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PORTLAXD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11.
THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT.
"What regret the President's judicious
friends might feel at the impulsiveness
of his letter to Governor Durbln will
be overcome as they reflect upon the
gravity of the cause that brings it
forth. The lynching mania is growing
to proportions that exceed all reason or
patience; and, as the President truly
gays, the end of anarchy is despotism.
The sources of this popular disrespect
for law Include the defiance of statutes
Which we see in railway and trust mag
nates, as well as in the outbreaks of the
mob. Many of those In the highest cir
cles who revolt at physical violence are
themselves grievously to blame for the
example they have set In holding the
laws In contempt. It is no worse for a
criminal shyster to save a miscreant's
neck by sharp practice than for a great
lawyer to pervert justice in the case of
an Illegal railroad merger.
These and other things that might be
mentioned form part of the duty which
the President lays upon the agencies o
public opinion. It remains to be said,
however, that mere f iilmlnatlon against
evil practices will not stop themjand it
Is pleasant to turn from the President's
'expressions of indignation and alarm to
the more practical parts of his letter.
First of these is his frank recognition
of the horrible act of rape and his word
to the negroes about the necessity of
their abstention from this most fiendish
of crimes. It would not, perhaps, be
fitting In the President to speak with
brutal frankness the whole truth in this
matter, but he might truthfully have
adjured the colored people that as long
as black rape fiends continue to prey
upon white women and girls, and as
long as they continue to receive the
sympathy of their race, so long venge
ance will be swift and bloody, if not
within the law, then without 1L The
President Is In a better position to ad
monish the negroes as he does along
these lines because he has in a sense
become their champion. It will be well
for them to heed his words and not
treat him as certain misguided repre
sentatives of them treated Booker
"Washington the other day in Boston.
Another excellent suggestion of the
President's Is that of surer and speedier
justice. The Oregonlan has dweltso
much on this point that It Is needless
to say much more about It. Nearly all
the lynchings that grow out of other
crimes than rape, and they are lament
ably on the increase, would be prevent
ed or discouraged by a knowledge that
the offender would be brought to legal
punishment within a few hours or days
at best. "When a murderer's guilt Is
known beyond a doubt, and the circum
stances are such as to justify no pro
longation of his existence, the perni
cious activity of shrewd lawyers In sav
ing inhuman wretches from the gallows
might very well be dispensed with. It
Is a perversion of the law, rather than
proper use of It, when precautions de
signed to protect the Innocent from In
justice are avowedly and shamelessly
employed to protect the guilty from
punishment.
It Is not surprising. In view of the
President's judicial treatment of the
lynching evil, that tlie first voice li ap
proval of It comes from the Governor of
Georgia. It has long been developing
that thoughtful men of the South fully
realize the dangerous consequences of
lynch law to the future security and
happiness of any people. There will be
much mora of this expression from
Southerners when they cease to feel
that Northern comment on lynch law
Is devised solely out of partisan or sec
tional hate. The Southern man or
woman has spirit enough to meet at
tacks on the South with resentment and
the best defense at hand. Once lynch
ing ceases to be a sectional question,
the South will feel free as the North to
discuss It candidly and abate It fear
lessly. This much-to-be-wished con
summation has been measurably ad
vanced by the-recent murders and tor
tures by Northern mobs.
WHY NOT INVOKE THE LAW I
The deviltry that plies a boy with
drink until he becomes helplessly drunk
cannot be too strongly condemned by
sober-minded men In a community, nor
can those guilty of the most Inhuman
act be too promptly visited with pen
alty. There are four men at present In
the Colfax. Wash jail awaiting Indict
ment and trial for this most grievous
offense, and It may be hoped that Jus
tice la the case will be swift and pun
ishment all that the law allows. It Is
sold that the parents of other boys In
the vicinity of Colfax whose sons have
been given liquor are very anxious for
this case to be prosecuted. "What about
the cases of their own sons? Why
should any father hesitate or neglect to
push a matter of this kind to a vigorous
ultimatum in the courts? "When mis
creants who ply boys with drink find
that parents will not allow them to go
unpunished, but will sternly force them
to a reckoning, the "fun" will soon drop
out of such proceedings.
There is a never-stilled clamor for the
enactment of temperance laws. The
State of "Washington has a stringent
law covering cases of this kind, as well
as less flagrant cases of Inebriety. It
Is simply dead upon the statute-books.
"Why? Because It is not and In the na
ture of things cannot be self-acting, and
parents and responsible, sober-minded
people generally resort to the cover of
righteous indignation when the law Is
violated and wait and hope that some
one else will "push" the matter. "What
Is wanted in "Washington and Oregon
as well since drunken boys are by no
means unknown In this state is not
more law upon this subject, but sturdy,
determined fathers or mothers, or both,
who will see to It that men who give or
sell their boys liquor, or who ply them
with liquor "for fun," are brought to a
wholesome realization of the law as It
stands. Courts will not fall to Impose
full penalty In cases that are properly
brought before them and proven. Let
parents do their duty In this matter and
outrages of this kind will cease, or at
least become much more rare than they
are at present. The sin of omission In
such a matter Is not less reprehensible
than the sin of commission.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The new status of the National Guard
Is made the subject of an excellent ar
ticle In the current number of the North
American Review. Lieutenant-Colonel
James Parker, U. S. A,, the author of
the article. "The Militia Law of 1903,"
Is a graduate of "West Point In the class
of 1876. He has served In the Indian
country. In Cuba and In the Philippines,
where he obtained a medal of honor for
gallantry In action while serving on the
staff of Major-General Young. Since
1901 he has been on duty In the Adjutant-General's
office, where he Is now In
charge of the division of militia affairs.
In this article Colonel Parker 6hows
that the advantages of the new militia
law consist, first, in the Improved effi
ciency, which will result as a conse
quence of governmental supervision
and aid, better arms and equipment and
more thorough training; second. In the
placing of the National Guard In an
emergency at the disposal of the Gen
eral Government, whereby the Presi
dent, in time of war, will be able to
muster the whole of that force Into the
United States' service, at twenty-four
hours' notice, to serve until the volun
teers are ready to take the field; third,
the formation of a corps of reserve offi
cers derived from sources outside the
regular Army, but tested by examina
tions prescribed by the "War Depart
ment, whose function in time of war
will be. to command our volunteers.
The new act defines the organized mi
litia as' the regularly enlisted, organ
ized and uniformed militia which shall
hereafter participate In the annual mi
litia appropriation. It gives the Presi
dent the authority to fix the minimum
number of enlisted men In each com
pany. Under this act the President In
case of Invasion, rebellion or when the
laws of the Union cannot be executed
with other forces at his command,. is
authorized to call out "the militia" in
such numbers as may be necessary for
a period not exceeding nine months.
The new act provides also for the call
ing out In emergency of the unorgan
ized or reserve militia; provides for the
free Issue to the states of the new mag
azine rifles, carbines and belts In place
of the old Springfield rifle, and for an
exchange of ammunition. The act pro
vides for the payment of the National
Guard while in camp out of the annual
militia appropriation, and provides for
the payment, subsistence and transpor
tation of the National Guard out of the
Army appropriation whenever the Na
tional Guard and regular Army shall
have combined maneuvers, and on such
occasions the mllltla shall be given am
munition for target practice free of
charge. Every mllltla organization
"not excused by the Governor" Is re
quired to have during the calendar year
twenty-four drills and five days' field
Instruction, on penalty of forfeiture of
the annual allotment of the state.
Any person who has served In the
regular Army or volunteers or National
Guard, or who has received Instruction
In military schools or colleges to which
Army officers are detailed as Instruct
ors, can obtain, on passing a stringent
examination by an Army board, from
the Secretary of "War a certificate that
he Is qualified as an officer of volun
teers, and the act provides for the mili
tary instruction at the United States
Army schools of officers thus qualified
for volunteer commissions, or of officers
of the National Guard, quarters and
subsistence to be furnished by the
United States. Replying to the ques
tion where the Government will place
these volunteer officers who qualify
themselves for commissions, Lieutenant-Colonel
Parker answers they will
surely bo employed to officer United
States volunteer regiments, like those
which did such admirable work In the
Philippines. For the state volunteer
regiments they are not available, since
the appointment of officers of a state
regiment lies In the. hands of the Gov
ernor. In case of any future war the
United States will repeat on a larger
scale the plan of raising a contingent
of United States volunteers, the field
officers to be drawn largely from the
regular Army, the lower grades from
officers of the volunteer reserve.
The National Guard should be com
posed only of men who have passed at
entrance a physical examination akin
to that of the regular Army recruit.
It Is Important In case of the muster of
the organized milltla'into the service of
the United States that the men should
be physically fit; otherwise the pension
list will be unduly Increased. In event
of a war coming suddenly, when the
Government cannot wait for a thorough
medical examlnatkm'of all the men be
fore they shall be mustered in, it Is de
sirable that a careful medical examina
tion should be made before the man is
enlisted Into the National Guard.
Colonel Parker urges that rifle ranges
are needed, not only for the education of
the National Guard, but ofthe citizen
population who form the unorganized,
reserve militia. Our male population
need to become familiar with the use of
the rifle to even up the advantage the
foreigner gains by his universal con
scription. This education can he large
ly accomplished if the United States
will offer the free use of the military
rifle on ranges to he established near
our large towns. Such ranges would be
available for the Instruction of the Na
tional Guard. Colonel Parker thinks
the law should be amended so as to pro
vide for a, per diem allowance of 40
cents to-in en and officers attending the
twenty-four drills a- year required by
the act.
The new mllltla act of 1903 In no sense
weakens the power of the states over
the militia, for it Is carefully drawn to
preserve -the authority of Governors
over their own troops by "reserving to
the states respectively the appointment
of the officers and the authority of
training the militia according to the
discipline prescribed by Congress." In
time of peace the National Guard of
each state is absolutely a state force,
made more" efficient for that purpose
by the aid of the General Government
In time of war the National Guard may
be called Into the United States' serv
ice by the President, but this right Is
a constitutional right given Congress
"to provide for calling forth the ml
lltla to execute the laws of the Union,
to suppress .Insurrections, and repel In
vasion.'' Our laws, under, this provis
ion, have from the birthday of our Re
public made every citizen of military
age, whether In the organized mllltla
or not, subject to military duty when
ever called out by the United States.
The new act of 1903 assures the sol
dier of the National Guard that In case
of war he will not be obliged to volun
teer for a long period, but that after a
few weeks or months of service the
regiment will be returned again to the
state from which it was borrowed. Our
regular Army, backed by the National
Guard, would form an emergency line
behind which our vast masses of volun
teers would be able to assemble for or
ganization or mobilization. Under this
new law we would muster Into service
at once 150,000 men of the National
Guard, well-trained men, good shots,
who, with our regular Army, could save
our .seacoast towns from destruction
from an unexpected land and naval at
tack upon our shores. This "emer
gency" first line of fairly well-trained
troops would form a cover behind which
our volunteers could be got ready.
NATIONAL POWER OP ASSIMILATION
The flood of immigration from South
ern Europe is so large and of such poor
quality that It is viewed with anxiety
if not with alarm by the United States
Commissioner-General of Immigration.
Frank P. Sargent, who Is an eminent
and intelligent leader of the cause of
American labor. Mr. Sargent predicts
that our next experience with Industrial
reaction will be plagued by the pres
ence of these .masses of cheap, unskilled
labor, ignorant of our language, Irrev
erent of our laws, ready for riot
through discontent and dissatisfaction
when there are no wages to be earned.
These immigrants are made up largely
of the poorest class of single workmen
and workwomen. The enormous immi
gration of 1SS2 was assimilated because
It was composed of Irish, German and
Scandinavians, men who brought their
families with them and some money.
But the present Immigration Es com
posed largely of the Slav and Latin
race; it is unskilled labor that swarms
Into our cities, while In 18S2 thousands
of the Germans and not a few of the
Irish became agriculturists.
In "Wisconsin, where there was a
great settlement of Germans, Belgians,
Norwegians, these people have become
thoroughly Americanized, despite the
early efforts of some of the leaders of
these people to prevent this assimila
tion. The English language has driven
the other tongues out and English
papers and books have brought these
foreigners into the full current of Na
tional life. The American newspaper
and the American school have been too
strong for the reactionary spirit of the
Lutheran clergy, who set their faces
like a flint against English schools be
cause they believed that the adoption
of English would lose them their par
ishioners. The Norwegian school Is
gone, but the German ministers still
try to retain German as the medium of
instruction. Archbishop Ireland opposed
this view, and In the Bennett-law agita
tion of 1KB the English-speaking Catholics
were Republicans against the Germans
and the Norse in the Democratic party.
The foreigners won, and there are today
public schools In "Wisconsin where no
English is taught, and In the parochial
schools It is only an accomplishment.
But in 'spite of these anti-English pub
lic schools the mass of young Germans
and Norse learn English and a good
many Lutherans have joined the Epis
copal and Congregatlonallst churches.
In towns where the Catholic Church
uses German the young people count
many non-church attendants. Bishop
Ireland warned the German Catholics
and the Lutheran ministers that their
anti-English schools would result In
their own discomfiture. A "Wisconsin
correspondent of the Springfield Repub
lican writes: ,
In this solid Norse country, a Congregatlonal
lst Church halves the peoplewlth the Lutheran,
and In Madison there are as many Norse In
the Episcopalian Sunday-school as In the Luth
eran. It Is the same tale everywhere. The
young- people will use English and the whole
array of pastors and dominies and dead-alive
foreign newspapers can't stop It.
This German-Lutheran fight against
English has created an antagonism be
tween them and the Irish Catholics,
who sympathize with the Yankees in
this respect so cordially that the Re
publican Governor has a devoted fol
lowing of Irish Democrats and many
warm friends among the Irish Catholic
priests, who hold with Bishop Ireland
that the best service a foreign immi
grant can do himself Is to become an
American as soon as possible. This
story of the futile efforts of Germans
and .Norsemen to prevent the Ameri
canization of their children by insisting
upon antl-Engllsh public schools Illus
trates how powerful are the forces that
make for assimilation of foreigners in
this country. But these races were Ger
mans and Norse; races of great superi
ority of mind, body and moral sense
over the Inferior Slav and Latin immi
gration from Southern Europe. It is
not likely that the same result could
speedily be expected of the Illiterate
masses of unskilled labor that are
swarming Into our large cities and
towns of the East today. The bright
side to this dark picture is the predic
tion that these illiterate, lgnorant Immi
grants have not come to stay; that the
moment the good times are over that
drew them to our shores they will hurry
home again. In our hard times of 1S93
S6 thousands of Huns, and Slavs re
turned to Europe; they had saved by
their habits of cheap and nasty frugal
ity from 51000 to 51500. On this sum
these creatures boasted they could live
without much labor In Hungary; that
land was cheap, food was cheap, and
that a peasant who had from 51000 to
51500 saved was secure from anxiety for
the future, as the income of It would
almost support him.
These creatures come to America very
much as Irish labor flocks to England
and Scotland at certain seasons and
then returns to Ireland; very much as
Canadian labor works on the farms. In
the forests and factories of New Eng
land for a few, weeks In. the year and
rhen returns to Canada. The present
invasion of Immigration of -Slavs and
Latins would be a terror If they were
sure to remain with us, as In a time of
industrial collapse they would then be
worse than the plague of the lice In
flicted by Moses upon the Egyptians;
they would be equal to the white ants
of Africa.
The season of surf bathing Is at its
height, and a large number of our peo
ple are availing themselves of its priv
ileges. It Is doubtful If these privileges
are generally used to the best advan
tage as regards health,", and men who
stand upon the beach above the swish
of the tide, their overcoats buttoned to
the chin In order to keep comfortably
warm, are wont to doubt the delights
that the dripping bathers, with chat
tering teeth, assure them Is to be found
in disporting In the chilly waves. But
this Is uncharitable. Of course there Is
pleasure In sea bathing, or Its palpable
discomforts, would not be endured day
after day throughout the season. Ex
perts In hygiene assure us that nothing
Is more exhilarating and. refreshing to
the strong and healthy Individual than
a plunge In the surf, but candor com
pels the admission that nothing Is more
harmful to delicate persons whose pow
ers of endurance are quickly overtaxed
In following the example of robust
bathers. As stated by the New York
Times, "The opportunity for overindul
gence In all pleasures Is a constant
temptation to the Indiscreet, while with
most of those who, during their vaca
tion, must pay well for their privileges,
there is a desire to get the worth of
their money." It Is thus that the sea
shore Is thronged with shivering mor
tals, numb to the marrow through tak
ing excessive toll from Neptune, while
the beach Is crowded with loungers who
blister and pickle themselves for hours
In their sticky, gritty, salt-soaked bath
ing suits, In the vain effort to toughen
themselves to their environment and in
cidentally to get the worth of their
money.
"Vacation goes on apace. Business Is
disorganized, homes are abandoned to
dust and prowlers, mosquitoes revel In
.the best blood of the land, half-nude
bathers shiver In the surf, the unsophis
ticated small boy, reveling In the de
lights of grandpa's farm, pokes a hive
of bees and takes toll from experience,
or Is rendered insensible by a fall from
the frisky colt In the out lot, or carries
a broken arm in splints and has the
time of his life generally. Baby gets
the measles miles away from the doc
tor, and his sister bathes her oak-poisoned
arms and face In buttermilk.
Mother passes the nights pacing be
tween the two cots in a little farmhouse
bedroom, and the head of the family
digs away in his office doing two men's
work, after the manner of proprietors,
in order that his clerk or assistant may
enjoy the pleasure of an outing, and in
cidentally to furnish means so that the
sequestered family may have their
"good time:" Altogether, the vacation
is something of a strain the recompense
of which Is In getting home again and
sitting down In comfort for another ten
months.
Enthusiastic electrical experimenters
out In Colorado are preparing to 'dupli
cate the ancient kite experiment of Ben
Franklin, highly modernized. "With
this purpose In view they are erecting
on the top of Pike's Peak some peculiar
machinery from which they Intend to
discharge upward a magnet with miles
of thin copper wire attached to it, the
hope being that they can by this means
tip and secure power from what Is sup
posed to be the practically unlimited
supply of electricity In the ether high
above the surface of the earth. These
experimenters are regarded as vision
aries by those who look on, but they
reflect that Franklin, equipped with
kite and key, sallying forth In a thun
der storm to coquet with lightning, was
the subject of jest to those of his timo
who plumed themselves upon being
"practical" men. Experimenters are
the accredited advance agents of prog
ress, and In the light of the great dis
coveries that have followed their inves
tigations, those who deride them as
Visionaries merely discredit their own
Intelligence.
High official position Is graced by a
magnanimity that Ignores personal dif
ferences. The President no doubt felt
that It was Just to administer a snub
to General Miles as the old soldier who
was fighting his country's battles when
he himself was but an Infant in arms,
formally relinquished active service In
the Army. Perhaps It was just, but a
man In his position can afford to bo
generous, which in this instance Pres
ident Rocsevelt was not. The display
of personal feeling at such a time may
well be regretted as unworthy a broad
minded man who Is the constitutional
commander-in-chief of the United
States Army. An old soldier, bidding
adieu to place and title, who had won
his spurs in fierce combat during the
vigorous years of a forceful, self-reliant
manhood, presents a figure on the dial
of time to which, regardless of other
considerations, even a President of the
United States might doff his hat with
out compromising his dignity.
The total number of Democratic
newspapers in Missouri that have de
clared for Folk for Governor has now
reached 1C0. "No literature or corre
spondence of any kind has been sent
out from the Folk bureau urging or
ganization, but it seems as If no urg
ing Is necessary," the St. Louis Globe
Democrat reports. "The movement ap
pears to be spontaneous, and politicians
say that they never knew anything like
It in Missouri."
Of the 15,000 persons operated upon
for appendicitis In Great Britain last
year, 13,500 survived. There Is no data
by which It can be shown what number
out of 15.000 persons suffering from this
old-new affliction came back to health
in the years before the practice of oper
ating for appendicitis began. Hence it
Is impossible to tell by comparison
whether surgery has scored a decided
triumph over this disease or not.
General Pando has "resumed the
presidency" of Bolivia. A delightful
phrase, and one that should prove of
Inestimable value to statesmen ln that
troubled region.
Carry War to Enemy's Camp.
Philadelphia North American.
PITTSBURG. In the crusade against
violators of the 'Blue Law," In Wllkins
burg. a new feature has entered the fair
choir soloist.
Druggists, who have been prosecuted
from week to week for selling soda water
and cigars, turned the tables yesterday
and sent "spotters"Into all -the churches
employing paid singers. An obliging Jus
tice of the Peace kept open office, and 15
minutes after midnight this morning war
rants were Issued. The singers were ar
rested today and entered ball for court.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
That's tbe Idea.
John Day News.
If Hantaan refuses to build or let build
roads, why not enlist local capital' under
the leadership of Portland?
Honor for Salem.
Salem Statesman.
There are enthusiasts In Salem who
would be quick to vote "Old" Sam Mor
ris, the Indian baseball pitcher, the most
distinguished citizen of tho Capital City.
Hear the Bear Grovfl.
Arlington Record.
Corbelt Is as swift as an antelope and
Jeffries is as strong as a bull, according
to their admirers, but for the great public
that will flock to see the fight It Is soft
as mush.
Walt THl September.
Hood River Glacier.
The total absence of smoke ths Summer
speaks well for the work of Forest Super
visor M. P.- Isenberg and his efficient as
sociates. No better proof could be offered
In substantiation of arguments that the
forest reserve policy and patrol system of
the Interior Department Is a good thing.
Patience In a Sore Trial.
Adams Advance.
The people of Asotin County, "Washing
ton, have had a sad trial of what the peo
ple of other states have beea gettlnir. Hu-
l man nature is the same all over. No peo-
can caimiy await. tne slow action of
the law for a crime of that kind, whether
the perpetrator is black or white. These
people did as any other community would
have done, removed him from any fur
ther chance to repeat such a horrid crime.
Not to Be Wondered At.
Elgin Recorder.
The lynching at Asotin, Wash., Wednes
day morning, was a foregono conclusion,
after the guilt of tho murderer Hamilton
had been fully established. Murder com
mitted while attempting rape Is a crime
that the average American crowd will not
stand for, and the brute In human form
who makes the attempt can rest assured
that short shift will be made of him If
captured and his guilt fully established.
It Is not to bo wondered at that the peo
ple take the law Into their own hands on
such occasions.
No Color Line Here.
Hillsboro Argus.
Citizens near Spokane Tuesday night
lynched a white man who had foully out
raged and murdered the little 12-year-old
daughter of the Sheriff of Asotin County.
The crime was one of the most brutal
ever perpetrated In the Northwest. It
will now be time for some of the prurient
prudes to deplore the lynching, while they
contemptuously dismiss the crime that in
vited the death of disgrace. If Hamil
ton's skin had been black, this "anarchy"
might have afforded a subject matter for
many of our snivelling paranolacs.
That's What They Are.
Pendleton Tribune. .
The Asotin brute was lynched, but let It
be said to the credit of his murderers
that they did the deed quietly and with
out some of the horrifying Incidents so
frequently reported from the South. It
Is difficult to condemn the actions of de
cent men under such circumstances, but
every man who wore a mask or pulled
on the ropes will have a weight on his
conscience the remainder of his days.
Murder Is murder In any form, and the
hundred men who took the life of a man,
even though he deserved to die, arc all
murderers.
There's a Sin of Apathy.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
While tho spectacle of lynch law Is
never admirable. It Is far better that the
manhood of a. community should be stirred
to summary vengeance by atrocious crimes
like that committed by Hamilton than
remain apathetic -The fact cannot be ob
scured that, associated with a passing
disregard for the rights of the law, there
rankled In the breasts of the men who did
the lynching a righteous resolution that
the womanhood of this country must be
free and safe to pass along the most re
mote highway without insult or violence.
Dengenerates of Hamilton's type are Im
measurably better In tho earth than on
it. Any man of normal conscience would
pray for death if he knew that death alone
could prevent him from committing an
atrocious deed like that which blotted
out tho Hfo of little Mabel Richards.
The Course of "Justice."
McMlnnvllIe Reporter.
Had the mob not taken charge of this
case, the courts would have been bur
dened with it probably for a year or two.
The brute would have been convicted If
some pettifogger had not established a
plea of "temporary insanity." Then an
appeal would have to be taken and a
motion to set aside tho verdict, and a pe
tition for commutation of sentence, and
all these aggravating obstacles to the
proper administration of justice would
have to be overcome. Then, if the sen
tence of death were allowed to stand
some sentimental degenerate would be
permitted to weep over the prisoner, car
ry flowers into his cell, and lionize his
blackened souL No, there are too many
pampered criminals In the country. Those
who would make softer berths for crim
inals and show greater consideration for
hardened men who stop at nothing are
putting an additional premium on crime.
More rigid prison discipline (and a more
strict criminal code, and there would bo
less crime and fewer lynchings.
The Handsome Thlnrr, Well Sato.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. .
The people of Oregon, with commendable
enterprise, are pushing to completion their
plans for the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
They have taken hold of the matter with
vigor, particularly at Portland, where In
dividual citizens have contributed liber
ally, and everywhere there Is manifest the
disposition to make It a marked success.
Their efforts deserve commendation. It
Is to be hoped that the fair will be all Its
projectors anticipate, the most extensive
and the most complete exposition yet given
on the Pacific Coast. While Portland Is
the home of the fair, and the State of Ore
gon Is immediately And directly concerned
in its welfare. It Is not too much to say
that the people of Washington, who reside
In a state carved" from Oregon territory
and who enjoy the most cordial relations
with their neighbors south of the Colum
bia River, have scarcely less Interest In its
success. The benefits to be gained from a
creditable exposition unquestionably will
be shared by both states. This Identity of
Interest ought to produce favorable re
sults In this state. Tho people of Wash
ington may well give their heartiest sup
port. In every way practicable, to the peo
ple of Oregon; and It appears that one of
the best methods to do a friendly act
would be to aid in securing an appropria
tion by Congress for the exposition. If
precedent has any force. Congress need
not hesitate to vote a sum of money ade
quate for all requirements. Congress has
aided other cities In like enterprises, for
example Chicago, Omaha, Charleston,
Buffalo and St. Louis; and now Congress
ought to-devote Its attention to the Pa
cific Northwest as represented by the
Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland.
The matter demands the attention of our
delegation In Congress. Senators and
Congressmen should do all they are able
for the Portland Fair, and our people
should bo ready and willing to back them
up.
Governor Cummins' Jobs.
Providence Journal.
Governor Cummins. In Iowa, has not
been sufficiently successful with his tar
iff reform agitation to warrant great ex
pectations of him now that he is set
ting out on a campaign of currency re
form. In Jobs of this magnitude it Is
usually better to be through with One
before beginning a second.
NEWSPAPER USE OF "AGED."
New Tork Sun.
Out neighbor, the Times, makes a just
protest against an unfortunate habit of
reporters and makers of newspaper
"headlines." These gentlemen persist In.
calling folks of 60 and thereabout "aged."
Tho habit Is spread all over tho United
States. We have rebuked It a hundred
and a hundred times. For the Instruction
and reproof of the erring, we have culled
from, the long roll of living centenarian's
many a candidate for the btcentenarlan
class. Thus we have sought to Instil a
sense of proportion and a knowledge of
the proper divisions of human life.
If the epithet "aged" Is still misapplied
scandalously, the fault is not wholly due
to the youth and Inexperience of reporters
and "deskmen." Strange as It seems to
the newspaper klndergartner with the
dimple chin, reporters are extant who
have grandchildren, and we have known
"copy readers" of patriarchal beard. Yet
these persons, who should be the first to
resent an Improper use of this abused and
foolish adjective "aged," will themselves
misuse It shamefully. The confounded
Impenetrability of matter- Is their excuse.
A "headline" can hold only so many let
ters. A man of 60 may be "middle-aged"
or "young" in the estimation of tho "copy
reader," but the first epithet is much too
long and the second Is often too long by a
letter. The real or supposed necessltl-is
of type have Imposed themselves. Tho
reporter, however Ingenious In his bud
ding day3, naturally compiles with tho
style of the fortunate man who has the
happiness of reading his compositions.
Thus millions of tender juvenals are
classified as "aged," to their amusement
or annoyance.
This is the kindest defense that can be
mado of a thing essentially indefensible.
Thero Is a darker side to the matter. Tho
study of these reporters, like that of too
many other characters of this age of nov
els. Is but little on the Bible. If they
would learn the fifth chapter of Genesis
by heart, they would get a correct notion
of age. Here are a few men who, In their
last years, might without offense have
been called "aged": Adam, 930; Seth,
912; Enos, 903; Calnan, 910; Jared, 962; Me
thuselah. 96!).
Wo exclude middle-aged persons like
Mahalaleel, who was cut off in his S9Sth
year, and adolescents like Laroech. who
lasted only 777 years. Indeed, Methuselah
is the only man In the list to whom wo
should grant a patent to be called "aged,"
but the standard must not be put too high
at first. '
Viability increases every day. In a few
hundred years, no life insurance company
will dare to sell an annuity. It is the moro
unbecoming to speak of striplings of 60 to
70 as "aged." For the convenience of re
porters and others we give a provisional
scheme of classification: Infants, as at
present, birth to 21; youth, adolescent, 21
to 71; middle-aged, 71 until further notice.
Two Types of Public Men.
New York Evening Post.
Senator Piatt agrees with Senator Gor
man that it would bo shocking to Intro
duce the negro question into politics. Tho
matter Is too grave, too painful, too
heart-rending for politicians to think of
touching it .Politics being, in the Platt
Gorman definition, simply a scheme for
dividing tho offices. It is obvious that
tho Intrusion of any such question as
equal enforcement of the law, or the vin
dication of elementary human rights,
must seem to them a wild absurdity.
Why disturb 'them in their statesmanlike
broodings ovor the question who shall
have this collectorship. or who bo put
Into that postofllce? What has gross In
justice to millions of American citizens
to do with real politics. We observe,
however, that one Senator Is foolishly
concerning himself with that negro prob
lem from which the noble Gorman and the
lofty-minded Piatt turn away In such dis
gust. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, has
been addressing the Summer students at
Worcester; and strangely defending the
doctrine that the laws of the country
should be enforced among white and
black alike. In this connection he took
occasion to refer to the decision of .a
Massachusetts man now sitting In the
Supreme Court of the United States Mr.
Justice Holmes and to say of his refusal
to hear the prayer of the illegally dis
franchised negroes of Alabama that it
was "a Judgment more far-reaching and
terrible than the famous judgment of
Taney, In which he said that the colored
man had no rights against the whites."
The Wearlni; of Monocles.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho single eyeglass, or monocle, is worn
by only two Phlladelphians. A half-dozen
New Yorkers wear It, and, even In Chi
cago, It has a couplo o'f votaries. An oc
ulist talked about it the, other day. "Dr.
Kitchener, back In 1824, thought It a good
thing," he said. "Kitchener advised its
alternate use, now In the right eye, now
In the left one. He said In bis book that
ho had cultivated the habit of picking up
the glass, each time he wanted to use it,
with a different hand. Of course, picked
up with the right hand, it had to go Into
the right eye, and vice versa. As a matter
of fact, the single eyeglass Is injurious.
It throws all the work on one eye. It de
stroys the harmony of the optic muscles
and nerves. I know an Englishman who
has worn, for a myopic affection, a mon
ocle in his left eye for 12 years. Tho
left eye Is all right, but with the other the
man can see practically nothing. Joseph
Chamberlain wears his monocle In either
eye alternately, and his son does the
same thing. The habit of the monocle
continues to live among tho English
swells."
Gorman ana Capitalists.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Gorman would be an Ideal can
didate for the Presidency In the eyes of
the vested Interests, and he knows It.
But in 1904 he would be nothing more
than a candidate. Disgruntled capital
would give him generous support, but
the people will give their support to Mr.
Roosevelt, and the representatives of the
trusts are few, while the representatives
of the people are many. Their name Is le
gion, and they will overwhelm with their
votes the candidate who stands for mate
rial Interests which .re opposed to theirs.
Fish or Cat Bolt.
Chicago Chronicle.
While the North Is no more "negro
phllo" than the South, It Is determined
that the South shall not disfranchise the
negro and still continue to count him as a
basis or representation. That Is one
phase of the race issue which the North
is entirely willing to discuss. The South
must fish or cut bait- If It wishes to deny
the negro the right to vote, well and
good, but it cannot abolish the negro as a
voter and retain him as a political as
set. Safety Valve for Socialists.
Butte Miner.
The so-called Populist organization may
serve as a safety valve for the Socialist
who does not want to cut himself wholly
off from the possibility of reatreat but
it has no legitimate footing among the political-movements
of the day and never
can regain the place It once occupied as
an incidental factor In the affairs of the
country.
A Bad System.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Government printing office should
be abolished and the printing for the
Government, like the construction of pub
lic buildings and harbor Improvements,
should be let to the lowest and best bid
der. Millions of dollars would be saved
each year and better work would bo per
formed. The Test of Unionism.
Chicago Tribune.
If we intrust trade unionism with the
control of the labor supply of the United
States we shall expect it to exercise Its
control in such a way as to make labor
more effective Instead of less effective.
By that test will trade unionism stand or
fall.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
By the. bye, didn't some convicts escape
from Folsom recently?
However Hay feels about it, convicts are
ready to fight for the open door. .
Looping th loon la vm mnr stren
uous than swinging round the circle.
The most conspicuous jails just now are
those that have not. been broken open.
The President has crystallized the sent
iments of all good citizens regarding
lynching.
It Is only fitting that a girl who has
led a colorless life should commit suicide
by taking -Paris green.
If our robbers didn't work at a safe in
the open street, they at least got some
money, which is more than the Seattle
representatives did.
When an American editor loses his head
he makes it hot for others When a
Chinese editor loses his he goes where he
can't make It any hotter.
Dr. Ford, of St. Louis, has discovered
another Baconian cipher in Shakespeare.
If all these surmises are correct Bacon's
work must have suffered from trlch
lnlasls. "A tennis racket bearing the Initials
T. R. Jr.' passed through Oyster Bay
today to be restrung." Such is the infor
mation given an expectant Nation by tho
New York Evening Sun.
Again the American people shows its in
dustrial Ingenuity. The hatpin has been
advanced from the position of a nuisance
to that of a lethal weapon. The latest In
stance of Its utilization was in New York
where two colored women, armed solely
with hatpins, held up a collector and took
from him $112.
A feeling of pity comes over one on
reading of tho misfortune that befel Ivan
Chase, editor of the Colfax Gazette. Whllo
occupying a berth In an O. R. & N.
sleoper his trousers were stolen. What
a mortifying position for a guide of public
opinion. How embarrassing for a man
to walk down the streets of Colfax dad
from the waist down In a Gazettel It
would indeed be a case of putting too
much of the editor's personality In tho
paper. But the conclusion of the dis
patch telling of the misfortune dispels tho
gloom, and also kills a traditionary belief.
The editor went to tho baggage car,
opened his trunk,, and got out another,
pair of trousers.
Another pair of trousers! .
Revised. Quotation.
"Let mo write the ads of a country,
and I care not who makes its songs."
Yet Another One.
Mrs. Louisa Kelley, a bride of three weeks,
was found dead In a bathtub at her home,
57 Inglehart street, yesterday morning-. St
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Bridge Builder.
"Citizen," of Grant's Pass, who recently
out-Emersoned Emerson by the advice to
"build cantaloupe bridges to the fixed
stars." has forwarded an essay based on
the text: "A cup of water will quench
thirst. It will make a plant grow. Its com
position Is oxygen and hydrogen." Tho
essay deals with the essential nature of
the state, and concludes with tho preg
nant sentence: "Bridges to cross abysses
must bo cantilevered to the state."
Omar Jfot a. Fan.
The ball.no Question makes of. ayes -ana noes,
But here or there as strikes the .player goes;
And He that toss'd you down Into the Field,
He knows about It all He knows He knows.
An effort i3 being mado to boost Omar
Khayyam as a fan, the sole evidence
brought forward being tho stanza quoted
above. This shows how inconsiderate
some people are. Omar was evidently a
man that didn't know a thing about base
ball, otherwise he would never have writ
ten such a line as "hero or there as strikes
the player, goes." The ball does no such
thing Just the opposite In fact. If it al
ways went where the player Intended to
send It there would be more free hats for
the team. The last two lines are a Uttlo
obscure, but' apparently contain really
good advice. Take the umpire's decision
he knows about it all he knows some
times. Quaint College Yells.
The college yell of tho University of
Texas, which begins:
Rattle to thrat, to thrat, to thrat
and goes through a long sizzle of siz-boom-bahs
has been going the rounds of
the papers lately as an example of the
barbaric tastes of Texans. As a matter
of fact, the yells in some much more staid
communities are worse. The Academy oS
Gloucester (Mass.) has this:
Tip, yap, yap.
Slip, slop, slap, . r.
Whlrrlzle, whlrrazle, whlrroo.
We eat the clam.
We (fon't give a damn
For salted, pickled, drled-out-cod,
Lost her!
Gloucester!
Yahl
British Columbia is looked upon as a'
sober, old-fashioned province, yet listen
to the yell of the Collegiate School, Vic
toria. B. C:
Flick, flick, flick,
Vic, Vic. Vic.
VIc-to-ri-a,
Yah, yah, yah
Vic is quick.
Oh. so slickv
Crick-tk-lk-lk,
Beat 'em.
Eat 'em,
Colleg-l-ato.
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS.
"Papa, what do they mean by the flower oC
the family? " "A blooming nuisance, usu
ally!" Puck.
Ethel Yes! The poor chap has lost hl3 money
but not hlc friends. Edith Ah! That Is what
you might call a double misfortune I Puck.
He Do you believe that love begets love?
She I most certainly do. "Why, then, don'i
birds grow to love cats?" Yonkers States
man. Financier I told me boss I couldn't afford
to work for free dollars a week. Merchant
"What did he say? Financier Said be hadn't
noticed me tryln to. Judge.
De eayln Is you mustn't lay up fer yo'self
riches In dls wort', but dey comes In mighty
handy wen do balllfTs settla on de front
do'step. Atlanta Constitution.
"Pa, what's a pessimist?" "A man who a!-,
ways thinks when he gets up in the morning
that it's going to be the hottest day of the
season." Chicago Record-Herald.
William You must remember, my dear, that
my taste Is better than yours? His Dear Wife
Undoubtedly, when 'we come to consider that
you' married me and I married you. Bostoa
Globe.
Little Hiram Grampa. did yon see- the twe
talled comet? Farmer Bumpercrop No. b'jlags;
I been so busy harvestln' I didn't even git
ter see the circus, let alone the sideshows.
Kansas City Journal. -
The Aunt And how was your birthday party,
Archie? Archie Oh. auntie, it was the finest
I ever had! Why. I got such a terrible stomach
trouble that I could not go to school for
three days. Brooklyn Life.
Miss Giddy (vivaciously) My new gowa Is a
dream very light gray voile. (practic
ally) Ah, yes; very pretty, I'm "sure. But
doesn't gray soir easily? Miss G, (leaping be
bore she looked) Oh, I had it made with a
broad black girdle.. Chicago Record-Herald,