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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1903, Altered at the Postofuce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mall (postage prepaid In advance) Ty. -with Sunday, per month JO.SS Sally, Sunday excepted, per year...... 7-60 Dally, with Sunday, per year. OM Sunday, per year 0 The "Weekly, per year . 1-50 The -Weekly. S months Sally, per -Reek, delivered. Sunday exceptcd..ltjc Daily, per -week, delivered, Sunday lncluded.20o POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico 10 to 14-page paper .....lc 16 to o-page paper c 2 to 44-page paper 3c Foreign rates double. News for discussion Intended for publication la The Oregonlan should be addressed Invari ably "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tliltg, subscription, or to any business matter, should be addressed Blmply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to return any manuscripts sent to it without so licitation. No stamps should be inclosed for this purpose. Eastern Business Office. 43. 44, 45. 47. 48, 40 tribune Building, New York City; 510-11-12 tribune Building, Chicago; the S. C. Beckwith Special Agency, Eastern representative. Tor sale in San Francisco by L. E. Lee, Palace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros., 233 lutter street; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market street; 7. K. Cooper Co., 74G Market street, near the palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry news tand; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis street, and N. Mheatley, S13 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 139 South Spring street, and Oliver &. Haines. i03 South Spring street. For sale In Kansas City, Mo., by Bicksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and Walnut etreets. t For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., tl7 Dearborn street: Charles MacDonald, 63 Washington street, and the Auditorium Annex atws stand. For sale In Minneapolis by M. J. Kavanaugh, k South Third street. Tot sale in Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1612 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co , 1303 Farnam street; McLaughlin Bros., 210 S. Fourteenth street. For sale in Ogdcn by W. G. Kind. 114 25th Street; V. C. Alden. Postofflce cigar store; F. K Godard and C. H. Myers. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake .News Co., 77 "West Second South street. For sale In Washington, D. C. by the Eb tctt House news stand, and Ed. Brinkman, Fourth and Pacific avenue. N. W. For sale in Colorado Springs by C. A. Bruner. For sale In Dener. Colo., by Hamilton & ICendrick. 000-B12 17th street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co., ISth and Lawrence streets- J. S. Lowe, 1520 17th street, tad Jullu Black. r- . YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 44; minimum temperature, 37; pre Ipltation, .53 of an Inch. TODAY'S WEATHBR Occasional rain; yinds mostly southerly. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21. ' MR. HAY'S COURSE "WITH RUSSIA. How seriously the United States Is regarded as an International force by British opinion may be inferred from an article we reprint this morning from the London Morning Post, comprising the views of its Washington corre spondent, and an editorial utterance. The narrative of Mr. Low must be ac cepted as in all Important essentials correct, though it as well as the Post's arguments must be taken with allow ance for the intense desire of English men to array the United States against Russia, to nag British diplomacy into fresh assaults on their traditional Cos sack foes, and to magnify the recent brush between "Washington and St Petersburg into a settled "estrange ment" If Mr. Low is right, then the most of our anti-Russian "Washington corre spondents are wrong. That is to say, the legendary understanding between America, England and Japan, and the eelf-sacrificlng labors of Secretary Hay to serve all mankind In Manchu ria in the guise of a philanthropist are altogether swept away by the London paper's letter setting down a plain, straightforward tale of our Secretary's firm, shrewd and successful undertak ing, to hold Russia rigidly to the prom ises she had made relative to Man churia and to every concession to which American capital and trade can be held justly entitled in Asiatic Rus sia. The careful reader of the articles to Which we refer can hardly fall of an impression that the proudest and most influential position the United States can reach before the world is to be had by going it alone. There Is al ways present In our diplomacy the general principle, foreseen by the Fathers, that "entangling alliances" with any one or more European pow ers must necessarily result in that every gain made in one direction will be counterbalanced by a loss made through enmities In other directions. Favors to France put us at a disadvan tage in Germany; and our surest way to Russian esteem Is not to join hands with Japan against her. We unhesitatingly commend, there fore, the Post's appreciation of the sln-gle-mindedness of Secretary Hay in striking out a bold and independent course for Washington to pursue, mak ing only rightful demands upon Russia and backing them up by the plain fact that we are untrammeled by Euro pean entanglements and unaffected by European jealousies. It Is this fear less and vigorous course which has given to us a respected standing among the nations of the earth, and justifies the Post in its belief that our cred itable assertion of ourselves in Asia Is perhaps the most Important diplomatic event of the twentieth century. If we continue to maintain our Independence of entanglements with other powers we shall be free to insist upon correct treatment by Russia. Not by giving her to understand that we are assist ing her enemies, but by frank discus sion with her, man to man, can we expect and Insist upon justice in trade rights and investment privileges. We suspect that Secretary Hay's love of open dealing is more In accord with the mood of President Roosevelt than with the smoother methods of Presi dent McKinley. WHITE MEN IN THE TROriCS. John Ferguson, editor of the Colombo Observer, the leading dally of Ceylon, where he has resided for the last forty two years, would seem to be a notable proof that a white man can live and retain his health In the tropical cli mate of Southern Asia. If an English man can live forty years in Colombo, why cannot an American live health fully .In Manila? The coast climate of Luzon cannot be more deleterious in health than the coast climate of India. The heat cannot be more depressing In the Philippines than it ls In Madras, In Southern India, or in Colombo. A White man cannot, of course, afford to j)e as careless In food and drink In tropical Asia as he can In the temper ate zone of Europe and America; but prudent man can keep his health In the Philippines probably as easily as be can in Southern India and Ceylon. Thackeray was born in India, and his parents, who lived there for many years, ftld not break down in health. Many Eaellsh Army officers, such as Lord Roberts and the late Sir Neville Cham berlain, lived forty years In India. Ma caulay spent four years at hard Intel lectual labor in Calcutta without im pairment of his health, and Kipling's stories of Indian life show that Euro peans, even those who do not live pru dently, do not break down under the heat of Southern India. The marches performed by English soldiers during th "rush" campaign of Lucknow were remarkable, but they were successfully endured. There are, of course, malari ous districts in Africa and in Asia where a white man cannot live; but there is good reason to believe that a sturdy European who Is temperate In his life can keep his health in the Phil ippines as, well as he can in India. He will need to boll the water he drinks 'and be very sparing in his use of al coholic liquors, but a man who leads a temperate life can keep his health in the Philippines. There are a number of officers of the Tegular Army who did not go to the Philippines until they were past fifty; and yet these men enjoyed perfect health at Manila and returned in as good condition as they were when they .left the United States for Manila. One of these officers was 0 years of age when he reached Manila,, and he suf fered no injurious effects from the cli mate. PETTING OUT OF THE HOLE. How gracefully the Louisville Courier-Journal can reverse its engines, the while keeping up an appearance of going in the same direction, is known to all readers of that journal in 1900, when Mr. Watterson's coat-tails yield ed to the admonishing pull of his busi ness office. Its skill in covering up a false start was also exhibited in an extract we printed from It the other day on the Panama Imbroglio. It was the Courier-Journal's misfortune to get in wrong on the Panama business, and in the pleasantest manner possible It explained how futile all protest Is and how tolerable after all Is the inevi table if you only take it philosoph ically. Comes now the New York Times, en deared to all honest men by Its prince ly retractions and manly apologies, hitherto a most violent antagonist of the Administration's Panama policy, but now giving us a charming and forceful leader on "Destiny," the point of which Is that that trusty old pilot Is taking us Into the isthmus inevi tably as the necessary supplanter of Incompetent government in Latin America; and that however we may protest, and regret minor details, some embarrassing, some, perhaps, discred iting, yet on the whole we are simply moving along upon the path of world development, as we did in Cuba and the Philippines. We quote: The establishment of this republic under our protection must be regarded as one of a chain of events which In the end will bring the states of Central America, and some, at least, of the states of South Amer ica, definitely within our sphere of control. If not actually under our -flag. . . . Lord Salisbury's classification of the living and the dying nations, made during the Spanish war, furnishes v us with the key to the ter ritorial situation upon the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. We see there peoples bearing Spanish names, but of mixed blood, who seem to be smitten with an incurable Incapacity for self-government. . . . Politically Incapable, thcy are also Industrially incompetent. They do not ad minister their estate as the world, sooner or later, will Insist that it be administered. . . . Opportunity has been neglected, boundless resources barely opened. When ie talk of destiny in South and Central America we mean only that these talents shall not be wrapped up in the napkin of slothfulness. that senseless vanity, consum ing ambition, lntornal ptrlfe, and perpetual revolution, shall not forever blight these lands and stunt their development. We have Porto Rico, wc hold Cuba In leash, and her ultimate destiny lies with us. We have now caused to be established a little republic on the Isthmus. "We should be guilty of the basest Ingratitude if we did not protect it. Destiny docs not mucE mind false steps. We have made falso steps In the Panama business. They cause us some shame, they may excite our Indig nation. But the wheels of time roll on. There is little to add to this presenta tion of the necessity and imperative ness of progress. The practical mind looks at the Isthmus today and sees how infinitely better the canal situa tion is than it was before, or could ever become under the baleful sway of Colombia. Possibly the net result of this Incident will be to enjoin caution in certain quarters where there has been eager desire to antagonize the policies and performances of Theodore Roosevelt Efforts in this direction start off gaily enough, but emulate Langley's aerodrome with a regular ity that is becoming painful. A PRACTICAL CLUB. Baltimore has an "Empty Stocking Club," which is, described as "at. once a useful and pretty charity, since It not only helps in material things, but gives pleasure, amusement and happi ness." Its purpose, of course, has to do with the Christmas holiday, and Its organization was inspired by the Christmas spirit. It is conspicuous not only for its giving where gifts are most warmly appreciated, but for the old fashioned method of its giving. Child less women and women who do not love children may belong to and work as siduously in other clubs, but mothers and child-lovers find place in this. The assistance that it renders Is both of a material and aesthetic type. It brings Christmas cheer, with seasonable arti cles of clothing, needed articles of food and simple toys, so dear to the heart of childhood, into the homes of the very poor. As recited by a Baltimore journal, this organization had a beautiful in ception. An artist who sympathized with the waifs of his city put his soul into a series of pictures about them, showing their yearning for a bit of the brightness and good cheer which falls to the lot of more fortunate children. A woman, in passing, saw one of these pictures and was so impressed with the touching scene a little waif on a Christmas morn looking ruefully upon her empty, tattered stocking which she had hung up the evening before with childish trust In the Santa Claus myth that she Immediately set out to find a way to fill as many as possible of 'those little stockings. Nothing can be accomplished without organization, and In response to this fact the "Empty Stocking Qlub" came Into existence. This was several years ago, and ever since it has made Christmas a joyful reality to hundreds of waifs in Balti more. Its plan is to seek out the children of those who are so poor that the small est mite of a Christmas is out of the question. The entertainment prepared is held in some hall or room large enough for the purpose usually a the aterto which the beneficiaries are given free transportation, and the whole afternoon is devoted to the entertain- I ment of the eager, happy little guests. At the close a real Santa Claus comes out on the stage and each child re ceives a stocking filled to the top with things dear to the heart of childhood. Parents in other walks of life may have high scruples about the Santa Claus myth and piously refuse to In dorse the pretty fable. But parents who belong to the class known as the very poor are too keenly on the alert for anything that may bring the pleas ures of the Christmas season to the children to object to the work of the "Empty Stocking Club" on this, basis. And the little waifs of the street, the representatives -of defrauded childhood, who gaze with wistful eyes Into the Christmas shop windows, where, in all his mystic grotesqueness, St Nicholas holds court who Is there who would deprive these of the feeling of awe min gled with gladness with which they re ceive the well-filled stocking from the hands of the bluff and blustering "make believe" who dispenses the fa vors? We can well believe that the "Empty Stocking Club" of Baltimore has found little opposition in this line to over come or ignore. Nor is ,it likely that, when they have outgrown their childish years, the recipients of these mystic gifts will look back with a disposition to censure as a fraud the pretty conceit that captivated their fancy and won their confidence while life was new to them and its ways were dark. SHARP POLITICAL STRATEGY. At the banquet of the British Club in New York City on the anniversary of the King of England's birthday a re markable speech was made by Dr. Pe terson, president of the McGIll Univer sity, Montreal, the leading college of Canada. Dr. Peterson Is a Scotchman, comparatively young and Is described as a very eloquent orator and a strong thinker. Dr. Peterson began by an al lusion to the decision of Lord, Alver stone in the Alaska boundary case, say ing that no Canadian whose opinion Is worth considering at all has any doubt that the decision Lord Alverstone gave was founded upon justice and the law; that Canada did not doubt Its justice and had entire confidence in the Integ rity of the tribunal. Dr. Petersonthen turned to a discussion of the respective tariff policies of Great Britain and the United States, and declared that in his judgment Hamilton and Henry Clay were greater statesmen for their day and generation than Richard Cobden; that the wisdom of. the United States has been vindicated, and that England confessed it today when by the voice of Mr. Chamberlain she Is asking for a change In policy whereby England may be able In some measure to" com mand her home markets and to obtain a fair share of those of the colonies. Dr. Peterson said that all thinking men in Canada are in 'full accord with Mr. Chamberlain. Dr. Peterson was enthu siastically applauded by his whole au dience, which was almost entirely com posed of men of British birth or citizenship.- The views of Mr. Chamberlain seem to be approved by the great middle classes and the wageworkers of Eng land. Very large audiences attend him wherever he speaks, and It Is confi dently predicted that when the next general elections come Parliament will be found to contain, a majority as de cisively in favor of Chamberlain's pol icy as was the majority obtained by Peel for the repeal of the corn laws. This Is the more probable because Bal four and Chamberlain are really one and have been devising and are now ex ecuting the cleverest bit of political strategy that has been performed since the days of Lord Beaconsfield. Mr. Balfour is disposed to agree with Mr. Chamberlain's views, but he is too con summate a politician prematurely to formulate his views into a specific bill until he has satisfied himself how rad ical a tariff reform the English people will approve; so he suffers Mr. Cham berlain "to resign from the Cabinet In order not to embarrass It and to begin the popular campaign of education, while Mr. Balfour, who is really with him. continues to head the Ministry and preserve the unity of the Conservative party by declining to commit himself prematurely to Mr. Chamberlain's most extreme views. Thus far this strategy has been crowned with suc cess. If Mr. Chamberlain finds out that the country is not yet ripe for the enact ment of his policy, Balfour will hand the whole fiscal question over to a royal commission for investigation out side of politics, thus shelving it for two years or more. The defection from Balfour's party does not increase; the Duke of Devonshire has departed, but Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, a much abler man, has returned to his allegiance. Some even -of the Liberal' rank and file look with favor on Chamberlain's pro gramme. Notwithstanding the opposi tion of the Trades-Union Congress and the Miners' Federation, 5000 workmen assembled In Liverpool to listen to Chamberlain, who among other things made a shrewd hit when he saldf "It Is absolutely impossible to reconcile free trade and trade-unionism. You carr have one or the other, but you cannot have both." And he further said: Of what use was It to prohibit sweating In Great Britain if sweated goods from foreign countries were admitted. If the cheapest goods wcro bought; that Is, those produced where labor is cheaper than it Is In Great Britain, why not import cheap labor Itself? Chamberlain's progress from Glasgow to Newcastle, Liverpool and other In dustrial and trade centers has been a tour of triumph. While Chamberlain Is thus doing his work of educating the voters, Balfour Is arranging to "hold the fort" for a year or two until the present Parliament Is near the end of its seven years' statutory term. He can do this easily enough, for the Unionist free-traders do not control more than sixty seats; in the House of Commons, and with the aid of the Irish Nationals he can avoid defeat during the next session. The vote of the Irish party can be obtained by an act for the relief of agricultural laborers, which Mr. Wyndham has already promised, and by the grant of a state-endowed Catholic teaching university, whjch Mr. Balfour has long advocated. Mr. Bal four is in a position to secure the Irish vote because he can redeem his pledges, since the Conservative House of Lords would be sure to approve the measures of Balfour, the Conservative Premier. The Liberals would grant as good terms to the Irish party, but they could not deliver the goods with the House of Lords antl-Llberal. The president of McGIll College, in his address, made a strong plea for reciprocity between Canada and the United States, and It Is said that Mr. Chamberlain holds that a reciprocity treaty with the United States would mean the ultimate annex ation of Canada, and one of vhls sup porters, Lord Brassey, after a -recent 1 visit to Canada, said .that "only the adoption of a preferential tariff would save the empire from breakdown; that an American offer of reciprocity might eventually be accepted, in which case a political union between the United States and Canada would only be a question of time." The Premier of Manitoba heartily approves of Mr. Chamberlain's plan, saying that the colonies have been forced by the law of self-protection to abandon the fiscal policy of the mother land, "which mort gaged their home market before it was created." It begins to look as if Bal four and Chamberlain were a pair of "heavenly twins" In political sagacity and craft The month that passes without her alding a new cure for consumption is an exceptional one In this era of stren uous effort in the realm of medical sci ence. The latest of these cures is her alded, not by a physician or a bacteriol ogist, but by a Russian mining engi neer, Zagoranskl, to whom the secret was bequeathed by an old foreman In the mines of Siberia, who Is said to have tested it upon Siberian exiles for years with the most satisfactory re sults. How much the bracing air of that section and the outdoor life of the subjects had to do In rendering the cure efficacious can only be known when the remedy is tried in other localities. Zag oranskl will try to secure the prize which he had heard was offered by John D. Rockefeller for. the cure of consumption, before divulging the na ture of his remedy. The Rockefeller prize was not offered for the cure of consumption alone, but for patholog ical research along various lines; it Is not doubted, however, that satisfac tory demonstration of the cure of con sumption will be munificently reward ed. Moreover, a humane man In pos session of such a secret would find It impossible to withhold It long from the pale host that would come to him for relief. If the Siberian cure is genuine it will not long remain a secret The world has advanced too far In the hu manities to permit that The mountain road between North Yamhill and Tillamook has become im passable to vehicles earlier than usual this year. This is owing rather to the high winds that have prevailed along the coast than to an untimely fall of snow in the Coast Range. The situa tion is one that sorely Irks the citizens of the coast county thus Isolated. It emphasizes, moreover, the long depri vation that a county, rich in every nat ural resource, has suffered in the lack of railway facilities. It Is bad enough when favoring winds permit steamers to serve the needs of commerce and the mountain roads are in a condition to allow staging. But when both of these sources of ingress and egress are cut off by storms the situation becomes almost unbearable. "Shut in from all the world without," however, there Is nothing left for the citizens of Tilla mook but to make the most of such privileges as they have, as did the cheerful pioneers of the Willamette Valley, possess their souls in patience and hope for the early coming of the railroad. In the meantime the tele phone wires will be kept up. If possi ble, and Uncle Sam's mail bags will be pushed through on horseback at any sacrifice. So things are not so bad as they might be. The expenditure of $101,000,000 for the construction of a barge canal was in dorsed by a majority of 216,000 votes at the late election in New York. The cost of this canal, enormous as It Is, Is less than one year's tax budget In New York City. The Issue was sharply de fined upon "sectional lines. In New York City the vote was six to one In Its favor. Buffalo and Oswego, the canal terminals on Lakes Erie and On tario, gave a large majority for it The remainder of the state polled a major ity of nearly 180,000 against it, but the majority In the three cities named was too great to be overcome, even by this large negative vote. As an offset to the seeming Injustice of allowing these great terminal sections "to decide in a matter of such vast expense is the fact that the counties polling a majority for the measure pay four-fifths of the taxes. , This is an argument that the citizens of Multnomah County can readily appreciate, though other sec tions of the state are proverbially slow to Indorse Its logic. Already sheep are freezing upon some sections of the great Rocky Mountain ranges. Herders took chances in late driving from the Summer to the Winter range and were caught by the blizzard with their helpless Hocks In transit This Is an always possible incident of the livestock business of the great .pla teau and is dismissed when the returns come in as one of the liabilities which stock-owners must calculate upon. The sufferings of the wretched animals are no more taken into account by those upon whom the creatures are depend ent than are the long-drawn-out ago nies of the disabled "maverick" upon whose living carcass the buzzards and the coyotes feast In the simple lan guage of the plains, "a man gets used to these things, and don't let them worry him." The public was treated to a genuine surprise when a few weeks ago a Kan sas veteran asked that his name be stricken from the pension rolls on the ground that he no longer needed aid. It is pretty safe to say that his exam ple Is not likely to be followed to any conslderable extent by wealthy pension ers. Officials of the Pension Bureau, having had exceptionally good oppor tunity to study human nature, do not expect a material reduction of the pen sion list to follow the statement of this case. The Idea advanced is contrary both to the theory and practice of mod ern pension laws. The disability or need of the recipient has long since been expunged from the pension demand. The weather growler puts up as long and loud and persistent a growl about this "beastly climate" as If the Indian Summer of this year had not recently jotted down In the memorandum book of the oldest inhabitant the record of a most beautiful Autumn extending up to the second day of November. At the date named It will be remembered we needed rajn. The farmers were clamoring for it, the merchants with full stocks of seasonable goods anxious ly waited for the season to develop. The need has been supplied; the con ditions favoring a profitable Fall trade have been met, and still the growler growls. Mr. Williamson says he will not talk about the Moody prosecution what he might say would be used for polit ical purposes- It is unfortunate, in deed, that he did not exercise this cau tion before he wrote that remarkable letter. VIEWS OF THE MOODY CASE. A Good Guesser. Condon Times. Malcolm A. Moody's case conies up for trial next Monday. The indfetment re turned by the grand jury at Portland did J not find favor with the people of Eastern Oregon, who desired to see justice done. Mr. Moody is no stranger in this part of the state and no one for a moment imagines that he is guilty of the crime, charged. He was always known as a man of sound judgment and Integrity and ere another week rolls around the fact will be chronicled that the charge against ex Congressman M. A. Moody was false. Fou! Blows Never Win. Salem Journal. That Moody was Innocent, all who knew him never doubted; that he could be con victed, those who preferred the charges never for a moment believed. The evi dent object was to besmirch Moody, and in this they have, to a certain extent, suc ceeded. Should he again go into the po litical field, the fact of his arrest of his being charged with a crime, will be her alded far and wide, and, of course, some will believe it They will believe It just because there are human- buzzarda who delight In feasting on that kind of mate rial; because, In political contests, mud is sometimes as dangerous as stones; be cause there has grown up In this country an unfortunate belief that all our officials are dishonest, and any statement against them finds many who believe it In so far as this result can be accomplished Moody's personal enemies have been suc cessful; but they have left no blot on his Integrity, no stain on his honor. On the other hand, the underhanded attack on Moody has had an effect the little gang of conspirators failed to consider. It has created a feeling of Indignation among fair-minded people, who compose the great majority. The average American likes to see fair play, and the man who strikes the foul blow Invariably loses. Moody comes out of the ordeal with clean hands and reputation, while those who conspired to his undoing have succeeded only in bringing on themselves the sn preme contempt of decent, cleanly people. How About Hfs Accusers? Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The utter collapse of the charges against Mr. Moody, who, during his term In con gress, was one of the most Influential members ever sent by Oregon to the lower house, was forecasted early In the trial. As was developed in the testimony, there appeared to be on the part of po litical and business opponents of the ac cused a plan to drag him Into court at any hazard; and the means employed were such that Judge Bellinger, In ruling out certain testimony, said "the proceedings before the grand jury must have been ex ceptional." The verdict will be received by the peo ple of. the entire Northwest as the vindi cation of a man unjustly accused. To those familiar with the career of Mr. Moody, whether private or public, the charge that he had committed a crime was surprising: but when it was said that he, who all his life has been an upright busi ness man engaged In some of the largest enterprises in the Inland Empire, and has represented with distinction his district in Congress, had rifled the United States mall in order to rob a widow of a trifling sum, the charge was astounding in Its impu dence and shamelessness. No wonder his friends said he was being made the victim of a conspiracy designed to ruin hlra. Mr. Moody Is not besmirched in the slightest He has passed unscathed through the ordeal. His admirable per sonal qualities, his enviable record in public life and his unsullied character stand out more strongly than ever be cause of the despicable attempts to drag his good name in the mire. He Is en trenched on the solid ground of a reputa tion built up through years of activity and usefulness in the community In which he has made his home, and at the present moment he is especially conspicuous be cause of tho contrast between his own In tegrity and the standing of those whose methods would not endure the light of a hearing in court. In this case the ac cused retains his place on the heights of honest endeavor, while far below Is the noisome slough into which malice sought to drag him. But what of the other side of the case? What do the people of Oregon think of It? What will the voters of Oregon say when they get a chance at the men who tried to railroad Malcolm Moody Into the penitentiary? Function of the "Fuse." Persons are sometimes frightened whilev on an electric car by the sound of a slight explosion, followed by smoke, and try in a panic to get out. with risk to life and limb. As this panic Is a real source of danger, while the burning out of a fuse is not, the Electrical Review undertakes to explain what a fuse is and why it Is a means of safety: The current which will flof. through a mo tor when it Is standing still Is In almost all cases far in excess of that which the motor is designed to carry; and, Indeed, in a well designed motor a current dangerous for tho motor will be reached before the motor has been stalled. The effect of this heavy cur rent on the motor, if allowed to continue, Is to heat the windings to a dangerous degree and destroy the Insulation, possibly setting It on fire; and it Is to prevent this occur rence, whether due to careless handling of the car or to unexpected causes, that the fuses arc used. A fuse is simply a short pieco of wlro of such size that It will be melted by a current which, If allowed to flow through the motor for any time, will damage It. When a fuse blows then It sim ply means that one of the safety devices on the car has operated to prevent damage to tho motor. Tho molting of the fuse opens the circuit and cuts oft tho current from the motor. To protect the car the fuse Is inclosed In a fireproof box. Besides the fuse there is generally on the roof of the car, over the motorman's head, another device to accomplish tho same purpose, called the "circuit-breaker." This Is a switch controlled by a magnet which open3 when the current be comes excessive. "It Is set" says the Re view, "to operate at a higher current value than the fuse, because the circuit breaker acts almost Instantaneously, while It takes a little time for the fuse to be melted. Now, a motor can stand for a second or two a current which would destroy it if appjled for a longer period. The circuit-breaker, then, tnkes care of heavy overloads, and the fuse protects the motor against those smaller currents which are dangerous if applied for a considerable time. The fuse and the circuit-breaker are safety devices, the operation of which indicates not that there Is danger to those on the car, but that danger to the motors has been averted." Observant New Jersey. Newark (N. J.) News. There is a new religious sect out in Ore gon known aa the Holy Rollers. As a for mer Republican politician Is one of the head pushers, it is generally conceded that the name of 'the cult Is a corruption of the well-known "high rollers." A Weary Lot Is Thine. Sir Walter Scott. A weary lot Is thine, fair maid, A weary lot la thine! To pull the thorn thy brow to braid, And press the rue for wine. A lightsome eje, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green No more of me you knew My love! No more of me you knew. "This morn Is merry June, I trow, e The rose is budding fain; But she shall bloom in Winter snow Ere we two meet again." He turn'd his charger as he. spake Upon the river shore. He gave the bridle relna a shake, Said "Adieu for evermore, t My love! And adieu for evermore.- IN THE END THEY DO RIGHT. Chicago Inter Ocean. "We gave her liberty," the President said of Cuba in his message yesterday to Congress. "We must help her onward and upward, and in helping her we shall help ourselves." We gave Cuba liberty. Then, lest she misuse It to our danger-we restricted her liberty. To irfve her liberty was not enough unless we gave her prosperity also. And without prosperity our re striction upon her liberty 13 a danger to us Instead of a safeguard. These facts have stared U3 in the face ever since our self-respect compelled us to avenge the Maine and free Cuba. Special Interests, thinking only of Imme diate gain, have tried to becolud these facts. For three years they have pre vented Congress from doing its plain duty to Cuba and the United States. Justice to Cuba and the prosperity of Cuba would harm no American industry. They would greatly benefit Amer ican industry as a whole. Furthermore, they would put our political relations with Cuba upon the secure basis of a mutuality of material Interests. Many of our people have been slow to see that National honor and Interest alike called us to establish prosperity for Cuba. Hence Congress has been slow to act. But now Congress will act, for the people have seen the facts and know the truth. Really the most conservative of all great nations, the American people have moved toward Cuba Inch by Inch. But they have at last arrived at the truth, and their Congress will now register their decree. However slowly and cautiously they move, the American people are always thinking. Starting with right desires they always think right In the final con clusion, and In the end they do right In Condonation of Flats. New York Times. The chief solicitude of those who con demn the multiple dwelling is ""for the children of the families thus housed. For them the confinement t6f restricted apart ments ha3 disadvantages, and even the pathetic llttlo "back yard" of the aver age private dwelling, with its little square of sickly grass inclosed In a strip of bluestone flagging, giving a chance to breathe tho air of out-of-doors with pro tection from the contamination of the sidewalk or the street. Is better In Its poor way than anything the "flat" can offer. But there is another side to this picture which those who pity the children of apartment-domiciled families fall to see, or at least to give due weight to. In apartments the family life is less subject to the demoralization of Infant morals and manners which results from depen dence upon servants. Children are brought more Intimately and continuously under the maternal influence, and if this In fluence Is good it makes for their moral upbuilding. The family life is closer, and should be more wholesome than that of the roomy dwelling favoring the cultiva tion of "solitary tastes and giving more op portunity to escape from parental obser vation, guidance, and restraint during the time when the character is forming and habits are taking shape. Mother and child are much nearer together in the con tracted area of an apartment than they are likely to be In the house divided into the horizontal strata of kitchen and basement parlor and living and sleep ing apartments. a Colombia's Forfeiture of Confidence. Brooklyn Eagle. Any fair-minded person who followed the proceedings of the Colombian Con gress In the matter of the Hay-Herran treaty will know that the privileges granted to Colombia by Panama were shamefully abused. The whining plea of the legislative buccaneers who endeavored to blackmail on the strength of posses sions to which Panama had conditionally surrendered title, a plea to Panama to return to the confederation, Is backed by a promise to adopt the canal treaty precisely as It stands. No more pitiful confession of wrongdoing could possibly be offered. In making it the Colombian government admits that the Colombian Legislature was guilty of bad faith and of a heartless disregard for the best in terests of the only portion of the confed eracy which was directly affected by the rejection or acceptance of the treaty. It makes logical the admission by the civil ized world that Panama's act of rebellion was justifiable. It was necessary that such admission should originate here. Casuists may argue that there Is no prece dent for the speed with which Panama has been urged along the road to com pleted nationality. But If this be so we can only say that there are times when precedents may well be dispensed with. i a Disraeli's Wants. Blackwood's Magazine. A dowager who knew Disraeli and was discussing him after his death gave a cu rious example of what she called his "funny sayings." It appears that he hap pened to mention, in the course of an afternoon call, that he wanted two pos sessions which every one owned as a mat ter of course, but which he had all his life dispensed with, and insisted that the lady should guess what they were. "I made," said she, "every kind of con jecture, but without success, and on my asking him. to enlighten me he solemnly answered they were a watch and an um brella. 'But how do you manage,' I asked, if there happens to bo no clock in the room and you want to know the time?" 'I ring for a servant,' was the magnilo quent reply. 'Well,' I continued, 'and what about the umbrella? What do you do, for instance, if you are In the Park and are caught In a sudden shower?' 'I take refuge,' he replied, with a smile of excessive gallantry! 'under the umbrella of the first pretty woman I meet' " Saw Napoleon Aboard Bellerophon. New Orleans Times-Democrat Very few persons of this day can boast of having seen Napoleon Bonaparte. One of the. few Is J. W. Ryder, of Devonport. England, who attained his Wth birthday recently. He was a boy when the Belle rophon put into Plymouth Sound with the French Emperor on board as a prisoner, but he clearly recollects the view he had of Napoleon. As this happened some 84 years ago, and as there are no survivors of Waterloo left, it would appear that Mr. Ryder is almost, if not quite, the last of those living who can remember the "pe tit corporal." O Captain! My Captaihl Walt Whitman. O CaDtaln! my Captain, our fearful trip is done. The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought Is won. The port la near, the bolls I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eye3 the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the blecdlnsr drops of red. Where on the deck my Captain lies Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bell3; Rise up for you the flag Is flung for you the bugle trills, For jou bouq.uets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores acrowdimr. For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead. .My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father dops not feel my arm. he has no pulee nor will. The ship Is anchored safe and sound, Its voy- aglo closed and done. From fearful trip the victor ship comes In with object won; Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I, with mournful tread. Walk the deck my Captain lies. Fallen cold and dead. NOTE AND COMMENT. Hasn't the conductor called Tom Johrt son's station yet? Only about one man In fifty, If searched, could prove an alibi. The Roosevelt children seem to have passed into total eclipse. When life is so short at best, why will people squander it playingchess? Doesn't it seem about time to .make room in the Old Ladles' Home for Ade llna Pattl? Cromwell seems to be about the only man In history who made a success of butting in. It is noticeable that most people wear their rosemary as well as their rue, with a difference. 7 He who is most slow in making a prom ise Is the most faithful in its perform ance. Rosseau. The untimely demise of Mr. Thomas Horn should tend to discourage pot-shooting in Wyoming. As soon as Mr. Hearst gets his bear ings the Congressional Record will begin issuing a colored supplement Thursday's shooting affray is another evidence of the fidelity of Innocent By stander to his post of duty. By a long life of rectitude and circum spection a man may overcome the handi cap of being a tenor singer. After a debauch of thunder shower the weather takes the pledge and signs it with a rainbow. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. Among the articles entirely unsuited to the diet of human beings, mince pie and buckwheat cakes stand near the head of the list The one objectionable feature about Heaven, so far as accounts are to be trusted, Is that St Peter doesn't Issue pass checks. The Christmas magazines which are be ginning to arrive are two parts union un derwear and automobiles to one part space-rate stories. The Republic of Colombia can learn something which will be to Its advantage by writing or calling on Alfonso XHI, the Palace, "In Old Madrid." Respectfully suggested to the Bryan Democracy: For President In 1904, John Alexander Dowie, of Zlon; for Vice-President, Mary MacLane, of Butte. The announcement that King Leopold, of Belgium, is to visit Newport next Sum mer should call for a few supplementary remarks from "Marsa Henry" Watter son. If the movement to require the ladies to remove their hats during church serv ices is successful it will mark another tri umph of religion over the world, the flesh and the devil. The confident high school lass who has read "The Faerie Queene" can say amo, amas, amat and fight ragtime out of a $150 piano, talks about "culture" as famil iarly as if It were a new health food. Down in Arizona a short time ago a cow-puncher, who was universally popu lar, died and the boys decided to erect a monument over his grave and Inscribe thereon an appropriate tribute to their departed friend. The result of this de cision is a huge boulder, which they rolled down from the foothills, on the face of which is carved: "He Done His Darndest Angels Could Do No More." At last the reason for the plentiful crop of divorces in Cook County has been given. 'Mrs. Borer has solved the puzzle when she declares that women eat too many eggs, says the Chicago Post Egg diet, she asserts, is heavy and "brings on feelings of lassitude. Housewives neglect their duties and husbands become angry. The lawyers do the rest." In the case of society women the result Is the same. "The social leader loses her brightness of eye, her piquancy and charm. Trouble follows and then come the lawyers." When we reflect that Chicago Is in the heart of a tremendous egg-producing country, and that the prices of eggs are often absurdly low as compared with prices In other parts of the Republic, we can easily understand the added peril to our domestic Institutions. Now In Boston, where eggs frequently range In price from 50 to 75 cents a dozen, true conjugal hap piness reigns. Housewives preserve their elasticity of step and briskness of do mestic purpose, the feminine eye retains Its luster, woman's piquancy and charm are ever present at the family table, and the divorce court Is consequently an idle phantom. Mrs. Rorer has awakened us to a sense of our danger and to a realiza tion of measures of relief. Away with the malevolent trouble-breeding, divorce-compelling egg! Confusion to the hen, the enemy of society! What shall it be poached eggs and discord or tea and toast and marmalade and undisturbed affinity? OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. Sunday School Teacher Willie, what can you tell me of Daniel In the lion's den? Willie Nothln'. Do cop soaked me wld his club Jes' as I was tryln' to crawl under de tent. Philadelphia Telegraph. The Mystery of It "I can't understan'," said Uncle Ebcn. "how it is dat some folks kin be too proud to work, an.' at de same time humble enough to let de famiy give 'em board an' lodgln' free." Washington Star. Shakespeare Sized Up. Ned Tour Liter ary Circle Is making a study of Shakespeare, now, I believe. Bess Yes, Indeed. Ned And what do you think of him? Bess Oh! wo all think he's Just too cute. Philadel phia Press. Bertha Oh, dear, I'm so tired of having every man who comes along making loe to me! Kitty I wouldn't mind, dear; It never goes any farther than that, you know. Of course, none of them is really serious. Boston Transcript. "I believe," said the minister, "that it would be a good Idea to have an 'S. R. O. sign for our church, that we might use on occasion." "Yes," agreed the carping par ishioner; 'VI suppose it would mean 'slcep-lng-room only. " Judge. The Sphinx persistently refused to break her silence. "Majbe," said the Egyptians, "she is afraid the cook will leave If she says a word." Knowing- the difficulties of living In the suburbs, they foreboro to pres3 her further. Harper's Bazar. "Yes," said the playgoer, "the soubrctte in uniform came out and sung that she was 'One of the Banks.' " "Did it impress the audience?" a3ked the friend. "Yes, they agreed unanimously that she was as rank as they make them." Chicago Dally News. "I wouldn't be surprised If this was going to be the breaking up of China," said the man who takes an Interest In foreign af fairs. "Oh. dear!" exclaimed his wife, who had Just engaged a new kitchen maid. "I don't caro for the china' If she'll only con sent to stay." Chicago Record-Herald.