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He believes that unJer such -a system the capitalist vould get better, more at tentive, more Interested and more earn est work from the employes. He would have the corporation guarantee the stock to employes who have been In vited to invest in it. He would admit the workingman as far as possible to a share In the prosperity and shield him from the adversity that may beset all business. The main difficulty In pre vious experiments in profit-sharing has been when years came when there was not a profit, but a loss, and the result was not one thaf promoted either effi ciency or permanency. Mr. Carnegie, In his address, dwells upon the fact that the officers of the United States Steel Corporation or steel trust believe that In time, under Its present system of di vision of profits to all wage-earners, the shares of the company will all be owned by" those who work for it. Mr. Carne gie, In his address, pleads that the de velopment of this principle of profit sharing upon which this, great indus trial trust Is formed will tend on a great scale to make the poor richer and more secure. Theoretically, this plan stands for payment by results and a bonus for ef ficiency, and is directly opposed to the English plan of a minimum wage and limits on individual effort. -This is Mr. Carnegie's argument for his system of profit-sharing. But the ablest champions of the cause of labor say that while all this is excellent in 'theory, it promises no permanent solu tion of the labor problem. John Gra ham Brooke, In "The Social Unrest," from which The Oregonlan quoted in a recent editorial, objects to schemes of proflt-without-loss-sharlng, on the ground that they deepen class lines in industry and cultivate a dependent spirit among worklngmen. Among other things, Mr. Brooke says: Benevolent schemes that hear the slightest taint of charity have at last got the con tempt of the intelligent wage-earners. Impor tunate and never again to be silenced, their demand Is that they get their benefits, not as Sifts or favors, but as . recognized rights. Philanthropies are a dangerous substitute for honest wage payment, shorter working time and Increased Influence over the conditions of the labor contract. What may be called the. "great bluff" or our time Is to put gratuities and benefactions In tho place of Justice. The Springfield Republican, a very able independent paper, published In the heart of the great manufacturing State of Massachusetts, supports this view of Mr. Brooke and describes Mr. Carne gie's scheme of profit-sharing offered without loss-sharing as "pretty close to tendering a gratuity in place of Jus tice." This criticism Is sound. All schemes akin to the town of Pullman, which undertake to deal with the work ingman as a class by himself, under the philanthropic patronage of capital, have Tailed to make him contented with his Sot, and it is a hopeful sign for the workingman in the future that they do Jail. A slave, a serf. Is not seldom con tented with his lot, but a free working man is not content so long as there is room for improvement In his social and spiritual welfare. The Republican puts its finger on the weakness of Mr. Car negie's scheme of profit-sharing when it says that when capital offers the work ingman a share of stock in the company at a certain price, and guarantees It to him at that price, while capital must partake of the loss as well as the profit, it puts the laborer off in a distinct clas and stimulates the spirit of depend ence. This Is sharp but sound criticism. Profit-sharing of .this sort, the Republi can fairly pleads, is not genuine co operation; It resembles the state of the slave who is assured of a living exist ence in adversity whether he has been forehanded or not. If the present wage system is to be replaced by something better, there is no satisfactory stopping-place in tho long run short of a genuine co-operation in Industry. Under our present fixed wage system the worker receives a rate of wages which is "generally lower than it should be in times of prosperity, and often higher than it should be in times of adversity." Between .the present system of fixed wages and the co-operation principle there is no solid ground upon which to stand. The trouble with Mr. Carnegie is the trouble with nearly all the indus trial doctrinaires rjyhq jindertakeio .playi social reformer and philanthropist; he thinks of the workingman as something a little better than his best-bred dog or horse; he is a thing to be well housed, well fed; neither whipped nor starved by his keepers. If Mr. Carnegie kept a mocking bird, we may be" sure that the bird's health would be well cared for; that its cage would be clean; that it would be so securely, housed that no wandering minstrel in shape of a tom cat would be permitted to devour the Carnegie bird; but Mr. Carnegie would never open the door of the cage and encourage the captive to spread its wings in fullest freedom. His mocking bird would have everything that a bird could desire except the one thing that it longed for most full freedom to spread its wings in unrestricted flight. The workingman does not want a gilded cage of capital; he does not want charity, patronage In shape of philan thropy; he wants nothing but justice. If he cannot get equal justice from our present wage system, the only thing he can accept without loss of self-respect is genuine co-operation, which means loss-sharing as well as profit-sharing.. The self-respecting workingman feels that it Is right and just that those who share in the profits shall also share In the losses of a business, and when he must help pay the losses as well as share In the profits he will become more attentive and efficient; he will not be as likely through negligence to make a loss, to whose payment he must con tribute, as he would be under a system which makes labor say to capital: "Heads I win, talis you lose." SUBSIDIES AND IDLE SHIPS. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer con tinues to expose to public notice rare density of ignorance regarding deep water shipping in general and that of Puget Sound in particular. For calling the attention of the Seattle paper to a few of its most glaring inaccuracies. The Oregonlan Is alluded to as the "per sistent and consistent enemy of Ameri can shipping and of all suggested leg islation to restore to the United States some slight share of Its own ocean-carrying trade." The Seattle paper last week printed a list of ancient wooden lumber droghers whose days of useful ess are over, and stated that they were unable tp secure profitable employment because they had been driven from the ocean by subsidized foreign vessels. Recognizing that the statement had been made through ignorance of the class of ships, The Oregonlan called attention to the fact that every first class metal American ship afloat was under engagement and holding its own with foreign vessels of the same class, and that the present depression in freights was affecting tha foreigners as much as it was the Americans, when the same class of vessels was consid ered. Corroborative of this statement, the news columns of the Post-Intelll-gencer on Monday printed the follow ing: . The big British bark Southesk, Captain Go man, will be towed over to Eagle Harbor to morrow to tie up there Indefinitely. The pres ent charter rates do not suit the Southesk's owners, and she will probably wait for wheat. The Southesk came to this port several weeks ago with a cargo of Antwerp cement, and has been lying at Galbralth, Bacon & Co.'s North Seattle dock. The able seaman who controls the editorial destinies of the Post-Intelll-gencer apparently does not "keep in touch with his news columns, for In his tirade against The Oregonlan on Tues day he says: Here on Puget Sound, with a total of 33 deep water ships in port, every foreign vessel is under charter and loading, and but three out of 11 American ships have employment. Tho only reason whj- the American ships are not employed Is that there Is no profit In sending them on voyages at the present rate of freights. The loss would be greater than that Involved In keeping them unemployed. Foreign ships accept the present rates of charter because they can make some money by so doing. Now, If there vyas money to be made by the foreigners, why did the South esk go over to Eagle Harbor to tie up "Indefinitely"? Why do not the Isla mount and the Glenalvon, on Puget Sound, get busy? Why Is It that forty one foreign ships are laid up in San Francisco waiting for a freight rate that will at least keep them moving without a loss? The facts are simply as stated In The Oregonlan last week that the class of American ships allud ed to by the Post-Intelligencer are out of date, and in periods of depression in freights are the first to be retired, as in periods of prosperity they are the last to be pressed Into service. Last Mon day the Post-Intelligencer printed a list of vessels loading at Puget Sound ports. Among the deep-water craft or those going on "off-coast" voyages was the schooner Alpena, loading at "Whatcom for Sydney; the schooner George E. Bil lings, for Manila; the schooner Matthew Turner, for Sydney, and the schooners Gamble, H. K. Hall and Mildred, for Honolulu. These vessels are all modern-built carriers, and their work com pared with that of the fleet of "has beens" which the Post-Intelllgehcer se lected as a text for Its ship-subsidy edi torial is Interesting. The American ship Great Admiral headed the list of neglected disengaged and unsubsldlzed vessels In the Post-In-telllgencer's editorial columns last week. About a year ago she loaded lumber at Port Blakeley for Melbourne, her cargo consisting of 1.114.922 feet, which Is a very good cargo for a vessel of that class. Being an old-style square-rigger, she required twenty men to handle her and was eighty-three days making the run to Melbourne. About the same time the schooner Alpena, which Is now load ing at Whatcom for Sydney, sailed from Everett for Melbourne. She had a crew of eleven men all told, carried 1,177,9GG feet of lumber and made the run In seventy-two days. The net tonnage of the Great Admiral, on which pilotage, towage and tonnage dues must be paid in foreign ports, is 1402; that of the Al pena is S33. Under such a showing, It does not require a mathematical prod igy to figure out why the Alpena Is in the foreign trade at a profit, while the Great Admiral is laid up. The same conditions that apply in the foreign trade have shut the old-style square riggers out of the coasting business, and there are at the present time six teen of these modern-built schooners loading on Puget Sound for California ports, while nearly half that number are loading in Portland. These are the craft that are driving both American and foreign square-riggers out of the lumber trade, coastwise and foreign, the saving on crew ex penses alone, as compared with a square-rigger, being enormous. In an other column appears a list of the re cent addltionse to this fleet, all built on the Pacific Coast. This list shows that last year the Coast lumber fleet was Increased by thirty-four of these modern carriers, their combined ca pacity amounting to over 33,000,000 feet of lumber. In the past four years over 100 of them have been launched at Pa-plfic-jCoast .xards-ana. the; combined carrying capacity is over 9S.090.000 feet Estimating that half of them go coast wise and half remain In the coasting trade, they will handle in a single year 500,000,000 feet ef lumber. The Pacific Coast producers have more tonnage and lower freight rates than ever before in the history of the country, and a sub sidy would not Increase the number of ships or lower the rates. "THE SUCCESSFUL RASCAL." In a brief address from a car platform at one of the minor points on his route soon after his present trip began. Presi dent Roosevelt said: "We shall not make of this great Republic what It must be made until we join together to hunt down the successful rascal just as surely as we hunt down the unsuc cessful rascal." This sentence, says a Kansas City paper, "strikes at the heart of one of the causes of discontent in the coun try." In other words, the feeling that justice is not dispensed with even hand, that money can secure Immunity for the offender, is at the bottom of a part, at least, of the bitter class feeling that occasionally manifests itself, and which political demagogues of the Bryan type seek to divert to their own profit during political campaigns. This feeling is intensified every time a wealthy rascal buys -Immunity from punishment by means of the heavy at torney fees that he is able to pay, or escapes prosecution through "Influence" of which either money or political fa voritism is the basis. In emphasizing the fact that equality before the law is an essential element in a republican form of government, if this Is to attain to its highest possibilities In stability, patriotism and prosperity, the Presi dent stated a plain fact plainly. Nu merous , incidents showing that the "successful rascal" is not in favor with the present Administration have proved the sincerity of this estimate. This. Indeed," Is one of the strongest ele ments In Mr. Roosevelt's popularity. He does not prate of the "plain people" as does Mr. Bryan, but he believes In giving every man a chance; he does not decry wealth, but he is outspoken against trusts that render the power of wealth practically invincible and a menace to the rights of .the people. Sincerity that soorns the quibbles of pretense characterizes his utterances upon these points. The "successful rascal" does not con fine his operations to Wall street nor to bank embezzlement nor to the shady methods of the bank receiver so boldly exploited within the past few years in this city and elsewhere. He Is not in frequently met In the guise of a keen business man, who, observing the let ter of the law, violates Its spirit by cir cumventing legal obstacles which he cannot override,, thus making of him self a law-abiding scoundrel, a "suc cessful rascal," whom justice may and often does pursue, but seldom over takes. By the remark quoted at the be ginning of this article President Roose velt stands by the principle that the law should be no respecter of persons. By Its utterance he has increased the Ire-of the exponents of trusts and re proclalmed himself a champion of jus tice of the type that stands blindfold In court holding evenly balanced scales. DEWEY AND MANILA BAY. The dedication of the monument at San Francisco In commemoration of the victory of the American Navy in Manila Bay recalls the name of Admiral Dewey, whose professional ability made that memorable exploit possible. The vic tory of Manila Bay was not an exploit of the order of the great naval triumphs of Blake, Rodney and Nelson. It was not an open sea fight between great fleets of nearly equal strength In men and guns. It was nevertheless a great victory, fraught with momentous, far- reaching consequences of the quality of Farragut's passage of the forts which defended New Orleans and the mouth of Mobile Bay. Farragut knew that If he could carry his fleet of gunboats past the fire of Forts Jackson and St. Philip New Orleans was practically won, for he knew that the Confederate gun boats were no match for his superior force of men and metal. So after a useless bombardment of the forts by the mortar schooners he boldly ran the fire of the forts in the darkness. He did the same thing subsequently at Mobile Bay. Admiral Dewey, who served under Farragut when the Mississippi was lost In the passage of the batteries at Port Hudson, did not, forget the lesson taught him by his great commander. He knew that if he could safely carry his fleet through the batteries at the entrance of Manila Bay the battle was won, for he knew that the Spanish gunboats were In guns and men no match for his splendid little squadron. So, like Far ragut, he dared all, staked all, on the passage of the batteries, at the entrance to Manila Bay, and he won. His subse quent sinking of the Spanish squadron was nothing but gathering In the spoils of victory. The Spanish fleet was armed with guns so inferior to ours in range that it was a mere question of a few hours' firing before they would be obliged to choose between destruction and surrender. Dewey shot the Spanish ships at his leisure as full of holes as a rifleman does a stationary target at short range when he has a rest for his weapon. Nevertheless, the victory of Dewey as a test of professional charac ter was as severe as that undergone by Farragut at New Orleans. The decision to dare the passage of the forts decided the fate of New Or leans; the decision to dare the passage of the batteries at the entrance of Ma nila Bay decided the fate of the Span ish fleet. WHY D8ES THE TEAM LOSE? The baseball situation has reached an acute state in Portland, and with the two losing teams there seems to be no chance of either league furnishing the city with anything like an aggrega tion that will become a factor In the race for the pennant. The Brown di rectors, when they entered the Pacific Coast League, culled the stars, or what they thought to be stars, of the old Pa cific Northwest League. On paper the lineup of the Browns looked1' the best In the business, but the fast aggregation that has been playing ball under the guiding hand of Henry Harris demon strated at the start that the local mag nates had not a correct line on the com pany they had entered. The opening weeks with San Fran cisco and the week pitted against that fast crew from Los Angeles should have roused the management of the Browns Into quick and prompt action. But it is not on record that they rose to the oc casion. Clear baseball knowledge was lacking in the management, real finesse was woefully, wanting, and when the team became tangled at critical times jUie-baseball brain. 4hat ahojild realizeJLla the wjork. just where and how to obtain results became clogged with inability. There has always been complaint about playing managers. There will be this complaint as long as the game Is played, but In the East, and. In fact, all over .the country, playing managers fiave been successful, and there Is no reason whya playing manager on the Browns should not be. Had the man agers of the Browns roused themselves and It cannot be said that they were handicapped by .the directors and lack of funds they would have started a weeding process two months ago. It was not until they returned home that they bestirred themselves. It was like locking the barn door after the horse had been stolen. They started to strengthen the team after almost every good player worthy of drawing the sal ary paid by the Brown management had been signed to play elsewhere. Within the last two weeks the managers, spurred by the directors and the weep ing and walling of the fans, have scoured the country for players. And while they are after players they might bear in mind that what is needed most of all Is a player who knows the game from the beglnning.to the end, one who Is aggressive, one who, If he Is not made manager, should be made' captain and Invested with full and complete au thority. He should be a player of "suf ficient reputation and force to compel the players on the team to respect him and to look to him for their instruc tions, and one who will at all times hold the whip hand over the members of the team. At present the team has a field captain, but It would take a micro scope to find him. His voice Is never heard In the game, and when he does speak. If he ever does, the players give no more attention than they would to a child yelling from the bleachers. It Is a long cry from now until the closing date, September 27, and while there Is no chance for the Browns to be a factor In the pennant race, with proper material and the right kind of management the Browns can at least fight their way to the first division. This can only be accomplished by the best kind of baseball and a management that will take every advantage possible. If it is necessary to change the man agement, then let that be done, and If it is necessary to get an entire new In field, let; this be done also. The fact that the Pacific National League team Is In the same boat should not deter this action. American surgeons do not wholly In dorse Dr. Lorenz' method of reducing congenital dislocation of the hip joint. These operations, It Is said, are not gen erally successful, that which was per formed upon little Lolita Armour being only partially so, while at least one In stance Is cited In which the patient died later from spinal meningitis. Judged by this standard, operations for appen dicitis would have to be condemned, since many of these are followed by death due to the resultant shock. And yet the most able doctors approve of this operation, and, indeed, urge it In many cases as a quick and relatively safe road out of a very distressing and dangerous situation. All will agree, however, that Dr. Lorenz methods ought to be employed with great care, and all operations for appendicitis as well. People generally, are of the opin ion that surgery, while a great and wonderful science, Is somewhat over worked and Is to become meddlesome, and that "operations" of various kinds are much more numerous than is con sistent with the Individual rights of pa tients and the necessary . requirements of aid In many cases. Surgeons quite naturally demur to this opinion, and the work goes on. The wheatgrowers of the Willamette Valley will read with pride the state ment of Dr. Withycombe, of the Ore gon Experiment Station at Corvallis, that Oregon white Winter wheat con tinues to give an excellent account of Itself after more than sixty years' cul tivation In Western Oregon. Intro duced Into this country by the Hud son's Bay Company nearly two-thirds of a century ago, this wheat is dear to the hearts of pioneers and has won for Itself the Indorsement of their descend ants who have sown and garnered It for two generations. "While we have no data relative to the quality and 'general character of this wheat fifty years ago." says Dr. Withycombe, "it Is altogether probable that it is fully as good at the present time as it was then." Good for the staying qualities of Oregon white - Winter wheat! Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, United States Army, senior Colonel of the Com missary Department, Is to be appointed a Brigadier-General and retired In July. Colonel Woodruff, who Is now Commissary-General at San Francisco, has many friends in Portland,, as he was stationed for Ave years at Vancouver Barracks when he was Captain and Commissary on the staff of the late Brigadier-General John Gibbon, United States Army, who commanded the De partment of the Columbia from 1885 to 1891. Colonel Woodruff Is a graduate of the Army of the Potomac and a graduate of West Point; he was with General Gibbon at the battle of the Big Hole in August, 1877, and served three years as Chief Commissary of the De partment of the Philippines, returning last year. Mr. Corea, the NIcaraguan Minister at Washington, has submitted to his gov ernment an exhaustive report on the financial system of the United States, and his country Is now contemplating a change from silver to the gold standard. The change will be made gradually, so as not to disturb existing trade condi tions, but as rapidly as possible the land of revolutions will be placed on a gold basis. If these conversions con tinue much longer, the whole world will soon be on a 16-to-l basis that Is, six teen gold-standard countries to one with the pot-metal standard. The authorities of Lake County are, of course, justified in taking such meas ures as' seem necessary and proper for the protection of the people of that county from smallpox. It Is doubtful, however, whether the shotgun method of quarantine Is either wise or effective. We are fond of believing that such measures as this have given place to the more enlightened method which in cludes the vaccination of all within the menaced area and the prompt isolation of all suspects until the period of in cubation has passed. Happy is the worker who has passed' middle life and is verging upon old age whether he be preacher, teacher, rail road engineer or what not who Is able from a financial point of view to step down and out In response to a hint from those who furnish the salary that "a. younger man." wcruia be more effective SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Still Maay Are Called, Few CiescH. Spokane Spokesman-Review. The vote of the presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church In America indicates that the entrance examinations to para dise have heretofore been made a little too severe. Law Ha Little te Do With. It. Fairhaven Herald. Social equality is a matter that can never be effected by legislation nor by the conferring of any kind of civil rights. The social position of men and women depends entirely upon themselves. Portland Sealers Sheald Help. Burns Times-Herald. Portland jobbers have again lost a big deal In this section through lack of di rect transportation facilities, which should help to hasten a railroad from that di rection into the interior of Oregon. Bad Xeni for Mr. Rearaea. Eugene Register. You can find plenty of substantial Dem ocrats in Eugene and Lane County who will not only support Binrger Hermann for Congress, but are working to secure his election and wear Hermann buttons to baok up their position. Mrs. Cleveland Needn't Worry. Tacoma News. Mrs. Cleveland, It seems, does not want her husband to be President again. Wise woman! She and her little daughters have a chance to enjoy the companion ship of a kind husband and father now, and they prefer him in the home at Princeton to a return to the White House. However, there is no danger of his recall to the Presidency. What the General Was Up to. Olympla Recorder. It now transpires that the trip of Gen eral Miles to the Philippines was care fully planned by the commander of the Army with a view of securing ammuni tion with which to bolster up the wan ing fortunes of the anti-Imperialists. Gen eral Miles needs a shrewd maanger to devise something more potent to keep him promineptly before the public Value of a Good Head. Albany Democrat. Itpays to keep cool In this world and not fly off on every tangent. When men keep the best they havo in their heads at their command, they have none too much for this world's needs. It doesn't pay from a selfish standpoint to go to pieces on little things and threaten to slap the face of men with whom you come at cross roads. It does pay to be broad minded and well-rounded In one's daily living, making the best of situations and acting with judgment. Call Oat the National Guard. Eugene Register. Down at Gallatin. Tenn., a colored rural mallcarrier was held up by masked men and ordered to quit the job under pain' of death. The carrier was one of three colored men who won the place on his merits as a scholar, passing higher than did the white applicants. Here is a case that should stir the country from one end to the other In favor of the colored citi zen who prizes education sufficiently in making .it serve the ends of making for him an honest and honorable living. He should be continued on the route and protected by armed guards If necessary. Serenely 3Ilndin(r His Own Easiness. Walla Walla Union. So it goes all along the line. Every one Is clamoring' for recognition of one kind or another. And in the meantime Theodore Roosevelt is letting local com mittees wash their own linen, while he gives advice on the settlement of strikes, the Monroe doctrine, irrigation and the raising of large families. He does not dis turb himself much . abqut local matters. He is watching the big game, and In the meantime his baggage car fills up with novelties, the majority of which will find their way to the storeroom of the White House or become playthings for the Roosevelt children, who, by the way, take naturally to tho very things which Interest their Illustrious father when he has time for other things but public busi ness. Colored Men Are Treated WelL Walla Walla Statesman. If Chaplain Prloleau. colored chaplain of the Ninth Cavalry, has suffered Indig nities In Walla Walla because of his color it is something exceptional here. In no place In the United States are colored people treated with more consideration than in Walla Walla, Colored children In the public schools are treated apparently as eocial equals by their schoolmates, and colored families in the city number among their friends some of the best families of the city. The colored baseball nine from the gar rison plays with the Walla Walla league team and the Whitman College team, and they are treated much better than some white teams that have visited Walla Walla. In fact. Walla Walla Is a. para dise for colored people and It Is indeed surprising to hear such a complaint as that made by Chaplain Prloleau. It Is Just possible that he Is oversensitive. Even white people have been stopped and rudely shoved by drunken hoodlums on the street, and even white people have overheard uncomplimentary remarks made about themselves by persons who had no better manners. Central Oresron Journalism. Bend Bulletin. The Chewauean Post, owned by J. Pier pont Holder, of the Central Oregon news paper trust, soliloquizes thusly upon the extension of the Columiba Southern from Shaniko to Bend: "Portland has got Its eyes open, and are smiling upon a. pano rama of Oregon traffic." The Post dilates in grammar nearly as bad as the above upon the shortsightedness of Portland's business men, and says that the extension to Bend will not corral the trade of South eastern Oregon to any great extent. We have an Idea that the Portland business men are not so keen after the south eastern trade as they are for the Cen tral Oregon business; and the road to Bend will open up a country whose pros pects and future are as far beyond those In Southeastern Oregon as heaven is above hell. And It will be a godsend to some of the people who, like the Post man, have been In one place so long that tney have completely fossilized and are afraid that they will be unable to get up and run away to hide when they hear the whistle of a locomotive. One Little Box Will Hold Them. New York Evening Post. "The appeal now lies to the ballot box." So affirms gravely the chief news paper mourner over the Northern Secur ities decision. It will be extremely Inter esting to observe the process. First It would be necessary to catch a political nartv willing to attack the anti-trust law in its platform and on the stump, Then It would ba neceseary to find e great body of voters who believe them selves aggrieved by tnc decision against tho Northern Securities Company. There is no use in "appealing" to the ballot box, unless you have some prospect of getting, a majority of the ballots. Every Indication today, however, is that one small ballot box, stationed, say, at the cornet' of Broadway and Wall street, would suffice to hold all the votes that might be cast in favor of abolishing the anti-trust act. The same newspapers that aro going to Induce the people to vote down a highly popular law, are also, we observe, desirous of bringing about. In a similar way, the repeal of the 15th amendment. Thus they would "appeal to the ballot box" in order to shut off that appeal in the case, of a million .-or, moro Jlegal yotersv. THE OTHER THIRD TERM CAMPAIGN New York Commercial Advertiser. The steadily increasing momentum of the movement in favor of a third term for ex-President Cleveland makes It timely to recall the Incidents of a similar mo-ement in behalf of General Grant In the Fall and Spring of 1S79 and 1SS0. Soon after the close of his second term General Grant went abroad on a tour of the world, receiving the highest honors from all the chief rulers of the world in every country that he visited. He returned to the United States in September, 1S79, landing at San Francisco. He was received there with a great demonstration of popular admira tion, and started thence across the coun try on what proved to be a veritable tri umphal march. Every city in which, he stopped greeted him with tumultuous en thusiasm, with great crowds, banquets and receptions. Nothing surpassing this demonstration of popular enthusiasm has ever been witnessed In this country. Even after" he had reached his home in Galena the enthusiasm continued un abated. When he went a few weeks later to attend a reunion of the Army o'f the Cumberland in Chicago more than 100,000 people poured into that city from the sur rounding country to greet him- Again, when late In the year he started on a tour from Chicago across Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania to complete the circuit of the world at Philadelphia, his biog raphers record that "it was the same old story in every city In Logansport, In In dianapolis, in Columbus, " In Cincinnati one continuous blaze of boundless enthus iasm." It was then generally recognized that he was a candidate for a third term. The press of the country was absorbed in the discussion of the question, and con stant efforts were made in the early part of 1SS0 to get an expression from him of his attitude in the matter. The most that he would say was this: I -will neither accept nor decline an imag inary thine I shall not gratify my enemies by declining what has not been offered me. I am not a candidate for anything-. and it the Chicago convention nominates & candi date who can be elected I shall be glad. All my life I hate made my decision when tho time for the decision has arrived. I shall not depart from my usual course of action. He went on a visit to Cuba and Mexico in March, and from the Mexican border wrote to his friend Washburne: In regard to- your suggestion that I should authorize some one to say that In no event I would consent to ever becoming a candidate after 1SS0. I think any statement from me would De misconstrued and would only serve as a handle for my enemies. Such a statement might well be made after the nomination. If I am nominated in such a way as to accept. It is a matter of supreme indifference to me whether I am or not. There are many per sons I should prefer to have the office than myeelf. I owe so much to the Union men of the country that If they think my chances are better for election than for other prob able candidates In case I should decline. I cannot decline if the nomination is tendered without seeking on my part. He came back to the United States in April, landing at New Orleans and Jour neying north through Southern cities amid scenes identical with those that marked his journey across the continent from San Francisco a few months earlier. When he reached Chicago he was greeted with an immense meeting, at which ho was openly proclaimed as a candidate for a mird term, the announcement being for mally made that he would accept the nomination if it came In the right way. He then went to his home in Galena and did not leave there again till after the Chicago convention had completed its work. The convention met on June 2, and when the time to make .nominations arrived. Senator Roscoe Conkllng placed General Grant In nomination in his fam ous phrase: "And when they ask whence comes our candidate, we say, from Ap pomattox and Its apple tree." Then Colo nel Ingersoll nominated Mr. Blaine in a speech which is no less famous, and oth ers put forward Senator Sherman, Ellhu B. Washburne and Senator Edmunds. General Grant led on the first ballot with S01 votes; Blaine came next with 281, Sher man next with 93, Washburne next with 31 and Edmunds next with SO. The num ber necessary for a choice was 373. For 36 ballots the struggle was continued. Grant's highest number being 313 on the 33th, and Blaine's being the highest on the first, falling to 257 on the 35th and to. 42 on the final ballot. Grant's vote stood at 306 on the final ballot when Garfield was nominated. A graphic picture of General Grant's demeanor while receiving news of the balloting is given in Hamlin Garland's "Life of Grant." He made his headquar ters at the office of his .old staff officer, Rowley, In Galena, where the bulletins were received. When a bulletin came an nouncing the presentation of his name by Conkllng, and saying that after the Ap pomattox passage the applause had lasted for several minutes, the "General be trayed no excitement, scarcely interest. A thoughtful look was on his face." When a second bulletin wa3 read saying the "applause .continues," and a third, saying "all order is lost; the hall is one surging mass of humanity," the General's friends assured him that it was settled that he would be nominated on the first ballot. He "moved uneasily in his chair, and his face darkened a little." Then he rose abruptly, saying to his son: "Come, Buck, let's go home," When he got Into the street he walked some distance in silence, then drew a deep sigh and said: "I am afraid I am going to be nominat ed.' When several days later the news of Garfield's nomination came. General Grant said: "Garfield Is a good man. I am glad of it- Good-night, gentlemen." To his Intimate friends later he made this complaint: VMy friends have not been honest with me. I can't afford to be de feated. They should not have placed me In nomination, unless they felt perfectly sure of my success." Mayor Low's Bnsy Day. New York Evening Post. After acting, favorably or unfavorably, on 175 New York City- bills sent to him by the Legislature, besides attending to the other trying routlrle of the Mayor's office, Mr. Low is certainly entitled to the brief vacation which he begins today. He accepted 83 bills, rejected SO, reserved two for further consideration, and re turned eight which did not properly re quire his sanction. Glancing through the list of rejected bills, it is evident tre Mayor has a keen eye for the detection of bills granting special or unwarranted privileges. He made short work of the small army of private bills which came before him. Borough presidents who were glad t& get their offices at present sal aries, but who had Influence enough to secure the passage of a bill through the Legislature carrying liberal Increases, are rather sharply rounded up by the Mayor In his veto memorandum, and so are the Municipal Court Justices. . Something: Nevr la an Officeholder. Baltimore American. The Police Commissioner of New York' Is a very remarkable man. He declined an invitation to address a political meet ing on the ground that, as he had Issued orders to the force under his command to keep out of politics, it was his duty to set them the example. Such consistency Is novel enough to touch on the revolu tionary. la Missouri. Kansas City Star. I've brushed that -swallertall o' mine Untet It looks like new; I've sllckened up my Sunday boots- Jes' 'Ike a dude- 'ud do; I've went and got my derby hat Prom out the storage chest; . Yer Uncle Si's a-goln to shine When Teddy hits the "West. I'm goin to drop In at the store An buy a dime seegar; An." light It with a crackla'., match Tbefa scratched on Teddy's car; Yer Uncle SI Xer Jest one day Is goln.' to look his best. An be credit ta the town .. ; SVlm T$J4i, kit H 'jreaU, NOTE AJfD COMMENT. Two hours in Seattle ought J to- satfe the most exacting President. The Browns; first baseman has jumped. We look hopefully for the next. Representative Humphrey seems to have made a regular Tom Guinean of himself. . Mr. Tom Tracey might be a trifle hap pier today If Mr. Joe Gans had drawn the color line. Democrats needn't hesitate to give Grover Cleveland the nomination on ac count of the third-term precedent. He won't be elected. We trust the committee will be able to call the President's attention to the bright and beautiful sky overhead when approaching the park entrance. Senator "Mitchell visits the prizefight. Surely the gentleman from Oregon does not Intend to do the Tillman act when hJ gets back to Washington. A number of the New York river patrol had a mimic battle last week with river. pirates, for the benefit of a moving plo ture machine. The residents of Gotham probably desire a little mora real battles and less picture making on the part of the patrolmen. The Bible publications of the Oxford University Press have been Issued for 300 years, and can be published in lad languages and dialects. Every year fully 600 tons of paper are used for this pur pose alone. Orders for 100,000 Bibles are quite common, and the supply of printed sheets is so great that an order for 500,009 copies can be readily filled. On an aver age from 30 to 40 Bibles are furnished every minute. Governor Bailey, of Kansas, takes the stand that as a rule one ought not to as pire to office until he has made soma headway In the world's material prosper ity and baa something laid away for a rainy day. He points to the Impossi bility of one's saving money when hold ing office and pictures the hardships that fall upon a multitude who must inevitably yield their places in the public service .to somebody else. This frolicsome matrimonial advertise ment appears in the Kobe Chronicle: "California: Well, boys, here I am, a sweet little maid of 17 Summers; can sing ragtime and dance Ja(;time; can cook, and am an all-round glrL I have bright blue eyes, light hair, inclined, to be curly; height, 5 feet 4, weight 120, and have light complexion. Would like to correspond with some nice young man of good habits who Intends to marry." Senator Blackburn tells a story of a con stituent of his who holds the office of "trial Justice" In the Blue Grass State. His own son was brought before him on a charge of drVmkenness and disorderly conduct- His Honor listened gravely to the evidence, which established a clear case against the young man. and said: "The couht will now render sentence. You're fined 1 cent and costs. The couht will remit the costs, and you may go home and thank God that your father is the Judge." New York is laughing over a rebuke that Bishop Potter is said to have admin istered to a young and presumptlous clerygman. This clergyman's charge is a small rural church, and the bishop vis ited it one Sunday to confirm some boys and girls. The clergyman preached and at the end of the service complained to the bishop about the smallness of his sal ary. "Do you know, sir," he ended, "what I get for my sermon of this morning? Six dollars, sir; only $8." "Six dollars! Is that all?" the bishop exclaimed, "why, I wouldn't have preached that sermon for $600." The Stillwater (Okla.) Advance refers to the alleged danger of kissing, and de nounces it as an unmitigated slander on the women. "There can be no more dan ger in kissing a beautiful woman," says the paper, "than in kissing the sunlight or a new-blown rose, and for the purpose of demonstrating our position we stand ready to kiss any white woman (who does not wear store teeth) from Cape Cod to Kalamazoo. We are not afraid of this diabolical kissing microbe; and the man who would recommend the abolition of the health-giving kiss is fit only for trea son, stratagem and spoils, and is clearly unconstitutional and should be abolished himself." A Philadelphia man who has a Chinese cook is reported by the Philadelphia Press as much puzzled by the "pidgin" English used by the Celestial. "He says 'topside for upstairs, and 'no had got" for 'I have not or 'they are not, and 'one piece for a single Individual, and all sorts of other funny things," explained, the employer. "For Instance, the other day I got home and told him to go upstairs and tell my two daughters I wanted to talk to them. This was the answer he gave me when ha came down: 'Two plecee gall topside no hab got; one plecee gall drivee-drlvee; one plecee gall walkee-walkee.' From which I eventually made out that neither of my daughters was at home, one being out driving, the other out walking but he's a great cook, anyhow." Horrors; of JoBraallam. Chicago Tribune. "What Is the difference," said the In formation editor, "between a dissatisfied third baseman and " "And "the owner of a collection of curi osities," broke In the exchange editor. "One plays for his discharge and tha other charges for his display. That's easy. What is the dltxerence between tha cap tain of a leaky ship " "And a lawyer cross-examining a wit ness? Shucks! That's like falling off a log. One mans the pump and the other pumps the man. Why is an impecunious actor " "Boneless ham. Why is " (To be continued.)" PLEASANTRIES OF FASAGRAFHE8S "How is your daughter getting oa with her music T" "Splendidly," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "She can go to & classical concert and tell exactly where to applaud without watching the rest of the audience." Washing ton Star. Mrs. CRUey Th top av th morula te yez, Mrs. McNulty. An how Is yer ould man. this foln moroln? Mrs. McNulty Shure, an it's terrible bad be do be, Mrs. O'Rlley. Sorrs, a bite can he ate exclpt phwat he drinks. Chi cago Daily News. "I don't see," remarked the woman who was willing to be convlriced, "how you can aejl this sideboard for Just a quarter of what Pay & Go sell It for." "WeH," replied the sales man confidentially, "you see, madam, this Is quartered oak.' 'Cincinnati Comsjacclal-Tri-bune. Skribbler There's little hope for this world of ours so long as it is ruled by the commer cial class. Fosse ttEy the way, Skribbler, wonder what kfaid of a world It would be It the management of our railroads, steamsbips. mines etc., were entrusted entirely to tte XJLitnrX jrfcwsv-i Beatoa- T rigt,