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POBTLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16.
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Ol'R POLICY AT PANAMA.
"What we have done as to Panama was
simply to recognize a de facto govern
ment Panama declared her independ
ence, suspended within her borders the
authority of Colombia and set her own
government in operation. It is not pre
tended that the United States took any
part But we believe the action of Pan
ama is welcomed by the people of the
"United .States, or by a great majority
of them, as affording a basis for solu
tion of the contention about the Isth
mian Canal.
This now has become the leading ques
tion of the day. It may be supposed
that Colombia will make some effort to
reduce the "rebel" state to submission.
But so far there is nothing but a little
bluster. Colombia has no financial or
, military resources. Boodle politicians
and revolutionists have exhausted them,
growing rich themselves, the while.
Troops from Bogota can scarcely be
brought into Panama by land a long
inarch, through the practically Imper
vious mountain region of the Isthmus,
which falls from great heights precip
itously to the sea, on either side. This
mountain region is one of tropical for
est and jungle, with swamps and
marshes lying in every basin. There
are no roads and but few trails; and a
few men well posted might stop twenty
times their number.
But will Colombia attempt to send a
force by sea? And If so. will it be per
mitted to land? No doubt Panama be
lieves -that our Government, charged
by treaty with the duty of maintaining
peace on the Isthmus for protection ot
the railroad, will stand in the wayof
any attempt on the part of the Colom
bia government to suppress the revo
lution. Our ships of war therefore are
expected by the Panama revolutionists
to turn back any expedition that Colom
bia may send. It is not probable that
President Roosevelt will go very -far in
such a matter without first having ob
tained assurance of support in Con
gress. If Colombia should start a mili
tary expedition for subjugation of Pan
ama there would be a lively flutter in
our Congress at once.
"We want a canal across the isthmus
of America, and must have it "The
government at Bogota," says the Bos
ton Herald, "has attempted to take
that advantage of our necessities which
consists in exacting from us the largest
possible monetary return for the right
nhich it concedes. The main district
of Colombia is in no way affected by or
Interested in isthmian canal construc
tion. In fact, to nine out of ten of the
Colombian people the construction of
canals on the planet Mars is a matter of
quite as much practical Interest as the
construction of a canal at Panama. But
the opportunity to 'hold up the United
States Government until it paid a large
ransom was too good to be allowed to
pass by unused."
Naturally, therefore, our people of the
United States view with satisfaction
the declaration of Panama. The ques
tion is, if it came to emergency, how
far shall we favor or support it? It will
depend on the humor or disposition of
Congress; and this the President will
doubtless ascertain before taking de
cisive action.
"We want the canal and Panama wants
the canal. Colombia doesn't care about
the canal, but wants money, and tries
to extort it This is the whole story.
In the circumstances it hardly becomes
us to deny the sacred right of revolu
tion In Panama; and in order to get
the necessary canal and to protect the
railroad meanwhile, we may support
Panama indirectly, by keeping the
peace on the Isthmus.
The world of scholarship will prob
ably find more to interest it in the epit
ome of the lost books of Livy found by
Dr. Grenfel in a Ptolemaic necropolis
than In the few new sayings of Jesus
and variant readings accredited to the
EO-called gospel of St Thomas. It is
true that the contents of Llvy's lost
work have been substantially estimated,
but the epitome will at least substan
tiate those conclusions and will have
especial value if they shed light on his
adverse estimate of Caesar, whose Im
portance seems to grow as we recede
from him, much as the great mountain
acquires dignity and vastness as we
climb the retreating slopes df its neigh
bor. Nothing that is discovered in the
way of early Christian documents is
likely to affect the accepted history and
teachings of Jesus. It is an interesting
thought however, that both Roman T
history and Syriac relics should be un
earthed together in the tombs of Egypt
There, in fact similar discoveries have
recently been found and will still be
found thanks to the dry air of the des
ert wastes, where papyri of immense
antiquity are preserved with wonderful
freshness. Modern epigraphy. In the
hands of educational and archaeolog
ical enterprise, is rendering a good ac
count of jtself these days, and making
the shameful vandalism of the previous
centuries only a memory. Soon we shall
have outgrown the Indictment of dear
old Sir Thomas Browne: "The Egyp
tian mummies, which Cambyses or
Time hath spared, avarice now con
sumeth. Mizraim cures wounds, and
Pharaoh is sold for balsams."
STRENGTH OF LOCAL BUSINESS.
Portland and that portion of the Pa
cific Northwest which has regularly
established trade headquarters at this
city continues to enjoy remarkable
prosperity in spite of the steady predic
tions of a coming financial stringency.
The week just closed showed bank
clearings in excess of $4,000,000, although
the movement in wheat, formerly the
greatest trade factor at this season of
the year, continues very slow. It is not
alone the slow movement of the cereal
this year that causes a lighter influence
than usual on the Portland bank state
ments, but a contributing factor has
been the remarkably healthy condition
of the country banks. This has made
it unnecessary for the Interior bankers
to call on the city banks for assistance
In the way of funds for moving the
crops.
The local wheat market during the
week was easier, in sympathy with a
decided slump in the East and a sym
pathetic reaction in' the European mar
kets. On Friday and Saturday the
Eastern markets regained a portion of
their losses, and local dealers are still
quoting prices well above export val
ues as based on the Liverpool market.
This is due to the competition of the
flour mills, a factor which promises to
be" In evidence throughout the season.
It is reducing the wheat export to the
smallest amount of recent years, but
the growers are profiting by It to the
fullest extent The lack of transporta
tion facilities is acting as a serious han
dicap on the lumber business, but the
effect as yet has not been sufficient to
cause much of a shortening in the out
put, and most of the mills are running
full-handed. The market for hops, fruit,
livestock and dairy products continues
very firm at full prices.
With all of this collateral available it
is not strange that the "West, or, to be
more explicit, the Pacific Northwest, is
seemingly as far removed as ever from
a financial stringency that threatens
the East It is still possible to secure
money In practically unlimited amounts
for any legitimate industrial undertak
ing, and thus far there has been very
little tightening even in building loans.
The predicted panic in the East has
been so slow In materializing that many
financiers have regained courage, and
the New York bank statement that ap
peared on Saturday was much more
hppeful than any of Its predecessors for
several weeks. At the same time there
Is still considerable distrust "In the
air." The slump in steel stocks to
ward the close of the week was at first
regarded as an affair of considerable
interest, as affecting the general mar
ket Subsequent developments as out
lined in yesterday's dispatches, would
lead to the belief that professional
manipulation had much to do with the
weakness, and that the price was being
crowded down to enable certain parties
to get hold of the property at an advan-.
tageous price in order to control the
output for transportation purposes.
The disturbance In the East, however,
now, as from its beginning, is to a
large extent a matter of Indifference
with the "West This country has no
watered stocks to sell, but it has an
unusually large amount of the products
of the soil to offer, and they are all of
a character to assure a ready demand
and high prices. Under such conditions
it will be a very difficult matter for the
Pacific Northwest to participate in any
thing like a general panic at the pres
ent time. The buying power of the
Wall-street speculators may be cur
tailed somewhat, but as they are not
very good customers of Oregon and
Washington products, we can get along
very well without them.
TALSELY SO-CALLED SPOKT.
Some of the Oregon colleges have been
Indulging recently In a kind of sport
called a "rush." The members of one
class attack another class and endeavor
to seize and destroy the class colors. In
one of the colleges the freshmen had
placed their pennants upon the college
flagpole, whereupon the sophomores
tore It down and replaced it with their
own. In the contests which ensued
doors were broken open, partitions
sawed through and students were bat
tered and bruised. Boys kept an all
night watch in order to protect their
class colors. All this was done as a
manifestation of "college spirit"
If this sort of work be an Indication
of the spirit which pervades "the col
leges in which the events took place,
there are schools in Oregon that have
a wrong conception of the purpose of
their existence. The aim of higher ed
ucation should be to prepare young
men and young women for lives of use
fulness and honor In the work-a-day
world. The college spirit should be in
keeping with a proper public spirit
which must be the guiding force in the
lives of men who attain to positions of
honor among their fellows. There Is
no place In this world for the spirit
which leads one man to tear down and
destroy the work of another. That mil
lionaire who bullded his fortune by
methods which earned for him the title
of wrecker is today without honorary
memory among his countrymen.
In the present organization of society
competition is of vital Importance, but
the contest for superiority need not be
of a character suited to a barbarous
age. There is no limit to the oppor
tunities for commendable rivalry. The
manufacturer, the merchant, the pro
fessional man, must bend all energies
to the task Of surpassing competitors
in best service to patrons. It is the law
of progress that the fittest shall sur
vive, but if a true spirit has pervaded
the contest no effort has been wasted
upon the destruction of a rival. If, in
the building up of one business, another
falls because of its inferiority, the
world has been benefited by the achieve
ments of the more efficient
The tearing down of the colors of one
class in order to replace them with the
colors of another is no cause for self
congratulation. "With commendable
pride might the sophomores have left
the freshman colors flying, but nailed
their own to the mast a few Inches
higher. Athletic contests may be neces
sary in school jife in order to maintain
physical health and strength, but the
province of the college is first to de
velop the higher man. The promotion
of physical health does not necessitate
the cultivation of brutal propensities.
The college spirit should be an Intel
lectual, constructive, llve-and-help-llve
spirit '
THE POINT OF VIEW.
Judge James F. Harney, an intimate
friend of General Lew "Wallace and a
close boyhood friend of Abraham Lin
coln. In a. recent address at Crawfords
ville, Ind., made an unfavorable criti
cism on the life and character of Lin
coln. He said that he spoke as a Doug
las Democrat and that, while he was
willing to admit that Mr. Lincoln was
possessed of certain social charms and
was generous after victory, he would
not accord to him the attributes of
statesmanship or greatness. Judge
Harney contended that Mr. Lincoln
was great only as a politician, and de
scribed him as a violent and bitter par
tisan, who, when the Civil War came
on, had placed party above country
and had allowed his partisanship to in
terfere with his duty to the whole peo
ple. At this late date this estimate of
Lincoln will excite surprise mixed with
contempt for Its author, but some men
of distinguished Intellect have uttered
equally absurd views concerning men
of historical eminence.
Thomas Carlyle described Cardinal
Newman as "having the brain of a
moderate-sized rabbit," and said that
Charles Lamb impressed him as an old
fool, stammering out wretched at
tempts at wit as "he teetered about
full of gin and water." The famous
poet Heine always stigmatized Wel
lington as "nothing but a little wooden
headed English bulldog," and Byron,
In whose magnificent verse Waterloo Is
eloquently described, always speaks
contemptuously of Wellington. Presi
dent John Adams evidently did not
esteem Washington as a greater man
than himself, but only as a more pru
dent man, who knew enough to hold
his tongue. Able men are today sharp
ly divided In opinion as to the Intellect
ual and moral quality of the states
manship and political conduct of both
Jefferson and Jackson. Famous Eng
lishmen of learning and ability differ
sharply regarding Oliver Cromwell,
Gladstone, Disraeli. Some Germans of
high intelligence think Bismarck was
a very great man, while others think
he was a natural-born despot as un
scrupulous, as full of duplicity and
heartless In his contempt for popular
liberty and the primitive rights of man
as ever was Napoleon in his most reck
less hour of victory, or Nicholas of
Russia. There1 are two opinions today
in the United States among intelligent,
well-read men In regard to men as long
dead as Hamilton and Burr.
Wendell Phillips was a man of high
intelligence and brilliant intellect, but
to the last day of his public life, while
he spoke with self-restraint concerning
Lincoln, he evidently could not bring
himself to believe that Lincoln was a
statesman and a great man, he con
ceded not much more than that he was
a good man "within his lights," but
not a great man, and Horace Greeley,
in his lecture on Lincoln, does not seem
to consider him a great fnan. This was
not remarkable, however, for Phillips
and Greeley had both been antago
nistic in their criticism of Lincoln and
his policy; they were too near Lin
coln's day to see him In his true his
toric perspective. "No man Is a hero
to his valet," said Napoleon, and no
man Is a hero to his political contem
poraries, particularly if they have been
his critics and antagonists. This old
Douglas Democrat, Judge Harney,
cannot bring himself to believe that
Lincoln, whom he knew before he was
President, was really as much of a
statesman as Douglas, who fills a
smaller niche in our temple of fame.
His incredulity Is natural, as natural
as would be the incredulity of an old
pioneer who, having known Grant and
Sheridan in Oregon before the Civil
War, found it difficult to believe that
they won greater military laurels than
Andrew Jackson or Wlnfleld Scott
CILVRACTERISTICS OF PANAMA.
Panama is, historically, the oldest
portion of the Western Hemisphere. It
Is but nine degrees north of the equa
tor, Is fertile beyond description.
Every tropical fruit grows wild. Its
only exports are bananas and a little
mahogany. While a large part of the
Inhabitants lives upon rice and thou
sands of acres of rice lands, exist, near
ly all the rice consumed is imported.
The population does not Increase, nor
does Panama wax in riches. Under the
central government of Colombia at Bo
gota it has had a measure of independ
ence,, and is in receipt of a large yearly
stipend from the Panama Railroad
Company. Its Governor and the Gen
erals in command of its troops were
appointed by the President of Colom
bia. The population is devoutly Ro
man Catholic. Negro characteristics
predominate through the rural popula
tion, with whom sexual relations are so
exceedingly free and easy that the sev
enth commandment seems more hon
ored in the breach than In the observ
ance. The people in their habits resemble
the Chinese. They are cleanly In their
persons, and bathe frequently, but
their surroundings are so filthy that
but for the ubiquitous buzzard exist
ence would be Intolerable. The Jews
absorb most of the commercial trans
actions. Many Chinese are" established
along the line of the railroad and the
canal who are married to the native
women and are for the most part ex
cessive users of opium. The only labor
to be depended upon is that of negroes
brought under contract from Jamaica.
These men are steady, temperate and
compare favorably with any labor in
the world. Gold is always at a pre
mium of several thousand per cent
There is plenty of paper which no one
will touch, and the medium of ex
change is silver more or less debased.
For trading purposes it, however,
passes current at about 40 per cent of
lis iu.ee viuue in goia. j.nis puts a
premium upon most articles of import
and depreciates the value of the coun
try's products.
Everything is taxed in one form or
another. The sale of matches, ice,
opium and many other articles of ne
cessity or luxury is farmed out In the
form of a concession, as are gambling
and the lottery. The gambling conces
sion was for some time vested in the
Bishop of Panama, and a lottery com
missioner is .found on every Panama
railroad train and lottery tickets may
be bought in any shop. Oppressive ex
port duties are hnposed at short no
tice, and this practice strangles all
commerce. The native Colombian is a
cheerful constitutional liar, and will
neither work nor think except to avoid
starvation, which he need not fear, as
J he can live all the year round on the
wild tropical fruit He is a chronic
revolutionist, and when well led and
disciplined makes an excellent soldier.
Panama Js a land of fevers, heat, and
insect pests. There are no roads, and
only one-mule trails, which lead no
where In particular. The Panama Rail
road crosses the isthmus, here only
forty-seven miles in breadth, from
ocean to ocean, but it passes through
An impenetrable jungle.
When Lieutenant Strain, U. S. N., at
tempted In 1854 to lead an exploring
expedition across the Isthmus of
Darlen, although the distance was but
fifty miles in a straight line, he lost his
way, got out of provisions and with
but a few survivors of his party
reached the Pacific in a starving condi
tion, for the forests afforded no game
and no food save a kind of palm nut
Away from the settlements the coun
try in the Interior of the Isthmus of
Panama is like thatmet by Lieutenant
Strain in hi3 passage of the Isthmus
of Darlen. As long ago as 1514 the
Spanish conquerors built an old paved
road for carrying treasure from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, but this road
has for the most part reverted to the
lungle.
The children of one Dabney were not
permitted to attend a white school In
Richmond, Va., because their great
grandmother was an Indian. This
seems incredible, for the great Virgin
Ian, John Randolph, of Roanoke,
boasted of his descent from Powhatan.
United States Senator Matthew Quay
has Delaware Indian blood in his
veins. Colonel Ely S. Parker, a full
blooded Seneca Indian, an educated
man, was a member of General Grant's
staff in 1864-65. There is a 'deal of In
dian blood diffused among white fam
ilies of high distinction in this coun
try and Canada. Some of the most
distinguished Scotchmen in the service
of the Hudson's Bay Company had In
dian wives. Louis RIel, the leader of
the rebellion In Manitoba, was a hand
some and highly Intelligent halfbreed.
General Sam Houston, the victor of
San Jacinto, married a beautiful
woman of the Cherokee tribe, and
many Cherokee women within the last
fifty years have married white men of
ability, intelligence and high character.
Marriages between whites and Indians
have not been uncommon In the United
States, and In Canada the French trap
pers, voyagers and hunters often had
Indian wives. To this day the French
Canadian peasantry not seldom marry
Indian women.
During the year 1902 a total of 772 per
sons committed suicide In the city of
Greater New York. A comparison of
statistics shows that the death rate
from suicide has practically doubled in
that city in ten years, and that New
Tork Is only fifth In the list of cities as
regards the proportion of suicides to
the number of population. The strange
part of this showing is the fact that
self-destruction has not been lessened
by prosperity but has actually Increased
at a time when the Industrial conditions
of the country were at their best. Baf
fled for a reason for this state of af
fairs statisticians have advanced the
idea that the almost daily suggestion
contained in the reports of suicide is
the responsible factor in this Increase.
There Is no doubt something In this,
since suggestion In some sort must pre
cede every action. Wise mothers long
ago found this out, and forebore to set
their children to thinking of things
which they did not desire them to do.
Since meii and women are only chil
dren of larger growth, the same rule of
suggestion very possibly applies to
them.
The same reason which supports a
Federal statute prohibiting the packing
and sale of salmon under a brand which
contains false representation also exists
in favor of a statute forbidding the sale
of all products under false brands. Col
umbia River salmon are unsurpassed In
their class; so are Oregon apples and
Oregon prunes; The purpose of such a
law is to protect both the producer and
the consumer against deception. When
commercial apple-growing has become
a much more extensive Industry in this
state than it is now the need of a pro
tective law will be more apparent Ore
gon apples, such as are now produced
at Hood River and In Southern Oregon,
and in a few other places where care
has been taken ot the trees, will sell
anywhere at top prices. As the reputa
tion of this fruit becomes more "Widely
known, attempts to sell Inferior fruit
under the Oregon brand will be 00m
mon. Oregon experienced a Winter storm
last week about as heavy a storm as
Oregon ever suffers. Weak branches
were broken from trees, a few signs
were blown down, telegraph communi
cation was interrupted for a few hours,
and a mountain stage was delayed by
fallen trees'. There was one fatality,
caused by a tree falling across a house.
This is what Oregonians call a heavy
storm. Contrast this with a Winter
storm in the Middle West or in the
East. The thermometer goes down to
30 below zero; the snow flies so thick
that the traveler is confused, lost and
frozen to death; railroads are block
aded by the drifts of snow; livestock
must be carefully housed to keep It
from freezing, and people shut them
selves up In double-windowed houses
where hot coal fires are kept burning
day and night Oregon is not so bad a
place to live.
The warning given by Sam Parks on
the subject of blackmail in building
trades has not proved as interesting to
the trust advocates as might have been
anticipated. The trouble Is that he
said employers were largely to blame.
Independent inquiry has developed the
belief that Parks was himself taken to
New York from Chicago by certain un
scrupulous contractors to assist them
in wrecking their competitors. The
unavailability of exploitation of this
state of facts as a means of injuring
organized labor is ariparent
It appears that the Greater Salem
Commercial Club Is one of those com
mercial bodies that keep up a continual
"push" for local interests. At the an
nual election last week the old set of
officers gave over the work to a new
administration. As a rule;-the work of
such organizations falls largely upon
the officers, and In this instance the
task will not be light It the old pace is
kept up.
The "Wild East."
World's Work. "
Eastern people still speak of the Wild
West but there is more wild land within
two hours' ride of Boston, to say nothing
of Western Massachusetts and parts ot
Northern New York, than can be found
in the whole corn belt The people of this
section, which is destiried to become the
center of our population and wealth,' will
Boon be speaking of the Wild East
SPIRIT OF THE NORTH WEST PRESS.
A Friend Worth Having.
Arlington Appeal.
Malcolm A. Moody has more friends
today than any other one man in this dis
trict and that he 13 innocent of the
charge against him will be shown at the
trial.
Cart Before the Horse.
Salem Statesman.
The Governor has issued a Thanksgiv
ing proclamation. It would have been
appreciated more by many people If he
had preceded it with his call for the
extra session.
Precedent and Its Own Merits.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The National Government ought to lend
substantial aid to the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, and certainly will If It ap
preciates what their exploring trip meant
to the country. Besides, it Is ln line
with precedent to aid the Fair.
Expert With the Shears.
La Grande Chronicle.
Newt Williamson handles Malcolm
Moody without gloves in today's Chroni
cle. Newt used to shear sheep, and he
is not as tender when he goes at a thing
in .earnest as the smooth Malcolm, who
has been a successful politician for
years.
Known Also in Jackson.
Jacksonville Times.
That ex-Congressman Moody, against
whom an indictment was found by the
United States Grand Jury for opening
a letter not his own, will have no trouble
in establishing his Innocence, is firmly
believed by his many friends. He was in
dicted by a bare majority of the
Jurors, as we are Informed.
Dramatize It.
Lewiston Teller.
Puddinhead Wilson is outdone by the
Wilbur blacksmith who asserts any horse
can be known by his tracks, as no two
horses in the world have hoofs so nearly
alike that they can not be told apart
The Davenport murderer Is likely to be
convicted on circumstantial evidence by
this horse-hoof expert
Will No Doubt.
Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
Oregon's delegation in Congress will
ask for an appropriation of $2,500,000 for
the Lewis and Clark Exposition. In view
of the liberal appropriations that have
been made for other world's fairs, their
demand cannot be viewed as exorbitant.
Congress will no doubt take this view
and make the appropriation.
A Study In Appetites.
Centralia News-Examiner.
Hoqulam has 15 saloons, and the saloon
keepers of that city have petitioned the
City Council not to grant any more
licenses. When it is considered that
Hoqulam Is not so large as Centralia
and has twice as many saloons, Centralia
Is not such a very wicked city after all.
The liquor license in Hoqulam Is $1000,
and In Centralia it is only S600. Hoqulam
must be a very thirsty city, caused, no
doubt, by the salt sea air.
Hard Lines for the Antis.
Westfall Western Ways.
Will the irrigation of millions of acres
of our Western desert land be an issue
in our next Presidential election? Oh,
we just ask for fun. It's none of our
business, ot course, but a fellow will
ask questions. Teddy Roosevelt, who Is
editor of these United States at this
writing, has committed himself as favor
able to Western Irrigation, and we
haven't heard any "kick about it, either.
If a Democrat hopes for any consider
able support In the West, he will have
to steal Teddy's bone. '
The Loathsome Contemporary.
Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
The Roseburg Plaindealer, Blnger Her
mann's official organ, Is apparently
afflicted with an attack of indigestion or
something else that has soured It against
humanity. It proceeded a few days ago
to chew up ex-Congressman Moody and
spit him out In little chunks. And In a
recent issue It attacks Governor Cham
berlain most severely because he wants
to protect the people against the possi
ble evils of a prolonged special session
of the Legislature. If the editor of the
Plaindealer would look Into a mirror he
would find the picture of a great big
donkey.
The Uses of Publicity.
Newburg Graphic.
From one end of the Willamette Valley
to the other one continued wail has gone
up this season from the shippers of
various valley products on account of
a scarcity of cars In which to get those
products to market Gray hairs have
been sprouted by the anxiety resulting,
and thousands of dollars have been lost
by the failure of the Southern Pacific
to meet the needs of its patrons. The
Oregonian is now holding the railroad
people up to bitter censure, and 'tis
well. By beginning agitation now, the
company may be led to do something
to relievo the situation before another
harvest
Thinks It a Short Suit.
Antelope Herald.
The arrest of Malcolm A. Moody on
a charge of embezzlement is unques
tionably a political move emanating from
the stained hands of those men who are
suffering embarrassment from Investiga
tion into land frauds In this state. But
they are playing a strong head from a
short suit, and they will never get the
lead again when Mr. Moody Is triumph
antly vindicated, as will most certainly
result We do not hesitate to say that
we most emphatically accept the word3
of the accused when he says: "I am
shocked and mortified beyond expression
that such a charge against me could
possibly be made by a Grand Jury."
A Prophet Goes on Record.
Prinevllle Review.
Sorry, indeed, are we to learn of . the
predicament if it can be considered so
grave as that of ex-Congressman Moody.
We knew Mr. Moody after the bank of
which he was cashier failed six yeare
ago, and when his pants needed patch
ing badly and he had nothing but seven
dogs following him around, and he was
regarded as an honest and upright man
and citizen. While It is hardly probable
the Federal Grand Jury would land on
a man like Moody without a substantial
Information, yet an Indictment does not
necessarily mean a conviction. The Re
view predicts the ex-Congressman will
come out of this somewhat delicate posi
tion with flying colors and with the
subtle odor of rose geranium clinging
to his person.
To Thomas Moore.
Lord Byron.
My boat Is on the shore,
And my berk is on the sea;
But before I go, Tom Moore,
Here's a double health to thee!
Hero's a sigh to those who love me.
And a rmlle to those who hate;
And, whatever sky's above me.
Here's a heart for eyery fate!
Though the ocean roar around me,
Tet It still shall bear me on;
Though a desert should surround me,
It hath springs that may be won.
"Were't the last drop In the well.
As I gasped upon the brink,
Ere my fainting spirit fell, "
"Tls to thee that I would drink.
"With that water, as this wine,
The libation I would pour
Should bo Peace with thine and mine,
And a health to tbec, Tom Moorei
THE CONSERVATIVE PROPOSAL.
Arthur James Balfour. Prime Minister of Great
Britain. In "Economic Notes on
Insular Free Trade."
Other nations have In the past accepted
the principle of free trade; none have
consistently adhered to It Irrespective of
race, of polity, and of material circum
stances, every other fiscally independent
community whose civilization is of the
western type has deliberately embraced, In
theory, if not in practice, the protectionist
system. Young countries and old coun
tries, rich countries and poor countries,
large countries and small countries, free
countries and absolutist countries, all
have been movedby the same arguments
to adopt the same economic Ideal. In cir
cumstances so little foreseen we are
driven to ask whether a fiscal system
suited to a free trade nation In a world
of free traders, remains suited in every
detail to a free trade nation in a world
of protectionists. ... I hold myself
to be in harmony with the true spirit of
free trade when I plead for freedom to
negotiate that freedom of exchange may
be Increased. This freedom to negotiate.
like all other freedoms, may of course be
abused. But are we therefore in a mood
of Irrational modesty to declare ourselves
unfitted to enjoy It? I think myself that
it ought not to be difficult to devise a
method of turning It to most useful ac
count But were I proved to be wrong,
my opinion on the fundamental question
would remain unchanged. "Where we fall
others may succeed. It cannot be right
for a country with free trade Ideals to
enter Into competition with protectionist
rivals, self-deprived of the only instru
ment by which their policy can con
ceivably be modified. The first and most
essential object of our national efforts
should be to get rid of the bonds in
which we have gratuitously entangled
ourselves. The precise manner in which
we should use our regained liberty Is an
important, yet after all only a secondary
issue. What Is fundamental is that our
liberty should be regained.
"Discoveries" of Familiar Truths.
New York Times.
Truly all this business of studying and
writing, printing and publishing, cata
loguing and preserving the results of
thought and research counts for little.
Hero Is a newspaper of the long-established
fame of the Pall Mall Gazette pub
lishing as its very first paragraph one which
begins thus: "I have accidentally come
across what is evidently the original of
'The Merchant of Venice' In the 'Peco
rone of Ser Giovanni Fiorentlno." Note
the splendid disregard of generations of
scholarship and research expressed In that
graphic phrase, "I have acldentally come
across!" "Accidentally," too! The zeal
ous editors of Shakespeare who noted the
arlous details of the story of "The Mer
chant of Venice" in the "Pecorone" many
years before the Pall Mall's "acidental
discoverer" was born, did nothing by ac
cident They toiled over their work for
the enlightenment of ages which refuse
to be enlightened In spite of the printing
presses and the libraries. Fancy a man
living near the British Museum who can
deliberately announce that he has "dis
covered" a similarity to Shakespeare's Ve
netian comedy in one of the coarse tales
of John 'of Florence, a similarity which
almost every critical edition of Shakes
peare has duly noted! Yet this paragraph
will go the rounds in England and this
country. Nothing can stop It. Though all
students of Shakespeare, and many thou
sands who do not even claim the dis
tinction of being students, have known
that the story of "The Merchant of
Venice was taken partly from the "Peco
rone" and partly from the "Gesta Roman
orum," the fame of this new "discoverer"
will go abroad. It is as if some wise per
son should suddenly "discover" that the
plot of the opera called "MIgnon" was
taken from Goethe's "Wilhelm Melster."
Race Issue Fallacious.
Birmingham (Ala.) News, Dem.
The wrong and folly of Senator Gor
man's attempt is emphasized by the
present condition of the negro in the
South. In no Southern State is he a con
trolling or an influential factor. There
are no negro office-holders in the South
except by Presidential appointment There
are comparatively few negro voters in
the South. The white man dominates the
Government absolutely. What more Is to
be done? What profit to the South is
there In making the negro an Issue? The
only possible effect will be the arousing
of antagonism in the North and ma'klng
race prejudice more acute in the South.
To claim that there Is any race Issue
at the present time is a transparent bld
for popularity. The man who traffics In
such a commodity, however, threatens
the peace and welfare of the South. He
places his individual ambition above the
weal of the people- He drags down a
humanitarian question to the level of
partisanship. He may win applause, but
the plaudits come from those who are
swayed by passion and prejudice. He
may become conspicuous, but his con
spicuity is that of notoriety, and not
fame. He may win a factional victory,
but he will experience a national defeat
The race problem is to be solved with
clear heads and kindly hearts. It is to
be solved, not when passions are tempest
tossed, but quietly, peacefully, philosophi
cally and sympathetically worked out by
the superior and the stronger race.
Eighteen Years of Successful Politics.
Chicago Tribune.
Twenty-first At Harvard College.
Twenty-second In Europe.
Twenty-third Campaigning as nominee for
State Legislature.
Twenty-fourth Member of New York Legis
lature. Twenty-fifth Member of New York Legisla
ture. Twenty-sixth Member of New York Legis
lature. Twenty-seventh On ranch In North Dakota.
Twenty-eighth Campaigning as Republican
candidate for Mayor of New York.
Twenty-ninth Working on his "Life of Gou
verneur Morris."
Thirtieth Working on first volume of his
"Winning of the West"
Thirty-flrst Member National ClvltServIce
Commission.
Thirty-second Working on his "History of
New York."
Thirty-third Civil Service Commission.
Thirty-fourth Civil Service Commission.
Thlrty-flfth Civil Service Commission.
Thirty-sixth Civil Service Commission.
Thirty-seventh President New York Board
of Police Commissioners.
Thirty-eighth President New York Board of
Police Commissioners.
Thirty-ninth Assistant Secretary of the
Navy.
Fortieth Campaigning as Republican candi
date for Governor ot New York.
Forty-first Governor of New York.
Forty-Hecond Campaigning for Vice-President
of the United States.
Forty-third President of the United States.
Forty-fourth President of the United ..States.
The Mothers Dream.
t William- Barnes.
I'd a dream tonight
As I fell asleep.
Oh! the touching sight '
Makes me still to weep;
,' Of my lrttle lad.
Gone to leave me sad.
Aye, the child I had.
But was not to keep.
Aa In" heaven high,
I my child did seek.
There, in train, came by
Children fair and meek,
Each In Illy white.
With a lamp alight;
Each was clear to sight.
But they did not speak.
Then, a little sad.
Came my child in turn, ,
But the lamp he had,
Oh! It did not burn;
He, to clear my doubt;
Said, half turn'd about,
"Your tears put It out;
Mother, never mourn,"
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The cotton bulls are a hard-hearted lot
It is when Cleveland goes duck hunting
that the feathers begin to fly.
So far as strikes are concerned, Chicago
Is easily the most progressive city In
the country.
The president of a baking powder com
pany has been indicted, but he can raise
the dough for his bail.
Adam and Eve have been dramatized at
last The best that can be -hoped for is
that the time of the play is after the
fig-leaf stage.
Ethel Barrymore says that Maxine El
liott Is the Venus of Milo with the arms
on. It fs now up to the statuesque one
to reply that Miss Barrymore is a Perl
with' a- coat of blarney.
If Napoleon and Wellington had been
interviewed after Waterloo, they would
not have equalled the momentous utter
ances of the captains of two scrub foot
ball teams.
Patti must be making a great success, if
one judges from the number ot articles
advertised by the use of her name. Cough
drop makers and piano makers alike head
their advertisements with "Adellna Patti
uses no other."
Great delicacy Is needed In dealing with cer
tain persons' fiscal opinions.
"Two 'appeny bloaters for fawer's tea,
please, mum." said a little girl to the lady
of the fried llsh shop.
"Certainly, ma tear." answered the lady,
"and "on1 vould your fader like 'em wrapped
up In a Free Trade 'andblll or a Perfection
poster?" London Globe.
The Dally Mail received Chamberlain's
Birmingham speech by electrophone In Its
London office, and had papers on the
streets 27 minutes after Joe finished
speaking. As Chamberlain prepares his
speeches long before he delivers them. It
would seem that a quicker way would
have been to get a copy in advance. How
ever, science must be humored.
"In Mr. Tree's production of a 'Midsum
mer Night's Dream,' " says George
Moore, "an artificial rabbit hops across
the stage, and the greatest city In the
world is amused." Shakespeare needs
some live comedy in his plays, and If Mr.
Tree had provided a real dog to chase the
tin rabbit to a disappointing clinch the
greatest city would have been even more
amused.
Is a blow to be struck at one of our
most promising Infant industries? Are
our struggling writers of musical com
edy to be strangled with red 'tape? It
would appear so, since the Mall and Ex
press asks for the author of a joke. If
jokes are not common property, If libret
tists may not be "pickers-up of unconsid
ered trifles" in the funny line, whence
are our comic operas to come? The Joke
in question was used by Tommy Dunn in
"The Runaways" and now Frank Daniels
is using it in "The Office Boy." Here it is:
Drink and the world drinks with you;
Swear off and -you drink alone.
No term of opprobrium has been con
sidered too strong fpr the Standard Oil
Company, but Rockefeller is an angel
compared with the hard-hearted, grasp
ing person at the head of the New York
pie trust. An order has been Issued by
this monster that no pies will be taken
back from the lunchroom men, and last
Monday nearly a million pies were thrown
away because they had become unfit for
use. Think of pie enough to please 1.C0O,
000 people being thrown Into the garbage
barrels! The lunchroom men pay 4 cents
for a pie and. If they sell It, make 1 cent
profit Hitherto they have had the privi
lege of returning pies that went bad; but
now they must stand the loss themselves.
The following composition was written
by a Portland youngster, who seems to
be suffering from a Poe-tlcal Imagination:
One day a farmer was taking ill. He
could not afford to pay doctor bills. But
at last his friends got a doctor. The Dr.
lookt at his head and said, you have the
bumps and the measles. He wanted somo
paper to write prescription and he couldnt
find any. He didnt have a, pencil and
couldnt find any but he found some char
coal and he wrote It on the door. The
friends could not copy wrltting. It was
noon and he had bread as hard as a rock.
He didnt have any water but muddy
water and sour milk. After the doctor had
written the prescription he went In the
barn and got 3 horses and a express
wagon and took the door to the druggist,
but he could not read. At last the Dr.
helpt himself. He took 5,000 tablets to
write on and 1,000.000 pencils and the mede
cone. Then he went back. He bought 5
boxes of cigars. The doctors name was Dr
Lock. The farmer is well and the Dr.
charge him one penny and 3 cabbages.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Caller Is the man of the house in? Maid
Yes, but the woman of the house won't let
him come out. San Francisco "Wasp.
"De man dat has to learn by experience."
said Uncle Eben, "Is general'y so near broke
when he gets his lnfohmatlon dat he can't
use It." Washington Star.
The man who growls- about his wife's cook
ing three times a day will eat any old thing
with relish when he Is camping out for a week
with a stag party. Chicago Newa.
Little WUlle Say. pa. what Is an optimist?
Pa An optimist, my son, is a man who really
enjoys looking at a circus poster when he la
shy the price of admission. Chicago News.
Sam Am Remus mahrled or single?
Pete Ah doan know. Sam What did he
say he was doln' ? . Pete Nuffln'. Sam
Den put him down as mahrled. Chicago
News.
"On o' de sad things 'bout dls life,"
paid Uncle Eben, "Is dat It's so much easier
to depend on de enmity ob yob. enemies dan
on de friendship ob yoh friends." Leslle'3
Weekly.
"I have only one objection to my hus
band's painting the town red," said Mrs.
Snopper to Mrs. Swayback. "And what Is
that?" "He dosn't use water colora."
Town Topics.
"So he kissed you, did he?" "Yes." "I'm
astonished." "So was I. You see, he met
me In a dark corner of the piazza, and "
"Oh. In a dark corner! That explains It."
Chicago Post.
Lord Oldcastle Really, Mrs. Hustleton, one
does not begin to appreciate this country until
one has se'en It. Mrs. , Hustleton Why. Your
Lordship, I didn't begin to appreciate it until
I saw the others. Puck.
Mamma Johnny, see that you give Ethel the
.lion's share of that orange. Johnny Yes. ma.
Ethel Mamma, he hasn't given me any.
Johnny Well, that's all right. Lions don't
eat oranges. New Yorker. '
Mary But why do you think they are so
certain to fall In love? Ann In the first
place, their parents hate each other; and,
in the second, ne'lther of them, has a penny
In the world. Smart Set.
"What Is your Idea of experience?" asked
the very young man.. "Experience." repled the
sage from Sagevllle, "Is the result of wanting
everything jou can't get and getting every
thing you don't want." Chicago Newa.
'Why It It, Doctor." she asked, "that so
many men are having nervous prostration
nowadays? It didn't used to bo so." "No.
The doctors, In their coarse, unassuming
ways, used to call a good deal of It delirium,
tremens." Chicago Record-Herald.
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