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PORTLAND, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 13.
XOT CLEVELAND.
Senator Mitchell thinks Grover Cleve
land will be the Democratic candidate
for President in 1904. In the judgment
of The Oregonlan, the signs of the
times clearly Indicate that Cleveland
will not be nominated. The ablest In-"
dependent newspapers of the East, who
are most friendly to Cleveland's nomi
nation, confess that they do not expect
It The New York Evening Post says
that, "as for the nomination of Mr.
Cleveland for the Presidency next year,
under the circumstances, It is some
thing which neither he nor his friends
can take very seriously." The Spring
field "Republican, always a warm ad--mirer
of Mr. Cleveland, say's that while
the "no third term" tradition would
probably be Invoked In vain against
him, there are practical obstacles of a
more telling character. The machinery
of the party Is in the hands of his ene
mies, and under the two-thirds rule his
nomination Is made impossible except
there arise a tidal wave of enthusiasm
for his selection within the party, which
is not likely. If nominated, there would
be small hope of his election. He would
have the solid South, with the 149 votes
of that section, and even if he carried
New York, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland, with 69 electoral votes, he
would then have only 218, while 239 are
required to elect.
Cleveland, even with "Wall street be
hind him, could not carry a single state
west of the Allegheny Mountains, where
President Roosevelt Is universally popu
lar. At least half of the Democratic
vote that went to Bryan in the North
ern States In 1900 will utterly refuse to
support Cleveland, and the conserva
tism with which he has always been
Identified through his outspoken oppo
sition to cheap money and Populism.
There are not Cleveland Republicans
enough to make up for the repudiation
of Cleveland by the Bryanite Democ
racy. The nomination of Cleveland
would as seriously divide the Democ
racy as it was divided in 1872 by the
nomination of Greeley, and would di
vide it almost as sharply as it was di
vided In 189G and 1900 by the nomina
tion of Bryan. The radicals are in con
trol of the Democracy, and there Is not
the slightest hope that a man of such
conservative temper and imperious Indi
viduality as Grover Cleveland will be
nominated by the Democracy in 1904.
In our judgment, even Olney will be
rejected by the Democracy, because he
is believed to be a man of Cleveland's
conservative quality and uncompromis
ing temper. The Baltimore Sun does
not believe that there is a probability
of Cleveland's being accepted by the
Democratic National Convention in
1904.
The argument that Cleveland might
carry New York is of small weight, for
the loss of New York would not defeat
Roosevelt Grant lost New York in
1S68, at the very height of his popu
larity, to Horatio Seymour, by 10,000
majority, and yet Seymour was terribly
defeated. To win, the Democracy must
be in a state of perfect harmony, and it
Is absolutely certain that Cleveland
would lose a large part of the vote cast
for Bryan. Personal tributes are flung
to Cleveland on all sides, just as bou
quets are thrown by women and chil
dren to men of public distinction or Im
pressive personal appearance, it Is one
thing to touch your hat to an ex-Presl-dent,
to give him a bouquet, to grant
him a cheer, to deluge him with com
pliments, and quite another thing to
nominate him for President when there
Is small hope of his election. The Bry
anite Democracy do not forget that
Cleveland forced the repeal of the silver-purchase
clause of the Sherman
law, and the Populists do not forget
that he vigorously asserted and exer
cised the Federal power to deal with
the Chicago riot.
But the greatest obstacle to the nomi
nation of Cleveland is that he has al
ways spoken of Bryan and his views on
finance and government with contempt.
Mr. Bryan beliei'es that Cleveland's In
fluence was exerted to defeat him in
189G and 1900. and Mr. Bryan Is not a
man to forgive and forget a political
injury. Bryan, in his Commoner, an
nounces that "those who believe in the
Kansas City platform are not ashamed
of the part that they have played, and
they do not intend to surrender the -control
of the party into the hands of those
who have openly antagonized those
principles and who boast of their inten
tion, if successful, to take the party
back to the position which it occupied
under Mr. Cleveland's administration."
Mr. Bryan announces that the Bryan
ite Democracy, that still stand by the
Kansas City platform, propose to or
ganize and marshal their forces at the
primaries. Bryan is comparatively
young; he is energetic, vindictive and
an able and experienced practical poli
tician, and he will make Cleveland's
nomination Impossible In 1904. The
ablest newspapers of the Independent
press at the East, save the Brooklyn
Eagle, Boston Post and Herald and
Harper's "Weekly, do not expect Cleve
land's nomination, although they would
be glad to see him President; and the
ablest Independent newspapers at the
East admit that, even If Cleveland is
nominated, he is sure to be defeated.
The truth of the matter is that the
rank and file of both parties has utter
ly outgrown conservatism In public
policies or candidates. The rank and
file of the Democracy at the West are
by a large majority of radical rather
than conservative temper, and Bryan
rather than a man of the Cleveland
quality Is their natural leader. The
rank and file of the Republican party at
the "West are by a large majority of
radical rather than conservative tem
per, and Roosevelt rather than men of
the Hanna or Hoar quality Is their
natural leader. Hanna Is regarded as
nothing but a plutocrat In the sheep's
clothing of the friend of labor, and Hoar
is. regarded as a philanthropic vision
ary, a Mr. Pickwick In politics. The
radicals, the reformers in spirit, who
have grown tired of old political meth
ods and old political generals, are sure
to control the National convention of
both parties next year. Roosevelt will
be renominated and the Democratic
candidate will obtain hs credentials of
sound faith from William J. Bryan.
Mr. Cleveland is, nothing but a last
year's bird's nest to the Irreverent
Bryanite Democracy.
WILL ELECTRIC RAILROADS PAY?
The extensive electric railroad enter
prises projected In the vicinity of Port
land lend Interest to a recent article In
the North American Review. Mr. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt concluded that while
the adoption of electricity as a motive
force on railways -was possible from the
engineering standpoint. It was Impos
sible financially. Railroads depend for
the bulk of their revenue upon freight.
Therefore Mr. "Vanderbilt dismissed the
consideration of comfort and conveni
ence of passengers and considered sim
ply the question of economy In trans
portation. Here he found that the cost
of installing-electrical equipment could
not be met by any saving Jn operating
expenses. This, view is combatted in
the current issue of the North American
Review by Mr. C. L. de Muralt a Swiss
electrical engineer, who has been promi
nent In installing electric traction on a
large scale on certain Swiss railways.
Swiss experience is more extensive
than our offn, and so far as it goes is
conclusive. Mr. de Muralt asserts that
at present about 100 miles of track can
be efficiently supplied with power from
a central .station. Over such a system
the loss of power Is about 40 per cent.
That is, for each horsepower required
by the locomotive the central station
must produce about 12-3 horsepower.
On this basis, and using the figures at
which electric power Is usually sold by
big plants, he finds that the rate of cost
of motive power under the electric sys
tem would about equal the average rate
of expense for the steam roads. The
rolling-stock, including locomotives, he
assumes, would cost about the same
under each system. If electricity is to
be adopted, then, it must be shown that
the saving in operating expenses will
more than offset the interest and depre
ciation charges involved in Installing
the electrical distributing system.
Here we come upon considerations
usually Ignored. Mr. de Muralt points
out that the electric locomotive needs
no tender, with its dead weight of coal
and water. At least 5 per cent of the
motive power, he estimates, is now con
sumed In hauling the tender. This
amount would be saved with electric
traction. Another saving about as
large, he believes, would be made In
the case of switch engines, which now
must keep up steam all the time.
Under the electrical system they would
draw power from the station only when
at work. Other savings would be made
in the wages of firemen and wipers and
In the cost of repairs. Taking the speci
fic cases of the New York Central and
the Pennsylvania Railroads, Mr. de
Muralt analyzes their reported operat
ing expenses and estimates that the
first could save nearly $4,000,000 and the
other nearly $5,000,000 a year by adopt
ing electric motive power. The annual
charges entailed by the transormatlon
he puts at not more than $2,500,000 In
either case. If he Is correct, both roads
could make a handsome profit by grad
ually making the change.
Experts are fain to pass lightly over
the greater convenience and cleanliness
of electric railroads; but it Is probable
that In times of prosperity these feat
ures would carry great weight with the
traveling public. The horrors of Sum
mer travel especially are dust and
smoke. Dust can be reduced to a mini
mum on electric roads, and smoke dis
pensed with entirely. It Is fair to as
sume that when the public Is given a
choice between steam and electricity it
will choose the latter, even at some
slightly increased expense.
A PROVOCATION, BUT NOT AN EX
i CTSE.
The old man", D. J. Hawley, after
having lain some time In jail, has at
length been tried and convloted for
shooting at some boys who were mak
ing life a burden to him. The old man,
It Is said. Is simple-minded, but the tes
timony showed th,at he had borne much
in "the way of petty depredations upon
his property, such as the breaking of
his windows, girdling his trees, etc., be
fore he finally lost his temper and fired
a load of blrdshot In the direction of his
tormentors. Every orderly, well-disposed
person must sympathize with this
old man, though no one will attempt to
excuse the rash act which he finally
committed.
The rod has evidently been spared in
the brlnglng-up or coming-up of these
boys, to their detriment and possible
ruin. Youthful mischief-makers, they
can hardly fall to grow into lawbreak
ers. They will most likely regard the
serious plight into which their actions
have betrayed an Inoffensive old man as
a personal triumph. Each boy who had
to have a blrdshot picked out of his
epidermis after1 this encounter should,
after the operation was completed, have
been given a thorough application of
the parental birch, after which it
would have been well enough to have
the irascible old man arrested, promptly
dealt with for his shotgun practice and
penalty meted out with due regard to
the provocation that he had undergone.
It Is the poorest kind of policy to
make heroes of uruly lads and martyrs
of their parents In adjudicating a case
of this kind. It Is Idle to appeal to the
police for protection against graceless
THE MORNING
:
boys whose whole study falls under the I
calendar of mischief until It merges
Into that of crime. .Nine times out of
ten the parents stand behind the lads
with a "good boy" story; acquittal re
sults, and the last estate of the perse
cuted citizen is worse than the first.
The consensus of opinion is that "boys
should be made to behave themselves."
Just how this greatly desired object Is
to be accomplished in the face of pa
rental Indifference before and parental
defiance after the transgression is not
quite clear, .since the courts can hardly
be expected to sanction the act of the
sorely tried and finally exasperated In
dividual who sends a charge of blrdshot.
at close range In the direction of his
tormentors. Parents, suppose you come
up to pie help of the weak against the
mighty by taking your unruly boys in
hand and seeing that they respect the
rights of others.
INACCURATE CROP REPORT.
The bearish Government crop report
issued Monday failed to clip more than
H of a cent off the price of September
wheat in Chicago yesterday. The Gov
ernment does not make predictions a
to the number of bushels Indicated by
conditions, but month by month pre
sents percentage figures on the outlook.
From these percentages, which were
given out Monday, expert statisticians,
estimating on the basis of out-turns of
former crops, have figured out a prob
able Winter yield of 505,000,000 bushels.
Spring wheat Is not yet far enough
along to enable even percentage fore
casts to be made, but with an average
yield of 200,000,000 bushels of Spring
wheat the American crop would be
swelled by these figures to over S00,
000,000 bushels, " a figure never before
reached.
A crop of this size is within the range
of possibilities, but not probable, and
that the trade discredits the report is
plainly shown In the action of yester
day's market The report credited Cali
fornia with a percentage of 93, and con
servative operators In the California
market who have advices of undisputed
value tlo not hesitate In saying that 73
would be nearer correct Th,e percent
ages for Oregon and Washington are
not given In the. advices at hand, but
even a high percentage on the crop of
these two states would this season
mean less than ever before, for the rea
son that the Winter wheat acreage In
the two states is smaller than it has
be'en for many years, and, as previously
stated. Spring wheat is not considered
In the report
The Government crop report bas for
the past three years been persistently
bearish, and this chronic affliction has
discredited it In the eyes of the trade,
so that It no longer has the Influence
it should have in determining prices.
Unfortunately for wheatgrowers, it Is
given credence abroad which is refused
it at home, and the foreigner who is a
great factor In making prices Insists on
buying on the weakness of the Govern
mentTeport The effect was shown In the
Liverpool market yesterday, when both
the May and July options declined of
a cent per bushel. The Liverpool buy
ers, who naturally are very close to the
consumers, undoubtedly figured out
that if the condition of the American
wheat crop Indicated a yield of over
500,000,000 bushels of Winder wheat
alone, there would be an enormous sur
plus for -export and consequently no
necessity for keeping prices up to the
high notch which the present scanty
stocks warranted.
All of this hurts the American wheat
grower, and neither he nor the trader
receives as accurate information as
should be obtainable. Nearly every ex
porter in the City of Portland has had
accurate private advices on the Cali
fornia crop, the output of our neigh
boring state having an important bear
ing on freight rates from this port
These reports do not agree in the slight
est with the Government report and
yet there Is no good reason why the
Government should not secure as ac
curate data as can be secured by the
grain dealers. Unless reform Is insti
tuted In this matter, this time-honored
report might as well be withheld per
manently. Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet,
whose death at the age of 78 Is an
nounced, was the oldest of our Ameri
can singers. Stedman is but 70, and
Thomas Bailey Aldrlch is 67. All of our
other living poets are much younger.
Stoddard, who was born but six years
after James Russell Lowell, belonged
rather to hi3 generation than to that of
Stedman or Aldrlch. He stood high in
the second rank of American poets, was a
man of dignity, purity and superior force of
character. His wife, Elizabeth H. Stod
dard, who died in April, 1902, aged 79,
was a woman of great literary ability,
both In poetry and fiction. Richard
Henry Stoddard In his youth knew
Edgar Allen Poe", and wrote some inter
esting reminiscences of that wayward
man of genius. At one time Mr. Stod
dard held a position in the New York
Custom-House, and among his fellow
offlceholders was Richard Grant White.
Measured by the ability of his literary
work. In pro3e or poetry, Stoddard was
Inferior In genius to either Thomas Bai
ley Aldrlch or Edmund C. Stedman, bu
he was next to them In . reputation
among our oldest American poets. His
long and blameless life was spent so
cially in the society of our best artists
and authors. He had enjoyed the ac
quaintance and friendship of Emerson,
Thoreau, Hawthorne, Irving, Cooper,
Poe, N. P. Willis, Longfellow, -Holmes,
Bryant Whittler, Halleckr Lowell.
Being eight years older than Stedman,
and eleven years older than Aldrlch,
he was nearer to the golden age of
American literature the age of Haw
thorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes
and Whittler than any notable Ameri
can author who survives him. His
reminiscences of his literary friendships
would have been most Interesting, for
he was the dean of the school of Ameri
can authors.
King Edward and his Queen are the
first British sovereigns ta hold a court
and a levee in the historic Palace of
Holyrood, at Edinburgh, since George
IV visited that city In 1823, about three
years after his accession to the Eng
lish throne. In his royal visit to Scot
land George IV wore on one occasion
at least the Highland costume, and
among other persons whom he knighted
was that great novelist and good man,
Walter Scott whose only weakness was
his bigoted Toryism. Walter Scott
like Tom Moore, "dearly loved a Lord,"
and the reverence he paid to the royal
character of that crowned drunkard
and rake, George IV, is not a pleasant
memory to the admirers of Scott as a
great genius and a flne-souled man.
But times have so greatly changed In
eighty years that the English people
would not today submit to the nominal
rule of such a creature as George IV,
who was not merely an Intemperate
drinker, but was a- liar, a coward aad
ORE G ONI AN. "WEDNESDAY, KAY 13, 1903.
j. . s :
a cheat on the turf or at the card table.
Within twenty-five years after the
death of George IV Thackeray pub
lished his lectures on "The Four
Georges," and, despite the fact that
Queen Victoria was the niece of George
IV, he did not hesitate to burn him up
with the fire of his Invective and sar
casm. The time had gone by when peo
ple of low origin, who had been made
baronets because they had been George
IV's boon companions, could afford to
publicly boast that the founder of thelr
famlly had once been so Intimate with
His Royal Majesty George TV that His
Royal Majesty had royally kicked him
down stairs by the vigorous application
of his royal boot And yet Walter Scott
was delighted with the marks of favor
bestowed upon him by this royal rake,
drunkard, coward, liar and cheat
Thousands of enthusiastic, patriotic
and vociferous American citizens wit
nessed the dedicatory ceremonies of the
St Louis Exposition, In which Presi
dent Roosevelt and ex-President Cleve
land took part But When It came to
real enjoyment of the scene, that was
reserved for the hundreds of thousands
of Americans who read a graphic de
scription of if. by their own flreBides. A
Democratic crowd it was, truly, in
which everybody was the equal of
everybody else, whether President, ex
Presldent, cardinal, bishop or just the
plain, vociferous American citizen, who
came there to yell, and performed his
self-appointed task with fidelity to his
conscience and to our free Institutions.
There was, moreover, a Jeffersonlan
flavor about the whole proceeding, from
the good-natured Jostling of the Presi
dent to the quaint resemblance of the
wives of the distinguished men with
Army blankets thrown over their recep
tion dresses to protect them from the
biting blast "to an encampment of In
dians In December." These things
were not down on the programme, but
after all they befitted the beginning of
the great celebration of the Louisiana
Purchase and the memory of the man
who engineered it
The Pacific Export Lumber Company,
of thl3 city, has within the past forty
eight hours chartered two big steam
ships with a carrying capacity of over
5,000.000 feet of lumber to load at this
port for North China. Since January 1
the same firm has already dispatched
for North China ports over 5.000,000 feet
of lumber from Portland, and Is now
loading at this port vessels with a car
rying capacity of over 6,000,000 feet
Portland's lumber trade with North
China commenced almost simultaneous
ly with the Russian occupation of Man
churia, and has been greatly increased
by the German occupation of Shan
Tung. Previous to the foreign Invasion
of ancient China we had no trade what
ever with the northern provinces except
occasional small shipments of flour,
which were reshipped from Hong Kong.
Puget Sound and San Francisco have
also profited largely by the awakening
which set in when Russia began mak
ing her position In the Orient impreg
nable. For these reasons, if this por
tion of the United States has any sym
pathy to extend in the coming scrap, it
Is almost certain to be of the mercenary
brand, which does not always go to the
under dog In the fight
The High School authorities of Scltu
ate, Mass., have decided to cut out
Rudyard Kipling's poem of "Gunga
Din" from the forthcoming exercises at
which pupils are to speak. One pupil
selected this poem with the idea of re
citing something out of the ordinary at
the Scltuate school exhibitions, but cen
sorship was Immediately exercised. The
objection raised against speaking the
"piece" was thaWt contains the word
"hell" and tells of llquor-drlnklng.
Some Bchool authorities in Brooklyn,
N. Y., a number of years ago expunged
Longfellow's "Building of the Ship" a3
Instinct with immodest suggestion, and
Dickens makes Silas Wegg decline to
explain the difference between "the
falllng-off and decline of the Roman
Empire" and "the falllng-off and de
cline of the Russian Empire" on the
ground that a due sense ot modesty for
bade him to do so in the presence of
Mrs. Boffln.
The formation of Lewis and Clark
clubs Is proceeding quietly and effect
ively In various sections of the state.
The women of Newberg, Yamhill
County, long noted for their energy and
patriotism, gave additional evidence of
their zeal In good works a few days ago
by rallying to thl3 call with a club that
has a charter membership of seventy
four. It Is gratifying to note that there
is no dissension among the women h?
the various sections visited by the or
ganizing officers of the Lewis and
Clark clubs, and there Is reason to hope
that all may at an early date be united
under a competent and acceptable pres
ident who is not only not afraid of
hard work herself, but who is capable
of directing others along lines that will
lead to the best results. There is going
to be time In this work for everything
but dissension, and room for everybody
except women with personal grievances
to satisfy.
Dr. Max EInhorn, professor in the
New York Post-Graduate Medical
School, expresses the opinion that tea
and coffee, when taken In moderation,
are not followed by any bad effects,
but are useful; but he would add sugar
and milk to the tea or coffee, and thus
make the beverage a food. He pro
nounces total abstinence from alcoholic
drinks unnecessary and In many re
spects disadvantageous. In advanced
age and in most conditions of exhaustion
alcoholic liquids are pronounced valu
able aids for strengthening the body. Of
course, Professor EInhorn Is careful to
say that for prophylactic purposes
these beverages should be taken only In
moderation.
The Montana Legislature will convene
in special session May 26, by order of
the Governor, to appropriate a sum of
money sufficient properly to collect In
stall and exhibit ln a state building
or otherwise, the resources of Montana
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
A great state that 100 years ago was an
abounding and beautiful wilderness a
part of the shadowy realm of possibili
ties trenching upon or Included In the
Louisiana Purchase her people justly
feel that not to be known in this reat
centennial exposition by the visible evi
dences of her resources and prosperity
would be a grave mistake.
Joaquin Miller Is an old man, whose
debt to" Nature may at any time fall
due, but he is a ghoul Indeed who would
hasten payment of this claim even In
imagination and thus prematurely dis
tress the poet's absent family. How did
such a story get started? Ask the cha
grined purveyors of responsible news.
And Irresponsible gossip, tittering,
echoes, "How?"
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST' PRESS
So Terrors There.
Ontario Argus.
A laundry strike is general throughout
the United States. Laundry strikes or no
laundry strikes, there are gentlemen In
Ontario whose bosoms would not stand
inspection.
It Didn't Pan Out.
Aberdeen Bulletin.
The grand Jury indictments against
Gteorge U. Piper and Police .Judge
George, of Seattle, have met the
fate of indictments against other promi
nent Seattleites, and- teen thrown out of
court As a howling farce that grand. Jury
la entitled to the blue ribbon. After weeks
of investigation it looks as though all of
the Indictments found would be quashed,
and the only satisfaction left the tax
payers will be the doubtful one of footing
the bills.
Room for All in Oregon.
Oregon City Enterprise.
It is certain that Oregon is now receiv
ing more attention from Eastern people
that at any time hitherto ln its history.
There is good reason to believe that
within ten years the population of the
state will be doubled. The forces point
ing to such a result are getting fairly into
operation. .Clackamas County is prepared
to extend a cordial welcome to her quota
of newcomers. There is ample room for
many more industrious people ln this sec
tion, and the opportunities that prevail
here are second tothoee of no other sec
tion ln the state.
Reasonable and a, Blessing'.
North Powder Citizen.
The corporation tax law, about which
there haa been such a great noise, is
not half the bad thing which It was sup
posed to be. Taking it all ln all, lb Is
probable there has been much more smoke
than fire. There is certainly nothing
wrong about putting a reasonable tax on
a legitimate corporation, and as far as
watered stocks are concerned, the harder
they are squeezed the better. The tax
Imposed by the law is very reasonable,
and will help to furnish revenue for the
state and at the same time reduce the
taxes on other things. The law will
prove a blessing to the people generally.
All Preylnjr on the Public
Roseburg Review.
Business in Portland Is near being
paralyzed by the arrogance pf the labor
unions, contractors and mill owners. As
usual, the people of the community are
sufferers, and the Indications are that they
simply will not tolerate such conditions
much longer. The. differences, whether
real or Imaginary, must be settled and
settled soon. The growth of a city hav
ing nearly 2000 buildings under course o
construction, upon which work has now
been stopped, cannot long be tied up be
cause of the stubbornness- of some con
tractors and mill owners, or to gratify
the ambitions of some over-zealous labor
agitators.
An Unwise Step.
Boise Xews.
It Is to be deeply regretted that or
ganized labor In Portland, Or., has taken
steps to defeat the holding of the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. This Is a most un
wise step and one which the unions will
regret. The fact that there are differ
ences between the employers and work
lngmen of Portland and that there, are a
number of strikes In the Oregon metrop
olis will not Justify the unions In this
course. No one has ever made anything
by cutting off hl3 nose to spite his face.
Tho labor troubles In Portland will be
settled. They .cannot remain much
longer ln the present state, but the blow
dealt at tho great Exposition will remain
an ugly and unnecessary scar.
An Abase of Povrer.
Grant County News. '
What may prove to be tho most serious
danger the Lewis and Clark Centennial
has yet encountered now threatens It The
members of the building trades have an
nounced their purpose of signing the pe
tition to invoke the referendum against
the appropriation, unless the mlllmen re
cede from their determination to sell no
more lumber for Portland buildings un
til the strike is (settled, "and settled
right" "Right" is a variable quantity,
and public sympathy is presumptively ln
favor of the right of the laborers; but
the attempt to employ the newly acquired
weapon of the whole body of people ina
purely local dispute will surely alienate
that sympathy, as It is a wholly unjusti
fiable abuse of jower.
Give liberty the Glory!
Aberdeen Bulletin.
It has been said that the United States
Is a giant ln swaddling clothes. If so
it has grown as a giant grows, from in
ward forces and in all direction's. Such
growth may have been predicted but it
was not ordained by the wisdom of the
fathers. The marvelous growth of the
Nation has resulted from tho fact that
each individual in the Nation has been
free to play his part as best ho could
without being hampered by governmental
regulation or conventional classifications
and stratifications of society. Each Indi
vidual has contributed his full equation
to the sum total and If the aggregated
achievement Is worthy of challenging the
admiration of the world the glory of It
belongs to Individual liberty rather than
to the far-sightedness of the fathers or
to the surpassing resourcefulness of the
continent subdued within the century the
close of which we now celebrate. Give
liberty the glory.
Hott Heredity Asserts Itself.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The death of David McLoughlin recalls
the fact that none of the three sons of
the famous factor of the Hudson's Bay
Company achieved the distinction or po
sition that might have been expected,
considering tho remarkably strong quali
ties of tho father. Dr. McLoughlin fol
lowed the practice of most of tho Hud
son's Bay people and of many of the
early settlers and took to wife an Indirfi
woman of the Ojlbway tribe. While
kindly cared for. the Indian wives were
never give the lot or consideration that
would have been accorded a. white spouse,
and the training of the children fell as
a matter of course to the male parents.
While Dr. McLoughlin may never have
entertained the hope that his halfbreed
offspring would reach the highest station,
he gave them opportunity to equip them
selves with the best education and train
ing available. Jospeh, the eldest of his
own free will remained uneducated. John,
the youngest seems to have inherited a
hot-blooded temperament-that was un
equal to combat the vices of a so-called
civilization. David, who recently died,
was sent to Europe as a youth, was part
ly educated ln London and Paris, and for
a time was at Addlscomb preparing for
service with the East Indian Company.
But this close touch"Wtth the outer world
soems never to have stifled the instinct In
herited from the mother. Although David
had the prestige of an influential name,
knew the Northwest country thoroughly,,
and ehould have been possessed of -valuable
knowledge of trade, he seems never
to have taken advantage of the oppor
tunities offered to make a notable career
ln a new country of great possibilities.
To a certain extent he always retained
the refinement and polish that had come
with his early experiences, but the moth
er's characteristics always predominated,
and he found peace and contentment
among the people of her race for nearly
half a century. His Inherited traits and
tastes were such that he would probably
never have achieved happiness or success
amid the haunts of white men, and per
haps It was best that he followed natural
Inclinations and took up the easy, even
life toward which he was Irresistibly
drawn.
HEROINE'S I0NG-DELSYED REWARD.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Upon the publication of Mrs. Eva Emery
Dye's graphic narrative of the expedition
of Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Coast
the Inter Ocean editorially directed at
tention to the services of Sacajawea, the
heroine of that famous exploration, and
suggested that she should be enrolled
among tho Nation's notable women. It
was further suggested that the women of
the country should erect a statue to the
Inuian woman at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at Louis, the'startlng point
of the expedition of ISM.
It now appears that the suggestion of
the Inter Ocean has been taken up ln
far-away Oregon. Portland is to hold in
1905 a Lewis andJSlark Centenlal ln cele
bration of the centenary of the first cross
ing of the continent The women of Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho. Montana and
the Dakotas have taken up the project of
erecting a memorial to Sacajawea suit
able to the occasion. It Is proposed to
erect a statue to cost about 56000. It has
been thought fitting that the sculptor
should be a woman and a Westerner, and
Miss Alice -ooper, of Colorado, has been
suggested.
Readers who are familiar with that
great American classic, the Journal of
Lewis and Clark, or who have enjoyed
"The Conquest" will remember Sacaja
wea and her services to the explorers.
Lewis and Clark found her ln their Win
ter camp among the Mandans. She was
a captive Shoshone girl of 15. and the
slave-wife of a French half-breed Inter
preter. She would have died in childbirth
had It not been for the aid of the explor
ers. In the Spring she and her husband
and babe went West with the party.
When the explorers had abandoned their
canoes and were approaching the Gates
of the Mountains they stood face to face
with failure, because of the lack of horses.
It was Sacajawea who pacified the Sho
shones, obtained horses, and smoothed the
way through the Flatheads and the Nez
Perces. Passing over her manyservlces
during the Winter spent at the mouth of
the Columbia, It was Sacajawea who guid
ed the party on the return trip. She
seemed to have the instinct of the homing
pigeon, and time and again she found the
way out of the wilderness.
Sacajawea understood the importance of
the expedition, and was as earnest for its
success as were its leaders. Her services
were great if she was not the salvation
of Lewis and Clark. Yet when and
where she died Is not known, and no stone
marks her resting place.
The Importance of the expedition of
Lewis and Clark Is brought strikingly to
mind by the fact that tho wilderness
through which Sacajawea guided them'
100 years ago Is now thickly studded with
flourishing cities that purpose to erect a
statue to their guide.
Comfort In Wearing Apparel.
Kansas City Journal.
Men pay some regard to comfort ln their
clothes, but women seem to have an In
born aversion to it The short skirt '
which was popular a few years ago, has
almost completely disappeared.. Bicycle
bloomers, although perfectly unsightly
and ludicrous, seemed to hold forth the
prospect of a reform, but a woman who
would wear a pair now would probably
eet arrested. Instead of trrowlne shorter.
skirts are growing longer and' more cum
bersome. Men, for both health and com
fort hang most of the weight of their
clothes from their shoulders. Women,
whose organizations are more delicate,
persist In suspending the heaviest parts
of their apparel from their waists, and
then, despite the warnings and pleadings
of their bodies, and of their physician and
physical culture teacher ln the world, to
harness themselves ln until they can't
breathe comfortably and to load their
little heads with masses of millinery so
heavy and misshapen, it seems a wonder
some have not their pretty necks broken.
Profit In PaylnK Good Wages.
Detroit Free Press.
We pay more for labor than European
countries, and, paradoxically as It may
seem that Is where we have them. If
American industrial advancement, has
proved one thing more clearly than an
other, It Is the fact that good wages is a
profitable Investment on the part of the
employer. It produces a standard of ef
ficiency which more than offsets the add
ed expense. Good wages means well-fed
and well-clothed labor, and ultimately in
telligent labor. If a well-cared-for horse
can do more work than one which is half
starved and neglected. It is safe to assume
that a well-fed man will accomplish more
than one who Is Indifferently nourished.
The world has come to understand that
race and national supremacies are jues
tlons largely of a food supply, and high
wage usually means good food in suffi
cient quantities to meet all the needs of
the Individual.
Poetic License in Kansas.
Kansas City Journal.
A poet writing for the Wichita Eagle
about the Arkansas River, says that "for
ward it moves with resistless power."
Much must be allowed for poetic license.
In fact if we did not allow much for po
etic license the poets would all have to
shut up their joints and go to boot-legging.
But can even poetic licenser excuse
the thought of "resistless power" in a
stream which gets so dry aftimes that its
bed has to be sprinkled in order to lay the
dust? Is there 'anything approaching re
sistless power In a stream which is so
waterless that its catfish come out at
night and lie In the grass in order to
moisten their gills with the falling dew?
Is there, we say, even a suggestion of re
sistless power In a river which has sun
cracks in its bottom big enough to bury a
calf?
Religions Prosecutions ln Germany.
Considerable excitlment has been caused
in religious circles throughout Germany
by the expressed intention of the police
to prosecute the editor of the Breslau
Zeltung and a well-known preacher named
Tschlrm, the latter for advertising a lec
ture on the subject, "Did Christ Ever
Live?" and the former for publishing the
advertisement in his newspaper. The lec
ture was also prohibited by the police.
Herr Tschlrm has written to the press
that the subject of his lecture is to prove
the historical existence of Christ and
gives the names of several leading theo
logians who are permitted by .the police
publicly to cast doubt on his existence.
In Westphalia two pastors have been
threatened with, suspension for calling ln
question the popular conception of the
resurrection.
A New Religion Every Year.
New religious bodies are coming Into ex
istence, but they are not being made by
splits among old ones. For the most
part they are composed of followers of
Individuals. There are exactly 150 re
ligious bodies ln Protestant and Roman
Catholic America, 145 from Protestant and
Ave from Roman Catholic origin, and they
increase at the rate of about one a year.
The age seems to be religious, and it ap
pears to matter little what new leaders
teaches they all get followers. Once
launched, these new ventures live, it be
ing a rare thing for any of them to go
altogether out of existence.
Blessing; of Labor-Savin? Devices.
Sioux City Journal.
Looking back over the long record of
futle protest against labor-saving meth
ods, we find that what at first looked like
a calamity to some eventually proved to
be a blessing ln disguise. Facilitating
production has made work easier, wages
higher, and in the long run has helped
to make more opportunities for labor.
One of the Modern Wonders.
Milwaukee State Journal.
When you take into account all the va
ried forms of healing and the number of
oeODle engaged In ministering to minds
and bodies diseased, isn't It a wonder that
anybody can get sick enough to die? Or
Se It-more to be wondered at that anybody
to alive?
NOTE AND COMMENT.-
a
The weather appears to be on a strika
also.
Grover Is still the champion Democratic
heavy-weight r
Portland will bea very nice looking city
when she gets out of the hospital.
The messenger boys were just the same
fn their strike as in everything else a lit
tle slow.
Portland has one attraction to offer the
President that no other city' can boast
Hon. John B t-
The hypnotist might afford all of us
temporary relief by making us believe we
are wearing clean collars and cuffs.
The Sound people are fighting over
Teddy as hard as though he was an East
ern capitalist with money to Invest.
For a place.wlthout a fireboat. Portland
managed to throw a lot of cold water on
the scheme to get the Ernest A Hamlll
out of hock. ,
Lots of dirty linen being sent up to
Salem to be washed. The Capital City
had much practice while the Legislature
was In session.
Even pickpockets should have clean
hands, says the London Express. One
tried to remove the valuables of a Picca
dilly "Irreproachable" as he sauntered to
his club the other morning. The Irre
proachable seized the thief by the wrist,
gazed at his filthy paw and flung It from
him with disgust, saying: "For goodness
sake, my good man. wash your hands
before you put them ln a gentleman's
pocket"
Thomas Wilson, a stage driver who lives
near Stockton, is preparing to tender Pres
ident Roosevelt a unique welcome when
he visits Utah this month. Wilson Is the
father of 16 boys, all of whom are 6 feet
tall. When Mr. Roosevelt reaches Salt
Lake City the 16 young men will form In
line, and the elder Wilson will proceed
to Introduce each of his sturdy sons to the
President with this remark: "This Is ex
hibit No. 1 against your race suicide the
ory. This Is exhibit No. 2." and -so on
down the line. Wilson Is not a Mormon,
and one mother gave birth to the 16 boys.
Chief Justice Sir John Madden, of Aus
tralia, Is noted for his mellifluous style
of addressing juries. Recently he pre
sided over a cur!ou3 breach of promise
case in Melbourne, and here are a few of
his summing up remarks: "Women like
to be approached by a process of steady,
solid, honorable siege. A mere beating
of tom-toms and letting off explosive fire
works does not affect them very much."
f "Adventuresses are women who trade
upon the amorous or cerebral softness of
men, young or old. and try .to induce
them to part with their money." "It has
been suggested that a volcanic young
Jrlshman (the defendant) should be per
mitted a greater range of expression than
any one else, ,and I see no objection to
that proposition." And this was Sir John's
final hint to the jury In the matter of
awarding damages: "A true lover, no
doubt, would pay no regard to the fact
that the lady had been the plaintiff In an
action for breach of promise, but many
suitors might be discouraged by It" The
Jury took the hint and ordered the "vol
canic young Irishman" to pay 51500. The
lady had asked for $23,000.
Seattle. May 12, 9 A. M. In order that
the President may be favorably impressed
with tho City of Seattle, a gigantic bal
loon ascension has been arranged for by
the reception committee. Teddy will be
carriea, to a height of seven miles, and
will then be landed on the top of Mount
Rainier, from whence he will make his
way back to the city on a sled and four.
Tacoma, May 12, 10 A. M. The President
will be treated to a rare reception when
he reaches this city. All the streets will
be covered with snow and ice from Mount
Tacoma, and ln the evening the reception
committees from Seattle and Tacoma will
engage In a realistic snow battle along
the water front Teddy will be allowed
to throw the first ball at Congressman
Humphrey.
Seattli. 'May i: 11 A. M. Among the
many attractions that Seattle will offer
to the President will be the hanging of
Senator Foster in effigy. After the hang
ing the figure will be tarred and feathered
and shipped to Tacoma.
Tacoma, May 12. 12 noon. All the un
chrlstened "babies in this city will be
named Theodore Roosevelt, at a magnifi
cent christening to be held the day the
President arrives. The committee ha3
corralled 76 unchrlstened babes, and it la
hoped that an even 100 can be secured by
scouring the suburbs.
Seattle, May 12. 1 P. M President
Roosevelt will be shown through the
tenderloin on the day he spends in In this
city. This Is considered Seattle's great
est attraction, and the trip will be doubly
interesting from the fact that Carrie Na
tion has been secured to dynamite a sa
loon while the President passes.
Tacoma, May 12, 2 P. M. The Tacoma
committee has given up In despair, being
unable to cope with Seattle's trump card.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
" should like to get a license." remarked
the lady in tho Chicago City Hall. "Dog oi
man. please?" asked the busy clerk. Yoakers
Statesman.
"After all." he conceded, "what would wa
do without women?" "Well," she replied,
"for one thins, you would have & hard tims,
finding1 subjects for your Jokes."-Chlcago
Evening Post.
Bess Young Mlflklns Is daffy on tho sub
ject of matrimony. He asks every girl he
meets to many him. Nell Well, why don't
you get some one to Introduce you? Chicago
Dally Newa.
"You see. they give very little space to the,
golf tournament." "Yes; so I notice. It's
strange how they wUl let politics and crim
inal news crowd out matters that are .really
Interesting1." Puck.
' Salesman (recommending blue necktie w(th
large pink spots) But wouldn't you like
one like that? I'm selling a lot of them this
year. Sarcastic Customer Indeed! Very
clever of you. I'm sure. Harvard Lampoon.
"Rev. Smoothlelgb, the pastor of a- fash,
lonable church? Why, he's awful poor at
preaching- sermons." "I know; but he pos
sesses a carefully modulated volo that sever
irakes up the- congregation." Baltimore Her.
aid.
The Owner See here! You want to han
dle that trunk, more carefully! The Porter
I'll look out for it, sir. I know a man who
let one fall on his toes last month, an' he
ain't out of the hospital yet. Town and
Country.
"How wasteful of that gardener!" murmured
the star boarder as he bit savagely, but hope
lessly at his asparagus. "How Is that?"
asked the landlady. "Why, If he had let
these stalks grow one week longer he could
have sold them for telegraph poles." Balti
more American
"Of course," remarked the loquacious guest,
"room 13 is the most unpopular one ln'the
hotel. But haTe you any idea which is tb
most popular oner'- "Sure," replied- tho ur
bane clerk, shifting hi diamond two lnch
to the right: "the baxreom." ClaetaaaU Cmr-mercUl-Tribuse.