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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, MM.
COHESION SENSE VS. HYSTERICS.
Portland Is an orderly and well-regulated
city. As It grows larger It grows
better, In all the conditions and rela
tions of civic life. It is building with a
rapidity never before known. In an
unusual and remarkable degree the
pride of its citizenship, both In the ma
terial improvement and in the moral
well-being of the city, is apparent Let
any one who knows what" the city was
In former times make the comparison
or contrast with present conditions, and
decide for himself.
"With the government of a city, as
with all government, fault is always to
he found, but the present government
of Portland is as good as the best the
city ever had, or better, because the
citizenship Is better. Vice is much less
noticeable than at any former time. In
the executive departments there is
steady efficiency. The servants of the
city are held to ail accountability, in
satisfactory contrast with the happy-jo-easy
laxity of former times. In
maintenance and extension of streets,
Sidewalks, sewers, bridges, schools, and
Jn demand in every branch for better
things, there is progressive improve
ment Nor does the city "grow alone
In thews and bulk," but, "as this
temple waxes, the Inward service of the
mind and soul grows wide withal."
Portland grows in a moral dignity and
In a characteristic force that properly
Js the pride of her citizenship.
However, there is one Edgar P. Hill,
X preacher, who sets himself up as a
prophet of the overthrow of Portland,
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17 because
wickedness. He pro-
a real Sodom, and
itly, whether there are
nen in it Perhaps he
: for safety, as Lot did
f so, we shall lose a
jrterlcs, but it is a safe
-!. ejrhe will find the very
t wicked one he ever
11 its people -so. But
from this distance, he
ees it as the Celestial City of Bun
yan's vision. It is so virtuous that "in
ten years it will be not only the finan
cial center of the Pacific Northwest, but
the great seat of things artistic, liter
ary and religious, "whereas if Portland
continues her present blind policy but
a few years longer, it will ctase to be
a factor In the business world and will
be given over largely to the saloons,
cheap vaudeville and gambling houses."
One doesn't know which to admire
most the virtues of Seattle, that "open
st" of all the cities of the Pacific Coast,
or to deplore most the Incomparable
wickedness of Portland conservative,
earnest sedate Portland in contrast
with the other.
Brother Hill la one of those men of
vehement feelings and verbose utter
ance, who are sometimes called "in
tense." He evidently believes himself
Eent here to prophesy the overthrow
of Portland, as Jonah, In the Biblical
romance, prophesied the overthrow of
Nineveh. As his feelings are superla
tives, so are his words. As the hell
of his Imagination is hotter than the
general hell, so the wickedness of Port
land exceeds that of any other city.
Hence these awful prophecies, and yet
there are not many, it may be sup
posed, who tremble at the threats and
rontortions of the prophet, or who be
lieve that the voice of God Is sounded
through the leathern lungs of Brother
HI1L
There is vice in Portland, undoubt
edly; much more in Seattle, because the
circumstances of the past few years
have drawn to Seattle a miscellaneous
population, bent on various kinds of
speculative effort largely in connection
tvith the Northern mining trade. As a
"sporty" place Portland is "quiet,"
compared with Seattle. "What course is
best to be pursued In regard to gam
bling, so as to limit its evils. Is a puzzle
everywhere. Portland has tried all
methods, and none has been more satis
factory than another. At the present
time the method of arrest and fine is in
use; and they who know say there is
no more gambling and less robbery than
under the system that had no official
eyes to see what was going on. "When
Mr. Rowe was Mayor and Governor
Chamberlain was District Attorney the
same method of arrest and fine now in
use was employed: but at the soliclta-'
tlon or citizens it was changed, and
proclamation was made that there was
to be no more gambling. It was not
long, however, till the games were
going again officials conveniently
Ignorant of their existence. It Is an old
story. At tseatue where there nad beeal
" JHsWpy
a "wide-open" town for years, procla
mation was made a little while ago
that gambling was no longer to be
tolerated. But of course it Is resuming
the old course, under changed condi
tions. The authorities of Seattle will,
however, persistently deny that there
Is any gambling in the city, throwing
the cloak of hypocrisy over the policy,
for the sake of giving It out to the
world that the city has eradicated the
vice. But ask the knowing citizen. He
smiles.
Other grievances voiced by Dr. Hill
grow out"of the prevalence of liquor
selling, failure of Sunday observance,
and disposition of large masses of the
people of Portland toward the theater,
vaudeville and other amusements. For
all this he clearly holds Mayor "Will
iams and The Oregonian chiefly respon
sible. But It may be suspected that
the Mayor and The Oregonian, If they
attempted to check these propensities,
would get some pretty sharp admoni
tions to mind their own business. The
kind of cKy Dr. Hill and the very few
who agree with him want Is not to be
had In our modern life, and wouldn't be
worth living in, if It could be. Portland
.must be a moral city, and It Is; but it
cannot be a "slow" city. They who
would be Puritans or Pharisees may
be such, if they choose; -but they can't
control a modern growing city, nor
force the abounding vigor of its rising
population into their own ways. The
masses of the people will have amuse;
ments and Sunday excursions, let Dr.
Hill wall about it as he please. Xilquors
of all kinds will be made and sold and
consumed. The duty of government in
such matters ends with preservation of
public order and decency; and the rule
of public order and decency comes from
the common Judgment of the people,
not from the extremist or fanatic. In
the matter of amusements and general
conduct It Is the function of parents
and guardians to see to It that the
young are protected against dangers
and Improprieties. Here Is a duty that
parents cannot throw upon the state,
and It is useless to rail upon govern
ment on this ground. For government
will not be allowed to Interfere with
the customs of the people, or with their
general wishes. He who Insists that it
shall merely gives his voice to the wind.
Portland is a seaport city, and is be
coming a "manufacturing city. It has
passed out of the stage or state of a
rural village. "What people want to do
for amusement or recreation ihey will
do not interfering with the rights of
others. They will not take Dr. Hill's
notions of sanctity, and of the divine
law, for their guide, either. Last Sun
day, for example, Immense crowds took
steamboats, trolley-cars, railways and
every possible form of locomotion, for
trips and excursions in every direction.
They, or others, will do the like next
Sunday. Thousands attended the base
ball games. If, however, the excursion
ists are committing sin, the car people
who carry them are participants, or
even principals. In it; some of whom,
we are told, are eminent members of
Dr. Hill's church. But Sunday has be
come a day of recreation and amuse
ment for the masses of the people, and
they will have it so. Still, Dr. Hill
k should not despair. His own peculiar
and exclusive ideas do indeed get scant
consideration, but morality, honor, de
cency, religion, are not about to perish
from the world, merely because the
greater numbers of the people do not
accept the deliverances of Dr. Hill, and
the poor theological syllogisms on
which they are founded, as direct reve
lations, through him, from heaven. Such
as he do not know the world they live
in; they never will. They live in an
Imaginary world, constructed out of the
utterances of the old Hebrew prophets
which they do not understand mixed
and mingled with the Ideas of Puritan
England, which, if not obsolete, have
passed through various modifications,
and, commingled with the general life
of the race, have their effect on all our
thinking and action though they can
control neither.
The whole life of a community Is
bound up indissolubly together. "We
have here in Portland a great brewer.
He Is a moral man, has reared a worthy
family, is doing more than any living
man to build up this city and to support
its prestige; yet his business is attacked
by those who would like to destroy it
and Inferentlally he Is held up as an
enemy of the city which he Is doing
more to build up and sustain than all
his assailants together. You never ex
pect extremists or fanatics to be rea
sonable about these things, "but suppose
you ask the general or common sense
of the City of Portland whether It
wishes Henry Weinhard to remain here,
push his business, continue the erection
of great buildings and help forward all
public undertakings, as he does; or
whether you would like to have him
and those associated with him in the
variety of undertakings that pertain to
his own business compelled to leave
Portland and go, let us say, to that
highly moral town, Seattle, and set
up there, what do you suppose the gen
eral or common sense of Portland would
say? Then, Indeed, if this movement
were general, and everything were ex
pelled from Portland which Dr. Hill
calls Immoral then Indeed you would
soon see Seattle the great and undis
puted business center of the North
west, and the literary and religious
center, too, just as Chicago Is of the
mighty country midway between the
Atlantic and the Pacific. And yet no
doubt Dr. Hill thinks Chicago a most
ungodly town!
One leading trait of the mind of this
noisy brother is that he deems every
body Immoral who does not accept Dr.
Hill's theological tenets and their conse
quences. It Is an obsolete state of
mind, three centuries behind time.
As there Is no end of folly, so like
wise if you answer the fool according
to his folly, there will be no end to the
answer. But it Is "believed that some
expressions of truth and common sense
will be In order, against the malignant
detainers of Portland, and against those
who merely for a cheap notoriety in
politics or journalism, aid and abet
them.
Business Is business, no matter
whether it is conducted with the snappy
little Japs or the bearded Muscovites.
The feeling of sympathy which always
goes out to the under dog, or what we
sometimes mistake for the under dog,
in a fight has caused a good many peo
ple to give their unbounded applause
and moral support to the Japanese,
while, figuratively speaking, they gave
her foe of larger dimensions numerous
sly kicks In the short ribs. England
loved the Jap and gave him moral sup
port in wholesale quantities, but when
the little brown men found It necessary
to secure more potent sinews of war the
best thatEngland would do was to take
her bonds bearing 6 per cent interest
and secured by a lien on the customs
receipts a S3& cents oa the dollar.!
Russia. went after money at the same
time, and floated a loan five times as
great as that of the, Japanese, and, al
though the bonds paid but 5 per cent
the French -eagerly took them up at 99
cents on the 'dollar. These transactions
indicate that the belief of ultimate vic
tory for the Japanese has not yet per
meated the money markets of the Old
TVbrld.
NO DIVORCE rOS WASHINGTON.
The residents of Eastern "Washington
who are clamoring for secession from
the western part of the state and an
nexation of enough of Northern Idaho
to aid them in making a state of their
own liking, would do well lo postpone
the event a few years. It is an expen
sive business to build- a state, and the
burden at this time would fall heavy on
the comparatively few dwellers east of
the Cascade Range. There would be
nothing to gain In the way of commer
cial advantage and the political advan
tages in the end would prove of doubt
ful value to the secessionists. There Is
considerable truth In the statement
made at the Tacoma convention that
"for a long time it has been a difficult
matter to distinguish a Spokane Re
view Republican from a Democrat"
The Republican strength In the State of
"Washington never came from east of
the Cascade Mountains, and even two
years ago, when the Spokane Review
Republicans were given a. railroad-commission
plank in the patform, they
showed their gratitude by electing Tol
man, Graves, Cameron and a number of
other Influential Democrats.
This action indicated that Democrats
and Republicans In the Spokane terri
tory were so much alike that they voted
together and worked together. Such
being the case. It Is small wonder that
the true-blue Republicans west of the
mountains who piled up the majorities
that made "Washington famous, were
this year less inclined to cater to the
desires of the Democrats. But would a
divorce from "Western "Washington give
the Spokane Review Republicans and
the Democrats with whom they are
always forming mesalliances, every
thing that they desire? As matters now
stand they join together to beat the
Republicans from west of the moun
tains; but if the new state comes into
existence there will be the same old
shortage of offices that Is making all
of the trouble at the present time.
The Turners and Tolmans and Mc
Croskeys will be obliged to haul their
own chestnuts out of the political fire
Instead of depending on the help oj
Republicans who only occasionally vote
the Republican ticket Thl3 will force
the Republicans to stand together east
of the mountains just as they now
stand together on the West Side, and
when they do this there will be no need
of a new state. Another point to be
considered is the attitude of Idaho on
this matter. Our modest neighbors on
the Panhandle have not been heard
from, and perhaps If they ever attend
ed the primaries In Spokane they will
refuse the Invitation to form a more
Intimate acquaintance with East Side
politics.
MONEY FOR THE MINING CONGRESS.
Portland must raise about $8000 for
the American Mining Congress, which
will convene here the last week In Au
gust At the invitation of the Mayor,
the Chamber of Commerce and many
private citizens, the Congress, which
met last year In Deadwood, voted to
hold Its next session In this city. Of
course, the necessary expense should
be borne here. The total sum required
is $10,000. Through a misunderstanding
as to the cost, local committees started
a few weeks ago to raise $3000, and with
little effort secured $2000. Now, in view
of the actual amount needed, subscrib
ers to the fund will be asked to Increase
their subscriptions and those who have
not yet given will be urged to contrib
ute. Most of the money thus subscribed
will be devoted to preliminary work,
which serves as the very best advertise
ment for Portland because It Is continu
ous, cumulative advertising; therefore
the money will be well expended. But
this is the least of the benefits to be de
rived. The American-Mining Congress
will bring to Portland a large body of
men representing great capital seeking
Investment In point of private
wealth, the Mining Congress Is above
every other business body In the coun
try except the Bankers' National Asso
ciation. Personal Investigation by these
men Invariably leads to Investment
They know a mine when they see It,
and how to develop It after they have
bought It This Is their special busi
ness. Oregon, of all mining states, most
needs this class of men.
Two years ago the Mining Congress
cost Boise City $12,000. As a direct re
sult more than $1,000,1)00 was invested in
Boise real estate and new buildings,
and between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 in
mining properties In Idaho. In Colo
rado the Mining Congress gave an im
petus to the Centennial State's chief
Industry that was felt for years after
the meeting. South Dakota is now
going through a similar experience.
Increased mining activity has followed
the meeting of every congress.
Portland's honor is Involved in this
matter. "We invited these Influential
men to come and we undertook to de
fray the expense for our benefit more
than theirs. Several public-spirited
citizens are engaged this week In can
vassing for the fund. They should be
received cheerfully. Subscriptions
should be made promptly, and in such
proportion as the importance of the
gathering justifies and the means of
the subscriber permits. Oregon's min
ing Industry needs the stimulus of the
coming congress, and every loyal Port
lander ought to take pleasure In doing
his duty as he sees it
THE PKOHIBrriON FALSEHOOD.
The chief discredit of the local option
propaganda is that it Is most untrue.
It Is not strange that the prohibitionist
Is only restrained with the greatest dif
ficulty from speaking of the proposed
law as prohibition, for it is prohibition.
It originated with the prohibition camp
and it Is cleverly sought by that camp
to attract the support of moderate tem
perance workers to It Doubtless the
hope Is in this way to increase the
permanent following of the prohibition
party.
Whenever a prohibitionist in his zeal
refers to this bill as a prohibition meas
ure he is promptly sat upon by his more
discreet mates; but the zealous man
has one advantage over his more cau
tious fellow he Is right
But that Is neither here nor there.
The falsity of the non-prohibition con-
l tentlon Is stamped upon the very face
of the proposed law, which reads:
Be it enacted by the People of the State
of Oregon:
Section L Whenever a petition therefor
signed by not less than ten per cent of
the registered voters of any county In the
state, or subdivision of any county, cr ure-
elnct of & county, shall he filed with the
county cleric of such county la the manner
In this act prescribed, the county court
of such county shall order an election to
be held at the time mentioned in such pe
tition, and In the entire district mentioned
la snch petition, to determine whether the
sale of intoxicating liquors shall be. pro
hibited in such county or subdivision of such
coenty or In such precinct.
This proposal 4s pushed" upon atten
tion by the assertion that Its sole scope
is to enable the residence sections, of
a. city to. keep saloons out of ihelr
boundaries. This Is the understanding
upon which moderate temperance work
ers have been beguiled Into support of
the act One of the proposal's most
highly moral advocates (In his own pre
tense) and most highly crooked (In
fact), because he cannot state any ques
tion or fact honestly, has said over his
own signature that the application of
the law will be "confined to -residence
districts."
Neither he nor any other man has any
right to say-what the application of the
law will be. The law itself determines
that No man Is honest who under
takes to pledge the application of a law
before it is enacted. He has neither the
authority to promise nor the power to
fulfill. The first section of the law, as
we have quoted It provides that ten per
cent of thevoters In any county can
compel an election, and If prohibition
carries prohibition Is the law for the
county. This is prohibition not by resi
dence districts, but by counties.
At a local option meeting In Portland
Saturday night a telegram was read
from the Sheriff of Hopkins County,
Texas, said to b a prohibition county,
containing 28,000 people, and the Sheriff
stated that since the dawn of prohibi
tion there the county was prosperous,
crime had decreased, that sobriety and
moral sentiment were better than, be
fore, and he concluded with this 'sen
tence: "Prohibition will prohibit." Yet
these same local option advocates un
dertake to tell us In the next breath
that the Texas' law, which they are
copying and to which they point with
pride, la not prohibition.
If the people of Oregon want prohibi
tion, let them have It; but let them vote
upon. It honestly, not in the erroneous
idea that they are merely approving a
measure 'to enable residence districts to
keep out saloons they don't want. If
that were the object really and sin
cerely aimed at, nd new law would be'
necessary, for the present law provides
means for that to be done. And it Is
done. The residence districts of Port
land are dotted all over with buildings
intended for saloons, but not permitted
to be so used, because of opposition of
residents and City Council.
Adverting to the fact that Philadel
phia had 321 cases of typhoid in one
weekAmerlcan Medicine contends that
"corrupt and contented Philadelphia" Is
at fault and Is guilty of crime. Since
the beginning of the present year Phila
delphia has had over 2000 cases of ty
phoid. This Implies criminal negligence
In public officials, since in 1901 Eng
land's death rate from typhoid was but
1.5 per 1,000,000; that of Paris 3.91, and
of Hamburg but .33. Like results could
be got here If honest discharge of pub
lic duty were in vogue. Our medical
contemporary quotes with warm ap
proval the saying that "for every such
death some one should be hanged"; but
"the fatalism which has from of old
dominated the human mind as to dis
ease and death is still inveterate, and
it Is almost Impossible to arouse the
truer perception that every case of
typhoid fever represents, In reality, a
crime somewhere, and that somebody
has been guilty of criminal negligence,
which should be brought home to him.
Every case, as we all know, Is unneces
sary, and unnecessary disease and
death is in its last analysis a crime."
It Is to be feared that enforcement of
the journal's rule would, however, work
hardship on its. subscription list.
The old warning against killing the
goose that laid the golden eggs might
not be Inappropriate at this time,when-j
the rush for cascara bark Is denuding
large areas of land now producing that
valuable product. "When the craze start
ed, much of the bark was undoubtedly
sold at very low prices, but as the mer
its of the article were more fully un
derstood, a higher value was placed on
It This Increased value cannot be
maintained, however, with such enor
mous quantities as are now made avail
able by the diligence of the peelers.
The result will be a slump to a point so
low that the profits on the work will
vanish, and as- removing the bark from
the tree always kills It, the future sup
ply Is jeopardized. Nature has been
prodigal in her distribution of gifts to
the dwellers in Oregon and "Washington,
but there should be no such wasteful
ness In converting these gifts Into cash
as Is now Imminent In the cascara bark
Industry
The sideshows of the great political
campaign are getting busy. The So
cialist party4s first in the field with. Its
candidates, Eugene V. Debs having
been nominated for President and Ben
jamin Hanford for Vice-President The
National Prohibition Convention will be
held In Indianapolis June 29. The two
wings of the Populist party are to be
hitched. If possible, to one bird this
year, a convention having been called
to effect that purpose In Springfield, III.,
July 4. The Socialist-Labor party will
also, later in the Summer, place a
ticket in the field. The total vote of all
of these parties In 1900 was less than
400,000 in a Presidential vote of over
14,000,000.
The Roseburg Review has this lamen
tation: "The tax burden In this county
is $5000 a month more than it was four
years ago, and is rapidly increasing."
Douglas is a mighty big county, and its
business, population and wealth are
growing at a rapid rate. "Why should
Its expenditure be held down to that of
four years ago, and why was not that
of four years ago held down to that
of twenty years ago? It Is so easy to
be absurd!
The crop bulletin Issued by the De-
J partment of Agriculture for May shows
a probable "Winter wheat yield of 300,
000,000 bushels, against the estimated
yield of May, 1903, of 546,000,000 bushels.
-This Is a large falling off, and 11 veri
fied by the actual returns of the har
vest will show a heavy shortage In this
great staple one of the most serious, In
fact, with which the country has ever
been confronted.
It should be awfully easy, If there 13
any gambling going on In Portland, to
stamp it out. The District Attorney
has the power more power under the
laws than anybody else. Pass It up to
him.
If Hermann shouldn't get over eight
thousand or ten thousand majority in
the First District it would be a great
1 Democratic victory, wouldn't It?
PRICES AND MONEY SUPPLY.
Baltimore Sua.
Commodity prices are higher at present
than formerly, which circumstance causes
believers in the quantity theory of money
to exult seeing that the world's annual
gold output Is larger now than ever be
fore. In 1S90 the commodity Index number,
according to the "Wall Street Journal, was
112.9 and th6 output of gold was $113,065,
973. In the next seven years prices fell
rapidly, so that In 1S37 the index number
was down to E9.7, while the output of gold,
which bad all the while been rapidly in
creasing, was up to $237,338,398. After 1S97
prices of commodities began a steady ad
vance, and by 1S00 the index number was
up to 110.5, though, In consequence of the
Boer war, the output of gold had fallen
to $262,220,915, after having been $314,630,233
in 1S99. From these figures It might be
inferred that there is no connection be
tween prices and the output of gold. Since
1S00 the annual gold production has in
creased greatly from $262,220,913 to $323,
568,774 in 1S03 but the index number in 1903
was but 113.6. It rose at the same time
that the amount of gold did. but not to
a corresponding degree. The fact seems to
be that prices of commodities depend upon
a great many factors, and the amount of
good money in existence is by no means
the dominating factor. Confidence, which
facilitates credit Is an important element.
or the situation, and supply ana demand
are to be taken into view. "When a citizen
has "more money" in bank than usual he
does not at once go around offering on
that account higher prices to his butcher
and baker. It is the seller, Indeed, who,
In view of the supply of his commodity,
oftenest makes the price, not the buyer.
Both contribute to the result but the
buyer seldom puts up tha price merely be
cause he has "more money" than he once
had. The quantity theory is very simple,
but If true, it has to be watched closely,
since itjis true to a very doubtful extent
and is knocked out by a trifling circum
stance. Practical men are content to re
gard It as a theory merely.
An Easy Remedy at Hand.
New York Globe. s
There Is uproar among the women of
Prague. The honorable gentlemen com
posing the council of that municipality
have posted warnings that women will no
longer be permitted to drag thetralns of
their dresses In the streets. Amazed at
the insolence of the honorable gentlemen,
the women of Prague have defied them,
declaring they will drag their skirts if
they will. We do things better in Amer
ica, and the Council of Prague should
profit by our example. Indirect methods
are always better than direct, especially
when dealing with the fair sex. It is only
necessary to introduce the fashion of open
work and variegated hosiery and high
heeled shoes, not only to make the women
lift up their skirts when they are long,
but for the most part to wear short ones.
Why Men Avoid Church.
New York Sun.
Several preachers puzzled themselves
and their congregations last Sunday by
trying to discover and explain the reasons
why men don't go to church. Now. there
is no mystery whatever about that mat
ter. The men don't go to church simply
because they don't believe in the neces
sity for going. They have not the deep
and vital religious faith of which church
worship is the outward expression. They
may think they believe, but actually they
do not believe In the religion they profess.
They are not convinced that their fate
for all eternity depends on faith In lt3
dogmas and obedience to Its obligations.
How to get men to go to church? Let
there be a revival of true and genuine
religious faith and the churches will not
bo large enough to hold them.
The Double Cross.
Atlanta Constitution.
When Colonel Bryan was "Investi
gating" Judge Parker with a view to
persuading him to accept 'the "Vice
Presidential nomination at Kansas
City, he found the New York jurist to
be "an able, conscientious and energetic
statesman, broad-minded and full of
progressive fdeas," and that there was
"no general objection that applies to
him." Judge Parker declined to -accept
the second place on the ticket and
now Colonel Bryan gives nis name for
the Presidential nomination the double
cross. Cuba and Her Pensioners.
Philadelphia Press.
Cuba Is having the usual trouble in
making out its pension rolls. It borrowed
$35,000,000 to pay the liberators, but when
it comes to distribute the money it finds
that a large proportion of the claims
have been sold for 20 per cent of their
face value. Whether or not to pay the
men presenting the claims that rest on
such transactions Is the question. About
70,000 names are on the rolls, but it is
fairly certain that one-half that number
represent men who never performed any
service for the republic s
Same Man.
Philadelphia Record.
While "Willie" Hearst graciously an
nounces that he will not "bolt" the Demo
cratic ticket In any event William J.
Bryan evasively says he will wait until
the candidates and platform are before
the country. That i3 to say, "he may bolt
the nomination and the platform if they
fall to suit him. Yet this is the same
man who has been inveighing for eight
years against the Democrats, who took
the same independent attitude toward the.
candidate and platform of the party.
.
Populists for Roosevelt.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Lots of old-time Populists will vote the
Republican ticket this year. So wiil lots
of old-time Democrats. The Republican
standard-bearer of 1S04 will draw heavily
on the other parties for support Through
out the West there is a general disin
tegration of party forces when Roosevelt
is the issue. All political shades of voters
are In favor of him. He will carry the
West by a majority which will look very
imposing in figures.
None to Echo McKInley.
New York Times.
When William McKinley spoke at Buf
falo In advocacy of the lowering of tariff
duties that have ceased to be needed for
protection his mind ranged above the mis
erable desires and calculations of cam
paign exigency. He was not counting del
egates or concerning himself about elec
toral votes. He thought and spoke like
a statesman. If among all the Republican
leaders of today there Is one like him he is
voiceless.
Campaign of Revenge.
Savannah News.
It really looks as if Mr. Bryan were
conducting a campaign of revenge a cam
paign to oppose every candidate favored
by those who didn't get enthusiastic over
him when he was a Presidential candi
date. The Democratic party cannot af
ford to help Mr. Bryan in a campaign of
that -kind not if It want3 to elect the
next President
Insanity and Money.
New York Press."
To accuse Willy Hearst of insanity is
also to accuse js. large section of the
Democracy of the same disease. But if
Willy Hearst can buy 150 delegates for
$2,000,000, what Is to prevent him from
buying six times as many for ten times as
much?
Publfus Clodius..
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The democracy of Rome had Its Pub
llus Clodius as well as Its Gracchi, and
Americans should not be surprised if a
Hearst now and then revive? $h, Publius
Clodius role In their time.
THB DEBTS OF JAPAN.
New York Tribune.
The new Japanese loan, which appears
to have been issued with much success in
"both New York and London, increases
considerably the external public debt of
the island empire. It is probable that there
wui be other loans and still greater In
crease of the debt before the war is over.
Nevertheless there eema to be no ground
for apprehending any financial embarrass
ment at Toklo. Japan has hitherto incur
red heavy Indebtedness, but she has also
shown marked ability to liquidate It Her
loans since the "opening" have aggre
gated SS6.664.450 yen a yen being equal
to 50 cents and of this amount she has
already redeemed 325,701,929 yen, or more
than 36 per cent, and, according to present
plans, the whole will be liquidated In 1945.
These calculations do not, of course, in
clude the new war loan.
Japan's first loan was Issued during the
restoration of 1863, and was internal and
bore no Interest The first foreign loan
wa3 made in London in 1870, and bore 9
per cent interest Another foreign loan
in 1873 bore 7 per cent interest These
were all redeemed long ago save a small
part of the old Internal loan. Since 1873
there has been no further foreign loan
until the present There have been nu
merous loans, all floated within Japan, at
interest rates ranging from 4 to 8 per cent
Many of these have been redeemed in ad
vance of the time originally set Thus the
Kinsatu exchange bonds of 1873, amount
ing to 6,669,250 yen, were all paid In 1892,
though not due until 1897. The Industrial
works loan of 1878, 12,500,000 yen, was can
celed In 1S32, though It had ten years
longer to run. The Nakasendo railroad
loan, of 2O.OCO.00Q yen, issued in 1883, was
redeemed in 1S92, just 22 years ahead of
time. A second Kinsatu loan of 7,929.000,
in 1SS3, was repaid in ten years, though it
had 37 to run. A railroad loan of 2,000,000
yen in 1SS9 was liquidated In 1894. though
It might have run until 1943. Such a rec
ord may well inspire confidence in the
money markets of the world.
It Is interesting to recall, too. that de
spite her military and naval expansion.
Japan has had to make few loans for war
like purposes. There was one, of 15.000,000
yen, internal, for suppressing the Kago
shlma rebellion, all promptly repaid.
There was the navy loan of 17.000,000 yen.
in .1856, for building ships and docks, half
or which has been repaid. There waa
finally, the Chinese war loan of 250.000.000
yen, in 1S94, at 5 per cent, to be redeeemed
in 50 years, of which 18.600,000 yen has al
ready been repaid. These were all domes
tic loans, so that the present is the first
foreign loan Japan has ever made for
warlike purposes. It will probably be
pretty big one before she is done with the
need of It, but there Is reason to expect
tnat sne will prove able to bear ths
burden.
Judge Parker.
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
Why should Judge Parker, a life
long Democrat parade before the
American people a statement of what
ne oeiieves? Why, indeed, unless there
Is a suspicion on the part of somebody
that he is not a Democrat? Is there
such a suspicion? Who harbors It? If
this eminent jurist were a Populist or
a socialist or a radical, or a plutocrat
hunter, masquerading as a Democrat
then It might be well to have him put
out his "creed," and he might do this
three times a day or oftener, being in
the business. But he would not, in
that case, be the favorite of the Demo
cratic masses in New York, Connecti
cut and Indiana for the Presidency.
What these voters want Is a man who
never did and never will write a pol
itical -creed, but who has been ever
faithful to the creed of the fathers of
the Democracy, which every American
bpy ought to be able to recite.
For trie Party's Good.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
If Mr. Bryan would accept the Judg
ment of the party as pronounced In its
National Convention, and would earn
estly strive for its success, he could be
of immense service to It But he al
lows his personal vanity to stand be
fore everything else and he considers
his personal opinions the ultimate re
siduum of truth and wisdom. He Is ad
dicted exclusively to the worship of
me, and the success of the Democratic
party seems to be entirely immaterial
to him. Under the circumstances, if he
withdraws from the party it will cer
tainly be for his party's good.
Beneficial Bolting.
New York Sun.
If the preponderant conservative ele
ment at St Louis should nominate a
man whose record in itself Is an im
pressive conservative platform and the
Hearst-Bryan following should so
forth In anger from the convention and
organize a party of their own. the bolt
would be likely to bring gain rather
than loss to the Democracy. It is not
conceivable that any candidate they
might put up would get as many pop
ular votes as were cast for Weaver In
1892, when Grover -Cleveland beat gar
rison and Weaver combined by a ma
jority of 110 electoral votes.
His Name Is Cleveland.
Boston Herald
In the last Presidential election New
Jersey went Republican by almost 577
000, New York by almost 144,000, Con
necticut by more than 28,000 and Indi
ana by more than 26,000. These are no
trivial pluralities to be easily brushed
away. Admittedly a conservative Dem
ocrat running in 1904 might, and doubt
less would, make a very different show
ing from that scored by Mr. Bryan in
1900, but it would take an exceptionally
strong candidate to turn from Repub
lican control the four states which the
Chicago Chronicle has named.
They Want an Ally.
New York Evening- Post
For the last two elections the Demo
cratic candidate has so directly elected
the President of the other party that it is
not strange if Republicans feel apprehen
sive without such a friend the enemy.
They have bo long posed as saviors of
society that their occupation will be gone
if the nominee at St Louis Is not an In
cendiary. One or the Other.
Springfield, Mass.. Republican.
"The New York platform" Is being dis
cussed so much throughout the land that
it must be either a colossal success or ,
stunning failure.
Venus' Runaway.
Ben Jonson.
Beauties, have ye seen this toy.
Called Lore, a little boy.
Almost naked, wanton, blind;
Cruel now. and then as kind?
If he be amongst ye, say?
He Is "Venus' runaway.
He hath marks about him plenty:
You shall know him among twenty.
All his body is a fire.
And his breath a Same entire.
That, belngr shot like lightning in.
Wounds the heart, but not the skin.
Trust him not: his words, though sweet.
Seldom with his heart do meet.
All his practice is deceit;
Every sift It is a bait;
Not a kiss but poison bears;
And most treason in his' tears.
Idle minutes are his reign;
Then, the straggler makes his gain.
By presenting maids with toys,
And would have ye think them joys:
'Tis the ambition of the elf
To have all childish as himself.
If by these ye please to know him.
Beauties, be not nice, but show him.
Though ye had a will to hide him.
Now, we hope, ye'll not abide him;
Since you bear his falser play, .
And that he's Venus' runaway
NOTE ANDCOMMENT.
Better Dead-
The girl that says "Ylh" for "Yes."
The long and the short Dutch come
dians. The motorman that clangs his gong
when you're crossing the track.
Also the automobile tooter.
The man that knows what Kuropatkia
should do.
The hostess that makes you eat more
than you want
The man that laughs at your kind of
straw hat
The man that rings up the newspaper
office to ask If Port Arthur has been cap
tured.. We learn from the Seattle Time3 that
the Post-Intelligencer Is edited by a
"crooked and crack-brained whelp."
The New York City Mothers' Club has
decided to admit men as members. The
fathers might reciprocate by throwing
open a few poker clubs to women.
Bryan, In addressing a woman's club,
declared that political parties should
strive after the highest Ideals rather than
temporary success at the polls. Ideals
are proverbially elusive things, but Bryan
has evidently concluded that he had bet
ter pursue something that's not utterly
impossible of attainment
Consul Haynes, who is stationed at
Rouen, France, announces that the
French Society of Agriculture Is interest
ed In a new potato called the solanum
commersonii. This name seems a formid
able handicap, but it ha3 been overcome
by calling the tuber the Uruguay Irish
potato. Uruguay Irish Is good.
The New York Tribune suggests that
trolley-cars be built like London 'busses,
with seats on the roof. Suppose the
scheme were adopted and we were given
double-deckers, how long do you think it
would be until competition brought about
the building of cars with three stories,
then four, then five, and so on until we
had sky-scrapers In trolleys, and it was
necessary to put in elevators? American
enterprise is so enterprising that it would
be rash to set it going In this direction.
They have reporters in Winnipeg that
do their best to live up to the traditions
of the craft In the Telegram of that city
there Is an account of a fire that burned
a small cottage. It begins:
At 1:30 on Sunday morning terrible shrieks
disturbed the brooding tranquility of the sleep
ing town of St Boniface, followed by wild
cries of "flre," and ere the sleeping population
could jump into Its clothes the sky was lit up
and the hoarse clangor of the St. Boniface
flre alarm had disturbed even Winnipeg.
It is a long time since we heard the dear
old "hoarse clangor."
There have been thousands of men to
boost punctuality as the greatest factor
in business, but here Is the only case of a
man deliberately knocking it The story
Is told by a New York paper:
J. S. Forbes, the great English railway man.
who worked up from a very humble position,
was never on time, and he declared that this
characteristic was carefully planned and cul
tivated. "Shareholders drop Into a meeUng."
he said, "and find the chairman In his place
and the business going on. and it confirms
their impression that you are a party of no
bodies who have come there for their con
venience. I like to let them wait until every
body Is there, and till all the restive ones have
asked; 'What are we waiting for?" and re
ceived the answer. 'Mr. Forbes.' Then you
come In. and they feel you are somebody, at
any rate."
A great controversy is raging in Eng
land over the wording on a tablet to tho
memory of "Lorna Doone" Blackmore in
Exeter Cathedral. The Inscription says:
"This tablet with the windows above are
a tribute of admiration and affection to
the memory of Richard Doddridge Black
more." Many letters have been written
to the papers on the subject, and it is
now proposed to change the word "with"
to "and" as a concession to the gram
marians. 'Twould be a pity to do so.
however, for, as some writer has pointed
out, It would be a perennial source of
pleasure to the tourist from Podunk or
Clapham to discover the mistake. We
never feel such a sense of our own intelli
gence as when we spot some slip of the
pen or of the tongue.
Carrie Nation has elicited, In character
istic fashion, the interesting Information
that President Roosevelt has never used
tobacco in any form. It appears that Mrs.
Nation entered the office of Miss Lucy
Page Gaston in Chicago Miss Gaston. It
may be explained, is famous as the leader
of the antl-clgarette forces and promptly
Jabbed her umbrella through a portrait
of President Roosevelt because, In her
own words, "he's a smoker and a chew
er." Miss Gascon denied the statement
and Miss Nation bet we mean, agreed
to devote to charity $50 that her state
ment was correct Miss Gaston made in
quiries and received from Secretary Loeb
a brief note, saying: "The President does
not and never has used tobacco in any
form." Secretary Loeb, by the way. Is
evidently no stronger in grammatical
usages than the author of the Blackmore
Inscription mentioned In another para
graph. His meaning, however. Is as clear
as the sun at noonday In an Oregon June,
and his statement will certainly be news
to many. Is it possible the the Impetu
osity in the President's character is due
to his neglect of the sbothing weed?. Here
is a subject for investigation by Professor
Wiley. Let him put the poison squad to
a new test, and determine exactly the in
fluence of 'baccy on character.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"Too bad about Bangs, Isn't It?" "Why?"
"He's so hard up he can't even afford to be
polite!" Detroit Free Press.
"The girl we used to eee In the chorus, she Is
singing solo parts now." "So? Well, doubt
less she Is getting too old for the chorus."
Puck.
Mistress Did the fisherman who stopped here
this morning have frogs legs? Nora Sure,
mum, I dinnaw. He wore pants. Cornell
Widow. -
"Has the baby had the measles yet, Mr.
Popps?" "Sh-ah! Don't speak so loud. When
ever he hears anything mentioned that he
hasn't got he cries for it." Comic Cuta.
"Has your son benefited by his stay abroad?"
"Yes." answered Mrs. Cumrox. "When he used
to say the iveather was bad he now says 'the
climate is beastly.' "Washington Star.
Mr. Marmaduke-Jones The Cuban war
achieved great results. Miss Boothby-Brown
Ob, lovely: the Bough Blders made horseback
riding fashionable. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. "I see that the Russian soldiers assert that
they do not get enough to eat." "That's too
bad. The Bussian officers ought to know that
their men can't run well on an empty stom
ach." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cobwigser The doctor eays you sleep too
much. You must begin by getting up two
hours earlier In the morning. Freddie Say,
dad, wouldn't It be Just the same if I went
to bed two hours later? Judge.
It's Come to This Mrs. Comtossel (reading
letter) I declare. Jabez. I call this down
right cruel! Farmer Comtossel What's the
matter? Mrs. Corntossel Why. here's a letter
from Amelia, tellln' me she gets help In
raisin her children from a Mother's Club.
I do believe In a slipper sometimes, an a
good birchln don't do a child no harm, but
I never used no club oa my children. Wo-
xnan'jL TTnTT) OrvmriBnlfflilj.