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GROWTH OF THE IDEA.
It is surprising as gratifying to note
what degree of interest has been
awakened in Congress by presentation
of the claims of the Xewis and Clark
Exposition to recognition and support
Neither In Senate nor House is the
undertaking now received with coldness
or disfavor. Presentation of the his
torical basis of It, as one of the most
important of all events in the history of
our National expansion, has won It
the favor of many; but the main fact
that obtains attention is the commer
cial position of our Pacific States and
the promise of participation of the
"United States through our Pacific
ports in the development of the vast
commerce of the other hemisphere. Our
project is received with interested at
tentlon, because it is seen at once that
it may be made a great factor in pro
motion of a commercial movement of
vast consequence to our National life.
Every one sees that forces which are
to effect during the present century
complete transformation of the life and
activities of man in the countries of
Asia that border on the Pacific Ocean
are in active operation. "What this may
mean to our Pacific States of America
Is an august conception, which no
imagination can exaggerate. It Is this
that wins attention at the National
Capital, the moment It is presented. No
man, from any section of the United
States, can be Insensible to It It opens
at once a new vista, in the history and
greatness of our country.
It is not probable that collision be
tween Russia and Japan can be averted.
This is but the prologue to the trans
formation of the Orient The details
cannot be predicted; but there is cer
lalnty in this, that the old life of the
Eastern world, petrified and immobile
through ages, Is now to yield to the
newer influences of the newer time.
Hitherto, In our Pacific States, we have
looked chiefly to our own Eastern
States as the main source of our help
and growth. But In fact It now begins
clearly to appear that .our main devel
opment is to be within ourselves.
through participation In the commerce
of countries that border on this great
est of oceans. The stir of Oriental
countries, now so actively begun, will
make this realizable to an extent be
yond the reach of any prophetic vision
The theater of the world's new effort
is now in Eastern Asia and "Western
America. The two hemispheres, here
xoiore m communication only across
the Atlantic, are now rapidly develop
ing an intercourse over the Pacific
More than fifty steamships now sail
regularly between our Pacific ports and
the ports of the Orient, and of "tramp"
steamers and sailing vessels a continu
ally growing fleet. Aggression of Rus
sia and resistance of Japan are setting
forces in motion that will surely result
In vast transformations In countries
that hold one-half the human race.
England, France and Germany have
ithelr spheres of active influence In that
same enormous Held. We are In the
Philippine Islands ourselves an lncom
parable station in the Orient for ob
eervatlon and commerce. Our own Xa
tlonal participation In results that are
to come from the transformation of the
Orient will be had through the ports
of our Pacific States. Of this mighty
development, now just beginning to
appear, we have the forecast in a com
merce on the Pacific which will rival
that of the Atlantic. It means mighty
industrial and commercial progress for
our states on the western side of the
continent Where now are five millions
of our people there may be fifty mil
Hons by the close of this century, with
every kind of intellectual and moral
development comparable with the ma
terlal prosperity.
Our Exposition of 1905, as an incident
and an agent of this coming greatness
commends Itself at the National Capital
to the representatives of every section
of the Union. This accounts for the
hopefulness of the prospect of recognl
tion and support, cominr from so mnnv
sources. Whit Congress may do or
may not do never indeed can be fore
told with certainty, for there Is many
a possible slip in all attempted legis
lation; but as such things go the indl
cations in this case are all of highly
favorable kind.
UNTATRIOTIC GERMANY.
The opposition manifested by German
meat-eaters and butchers to the lm
perlal Inhibition upon American and
Argentine beef cannot be too strongly
reprobated. It can only be ascribed to
some dislike of William himself, or else
to some defect In the German sense of
humor. The duty of protecting home
industry, even to the point of prohibit
ipg imports altogether, should be suffl
clently clear to the countrymen of Bis
jnarck, and unwillingness to go without
meat entirely for the benefit of the
home producers argues a lack of patri
otism or Inadequate appreciation of
logic.
The accepted theory in Germany,
.Russia and the United" States 'is that
the consumption of articles imported
from abroad is a mischievous error and
the limitation of the market to the
home supply is the summum bonum of
government. It is for this that we levy
high tariff taxes, beyond the require
ments of revenue and calculated to
build up the home producer. It is per
fectly clear that anything which falls
short of the complete exclusion of the
foreign product and a monopoly of the
home markel by the home producer is
lame and impotent conclusion, leav
ing something still lo be desired in the
direction of punishment for the for
eigner and emolument for the domestic
monopoly.
Germans who go without meat, there
fore, should rejoice at being counted
worthy to endure such martyrdom for
the sake of the Vaterland. They are
to be reprimanded along with all Amer
icans who wear silks from China,
gloves from France or worsteds from
Scotland. Xothing should ever be
brought into this country from abroad;
and if the British were wise they would
starve to death rather than sustain life
upon American wheat. The hemp of
the Philippines should He and rot upon
the plains of Luzon, the diamonds of
South Africa lie undisturbed in their
beds and the glass and marbles of Italy
be left to bedeck the graves of a beg
gared and dying populace.
Just this will happen when Secretary
Wilson and his able school of political
economy shall have brought the mind
of man under their sway. Imports be
ing universally recognized as evils,
there can be no exports. Commerce
will vanish from the seas and the man
who liveth to himself alone will be the
type of National greatness.
SLAV OR SAXON?
A war between Russia and Japan is
regarded by many as the prelude to a
great world-struggle between Saxon or
Teuton, on the one hand, and Slav or
Cossack on the other hand a struggle
Into which the United States may ulti
mately be drawn. How true this be
lief is time alone can telL Unforeseen I
influences or contingencies may arise to
divert the channel of world history
from directions now apparently inev
itable; and at the present time the
United States has the clear duty of en
tire neutrality between the contending
forces.
But the eventual union of Great Brit
ain and the United States, In opposition
to Russia, and In life and death strug
gle for ascendency of Anglo-Saxon
Ideals, has taken Arm hold upon the
Imagination of both British and Amer
ican minds. Much of this feeling Is due
to the assiduity with which the British
have sought to inculcate the Idea of
American union with British purposes
and American interest in British as
cendency. Before us is the latest bulle
tin of the Library of Congress, giving
a bibliography of books and magazine
articles along these lines. Their tenor
and the alms behind them may be
gathered from a few random citations:
THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIL,.
ANGLO-AMERICAN FUTURE.
ANGLO-SAXON SUPERIORITY.
ANGLO-SAXON IMPERIALISM.
AN ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE.
THE ANGLO-SAXON HERITAGE.
ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP.
ANGLO-AMERICAN AGREEMENT.
ANGLO-SAXON RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ENTENTE.
OUR SPECIAL PARTNER ENGLAND.
CHRISTIANITY AND ANGLO-SAXONS.
ENGLISH-SPEAKING BROTHERHOOD.
BASIS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
ANGLO-SAXONS AGAINST THE WORLD.
A CENTURY OF ANGLO-SAXON EXPAN
SION.
WHICH SHALL DOMINATE. SAXON OR
SLAV?
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE IN ITS THREE
HOMES.
THE PROPOSED ANGLO-AMERICAN AL
LIANCE.
THE UNION OF THE FLAGS (ANGLO-
SAXON).
PROPOSED FEDERATION OF ANGLO-
SAXONS.
THE UNITED STATES OF IMPERIAL
BRITAIN.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE IN
FROPHECY.
THE FEDERATION OF ENGLISH-SPEAK
ING PEOPLE.
SHALL SLAV. TEUTON OR ANGLO-
SAXON PREVAIL?
THE ANGLO-SAXON CENTURY AND THE
UNIFICATION OF THE ENGEISH-SPEAK-ING
PEOPLE.
From the British viewpoint the
tenor of these publications, with the
few exceptions where the Anglo-Amer
ican alliance, entente, heritage, union
or what not receives ridicule or oppo
sition, is that in Its age-long battle
with Russia the reliance of Great Brit
ain must be upon aid from the United
States. From the American point of
view the theory is that eventually we
shall be drawn into support of Great
Britain though necessity of resisting
not so much Russia as what Russia
stands for. In this view the grandest
struggle the world ever saw is prepar
ing on the following lines:
AUTOCRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
DESPOTISM AGAINST LIBERTY.
BARBARISM AGAINST CIVILIZATION.
ABSOLUTISM AGAINST CONSTITUTIONS.
How captivating this, view is to the
thinking mind Is plain If we consider
the nature of Russian civilization.
There Is nothing in modern life, not
even the benighted condition of China,
which corresponds to the rule of Rus
sia. Its like can only be found In the
dark records of the Middle Ages, In Its
own prototype and progenitor, the
Scythian power which swept down upon
the civilization of Southern Europe and
all but extinguished It The. events
that have shaped and disciplined the
Teutonic peoples of Germany, Britain
and America, evolving constitutions,
self-government, public opinion and a
literature of freedom In which each
rising generation is formed in turn
upon the accumulated knowledge and
power of Its predecessor' all these are
in Russia things unknown and un
dreamed. There Is in Russia neither
liberty nor public opinion. Mongolian
Is not farther from Caucasian than Slav
from Saxon.
This might still be borne as it has
been borne but for the energy with
which the Russian people Is advancing.
Its long Infancy seems to have operated
to conserve the bounding vitality of
early yeans. While other peoples have
grown to maturity and passed their
zenith, the Cossack power is in the
vigor of Its lusty youth. The Latin
races, are slowly but surely lagging be
hind in the race. Spain, Italy and Aus
tria have seen dominion slip from their
nerveless fingers. German advance
seems limited by colonial Inefficiency
and Continental boundaries. Even
Great Britain's statesmen are quarrel
ing among themselves as to the causes
and cure of British decline. And all
this while Russia steps steadily forward
over Asia, Intrigues to the discomfiture
of Turkey, encroaches step by step upon
India and prepares to possess China
and extinguish Japan. It is not a
THE MOUSING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904.
forced, but a natural growth. It is not
to be stopped by Russian forbearance
or European diplomacy. Nothing can
stop it but the armies of a superior
foe. hurled against the Cossack power
with patience and unwavering forti
tude. Into this struggle the United
States may some day be drawn, and
the day may be nearer than we think.
It will not' be until the British people
themselves have first gone forward in
Japan's support and measured their
strength against the Cossack hordes.
The menace of Russia to Britain is di
rect, but to the United States It is re
mote, speculative, and may be averted.
But if Slav is to triumph over the
Ideals represented by such words as
Shakespeare and Milton, Burke and
Mill, Magna Charta. and the Declara
tion of Independence, It will have to be
over the ruins of English civilization
in the New World.
IT HAS COME TO GRIEF.
It is clear that the bottom has been
knocked out of Democratic opposition
to the Panama policy of the President
Shortly after the opening of the regu
lar session of Congress an effort was
made by Senator Gorman to unite the
Democrats of the Senate In opposition.
Gorman made a bitter speech, In which
he asserted that there were to be no
"White House Democratic Senators"
from that time forward. He was sup
ported by Bailey of Texas, and the as
sault was continuous till the holiday
adjournment But the effort failed
completely. Gorman has not renewed
it During the recess he learned, un
mistakably, that the Democratic party
could not be united against the Presi
dent on this Issue. The Legislatures of
Louisiana and Mississippi requested the
Senators from those states to support
the Panama treaty. The Senators from
Florida were known to be friendly to
It Recently Senator Simmons, of
.North Carolina, and Senator Clarke, of
Arkansas, have delivered elaborate
speeches In support of it So It seems
that there are "White House Senators
on the Democratic side" Gorman and
Bailey notwithstanding. There remains
no question that Panama will stand as
an Independent state, that the treaty
will be ratified, and that construction of
the canal will begin this year.
For cover of retreat Mr. Gorman and
his associates, who have asserted that
an outrage has been committed on Co
lombia, by recognition of the Independ
ence of Panama and t by negotiation
with Panama of a new canal treaty,
now say that we ought to indemnify
Colombia for her loss; and it is sug
gested that the proper figure will be six
to ten pillion dollars, to be paid to Co
lombia by the United States. It Is not
at all through any sense of justice, or
anything due to Colombia, that this
proposal is made. The object is to
cover the retreat of the opponents of
the Administration from an untenable
position. To these robbers there is
nothing due from us. We owe them
nothing whatever, and should pay them
nothing. Besides, whatever we may
pay will not reach the public treasury
of Colombia not one dollar of It The
whole sum will be appropriated by these
robbers. Individually, for themselves
They have no sense of obligation to
their country, no spark of patriotism.
But, since we want the canal and must
have it, perhaps- it may be thought best
to buy off the opposition of Mr. Gor
man and others In the Senate by appro
priating a sum of money for the Co
lombian robbers and charging the addi
tional sum to construction of the
canal. It would be regrettable, how
ever, to se this done. But these. Sena
tors may talk In opposition down to
the close of Summer, unless some ar
rangement to shut them off shall be
made. One thing, however, 1st certain.
These assailants of the Administra
tion on its Panama policy have gained
no advantages for their party by these
attacks; and the hope of such advan
tage was the Inspiration of their effort
Schemes to "make capital for the
party" in this country lay many heavy
burdens on the public treasury, In one
way and another. The tender con
science of Mr. Gorman and his political
confreres is a very thin and gauzy
cover for this one.
THE SERVICE TENSION BILL.
A service pension law of some sort 13
likely to be enacted by Congress, and
legislation of this sort Is to com
mand the earnest approval of Pres
ident Roosevelt The Dolllver-Calder-
head bill, which was Introduced In both
the House and Senate last week, pro
poses to give $12 a month to every
Union soldier who served ninety days
In the Civil War, but not until he has
reached the age of 62. The pension
Is also to go to the soldier's widow
If they were legally married prior
to June, 1890. Deducting seamen
and marines and allowing for
.thousands of men who re-enlisted
and are therefore counted twice.
It Is estimated that 2,122,341 men served
as Individuals in the Union armies. De
ducting deaths and deserters, 476,775,
leaves 1,645,566 as the estimated num
ber of survivors at the close of the
war. The military authorities believe
that enormous frauds In the state en
rollments to fllL-out quotas under the
various calls and drafts for troops, pro
fessional bounty-jumpers, etc, foisted
upon the rolls at least 150,000 fictitious
names of persons who never served a
day. This assumption would reduce the
approximate total of survivors at the
close of the war to 1,495,460.
According to the records of the Pen
sion Office, the number of Civil War
soldiers on the pension rolls June 30,
1903, was 703.456. The estimated num
ber of survivors for 1903 was 894,585,
which would indicate that all but 191,129
of the surviving soldiers and sailors of
the Civil War are already borne upon
the pension roll. It is. believed that the
earlier estimates of the death rate were
too great and the Commissioner of
Pensions has expressed the official opin
ion that the number was not less than
200,000, and possibly reached 225,000. If
this proposed service pension bill be
comes a law. It will not mean that
every soldier of the Civil War will at
once come upon the pension rolls. It
Is probable that a good many of the
survivors will never apply for a pen
sion, because they are In such prosper
ous circumstances that a petty allow
ance of $12 a month Is entirely unneces
sary to them. Then there were 42,323
officers and men who served less than
ninety days, who are not covered by
this bill, which is restricted to this
length of service. A large number of
these men who served for tlilrty days in
1S63 and sixty days in 1S54 must be rep
resented in the survivors of the Civil
War. Excluding these classes and al
lowing for deaths meanwhile. It is est!
mated that the proposed law will ulti
mately add to the pension roll about
100.000 names.
It Is estimated that the last surviving
soldier of the Civil War will have dls-
appeared by 1945; but thousands of wid
ows will remain, as there are now about
250,000 on the pension rolL It Is esti
mated that there will be "war" widows
of this class on, the pension roll as late
as 19S5, forty years after the extinc
tion of the last Union soldier. At the
end of the last fiscal year there were
still Ave widows of Revolutionary sol
diers on the pension rolls, a"nd the pen
sioned widows of the War of 1812 num
bered 1115. This bill Is the result of the
meeting in Washington of the commit
tee on pensions of the G. A. R. This
committee had an extended conference
with the President and with Pension
Commissioner Ware. The bill does not
Interfere with existing pension regula
tions, and It provides in plain terms
that no soldier or widow receiving pen
sion under Its provisions shall be enti
tled to a pension under any other law.
If no more than 100,000 names are added
to the pension rolls by the proposed act
the additional annual expenditure
would probably not exceed $15,000,000.
It Is reported, and probably correctly,
that the Republican leaders In both
Senate and House, with the approval of
the Administration, will make the pas
sage of a service pension bill-part of
the Republican policy In the approach
ing Presidential campaign.
The New York Sun, which Is the lead
ing anti-Rooseve.lt journal .of the East,
makes this proposed service pension bill
the subject of a column of roost vigor
ous editorial denunciation, pleading
that it might carry the annual expendi
ture for pensions up from "about $140,
000,000 to $160,000,000, or even $200,000,
000." The Sun says that "Mr. Roosevelt
favors this bill as a zealous candidate
for nomination," and calls the bill "a
most stupendous campaign fund, an ex
cessive price to bear for the continu
ance of Theodore Roosevelt as Presi
dent of the United States for four years
longer." The Sun is unjust For the
history of our pension legislation, both
parties are about equally responsible.
Both parties have yielded from time to
time to the appeals of the veteran sol
diers of all our wars. The Sun Is never
weary of commending Grover Cleve
land, but it was Grover Cleveland who
In 18S7, when he was a candidate for re
nomination, signed the Mexican War
service pension bill, about forty years
after the close of the Mexican War, in
1847. It will be forty years In April,
1905, since the Civil War collapsed with
the surrender of Lee and Johnston.
Mr. Cleveland probably signed the
Mexican War service pension bill as an
act of sound public policy, and Presi
dent Roosevelt probably feels that In
face of the precedent created by the
Mexican War pension bill it will be Im
possible for Congress to resist the pres
sure of the surviving Union veterans
for a service pension bill, and as an act
of public justice It Is quite as econom
ical and far fairer to pass this bill than
to refuse to enact It and remit the coun
try to the unsatisfactory spectacle of
seeing every session the veterans whose
claims are turned down by the Pension
Bureau obtaining a larger pension, by a
special act when they have political
"pull" enough to succeed. The average
annual number of private pension bills
Introduced Into the House of Repre
sentatives is 5000; into the Senate, 2000.
The passage of a service pension bill
would be far better than this gradual
placement on the pension roll through
private pension bills of the large ma
jority of the claimants rejected by the
Pension Bureau. President Roosevelt
Is not responsible for the .history of
our pension legislation of the last
thirty years, which has been written
beyond his power to oblterate or cor
rect, and he probably thinks with most
fair-minded men of both parties that
the best way out of the evil situation
Is to enact once and for' all a service
pension bill.
It Is certainly high time that the
nuestlon of brldtrlnir Sullivan's Gulch
should be decided. Our local financiers
should not find it impossible to meet
the very apparent necessities of this
case without practical confiscation of
the property in the district to be as
sessed for the Improvement Two steel
bridges are not to be thought of un
der present conditions of taxation and
of development In the part of the city
that must bear the expense of construc
tion. A practical man and large property-owner
in the district, Mr. E. H.
Virgil, some time ago suggested that
two good covered wooden bridges be
substituted for one steel bridge, givin
it as his opinion that such bridges could
be built for $10,000 or $15,000 each, very
durable, sufficiently commodious to ac
commodate traffic for many years to
come. The Idea was not Indorsed by
the authorities, and, so far as we know,
was not considered by them, but It
found favor with many taxpayers of
the practical class. The question has
assumed an acute form, and Immediate
relief is demanded. Let us have cov
ered wooden bridges If that is the best
that can be done with proper consider
ation for those most vitally concerned
and with due regard for the conven
ience of the general public Let us
have something.
Should one sleep soon after meals?
This Is a question which American
Medicine answers Dy saying that If one
has eaten heartily of heavy food he
will best not sleep for two or three
hours after eating. An old English
saw runs: "After dinner sit a while,
after supper walk a mile," this being
much like the older Latin saying,
"Postepulas stabls vel passus mllle
menbls." In Italy, where meals are
lighter than in the north of Europe, the
saying prevails: "The supperless man
tosses all night"; but Anglo-Saxoni
think digestion halts during sleep.
Much, however, depends, our medlca!
contemporary thinks, on the kind of
food eaterr before sleeping. The aged
man digests with difficulty, which fact
is expressed in the Spanish proverb:
"Who steals an old man's supper does
him no wrong." But habit has much
to do with the question of.safety in eat
ing on retiring or not lorn? before.
The expedition that Is being planned
by the local branch of the American
Institute of Archaeology, of Salt Lake
City, to make a scientific Investigation
of the ruins of twelve or fifteen cliff
dwellings recently discovered in what
is known as Nine-Mile Canyon, Utah,
promises to be exceedingly Interesting.
Th-se dwellings are about forty-five
miles northwest of Price, and are far
ther north than any before discovered.
Revelations of eld, deeply Imbedded in
what we call the "New World"; silent
records of a vanished race and a pre
historic age carved In the rocks and
revealed In the Implements that an un
known people used and the dwellings
they Inherited, await the Investigation
of scientists In these almost inaccessi
ble wilds. The public cannot -fall to bo
interested in the findings of this expedition.
THE LEWIS AND CLARK-EXPOSITION
Louisville Courler-JournaL
The people of Oregon, with commendable
pride, propose to hold in Portland, the
principal city of that state, from May 1 to
November 1. 1505. an exposition commem
orative of the centennial of the arrival of
the expedition of Lewis and Clark at the
western terminus of their exploration In
1S05. For this purpose the Legislature of
Oregon has appropriated $500,000, the peo
ple have raised by subscription a sum
nearly as great, and eight o the other
trans-Mississippi states have responded
with liberal appropriations. The citizens
of Portland and of the State of Oregon
generally have entered into the project
with zeal and energy, the organization of
the Exposition company has been com
pleted and the preparations for the coming
fatr are being prosecuted under the most
favorable circumstances, foreshadowing
success. Beautiful grounds, comprising 1S5
acres, have been secured, and the initial
work of grading for roadways and prepar
ation for the structural work Is well under
way. In addition to this local Interest and
enterprise. Congress will probably respond
to the widely-expressed desire of the peo
ple of the Far Northwest with a consider
able appropriation toward the undertaking.
Every guarantee, therefore, which the
good faith of an Intelligent and enterpris
ing people, and the possession of a large
fund to carry with them, assures the suc
cess of the undertaking.
Trere is good reason why the whole
country should respond to the call of the
State of Oregon and unite In making this
commemorative exposition on the shores
of the Pacific a great National success.
It will be the first of the kind ever held
In that important portion of our distant
territory, and upon Its extreme Western
confines. The great problem of the cur
rent century will find Its solution in that
region, which is to be, in a sense, the bat
tle-ground for the commerce and trade ot
the world. If not Indeed a seat of arts and
manufactures, and a civilization rivaling.
If not excelling, that which has now Its
highest expression on the Atlantic Coast
With China and the other teeming coun
tries of the Orleri awakened to the call of-
civilization. with open ports for trade and
the possession of the Philippines and Ha
waii we shall enter into competition with
the other nations of the world with ad
vantages which cannot be overestimated.
These are,- by reason of trans-continental
railroads, already such as will enable us
to outstrip all other contending rivals In
furnishing our products of field and fac
tory at rates which will command the
reciprocal trade of these teeming millions.
now hungering for our commodities. It is.
therefore, an auspicious time to give them
an object -lesson In the resources of our
Imperial domain, extending from ocean
to ocean, and to let them see that while
they have been accustomed to regard the
seat of our commercial power as on the
Atlantic coast our Pacific front for near
1000 miles presents equally as good field
for handling the world's commerce.
This Is the Incentive for a National as
well as a general state Interest in the
success of this important undertaking. But
while It appeals to all the states and the
people, there are especial reasons why
Kentucky should take to herself In such
a commemoration. It is true that neither
Lewis nor Clark, who headed the explora
tion to the Pacific, was a Kentucklan, but
the latter was closely Identified with the
statu through his brother, George Rogers
Clark, who may well be regarded as the
civil founder of our commonwealth, as he
was of Its principal city. It was at Louis
ville that Captain Clark made the main
preparations for the Journey and the or
ganlzation of the expedition, and It was
here in December, 1S03, a few months be
fore he started un the Missouri, that he
was joined by Captain Lewis, and they
thence proceeded to St Louis. It was their
Intention to start at once up the Missouri,
but the territory west of theMlssJssIppl had
not then been formally transferred to
the United States and the Spanish com
mandant was under instructions not to
permit the passage of strangers through
It They, therefore, waited on the east
side of the Mississippi until the transfer
was effected in May, and on the 14th of
that month started on their long and suc
cessful Journey, arriving at the mouth of
the Columbia' In November. 1805. In this
expedition, equally great In Its conception,
execution and results, there were Ken
tucklans who bore an honorable part,
"The party," says the original narrative
in describing its members and equipment
"consisted of 9 young men from Kentucky.
14 soldiers of the United States Army,
who volunteered their services, 2 French
watermen, an Interpreter and hunter, and
a black servant belonging to Captain
Clark, .named York." So that of tho 30
who made this beginning toward the ex
ploration and settlement of the Louisiana
Purchase and the acquisition of the Pa
clfic territory to the extent of 250,000
square miles by right of discovery, nearly
one-third were Kentucklans, recruited by
Captain Clark at Louisville. They all re
turned to share with their leaders the
honor of the great deed performed, except
one their Sergeant Charles Floyd,
nephew of Colonel John Floyd, one of
Kentucky's most distinguished pioneers
who met his death at the hands of an
Indian in ambuah near Louisville In 17S3.
It Is well to recall these facts of history
which have become dimmed by time. It Is
well to let Kentucklans know that they
have a right to share In the pride of this
historic work, carrying with It the duty
to do their part ttward Its commemora
tion, and that of the brave deeds of the
men who reflect honor on the state. An
appropriate way to do this would be to see
that Kentucky Is properly represented at
this exposition.
The Anti-Roosevelt Enterprise
It Is very well to suggest Judge Taft as the
man to nominate Instead of Mr. Roosevelt but
It so happens that Mr. Roosevelt has Taft bot
tied up as the coming Secretary of War. Mr.
Taft will not be a candidate If he can help
It. He will bo loyal to his chief. Springfield
Republican (Ind.)
When the Chicago Inter-Ocean intimates that
Connecticut Is doubtful for Republicans if
Roosevelt Is nominated. It misrepresents
either purposely oc-through complete Ignorance.
No other man In the United States could to
day get as many votes In this state as Theo
dore Roosevelt can get and will get. Hartford
Courant (Rep.).
Discussion of Judge-Governor-Secretary Taft
as a possible Republican candidate for Presi
dent should take in more than the fact that he
lives In Ohio, the "borne of Presidents: It should
Include consideration whether the coming Sec
retary of War would permit himself to be the
agency through which the Hanna factions
"turned down" the President In whose Cab
inet he will serve. Providence Journal (Ind.).
We get a pretty good Idea of the value of
all these reports via Washington concerning a
deep and dark conspiracy against President
Roosevelt from this latest one about Massa
chusetts being In It. There's about as much
chance of an antl-Roosevelt uprising In the
Republican party In Massachusetts with Sen
ator Lodge and ex-Governor Crane at the helm
as there is of a volcanic eruption. Boston
Herald (Ind.).
Child of Earth.
Phoebe Cary.
His hands with earthly work are done.
His feet are done with roving:
We bring him now to thee and ask
The loved to take the loving.
Part back thy mantle, fringed with green,
Brpldercd with leaf and blossom.
And take him tenderly to sleep.
Dear Earth, upon thy bosom.
Thy cheerful birds, thy liberal flowers, J
Thy woods and waters only.
Gave him their sweet companionship
And made his hours less lonely.
Though friendship never blest his way.
And love denied her blisses.
No flower concealed her face from him.
No wind withheld htr kisses.
Nor man hath sighed, nor woman wept
To go their ways without him.
So, lying here, he still will have
His truest friends about him.
Then part thy mantle, fringed with green,
Broldered with leaf and blossom.
And lay him tenderly to rest.
Dear TSarth. upon thy bosom.
DISRAELI AND SALISBURY.
New Tork Evening Post
The editor of the Quarterly has dis
closed 'the Identity of one of his anony
mous writers. He has printed a list of
the articles which Lord Salisbury con
tributed during many years. The total
Is about 20. Among them the most famous
are those In which Lord Salisbury, dip
ping his pen In gall, wrote freely about
the politics and politicians of the cay.
It was no great secret The style, which
was of the very man. revealed him. Tnus
Disraeli was twitting on facta when he
made his biting remark in the Commons:
"I know that my noble friend attacked
me before he was my colleague, and has
attacked me since he was my colleague.
I do not know if he attacked me when
he was my colleague." Alas! now that
the veil Is lifted, we find that It was.
indeed, the late Marquis who described
the way In which Disraeli made himself
the leader of the Tory party:
HU tactics were so various, so flexible, so
shamgless, the net by -which bis combinations
were garnered in was so wiae. ne na so su-
ml ruble a knack ot enticing Into the same
lobby a happy family ot proud old Tories and
foaming Radicals, martial squires Jealous tor
their country's honor, and manufacturers who
had written It off their books as an unmar
ketable commodity, that, so Ions as his party
backed him. no Government was strong enough
to hold out against his attacks. . . - Oppo
nents were wont to speak almost with envy of
the laudable discipline of the Tory party.
They little knew the deep and bitter humilia
tion that was masked by the outward loyalty
of Its votes.
Those were the days of hanging, draw
ing and quarterlylng. Nothing quite like
it has been seen since, even in England.
The Quarterly still launches its anony
mous thunderbolts, but they do not split
the earth open In the old terrifying way,
Sixty or 70 years ago the death-dealer
might be Lord Robert Cecil or Gladstone
or Wllberforce. Of the last named
bishop's review of ''Essays and Reviews"
In the Quarterly, there Is this record In
his dairy: "Very low all day. A hundred
guineas came for review-" That rate of
payment suggests a measure of truth in
the saying that Lord Sallsbu-y couia nave
supported himself by his pen- Doubtless
Abraham Hayward had a large Income as
the most Indefatigable of Quarterly re
viewers. For many years he never missed
having an article In each number. With
his "morbidly accurate" memory, ana
wide acquaintance with prominent men in
England and on the Continent, he really
made himself a power in tho state.
In this country we have never bad just
such a weapon In terrorem as tie Quar
terly was In Its pristine vigor. Tho Norm
American, as it was before the nooa, and
nosslblv the Democratic Review, faintly
discharged tho same function; but the
dally newspaper soon proved Itself too
superior as .an Instrument of tlageiiauon,
As Lowell wrote, there was nothing for
the quarterlies to do but to creep ore into
the swamps and die like so many me-
gatherla. The same process has gone on
in Encland. though the quarterlies obstin
atelv refuse to Klve up the ghost But
the emphasis Is transferred to tne aany
hnstant publicity, with a secret to blab
press. Imagine a man, in inese aays ot
or an enemy to excoriate, waiting three
months!
The venom which surcharged many of
the "tartarly" articles of yore we may
well spare from modern public discussion
en when it must be after the anony
mous habit of Journalism. Those slash
ing reviewers too often acted In the spirit
of John Foster's theologian, wno vaauea
the arguments for Christianity "as an
assassin values his dagger, and for the
same reason." Yet the authority, the
special information, the saturation in
matter which the review-writers of an
older day could boast are qualities which
the world that debates, as well as the
world that s'amuse, cannot do without
They are not often to be encountered in
the individual; but in tne collective pe
riodical, the well-organized newspaper.
they may still have their impersonal nut
none the less powerful effect,
Democratic Views of Bryan.
No Democrat who allows Bryan to affix the
stamp of his approval on him will stand any
show of an election to the Presidency with the
people ot the United States In the brisk and
breezy year 1904. Utlca Observer.
Bryan's friends want to know how Judge
Parker stood In 1808. If he voted against
Brvan then, he will occupy practically the
same position Bryan held In 1892; when he
bolted the Democratic candidate and voted
for the Greenbacker. Weaver. Troy Press.
One thing which esteemed Republican con
temporaries fall to note Is. that Mr. Bryan Is
saying It all. Nobody seconds the motions.
So far from unanimous consent, it comes nearer
to unanimous dissent. Men who have stood by
him through thick and thin are expressing
their regret that he should exhibit such nar
row Bourbonlsm. and destroy his chance for
future usefulness. Albany Argus.
It did not need any poll of Democratic Rep
resentatives In Congress and State Legislatures,
or of leading Democratic newspapers and cit
izens to demonstrate the unwillingness of the
party to have anything further to do with
Bryanlsm as set forth In the Kansas city
platform. Mr. Bryan's own antics show that
he understands the situation. He Is "going
It" accordingly in an audacious but Impotent
effort to keep himself in the public eye. Phil
adelphia Record.
His European trip has had such an exhil
arating effect on William J. Bryan that one is
forced to suspect that either Boas Croker or
Minister Choate must have conferred on him
the accolade of knighthood, and sent him forth
on a mission to kill the ogre Democracy. With
out some such elevating mission, one cannot
understand how a political adventurer who
has twice been rejected by the people could
even assume to -control those whom he had so
nearly destroyed. Trenton True American.
In plain English, this means that Mr. Bryan
Intends to take personal command of his wing
of the Democratic party, and, if possible, con
trol that convention. He has the undoubted
legal right to try this and to accomplish It If
he can. His leadership of the party dates from
bis nomination In 1600 as only one of the re
sults of that leadership we may recall that
when the 64th Congress assembled in the Sen
ate were 30 Democrats. 6 Populists and 44 Re
publicans, there being one vacancy. Lexington
Herald.
The present business Is to find out how to
win. For that purpose votes must be attract
ed, not repelled. Harmony Is indispensable.
free discussion Is In order, but wrangling over
past differences Is the one thing which Is em
phatically not desired. However favorable ma;
seem the prospects, wo are certain not to have
a walkover. We have a hard fight before us.
against a party strongly Intrenched and des
perate. We have no time and no strength to
spare for factional fights. To Indulge In such
nonsense In the face of tho enemy Is the way
not to do It. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Democratic party Is sick and tired of
Mr. Bryan s domineering tactics. It is not
alone the gold Democrats and the moneyed In
terests of the country that are weary of him.
but hundreds of thousands of the men who
zealously followed his banner In 1S98 and 1600
demand that he should take his grip off the
party's neck- None but a simpleton, or one
who expects to profit by clinging to his coat-
tails has any further patience with him or his
dictatorial policy. He has fewer supporters In
Tennessee than, he ever had. He will not be
allowed to dictate the platform or the nom
inee, however loudly hi may talk- If he actus.
the Presidency is already lost Nashville
American.
Silent Noon.
Dante Gabriel Hossetti.
Tour hands lie open In the long fresh grass
The flnger-volnts look through like rosy
blooms;
Tour eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams
and glooms
'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.
All round our nest, far as the eye can pass.
Are golden kingcup-fields wltli sliver edge
Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-
hedge.
Tla visible alienee, still as the hour glass.
Deep In the sun-search'd growths the dragon
fly Hangs like a blue thread loosn'd from the
this' wlng'd hour is dropt to us from
above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless
dower.
This close-companlon'd Inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song ot love.
J "rN0TE AND COMMENT,
"Hokku."
Tone NoguchI, in the current number
of the Reader, makes 'a "proposal- to
American poets." The proposal Is that
they should take up "Hokku," which are
or Is a 17-syllable poem. "The Hokku
poet's chief aim 13 to Impress the reader
with the high atmosphere in which he Is
living," says NoguchI, and he quotes from
a poet' named Basho. 1
A cloud of flowers!
Is the bell from Uyeno
Or Asakusa?
Commenting on this. NoguchI says:
Tes. cloud of flowers, ot course. In MukoJlma,
the odorous profusion shutting out every pros
pectl Listen to the bell sounding from. the
distance! Doe; it come from the temple of
Uyeno or from Asakusa?
The Hokku poem Is not so bad. It cer
tainly would be a great thing for the
public If American poets accepted
Noguchl's proposal and abandoned the
quatrain, of which, by tho way, another
author In the Reader says,:
Four lines with but a single thought.
Or maybe without any.
Two rhymes that render one distraught
A pV)em for a penny.
The Hokku forever, If only because It Is
shorter than the quatrain.
NoguchI gives some of his own at
tempts in the 17-syllable verses. . '
My girl's lengthy hair '
Swung o'er me from Heaven's gate:
Lo, Evening shadow! ' .
Lo. light and shadow
Journey to the home of night: -
Thou and I to Love!
It will be seen that the Japanese has
not quite caught the colloquial signifi
cance- of "my girl" or the Inelegance of
"lengthy," but Hokku (what a name!) are
i ahead of many magazine "gems."
Hoch the Hokku!
The cook's lengthy hair
Trails from the pot ot butter:
Lo, cuss-words galjre! '
Octosyllabic Epics.
Gas 1
Leaks;
Lass
Seeks.
Sound
Match , -
Found, '' -;
Patch.
They, campaign, to ragtime in Hayti.
When the Insurrection in German
Southwest Africa is over we shall.be abla
to say: "Sic transit gloria Swakop
mundL" Jimmy Britt declares that he will read
through an encyclopedia in an effort to
acquire learning. Don't do it, Jimmy; a
new edition will be out before you get
through A-Ba.
Apropos of Marie CorelU's defeat of the
Carnegie library proposal at Stratford-on-
Avbn, Andrew Lang wittily remarks that
the Capitol has once more been saved
by a bird not usually esteemed by strate
gists. Once, after a matinee, Jospeh Jefferson
was persuaded to take behind the scenes
several pretty girls who had Juftt
watched his portrayal of Kip Van Winkle
from a box, says the Argonaut "Oh,
Mr. Jefferson!" exclaimed the prettiest of
the girls, while he was showing them
around; "we enjoyed your performance
so much; but; do you know, we could
hardly hear a word you said." The
comedian smiled good humoredly. "Well,
I should say that was very strange," re
plied he, "for I distinctly, heard evry
word you young ladles uttered!"
According to the Yokohama Observer,
the Emperor of Corea Is not destitute of
humor. It apepars that he maintains a
large bear pit in the grounds of his palace
at Seoul for the purpose of Indulging In
bear-baiting, a. sport to which he is much
devoted. Among the 50 or 60 bears in cap
tivity there are some of various disposi
tions, and these the Emperor has named
after the principal nations that are loom
ing up on his troubled horizpn. The big
gest and most powerful bear in the crowd
Is named Russia, and one that Is dis
posed to question Its supremacy is Japan.
The United States Is represented by a
bear of sleepy habits that few of the
others care to disturb. This story re
minds one of Mls CorelU's famous
pigeons. She has a large number of the
birds, and most of them are named after
well-known reviews. It Is well known
that no love Is lost between English re
viewers and Miss Corelli, so there is noth
ing flattering In her selection of particular
birds to bear the names of the greatest
reviews.
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Englishwoman Have you been to Westmin
ster Abbey yet? Fair American No; but I
hear It highly spoken of 1 Punch.
Clara O, hum! I wish the Lord had made
me a man. .iioiner i'ernapa ne cas. Gear;
only you haven't found him yet. New York
Times.
"Now, then," said the professor at the dental
college, "what are the last teeth that comer
'False teeth," replied a bright freshman.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Aunt Jane I hope you enjoy your dancing
lessons, Freddy? Freddy Sure, Aunty! When
I get In a fight now, I can side-step twice as
good as I used to. Puck.
The Empress of China What Is that strange
noise I hear? The Minister of the Interior it
is the bottom dropping out of the New Tork
stock market, Tour Majesty. Life.
Mrs. Bacon What was the matter with your
last cook? Wouldn't she mind you? Mrs.
Egbert Mind me! Why, she wouldn't even
mind the alarm clock! Tonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Gumraey Is Mrs. Curaso really as phil
anthropic as she pretends? Mrs. Gargoyle I
should say so. Why. she even Invites her
poor relations to her receptions. Town Topics.
Honestman I had to discharge my confiden
tial man today. He didn't know enough for
the position. Crookedchap I discharged mine
also. He knew too much. Cincinnati Times
Star. Spacer Why was the horse editor fired?
Scribbler He was sent to report an automo
bile race, and he spoke of the fellow who
came In ahead as winning his spurs. Phila
delphia Record.
"Many a man would give a great deal for
your opportunities." said the earnestly amni
tlous roan. "Of course." answered Senator
Sorghum, "I had to give a great deal for 'em
myself." Washington Star.
"Did you eat any horse while you were In
raris?" asked the New Tork woman. "Oh, I
suppose to," replied the lady from Cincinnati;
"but I did not know it- Tou know they al
ways eerve it under a nom de plume!" Ton
kers Statesman.
Mr. Stubbs Tes, that Mrs. RIchrocks attend
ed the missionary meeting and contributed
even her Jewelry to the poor heathen; Mrs.
Stubbs (enviously) Well, only a -heathen
would wear such Jewelry as Martha RIchrocks
lugs around. Chicago Dally News.
Towne I understand Melba was engaged to
appear at a swell muslcale. recently and she
irot S1000 for only one song. Browne Ah! I
think I understand now what my wife meant
when she eald she got that last bonnet of hers
for a mere song. Philadelphia Pres3.
"I beg your pardon." eald a man who had
approached another, apparently a stranger to
him. "I saw you lift your bat to the driver
oa that wagon at the crossing. Of course. It's
none of my bustness, but Just to satisfy in
curiosity, I wish you'd tell me why you did
It." "With pleasure. Didn't you see that he
pulled up his horse and gave me a chance to
cross, instead, of trying to rw me dowp?"
Chicago Record-Herald.