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rORTLAND, FRIDAY, XOVJ55IKER 0, 1903.
WHY SENATOR riATT IS PLEASED.
The thing in yesterday's dispatches
ihat must have puzzled more readers
than any other is the Interview with
Senator Piatt, of New York, In which
he praises McClellan, predicting that
he will make a good Mayor, and inti
mating that the Republican party as
such was neither concerned in ndr af
fected adversely by the defeat of Low.
On the surface this utterance of Piatt
Is referable to his traditional habit of
being pleased at everything that oc
curs, even to a solar plexus blow de
livered from "Washington in the shape
of an adverse Presidential appointment
The "easy boss" has the reputation of
saving his face by some such declara
tion after his every defeat, and possi
bly that is all that his present inter
view signifies.
There are certain peculiarities in the
history of the New York campaign,
however, which point to another expla
nation, more creditable to the Senator's
acumen and less creditable to his hon
esty. Did he really want Dow elected?
Could he have been Ignorant of the deal
between Grout and Murphy? Does he
prefer a victory for fusion, with its
powerful educational aid td jion-partl-Banship,
or does he prefer to bring
about a failure of fusion with the log
ical result that New York must either
take Its Mayor from Piatt or from
Tammany?
On election day a man over 80 years
of age, who had never yet scratched his
straight Republican ticket,, dropped
dead on his way to the poi:3 in Brook
lyn, where he was going to vote for
urout. This incident Indicates that Re
publican sentiment had been created
for Grout and Fornes, through the fn
cldent of their having been forced off
the fusion ticket after they had been
nominated by Tammany. Whether this
Republican antipathy to the fusion op
erations was designedly fostered by
Piatt or not, the fact remains that
Piatt forced Grout and Fornes off the
fusion ticket, and that Piatt could not
possibly have been ignorant of the -political
effect of the action.
To the thorough-going partisan like
Piatt, the triumph of a non-partisan
administration like Mayor Low's offers
little if any satisfaction. No boss
wants a Mayor or a Senator or a Judge
who is his own man. He Infinitely pre
fers that the city should be reduced to
the extremity of having to choose be
tween a Republican machine and a
Democratic machine. It Is certainly
possible that Piatt is as cdnsenting to
Low's defeat today as he was In' 1897,
when he put up Tracy to accomplish
the same end. If this is true, It will be
interesting to see what Mr. Piatt's ma
chine subsequently receives at Demo
cratic hands as the price of his pres
ent services.
PERSONAL ELEMENT IN POLITICS.
No explanation of any result at Tues
day's elections Is quite complete which
leaves out of account the personal ele
ment "We have District Attorney
Jerome's word for it that what beat
Dow is the repellent character of his
personality. In Ohio it is the tremen
dous popularity of Senator Hanna that
has given him his signal personal
triumph. In Maryland the .veteran
-skill of Senator Gorman is seen to good
advantage over against the ineffectual
struggles of Senator McComas to main
tain himself.
The re-election of Schmitz in San
Francisco has been accounted for by
reference to the united vote of organ
ized labor. This cause was potent no
doubt, but it cannot wholly explain the
largo defection to him of votes from
both the Republican and Democratic
parties. It is not possible for any man
to control the labor vote, and especially
or a man who has been in office and
incurred the inevitable displeasure of
labor leaders whom he has been unable
to satisfy. The elevation of a labor
leader to office is always the signal for
Ills former associates to begin a cam
paign of Jealous detraction.
We make no doubt that 'Mayor
Schmitz has commended himself to the
people of San Francisco by the clean
ness of his administration and by his
force of character. The mere fact that
he closed the saloons of the city tight
the whole of election day for the first
time in history, so that liquor was not
served even in the French restaurants,
speaks volumes for his decision and re
sources. It Is also no mean mark of
astuteness that he has been able to re
tain the nominal support of the unions
to an almost miraculous degree. De
pend upon it, there is merit in Schmitz,
or he would never have won. '
This personal element, with Its sur
prises as well as its known 'and de
pendable quantities, is what gives to
politics its peculiar charm for so many
active minds. The effective agencies of
the political world are made up of cer
tain groups oT positive and negative
forces, bundles of fellows attached to
some one leader and hating some other
leader. Grant had his "immortal 306,"
and his equally determined enemies. In
politics, as in everything else; it is
friendships and hates which make life
worth living. The Joy of battle leads
the politician on to set his chief in
power, or, falling, to condole with him
in the last ditch of defeat.
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
In the Panama Insurrection the stars
in their courses are fighting for the
Isthmian canal. This is clear from the
messages of congratulation that are
pouring in upon the new republic from
every part of the civilized world, and
from the scarcely concealed note of
satisfaction In our own Governmental
circles revealed in our "Washington
dispatches. It must be perfectly" clear
to our railroad manipulators by this
time that the enlightened opinion of
mankind looks with disapproval upon
their operations and with disgust and
contempt upon the frantic efforts of the
Colombian grafters to hold ud at the
same time the United States Govern
ment and the Panama Canal Company.
Everywhere else buf in the ranks of
the railroad and Colombian lobbyists
the Isthmian canal is regarded as the
glorious dream of four centuries which
should now be realized for the behoof
of commerce and civilization. Every
where else but there the delay in Co
lombia is execrated. Therefore it Is
that the world rejoices at the birth of
the new republic, and hopes for Its
perpetuity. London says It is the sole
affair of the United States, and at
Washington the desire to afford the
new government every proper chance
to establish Itself Is plainly evident
The status quo will be 'maintained at
Panama, where the new government is
In control, Just as much as' at Colon,
where Colombia still exercises sover
eignty, and the so-called government
troops will not be permitted to use the
railroad to cross from east to west on
the plea of "preserving order."
The governments of Europe seem to
have forgotten their erstwhile Jealousy
of our hegemony In South American
affairs, and will welcome any action
on our part which promises to further
the canal. France, In particular, should
rejoice in a development which will
destroy the power of the Colombian
pirates to prey longer upon the Pan
ama company. In this view the nefari
ous operations at Bogota have doubt
less been blessings in disguise,- for they
have served to enlist European sympa
thy with our purposes of construction.
These assurances from Europe will
undoubtedly have an effect to encour
age President Roosevelt in taking all
proper advantage of the Isthmian situ
ation to further the canal.
Perhaps the most comforting feature
of the whole situation is the awkward
dilemma in which we shall see certain
Senators who have openly professed to
favor the canal but have secretly con
spired to kill it It will be hard for
them to serve their railroad masters
here without exposing their duplicity.
The Senators of Oregon, let us say
here, have a straight record on this
question; but the man who gets up on
the floor of either house and proposes
an Inquiry into the apparently hostile
attitude of the Administration toward
our dear and faithful friend, Colombia,
should by thataction be condemned In
the eyes of all the discerning and the
Just Only the enemies of the canal
will look with aversion or misgiving
upon the Republic of Panama.
THE NOVEMBER STORM.
No, gentle reader, the Oregon climate
has not changed. To be sure, there
were Indications of such a calamity
last morHh, when the glorious Indian
Summer, with its sunlit days, purpling
twilights and gleaming moonlights gave
out the impression that Oregon mist
had missed connections. The bleak No
vemberthat Is as bleak as a November
can be in a land Where roses bloom and
grass grows green the year round Is
here. It brought along with It yfster
day a full-fledged southwester, which
came ripping across the hills between
Portland and the ocean. The good, old
fashioned, invigorating rain, which has
made Oregon famous, joined forces
with this rollicking "sou'wester" and
the pair all day long caressed the
short-skirted, gum-shoed and gossamer-clad
maidens and matrons who
study the storm signals when they go
shopping.
The gentle rain dld not fall on
"parched fields," as It frequently does
in the story books, for the fields never
parch in Oregon, .but it loosened up the
earth around the growing Winter wheat
and soaked down beyond the roots of
the plant, where it will remain until it
is neeaed next Spring, "when the earth
is aflush with May." The barometer
had a tlD on this weather, and down
where the tide comes in the sad sea
dogs who sail the ships had everything
snug and lying close at anchor inside
the bar, thus making more headway on
the homeward passage than those who
crossed out in time to feel the force of
the gale and be blown north several
hundred miles. There was something
in the wind and the rain of our first
Winter storm yesterday that was brac--ing
and productive of good feeling.
It was unnecessary for a man to have
been a resident of Oregon long enough
to have webs on his feet and moss on
his back In order to appreciate the
weather, and when a savage gust of
wind caused a wet awning to slap him
In the face or roll tils hat Into the gut
ter he was quick to show that "It Is to
laugh" and not to swear when the first
November gale Is playing its pranks.
And when the night came the merchant
sat at his fireside and smiled as he re
membered that plenty of rain means
plenty of wheat and plenty of wheat
means general prosperity. The big
shippers," who send the product of an
empire down the lower reaches of the
Columbia, were pleased because it
meant a rise In the river and full car
goes and no lighterage. Up at the head
of Goose Creek, Lars Olsen, the hand
logger, also smiled at the November
rain, for it told him of a stage of water
that would admit of the product of his
Summer toil floating out to a point
where it could be exchanged for coinl
of the realm.
The rain did more than this. It
sluiced out the streets of the city,
flushed the sewers and made a general
clean-up of the refuse that has been
hanging around the corners while the
light brigade of street-cleaners were
discussing who would get away with
the primaries next April. There Is noth
ing the matter with the Oregon Tain
and the November southwester, and
none who has felt their tender touch
can help feeling sorry for the Austral
ian's, who had no showers for seven
years, or for the New Yorkers who
were drenched with ten Inches of rain
In a single day. The Oregon climate
has not changed, and none who Is well
acquainted with it either hopes or ex
pects to see it change.
EMBARGO ON COMMERCE.
In the latter part of September a firm
of gralnbuyers at Harrisburg sold at a
high figure for delivery in San Fran
cisco 5000 bushels of wheat Shipment
was to be made In thirty days, and as
soon as the sale was made the dealers,
anxious to get their money out of the
wheat, made application for cars. N6ne
were obtainable they are not yet ob
tainable. Meanwhile the wheat market
.has declined several cents per bushel.
the seller has been notified that the
contract was canceled, and the order
has been filled by water shipments
from Puget Sound. Yesterday a Port
land flour dealer- received orders from
the Orient for flour amounting in the
aggregate to 10,000 barrels for Novem
ber shipment The price was satlsfap
tory, and the business would have come
to Portland, but the only steamer
scheduled to sail from Portland in No
vember Is 30 far behind that there is
but little hope for her to clear before
December, and, even were it otherwise,
every Inch of space on board has. been
taken. The order will be filled by Pu
get Sound mills.
Here are a couple of instances which
are fair samples of hundreds of sim
ilar cases where an embargo has been
laid on legitimate trade and our trades
men forced to suffer financial loss
thereby. Throughout the Willamette
Valley many small sawmills have been
forced to shut down entirely on ac
count of the Impossibility of securing
cars with which to iriove their product
to market This enforced stoppage of
work throws out of employment hun
dreds of man whose purchasing powers
are thus abridged to such an extent
that the effecf Is felt to a greater or
iesse extent In a large number of
other lines of industry. The present
distressing condition which Is restrict
ing and hampering trade In both city
and country Is not an emergency case.
It has existed for months, easing up
a little at times, but never being en
tirely remedied.
The railroad interests will probably
take . exception to the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce to better these
conditions. The great Incentive which
will force Mr. Harriman to supply cars
enough to relieve the congested trade
of the Willamette "valley Is passive si
lence and utter submission to the ex
isting state of affairs. Nothing, we are
informed, will delay an Improvement
so much as the suggestion that Im
provement Is needed. And yet some
thing must be done. What encourage
ment Is there to offer the prospective
settler In a country where transporta
tion facilities are Insufficient to handle
his products? There is one avenue of
escape, i and that is by our water
courses. If we can deepen and Improve
these trade highways, a considerable
portion of the state will be in a meas
ure Independent of car shortages. The
Willamette River should be made navi
gable to the farthest possible point in
land, and the Columbia and Snake Riv
ers should be improved so that the
products of the vast territory drained
by those streams can at least reach
tidewater unrestricted by carshortages
or traffic division agreements between
railroads.'
That relief can be secured by water
routes wherever they can be utilized
Is a certainty, and Is Droven In the case
of the steamers now running between
Portland and San Francisco. .The Gray
Steamship Company and other. firms
that have been handling the' ocean
traffic on t,hat route have steadily In
creased the service as the freight was
offering, until today, instead of the two
O. R, & N. steamers being alone on the
route, as was the case two years ago,
there are half a dozen steamers making
regular trips, and a large number of
extra steamers added whenever 'freight
Is offering, while the rates are lower
than they were two years ago. The
Oriental problem Is not so easy of solu
tion, but here also relief may be found
through Improvement of the water
ways, for as soon as the bar Is Im
proved at the mouth of the riyer the
present method of sending the cargo
from Portland to the Puget Sound ship
will be superseded by sending the ship
to the cargo, with an advantage to
shipper and shipowner. One of the
laws of trade which meets with pretty
general recognition Is that when a cer
tain business enterprise be'eomes so
large that it can no longer handle the
traffic where it operates another sim
ilar enterprise Is needed. And a rail
road is a business enterprise.
The extremes from which railroad
disaster takes Its victims have been
strikingly illustrated within the past
week. A wreck on the Big Four car
ried to sudden death half a score or
more of stalwart football players full
of life, vigor and the anticipation of
victory, while but a few hours "before
a wreck on the Santa Fe carried the
gentle, frail Salvation Army leader,
Emma Booth-Tucker, to her death.
There has seldom been a more shocking
spectacle than that presented by the
lifeless bodies of these stalwart young
men, hurled so swiftly to their death,
or a more pathetic spectacle than that
of the sweet-faced woman as suddenly
called, lying upon her bier beside which
wept her husband and seven children
refusing to be comforted. The death
of the woman, who was well known,
useful and generally beloved and ad
mired, was widely deplored; that of the
young men, with the vast possibilities
of -useful, energetic. Intelligent manhood
before them, was a misfortune the ex
tent of which It is impossible to esti
mate. Its possibilities do not even be
long to the realm of unwritten history.
They were possibilities, nothing more.
The fact that the Indians In the late
disturbance In Wyoming were led by
Eagle Feather, an educated Indian,
graduate of the Carlisle School, who is
described as a man of unusual intelli
gence, gives color to the statement that
the whites were aggressors In the trou
ble out of which, the deadly conflict
grew. This Indian, It is fair to pre
sume, was no longer a savaeT but was
possessetkpf well-defined ideas of right
and justice. That his people were
belngtrlcked with a pretense of Justice
was apparent to him, and, like a white
man under the same circumstances
T would have done, when the point of
conflict was reached Eagle Feather shot
to kui. "All night long." says the dis
patch, "Eagle Feather lay wounded
among his dead brothers, and when the
fcvhites found him he still shouted defi
ance." That hewas wrought upon by
the dishonesty and Injustice of white
men who held authority over plm can
not, under the circumstances, be
doubted. Between the sentimental wail
ing over the fate of "Poor Lo" and the
too common belief that the Indian has
no rights that the white man Is bound
to respect, there Is a wide margin for
the exercise of practical Justice and hu
manity. And it may be added that this
margin has been too frequently unex
plored by agency officials and rude,
domineering settlers.
A committee composed of men who
understand the business from the
standpoint of the engineer, the Irriga
tion expert and the lawyer has been ap
pointed by the State Land Board to
draft a set of land laws "which will
meet the requirements of all classes of
land purchase or acquirement in the
state. In the essentials that govern
water rights, the acquirement of arid
lands, etc, -our present laws are said
to be unsatisfactory, and their revis
ion is required to Insure the proper pro
tection of the rights of settlers. It Is
well known that hostility between
neighbors that does not stop short of
murder is frequently engendered by
faulty land titles, the encroachment
upon water rights, boundaries, etc. As
far as laws can make clear matters
of this kind it 13 desirable and even
necessary that this should be done.
And since men who understand the
matter, both in its practical and legal
aspects, are to take It in charge, we
may reasonably hope that the work
will be well done. The maxim "Every
man to his trade" applies to other than
mechanical matters, as blunders In
financial legislation have too often
proved.
Sam Parks, walking delegate, mem
ber of the New York Housesmlths and
.Bridgemen's Union, blackmailer and
extortionist, will return to Sing Sing
defiant and unrepentant, but, it Is said,
eager to have done with the "cause of
labor." His health is broken, a fact
which may explain his desire to begin
his term in the penitentiary without
delay, as he still has friends and
money enough to Insure a comfortable
cot In a cozy corner of a well-furnished
room In prison and such delicacies as
the market affords to tempt his falling
appetite. As to that portion of the
labor world which he dominated, It will
have to worry along some way without
Sam. It is said to be already taking
heart in view of the prospect that fewer
strikes will be called with the walking
delegate in Jail than were called when
he was at large. "With this assurance
or uninterrupted work, members of the
building trades unions will try to take
philosophically the incarceration of the
erstwhile "boss" and rub along without
him.
Analyzing the causes of failures In
the United States In 1902, American In
dustries finds that of the 9971 failures
20 per cent were due to incompetence,
30 per cent to lack of capital, 17 per
cent to special circumstances beyond
the business man's control, 10 per cent
to fraud and 7 per cent to Inexnerio-ico
Lack of capital, It appears. Is the most
dangerous factor in the business life,
as it Is the greatest obstacle to getting
Into business. Incompetence, together
with Inexperience, which amounts to
Incompetence, accounts for a very large
percentage of failures.' If to Incompe
tence and inexperience we add "un
wise credits," we find that 30 per cent
of failures are explained. It amounts
to this, In brief, that nearly a third of
those who fall In business are not well
qualified for it; another third try to do
too large a business, and the rest fail
by reason of fraud, competition, ex
travagance, neglect, failures of others,
speculation and causes beyond the wis
est man's control.
The daily list of accidents as recorded
in yesterday's issue of The Oregonlan
contained more than the usual num
ber of the kind with which the public
has become painfully familiar. At New
berg an infant was scalded to death
by boiling water from a pan accident
ally pushed from the stove by the
mother of the child. At Hoqulam the
man In the boat, who has apparently
never read the papers, drew his gun
toward him muzzle first Providence
was more kind t'o him than to the babe
and he Is only crippled for life. An
other Gray's Harbor man drank too
much whisky and then attempted to
board a moving logging train. Again
was Providence kindly disposed, for
but one of his feet had to be amputated.
Of course there are thousands of these
acclderits each year, all of a decided
striking sameness except as to time,
place and victim, but three of the
"avoidable" kind In one day In this vi
cinity Is more than the usual number.
Pacific Coast millers are still receiv
ing large orders for flour from Japan.
Every little coaling port In the Hermit
Kingdom is blocked up with supplies
of breadstuffs, and there is an Immense
amount still to go forward. This con
tinued preparation, which has gone on
unceasingly since the first invasion of
Manchuria by Russia, is certainly not
indicative of a very strong peace senti
ment among the Japanese, and if they
retain communication with these sup
plies the little brown men will nnr snnn
go hungry after the conflict beclns.
Japan is certainly following the time
honored advice, "In time of peace pre
pare for war."
Resolutions passed by the Port of
Portland Commission yesterday mark
the final chapter In the long-drawn-out
controversy over the Montgomery dock.
The community, we believe, has fully
satisfied Itself of the, Justice of the con
tention made by Mr J. B. Montgomery
when living and by his heirs since his
death, while the harbor Itself has long
adjusted itself to the dock as It was
built and expert opinion is to the effect
that the channel is more helped by it
than damaged. ' The city, as well as the
owners of the dock, may be congratu
lated on the outcome. -
It is a good thing to enforce the laws,
but It may be questioned whether a
point is not strained when a 16-year-old
boy Is kept ha Jail twenty-five days for
catching salmon, his parents being too
poor to pay the fine of $50 wh'lch is the
alternative of the term of Imprison
ment as penalty for the crime (?)
named. Our fish and game people are
prone at times to strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel. The case reported
from Pendleton, from the brief mention
made of it -In the news dispatches,
seems to illustrate this fact
GREAT BRITAIN'S SPOILED CHILD
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Minneapolis Tribune.
The Canadian clamor for separation
from Great Britain, Inspired by disap
pointment with the Alaska award, re
minds one of the spoiled and petted boy
who wants to run away and set up for
himself, or fight Indians in the woods
back of the house, because he cannot run
the whole family. Really the Canadians
seem to have been spoiled by the large
grant of freedom they have received from
the emnlre. and bv rill thn nettlno- thnf-
has been showeredon t.hem by one min--j
lairj mier anotnor, seeking to popularize
itself In the colonies or to find a new is
sue on which to hold office.
The Chamberlain programme, which
says In effect to the colonies that only
they can save the empire from ruin, com
ing after the flattering step of calling .In
COlan'.Tis tn nflfA Vi Drill.). nv-v... In
South Africa, was the last touch of pet-
ung ana spoiling. No wonder the Canadi
ans were cocky enough to think Great
Britain would protect them In carrying
off a dozen American seaports, as a fool
ish father might protect a spoiled child
in robbing a neighbor's orchard. The dis
appointment of the Alaska award was
sharp and sudden, and Canada talks seces
sion from the empire as the boy robbed of
his Btolen fruit might talk of running
away.
Wise parents have been known to wink
at a runaway enternrlse. In nn"ir to Pivo"
the kid ti lesson. If the Issues Involved
were less momentous, this might be an
Interesting experiment for Great Britain
to try with Canada, Have the Canadians
ever reflected how they would have fared
in the past, and how they might fare in
the future, without the protection of the
empire, now made doubly potent by the
thorough good understanding between
Great Britain and the United States?
Does It occur to them that the Maine and
Oregon boundary disputes might have
been settled In a different way had Can
ada been an independent American repub
lic, like Mexico? To say the least, Brit
ish Columbia would now have been a state
In the American Union, like Texas.
Canada has survived all the dangers,
such as they were, of connection with the
British Empire In her relations with the
United States. She has been repaid a
thousand times for those dangers by the
political protection and economic assist
ance that have built the Dominion up into
a prosperous nation in everything but
name and a power to ruin Itself by over
weening pretension and self-conceit At
one moment the danger was real and
near. That moment Is recalled by an in
terview with young Sartoris, General
Grant's grandson, as Indiscreet In Its
way as the demand of the Halifax Chron
icle for Canadian Independence.
The young man reminds us how strong
a feeling existed in the United States at
the end of the Civil War In favor of
settling the Alabama claims as the Mex
ican affair was settled, by ordering Great
Britain to remove her flag from the Amer
ican continent Nothing but very weari
ness of war, especially on the part of
tnose wno aid its work, prevented the
Government at Washington from tailing
this course. Canada never was so near
being wiped off the map, and probably
never will be again, unless a time shall
come, when decay of the Imperial power
and loss of Its protection shall lead her to
seek that of the United States against the
greed and ambition of Europe.
There Is a hint of something like this
In the remark of the Halifax paper that
Independence would secure for Canada the
protection of the Monroe Doctrine. Can
ada has It now, for that matter. This
nation would do far more to resist trans
fer of any British territory In North
America to any foreign power than it
would to resist change of ownership of
any territory in South America, except
ing possibly the Isthmus of Panama. If
the Canadians are wise they will let well
enough alone.
Widow Reduces His Big Theft.
New York American.
The news that Mrs. Henry T. Edson had
beggared herself to pay back the money
her husband had stolen has been made
public in the first definite statement of
her loss to St Michael's Protestant Epis
copal Church at One Hundredth street
and Amsterdam avenue, through the de
falcation of Henry Townsend Edson. Mr.
Edson was treasurer of the pariah. He
killed Mrs. Fanny Weathersbee Pullen
and then committed suicide.
The Rev. John P. Peters said the sum
was $59,000 originally, but had been cut
down. Dr. Peters praised the widow of
the author of the double tragedy, who had
reduced the amount $10,000 by turning
over to the church the life Insurance poli
cies held by Edson. A par of the re
mainder, he said, would fall upon the
banks that had cashed forged checks, so
that the loss will probably be reduced to
$40,000. Dr. Peters also said:
"I should eay with regard to this em
bezzlement that tho church authorities
supposed they were employing unusual pre
cautions when, some seven years ago, they
adopted the policy of having the books
audited by a professional paid accountant
It was through the gross negligence or the
accountant thus engaged that frauds have
been allowed to run on for four years."
Dog Eat Dog.
Philadelphia North American.
New York. A brown dog nearly blew the
whole gas house region of the 19th Assem
bly District to smithereens today.
Foraging in the factory yard tho dog
found something like a sausage wrapped
In brown paper. He picked up the roll,
carried It into the engine-room and be
gan gnawing it
Policeman John Hayes entered.
"What's the dog chewing?" said he.
"Gosh, It's dynamite, we'll all be blown
to pieces," yelled tho dog's owner. The
bruto picked up his dynamite sausage and
prepared to dodgo away. The men cau
tiously tiptoed toward him with out
stretched hands. The dog frisked between
tho men's legs and into the yard.
Tho dog dashed down the sidewalk, the
men after It
"Look out be's got dynamite," yelled
tho men.
At last the pursuers got tho beast In a
corner. It dropped the dynamite sausage
No Longer In Fashion.
New York Times.
A young bride recently visited one of
the large 'New York department stores on
tne pleasant ousiness or purcnaslng tho
furnishings for her pretty little flat She
wished for a bread board In her kitchen
Just like the one her mother had at home,
with "Give us this day our daily bread"
carved around the border.
The young girl who waited upon he'r
brought bread boards with other inscrip
tions upon them, saying in a patronizing
way:
"Theywords you want are old-fashioned
now. We don't have any call for them
any more."
Since Yesterday.
Arthur St John Adcock.
The mavis sang but yesterday
A strain that thrilled through' Autumn's
dearth;
He read the music of his lay
In light and leaf, and heaven and. earth?
The -wind-flowers by the wayside swung,"
"Words of the music that was sung.
In al his song the shade and sun
Of earth and heaven seemed to meet;
Its Joy and sorrow were as one.
Its very sadness was but sweet v
He sang of Summers yet to be; , "
Tou listened to his eong with me.
The heart makes sunshine In tho rain.
Or Winter In the midst of May; .
And though the mavis sings again
His self-same song of yesterday,
1 flndno gladness In his tone;
Today I listen here alone. '
And even our sunniest moment takes
Such shadows of the bliss we know
Today his throbbing song awakes
But wistful, haunting thoughts of .you;
Its very sweetness is but sad:
You" gave It all the Joy It had.' ' ' -
"MR. ROCKEFELLER'S RELIGION.
Chicago. Chronicle.
Conslderlns the very general and en
tirely discreditable disposition of a good
many people to ridicule John D. Rocke
feller because of his religious proclivi
ties. It Is permissible to consider what
might happen if Mr. Rockefeller wero
not religiously disposed.
He is admitted to be the richest man in
the world. How he got his monej wheth
er by methods creditable or otherwise Is
not essential to the present discussion.
It Is enough to know that he possesses the
power to make a great deal more money
by ruining a great number of people. "
That is to say. If John D. Rockefeller
were not Influenced by religious consid
erations he could do this country more
harm In a commercial way than any man
who has ever lived. He could wreck great
properties for the sake of "freezing out"
minority stockholders, he could manipu
late the money market so as to keeo the
country in a condition of scmipanlc for
months at a time, he could throw a wet
blanket upon all legitimate business by
tying up ana witnarawing the capital nec
essary for"tho conduct of business.
He does none of these things. Whatever
may be said to his discredit, he is not a
wrecker. He goes Into no enterprise for
.the sake of "gutting" It He Is not a com
mercial bandit preying upon the misfor
tunes of others.
And there can be no doubt that his atti
tude In these matters Is attributable to
his religious connections and inclinations.
He Impresses people who know him as
sincere, even if mistaken. There Is no
need for him to be a hypocrite. With un
limited wealth at his disposal he could
indulge in any form of luxurious distrac
tion even to dissipation and he could ig
nore public disapproval. He chooses in
stead to devote himself to church work,
to Sunday schools and to other religious
effort He carries his religion Into his
family, which Is the best proof that his
convictions are honest
The countryt therefore, has very good
reason to be glad that John D. Rocke
feller Is Inclined to religion rather than
to mere money-getting. If he were to be
come an atheist or an agnostic the people
who now sneer at him would very quickly
regret the change.
VALUES ABNORMAL, HE SAYS.
.Senator McCumber Expects to See
Demand Fall Off.
New York Times.
WASHINGTON. Senator McCumber
of North Dakota believes that the na
tional prosperity of the past few years
Is abnormal, and there Is surprise
throughout the country that there has
not been a reaction.
"The fact that we have held on to such
phenomenally prosperous conditions for
such a great length of time," said Mr.
McCumber, "strengthens the claim that
our nnllflfs tr enrreett-
j "There Is a condition which probably
will affect us to some extent. It is not
a financial question so much as it is an
industrial one.
"I think there is money enough In tho
country to do Its business, but the com
bination of labor on the one hand and of
capital on the other have brought all man
ufactured products up to a price far be
yond their normal values.
"There Is a large population In tho
United States that can be classed neither
as manufacturers nor laborers they are
the consumers. Their ability to purchase
has scarcely kept pace with the higher and
ever-Increasing price of all manufactured
commodities.
"The result of this is that they will be
less able to purchase the higher-priced
goods, there will therefore be less de
mand for tho manufacture of these prod
ucts, and following that there will neces
sarily be les3 labor employed.
"This latter is one of the conditions
thnr triA rtiitillr -must tfinf T holloro rn
the whole, however, that conditions will
right themselves without panics and with
very little disturbance.
"These conditions will, of course, havo
their Influence on the next national cam
paign. I believe the attitude of President
Roosevelt has been so ialr on all the
great public questions that have come
before him, both In his dealings with
capitalistic combinations and with labor
combinations, in his attempts to enforce
the laws of teh eodntrv. that his eonrsa
will challenge the respect of the great
bulk of the voters, and, with the mem
ory of 1S92 to 1S9G , fresh in their minds,
they will hardly take the chance of
changing our administrative policy."
Regarding the next Presidential cam
paign, Senator McCumber believes the
Democrats will not encounter so much
difficulty In getting a candidate as in
finding an issue.
"The Democrats undoubtedly propose
to abandon their free silver and their
anti-expansion Ideas," said the Senator.
"At least they will place them In the
background, not so much because they
have ceased to believe In them, as be
cause the party has found, to Its sor
row, that the public does not balleve in
them.
"I know of no Issue that they can fairly
raise. Undoubtedly the only matter they
will attempt to urge will be the trust
question, and In that they will not be
able to demonstrate the feasibility of
any remedy which Is not being used by
the Republican administration."
i a
A Lucid Explanation.
New York Tribune.
Dr. Goldwin Smith, of Toronto, was SI
years old In August Dr. Smith was the
tutor of the present King of England, and
Xor 50 years he has been noted as a
writer and as an educator.
In 1S53 he accepted a chair In the fac
ulty of Cornell, and there, the other day,
an instructor who ha'd been one of his
pupils, said:
"Dr. Smith was describing to us one
morning the difficulty of making young
men understand things quite unfamiliar
to them.
"He said there was once a blind youth
to whom he tried for a long time to ex
plain tho naturo of light He made this
subject of light as clear as he could; It
seemed to him that he had explained It
perfectly, but at the end the young blind
man said:
" Then I am to understand, "sir. am I
not that light is composed of very much
the same material as sugar?' "
The Chicago Spirit.
LIpplncott's.
It was a Chicago child, not yet three
years old, who, having been punished by
her mother, called up her father on the
telephone for sympathy. "Papa," was the
call that his stenographer heard on an
swering the ring.
"Why, it's the baby." she said to her
employer. The startled man, with visions
of disaster in his mind, caught the re
ceiver and said:
"What Is It. baby?"
'Mamma 'panked me," came the reply.
"What do you want me to do about It?"
asked the relieved and amused parent
"Como right home and bring me , a
pound of candy," said the child.
"How Lang and Dreary."
Robert Burns.
How lang and dreary is .the night
When I am trat my dearie!
I sleepless He frae e'en to morn
Tho I were ne'er saa weary
I sleepless lie frae e'en to morn,, "
Tho' I were ne'er sae "weary.
When 1 think on tho happy days
I spent wl" you, my dearie.
, And -now what lands between us He,
How can I but be eerie!
And now what lands between us He,
How can I but be eerie!
How slow ye move, ye heavy hours,
' As ye were, wae and weary!
.It was na sae ye glinted by,
When I was wl' my dearie
" It was nae sae ye glinted by.
When X was wl my dearie. I
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Latest Infant Industry.
"My father Is president of ten banks,"
boasted Baby Goldenrocks.
"That's nothing.'J answered two-year-old
Tommy Trustmaker. 'Tm a director in a
billion-dollar corporation.
TheWebfoot Astrologer for 1904.
CAn English publication having been a suc
cess on these lines. Old Moore, Zadklel. Merlin,
and Mother Shlpton have been astrally Inter
viewed for the benefit of American readers )
Perverse.
When skies are blue,
Man Is gay;
And man is blue.
When skies are gray.
Bryan will
feller's will.
refuse to draw up Rocke-
Tho early bird catches the mushroom
and a bad cold.
Lafs see. It's the Armenians that are
Christians, isn't it?
It is quite fitting that big 'mitt men
should be given the glad hand.
If you want to know exactly what a
cinch Is, write to Mark Hanna, Cleve
land, O.
"Graminaceous widow" i3 what an East
ern .editor calls a common or garden
grass widow.
It cost New York $300 to-receive one
man's vote, and at that the man got noth
ing for it.
What, with "twisters" and earthquakes
St Louis must be running up a big adver
tising account
It will be a sad world for the undertak
ers when people cease to pull guns toward
them, by the muzzle.
The Alaskan Boundary Commission hesi
tated to thread the line from. Kate's Nee
dle to the Devil's Paw.
Chicago sausagemakers are about to go
on strike. Even the most abandoned make
occasional concessions to conscience.
Russia threatens to assume entire charge
of Manchuria. A similar proclamation
concerning Holland may be expected from
the Dutch.
' '
Now that official action has been taken
to prevent minors from smoking, cigar
ettes will be more popular than ever with
the small boy.
Cuba "halls with Joy the establishment
of a now republic." She would probably
become delirious , If all the Colombian
states seceded.
New York Is to spend over $100,000,000 on
canals, but Oregon can point with prido
to an expenditure of several hundred thou
sand on the little Columbia.
"Is there a Chinese funeral?", asked a
girl on hearing the bagpipes yesterday,
and she has been trying to square herself
with a Scottish friend ever since.
Street signs are unnecessary in the city
because there are people to tell tho way,
and unnecessary In the suburbs becauso
there is no one there. Quite satisfactory.
Annie Russell has a handkerchief carried bv
Marie Antoinette on her way to her execution.
Toledo Blade, "
How many dozen did the lady carry on
that occasion?
The Reader, a monthly magazine de
voted to Htteratoor, in describing Its con
tents, says: "The more serious side Is
held down" by something or other. Ele
gance, always the elegance.
The French authorities are once more
worried over the low birth rate of their
nation. It seems incredible that a spright
ly people should disclose any figures that
might render possible a discussion of
raco suicide.
November 6. Whltelaw Reid, having
pondered Dowie's denunciations of report
ers, will come to the conclusion that they
are Justified, and will become a Dowlelto
with Dr. Parkhurst, publishing the -JTrib-une
from. Zlon.
A Seattle girl 13 reported to have shot
herself because the person to whom she
was engaged turned out to bo a woman.
How much moro sensible to have pulled
the deceiver's hair, and have lived to
make a mash on a sure enough man.
The French Minister for War has come
to the conclusion that the verdict of the
Dreyfus court martial should be revised.
The same opinion is held by many con
cerning the verdict of the court that con
demned Joan of Arc to the stake, and
there is Just as .much done in one caso
as in the other.
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"Patience." said Uncle TSben. "is what ev'y
body thinks ev'ybody else ought to have, an
what nobody has much personal use for."
Washington Star.
Wederly Why don't you get married. Single
ton I can't afford it. Wedderly Can't afford
It! Whv. when I was vour asro I was sn nnnr
that I had to marry. Chicago News.
Bacon They can train dogs to do almost any
thing, can't thoy? Egbert Why, yes; my
lawyer told mo that Eskimo dogs are even
trained, to draw conveyances. Yonkers States
man. Sandy Why is Dusty always going around
wld dat black eyo? Cinders Oh. it's a Httla
trick of his. He asks for raw beef to put on
It. en den makes' a hanihurg steak. Philadel
phia Record.
Gentleman What do you mean by putting
your hand In my pocket? Thief Excuse me.
sir; I'm so absent-minded, I used to have a pair
of trousers exactly like yours. Woman's
Homo Companion.
"And before I accepted him." said Miss Pas
say, "I asked him If he would love mo when I
was old." "The Idea!" exclaimed" Miss Bright,
"why. if he proposed to you he had already
provea mat, naan t ne?" fhiiadelphla Record.
Fuddy Billings has a very high opinion of
himself. Duddy I should say he had! As
Shakespeare says, some men are born great,
some grow greater as they grow older and
some never find out how little they are. Boston
Transcript.
General (when bullet-proof uniforms become
common) What have you learned Z Aid Vic
tory will soon perch upon our banners. Wo
have filled the enemy's clothes so full of lead
that they can't move another step without
undressing. New York Weekly.
"I'm at a loss to know what to make of
my only son," said the trust magnate. "He
seems to have no brains for the business."
"Permit mo to hand you a suggestion," re
joined the merchant prince. "Make a soclety
leader of him." Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Such weather!" exclaimed Mr. Henry Peck.
"I'm free to say this" "What's that, Hen
ry?" Interrupted his wife. "Beg pardon, my
dear," he began again meekly. "X mean "with
your permission I'm free to say this Is the
worst cllmato under the sun." Philadelphia
Press.
Said the roadagent to the row of stago pas
sengers: "I beg you pardon, my friends, fer
this seemln' Imposotion, but I'm rasln' funds
to establish a home fer Indigent philanthropists
who have given away all their wealth, an
this method seems more humane than organizln'
a trust. Now,' ehell out, please." Life.