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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, ATRIL 13,1004
WAR THE TEST OF GREATNESS.
Some charming stories are getting
into print about the quality of Rus
sian soldiers and sailors. Their brav
ery has long been conceded; their or
der of Intellect is readily inferable from
their striking nobility of countenance
as portraits put them Into contrast with
the slight frames and oblique features
of the Japanese. They also have, It
appears, an abundance of that gruff
humor and engaging sportiveness which
seem so naturally to go along with
bravery and good-fellowship, from
Prince Hal to the heroes of Thackeray
and Ouida.
These revelations need not blind us
to the equally engaging traits of the
Japanese. Perhaps to the Western
mind the Japs are the more interesting
of the two, enveloped as they are with
an Oriental charm, a Joyous naturalness
not matched since the ancient Greeks,
and an artistic temperament suggesting
that of sunny France. "When we con
sider how ardently the Japanese long
for Western sympathy and fellowship,
how trustingly they copy Western in
stitutions and manners, how welcome
they have sought to make our authors,
traders, missionaries and teachers, the
sympathy of Europe and America in
stinctively files out to them in this hour
of struggle for National existence.
What a pity, one might naturally say,
that two such foes should now be glar
ing at each other's throats, eager for
the duel to the death! How much bet
ter for peace and progress if they could
forget their quarrel, and If Russia, with
all her bravery, piety and power, and
Japan with all her ambitions and hos
pitality, gallant struggles and proud
achievements, might work in friendship
together for their mutual upbuilding
and for the advance of humankind in
all the ways of prosperity and peace!
Then, instead of this awful waste of
war, we should have the extension of
trade, the development of backward re
gions. Manchuria might resound to the
hum of factories instead of the clash
of arms, and rivers bear the argosies
of beneficent commerce instead of the
death-dealing enginery of war.
But this is the superficial view; for
there comes a time to every people and
almost every life when the delights of
peace must be forgotten for the stress
and pain of war. Not to fight when
honor calls would be to deny the very
qualities which we now think we see
In the broad brow of the Russian and
In the kindly smile of the Japanese; for
there can be neither nobility nor true
chivalry without courage. Were Russia
to submit tamely when Japan opened
war by firing on her ships, the re
spect we now feel for her gallant com
manders would be changed to loathing,
and if the Japanese sat down to smile
and drink tea while the Russian ad
vance menaced the very existence of
their island home, we should despise
them as cravens unworthy our sympa
thy or respect
One of the fascinations that make
life worth living and the universe itself
worth while is the elastic element In
human nature that somehow summons
frbm some secret recesses the fortitude
to meet unforeseen demands upon its
quality. In every relation of life the
continuance of that relation is depend
ent upon unexpected tests that contin
ually arise from unseen combinations of
circumstances. Every day the employe
meets some fresh trial of fidelity to
his employer, by which he must stand
or fall. Every hour, almost, are put to
proof the virtues of filial duty, of par
ental love, of conjugal loyalty, of per
fect love between- friend and friend.
A nation can lose by one act of cow
ardice or folly the respect it has built
up hy years of honorable conduct, just
as a man can lose In one moment of
perfidy the confidence he has enjoyed
through a lifetime of faithful service.
It would be wrong to say that these
fiery trials of friendship ought not to
come; for it is only through them that
the true soul can reveal itself. And it
would be equally wrong to imagine that
the cankers of a calm world and a long
peace can ever bring out the heroic ele
ments In a great people which shine
resplendent in a bitter and cruel war.
The poet who sang to his inamorata "I
could not love thee, dear, so much, loved
I not honor more," put in a deathless
rhyma a great truth which is exempli
fied even time a nation girds on the
sword and goes out to win victory or
death.
War is not the worst thing in the
world. It Is the price of the noble soul.
TMs what gives value to peace and sets
concrete examples of heroism before
the minds of youth. The only rest that
is worth the name is that which comes
after te battle and the storm. Peace
at the price of unresented affront is the
suicide of valor In man and virtue In
woman. The best we can wish Russia
or Japan is not victory, but the un
tralled banner and. the unsullied plume
in victory or defeat. Whether to win
like the Sullotes at Platea or to lose
like the Greeks at Thermopylae does
not greatly matter, so that glory rests
upon undaunted arms.
Poor Poland was dismembered and
undone, and the flag of Ireland has
vanished from among the nations and
the Boer Republics have been blotted
from the map; but their story has given
martial prowess a new meaning and
peopled the sky of patriotism with new
stars. Kosciusko's name will be re
membered when his conqueror is for
gotten. The Jap who ran his Merrlmac
full against the Russian fire, and the
commander of the Varlag, who led his
vessel forth to certain destruction, have
set brave men's blood a-tlngle in every
land. Such exploits will ring In his
tory when the landing of an army
corps has faded into confusion. They
are the real things that mark the prog
ress of the war and show us that man,
with all his frailties, was not made In
vain.
DEMOCRATIC HATE OF DICTATION.
The Democratic leaders In Congress,
if we may Judge from Senator Teller's
speech, are greatly concerned over the
undesirable qualities of the Inevitable
Republican candidate for President.
They do not like a man who Is so auto
cratic as President Roosevelt, so dic
tatorial, so stubborn, so bent on having
his own way. Although In one breath
they charge him with yielding weakly
to everybody that puts up a determined
front on any subject, in another they
accuse him of the moat unblushing
tyranny. Mr. Cockran, in particular,
finds upon disinterested and conscien
tious analysis that the President has
been riding roughshod over Congress,
with no one to say him nay.
To find out just what sort of a gen
tle and shrinking creature these high
minded Democrats regard as the ideal,
It is necessary to go back to a time
about four years ago this coming first
of July, when one David Bennett Hill,
representing a conservative element of
Eastern Democrats, spent a day or
more at Lincoln, Neb., in consultation
with a certain reasonable and concili
atory and self-abasing Boy Orator. It
can hardly fail to be recalled how on
that occasion every concession tenta
tively put forth by the New York man,
who subsequently proved the idol of the
Kansas City convention, was stoutly
spurned by Bryan, who Insisted on
ramming down the throat of his party
not only his own nomination, but his
ideas on every plank in the National
platform.
To this day Mr. Bryan's gentle and
Insinuating way is still continuously in
evidence. He undertakes to read peo
ple out of the party and to pronounce
them unavailable for the Democratic
nomination, for no higher reason than
that they refuse to bow the knee to
Bryan. He demands again to name the
nominee and. to prescribe the platform;
and does It in such a way as to leave
little room to doubt that he means to
convey the threat of a bolt unless he
is obeyed. If there Is a more bull
headed, domineering politician in the
country then W. J. Bryan, we do not
know who it can be, unless It is Grover
Cleveland. If you look at the Demo
cratic nominee for President since 1SS0,
this excessive fear of a man that wants
his own way Is about the silliest on
record, and might have seemed so even
to senility from Colorado or merchant
able eloquence from New York.
TIDE SOUTH AND THE NOMINEE.
The probable selection of Judge Par
ker, of New York, as the Democratic
candidate for President is due to the
pressure exerted in his behalf by the
South. That section has dictated the
Democratic nomination for President
since 1S44, when Van Buren was thrown
overboard and Polk nominated; the"
South forced the Democratic nomina
tion of Cass in 1848, by whose help Van
Buren had been beaten in 1844. The
South forced the nominatlpn of Frank
lin Pierce in 1S52, rejecting Douglas,
Buchanan and Cass; the South forced
the nomination of Buchanan in 1856,
again rejecting Douglas, and the South
again refused to accept Douglas in 1860
and by the nomination of Breckinridge
divided the Democratic vote and made
easy a Republican victory. It is easy
to explain the dominant political force
of the South before the Civil War by
the fact that the slavery question made
the Southern Democracy a unit in the
councils of the party, but after the
Civil War the moment that reconstruc
tion was complete and the troops re
moved from the South, which did not
take place until the accession of Presi
dent Hayes, In 1877, the South again
took its old place at the head of the
Democratic table.
The South forced the nomination of
Hancock in 18S0, a shrewd move, for it
proved so strong a nomination that it
took the united efforts of Grant and
Conkllng in Ohio, Indiana and New
York to elect Garfield. The South forced
the nomlnatfon of Cleveland against
the protest of Tammany Hall in 1884;
It forced the nomination of Cleveland
against a still more bitter protest on
the part of Tammany in 1892, and the
South, made the nomination of Bryan
possible in 189G. The South has always
been a very energetic and not seldom
a very able politician in the councils
of the Democratic party. It has never
had any "favorite son" nonsense in its
noddle. Before the Civil War it nevr
tried to nominate a Southern Democrat
for President, but preferred to nomi
nate a Northern man who was an un
flinching champion of the rights of
slavery to protection within the Con
stitution, both the rlgnts that were im
plied as well as those that were un
equivocally expressed. After the last
of the Virginia Presidents, whose career
dated back to the Revolution, retired
from office in 1824, but two Southern
Democrats became President Andrew
Jackson and James K. Polk. Jackson
really was never a distinctively South
ern candidate.
One-of the warmest champions of
Jackson as early as 1823-24 was De Witt
Clinton, of New York. James Watson
Webb, in the New York Courier and
Enquirer, supported Jackson strongly,
and four years later Martin Van Buren,
Tammany Hall and the New York
Evening Post supported General Jack
son for President. As early as 1824
Jackson had the support of Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey and Indiana. In
1824 Jackson was not merely a sectional
Southern man, but a popular military
hero, as shown by the fact that with
two eminent Southern men against, him
to divide the Southern vote, Crawford,
of Georgia, and Clay, of Kentucky
Jackson in the electoral college had 99
votes, Adams 84, Crawford 41 and Clay
37. It is clear that Jackson was not
pushed in 1824 as a distinctively South
ern Democrat. In 1S2S Jackson won
easily, for the election or 1824 had des
ignated him as the coming man. So
far from Jackson being a distinctively
Southern Democratic candidate, Martin
Van Buren, who supported Crawford in
1824, was the engineer of the movement
that made a majority of the electoral
college of New York for General Jack
son. General Jackson's bitterest ene
mies were found among the Southern
Democrats, such as- Calhoun; among
the Southern Whigs, such as Clay.
So It hardly can be claimed that
Jackson was a sectional Southern Dem
ocrat, made President by a factional
Southern push. Polk, the last Southern
Democrat to run for President on the
regular party ticket, was taken up as
"a dark horse" at the Baltimore con
vention of 1844. From the Presidency
of Andrew Jackson the tendency of the
South, notwithstanding Its political su
premacy, has been not to. nominate
Southern Democrats for President. The
explanation is found In the faot that the
race question makes the South still
solid. It Is fairly argued that the so
called unavailability of Southerners is
due today far more to the fact that
these states are in no sense doubtful or
pivotal in a Presidential contest The
South does not press Senator Bailey, of
Texas, for President, because it knows
that Bailey could not carry the great
doubtful states of the Middle West and
the .Atlantic seaboard so certainly as.
some conservative Northern Democrat.
The South has swelled the rising tide
for Parker, and let no one treat the
judgment of the South with contempt
The Southern leaders have a talent for
politics, and they are not wrong when
they see that Judge Parker is a strong
candidate. He occupies the highest
place in the judicial system of his state,
a place of great dignity and honor. He
is personally a man of superior profes
sional erudition and of upright life. He
is a Democrat without any taint of the
demagogue. Such a candidate cannot
be whistled down the wind. The "in
dependent vote" of New York State
would naturally be attracted by such
a man as Judge Parker. There are
many conservative Republicans who
would be glad to see President Roose
velt, if he should be beaten, succeeded
by a Democrat of high character for
public virtue and professional learning.
Judge Parker cannot possibly be ac
counted a weak or forceless political
figure. His professional eminence and
personal character forbid the folly of
treating his candidacy with contempt
BOND SHINING IS BUSINESS.
The bankers at Eugene have entered
into a mutual agreement that they will
not become sureties upon the official
bonds of public officers. This action
was taken with a view to placing the
management of the banks upon a bet
ter business basis. In adopting this pol
icy the banks have followed the recom
mendation of the American Bankers'
Association and have voiced the opin
ions of business men generally. Meth
ods of transacting business have under
gone a revolution In the last quarter of
a century, and the matter of suretyship
has kept pace with the ceaseless
change. "Going on a man's bond" is
not what it used to be. While it is the
same In legal effect business relations
have become so complex that becoming
surety on an official bond is considered
less a matter of friendship and more a
matter of business. Signing a bond is
often lightly referred to as "only a
matter of form." but many men have
learned to their sorrow that when they
affixed their signatures to the "form"
they assumed serious financial obliga
tions. To accommodate the changing condi
tions, surety companies have been or
ganized for the purpose of becoming
sureties on official bonds and other un
dertakings. For . this service they
charge a premium sufficient to reim
burse them for all losses and to leave
them a profit on the business trans
acted and capital Invested. When man
aged In this way, suretyship ceases to
be in any degree a matter of friendship
and becomes "a cold-blooded business
transaction." And this is what it
should be. The acceptance of an office
is a business transaction, entered upon
by the person elected or appointed with
a view to making money out of it
GIvingan official undertaking, common
ly called a bond, is one element in the
transaction. The surety on the bond
aids la fulfillment of the law's require
ments and he Is entitled to compensa
tion therefor. The man who holds the
office must have the ability to perform
the duties required, but the man who
serves as surety must have property
enough to make good any defalcation or
dereliction. The man who signs as a
surety assumes an obligation which
may embarrass him when least expect
ed and perhaps Involve him in financial
ruin. This is particularly true of
banks which are called upon to act as
sureties where large bonds are re
quired. The public welfare is best subserved
if suretyship on official bonds is under
taken as a business transaction rather
than as a friendly favor. The surety
companies make it their business to
watcli their patrons and see that they
are faithful to their trusts. One who
acts merely from a feeling of -friendship
cannot do this. One who professes con
fidence In the Integrity of his friend
cannot ask the privilege of examining
his booKs and accounts and counting
his cash. A surety company can make
this privilege a part of its contract
Then, too, when a defalcation occurs
and suit is brought upon the bond, a
jury fiequently has more sympathy for
the bondsmen than for the county, and
if there is room for doubt they Incline
to favor the sureties, especially If they
are well known and popular. A surety
company gets no sympathy from the
most tendpr-hearted Jury, and If the
county has any case at all it can re
cover. NO PARTIALITY INTENDED.
W have received a letter from a Re
publican county chairman In Eastern
Oregon, complaining that the news re
port from his county convention Incor
rectly described a Williamson victory,
whereas the fact was, he says, that the
candidates for delegates who were de
feated were Williamson men and the
men elected are Moody men. He also
says, which is highly probable, that the
Issues fought out at the primaries in
his county were local matters and not
the Congressional nomination at all.
We are disposed to think that the
complaint of the chairman is well
founded, though it is offset by a com
plaint from another county that the
news report of a Moody victory was In
correct, inasmuch as the delegates
chosen will be for Williamson. These
reports are doubtless sent in by Ore
gonlan correspondents whose sympa
thies with one side or the other are
active, as it has been found Impossi
ble to secure correspondents in every
town In Oregon who combine the Judi
cial faculty of a Marshall, the energy
of a Napoleon and the literary skill of
a Macaulay. Regretfully we confess
that our correspondents seem endowed
with about the average suppy of hu
man imperfections and frailties-
In this particular case the difficulty
of impartiality was enhanced by two
considerations. One was that the fight
between Moody and Williamson was so
close and so dependent upon events
elsewhere that a news report In favor
of one of the men was eagerly sought
for its possible aid to his cause In other
counties. Whichever way the corre
spondent leaned, that way he was
tempted to color his report The man
who makes a hustling correspondent is
not apt ta be. lukewarm in local poli
tics. The other reason why these re
sports sometimes turned out to be in-,
accurate was that Moody and William
son did not constitute the issue where
legislative and judicial, county or dis
trict offices were the chief source of
contention. Yet the-correspondent knew
that tha world was waiting eagerly to
hear whether Moody or Williamson had
carried the county, and he felt it incum
bent upon him to announce it one way
or the other, and he did so when possi
bly the delegates themselves did not
yet know how they would vote in the
Congressional Convention.
There is nothing more to add except
that The Oregonlan sent no Instructions
of partiality to any of its correspond
ents and desired from them the exact
facts of the situation as far as they
could be known. The good brother at
The Dalles who avers that The Orego
nlan "stood in" with Williamson be
cause it was afraid of the Multnomah
organization, and the Southern Oregon
editor who finds that The Oregonlan
supported Moody because Williamson
voted for Fulton we leave to fight It out
between themselves.
Wallace H. Ham was recently sent
enced by Judge Harris, of the Superior
Court of Massachusetts, to fifteen to
twenty years at hard labor. Ham, who
was manager of the American Surety
Company, treasurer of St Paul's
Church Corporation and the St. Luke's
Home for Convalescents, embezzled
$230,000. The funds given by the chari
table for the benefit of the poor and
sick were stolen by this man and de
voted to his own uses. This man was
a peculiar thief. He never told what
had become of hl3 plunder, which
amounted to nearly a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. He spared nobody; he was
a shrewd and successful operator with
his trust funds, and yet nobody knows
what became of the great sum of
money he stole. He pretended he did
not know how he lost it, but the Judge
evidently suspected that he knew what
had become of the money, and this be
lief probably prompted him to give the
man the full penalty of the law. There
is something frightful in the greed of
a man who loves money so extrava
gantly that he does not hesitate to rob
the sick, the helpless, the infirm and
aged poor.
Paderewskl, It Is said, was lately ex?
lied from Russia for life by police or
der. At the close of one of his wonder
ful performances before the Russian
court the Czar complimented the great
pianist, saying he was especially
pleased to find such talent in a Rus
sian, whereupon Paderewskl, with more
patriotism than tact replied, begging
His Majesty's pardon, that he was "a
Pole." This was his offense, and he
was ordered to leave St Petersburg
within twenty-four hours and the em
pire with all expedition, and admon
ished not to return. The story is per
haps without foundation in fact, but it
serves to show the temper of imperial
Russia, since without doubt it would
be true were Paderewskl enough of a
fool to answer a compliment from such
a source with a vainglorious boast that
could not, under any circumstances, be
of the slightest advantage to him or his
native country.
One of the sequels of the Boer War
Is the evolution of a new church, in
consequence of a resolution of the
Dutch Reformed Church offensive to
the 4000 or 5000 "National Scouts," or
Boers who before the war ended sur
rendered and organized to help the
British end the war. This action Is
naturally regarded by the majority of
the Boers as unpatriotic, and decided
steps have been taken at church con
ferences to make it hot for the "trait
ors." The latter have appealed to the
British Governor, who is disposed to
stand by the "scouts" and divide with
them the money allowed by the govern
ment for religious purposes. Sir Ar
thur Lawley demands. In fact, that
"the objectionable resolution branding
certain memhers In the church minutes"
be rescinded. The net outcome prom
ises to be a permanent split and a new
church hostile to the national aspira
tion. The old spirit of exclusion In Japan
seems to have taken a new lease of
life under the emergency of war. Not
a Japanese in all Japan who knows
anything that is of interest to the out
side world, and every one of them is
silently but strenuously bent upon
keeping others from finding out any
thing. Wily, silent, vigilant, the little
brown men guard the happenings and
the possible happenings of the empire
Jealously and effectively. Naturally,
newsgatherers and photographers find
this a most annoying state of affairs
and voice their annoyance In unmeas
ured terms. But there Is reason to be
lieve that Japan will have something to
tell "one of these days which -she will
give out eagerly. Until that time comes
the world must bide Its time with what
patience it can summon.
General Wood is going to put the sol
diers in the Department of Mindanao
through their paces, war or no war.
He is convinced that a hardened phys
ical condition, that can only be attained
by severe drill with full field equip
ment for at least 30 minutes a day for
four days In the week, and a march of
six miles with the same equipment on
one of the three remaining days, is
necessary to keep the men In readiness
for an emergency. He Is probably
right, but there are those who see in
this order proof of the charges made
pending his confirmation as Major-Gen-eral
of the Army, that he Is a martinet
Striking evidence of utter failure to
cultivate the grace of patience Is wit
nessed In the attempt of an old man of
85 years to commit suicide. Nature has
been a laggard in his case, but if he
will bide her time In patience yet a lit
tle longer she will come to his relief.
This is not speculation, but certainty,
founded upon precedent of long standing.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Favorable View of Halley.
Boise News.
The Democrats of Eastern Oregon will
probably nominate Tom Halley, of Pendle
ton, for Congress. He is an Idaho boy
and a great sprinter on the political race
track.
Inhumanity Doesn't Pay.
Canyon City Eagle.
Tho Winter weather that ha3 prevailed
during the past week will cost Grant
County thousands of dollars and will fall
principally on those who are the least
able to bear it It has without a question
emphasized one fact, and that is that It
is very unwise to try to run stock in
this county without ample feed.
But a Drop in the Bucket.
Salem Journal.
Tho Oregon delegation and JLewis and
Clark Commissioners have doubtless se
cured all that can be secured In the way
of aid from Congress for the Portland
Fair. When Oregon goes up against the
National Government, we realize that we
are but a drop in the bucket, politically
speaking. So the Oregon men are to be
congratulated In pulling oft what they
did. It cannot be said our Senators and
Congressmen are not working harmoni
ously and effectively for our state. Against
great odds they have won a grand recog
nition for the Lewis and Clark Fair.
The Fate of the Bolter.
Port Townsend Leader.
Tacoma Une3 up thl3 year with a Dem
ocratic Mayor and with the balance of
the Republican ticket elected by Immense
majorities. This is "bad politics from any
man's standpoint and must work a det
riment to the party organization in Pierce
County. If you can't beat a man for the
nomination it's a good plan to take the
defeat gracefully and bob up again; next
time you may be successful. Soreheads,
even If they succeed In defeating the man
they have bolted, generally relegate them
selves to private life and close the political
gate behind them with a distinct click.
Ask Hunt if the Press Is Silent.
The Dalles Chronicle.
Rev. J. -,. Brougher, of the Baptist
Church in Portland,- ha3 been turning on
a searchlisht on the wickedness of that
city, and this has called forth a severe
criticism of the preacher in Tho Sunday
O'egonlan. It is the duty of every minis
ter of the gospel to be fearless in the dis
charge of his duties, and to bring to light
the hidden sins that sap the moral
strength of every community Is the fore
most of these. It Is a well-known fact,
all over the state, that the metropolis is
permeated with vice in many forms, and
It is useless for the Journals of that city
to cover up the facts. The sooner these
moral ulcers are given heroic treatment
the better it will bi for the reputation of
the city on the Willamette.
Remedy for Dirty Vounds.
Granite Gem.
Every little while we read In the paper
that somo one has run a rusty nail In his
hand or foot or other portion of his
body and lockjaw resulted therefrom and
that the patient died. If every person was
awaro of a perfect remedy of such wounds
and apply it then such reports would
cease. The remedy Is simple, always on
hand, can be applied by anyone what is
better, is Infallible. It is simply to smoke
the wound or any wound that is bruised
or Inflamed, with a woolen cloth. Twenty
minutes In the smoke will take the pain
out of the worst case of Inflammation aris
ing from such a wound. People may sneer
at this remedy as much as they please,
but when they are afflicted with such
wounds Just let them try it
In Other Respects Available.
Newport News.
There was no little surprise among the
Republicans, as they noted the number of
''Socialists" and Democrats in attendance
as delegates at tho County Convention
Tuesday. It is among this class of people
who have no political principles attached
to their makeup that the "fourth-term
candidate" holds sway. A striking Inci
dent of this nature may be pointed out
In the delegation from Beaver Creek pre
cinct where Captain H. Nice, one of tho
heaviest taxpayers in the county, and a
life-long Republican was cast aside and a
man selected in his place who up to a
couple of years ago was a Democrat from
the day he was born, but after twice be
ing an unsuccessful aspirant for nomina
tion In Democratic conventions deserted
that party for tho Socialists at whose con
vention two years ago he met with no bet
ter success. This man is a slave to the
cup, an admirer of the fourth-termer, a
nontaxpnyer and a traitor; these are chief
qualifications for a seat in the fourth
term band wagon.
Idaho at Portland.
Grangevllle News.
In the very elaborateness of detail so
strongly characterizing the organization
Into one grand ensemble of the innumera
ble factors obtaining in the arrangement
of Portland's great Exposition for 1005,
speak volumes in demonstrating that tho
big show of the Pacific slope will far and
away out-rival anything of the kind in
the history of these United States, except
ing the Chicago wonder and this year's
enormous Exposition at St Louis. Oregon
and Oregonlans have actually raised 52,
500.000 to spend in a lavish display of the
multifarious resources of the Union's em
pirical possessions in her mighty We3t
And every cent will be spent to make it
an Exposition the character; conduct and
efTect of which will go down the avenue of
timo as one of the greatest feats of physi
cal and Intellectual accomplishment tho
country and the world have ever known.
It Is certainly well and Idahoans should
felicitate themselves over tho fact that
the boundless wealth of Nature endow
ment to this young commonwealth will
be displayed at the Lewl3 and Clark Ex
position, at Portland, In 1D05, on a scale
equal to their merit and their worth to
tho Idahoan so proud of his state and to
his countrymen outside of It, now so
thoroughly awakened to its future great
ness. Why We Ask Participation.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The bill appropriating $470,000 for tho
Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland
In 1S05 passed the House yesterday, and,
with tho assurance of Government aid!
the directors of tho enterprise may now
proceed, all the more confident that it will
be a notable success. The Government
has made generous appropriations -for
most of the minor expositions held In tho
last 20 years, and bo long as the precedent
had been established there was no reason
why the Fair at Portland should not re
ceive equally substantial recognition.
While the Louisiana purchase in 1S03 was
a signal achievement from the fact that
It added millions of territory to tho re
public's domain and gave an outlook by
the way of the Mississippi, the Lewis and
Clark expedition across a trackless con
tinent supplemented tho Louisiana pur
chase by solving a mighty geographical,
political and commercial problem which
gave to this country an outlet to the Pa
cific Ocean and the trade of the world.
Now, more than at any past time, Is It
possible to appreciate what the Lewl3
and Clark journey meant to the United
States. The expositions of the past, at
New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Omaha
and Buffalo, in all of which the Govern
ment took part celebrated no historical
events that are to be compared with the
memorable achievement of the two explor
ers 100 years ago. It Is eminently fitting
that advantage should be taken of the op
portunity to pay tribute to their memo
ries in tho form of an exposition that will
show what a century's growth has been,
and the Government quite properly will
take part in It
ALEXIEFF AND THE SAILOR.
London Dally News.
Public Opinion gives a story -vhlch
shows that Admiral Alexieff is not defi
cient In the art of repartee. In 18S0 the
Admiral was Captain, in command of the
cruiser Africa, and the raconteur ttlis
how he was permitted by the Russian gov
ernment to accompany the vessel to Eng
land. The rest of the story may be told In the
narrator's own words: "On getting into
British waters we were overtaken by a
dense fog, necessitating our remaining al
most stationary. When the fog lifted we
discovered a small fishing smack, manned
by two typical North Sea fishermen, who
signaled their wish to be taken aboard.
Tho order was at once given, and one of
the men was speedily taken on deck. As
I was the only one on the Africa who
could speak English, I was called upon to
act as Interpreter, and learned that in
the fog they had become separated from
the rest of the fleet, and wanted to study
the chart to ascertain their bearings.
"The desired information having been
given him. the man glanced round with
evident admiration at the spotless decks
and perfect appointments of the ship;
then suddenly turning, to me In a confi
dential whisper (pointing to the crew),
said: 'They're Rooshians, ain't they?'
I answered Yes, and Inquired how he
guessed the fact 'By the smell of 'em I'
he replied, stolidly. Seeing me smile, Cap
tain Alexieff begged me to explain what
had transpired, and, on my interpreting,
laughed heartily (as did also the other
officers grouped around), and remarked
that, 'as the British lion had such a nice
sense of smell, it should surely be allied
to an equally critical sense of taste and
sent tho young giant on his way rejoicing
with a jar of vodka to drink the health
of the Russian Bear."
Classes in American Cities.
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
Under the theory of our Government
there are no classes. It is still true that
the road to distinction is open to any
capable young man to a degee unknown In
the older civilized countries. On tho
other hand, we fail to see how it is pos
slblo to deny that pretty well-marked
classes actually exist in the cities, at least
Very rich people began to make the dis
tinction years ago. The whole develop
ment of a city like New York tends to
ward it Extremes of riches and poverty
lead directly to it. The development of
what io known as "society" involves al
most of necessity a demarcation of
classes. Large groups characteristically
different In purpose, standard of living
and conception of life, one making of
chief consequence what another neglects,
naturally and Inevitably tend to social di
visions that are properly called classes
and cannot well be described by any other
name.
One of the "Bad Trusts."
Omaha World-Herald.
Before the House committee on judi
ciary it was shown that tho news print
paper business In the United States is
controlled by a combination and that this
combination has raised the price of news
paper during the last four years $14 per
ton and during the last year as much as
$5 per ton. It was further shown that this
same combination Is selling paper in Lon
don, after paying the freight and insur
ance, at 30 per cent less than It does in
New York. Now we may expect Repub
lican newspapers to Insist that the shelter
which the paper finds In the tariff be de
stroyed. Already many of these news
papers have printed solemn editorials on
that line, and yet when It Is proposed that
the shelter which other trusts find In the
tariff be destroyed these same Republican
papers Insist that public Interests require
that we "stand pat."
Four Hundred in London.
Labouchere's Truth.
In the United States there ha3 grown up
an institution which was called the "400."
Rapidly this curious system, is being
adopted in London, and unless the unfor
seen occurs the "society" here will soon
be composed almost entirely of rich and
reckless persons, who," through the press,
have attained social prominence. Many of
the finest houses in the town and country
have come into their possession and these
they have furnished with the utmost lux
ury. They have acquired some of tho most
valuable art treasures, they have the
most precious jewels, thoy wear the most
extravagant costumes, they occupy the
best boxes at the opera and at the thea
ters, they drive In the most striking car
riages and they give the most exclusive
entertainments.
Growing Government Expenses.
Boston Herald.
Lost anyone should be deceived Into be
lieving that the Government Is being run
at small expense, It need only be stated
that the expenditures for the three-quarters
of a year now are far In excess of
those for tho entire 12 months of the fiscal
year lt!r. More was spent In nine months
of the current fiscal year for the War De
partment than was spent In the whole
year 1S97 for both the War and the Navy
Departmonts combined. In nine months of
tho current year the expenditures for the
Navy have been almost $6,000,000 more
than double the total naval expenditures
for tho whole fiscal year that closed June
30, 1897. Such facts tell their own story
of economy or extravagance.
Edward and Theodore.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
King Edward VII, at his recent recep
tion at Copenhagen, was especially cor
dial and friendly toward the United States
Minister. He expressed tho warmest ad
miration for President Roosevelt Edward
ought to feel kindly toward our Adminis
tration. It has never missed an opportu
nity to play Into the British hand. Let
not King Edward, though, allow himself
to be lugged In as a spellbinder for the
Republican ticket. Mr. Roosevelt is not
the United States. At least, he has not a
present patent on the Executive and Leg
islative Departments of tho Government
lasting longer than the 4th of March next.
Thibet Being Civilized.
New York Press.
Those Englishmen who "stand aghast"
at the turning of the road to Lhassa into
a shambles belong to the same England
that heard with grim satisfaction of the
mowing down by Kitchener at Orndurman
of whole battalions of the khalifa's fanat
ic followers. They belong to the same
suns'Stless empire which sought the gold
fields of the Rand, when held by white
men, as purposefully and bloodily as it
demands a tea market under "the roof of
the world" when the yellow barbarian
slams his door In tho Indian trader's face.
Good "Ad" for Kansas.
Buffalo Express.
What short-sighted Kansas mothers
those are who do not approve the plan
to have an exhibit of Sunflower State
beauties at the World's Fair! Such a show
would make sure an adequate supply of
farm hands during tho harvest time, for
it is hardly to be denied that marriageable
men who have visited the Exposition
would flock to Kansas.
.
Shakespeare and Bacon.
Walter W. Skeat, In the Spectator.
Said Hood: "I know, if. I'd a mind,
I could like Shakespeare write.
And soon could prove to all mankind
How -well I can indite;
And yet." remarked thla genial man,
"A little hitch I And
That somewhat mars my simple plan
I haven't got the mind!"
So Bacon might have borne hla part
And said: "For sake of praise,
I well could find It In my heart
To write all Shakespeare's plays;
But ah! I feel a touch of fear
That somewhat makes me start;
I nave the mind, serene and clear.
But haven't sot the heart!"
v NOTE AND COMMENT.
Smooth Sailing.
John Sailing w&3 seen In Beaver. Sunday,
calling on his best girl. Tillamook Headlight.
No Further Need for Prayer.
A preacher, who went to a. Kentucky parish
where the parishioners bred horses, ws asked
to Invite the prayers of the congregation for
Lucy Grey. He did so. They prayei three
Sundays for Lucy Grey. On the fourth he was
told he need not do It any more. W hy,
said the preacher. "Id sho dead?" "'So," an
swered the man; "she won the Derby. Hon
is City Independent.
Hobos on the wing.
Hobson has been bottled.
Caen was canned variation 103.
The Seals should be at home on tha
rocks.
Even Skamokawa laughs at Admiral
Rojonstrensky's name.
, Tho garter purse is said to be growing
in favor. Sure; it's out of sight
Even the W. C. T. U. couldn't object to
the way Seattle rushed the Cann.
i
We had expected to hear before this
that the Yalu River ran red with blood.
A North Yakima paper claims a "gen
eral circulation among 3,000,000 people."
Note and Comment's weather forecast
(Copyright, 1904) Wednesday. Hot as Pan
ama. Especially in the case of twins, the stork
would make a hit by giving trading
stamps. BURGLAR All will bo forgiven If you will
tell us why the Dickens you steal sealskins In
this weather.
General Sherman Bell will be arrested
only over tho dead bodies of his soldiery.
Sort of a Colorado Kouropatkia.
Literary Note.
Frequently a book Is like a doughnut
good around the edges of a subject, but
lacking a core.
Tho Indians think a squaw that has
twins must be in league with the devil.
And yet somo fool white men think they
have all the wisdom corralled.
The answer to tho question. Is life- a
tragic comedy or a comic tragedy? de
pends upon whether you are chasing your
own hat or watching another fellow chase
his.
A recent fire in Douglas City, Alaska,
was extinguished with beer, all the water
being frozen. We thought the true-blue
Alaskan would have let the town burn.
Great Britain, which has nothing to do
with Morocco, has handed it over to
France. If the Moors light up to their
reputation, the transaction will illustrate
anew the adage that It Is better to give
than to receive.
The Philadelphia Inquirer thus describes
tho plaintiff in an action for damages for
alienation of affections:
She Is a blonde, with hair almost white; pink
cheeks, big blue eyes and a willowy figure.
Her voice might even be described as blonJe
Which do you like better a blond voice
or a brunette?
Tacoma had a very successful launching
party some days ago. The fast and com
modious steamer Jefferson, slid into tho
Puyallup waterway with great eclat, and
speeches were made by prominent citizens
extolling the shipbuilding Industry that
was to make the Puyallup another Clyde.
Unfortunately, when the question of mov
ing the Jefferson into the stream came up,
there was a slight hitch In the proceed
ings. The Jefferson was stuck hard and
fast in the Puyallup mud, and there sho
remains. This teaches us that there's
many a trip 'twlxt tho slip and the ship.
When a number of Italians threaten
American automoblllsts because a couple
of children have been ground under tho
wheels of the auto, they display a spirit
that has kept Italy In the backgrouni of
tho modern world. How are millionaires
to have their innocent pleasures If they
must slow down every time a child gets
In tho way? And will millionaires enduro
a land where they are deprived of their
pleasures? Never. The Italians had bet
ter be careful or thoy will drive out the
wealthy, both native and foreign-born,
and the country will be left to stagger
alone In the rear of tho trust-driven,
merger-geared nations that toot the horn
of material progress on the road of in
dustry. Just how far one may go in reproving a
neighbor who gossips over one's 'phona
has never been satisfactorily settled. In
a case recently heard here it developed
that the owner of a 'phone became an
noyed at the conduct of a neighbor in
using it, and proceeded to eject her from
the house with considerable violence, even,
according to the woman's story, hitting
her In tho face and kicking hor somewhere
else. Tho Justice declared that thero
wero "mitigating circumstances," but
Imposed the maximum fine of $50. Tho
owner of the 'phone will appeal to a
higher court, so that thero Is some chanco
of obtaining a definite idea of the reprisals
that a man may make and still be within
the law. Mitigating circumstances aro
pleasant things, but of no practical valua
unless they reduce tho amount of the fine
to be imposed.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"la he a. litterateur?" "Oh, dear, no. Why,
he's able to sell the stuff he wrltee." Chicago
Evening Post.
One redeeming feature of the situation 13
that a Mormon elder cannot refer to hla
wives as his "better half." Washington Post.
"When may a woman be said to be happily
married?" "Not until she ha3 bad the pleas
ure ot refusing several men." Detroit Free
Pre63.
Stranger Seems to me this crowded street la
a queer place for a hcepltal. Native Well, I
don't know. Two trolley llneo meet here.
New York, Weekly.
"Arthur, dear, don't you think It's rather ex
travagant of you to cat butter with that de
licious Jam?" "No, love; economical. Sama
piece ofbread does for both." Tit-Bits.
Swlpeey Here dig paper gives six columns to
do Russian-Jap war an' only one Inch to tie
fight last night between Bulldog Smith an
Kid Bone. Jimmy Tor don't say. I tell ycr
de press has reached a bum stage when It lets
a little thing like dat Interfere wld a real
scrap. Chicago News.
Barnes Howes and I have been arguing
about the meaning of the word "Isthmus." He
says It means a neck of land separating two
bodies of water, and I held that It Is a strip
of land connecting two continents. Now, what
do you say? Shedd I say that neither of you
Is right. An Isthmus to a thing that connects
conspiracies and revolutions and separates gov
ernments. Boston Transcript.
"Wh-why didn't you let de fight go on?"
sobbed the defeated pugilist after they ha -I
brushed the stars out of his eyes and carried
him to his corner. "Why didn't you lemme gi
ahead? I had Mm goln't" "Yes," said YM
second, who was also Ma chief backer, "yoi
had him going but he waa going the -irons
way and going too fast for you, son'" San
Francisco Bulletin.