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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1004
THEY MAY BE NEEDED.
we have received a letter from a
humble citizen of Clatsop, Or., who has"
taken it upon himself to ascertain the
Presidential proclivities of his neigh
bors, regardless of politics. He finds
them all Koosevelt men, and anxious
to do something to bring to naught the
machinations of the President's enemies
in both parties. "We are glad to hear
from these sturdy Clatsop plainsmen,
They represent the common people of
the United States. It is well they are
aroused. Their help may be needed.
It would be a mistake to suppose that
the average statesman Is in politics for
his health or for his country's- good,
especially when his country's good mili
tates against his own political prefer
ment. Now the political .activity of
Theodore Roosevelt militates against
the political advantage of the Repub
lican party machine In practically
every state. He has defied the imme
morial tradition of the party, under
which the real power of the Federal
Government has been administered by
a close corporation of ten or twelve
men, Including Hanna, Aldrlch, Allison
the two Platts, Quay, Fairbanks arid
TJU.rs not so well known.
This oriyorchy has never taken
Roosevelt seriously, ltat word for him
Is "The Young Man In the "Whit
House" and its attitude "toward him has:
been one of scarcely concealed aversion
a.nd contempt. They never would have
chosen him for President, they put him
in the "Vice-Presidency to bury him, and
now they are chagrined and humiliated
beyond measure at his Independence of
them and of the immense business in
terests for which they have been accus
tomed to provide, and of their party
machines in every state. The entire
habit, tradition, .custom and manage
ment of the party and the Government
for years Is more seriously menaced
than they had ever supposed possible.
So great Is the humiliation over the
lnabllityof the once all-powerful Hanna
and Aldrlch to "fix things" at Wash
ington for' the "business interests" that
probably the . Roosevelt reign has
caused them more disturbance than
would be caused by a Democratic Pres
Ident In event of a Democratic vie
tory in November, the country would
still be ruled by the Senate; and if. as
Is probable, the Democratic President
could be guided by Gorman and Tarn
many Hall, there would be no difficulty
in framing up a combination of leading
Deraoorats and Republicans which
would succeed to the Hanna-Aldrlch
oligarchy without perceptible friction or
jar to the machinery.
Under these circumstances the task
of nominating Roosevelt for President
at Chicago In June and electing him
at the polls in November becomes the
concern of the masses of all parties
all over the country. It will probably
be necessary for all who wish to see the
Gavernment justly and fearlessly ad
ministered for the highest good of all
and not solely for the great corpora
tlons to take a hand In the fight, so as
to see that the delegations to Chicago
are Roosevelt men above suspicion; and
they are sure to be needed in Novem
ber at the. polls. L.et our Clatsop -farm
ers keep their lamps trimmed and
burning. "
TO CURB MACHINE RULE.
The primary reform law which has
been perfected by the -Direct Nomina
tion League, in conjunction with sev
eral eminent lawyers, is a very con
eervative measure. It does not embody
the full original plans of primary re
form in Oregon, but has been modified
in several ways to meet the objec
tlons of moderate counsel and to avoid
all clashes with the Federal and State
Constitutions. It does, not Interfere
with any just and proper rights now
possessed by political machines, of
large parties or small. In particular, it
has carefully safeguarded the right of
political parties to conduct their affairs
as they desire, except that the members
of the party, and not one or two lead
ers alone, may have choice in the selec
tion of candidates. To quote from the
prospeotU8 of the League:
Under ear form of government political
parties are useful and necessary at the pres
ent time. The publicly known and avowed
members of a political party have the right
to the- excljirive management of all its
business. It . Is the duty of the state o
protect them in such management, and In
making their party, nominations, from any
lsterfereaae by any parson who is net
kaowa t be a member of the party. The
voters ot the .principal paHtlcal parties
should nomlBate their candidates for public
office at -a primary nominating election pro
vided by law, and held by the regular
hoards of Judges and clerks of election.
Every ''peMUeai party U entitled to the sole
and , oxflhislve use of every, word of its
party same. Baeh poMtloal party should
have Its separate ballot at the nominating
election, to he furnished by the Govern
ment, and on which the names of all Its
candidates for nomination should be print
ed. The ballot should he secret, and the
election conducted in the same manner as
.regular general election.
This theory has been carried out In
the bill and every possible precaution
has been taken to remove every just
cause of objection to active politicians.
No fault can Jbe found with the gen
eral principle that open primary nomi
nations, conducted under official aus
pices with sworn judges and clerks, are
preferable to star chamber construc
tion of '.'slates"' by self-constituted
leaders. There Is the added considera
tion, . also, that when men are fairly
beaten in an open tryout they have no
excuse to contest ,the result on the
ground of unjust discrimination. It is
Delleved that the measure will readily
carry at the polls in June if the requi
site number of signatures can be had
to the preliminary petition. At the
head of our local columns this morning
is an announcement of Xhe places
where the petition may be sighed.
TRUSTEES OF GREAT SAYINGS.
It Is not at all likely that the average
man takes any personal concern In the
doings of the shipyard trust or Colo
rado Iron & Steel or Northern Securi
ties. On the contrary, he views the ex
ploits of Mr. Schwab.-and the operations
of J. J Hill with a perfunctory con
demnation, perhaps, but 'at best with
a forced and superficial interest. And
yet there are few persons, with ordi
nary capacity to earn-; and habits of
saving, who are not Indirectly but actu
ally concerned in the management of
the great corporations.
The accumulative po'wer of the Amer
ican people has created a vast sum of
wealth in the form of money and
credit represented' by bank deposits, fire
and life 'Insurance policies, which has
been reinvested by trustees in railway,
banking and real estate securities. To
take the railway situation especially,
we find from an article by Mr. Slason
Thompson In The "World Today that at
least 80 per cent of the total foldings
In American railways are held In the
United States. This would mean that
not more than $85,000,000, or less than 5
per cent, of the gross annual income
of the railways of the United States
goes to foreign Investors, leaving
$1,684,447,408. or 95 per cent, to be di-i
vided in parts of 40 and 60 among
American capitalists and American
workmen. Five-eighths of this goes to
the 1,000,000 railway stock and bond
holders and the 1,189,315 employes, or,.
eliminating duplications. Into at least
2,000,000 hands. Estimating 5.24 persons
to the Income, the figures of the census
of 1900, it follows that 10,480,000 persons,
or 13 per cent of the total population
of the United States, share directly in
the earnings of American railways.
The figure- of 1,000.000 for the stock
and bondholders is based primarily on
a showing that the registered share
holders in forty-three roads covering
more than half the mileage of the coun
try number 225,037. The number is
nearly doubled to take In the other
roads, and is then increased to 537,856
to allow for an Increase of Investments
which has been brought about recently
by low prices. There is a further al
lowance also for stockholders who are
not registered, such as those who are
represented by trustees. firms. and cor
porations of one kind and another.
While the element of speculation In the
fiiyu&o inakes TTjsolute accuracy- luips-
Jngs are widely diffused, and that this
means a diffusion of profits. It Is also
clear that the army of employes must
come in for a large share of the gross
earnlngs(and that there are incidental
benefits for other industries. No one
will deny that the prosperity, of the
railroads promotes the general prosper
ity of the country.
If we were to extend this investiga
tion to the fields of insurance and trust
companies, we should be startled to see
how tremendous a volume of capital Is
managed for good or 111 by a few men
who do not own it, on behalf of the
millions who do. The solemn thought
about It all Is the responsibility of these
managers and trustees; for upon their
probity and discernment depends the
happiness of multitudes. The funds of
the great financial agencies are so in
terwoven that a disaster to one would
Injure others. Life insurance premiums
pile up until they are put into some
great banking-house, which in turn
Invests them in railroad securities or
Immense buildings. None of these great
corporations can carry its resources in
cash. They must be invested for profit
at a hazard. The Indirect peril in
volved to thousands of small investors
is what constitutes the true infamy of
reckless operations like those of Presi
-dent Schwab.
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.
In the deeper sympathy for one class
of sufferers by the late "Chicago theater
fire the sufferings of another class have
been practically overlooked. There are
scores of persons, employes in one ca
paclty and another of theatrical com'
panles. who found themselves out of
employment at the most lucrative sea
son of the year in their business and
profession, and the most expensive sea
son as well. Numbers of these have
been reduced to actual destitution by
the order which closed the theaters of
the city, .that followed the great disas
ter.
The theatrical profession, while lucra
tlve, is an expensive one to maintain.
The habits which It engenders, the cos
tuming which It requires, and Its Inter
mittent periods of employment, leave
the rank and file of Its workers without
the rainy day surplus which Is an ac
componiment of steady occupation and
habits of thrift. Relatively, .very few
rise to eminence and hence to opu
lence in this profession. The great
bulk of those who depend upon It for
a livelihood lead lives of hand-to-mouth
and are readily reduced to penury and
want by untoward circumstances.
Even so great an artist as Madame
Janauschek finds herself dependent
upon the bounty of others for the com
forts of life In her old age, and It Is, not
surprising that hundreds of the lesser
lights of the profession have found
themselves from time to time through
out their lives in like straits for shelter
and care. There Is, however, a com
radeship in the profession that responds
in quick sympathy and material aid to
the call of distress from the sick, the
disabled or the otherwise unfortunate
that have, so to speak, fallen by the
wayside. The Actors' Emergency Re
lief -Association, recently formed in
Chicago, is new proof of this fact.
This .organization has round many
members of the theatrical profession in
desperate straits and is taking steps for
their immediate relief. The more ur
gent call for sympathy that followed
the great tragedy of December 30 in the
Iroquois Theater having abated, the
contingent distress of those thrown out
of employment by that calamity -now-claims
and will receive public attention.
Appeal in their behalf will be made
through entertainments that have been
arranged for their benefit, and without
doubt these will be well patronized.
Public sympathy will meet profes
sional comradeship in this effort, and
together will provide for the necessi
ties of these deserving and unfortunate,
people. The touch of nature which
demonstrates the kinship of humanity
is felt in this effort, and there is a gen
erous dbritagion in it that will bring
the glow of returning hope to a despair
ing host, much greater in number to
those who will go down in the history
of disaster as victims of. the Iroquois
Theater fire.
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
, Annie Nathan Meyer, one of the trus
tees of Barnard Co'llege, the women's'
"adjunct to Columbia lUniversity, andt
editor of "Woman's Work in America,"
has contributed an article to the cur
rent number .Of the North American
Review in which she says that she-
looks with dread upon the possible gen
eral advent of women as voters and office-holders
in -the political arena. Mrs.
Meyer does not believe that, the exer
cise by women of the power' to vote
would In any degree' abate any ' of the
evils that now threaten to undermine
the moral life of America. She does
not believe that the majority of -women
voting could be counted upon as a
.force .that .would .make for political
righteousness, because a vote to one
woman will be a vote to all women
vicious or virtuous, Ignorant or edu
cated, lowest and highest Mrs. Meyer
holds that the real lack In American
public life today is not brains or in
telligence so much as lack of character,
and that American women as a -whole
conspicuously lack the moral courage,
the force of character, that Is the-most
dreary lack of political life. She says:
Do not tell me that the casting of a bit of
paper in a box- once a year can offset the
daily Influence of a mother, or that votes
can be better gained from a political plat
fqrm than from a home fireside.
Mrs. Meyer thinks the public platform
.is aji unfit school for the development of
character. The platform habit, the club
habit, the president and secretary habit,
have entailed upon our women serious
losses. Mrs. Meyer discredits the as
sumption that woman -Is the morally
superior sex. She holds that if they
had- lived for centuries in the same
freedom and under the same tempta
tions as men they would have "shown
far less self-control and power of re
sistance, and finds support for this
opinion in some of the conditions known
to exist in the social life of our own
country. The assertion of sex superior
ity Is not proven because there are
fewer drunkards among women than
among men, for since women have en
tered into industrial competition, into
public life, with Its drain on the ner
vous strength, the use of stimulants
among women has increased and Is In
creasing among wcin rapidly.
Mrs. Meyer be'.eVes that the work
now done by Auen would not be Im
proved by being done by women. Her
own hope is that the trained women,
who should be the leaders of their sex,
will some day take their covetous eyes
away from the careers of men and say,
"Let us see what training and science
can do to make our own work more
helpful and. more intelligent." She ddes
not expect that this appeal will be
nejeded by the women ''who are sup
posed to represent us," who periodically
assure the Legislature that they do; by
the platform women, by -the presidents
of. clubs," by the "mothers' congresses";
she is content to appeal to the many
strong women who -are seeking quietly,
npt td, appropriate a man's work, but to
Increase the value of woman's work In
the only lasting way, through the
weight of personal character, the effect
of personal example, through the dl
vine Influence, the .Impulse of the per
sonal .touch.
Mrs. Meyer has hope, because many
of "the excesses of women will be
righted after women have grasped
little longer the baubles they have
yearned for, after they have seen how
valueless are these baubles In their
hands." Mrs. Meyer is right in her
view that women cannot have their
cake and eat it, too; with the gift of
suffrage and Its exercise would come.
within fifty years a steady Increase in
the ' demoralization of women through
the Increase of the area of desheltered
life among women. Wherever women
through necessity or choice lead the de
sheltered lives of men, the average mor
ality of women sinks to the level of
that of men" In both the world of busl
ness and politics. The advent of women
into the masculine world of business
and politics has not lifted the man to a
higher moral atmosphere; it has only
dragged the woman down to the level
of the man's moral atmosphere. It will
always be so because man sets the pace
for women, not women for men.
When men are able and willing their
women should lead sheltered lives
women are superficially more refined
and of better morals than men; but the
moment women and men divide the
same callings and. mix together so
freely in business and politics that the
women are desheltered, then women
begin to talk and behave like men.
Is so in. the world of business, and
will surely be so In the world of politics.
It was only the other day that a fe
male election judge at Denver was ar
rested, accused of fraud with the rest
of the board. Women In desheltered
lives will be neither worse nor better
than men m business or politics. They
will drink, cheat, intrigue, bribe and be
bribed, just like men; they will not
drag men up; they will drop down to
their level, for the mass of women to
day behave neither better nor worse
than the standard of decent conduct
respected by the man or men they care
most about. A woman who enters Into
a man's life in business or politics will
not escape the masculine vices In the
long run; she will impart no virtue to
the atmosphere; she will gradually
catch its taint.
The story telegraphed from Colfax of
the outrageous abuse to which a young
girl was recently subjected by half a
dozen or more of the young men of
that town, some of whom are sons of
reputable citizens, is one of the most
revolting and disgraceful recitals that
has ever been given to the press of the
Northwest. A peculiarly disgraceful
feature of the story If one feature may
be said to excel all others in vileness
in this carnival of Indecency and deg
radationis that which shows that the
police of the town, including the Chief,
'refused or neglected to Interfere for the
protection of the drugged and maltreat
ed girl, on the ground that the boys
were having a good time and it was
none of their business. Out upon such
official vileness such Unmanly, inhu
man, indecent collusion with, lewdness,!
Accessory to an unnamable crime, these
police officers should be arraigned with
its actual perpetrators for. criminal as
sault, and no glossing over of facts
should' Interfere to save-each and every
one 'of them from a term in the peni
tentiary. If the - girl were a common
wanton instead of the ignorant, stupid !
or self-willed creature that she seems
to be, this .crime would still be, with
out the shadow of extenuation, still less
without excuse. Well indeed may the-
decent, reputable citizens of Colfax
urge the removal of officers so flagrant
ly neglectful of their duty; and well
may a storm of Indignation burst sim
ultaneously from the' pulpits and homes
of the town. The citizens of Colfax
have taken matters of. violation of law
far less reprehensible than this into
their own hands In times past. Mayor-
Van Scholck, if he is a prudent man,
will do what he can, officially, to purge
the town- of the opprobrium that has
fallen upon it, by discharging these men
from the service that they have dishon
ored by collusion in their, official ca
paclty with crime and criminals of the.
lowest, most repugnant, most abhorrent I
type.
Mr. Armour is credited wlth'dfsnos-
inn- nr fmm 1 Kftrt nnn Vm0v.0i0 tn. c nrtn iuu
ireeiy pretuuieu, urn ursi attempt to
realize was the signal for a. . violent
slump in the market. Before the day's
trading was over it became necessary
for him to buy back a large prbp'or-
tlon of the offerings in order to prevent
me price sagging to a dangerous point.
This experience Is not unlike that of
every other speculator who has ever
attempted to .corner the wheat market.
The foreign market must continue to be
a dumping ground for a considerable
portion of the American wheat still un
sold. Under such conditions, nothing
but unnatural manipulation can keep
the price of wheat higher in the-United
States than it is in Liverpool. A man
of Mr. Armour's financial standing can
command sufficient money .to handle
many million bushels of wheat, and by
continual support of the market can
work prices up to a high figure. This
wheat Is. bought to sell, however, and
when the time for selling arrives it
must go at its actual value, no matter
if that value is much lower than the
speculative figure at which it was pur
chased. - v
The New - York Housesmlths' and
Bridgemen's Union has voted unani
mously to drop from the membership of
the union the names of Sam Parks, Tim
othy McCarthy and W. S. Devery. The
union has also abolished the office of
walking delegate, for so mahy years dis
graced by the notorious Parks andkMc
Carthy, and is now.m'aklng an effort to
secure peace with theemployers. Many
of the members have been out of em
ployment since last Spring, and they
are anxious to arrive at a settlement
that will admit of their going to work
again. As Mr. Devery did .not,, accom
pany his friends Parks and McCarthy to
the penitentiary, it is not plain why his
name was dropped from the. rolls of the
union, unless the deluded men believed
that the Bowery statesman was over
looked when the other- two were round
ed up and placed where they could do
no more mischief. Civilization is cer
tainly making progress in New York,
and eventually this country may be
come as. free" for the honest laboring
man as, it is for -the "grafting-walking
delegate who takes the bread from
marly ifufigry families,, by lllradvisedt
strikes. , -
According to the Topeka . Capital,
"anti-Roosevelt literature is beginning
to pour into Kansas." It Is added: "It
comes from Cincinnati." The Atlanta
Constitution asserts that "confidential
antl-Rodsevelt literature Is flooding the
mail of Southern Republican politi
cians, much of which bears the Cincin
nati postmark." It is remembered In
this connection that it was a Cincln
natl newspaper, the Commercial-Tribune,
commonly reputed to be the organ
of George B. Cox, the hand-to-hand
friend of Senator Hanna, that three or
four weeks ago came out flatly against
the nomination of Roosevelt. Putting
this and that together, it would seem
that influential factors in the Republi
can party in Ohio are quietly working
up opposition to President Roosevelt,
with Senator Hanna as the reserve
force to spring when the time is ripe.
The steamer Mongolia, a sister ship to
the Manchuria, recently launched, left
the yards at Camden, N. J., yesterday
for a trial trip. These two steamers
are the largest vessels yet completed
in the United States, and have a carry
ing capacity of more than 25,000 tons.
They will shortly be outclassed by the
big Hill liners, which are expected to be
completed during the coming year.
Like the mammoth carriers of the
Great Northern line, the Mongolia and
Manchuria were built to make money
by carrying freight Instead of by earn
ing a Government subsidy. The con
stant addition of larger and finer ships
to the Pacific trade will in time se'ttle
the tiresome clamor of the subsidy
grafters, on this coast at least. The
American merchant marine Is doing
pretty well on Its own account.
The findings that investigation has
established as contributory to the ap
palling loss of life in the Iroquois The
ater Are are simply astounding in neg
ligence of those in authority about the
building which they disclose. The re
cital of these leaves an astonished pub
lic to wonder what, if any, precautions
for the safety of an audience in the
always possible emergency of fire were
observed In this great and magnificent
playhouse. The facts disclosed increase
the wonder expressed at the time by
many witnesses of the terrible scene
that the number of killed and injured
was relatively so smalL
The will of the late Herbert Spencer
takesrank as the longest document of
its kind on record. Yet the estate dis-.
posed of was very moderate in propor
tions. The desire displayed by the tea
tator to reach out for as long a dis
tance as possible In the future control
of his small .accumulations is held to.
Illustrate his belief that this -life
ended all for him and that he wished
to figure in Its interests as long as pos
sible. The act is a common one with
strong and ambitious natures. We
have had Instances here In Portland.
Extreme meets extreme in the labor
world, as elsewhere. Here is David M.
Parry boldly declaring, in effect, tljat
workingmen have no rights which em
ployers are -bound to respect, . while
from time to time John Mitchell and
Sampel dompers declare, in effect that
workingmen, are. entitled; to, everything
in sight Between these, two extremes
lies the wide margin which rives room
and rirosnerltv to the multitude WhoJa-
bor, and the lesser multitude whose In-
vestments give labor Its .opportunity.
CATECHISM OP THE FAR EAST..
f
Kansas City Star.
What teS the trouble in the Far East?
Japan is tryinsr to keen Russia out of
Corea.
What Is Corea and where is- it situated?
Corea is an autocracy under Japanese
influence, about as large as Kansas, with
a population estimated at" between 5,000,000
and JS,000,COO. The . empire occupies a
peninsula jusC south' of Siberia, Jutting
Into the Pacific Ocean between the Yel
low Sea and the Sea of Japan, and reach
ing within less than 100 miles of the south
ern end of Japan.
Is Corea a rich country?
'NJt especially. It is a purely agrlcul-'
tural land and the methods "of cultivation
are primitive. A few gold mines are op
erated arid there are supposed to be de
posits- of copper, iron and coal.
Why, then, does Russia want. Corea?
Chiefly because of its position. Corea is
an extension of Mancnuria which practi
cally belongs to Russia. In the natural
development of contiguous territory Rus
sian merchants have .crossed the boundary
Into Corea and Russian interests accu
mulating there under the weak native gov-
eminent naturally look to
tho Czar for
protection
Why is Corea of strategic value to Rus
sia
. two reasons. First Russian vessels
maise a tone aetour arouna uorea
In this Journey -they must traverse a nar
row strait between Corea and a Janaaese
island, comparable to Gibraltar. To in
sure free passage Russia seeks to control
the end of the Corean peninsula. Second.
when Russia begins its anticipated absorp
tion or China it would be Inconvenienced if
a hostile power should have a military
uuae on uie nonneasiern coasi ox Asia.
Therefore, it desires to annex Corea,
Why doe3 Japan object to the Russian
annexation of Corea.,
Because Japan is overcrowded, with a
population 12 time3 ,dense as that of
the united States, and it seeks an outlet
for Its immigrants on. the mainland. The
island empire has booed, too. to make
Corea the base of an attempt to extend
Japanese influence throughout China.
Furthermore, it now conducts nine-tenths
of Corea's commerce and owns Corea's
two railways. Its trade and railways
would both be threatened and probably be
.deprived of vtlue In the event of Russia's
"success. And, finally, Japan holds that Its
own Independence would be menaced were
Russia to gain the harbor at the end of
the Corean peninsula almost within can
non range of the Japanese Island fortress
of Tsushima.
Does Japan want to annex Corea?
No. It is satisfied to maintain Corea's
sovereignty with the expectation that its
natural advantage of situation will give
it the lion's share of Corea's trade.
When did the trouble between Japan
and Russia begin?
It begun In 18S5, when by war Japan
had forced China to recognize Corea's in
dependence and to grant Japan the south
ern end of Manchuria. Russia forced
Japan to give up Manchuria, seized the
surrendered territory and secured a tim
ber cutting concession in the Yalu Valley
in Corea.
What brought on the present crisis?
Last year Russia -advanced the claim
that the timber concession extends to -the
valleys of all rivers tributary ta the Yalu
and that it gives the Russians the right to
buiid railways and to monopolize the port
of Yongampho at the Yalu's mouth.
.Did Russia, announce its . intention to
annex Corea?
It did not- But Japan took the ground
that its procedure meant virtual annexa
tion and so issued a .protest
Is this likely to lead to war?
Japan says it will unless Russia recedes
from Its claims.
. Will o'.the Wisp Boom.
Denver Post
The real strength o, W. R.. Hearst's
Presidential boom lies in the fact that it
Lis always somewhere else. In Colorado
the story is that Hearst can swing the
.California delegation to the St Louis
Convention. In California the Hearst
, boomers claim Colorado. In the East ho
is .the favorite of the golden Wqs.t. In the.
West he is the Idol of the toiling masses
In the big Eastern cities. In New Eng
land they read about the wonderful
growth of tho Hearst boom In the South.
In the South tho story is that the New
England factory centers are honeycombed
with Hearst clubs. For advertising pur
poses the Hearst campaign Is as fine as
Sir Thomas Upton's splendid efforts to
lift the cup. That Sir Thomas failed did
not spoil the splendor of his hitherto
unexampled, ad. That Hearst hasn't a
particle of chance to win the Democratic
nomination and doesn't dream of doing
does not detract from the grandeur
of- the grandest advertisement ever under
taken. When the convention convenes
Hearst does not have to be humiliated by
a showdown. His game Is Invincible. Who
ever is nominated will get the prize be
cause William Randolph Hearst did thev
magnificent thing of throwing his strength
to him! See?
Gorman Still in the Field.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
The Advertiser takea no. stock In the
Washington telegram which stated that
Senator Gorman had taken himself out of
the list of those who might seek the
Democratic nomination for President
That Is not Mr. Gorman's way of doing
things -and In our opinion he will pull
every string and play upon every chord
that can be reached that is likely to pro
mote his interests up to the meeting of
the convention. Those who are familiar
with the incidents of the Chicago con
vention of 1892 have not forgotten the
trunks full of Gorman buttons (hat were
to be distributed, but which, after the
situation was looked over, were never
worn. The expected did not happen;
whlch, was the defeat of Mr. .Cleveland
It Is amusing to read of the great efforts
made by Mr. Gorman In that memorable
campaign, when It is a well-known fact
that he "was conspicuous for his absence
from National headquarters until a short
time before the election, when it seemed
to be a certainty that the Democrats
.would win.
Taft May Loom Up.
TJtlca Observer.
Judge William H. Taft, of Ohio, the
man whom President Roosevelt has se
lected to succeed Ellhu Root as Secretary
of- War, has made a world-wide reputa
tion for himself as civil governor. The
fact that Judge Taft has been made a
member of the President's Cabinet of
course makes It incumbent upon him to
decline a nomination or even to consent
to a discussion of his availability. "But
this may not bar a very active campaign
among those who are regarded as belong
ing to the anti-Roosevelt wing of the
party and who see In Judge Taft a man
who Is the best possible exponent of the
expansion policy of the Republican party.
He Is eminently a "safe man, a3 com-,
pared with the Incumbent of the White
House. He is, moreover, in high favor
with that faction of the Republican party
opposed to. Roosevelt and variously desig
nated as Hanna Republicans or revived
McKinley Republicans. v
Bright Star! Would I Were -Steadfast
as Thou Art.
John -Keate.
Bright Start would I were steadfait as thou
art
Not In lone splendor hung aloft the night,
And watchlrir, with eternal lids ajart.
like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite.
The morlns waters at their prlestllXe task
Of pure ablution round earth's human -shores.
Of easing on the new soft fallen mask
-Or . cn the mountains and tho moors
No yet aUIli steadfast, still unchangeable, ;
Pillow'd upon my fair Love's ripening breast.
To feel for ever ita soft fall and swell,
I -Awake for ever in a sweet -unrest?
J sun, still to hear her tender-taken breath.
I An so Uro ever orteise swooa to jetn.
"ILLITERACY" AS A TEST.;
Joseph Smith In the Boston Pilot
I am satisfied that ft will take a great
deal of argument to convince the think
ing man that illiteracy that Is. inability
to read and write Is 'anything more
than a misfortune, and that it neces
sarily leads to crime. The men who -fill.
our Jails are not Illiterate, and the of
fenses which have shocked this country
and produced the greatest evils were not
committed, as a rule, by aliens and illit
erates. Illiteracy is, after all, a mere accident
.a question of, luck and environment.
The immigrant may be illiterate, but his
children never are. unless they are un
lucky enough to be born and raised in
some purely "American" locality. Ilk
the country south of Mason and Dixon's
line.
The verdict of history, the experience of
the American Republic and ' the knowl
edge gleaned in our surroundings right
here in Massachusetts utterly disprove
Mr. Lodge's theories, and refute his soph
istries and fallacies. The great ma
jority of our immigration has been Illit
erate; the little company which landed
from the Mayflower had Its share of
illiterates; and the men and women who
came to the colonies in pre-revoluUonary
times were not educated; and hQ prog
ress and prosperity of the republic is
proof positive that those who came
after the Revolution were a3 virtuous,
intelligent, industrious and honest as
those who came before that event
"Af tVifa tiWninflfti!slv slimlflpnnt fact
remains, tflat in the regions into which
this stream of immigration flowed, and
only there, have Industry, progress, en
lightenment, and the agencies of the best
and highest civilization uiossomea ana
xipehedV. Where the Illiterate immigrant
went the bogey of Mr. Lodge agrlcul
ture flourished, educatidn was fostered.
traco and industry thrived, ana law.
order, religion and morals secured
stable foundation. The men who had the
courage to face the perils of the sea to
seek homes in the wilderness, were re
solved that their children should have
the blesslncs they were denied in the lands
they left. Where immigration has not gone '
into the South with Its "puro Ameri
can," Anglo-Saxon population all these
evidences of the better things are lack
ing In the life of the plain people. Stag
nation, and retrogression have marked
the history of the South, and whole sec
tions are as Illiterate as lower Russia,
as Ignorant as rural England and almost
as degenerate and vicious as the hill dis
tricts of Connecticut.
No American desires to -see his country
flooded with the Vicious criminal or detri
mental elements of any foreign popula
tion; nor does he wish to see the whole
some stream of good blood flowing Into
the republic stopped by the demagpgery
of the Lodges nor the selfishness of the
Gomperses.
If the people of Asia are regarded as
dangerous to our civilization, be honest
and pass a bill to prevent any of them
coming here; If sue. Lodge wishes to bar
out Russian Jews and Greeks, let him say
so without evasion and subterfuge; If he
wishes to exclude the Poles, who saved
European civilization from the Turk, or
the natives of that most progressive
state. Hungary, why, let us have his
prejudices incorporated In legislation.
Let him call a spade a spade, and not hide
behind so shabby and palpable a hum
bug as a test of literacy.
s
The Judge and the Lawyers.
Chicago Evening Post
The judge had had his patience sorely
tried by lawyers who wished to talk and
by men who tried to evade jury service.
Betweea hypothetical questions and ex
cuses it seemed as if they never would get
to the actual atrial- of the case. So when
the, puzzled little ' German who had been
aocepted-by both sides jumped up, the
judgo was exasperated.
"Shudge," cried the German..
"What Is it?" demanded the judge.
"I tlnk I like to go home to my vife,"
said the German.
You can't" retorted the 'Judge. "Sit
down."
"But shudge'-persisted the German, "I
don't tlnk I make a good shuror."
You're the best In the box," said the
judge. "Sit down."
"What box?" asked the German.
"Tho jury box," said the judge.
"Oh. I tought It vas a bad box that
peoples gets In somedimes."
"No." said the Judge; "the bad box is
the prisoner's box."
"But shudge,' persisted the little Ger
man. "I don't speak soot English,"
"You don't have to speak any at all,"
said the Judge. ''Sit down."
The little German pointed at the law
yers to make his last desperate plea.
"Shudge." he said. "I can't. make nod-
ings out of what these fellers say."
It was the judge's chance to get even
for many annoyances.
"Neither can anyone else,", he said. "Sit
down." -
With a sigh the little German sat down.
Ticket for; New York.
,Troy Times.
Within a few months the Democratic
National Convention will be" held, and
suggestions are in order. The vital ques
tion for -Democrats, who most of all de
sire to win (mark the qualification) is
this: -How-to carry New -York and the
nation? We do not say that other con
ceivable combinations might not succeed.
but we do say that the following ticket
would have the-Inspirations of success In
It from the opening of the campaign and
the actualities of success in it on election
day: For President. Grover Cleveland, of
New Jersey: for Vice-President. Joseph
W. Folk, of Missouri; for Governor, Alton
B. Parker, of Ulster County.
Why Not a. Merchant?
New Orleans Picayune.
The Chicago Democrats are talking
about putting up as a Presidential candi
date- Marshall Field, 6ne of the great
merchants of their city. Heretofore all
the Chief Magistrates of the United States
have been lawyers- or soldiers. The lat
ter were Washington, Jackson, Harrison,
Taylor and Grant A merchant would be
something entirely new. It is a novelty
that will never be realized by the Ameri
can people. The military candidates can
hope to get in occasionally, but a mer
chant never.
Reminder of John Alden.
Peoria Herald-Transcript
Mr. Olney, urging the pre-eminent fit
ness of Mr. Cleveland to be the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency this
year, appears deeply sincere, but one
cannot help wondering if he doesn't hope
the Democratic Prlscllla will say: "Why
don't you speak for yourself, Richard?
Man of National Size.
Davenport (la.) Democrat
Richard Olney, the choice of the Massa
chusetts ' Democrats for the .head of the
National ticket this year, has accepted
an Invitation to address the Democrats
of Chicago. Mr. Olney Is a Democrat
of National size.
' She Came and Went.
James RuEsell Lowell.
As a twig trembles; which a bird
Lights on to sing, then leaves unbent.
So is my memory thrilled and stirred
X only know she came and went.
As clasps some lake, by gusts unrlven.
" The blue dome's measureless content.
So my soul held that moment's heaven
I only know she came and went.
As. at one hound, our swift spring heaps
The orchards rulT Ol Dioom ana .vceni,
So clove her ItarirosajM-lntry sleeps
I.enly know'srie'cane and went.
An, angel" stood and my" my gaze.
Through the low doolferay of my tent;
. The- tnt is sirucx, tne vision stays
;' 'I only know she came" and went.
Oh. when the root' i
z slowly dim.
And life's laetwl
One (rush jof lbt th
Only to th be can
mm
ntiarly spent.
NOTE AND, COMMENTS
Tqerr. is human; to- err- asalni dam-
foolish. -
The crime bf seven Colfax men 'is play
fully referred to as an escapade.
It Iqoks as If the canal would :be, dug
right through the Democratic party.
Chief Hunt's nickel didn't draw him a
good hand in the slot machine deal.
Hearst is like champagne the more he's
shaken, the louder the subsequent pop.
Corean soldiers, when about to go loot
ing; "disguise themselves as robbers."
This Is gilding refined gold.
No. wonder an. elephant In St Louis
went crazy with cold. A frost-bltten nose
is bad enough, but a frost-bltten trunk!
Truth Is like the smallpox; It will out
sometime, no matter what efforts are
made to keep It in. Fortunately It is not
so catching.
Dr. Fiedler, of Milwaukee, has counted
L95.000.000 bacteria on a one-dollar bill.
Fortunately a dollar will buy enough
whisky to kill the whole bunch.
It Is suggested by Rob Roy Parrlsh. of
Independence, that the "Oregon grape
-be called Orgona, Orgonla, Oregona or
Oregonla, "in view of Its having been
adopted as the state flower.
In fashion hints for the readers of tha
Chicago Journal appears this:
A cluster of chestnut burrs is an odd hair
ornament.
Three or four, turnips ahd a bunch of
carrots would be even odder.
King Peter, of Servia, Is said to be
agitated. He should console himself with
the thought that so long as he Is agitated
he Is of necessity alive. For him the tomb
is the only refuge from agitation.
New York police have been Instructed
to arrest persons spitting on the side
walks. Some occupation had to be de
vised for the force, since the Job of
keeping down the Ud has been aban
doned, v
Professor Starr, of Chicago, has gone to
Japan to obtain half a dozen Hairy
Alnus for exhibition at St. Louis. It is to
bo presumed that he has already collected
in Chicago .his exhibit of "responsible
theater managers.
Three boys, the eldest 14, have con
fessed they made an attempt to wreck a
passenger train with the object, of robbing
the passengers that might be killed or
wounded. Well, well, boys will be boys.
The Kobe Chronicle calls attention to a
passage in Aioriey s nio ot uiaasione:
'What are we to say of a statesman who
I calmly and seriously entered in his journal
the note: 'Wrote a memorandum on
Egyptian finance to clear my head. It
reminds us of the stutterer who cured his
stammer by learning Welsh."
The Sydney (N. S. W.) Bulletin barbs
parody with truth in this quatrain:
Britannia needs no bulwarks no tars with
voices deep.
No hairy sons of sea-dogs to guard her
island-steep:
Her trust Is in the Lascar1 tho Dagoes
make her crew.
She leans her weary trident on her alien
A. B. true.
British Columbia society has a new sen
sation. Chief Two Feathers, an Indian
some' seven feet ' In height; and a well-
knqwn," wrdstier, 'is being entertained
at pink teas by Vancouver's Athenian
dames. Two Feathers waves his toma
hawk and dances round the drawing-room,
while the ladles exclaim: "How perfectly
sweet!" and "Isn't he just too cute!"
Peaches are now grown with initials or
monograms on them. The monogram or
crest is cut out in paper and pasted on tho
peaches while growing. As soon as the fruit
Is ripe the paper patterns are removed,
when a facsimile of the monogram or other
design used 13 found picked out in most
delicate green, while the rest of tho fruit
will bo found rosy and deep-hued Food
and Cookery.
But some peaches have the monogram
on their stockings.
The adverb has almost vanished from
the adjective, so far as countries are
concerned, seems to be following. Tha
Brooklyn -Eagle alludes to the "Norman
dy cotton mills," and the Chicago Inter
Ocean describes a "Switzerland estate."
The Hearst papers over some articles run
the line "Great Britain Rights Reserved."
Soon we shall be hearing of a Sweden
logger, an Ireland brogue, a France novel,
and the Germany Emperor.
Hubert Paul, an English literary man
of some note, Is writing a "history of
England from the viewpoint of a young
man." This Is a novel Idea, and worthy
of commendation. Too long have we been
content with histories, written from tho
viewpoint of experience. Figures In the
world of today vary In importance as they
are viewed from the age of 20 or of 50.
Jeffries looms larger than Roosevelt to
the young mind, and It is not much other
wise with the men of the past Let us
have histories by young men for our
young men, Jilstories by octogenarians for
our octogenarians, histories by girls lor
girls, and for women by women. Bachelors
should write for bachelors, and widows
for widows.
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Oh. John. John, my little boy -is playing
with your mowing machine!" 'He won't
hurt It. ma'am! Don't worry!" Brooklyn
Life.
How are you. old fellow? Are you keep
ing, strong?" "No; only Just managing to
keei out of my grave." "Oh, I'm sorry to
hear that." Chicago Journal.
"What do you expect to give your husband
for Christmas?" "I think I shall give htm
the same cigars I gave' him last year. Tho
dear, absent-mmaea man scarcely toucneu
them." Brooklyn Life.
"Cheer up, brother," said the preacher to
the sick man. "there s a warm welcome for
you over yonuer: rarsoir. gaspea. iuo
man. "which way- do you reckon I'm
a-goln?" Atlanta Constitution.
"That distinguished-looking man Is a vet
eran of seven wars." "You don't mean ltj
Why, he looks too young to have seen.-servs
ice like that. How does it happen?"" THe
spent a month In South America one time."
Cincinnati Times-Star. ' ,
'Yes. I'm a Western man, myselCVTbat
so? 1 ve never Deen est, out w
go next year to the St. Louis Fair"' "Oh I
tVio mair ho worth seeinC. CUt 1WW03 L OO
in it with the" "Ah I how are thing iry
Chicago?" Philadelphia Press. I
TTnwoo Tinn't like this cold weather, P7
Why, only last Summer you were otepUW-
Ing- of the heat. Barnes oc ine neat
gelf, but rather because ot n unomei.
t r.,,M ha all rlKht if reserved .for ch.-
weather aa this. Boston Transcripts ; .
Master Jack (from the country)1-?"6
nrc all tnose somjers uu uumu via
.hT fnr? Jack's
Fathur ThlElfii. Oh,
.him the marines. siAnv. MasterJak
ii..in' And what aroJfther for? slckr
cither Don't ask so mw; ioonsn-q
my boy. Everybody cpcbX to Kn
..ntinnrn is emDioyeaihy tne uoWHaw
r the sailors to
hTlfc-BItt.
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