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THE MOKNING OREGOITOAN." TUESDAY APKIL 19, 1904. (rfttpm Catered at the Postofllce at Portland. Or., as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By mall (postage prepaid In advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month $0.83 Dally, ilth Sunday excepted, per year.. 7.50 Dally, with Sunday, per year 9.00 Sunday, per year 2.00 The Weekly, per year 1-50 The Weekly, 3 months 50 Dally, per week, delivered, Sunday exeented.150 Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lncludea.20c POSTAGE BATES. United States, Canada and Mexico 30 to 14-page paper 10 to 30-page paper - c U2 to 44-page paper ..........-....So Foreign rates double. The Oregonlan does not buy poems or rtorles from Individuals, and cannot undertake to return any manuscript cent to It without rollcltatloa. No etamps ehould be Inclosed tor this purpose. EAbTEKX BUSINESS OFFICES. (The S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency) SSew York: Rooms 43-49, Tribune Building. Chicago: Rooms 510-5X2 Tribune Building. KEPT ON SALE. 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W.; Ebbltt House News Stand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, G2 degrees; minimum temperature, CO degrees. Precipitation, .25 of an Inch. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers, south to jwest winds. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, ATRIL 19. 1904. DAMNING WITH TAINT rRAISE. The memoirs of the late Henry Vil lard will be read with great interest, first because they are written by an able man; second because they are written by a man whose long service as a newspaper correspondent had taught him the art of picturesque narrative, and thirdly because they Include per sonal experiences and observations con cerning that exciting period of our his tory which began with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and endured until his death by the hand of an as sassin. While these memoirs are inter esting, they are of doubtful historical value, for the reason that whatever is true In them Is not new and what is new Is open to the suspicion that it may not be true. This is not saying that the late Henry Villard was, Inaccurate by intention, but only that he possessed the kind of temperament that utterly unfits a man for the work of the historian. He was a profound egotist who was exceedingly skeptical of the absolute ability or merit of any of his contemporaries; be lieved unflinchingly in Henry Villard, and apparently did not believe in any thing else In the heavens above or the earth beneath. Villard's temperament shines" out In every page of his b6ok. He damns everybody with faint praise who is his friend, and he is unsparing in his ma lignant criticism even of men who by their personal kindness had. deserved at least judicial fairness at his hands. He has much to say of Lincoln, but dwells unduly upon his superficial trait of Rabelaisian coarseness of language and Illustration. He seems to have seen nothing in Lincoln save his fondness for smutty stories and his kindness of heart. He saw nothing in Sheridan but a little, short, bullet-headed, bandy legged Irishman. He bitterly assails Rosecrans; he evidently had no love for Sherman; he could see nothing in Grant but "firmness"; he describes Charles A. Dana as an able man who was the evil genius of the War Department through his official reports to Stanton of his per sonal observations at the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland. The truth, as It seems to us, is that Dana and Villard were In most respects not unlike. They were both able, un scrupulous men of newspaper training; both profound egotists who believed the world was their oyster and they were the only pebbles on the beach. Natur ally they did .not like each other, but they were smart enough when they met to do as the Roman soothsayers did, viz., stick their tongue in their cheek and murmur, "You know how it is yourself." Villard has no good word for any of the leading soldiers whose hospitality he enjoyed, save Schurz, Willich and other Union soldiers of for eign birth, and military training. He evidently as a German had a profound contempt for American volunteers. He bitterly denounces Burnslde and Is full of sneers for Hooker and Pope, never theless he finds time to gild the fame of the Confederate General Bragg at a time when Bragg's Incapacity was de nounced without stint by Longstreet. The trouble with all Vlllard's story of the Civil War is thai! it has been far better done by able men on both sides of the contest who were not only stout soldiers but men of veracity. A war correspondent undertaking to tell the story of a campaign is absurd. Is there a war veteran who ever saw a "war" correspondent under fire? All such correspondent can possibly know is what he is able to gather as gossip around the headquarters of the General whose headquarters he frequents.' A man like Archibald Forbes, a trained," veteran soldier of ten years' service, might get under fire and understand the meaning of what be saw; but the war correspondent of our American journals in the Civil War knew little or nothing by personal observation. Mr. Villard, by his own admission, saw lit tle or nothing of the battles he assumes to describe and criticise. At Bull Run he was present, but his story reads like that of a straggler who had written a military estimate of the campaign by reading the records thirty years after the battle. He evidently did not see anything at close view of the Shlloh battle; his criticism of Grant, who left his lines In charge of a veteran soldier, Sherman, in order to meet Buell, is clearly unjust. He was not present at Rosecrans' battle of Stone River, or of Chlckamauga, so that his criticism of those campaigns is based entirely on his own reading of subsequent records and is therefore of no more consequence than that of any other Intelligent civil ian who had not mixed with the cam paign. The war records, Union and Confed erate, which. Villard claims to have studied, hava been studied as carefully and far more Judicially by General Cist, who wrote the history of the Army of the Cumberland, and by General Force, who wrote the history of the campaigns of Fort Donelson and Shlloh. The worthlessncss of "Vlllard's military crit icism Is shown by the fact that he abuses Grant for his selection of the po sition of his army at Pittsburg Land ing, when Grant says m Ills "Memoirs" that General C. F. Smith selected the position and established the base of the army at Pittsburg Landing, before Gen eral Halleck ordered him thither to as sume command when General Smith .was taken sick. Vlllard's statement of the forces of Bragg's army, his general description of the battle of Chicka mauga, which he did not see, shows that he was a careless or reckless reader of the records he claims to have studied. But no matter; his study of campaigns that he never saw is worth no more than that of any other Intelli gent civilian, like John C. Ropes, who wrote the history of Pope's campaign that he never saw. General Sheridan in his "Memoirs" says distinctly that he finally rejoined Thomas at dark; but Villard does not seem to be aware of it. Altogether, the memoirs of Henry Vil lard do not Impress us as of any his torical value, because he seems to have been Incapable of believing that any man ever did anything worthy of praise or above criticism, except when it was wrought by Henry Villard. He Is not a liar by intent at all; he is only a man who does not believe anything he. has not said himself or heartily admire any thing he has not done himself. ENTITLED TO CONSIDERATION. ' While the Northern Democrats are pushing the claims of candidates for the Presidency with great fervor. Pres idential material in the South the sec tion that can always be depended upon to give a solid vote for the Democratic candidate, is wholly Ignored. Repre sentative Lever, of South Carolina, re cently called attention to the manner In which the representative men of the South have been slighted when It comes to making up the big slate. Forty years have now elapsed since the Civil War, and Mr. Lever submits that the. South should now take the place In National affairs to which her political services in the ranks of the Demo cratic party entitle her. Penitence, ho says, has ceased to be a virtue, just as patience sometimes ceases to be. For nearly four decades the South has been practically excluded from the formu lation of the party's policy. It is the judgment of Mr. Lever that this state of things should exist no longer. South erners, he Insists, constitute not only the conservative element In the Demo cratic party, but the principal conserva tive element of the country, and the' commonwealth needs conservatism in the management of its affairs. These Are plausible statements from the Democratic point of view, while so far as the public observation goes, the penitence of the South, of which Mr. Lever speaks, has lacked the essential quality of regret for the bold and bloody attempt upon the Nation's life which, was frustrated at such enormous cost, the fact remains that a majority of her sons have been, through all of the vicissitudes of the forty years, faith ful In the attitude and expression of loyalty to the Democratic party. That this faithfulness is entitled to recogni tion, through such poor reward as may be found in the privilege of naming from among the faithful a candidate for. the Presidency, foredoomed to defeat, cannot be disputed. Who is Judge Parker, for example, that he should be honored by his party above Senators Cockrell, of Missouri, Gorman of Maryland, Daniel of Vir ginia? And have not Senator Bailey, of Texas, and Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, been steadfast champions of the political faith and section to which and into which they were born? Are not the claims of Hearst, who has earned his right to be mentioned as a possible can didate for the Presidency through sen sational method, inferior upon every point of party expediency and gratitude to those of any one of these steady, re liable workers in Democratic harness? Is It not, in fact, an insult to the lead ers of Democracy in the South to as sume, as do the party bosses of the North, that with Cleveland out of the race, Bryan not to be thought of and Hearst flagrantly offensive to the bet ter sense of the party, rank and file, they are reduced to Judge Parker as the only available material for a'Pres ldential candidate? Southern politicians evidently think so and are fully justified in declaring that the day of the South's long proba tion is legitimately over. This senti ment Representatives Lever, of South Carolina, Burleson of Texas, Kitchln of North Carolina, Swanson of Virginia and Sims of Tennessee voice In vrv kemphatic language. It is not at all likely that their presentment of the case will be indorsed by the party man-' agers, since the South Is sure for the Democratic nominee, no matter who he may be. But it has a basis in political justice. If such a contradiction of terms may be used, that entitles it to respect- iw consideration. THE WASTE OF WAR. The terrible destruction of life and property which is now going on across the Pacific is a matter of keen regret to all noncombatants who make any pre tense toward civilization. The flying shell which screams a note of victory for one side brings forth a moan of sor row from the other, and the strains of martial music which make the fighting hearts beat high are echoed at last in a wail of anguish from the bier or for some loved one who never returned. "War is hell," and modern Ingenuity has added to Its terrors. No matter whether the sympathies of people thou sands of miles -away from the scene of conflict may be favorable to the Japan ese or to the Russians, universal pity will be expressed over such calamities as that which overwhelmed VIce-Ad-miral Makaroff and his gallant men on the Petropavlovsk. The brave young Muscovites who went down with their ship were jffst as dear to their sweethearts, wives and mothers as to others were the little brown men who, under the custom legalized name of war, murdered them. No wonder the Czar wanted a world wide peace, and no wonder that he weeps at each fresh disaster to his forces. The spirit of conquest, no mat ter how strong it might be, may well pall before such awful sacrifices as are being made in Its name. Then there is another aspect of this awful waste of blood and treasure. Yesterday's cable news stated that the Russian govern ment was negotiating for a loan of $200,000,000, with-which to carry on the war, and had already expended consid erably more than half that amount. In fact, from the fairly authentic estimates made, the cost in treasure alone of this war, which, in view of the issues at f stake, can "hardly be considered as nfuch more than started, has already been more than $200,000,000. With the expenditure of this vast sum, several hundred, lives have been snuffed out and an endless amount of agony and suffering inflicted on Innocent relatives who are left to mourn. The expenditure of this money has not only caused widespread and lasting sorrow among innocent people, but In being used for such a purpose it was not available for use In channels where in it might have, been productive of much good. The poor are always with us, and $200,000,000 distributed among worthy objects of charity in the large cities of the world would bring a great amount of sunshine, happiness and In some cases life itself, to thousands who are dying with hunger or pestilence. It has been said that gold cannot buy hap piness, but this Is only partly true, for In the crowded tenement districts of many of our big cities people are dying because poverty prevents them securing pure air and good food. Gold can buy happiness for such people, and for those on whom they are dependent, and every shot fired in the big war that Is now on in the Far East has cost enough money to allev,Iatea world of suffering if it had been used in the salvation In stead of the destrutclon of human life. This waste of blood and treasure has to date been much less than that of the Boer War. That ill-advised conflict ended in the practical extermination of a misguided but peace-loving people, and the loss of thousands of good men from all ranks and stations in British life. While hundreds of millions of dol lars were being wasted In this thirst for conquest, the gaunt specter of famine was marching through another land over which the British flag floated. In many localities in India thousands were dying with hunger, and misery untold was suffered by those to whom the angel of death was less kind. It may be said that the money that is spent by 'fighting nations would not be used for charitable purposes, even If It were not required as sinews of war. This is pronably true, and "pity 'tis, 'tis true." There is something wrong In the eco nomic system of the world, and Until It Is righted through the understanding which may accompany a higher degree of civilization than that now enjoyed we shall continue to spend money for destroying life instead of using it fpr saving life and alleviating suffering. DECREASING PERILS OF NATAL WARFARE. The loss of the Russian battleship and the killing of thirty officers and men by an accidental explosion on an Amer ican battleship might seem to imply that naval warfare is more fraught with perils than In the old days of wooden warships. But such is not the case. The accident to the Russian battleship was clearly due to negligence on the part of somebody, and the loss of life on board the Missouri might have been avoided by the exercise of more cau tion. The legitimate perils of naval service were never so few as at present. In ancient times, when naval battles were fought between fleets of war gal leys, propelled by oars, the destruction of life was frightful, as was exhibited in the great naval battle of Salamls, fought and won by the Athenians over the Persians, and in the terrible bat tles between the Romans and the Car thagenians. In the early history of naval warfare between the French and English the losses were enormous. In a great naval battle fought between the fleet of Edward in of England and a French fleet, In 1340, 230 French ships were taken, and 30,000 Frenchmen were killed, with two of their Admirals. At the famous naval flght of Le panto, fought and won over the Turks by Don John of Austria, commanding the fleets of Spain and Italy, the Turks lost 30,000 men killed and the Chris tian confederates 10,000. The -Spanish Armada was composed of vessels so un wieldy and was so badly navigated that half of Its 130 ships were wrecked in a storm and some 15,000 men miser ably perished. The loss of life In these early days of modern naval warfare was due not only to the fact that the fight ing was hand to hand and quarter sel dom given, but also to the unskillful seamanship and crude naval architec ture which made marine disasters so frequent and destructive. In the sev enteenth century the Dutch and "Eng lish had become skillful sailors, and their ships of war represented a great advance in naval architecture and armament. The clumsy galleons of the Spanish Armada had been replaced by more seaworthy vessels armed with cannon. ThevEngHsh and Dutch fleets fought battles that surpassed, those of even Nelson's day In destructlveness. In his two days' battle with Blake Van Tromp lost eleven ships of war and had 2000 men killed. Cromwell's fleet under Monk fought Van Tromp three days; Van Tromp was killed and the Dutch lost thirty ships. In the battle between the.Dutch un der De Ruyter and the English under the Earl of Sandwich the English Ad miral continued to flght after he had lost 600 out of his crew of 1000 men. In one of these furious battles between the English and Dutch the English Admiral Spragge was twice compelled by the1 sinking of his ship to shift his flag, as Commodore Perry did in the battle of Lake Erie. When Spragge was passing to a third ship to hoist his flag he was drowned, to the regret of his gallant, enemy, De Ruyter. In the naval battle of Palermo the Dutch lost the battle and 5000 men killed. The character of the English as bold and daring sea fighters began with Blake and Monk under Cromwell, but rose to Increased fame in the long struggle against France, which began in the "Old French war" for supremacy In North America and with short Intervals of peace. did not conclude until Water loo. In Admiral Rodney's victory over De Grasse in 1782 the French lost 3000 killed and 6000 wounded. In Howe's victory of June 1, 1794, six Frencflr ships lost 700 killed and 600 wounded, while the victors lost 300 killed and 600 wounded. At the battle of the Nile, where Nelson destroyed the French fleet, the flagship took Are and blew up, and 5000 Frenchmen perished on this dreadful day. The losses at Copenhagen and Trafal gar were terrible. The losses of the Turks at Navarlno In 1827 were 650 killed In one ship of 850 men and 400 killed out of another ship of 850 men. From that day until the present the severity of loss in naval engagements has never risen to the standard of the Napoleonic wars, when Nelson was the Napoleon of the sea power, but this Is due rather to the application of steam as a motive power, to the Improvement In the range and rapidity of naval gun fire, for long-range, fighting reduces mortality both on sea and land. Since the day when Admiral Farragut fought the Confederate ironclad Tennessee in Mobile Ba'y, In August, 1S64, no single ship has suffered as much as did the Hartford on that day, unless we except the Spanish war vessels that were the helpless targets of an overwhelming force at Manila Bay and Santiago. The Improvement In the efficiency of modern artillery has been so great that a contest, gun to gun, such as Paul Jones fought when he battled vflth the English frigate Serapls, Is impossible. Against powerful land batteries the strongest ironclads cannot prevail. The result is that the percentage of loss in killed and wounded In the long-range fighting of modern battleships is small compared with what took place In the days of sailing vessels and short-range artillery. Our best battleships could do nothing against the obsolete fort that defended Santiago harbor, showing how naval warfare had changed since Far ragut ran the fire of the forts that de fended New Orleans and Mobile. Dew ey's victory of Manila Bay was due simply to the fact that he fired with long-range guns at obsolete Ironclads, whose Inferior guns could not hurt him with their fire. The Japanese fleet dare not attack the Russian ships under the fire of the Rus rian land batteries at Port Arthur, as Nelson did the Danish fleet In face of powerful land batteries at Copen hagen. Nelson destroyed the Danish fleet of seventeen sail In the teeth of these formidable batteries. It could not be done today, even by Nelson, be cause the enormously increased range of naval and sea coast artillery would make it impossible for Nelson to fight Bhort-arm battles. The mere accidents of war may cause shocking fatalities; but the legitimate perils of naval war fare are far less than they were when Dacres came on board "Old Ironsides" to deliver up his sword, and gallant Captain Lawrence died crying "Don't give up the ship." Anovel view of the Monroe Doctrine is that taken by Dr. Emll Reich, who has written the "Observations of a Continental Student on American Af fairs" for the current number of the National Review. "In fact," says Dr. Reich, "the Monroe Doctrine acts for America the part played for China- by the Great Wall; it Isolates and stag nates her." Dr. Reich holds that con flicts, military, intellectual, religious and economic, make nations great, and that lack of serious conflict will prove det rimental to the United States. "Should the Americans give up the Monroe Doc trine," continues Dr. Reich, "should they enter on secular conflicts with Europe, then, and then alone, will they be able, In case of success, to aggran dize themselves to a power of the first rank, or eventually of unique greatness. It is Salamls and Platea that make na tions intellectual, heroic, really great." And the writer concludes with what appears to be an arrow for Mr. Carne gie. "When the Greeks," he observes, "began establishing vast public libraries at Alexandria and elsewhere, they had long fallen from their ancient grand eur." Pierce and King, the two big counties of the State of Washington, are each in a fair way to be disappointed in secur ing a United States Senator to succeed Foster. This probable disappointment, however, is due to widely different cir cumstances If we eliminate the old local hatred, between Tacoma and Seattle, which, of course. Is Impossible. As matters now stand, Pierce County's chances to land the prize are Jeopar dized by Inactivity, and King, on the contrary, Is In a fair way to lose by too much activity. ,Mr. Foster Is in need of an alarm clock, and a few of King County's candidates should be given sleeping potions. However, the United States Senatorship in the Ever green State has never yet been obliged to go begging, and while the flght Is on between the two big counties some of the outside precincts will run In a dark horse and elect him. The big bar dredge Chinook has ar rived down at Astoria ready for the season's work, and in the lengthening days with a smooth bar to work on she will have a good opportunity to demon strate her value. Considerable good money has been wasted in an endeavor to keep her in operation during the Winter months at a time when there was no opportunity for her to show what could be accomplished. It Is an Indisputable fact that water enough Is rushing out of the Columbia through the numerous channels now leading seaward to make one good channel of sufficient depth to meet all of the re quirements of commerce. If the Chi nook will dig out enough sand to divert this water into one channel, she will have accomplished all that is expected of her and the Columbia River bar will lose all of its terrors. It seems clear that Admiral Makaroff, sagacious and experienced navalcom mander that he was, was led into a trap by Admiral Togo. The regret and even sorrow professed by the Japanese officials at the fate of the brave com mander are no doubt genuine. Hu manity aside, Togo would have pre ferred to capture Makaroff rather than kill him. As prisoner of war, the great Russian Admiral would have received from Japan as considerate treatment as that given by the United States to Ad miral Cervera, when, swimming for his life, In only his underclothes, he was recognized, rescued and taken aboard the flagship of the American squadron off Santiago de Cuba. A live Admiral Is a trophy of war greatly prized; an Ad miral dead is Justly mourned, not more by the vanquished than the victors. The Mad Mullah ought to be In a better humor if London cable advices yesterday are correct. It was an nounced in the House of Commons that he has escaped Into Italian territory and will not be pursued. He has re cently Buffered severe losses in men and animals, and his following has been scattered, and for this reason It was thought Inadvisable to pursue him. Unfortunately for the British peace of mind, the Mad Mullah has on many previous occasions been bereft of his following, only to show up In due sea son with a new bunch of desperadoes. Somallland will continue to supply sen sational news at intervals until the Mad Mullah Is removed from the earth. Why deplore the ease with which car bolic acid is obtained from the drug gist? The police records show that as a preventive of marriage of the grossly unfit this poison Is more powerful than are the combined entreaties and com mands of anxious parents. The man who woos a woman between periodical sprees, and, falling to Impress her with the belief that he Is a desirable man for a husband and unable to endure his disappointment, takes himself off by the carbolic acid route, Is a public bene factor, in his way. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Not for Bryan. Sunnyslde, Wash., Sun. If Tho Portland Oregonian were not Re publican we would think It a reorganizes Good Word From an Old Croaker. Salem Journal. Portland has spent more money on street Improvements the past two years than any North Pacific Coast city. Port land has surpassed them all In population. His Rise to Fame. Albany Democrat Hon. Jeff Myers, of Portland, or Salem, Is tho central figure In a picture of a group of Lewis and Clark men In a Port land paper. Jeff was at one time an everyday Sclo man. Deal Gently With the Chestnuts. Bellingham Herald. A Portland, Or., band played "Hia watha" the other night and the players were encored. This would show that Portland people are not up to date mus ically or else are filled to overflowing with the milk of human kindness. Support With a String. Newberg Graphic In a half-column editorial, headed "The Local Option Law," one paper in" this county gets so far as to say the law should bo read carefully by each person before election dayl Very sage advice, that, which would hold good under any and all circumstances. The paper which holds strong opinions and expresses them makes enemies, but any other kind 13 a limp sheet, unworthy tho respect of Its own friends. Must Have a Good Thing. Glendalo News. Although the Democrats of this pre cinct all know that the editor of this paper is a staunch Republican, at their primary convention held here Saturday they paid us a neat little compliment by nominating us for Justice of the Peace an act of appreciation for which we feel duly grateful. Their object In doing this was becauso they believe that who ever attends to the duties of City Re corder should also be Justice of the Peace. Not So Small, After All. Tacoma Ledger. A bill appropriating $2,125,000 for the Lewis and Clark Fair was introduced in Congress November U, 1903. February 8, 1904, tho Senate passed tho bill with the appropriation scaled down to $1,775,000; tho House cut tho amount down to $473,000. and on motion of Senator Mitchell the Senate acceptod the bill as amended In the House. Hurrah for the Portland Fair, which even now gets more from, the Fed eral Government than from the State of Oregon. Washington's Opportunity Also. Olympla Olympian. Portland, having secured tho neces sary Government appropriation for tho Lewis and Clark Exposition, will now proceed to make that memorial enter prise the great attraction of the com ing year. This event will not only be an honor and advantage to Portland, but the many people attracted to the West by its Interesting features, will take occasion to visit Washington also. In most Instances, and thus tho entire Northwest Coast Country -will reap good results. The greater the success of tho Fair, the better it will be for all of, us. Expensive Hair Cuts. Cranbrook, B. C. Herald. There are two men in this district who find that it is expensive . to Keep their hair In anything like presentable shape. J. T. Burgess, C. P. R. agent at Kitch ener, finds it necessary to come to Cran brook every six weeks or two months for tonsorial attention, and the trip costs him from $5 to $10. Harry Drew, proprie tor of the North Star Hotel at KImberly, reverses the order of things and has a barber come to him about once a month. He could not leave his business and come to Cranbrook without the loss of two days and an expense of $10 to $15, but a Cranbrook barber can go to him, leaving at noon and returning at 6 o'clock. For the trip Mr. Drew pays $5, and under tho circumstances gets off cheap. What's Her Name? Salem Statesman. The woman who would not put on her sunbonnet or other headgear, such a day as yesterday was, get tho rake and hoe and Invito her husband out in the yard to delve towards the bowels of the earth Isn't worth the sum Invested in the origi nal marriage license. But there Is no such woman In Salem. Every husband was in demand yesterday as a substitute for a real gardener and the array of sunbonnets and discarded hats was beautiful to bo hold. And the young women without hus bands were as busy as their mothers among the daffodils, hyacinths, and lilies. It was an Ideal Spring day and the Salem ladles made the most of It. There Is noth ing prettier than a woman with a sun bonnet or her husband's hat on her head unless It is when she Is without it. The Making of a Great City. Spokane Chronicle. "Spokane will go ahead of Seattle within the next ten years In the mat ter of population and business." Such In substance is the statement made by a gentleman who has no financial in terest in either city, but who has been making a trip through tho West and has carefully scanned tho advantages of different points. His argument, in substance, Is that while of course tho coast and transoceanic trado which Se attle enjoys will increase to a consid erable extent, Spokane has an advan tage, which Is worth much more. In tho rich agricultural and fruit lands of tho Inland Empire. Tho Immense territory as yot 'undeveloped between the Cas cade and the Rocky Mountains must inok- to SDokane as a center of business 'for a vast region, and this, ho holds. Is worth much more than tho shipping which Is given to any one of the coast towns. Few sections of the United States are filling up so rapidly with a substantial class of people as is the In land Empire, and the rapid advance ment of the price of farming lands Is a token that Spokane is becoming one of the most important centers in the matter of business in the West. Invitation to the Ignorant. Tillamook Independent. Tho bill making an appropriation of $450,000 for the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion was defeated. It 13 hoped, however, that it may soon be brought up again with better results. Really, those fellows back there don't appear to know as much as they ought to. Why bless their Ig norant souls, we are the greatest peoplo on earth; we have the grandest state in the Union; we have paid Into Uncle Sam's strong box millions upon millions of money, and yet when we ask them to send us out'a few hundred thousand so that we may prepare a feast for them, they say: "Oh, no; can't spare It, you know; got to help Jlmtown and San Louie and Podunk." But there is much consolation about It, if they don't send that money and come out here and see us, they will miss seeing "Where rolls the Oregon," the most beautiful river In the universe, the noblest mountains that lift their eternal silver glistening peaks to salute the roseate beams of a Summer (or any other) morning's sun. And they will not see the "Kingdom of Tillamook," where milk and honey and cheese and chlttam bark and shepherd dogs and babies and. good-looking women abound, yea, "where every prospect pleases 'and only man is J vile." DISCOVERED. Jackson (Miss.) Evening News. The Democratic party has at last dis covered that Bryan is a mountebank in politics, a demagogue In his methods, a vain and empty schemer thirsting for power and notoriety, selfish to the core and willing to bankrupt the party, and to brankrupt the country for that mat ter, for the ignoble and selfish vanity of playing the political dictator to the National Democracy. He has made a private fortune out of his political nostrums. He has grown rich out of the misfortunes that he has brought upon the Democratic party. His arrogance and his insolent and brazen dictation to the party has sur passed anything that has ever hap pened in the history of the party or of the country. His insatiable vanity, his unsurpass able egotism, his shallow-mlndedness, his bounding and selfish ambition, his mask of liberality and tolerance that thinly veils the bitterness of his hatred for the men who would not accept his dirty little banner of disreputable po litical heresies, all these are apparent to persons of ordinary Intelligence and discernment. Parker's Labor Decisions. New York Sun. Judge Parker has several times handed down decisions In labor dis putes, and, so far as these decisions have come to our notice, they have been characterized by a good deal of common sense and a plain, straightfor ward Interpretation of the law. They have been decisions of an honest Judge and an Impartial jurist. According to David B. Hill, they have been decisions which should command the admiration and Insure the fealty of every labor agitator and social disturber In tho country. He desires it to be understood distinctly that Judge Parker has been willing to prostitute the bench to tho demands of labor, and by inference that in the Whito House he will be equally subservient and can be trusted to outdo Mr. Roosevelt or any other candidate of any party in his solicitude for organized labor. Loves Justice, Hates Iniquity. Justice O'Brien of New York. With a trained mind and ample learning he possesses In addition the supreme qualification for a great Judge. He loves justice and hates iniquity. He has great Independence of thought and character, firm In all his views and con victions, but not so obstinate as to be proof against reason and argument. From habit and education he is es sentially conservative. He is a close observer of public affairs and a pro found student of public questions. His friends who know him as well as I do have no doubt that he is fully equipped for any public trust that may await him In the future. Always in a Rage. New York Evening Post. Mr. Cleveland's declaration for Judgo Parker Is said to have "thrown the Bryanltes into a rage." But is not this their normal condition? So far as our observation goes, they are never really happy" unless angry. And as for turn ing them against Judge Parker, they were against him long before Mr. Cleve land's Interview. They had already de tected alarming symptoms of sanity In the New York candldaie. Everything Settled. Atlanta Journal. We can't see It any other way. The spirit of harmony has come back to the party, and with It the spirit of enthu siasm, which win victories. That "Democratic sanity" which the Repub licans so fear is on hand. The nomina tion of Judge Parker is practically cer tain, and we have tho utmost confidence that he will be elected. Cold Cash. Indianapolis Sentinel. In this issue appears a half-page paid advertisement of the candidacy of Wil liam R. Hearst for President of the United States. It sets forth the claims asserted by Mr. Hearst and his sup porters. It is not to be understood, however, that it reflects tho views of the Sentinel. From Ambush. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Judge Parker cannot speak too soon or too plainly. Tho day of the "mys tery man" in American politics is gone. It may suit David B. Hill to flght from ambush, but such strategy will not; sat isfy tho voters who -will Inevitably hold the balance of power. The Why of It. Peoria Transcript-Herald. Tho present is a case when anybody who can defeat the aspirations of Mr. Hearst Is the best man the Democrats can unite upon. That Is why the Judge Parker boom has suddenly become so great. And by the same token It Is likely to become greater. Treason in Texas. Fort Worth Record. Mr. Bryan says New York Is not nec essary to the success of either party. Both the parties, however, will go f right ahead and conduct the campaign on the Idea that New York's 33 elec toral votes are worth having. Talking. Houston (Tex.) Post. Hearst's methods are doing more talking for Parker than Parker himself could possibly do. Primary Law Elsewhere. Milwaukee, Wis., Wisconsin. There is no section of Governor La Follette's message which will commend Itself to more general approval than his discussion of the primary election prin ciple. It Is clear, strong and emphatic, and to many minds will appear conclu sive. The Governor covers every consid eration and states the case so clearly In favor of a primary election law that sensi ble people will hesitate to oppose his con clusions. Governor La Follette Is right In what he states that when the people make their own nominations independent of caucuses and conventions, and select for office the persons whom they nomi nate, the United States will be a moro perfect republic than at any era in Its past history. If Governor La Follette can inaugurate this reform and make It work satisfactorily, he will become one of the benefactors of the Nation. e ' The Aspiration. John Norrls. How long, great God, how long must I Immured in this dark prison He; Whero at the grates and avenues of sense, My soul must -watch to have Intelligence; Where but faint gleams of Thee salute my sight, Like doubtful moonshine In a cloudy night: When shall I leave this magic sphere. And be all mind, all eye, all ear? How cold this clime! And yet my sense Perceives e'en here Thy Influence. E'en here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel, And pant and tremble like the amorous steeL To lower good, and beauties less divine. Sometimes my erroneous needle does decline. But yet, so strong the sympathy, It turns, and points again to Thee. I long to see this excellence Which at such distance strikes my sense. My Impatient soul struggles to disengage Her wings from the confinement of her cage. She'd for no angels' conduct stay. How would she hasten to be llnk'd to Thee! Wouldst thou, great Love, this prisoner once set free. NOTE AND COMMENT. The Port Townsend Call cruelly remarks that Colonel Younghusband, true to his name, is handy in a scrap. It's pretty tough on a man if the police won't let him carry his wife home from a dance. He may be trying to save the price of a hack. "Wanted A girl who can sleep at home for cooking," runs an ad. A girl who couldn't sleep at home could hardly sleep anywhere else. The Port Townsend Call runs an ad somewhat on the following lines: "If you have a friend abroad you can't do better than to send he or she the Call." Even In the excitement of victory the Japanese do not forget to express their regret for the death of Admiral Makaroff. The more one hears of the Japanese the more one admires them. A San Francisco firm advertises thls way In the Argonaut: REHNSTROM &. HAGBOM, Formerly Sanders & Johnson. Any change for the sake of euphony. "Humane" persons In St. Louis are de termined to prevent the Igorrotes from eating dogs. Here there would be noth ing but welcome for the Igs If they would stop over a week on their way home, and eat a few hundred vagrant dogs and cats. There is something about baseball that makes the newspaper writer do his worst. If you don't believe this, glance at tho following paragraph from the Los An geles Times: There seems to- be little doubt that tho Seraphs will Tacoma few games. An exchange brings the sixth command ment up to date: Thou shalt not kill. Except: By locked exits subway explosions, adult erated food, slums, fire-damp, fast trains. sweat-snops. In short, la tho regular course of trade. Sir Philip Burne-Jones visited America and went home to write a book about it. Comparing Chicago with New York, ho says that Chicago's newspapers are "twice as vulgar" as those of New York, and "In tone are twice as deep a yellow." The newsboys must have sold tho strang er nothing but Americans, for Chicago has some of the best newspapers in the United States. Senator Depew asked a friend for a list of the farmers in Westchester County, so that he could send them the seeds that a gracious Government distributes free of charge. The friend sent the Senator a list of the members of the Larchmont Yacht Club, and each of tho amateur tars duly received a package of turnip seed. Possibly the wag though it a pity that the yachtsmen should plough tho main to no purpose. When a story is prefaced with, "This is a true story," it is pretty sure to be read sceptically. This story, however, 13 a really and truly true story. A Port lander, who Is well-known along Front street, was debating yesterday whether or not he could afford to buy a package of tobacco. Suddenly he saw a dime on the sidewalk. He picked it up and bought tho tobacco he desired. On opening the package he found that a careless packer had placed tv,o coupons In it, so that tho lucky man now needs but SMS more to draw a piano or a meerschaum pipe. President Roosevelt Is an opponent of the civil service system. He must be, for has he not appointed a White House steward without holding a competitive examination for the job? This is a grave matter. It sets back tho hopes of tho reformers, who have been hoping to ex tend tho competitive system into all branches of life. If a steward for the White House had to pass an examination In algebra, private families would soon obtain their butlers on tho same system. Women would Invite applicants for Jobs positions, perhaps, would be a better word as cooks to define a tetrahedon and to give the date of Noah's birth. Of William Vaughn Moody, a critic In tho Argonaut says: A poet who at this stirring moment in the world's history steers his bark back Int: the Brazen Age. and sings us of Stone Men and Earth Women, Prometheus, the stealer of flr, and Pandora, discloses In himself a cer tain moral cowardice. He evades the hour's Issues, and sails on sterile seas. Moody and Milton are a nice pair of cowards. One sings of Prometheus and the other of man's first disobedience. Milton's excursions from the "sterile seas" were comparatively unimportant, and such a brief furrow in tho fertile fields as Moody cut with his lines on a soldier fallen in the Philippines is hardly worthy of notice. WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. "No, mother, this book Is not at all fit for you to see." "But you are reading It!" "Ah, but we -were brought up so different ly." Life. "How did you get your black eye. Sam bo?" "Well, boss, yer see I was out a-look-ln' fer trouble, and dis 'ere eye was de furst f find it." Yonkers Statesman. Mrs. Brown John and I are mad at the neighbors. Mrs. Jones Why? Mrs. Brown They acted so tickled when we had our telephone put In. Brooklyn Life. She And you don't think there is a chance in the world of our living through our lives without a quarrel? He Thre is always a fighting chance, dear. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "But," said Miss Roxloy's father, "how about supporting my daughter? Have you considered that thoroughly?" "Oh, yes." replied the suitor. "I'm willing to help." Philadelphia Ledger. "How long did It take you to climb the Hill of Fame?" "Forty years." "And what did you find at the top?" "Ten bailiffs, seventeen bill collectors and two or three hundred old friends, ready an' wait In" to push me down again." Atlanta Con stitution. Mrs. Newlywed Have you any nice slumps this morning? Butcher" Slumps? What are they? Mrs. Newlywed Indeed, I don't know; but my husband Is always talking about a slump in the market, and I thought I should like to try some. Phila delphia Record. Playwright You'd better say a few kind words to tho star before the performance. She seems dispirited. Manager" In what way? Playwright Wall, she says there are moments when even she doubts that she Is tho greatest actress in the world. Town and Country. "Don't be too quick to strike another, my boy," said the kindly old man. who had in terrupted the light. "Always aount ten be fore you do It and then " "Yeh," replied the boy, contemptuously, "an' den it'll be da referee dat'll bo countin' ten on you." Phil adelphia Press. "Shall I say that you are very fond of America, as usual?" asked the press agent "Walt till I have the books balanced," nn Bwered the prima donna with characteristic business foresight- "If the profits are more than $30,000 you may say that I lovs America; If they are less, you may say I consider the country very lacking in re finement." Washington Star. t