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POItTLAXI), THUKSMAY, AUGUST 27.
NOT "IXDEPKXDEXT.OK THE PAST."
A letter from Latourelle speaks with
some asperity of the opinion of the
Circuit Judges of Multnomah on the
referendum amendment
The Judges who decided against the
referendum amendment are not "rebel
llous against the will of the people and
against common sense." They have
simply decided, as it was their province
to do, that In their opinion the forms
and methods prescribed in the const!
tution for Its own amendment had not
been duly observed. This opinion goes
to the Supreme Court for final decision
The theory of this letter, though
plausible, superficially, is wholly un
sound. Ours indeed is a government
of the people, for the people, and by
the people; but the dictum that "the
will of the present generation is bound
HO more by the will of their forefathers
than a present Legislature Is bound by
a previous one" Is as unsound in theory
and principle as in fact. Maugre all
assertions by us of present Independ
ence, we are bound by the will of our
ancestors. In all the Important affairs
of life, society, government. Only so
can society hold together, or one gen
eration connect with another. Assert
our Independence of the post, deny that
we are bound by the experience and
will of our ancestors, declare that we
may do as we please, without obllga-
tlon to our forefathers, and we shall
dissever human society and destroy Its
continuity a -horrible doctrine! Hu
man beings would be merely the flies
of a Summer.
It is simply through our inheritance
of the past that we are what we are.
A nation that would break with Its
past, as nations sometimes do as
France did in 17S9 is an awful spec
tacle. But, through the welter of rev
olutlon in tides of blood, it will Inevlta
bly come back to the groundwork of
principles founded in the will of Its fore
fathers or It will utterly perish. Men
who refuse to look back to their ances
tors for Instruction and guidance are
Incapable of looking forward to the
welfare of their posterity.
The constitution of a state may be
altered, or amended, indeed, and the
people are the Judges of It; but they
ought to follow closely and carefully
the methods they have prescribed in
the constitution; and It is a fixed prin
ciple of our system that -the interpre
tation of methods involving constitu
tional action or change belongs to the
judiciary. To deny this Is to proclaim
revolution or anarchy. Inquiry by the
Judiciary Into the constitutionality of
an act of the Legislature, upon motion
of the citizens, and decision of the Ju
diclary thereon, Is a purely constitu
tional act. In this case 'the matter Is
passed on to the Supreme Court for
final adjudication: and the decision
whatever it may be, will stand.
But it is usually, perhaps always, un
Wise to attempt amendment of the con
stltutlon on any of the theories of to
day. The people have Indeed the right
to alter or amend the constitution of
the state, but in the larger moral sense
they have no right to alter or amend It
In a spirit of desiring to free them
selves from the -experience, influence
and will of their forefathers. There is
a moral limitation here that shuts out
all mere theories of temporary politics.
A constitution not planted fundament
ally on. the past can have-no hold on
the future. To innovate Is not to re
form.
In proposing amendments of the con
stltutlon we are not to consider merely
the theory of today, or what change
we may want for today, but what con
stltutlon we may want ten or -twenty
years hence. Here again the only guide
Is the experience of the past that will
of our forefathers which we are told
we may so lightly .set aside.
"The will of the people," on any sub
Ject, at any particular time, may or
may not be sound. The further it de
parts from the will of their forefathers
the more likely it is to be unsound.
mere vote or declaration by a majority
of the electors' for changes of the con
stltutlon cannot be good and valid un
less the forms prescribed by the con
stltutlon have been observed properly
. hy the Legislature and by the people;
ond It Is the province of the Judiciary,
when any question is raised -on these
points, to determine It. There Is no
thought of defeating the will of the
people; the only question at this time
is whether the forms and methods re
quired liave been observed, or not.
The marvelous nklll of the experl
enced naval architects that design the
challengers and defenders in the Amer
lea's cup contests is shown by the fact
that the Shamrock, were her water line
but a few decimal parts of an Inch
longer, would be totally disqualified. It
Is such approximation to the limits of
the design that distinguishes the confi
dent expert. And the closeness of the
finishes Is another evidence of the same
thing-. In the matter of the time allow
ances it is interesting to note that Val
kyrie in was the first challenger to al
low time to her opponent. She gave
the Defender 29 seconds, while Sham
rock II allowed 33 seconds to Columbia,
the latter allowing Shamrock I the
small margin of 6 seconds. Valkyrie
II received 1 minute 48 seconds from
Vigilant in the first race, and on re
measurement 1 minute and 33 seconds.
alkyrle n made an excellent race.
and was very unlucky In losing her
spinnaker at a critical moment.
KOHLSAAT AXT FOWLER.
Mr. H. H. Kohlsaafs views of cur
rency legislation, presented by him to
the President at the President's re
quest, and evidently In close accord
with the President's own views, be
speak the catholic mind and business
sagacity of the Chicago publisher and
capitalist. Mr. Kohlsaafs keen sense
of public sentiment has stood him In
good stead and he correctly estimates
the fatal weakness at the West of all
schemes for the comfort of "Wall-street
speculators or financial theorists
through "asset currency," "elasticity"
or other euphemisms for inflation. He
sees clearly the hopeless division of
Eastern opinion, and the Western .con
sciousness of conditions so satisfactory
as to inspire distrust of radical or ex
tensive innovation. All the currency
and banking legislation needed, he
ventures' to say, can be achieved In a
law Of twenty-five lines.
This is both theoretically sound and
practically wise. It puts at decided
disadvantage the conceited sophistry
with which Mr. Fowler, the arch-re
former, has lately regaled us. Mr.
Fowler talks as If the gold standard
had been his own peculiar enterprise,
and he is wholly disingenuous in his
attempt to twist the utterances of
banking associations Into Indorsements
of his celebrated "bilL" The fatal
weakness of his proposals Is that they
ignore the habit and predilections of
our business life, which can be trifled
with only at grave peril, and the meas
ure's Impossibility lies in the fact that
Its very comprehensiveness becomes Its
ruin. A single, simple measure, such as
Mr. Kohlsaat indicates, will arouse op
position in a certain specific and lim
ited group of currency Philistines,
against which limited opposition It can
prevail. But Mr. Fowler's bill Immedi
ately stirs into active hostility ' every
financial idiot, demagogue, fossil and
scoundrel In Congress, whose right to
rule is guaranteed by the Constitution
for they are in the majority.
Experience warns against forecasting
what Congress will do, and still "more
solemnly against anticipating Presiden
tial recommendations: for did not Mr.
Roosevelt demand Cuban reciprocity Jn-
stanter nearly two years ago, and say
that we needed a Constitutional amend
ment for the trusts, and then forget all
about It, and demand a tariff commis
sion and then forget all about that?
But If he will recommend. a twenty-
flve-line law, doing away with the
$3,000,000-a-month restriction on bank
note retirement and permitting, deposit
of customs revenues in the banks? and
stick to it, he will deserve well of Con
gress and the business Interests. Mr.
Kohlsaafs Information Is correct and
his advice sound. We hope it will be
heeded.
3IOMEXTOUS CHAXGES.
Notwithstanding the reiterated assur
ance that the Cabinet Is to continue ex.
actly as It Is for all coming time, the
substitution of Governor Taft for Sec
retary Root and the accession of Vice
Governor Wrightto command In the
Philippines can no longer be doubted
These changes are momentous In direct
and remote relations. It Is due to Sec
retary Root to say that the country has
revised Its first Impressions 6f him to
his great advantage. That Is to say,
he has measurably overcome the handi
cap of Platf s indorsement, with which
he went Into office, and he has dls
played talents of a high order In a difli
cult place.
The War Department has continued
to exhibit the most amazing subservl
ence to favoritism, especially In the
conduct of Pacific Coast supply and
transportation matters; but In nearly If
not all other respects Mr. Root has
evinced a patience In exasperating de
lay and a persistence In the face of ob
stacles which the affairs of the depart
ment must have subjected to infinite
trial. He kept the President from rash
action toward Germany In the Venezu
elan mess, he has guided the stupen
dous tasks of our Insular affairs with
tact and wisdom, while the Army re
organization which he wrung from a re
luctant Congress will he the bright par
ticular ornament of his administration
which history can never slight. It
seems fair, on the whole, to hold the
Secretary In about equal responsibility
for the Indefensible slight upon General
Miles, and the humiliation of the of
fense is In no way mitigated by the
violently contrasted letter of effusive
praise with which the retiring Secre
tary suffers himself to be addressed
from Oyster Bay.
It Is to be supposed that Mr. Root
contemplates running lor Governor of
New Tork, an office he could fill accept
ably, as Odell has; and while the ami
cable understanding with Piatt which
his nomination must reveal would In
Jure him in many minds, it is doubtless
the wise thing from the standpoint of
practical politics. In a Presidential
year Mr. Root would gain votes
throughout New York State from the
President's popularlts-; and the Demo
crats would have to steer an almost
miraculously wise course to beat him.
It Is well enough to remember that the
popular confidence In Theodore Roose
velt Is what retained for the Republl
can party Its majority In the new Con
gress; and so far the assaults made
upon him in Manhattan Island have
done little except to strengthen him' and
his party among Independent voters.
New York will never turn down Theo
dore Roosevelt for the behoof of Da
vid B. HHL
It has been hazarded that Root Is In
training for 190S; but it Is quite as llkel
that the candidate in the Admlnlstra
tloifs mind, If anybody. Is Taft. Here
is a man who would sustain, in the
Presidential chair, many traditions of
the highest statesmanship. His accom
pllshments as a gentleman, lawyer,
diplomat, are of the first rank; and to
these he adds the supreme quality of
consecration to public trust and civ
dutv. It is as If we had the suavity
of McKlnley. the intellectual polish of
a President Hadley and the rugged vir
tue of a Roosevelt rolled Into one. How
this salutatorlan and orator of his class,
this accomplished Jurist and man of
the world, achieved the difficult and
delicate tasks of the Philippines and
won the enthusiastic affection of the
humblest natives in the archipelago Is
story yet unwritten, but one that tes
tifies to the abounding- mental resources
of the man, as it is explained by his
utter absorption in a self-sacrificing
discharge of his duty. The President
has made no mistake in trading a Gov
ernor for a Secretary. He has given
fresh evidence of his discernment In,
men.
Without any disparagement of the
qualities of Vice,-Governor Wright, who
has acquitted himself well In his subor
dinate capacity. It would be cheering
to be assured by Governor Taf f s pro
motion that the change Is made possi
ble by Improved conditions In the Phil
ippines. When May comes round again
we shall have concluded six strenuous
and vicissltudinous years In the archi
pelago, and it is suggestive that the
most optimistic continue to treat reg
ularly of "the needs" or the Philip
pines. The institution that is always In
dire need of something or other can
safely count on a modicum of sympa
thy, but Is not apt to be pointed to
with pride. The Republican platforms,
however, will hardly fail In this emer
gency; and, after all, six years cannot
be regarded as a long time. The white
man's burden is still appreciable, we
understand, in India, though full 150
years have passed since the remarkable
successes of Lord Cllve established
peaceful possession for the British
arms.
THE CASE OP ITOMELY GIRLS.
Complaint is made by a young woman
who signs herself "Homely" that an In
creasing tendency on the part of em
ployers to require good looks and pleas
ing address Is all right for the fortu
nate possessor of these qualities, but
death to the unfortunate one who has
been denied them. She recalls with an
appearance of bitterness that matri
mony is already, rapidly being closed
to the unattractive face and figure, and
suggests that If the field of self-sup
port Is to be similarly fenced off, the lot
of the homely girl must soon begin to
take the form of the tragic.
On its face the complaint Is well
founded, and every right-minded man
must admit that something must be
done at once. It will not do for a world
of otherwise deserving young women
to go through life unemployed as well
as unwedded, for no better cause than
some mere negligible detail of feature,
bust measure, femoral construction or
linguistic inaptitude. If it is to this
that our boasted survival of the fittest
Is to come, out upon Darwin and all his
tribe! Justice must be . done, despite
the crotchets of swains and the even
less defensible tactics of floorwalkers.
On second thought, however, we In
cline to doubt the seriousness of the
situation. Is "Homely" quite sure of
her facts? It is undeniably true that
the society column justifies the belief
that only the lovely, beautiful, bewitch
ing, charming, radiant and unusually
handsome girls are ever given in mar
riage, but some allowance must be
made for the conventions of polite
usage. The matter is a delicate one. at
best, encompassed by obvious peril on
either hand, but we can truthfully say
that some of the most eagerly sought
and desirable girls led to the altar here
abouts recently have made up for any
superficial departure from the classic
models by sterling qualities, clear
enough to the quick eye of affection
and approved by the severer tests of
close acquaintance.
Beauty is a wonderful gift; and secret
tears at Its denial can be understood
and forgiven; but as the race is not al
ways to the swift nor the battle to the
strong, so the prizes that women covet
do not fall to the perfect face and figure
so often as they find their way to merit
of a less showy but less fleeting nature.
Many of the women who have had the
world at their feet have been homely
women. The women that the best men
have picked out for wives, and the
women who brought up sons to become
household words to the nations, have
often lived to see their handsome and
sometimes heartless rivals pining neg
lected on the stalk. Beauty Is a won
derful gift; but the beauty that com
pels is of the soul, and the grace that
conquers is grace of mind and heart.
I.t Is Just about so in business. Em
ployers may rashly -fancy that they
want a handsome girl for the type
writer or the notion counter; but they
aon t, and they are sure to find out
their mistake. What they really want
is an Indefinable charm of manner that
comes rrom sympathy, fidelity and ac
quiescence in the plans that are passed
down from the head office, all of which
soothe the anxious brain of the em
ployer as surely as they entice dollars
from the public. Your beauty may be
spoiled, for either matrimony or busi
ness. She Is apt to be- vain; she Is
reasonably certain to have despised the
patient arts which are a necessity to
her plainer sister, but which send their
possessor along swiftly toward the goal
of satisfaction and success. We sus
pect somehow that the correspondent.
even If not Joking, is wiser than she
pretends; and unless her wit Is sharper
and less kindly than It seems, the secret
of pleasing Is not a stranger to her ken.
If "Homely" will send her true name
and address to this office, we shall un
dertake to find her either a husband
or a good Job.
JAPAX IS TpO LATH.
There are signs of trouble between
Japan and Russia which are to be dis
covered In the bitterly anti-Russian
sentiment of what have hitherto been
the most moderate and conservative
journals of Toklo. Public opinion is
powerful In Japan, and the Mikado
would be powerless to resist a general
popular feeling that the expulsion of
Russia from Manchuria was indispensa
ble to the safety of the nation. The
Japanese journals are unanimous in de
clarlng that Russia cannot be permitted
to retain possession of Manchuria or to
acquire predominance In Corea.
Seven professors of the Tokio Unlver
sity, in a memorial addressed to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, point out
that if the Manchurian problem Is not
settled satisfactorily, neither would be
the Coreun,- and if not the Corean
neither would the Japanese; that nego
tlation would not acceptably solve the
problem; that It could only be settled by
war, and that now was the time to
strike, since the present superiority of
Japan's armaments to Russia's in the
far East would not last more than
year. The leading organ or what has
hitherto been the Conservative party
declares that Japan Is determined "not
to endure the crippling disquiet of the
past year any longer."
It Is clear that the most Influential
public opinion In Japan is for war, and
for this reason it would not be sur
prising to see Japan and Russia at war
before next year. But Japan is too
late; her people are brave, warlike, pas-
slonately patriotic, but single-handed
she cannot prevail against Russia. Rus
sia Is ready. Russia, will nominally
evacuate Manchuria, perhaps In Octo
ber, but of course she will leave a
strong army behind to protect her Man
churlan railway. If Japan in her Im
patience makes war, she will be beaten,
for Russia must have by this date 250,
000 troops in or near Manchuria. The
time for Japan to have struck was be
fore Russia had greatly strengthened
her fleet on the North China coast and
before Port Arthur had been made Im
pregnable. It Is too late now. The
only hope for Japan would be to make
a secret alliance with China, to convert
the Chinese masses Into soldiers under
Japanese officers and direct these
masses against the Russian railway
communications in Manchuria.
But China Is so destitute of- national
spirit, and her Viceroys are so corrupt,
that no alliance with Japan could be
made that would rest upon any basis
of aggressive "military spirit and patri
otism. Japan Is too late and China is
wrapped In the muddy vesture of de
cay. Russia is sure to work her witf In
Manchuria, and Japan's best policy Is
to Increase her navy, fortify her coast,
sit tight In the saddle and bide her op
portunityc which will not come until
Russia's hour of difficulty with some
great power of Europe arrives. For
Japan single-handed to attack Russia
In Manchuria today would be gallant,
but It would not be good judgment, for
Russia clearly does not fear the worst
that Japan can do.
It turned out, when the votes, were
all In, that Major Vardaman, the un
couth Tillmanite who was supposed to
have been nominated for Governor at
the Democratic primaries In Mississippi,
had after all only a plurality. As the
new law requires a majority vote to
nominate, a second balloting is to be
had, with Vardaman and Governor
Longino as the only candidates. Lead
ing newspapers of the South, such as
the Birmingham Age-Herald and the
Nashville American, warn the people of
Mississippi against the disgrace which
would attend the election of "Editor
Vardaman, who has killed two men and
who wears long hair and an Impas
sioned tongue; he went before the peo
ple coddling lynchers and declaring
that negroes should not be taught to
read and write that their schools
should be confined, at any rate, to the
money paid by them." The first-named
paper says that "if Mr. Vardaman is
nominated It will show that the reac
tionists are in the saddle In Mississippi,
and a blow has been struck at Demo
cratic ascendancy In 1904 at Washing
ton." The American also declares that
'his election would be a mistake the
results of which would be felt beyond
the confines of Mississippi."
The British Appeal Court has made
another decision which Is In line with
various recent decisions affirming the
responsibility of organizations of em
ployes for the acts of their officials.
The Welsh Coal Owners' Association
sued a miners' federation for damages
for ordering a cessation of work a cer
tain number of days in the week with
out consulting the owners and contrary
to existing agreements. The Idea of
the leaders of the miners was that less
work and less coal would cause a rise
In the price of coal, to the benefit of
owners as well as miners. A justice
decided against the claim of the own
ers for $500,000 damages, pn the ground
that the order ts cease work was not
malicious. This decision- the Anneal
Court now reverses, holding that "the
federation willfully caused the men to
quit work and break their contracts,"
thus "Injuring" the mining companies,
Obligations, It is implied, are reciprocal,
and employes organized to secure ben
efits In collective bargaining also Incur
liabilities on account of collective ac
tion.
Cardinal Gibbons is reported in a spe
cial dispatch from Rome to the New
York Sun as confirming the story that
the Austrian government Interposed Its
veto against the election of Cardinal
Rampolla as pope. Cardinal Gibbons
among other things said that when Car
dinal Jan Puzyna Kniaz von Kozielsko,
bishop of Cracow, "rose and announced
the veto and said that he spoke in the
name of Emperor Francis Joseph, the
Sacred College remained stupefied at
the audacity." The objection of Aus
tria to Rampolla was that he was more
likely than any other member of the
Sacred College to be a "political" pon
tiff. This right of veto, held by Spain
France and Austria, it was predicted
before the death of Leo XIH, would not
be exercised In the election of his sue
cessor. It Is insinuated that the Em
peror of Austria, in his opposition to
Rampolla, acted as the spokesman of
Europe, speaking for Paris, Rome, Ber
lin and St, Petersburg, as. well as VI
enna.
The establishment of a Chinese Office
of Commerce at Hang Chow is an event
of considerable significance, especially
as It Is entirely composed of natives.
The office Is described by the North
China Herald as a sort of board of
trade and of agriculture. The Office of
Commerce has as Its obje'ets the devel
opment of China's resources and the In
crease of Internal and foreign trade.
Is the latter purpose that makes the
establishment of the Office of Com
merce worthy of note by Americans,
whether they be already Interested In
Oriental trade or form part of the dl
mlnlshing body that Is skeptical regard
Ing the great future before that trade.
An excellent movement is that Insti
tuted by the National Municipal
League, which has appointed a commit
tee to devise practical methods of glv
Ing children education In city affairs.
William H. Maxwell, Superintendent of
Schools in New York City, is chairman
of the committee, and he has taken up
the work with the vigor that has made
him so prominent a National figure in
all matters pertaining to education.
The committee Is preparing to send
list of questions to the School Superln
tendents of the principal cities, with
the view of gathering the best from the
many systems now In use throughout
the country.
Menotti Garibaldi is honored, not only
because he was the son of a famous
father, but also on his own account, for
he was a Lieutenant of great gallantry
under his father In the Austro-Prusslan
war of 1S6S, and In the last campaigns
of that great revolutionist. He com
manded under his father a corps of
Italians and French in the Franco
Prussian war of 1S70-71, and If he had
been caught would have been shot by
the Germans, who considered him and
his Italians violators of neutrality be
tween Italy and Germany, i not enti
tled to the rights of a legitimate soldier
of France, but as Italian guerrillas.
WELL MEANT IF BELATED.
Boston Transcript,
The "referendum has become a more or
less lively question In almost every state.
In some it is taking Its place among the
actual forces of government, and all such
states must be of special Interest to the
students of civic methods. Illinois has
adopted it In a modified form, and some
thing over a year ago Oreson approved
an amendment to her constitution pro-
Idlng for the application of both tho In
itiative and the referendum. Under this
arrangement new legislation does not be
come operative until 90 days have elapsed
after Its approval by the Governor, and
these 0 days give the objectors their op
portunity. During that time 5 per cent
of the voters can. by signing a petition.
compel the submission of any objection
able act to the people, voting at a special
election, and only when Indorsed by a ma
jority of them does It become operative.
The acts of this year have evidently
been satisfactory, because It has not been
found possible to secure enough petition
ers to put any one of them to the pre
scribed test. This was attempted, how
ever, in three Instances. Being a new
device,' some of the labor unions under
took to see what virtue it possessed for
the advancement of their Interests, real or
supposed. Having a grievance against
the Lewis and Clark Exposition Company,
they sought to defeat the appropriation
of ?300,C00 on behalf of the state, but could
only obtain 3900 signatures to a petition
for a referendum, or more than 400 less
than was required.
The other attempts were by corpora
tions. For the purpose of giving Eastern
Oregon farmers a lower rate to tide
water, provision was mado by the Legis
lature for the construction of a portage
railroad by the state around the cascades
of the Columbia River. As this Interfered
with what has been a monopoly of trans
portatlon between those sections, the
company tried to work the referendum m
Its own Interests, but fell short of the
necessary number of signatures, doing
only a trifle better in this respect than
the labor unions. Another corporation
was left still farther behind In an attempt
to rally a popular protest against an act
which provided for the payment of char
ter and annua' license fees by corpora
tions ln'proporJon to the amount of their
nominal capital.
It seems rather strange that 5 per cent
of the voters could not have been mus
tered, the number necessary to bring these
measures before the people. Even curios-
tv mleht have been expected to back the
movement to that extent, though It would
by no means have meant that the action of
the Legislature would have been reversed
by the people. It is perhaps reassuring to
those who have felt that the referendum
gave the general public too much power
over legislation. The people of Oregon at
all events have used It In a very conserva
tlve spirit, and probably will continue to
do so, unless some very extreme legisla
tion should arouse, them. But the fact
that the referendum is available will have
a tendency to prevent extreme legislation.
Matters In Oregon will continues to pos
sess Interest for the rest of the country
for some time to come because of these
peculiar relations between the people and
their representatives.
Joe nit Bnnco-ateerer.
Kansas City Star.
While the plan of Joseph Chamberlain
to foist protection on Great Britain may
look like an attempt to turn back the
hands of the clock, it is assumed that he
finds much encouragement in the task
be has undertaken in the case of the
United States of America-whlch claims
to be the freest country on the globe.
and which at the same time endures with
lmperturable patience the needless ex
actions of the tariff system.
It is true that when the cockneys and
the noble yoemanry of old England fill
themselves up with good, stout ale they
reaffirm, with a fine show of bravery
that "We never shall be slolves," but
the Britons are not so habitual or ag
gressive in the assertion of their liberty
as the Americans, who talk it contlnu
ally, and devote ono day every year to
the promotion ol lockjaw in tne name oc
independence.
"Now," Mr. Chamberlain doubtless ar
gues, "If these untrammeled Americans,
with all of the high and dauntless tradl
tions of the Fourth of July and the spirit
of '76 flaming In their hearts, show the
docility of the subjects of despotism in
yielding to the extortions of the tariff,
why may not that system of tribute bo
established In a nation where the in
crustatlons of caste have remained un
shattered throughout all of the march of
constitutional liberty? If tho dauntless
Americans, who fill the air with the proud
boasts that they have never bent tho
knee to a king or bowed themselves be
fore a throne, are willing to pay an un
Just and unnecessary tax on what they
buy to build up a money aristocracy to
control industry and commerce, why
should not Great Britain, with Its In
ttlnct and record for loyalty to an heradl
tary power, accept protection?"
This argument sounds specious and rea
sonable on Its face, and yet, with all of
the keeping still about their liberties,
which the Britons do, it is doubtful
whether they would think of tolerating
such a rank form of tyranny as protec
tion.
Ilenl Lcbr Will Pull Hair.
Kansas City Journal.
If leaders of society In Manttou, Col
have recovered from the shock they re
ceived when tho error was discovered
they are probably ready to admit that
Missouri again has the laugh on the state
of mountains and large hotel bills.
Harry Lehr, a floorwalker In Emery,
Bird. Thayer & Cb.'s store, who is now
somewhere in Colorado on his vacation
will have startling tales to tell his
friends when he returns home. He may
write a book on "how it feels to be a so
ciety Hon for a few days." Lionized by
daughters of millionaires, petted by the
men because they thought they had to
do It In order to keep from being backed
off tho social lot. Harry Lehr, of Kansas
City, United States of America, is certain
ly eminently qualified to occupy the seat
of honor In his own set.
According to the Colorado Springs Ga
zette, a smart young man dropped Into
Manltou one day last week and lnnocently
wrote his name, "Harry Lehr," on the
register of one of the numerous fashion
able hotels of the resort. He hardly had
time to get his baggage to his room and
remove the stains of travel until he re
ceived notice of recognition by the smart
set of his presence being known to them.
A little later Invitations commenced to
pour In. and then it dawned upon the
young man that he was being mistaken
by the society crowd for his famous
namesake of the effete East. Having, gone
to the mountain resort for a good time,
and being possessed of sufficient accom
plishments to "fool" the Colorado crowd,
it Is said ho resolved to play the part, and
for at least a time be the social Hon of the
place that Soda and Iron springs made
famous. Ho played his new role with
cleverness, and It was not until "Harry
Lehr. of Kansas City," had departed from
Manltou that the smart set discovered a
mistake had been made, and that their
balls and receptions were not to be recip
rocated at Newport next season.
Really Unmnn Belnss.
Brooklyn Eagle.
People who will have nothing to do
with reporters are often the first to buy
tho naper, to see what the horrid crea
tures have said about them. The King
of England has won their good will by
treating them like other human beings.
With ritfnll and With. Gin.
Augusta Chronicle.
These nights when the watermelon
flashes Its emerald sides in the moonlight
are providing temptation that it Is hard
for the colored brother to withstand.
Off With Gam Shoe.
Atlanta Constitution. .
Bryan registered his approval of A'ntI
Alum Folk and now Gum Shoe Bill Stone
feels that all 5s lost save his Senate Job.
DOX'T OVERLOOK THE IRONY.
Minneapolis- Tribune.
The more the world learns about tho
history of the election of Pope Pius X,
the better satisfied It is witn tae result.
It was clear to all that this election was
brought about by the' agreement upon tho
most devout and pious candidate ior use
purely spiritual qualities most essential in
tho hen.T of a. jfreat rellsrlous body. Now
It Is coming out that the alternative be-
lore me couege ot cuiuumia wxo i
tlon of what Is called in Rome a "polltl-
cal pope." That Is to say, the most prom-
lnent candidate Deiore tne couege. ana uie
tt,i nortnin ct Action, was
a man who. It is believed, would have cul-
tiyated the temporal power ana lnnuence
of the papacy and sought to take a vory
active part in the political and diplo
matic affairs of Europe
The. election of such a popa was pre
vented by the interposition of the most j
powerful Catholic monarchy of Europe.
Cardinal Rampolla was supported by tne
cardinals of France. Spain and Southern
Italy: that Is to say, tho countries which
were carried farthest by the Catholic re
action after he reformation and have al
ways represented the extreme papal view.
He was opposed by the cardinals of
Northern Italy and Northern inirope. out
he would h&vo been elected nevertheless.
except for the intervention of the Em
peror of Austria with his power of veto.
This veto was rumored during tno con
clave. It has been confirmed sinco by
sml-offlelal authority from Vienna. It
appears, however, that the Emperor of I
Germany supported tne oDjecuon oi xne r
Austrian Emperor as lar as a rxoiesuuit
soverelcn could do so. The close union
of these with the King of Italy in tne
Drelbund gives particular significance to
their successful intervention.
After tha defeat of Rampolla, which im
plied the impossibility of electing any
cardinal of his party, the conclave seems
to have turned with one mind to tarto
His election was delayed only by his own
modest reluctance, Inspired, It is said, by
some fear of giving offense to the power
ful RamnolUst party. This fear was not
reasonable, because It was mado clear
that the opposition to Rampolla was not
personal, and that It was offered in tho
highest Interest of the church.
The view of the Northern Emperors was
that it was highly desirable to keep the
church and a naoacy out of the politics
of Europe. During the time of Rampolla
as secretary of state, the Influence of the
papacy was turned rather against tne
powers of the Drelbund and In ravor or
to
chance this; but it was more desirable
to encourage the church in tho cultivation
of more exclusively spiritual relations
with Europe. The cardinals, once the
powerful Influence of Rampolla was
broken down, fell cordially Into this view
In the election of this wise, tolerant, hum
ble, democratic and yet independent peas
ant pope.
This is not tho first time that Austria
has Interfered In tha election of a popo
hv thft Pwrisn nt the veto power. In
1S31 and again In 1S46, Austria objected to
tho election of cardinals whose policy
would be unfavorable to her and her al
lies. This objection rests on broader
ground, and the change is an Indication
of the tendency of the whole Catholic
hierarchy to spiritual rather than to po
litical development. The veto power, for
merly used to accomplish political ob
jects, Is now used to prevent the political
tendencies of the papacy and increase its
potency as a spiritual force in the world.
HILIi OX "SPECTACUIiARISM." .
Chicago Record-Herald.
No one who reads David B. Hill's speech
at Olcott Beach will fall to understand
that his contemptuous references to spec
tacular patriotism were a thrust at the
President. The whole summary, with its
sneer at those who boast themselves the
only true patriots, who "assert the com
monest kind of self-evident propositions,
which have become moss-covered with
age, with an emphasis as though they
were oracles," was plainly Intended as a
character sketch, and' it wlll 'be greatly,
relished by people who are not in sym
pathy with Rooseveltian policies or
Rooseveltlan ways.
But Mr. Hill might have been a far
more effective critic if he had paid. Ies3
attention heretofore to rhetoric and more
to the scrupulous discharge of his own
duties as a public officer. Unfortunately
for him, he has a long record which has
its very obvious weak spots, and which is
not even devoid of spectacularlsm." The
famous "I am a Democrat" was nothing
lf not spectacular. It had no moaning.
except as a bid for an unreasoning party
support, and It had as little originality as
any of the platitudes which the President
may have uttered.
But while the intellectual brilliancy of
they themselves would find it profitable
to reflect that there is one distinction be-
tween them which has an Immense influ
ence upon the people, and the ex-Senator's
speech calls it to mind. When they so act
that they get a reputation for intrigue,
trickery" and unblushing opportunism.
their chanco for the highest political hon
ors is almost nil. When, with all their
weaknesses, they evince a sympathy for
sound administrative methods and dem
onstrate that they have a certain sin
cerity and cleanliness of character they
are In a fair way toward steady prefer
ment. If Mr. Hill Is looking around for
...M.ta r nnnncn att- Hnnqftvfllr.
, crimii not lost sieht of this dlstiac-
yon.
Which. I on Top f
Sacramento Union.
Portland, Or., lumber dealers complain
because a railroad company has an
nounced the new lumber rate of $5 a ton
to sro into effect, the present rate being
$3.10. The burden of the complaint by tho
dealera is that it seems HKe a discnmma
tlon against Portland. Under the old say-
ing that the consumers pay the freight.
It lOOKS as 11 uie uiacriummuuii nuuiu
finally fall on those who wish to build
houses,
But Portland Is to be a big city, and
after a while will dictate rates to tne
railroads rather than being methodically
robbed by the railroads.
Portland, in brief. Is beginning to wake
up, and to understand that the railroads
don't own a bur crowing city ana term
inal like that; but rather that the people
of such a community should properly reg
ulate, even if not caring to own, the rail
roads that desire to do Dusiness mere,
Portland Man's "Steam Iron."
London Chronicle.
Tha latest thing in motor cars is never
llkelv to suffer the disgrace of a prosecu
tlon for lurious anving. une oi ine
snecles. watched for 20 minutes at West
minster, did not exceed a speed of a mile
an hour, and penormeu au its traveling
In a space of about ten feet by six. It
Is. In fact, a new and improved edition.
on a small scale, of a steam roller, and
may be described as a steam lroner.
Everybody has seen the rather clumsy
method In which asphalt has been laid In
the past; the powder being stamped Ino
smoothness with hot irons wielded by
navvies. This little motor car performs
the same" office with rapidity and thor
oughness. One can spare a pang of sym
pathy with the chauffeur for the monotony
of his adventures.
Advertising.
, Baltimore American.
Safe-crackers in Seattle. Wash., showed
a characteristic Western fondness for
fresh-air employment by rolling a safe
they Intended to open out Into the street
and down an embankment, where they
leisurely exploded It while the early mom-
Ins: -pedestrians stood looking on. "west
ward the course of empire takes Its way,
f Be Robbed Qnietly.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Don't foolishly resist tho highwayman
who has the drop on you." says tho Chief
of Police. The advice Is sound, but what
is to be said of the 1300 men on the police
pay roll?
x NOTE, AXD COMMENT.
Upton's down to cases.
Wirepulling exists even in wireless sys
tems.
Root Is branching out.
(Copyright' applied for.)
Tho horse driven by the Seattle robbers
was spotted, even by the cops.
ty, tiit-Itc .,.. ,
Ttoe - Mvtas refutation of the
saying mat all the devils are In hell.
lf R0ti,s,hiid t-m1k- -n., .
at -s-nua reauj, ants the Arctic
Uea be snouId send a yellow dog after It.
&.en tbe dul, face of a,nlckel sometime
breaks Into the radiant smile of a royal
flush.
-Baker City has a horse so intelliKent
that It does everything but read the local
papers.
Surely a shipping master would not use
bad language. Has he not an official
certificate of respectability?
"The Shining Mark and tho Mining
Shark" Is the name of a publication In
Idaho Springs, Colorado. Whom God hath
joined gether.
All this talk about women of 30 displac
ing baby-faced, giggling girls of 17 in tha
esteem of the foolish sex Is so very vigor-
oua that it must conceal a wpnlc m5
There aro many unaccountable things In
this world, and tho chief of them Is tho
enormous size of a drug store whisky as
compared with a similar purchase in. a
saloon. )
"Number," Impatiently demanded Cen
tral. "Did you ask for a number?"
'No," came tho reply in tho thin, quav
ering voice of an old man, "no, that was
my grandfather."
The news that an Italian' has reached
Lima, Peru, on a walking tour from
Buenos Ayrea to San Francisco, recalls
novel of adventure published a few
years ago. The first sentonca was to tha
effect that the hero took ship to Callao
(Peru), and "thence mado his way over-
land to San Francisco " Whether th
author thought Peru was irt nf rv.ii-
fornla, or tho hero was drawn on such a
scale that a feat which would furnish
material enough for a score of volumes
counted as part of tho day's work with
him, was not disclosed to tho reader.
Joseph Pulitzer hurried out fromQueens-
town to meet tho Campania.
Tho first editorial written by a graduate
teer College of Journalism was
uue on uie steamer.
A bundle of "Worlds" was thrown
aboard the launch.
With feverish hasto tho great journal
ist tore apart the wrappers and glanced
down page after page.
At last his eye rested on tha opening
paragraph of an editorial on the political
situation.
It's worth $2,000,000," thought Mr.
Pulitzer, as ho repeated tho writer's words
with evident satisfaction:
"We have coma to the parting of the
ways."
Of the fair Emily Brown, daughter of a
missionary and herself at one time a
laborer la the vineyard, now the light of
tho Corean harem and mother of the
future emperor, something has already
been told In this column. The London
Free Lance sings of her In this strain:
The girl ol America, dark and fair.
Can be seen by any ono everywhere
Xn a beautiful crolden crown. (
Eire's the -wife of a duke 'and 'a scdre'of eaAs
But. oh. the pearl of American slrl
13 the Empress Emily Brown.
She's "right there," "sitting tight" there,
un a wonaeriui golden throne.
Her popper couldn't, stop her.
She has such a will of her own.
Her idea of a Corea
Is a Corea -where she wears the crown!
She's a "hustler" and a bustler.
Is the Empress Emily Brown,
Our Em-press Emily Brown.
"This rude, hurrying world," walls tho
ladylike editor of tho Ladles' Home Journal.
"Business Is conducted too swiftly. There
13 no time to cultivate tho fine flower of
leisurely letterwritlng. Some horrid person
hIs sar haste actually addressed me
tne ouier aay in uus lasnion:
E. Bolt
Curtis Pub. co.
Phllo.
Pa.
"Every man is entitled to tho courtesy
of 'Esquire or 'Mister, " Indignantly de
clares E. Bok,- and there's tho rub. Tha
business man In his indecent hasto might
cruelly dock the tails of Philadelphia and
of Pennsylvania, but to chop off tha orna
mental appendage Esquire from E. Bok la
really too much. The editor will never
sPeak to Wm Sn, and may even slap
I wnat auuuiu suca a vulgar creature
gain -admittance to tho editorial boudoir.
E. Bok is so unadorned, so hopelessly ab
breviated. If tho namo itself cannot be
expanded to Bokhara or something of that
kind, why not add a few letters? E. Bok.
D. D., LL. D., C. O. D.. would not be bad.
Frills, my dear E. Bok, frills are what
you need. Withal business letters are ona
thlntr and private letters another. BrmHtv
to C0nunendable In tho former when It
would be distinctly offensive In the latter.
Tammany's Friendly Fan.
Two razor fights were reported from the Ca
leb Simms Association outing to Sea Breeze
Beach yesterday, although Mr. Slmms, tho
Tammany Hall leader of the Democratic ne-
groes. Parred out several men who had tho
reputation of being quarrelsome. New Tork
Commercial Advertiser.
Hospitality In Boston.
""S a man expressed it to me In New
Orleans the other cay," says the Pilot,
"you Boston people don't mind taking a
man down to the end of Long Wharf on a
Winter day and giving him half on appla
If you really like him."
An acquaintance, presumably, would ba
nitowpd to watch the anple belnir eaten.
PLEASAXTRIES OF PAUAGRAPHEUS.
Baxter (at seaside resort) There comes young
Mrs. Shine. They say she's very fond of dress
ing. Waxier She dresses very little here.
Baltimore A'merlcan.
Bobby Ma. you said that I wasn't to eat
that piece of cake in the pantry because It
would make me sick. Mother Yes. Bobby.
Bobby (convincingly) But, ma. It hasn't made
me sick. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"So younir Smith Is ready for his trip
abroad?" "Yep. He's got trunk tags and
ship labels from every country on the globe.
and has engaged board at Podunkville, N. J.,
for sir months." Baltimore News.
"I'm not afraid to give my age," said Miss
Wellon, defiantly. "I'm Just 00." "In view
of the hereafter." remarked Miss Snappelgh.
"i should 'hlnk you would.be afraid to give It
at that." Chicago Tribune.
"When a man has the upper portion of a wet
bathing suit over his bead and It won't budge
another Inch," remarked tjie observer of events
and things, "there Is no time to ask him to
sing the long-meter doxology." Tonkera
Statesman.
"Thathlstorlcal novel of yours doesn't read
as lf you had studied history much," said the
brutal critic. "Thank you," said. the author,
whom nothing- disconcerts. "This is the first
time you have given me credit'for originality."
Washington- Star.
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