of free,
trade he has learned that the doctrine of
extreme protection Is essential to the Ufa
ot his party. Mr. Roosevelt, besides be
ing very young, younger perhaps than
David Copperfleld seemed to be to Steer-
forth s valet, is an ardent party politician.
He has. Indeed, the disposition to "reform
within Uin nartv." hut ihU disnosltlon
does not carry htm very far, once It has.
,br0"Eht 5ImJ?, ?hnfl,Cit.ertth II
I leaders who write the platforms and make
th. .,-. trvir,- for a
time to .be that impossible thing, a free
trade Republican, he has gradually set
tled down Into a protectionist of the' most
advanced type. He Is ot the school which T
says "stand pat": "no revision at all":
"revision only by Its friends," which, be
ing Interpreted, means revision only by
those who Insist upon maintaining the ex
isting exorbitant rates of duty which are
so enormously Increasing the cost of liv
ing In this country, and which are, also.
Incidentally giving to some of the trusts,
those which are most flagrant from the
President's own point of view, that mon
opoly of the home market that substanti
ally kills the competition which the Pres
ident believes to be the lite ot healthful
trade.
Slavery of City Life.
Pittsburg Dispatch,
It is a popular fallacy with young Amer
ica that the salesman, clerk and bookkeep
er occupy a higher place In the social
scheme than the farmer or mechanic One
of the deplorable consequences Is seen
whenever a merchant or manufacturer
advertises for help ot this kind and the ap
plicants turn out by scores and hundreds
to get the place ready to work at almost
any price. It would be found on Investi
gation that most of these had come up
from the country and smaller towns to
'accept positions" attracted by the prom
ise ot easy life at large salaries In the
city. Nine In ten have no special train
ing and ability and If thrown out of a
place are as helpless as babies. The sala
ries which looked so large from the coun
try prove In the stress of city life to be
mere pittances. Friendships, even ac
quaintances, are Impossible. At best the
life Is slavery, at worst It is starvation.
Horace Greeley's Last Words.
New York Press.
Horace Greeley was one of the most
profane men that ever lived. Cursing was
second nature to him. Jle even called
himself names that would cause a duel
In the South If applied to a friend or
enemy. When he realized that he was
dying he said aloudr "Well, the devil's
got you at last, you a a old
A week after the funeral his daughter.
Miss Gabriella Greeley, wrote to White-
law Held, the young editor1 in the Tall
Tower (Tribune), to know what were the
last words of her father. Reld wrote
back: "Your dear father's last words
were. T know that my Redeemer llv
eth.' "
Amusing the Children In Pittsburg.
Pittsburg Dispatch!
Amid the soot, black, and grime of the
mills and passing locomotives a little
child sat on the doorsteps of a West Car
son street tenement and cried because she
had nothing better to do.
"Don't cry. child." said her distracted
mother. "Be a good girl, and this after
noon 111 take you up on the hill and let
you see the sun."
Dutch Translation of Byron.
Klcelaas Beets, professor of theology at
Utrecht, who has been called the founder ot
modern DJtch prose, baa died In his .S9th
year. Ks translated Brron rata Dutch -with
admirable felicity 60 rears ago, and wrote
much both la pros and verse.
A Wet Sheet and Flowing Sea,
Allen Cunningham (1TBS-1842.)
A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fsst i.
And fills the white and rustling sail.
And bends the rahaat mast:
And bends th csilant nut. mr bora.
While, Ilk the esai free.
Awar the good ship files, and leaves
Old Krsland on the lee.
O for a soft and (rati wind!
I beard a fair one err:
But rtra to tn the morlcg brrese;
And white wares heavies hlsh.
And white waves heaving bixX my bora.
The cood ship tlfht and tree:
Tb world of waters Is rar borne.
And merry men are we.
There's tempest In yon horned moon.
And lightning In yon cloud:
And hark! the music, mariners.
The wind Is plolng load;
The wind Is piping load, my boy.
Tb lightning Hashing free
-wan the -hollow oak our palaca Is,
Dor herttags the Its,
ROOSEVELT'S RE-ELECTION.
Collier's Weekly.
Political statisticians have been moved
by the enthusiastic reception ot the Pres
ident in the West to calculate his
chaacea ot re-elctlon without New York.
For some reason Mr. Roosevelt has not
been as popular tn his own. state, as else.
where. His majority over Judge Van
Wyck was small, and more recently
New Tork hes shown symptoms of an In
tention to step out of the Republican col-
uran. But, as the mathematicians point
out. New Tork has ceased, to be the piv
otal state. Two hundred and thirty-nine
votes are necessary to elect a President.
If Mr. Roosevelt loses New Tork and Ne
vada but carries all the other Northern
.tntp hn will have 3K2 votes. He could
lose Illinois, and Indiana in athiiuon ana
still have enough to win. The Inside esti-
mato of the states that the Republican I
managers are surp mey i
th electoral vote of each state, is given
in this table:
Connecticut TJNew Hampshire ..
Rfmc1Is'r!..:::.':::::
Tndlnna Pennsylvania t
Tnm WHmith DaJ.ota
Kansas wvermont ;
Maine-
Washington ....... 6
Massachusetts
IclTCMt Virginia
Michigan .......... 14,
Minnesota 11:
Wisconsin
Wvomme 3
Nebraska SI
Ntvr Jersey u
Total 38
It will be observed that the states con-
sldered "doubtful" Include California,
Colorado. Idaho. MirySand. Montana.
New York. Oracon. Rhode Island and
Utah. We venture to" say without preju
dice that sir out of these ten will go
Ttenubllcin- On the flrures It will be seen
that the Democrats are beaten already
even if they succeed In carrying rnew
York. Rut this Is a lanre country with
many different kinds ot climate and sub
ject to great atmospheric disturbances.
Ferhans the sturdy democrat, in looung
at the terrifying figures will feel like that
great man. Captain Anson, wnen ne naa
matched an amateur sprinter against, an
"unknown who turned out to oe tne
fastest professional in the world. I
can't beat this mm." said the amateur;
he Is two yards better than I am.-
Run anyhow," said the gallant captain;
Tie may fan down.
Dlnrtlng Oat the Truth.
Detroit Free Press.
Now that the Impression seems to be
,,,,UlfJlnLiht,
Ident Roosevelt's Western trip, we are
hnir disposed to blurt out the truth, re
gardless of consequences. Even at the
risk of betraying -Mr. Roosevelt's confi
dence, the Free Press Is prepared to as
sert that he likes to be President of the
United States. While the hours are some
what Irregular, and the work more or less
connnlmr. and the salary none too mucn
to support a large Presidential family In
comfort: and while a Chief Executive has
to be constantly on his guard lest Uncle
Thomas C Piatt or Mr. Quay sell him a
gold brick, and while J. Plerpont Morgan
cause more or less annoyance ny tamper
ing with the Senate, and the South by
stirring up the race question, and the re
formers by asking about tne Delaware
natronaffe in solte of all this. Mr. Roose
velt has no disposition to quit his Wash
ington Job and go back to the cattle ranch.
Other nersons may criticise the Improved
White House as a place of residence, but
it 1e good enough for Theodore Roosevelt.
What Is more. Mr. Roosevelt Is a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
President. This may be a great surprise
to the East; but It Is true. We have heard
n from his own IIds. He desires t'o be
-nominated for President by the Republican
party, and then, when he has the nomina
tion, he hopes to be elected. We do not
mind saying that Mr. Roosevelt has had
this more or less In ms mina ever since
he succeeded Mr. McKinley. At the risk
of belrur cbarxed with sensationalism.
we are -prepared to say that one of the
reasons why Mr. Iiooseveit aesirea ioe
enactment of anti-trust legislation was be
cause he thought it would not injure a
Republican candidate's chances of elec
tion to the iTesiaency.
Osteopathy Recognised.
Trenton State Gazette.
nteonathv Is recoenlzed and approved
by the laws of upward of 15 states In the
Union. It has apparently come to stay,
it Mmn to bo based upon scientific
Vnnwie r!z It oossesses none of the un
i-prtnln elements of Christian Science,
hypnotism or mesmerism, and cannot hon-
tlv h classed witn inose mtuoia ui
tratlni- ohvsleal Infirmities.
It Is to be regreitea tnai ui nomw
paths and allopaths cannot make up their
. . 1 11. ,n1-M,lAn t.rwtn tk.
minds to look with toleration upon the
nmth. because they are an. unaouDi-
edly, a great benefit to humanity: but It
should not be rorgotten mil Deiween me
old and the new school of physicians there
is a difference of opinion that makes each
the enemv of the other.
Tn their contention lor tne passage oi
the McKee bill, the osteopatas nave naa
nothing contemptuous to say of the pro
fession of medicine as it is practisea Dy
the allopaths and the homeopaths.
They simply deny tnat tney are meaicai
practitioners on the ground that they do
not administer drugs and that they do
not perform surgical operations. They
work along lines of their own drawing
and very reasonably, we think, ask the
same principles of protection that form
the foundation of tne state uoara ot
Medical Examiners.
It seems to us that the physicians
should approve rather than oppose any
movement made in the direction of elevat
ing the standard of a profession that
bears upon the physical and mental health
of human beings.
To a Mountain Daisy.
Robert Burns. V
We, modest, crimson tipped flow'r.
Thou's met ma tn an evil hour:
For I m&na crush amang the stoare
Thy slender stent.
To spare thee now Is past mr powr.
Thou bonnls gem.
Alas! It's no thy neeber sweet.
The bonnla lark, companion meet.
Bending thee 'mang the dewr weet.
WI' sprekl d breast 1
When upward-springing, blrtbe. to greet.
Tb purpling east.
Canld blew the bitter-biting north
Upon thy early, hnmble birth:
Tet cheerfnllr thou glinted forth
Amid the storm.
Scarce reard above tbe parent-earth
Tfcr tender form.
Tb fiauntmz flow-re our gardens yield.
High ahelt'rlcg woods and wa'a maon shield;
But thou, beneath the random DIeld
O. clod or stane.
Adorns tbe hlstl stlbble-fleld.
Unseen, alane.
There, la thr scanty mantis clad. -Thy
snawl bosom stmwsrd spread.
Thou lifts thy unassnmlng bead
In hurpbla guise;
But sow tbe share bptears thy bed.
And low thou lies! X
Such 1 iha tat ot artless Maid.
Sweet SoWret of the rural shade!
Br lore's, slmptlcitr betray" d,-
And guileless trust.
Till she. Ilk thee, all coil'd. Is laid
Low 1 the dust.
Sncb Is tb fate ot simple Bard,
On Ufa's rough ocean luckless. sUrrdt
TJnsklUtul be to not th card
Ot prudent lore.
Till billows rage, and gales blow hard.
And whelm him o'er I
Such fata to suffering worth la grrn.
Who long with wants and woes has striven.
uy numan pnae or cunning anvn
To misery i brink.
Tin wrencVd of evrr star but beavn.
He, raln'd. sink!
ETn thou who moum'st th daisy's fate.
That fat is thine no distant date:
Stent Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate.
Full on thy bloom,
Tin erusb'fi beneath the furrow's weight,
SOTE AKB COMMENT.
The Browns might try arbitration.
The dictionary calls It vode-vll. But it's
the same old "variety."
Has anyone' heard the School Directors
complain of the paucity -ot children?
It may take years and lives and mil
lions, but Mad Mullah will be made to bite
the dust.
Maybe the. English, will find out after
awhile that when General Mullah Is mad
he xets real mad.
When Roosevelt sees the crowds that
mi greet him In Portland May tL he
won't Inquire about our birth fate.
Miss Ware seems to have taken advant-
age of the excitement over the late hang-
ing .tugene ana dropped out of slcht.
" Dl s w
Curious that England going into a fight
whether with Egyptians or Boers, under-
estlmates toe ntX of her adversaries.
We trait that Miss Hulda Peti-rson will
arise and give us the benefit of her ex
perience and observation with the birth
rate.
Another hero has been added to Eng
land's long Hat. Pity it Is that Plunkett
could not have given up his life In a
better cause.
Let us hope that the President, hidden
in Yellowstone Park, will not see & copy
of yesterday's Oregonlan and thus be Im
mune irom temptation to lecture us on
race suicide.
By way of stamping with absurdity the
report that Joseph Chamberlain has ac
cepted a peerage. It Is pointed out that
ICIng Edward would not think of offering
a peerage to a Minister who is within
.measurable distance of obtaining the
Premiership, nor would a Minister who Is
In such a position think of transferring
himself to the other house unless,he had
decided to round oft his political career.
Baron dEstournelles Is leader of a jrroun
of French deputies formed for the express
purpose or advocating International arbl-
0n-.?l r.P. umbering about
In all, has put out a thoroughly prac
tical programme, not asking for disarm
ament, which at present is regarded as
Impracticable, but suggesting that France
should begin by making arbitration trea
ties with individual powers.
Mrs. J. Plerpont Morgan was "the
cynosure of all eyes" at the recent elec
tion of the Colonial Dames at New York.
Contrary to the expectations of those who
did not know her It was found that she
dresses simply and her cloth gown looked
rusty. Her black hat was small and shape
less ana a tnicx veil covered her face.
The decision of the women who saw her
was embraced la the word "frumpy." Mrs.
Morgan's disposition is exceedingly retir
ing and whenever she appears in public
she seems 111 at ease.
The Commissioner of Street Cleaning In
New York City, Mr. Woodbury, has been
explaining how the municipality derives
a revenue from every bit of street sweep
ings and refuse collected In New York
and he Is proud of the good results from
the city's Incinerator and "digester."
"Now what do you suppose." he said.
frequently clogs up our slfterT Why.
hairpins 1 Do yon know we sell tons ot
them and get Quite a revenue from Ihfmf
And what, do you suppose- came' out of
the "digester the other dayT Two XI bills.
After the refuse Is sifted," he continued.
"it goes into the digester and later on Is
covered with olL The top Is skimmed off
and what do you think we do with that?
Why, that goes to Holland or France and
comes back to this country as nr.
I fumery."
In a recent lecture before the students
of Columbia University Judge Alfred C
Coxe, of the United States Circuit Court,
told what. In his opinion. Is the real dif
ficulty with the highest Judicial tribunal
In the land. "Let It bo spared the danger
ous surgery of legislation," he said. "Any
attempt to change the court would be ol
I doubtful value. Already, I find, there ara
. ... - . .
twice as many Judges In New York State
today as In the whole of England, which
has five times the amount of legislation.
What we need Is to simplify the pro
cedure in the courts and to diseoura-ca
useless litigation. Our Supreme Court
disposed of 375 causes during its last
session, and It has but nine Judges. More
uian nine Judges sitting at one time
would be an unwieldy tribunal."
An engineer on a Kansas railroad has
made a request to be allowed to run faster
than 65 miles an hour, because a jack
rabbit has been making fun of him on his
run, A Jackrabblt Is noted for its speed,
and this particular Jack, It seems, has
been In the habit of coming out of his
burrow. Just south of Olathe, Kan, when
he hears the flyer coming early In the
morning, looking up and winking at the
engineer, and then, throwing back his
long ears, racing alongside the track. He
seems to know that the engineer may not
run ahead of Ms schedule, so he keeps
up only a fair speed, but at that.be often
gets on the track In front of the locomo
tive, and. putting up one foot to his face.
spreads out his toes and makes a sign per
fectly familiar -to all small boys, which
'Is expressive ot the highest scorn and de
rision. This Is a true story, and vouched
for by a Kansas paper.
Where Ingnlls .Made a. Mistake.
Boston Globe.
Melville E. Ingalls. defeated candidate
for Mayor of Cincinnati, probably realizes
I now that It was a tactical error to tell
those switchmen asking for an Increase ot
wages that tl.12 a day was enough for any
workingmen and that If he got over WJA a
day he was likely to make a fool of him
self. Sot For Joslab,
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Does your husband ever have brcechon-
drlar asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
"No." replied ner hostess. "Joslah always
says when be seds anything h"U drink It.
Tber can't get anr of them things they saulrt
In a person's arm, Into him."
Chicago University's Assets.
The total assets of Chicago University ar
tlS.12fWT5.33. President Harper wishes te
Increase tb salaries ss follows: Professors.
from S3O0O to S4000; associate professors, from
f22O0 to $3000. and assistant professors, from
$2000 .lolSSOO. A pension system Is also btpg
coa-aacxTC.
The One Thing Lsvelcing.
Washington Star.
I Matilda's Joined the cooking class.
At morning I awaka
To find a fringe of herbs and grass
Around mr Hit ot steak.
At dinner decorations Strang
Are floating In. th soup.
And there are forks and spoons that range
Just Ilka a warrior troop.
And there are raffles on the chop
And lemons everywhere.
i know not where th craxa will stop.
in tact, i snouia not care
If an th viands thus arrayed
TOta asinuness complete
Could sometime and iorh.ow b sasSa, ,
Mora possible to eat. t