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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904.
IT WAS HONORABLY DONE.
In its comment on the election in Ore
con the Democratic New York "World
says: "On the Pacific Slope the Isth
mian Canal Is so popular that no com
plaint is made as to the means em
ployed to secure the end." This Is an
techo of that assertion so loudly made
last Winter that President Roosevelt,
by recognition of the independence of
Panama, and then by proceeding to ne
gotiation with Panama for the right to
construct the canal, was guilty of
Wrong towards Colombia.
It was on this assumption that Sena
tor Gorman led the assault on the Ad
ministration last December. He said
the Democratic Senators were numer
ous -enough to defeat the ratification of
the treaty with Panama, and they
would defeat it On this great Issue of
international Justice there would be
found "no White House Democratic
Senators." What had been done, he de
clared, made honest men ashamed of
their country. Many Journals of the
East, overburdened with conscience, or
assuming a virtue, threw in the weight
of their bitterest criticism against the
President. By all these the canal was
lost sight of completely. What was
the canal, they exclaimed, that it
should be set in the scale against our
honor and Justice as a Nation?
For a time the facts were overlooked
or neglected. It was forgotten that Co
lombia had made a negotiation through
her representatives which she had af
terwards refused to ratify because her
greedy corruptlonists had conceived
there was a chance to "hold up" the
United States for more money. The
secession of Panama was a fact they
had not counted on at all. But Panama,
tired of being plundered by the Junta at
Bogota, and wanting the canal, de
clared her independence, and the United
States was in position on the isthmus,
through treaty, to keep the peace on
the line of the railroad and prevent In
terruption of traffic Following recog
nition of the independence of Panama
by the United States was similar rec
ognition by the principal nations of the
earth; and the American people, want
ing the canal, and ready to' pay for the
concession in full, according to the ne
gotiation with Colombia, were in no
humor to brook obstruction. The Dem
ocratic Senators soon began to compre
hend the situation. Gorman's project
of opposition failed, and a' large portion
of the Democratic Senators came to
support of the treaty with Panama,
which had been denounced as a scheme
of iniquity shameful to the United
States. This ended it The intention
had been to manufacture a great issue,
on which "men of conscience" might
appeal to the country against the Ad
ministration. It was poor fiction, in
deed. The bottom fell out of it at the
first touch. The United States acquired
the right to construct the canal, ac
quired the right honorably, and paid
Panama the whole sum that was to
have been paid to Colombia. It was
solely through her own perfidy and
greed that the latter lost the advantage.
Nothing was wrong, therefore, with
the means or methods by which we
have obtained the right to construct the
Panama CanaL The act lies on no
body's conscience not even on the con
science of those who profess tenderness
about 1L Such professions of spurious
virtue might as well be shunted into
that limbo of vanities that has en
gulfed so many attempts to make fic
titious issues, during years past, for a
discredited party.
An organization has been formed in
England known as the Ambidextral
Culture Society, the object of which is
to demonstrate the practicability of do
ing two things well at the same time.
It is held to be both proper and advan
tageous to prepare and qualify children
for the execution of two-handed work,
and more especially of two-handed
writing in their school life. The Med
ical Record, commenting upon the lost
power, as the machinist would say, that
results from the almost universal lack
of dexterity with the left hand, says
that there would seem to be no valid
reason why the left hand should not, at
any rate, be put to far greater use than
is at present the case, adding: "The
comparative lack of skill in the left
hand is frequently a source of discom
fort and even of loss to the individual."
This Is probably true, but theorists on
"ambidexterity" could, no doubt, be
given many points in practical effort in
this line by parents who have striven
faithfully, as a matter of duty, to cor
rect what they conceived to be the in
firmity and awkwardness of left-handed
children. Nature exhibits a stubborn
ness in this matter that persistence
may thwart to some extent, but cannot
entirely overcome.
OXNARD FOB SENATOR.
Henry T. Oxnard, the beet-sugar
magnate, has come out for Senator in
California to succeed Bard, and a dis
patch from Los Angeles says he is as
good as elected. The Oregonlan has
never sympathized with the course of
Mr. Oxnard on the tariff question or In
reference to Cuba; but for all that the
menace to our institutions involved in
Mr. Oxnard's candidacy does not. seem
so grievous as it has been regarded in
some quarters. Mr. Oxnard would
doubtless make a very good "Senator.
At any rate, it will be Interesting for
California to try the experiment of put
ting a man in the Senate for once with
power to do things.
Nobody can deny that Mr. Oxnard.
can represent bis state with ability. In
force of character and resourcefulness
he Is hardly surpassed in the Senate.
He is a university (Harvard) man and a
lifelong friend of Roosevelt. Allison and
Lodge. Beet sugar will not always be
an Issue In our politics; neither will
Cuba. Mr. Oxnard has doubtless done
no more for the sugar beet than Deer
lng has done for Implements or
Springer for wool and hides. It is noth
ing against Mr. Oxnard that he has
looked after his own business with
fidelity and skill. On general principles
he is right about reciprocity being a
humbug; and the sugar beet is precisely
in the same case with Oregon wool and
prunes. We do not hear any- great
amount of talk about forcing through
the reciprocity treaties with France and
the Argentine.
What Is the use of grumbling every
time a man of Mr., Oxnard's brains and
force of character proposes to enter
politics, when the common complaint Is
that the ablest talents are being with
drawn from public life into private
business? The principal expression of
our National life now is and for a long
time must be its industrial aspect; and
what we need Is men of force and prac
tical acumen to order our policies wise
ly and carry them out with firmness.
One man like Oxnard in the Seante is
worth more to the Pacific Coast than
half a dozen false alarms like Bard.
What we want is results, and the only
way to get them Is to send the men to
Washington with efficiency and power.
It is objected that Oxnard Is rich.
That Is a very familiar cry these days.
One would suppose that the prime
qualification for Senatorial fitness is
failure all along the line, a poverty
stricken wardrobe and an appetite un
satisfied. Some of us are apparently
incapable of comprehending that the
man who has won an 'enviable position
for himself in business, in society and
in affairs is precisely the man best fit
ted to win distinction and, signal serv
ice for his state, his section and the
Nation at large.
The Oregonlan confesses to a growing
weariness of highbinder statesmanship.
What ails our public opinion as much
as anything else today is an idiotic, cra
ven sort of resentment against the effi
cient man in every walk of life. This is
the basis of a great deal of popular agi
tation against railroads and manufac
turers "and successful political leaders.
It Is closely akin to the demand of so
cialism for a general evening up of pos
sessions and privileges all along the
line, a division of wealth among the idle
and of power among the weak. It is
un-American and unmanly.
AMERICA'S OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Announcement that the Worcester
(Mass.) Spy, a newspaper whose exist
ence began before the American Revo
lution, has suspended and will be pub
lished no more, is an incident in the
history of American journalism that de
serves passing notice.
Publication of this newspaper began
at Boston. The first number appeared
March 7, 177L It was a folio, four col
umns In a page. It bore the name
"Massachusetts Spy," In large German
text, engraved on type metal between
two cuts. The device of the cut on one
side was the Goddess of Liberty sitting
near a pedestal, on which was placed a
scroll, a part of which, with the word
"Spy" on it, lay over on one side of
the pedestal, on which the right arm
of Liberty rested. The device on the
other was two infants making selec
tions from a basket filled with flowers
and bearing this motto "They Cull the
Choicest." The Imprint "Boston: Print
ed and Published by Isaiah Thomas, in
Union street, near the Market, where
advertisements are taken in." The po
litical feeling that preceded the Revolu
tion and led up to Independence was
running, high, and the paper was on the
side of the colonists; yet many com
munications were printed from those
who upheld the royal prerogative. But
as lines became drawn moe tightly and
the Spy appealed with Increasing earn
estness and force to the "Whigs," the
"Tories" denounced the paper and quit
ted it. It then soon became a thorn in
the flesh of British administration.
In July, 1774, during the operation of
the Boston port bill, one of the measures
that precipitated the Revolution, a new
political device appeared In the title of
the paper1 a snake and a dragon. The
dragon represented Great Britain; the
snake the colonies. The snake was di
vided into nine parts, for the number of
the colonies, counting New England as
one and omitting Delaware; each part
bearing the name of the colony repre
sented. The head and tails were sup
plied with stings for defense against
the dragon, which appeared in furious
attitude, as if about to strike. Over the
several parts of the snake was this
motto. In large letters: "Join or Die."
Such a paper could not but receive the
attention of the British authorities, and
the publisher was notified. He fled to
Worcester, taking his little "plant"
with him, and two weeks after the bat
tle of Lexington issued the paper at
Worcester, where It was continued to
the present time. The decease of so
old a paper, with such a history, is an
event worthy of special notice.
It was not, however, the oldest news
paper In the United States, published
down to our time, without change of
name. That honor belongs to the New
port (Rhode Island) Mercury, which
was started In the year 175S. Another,
older than the Worcester Spy, Is the
Hartford Courant. first published In De
cember, 17G4. The Saturday Evening
Post, of Philadelphia, claims to have
been founded in 1728, by Benjamin
Franklin. This claim Is based on the
fact of its succession to the Pennsyl
vania Gazette, which, however, was
started by Hugh Meredith, with whom
a little later Franklin became associ
ated. Meredith and Franklin separat
ed in 17S2, and in 1747 Franklin accepted
David Hall as a partner. The paper
then bore the imprint "By B. Frank
lin, Postmaster, and.D.'HalL"- After?
some years Franklin became engaged
otherwise, and the paper was suspended
for a time, but was revived in 1765c
with the name of David Hall only. Oc
cupation of Philadelphia by the British
during the Revolution again caused its
suspension, but on the departure of the
British publication wasrecommenced.
It was many years later when, through
successive transformations, it became
the modem Saturday Evening Post.
The oldest newspaper In our Southern
States is the Augusta (Georgia) Chroni
cle. It was started In 1786, and' lias
been published continuously ever since.
Its present publisher Is S. A. Cabaniss,
who was In Oregon with the Southern
Press Association last year. Many
newspapers- were started In various
parts of the South before the Augusta
Chronicle, but It is the oldest one that
has held out under the same name.
DO NT MONKEY WITH THE FLAG.
In these Colorado outbreaks the or
ganized labor of the United States may
discover, if it is clearsighted, the great
est danger that It has to fear from the
American people. It is an old story,
but the country has waited patiently
but In vain for the outcry of unionism
against the outrages of unionism. We
hear perfunctory disapproval by union
officials of deeds of violence and assev
erations that unionism Is not to blame
for such outrages, but we do not hear
from union men as a class that right
eous Indignation against union authors
of riot and'Tnurder which the patriot
has the right to expect from the patriot
Why doesn't the orderly union man
share the orderly nonunion man's
hatred of union rioters? If you could
get at the secret thought of the orderly
union man it would doubtless be some
thing like this: This man is a mur
derer, It Is true; but he Is a member
of my union or federation. He is an
ally of mine in the fight with capital.
Hence, while I deprecate his judgment,
I sympathize with his sense of injus
tice; I recall that he may have had
provocation; I study up and emphasize
the mistakes and wrongs made by the
mlneowners and by Governor Peabody;
I realize that these union miners have
done wrong, but I cannot forget that
they are also members of my Industrial
order. Companions in arms in the
camp of organized labor, I .cannot feel
toward them as I would toward a
Plnkerton who. should wantonly dyna
mite a carload of union miners.
We have no intention at this time
either to Sommend or condemn this sen
timent; we forbear even to assert that
It is held by any considerable body of
union men. We merely design to warn
the organized labor of the United Stat es"
that any such course as this Is fooling
with a powder magazine. What caused
the anti-Masonic craze of seventy-five
years ago? It was the belief that Ma
sonsheld some secret obligation superior
to their country's laws. What caused
the A. P. A. excitement of ten years
ago? It was the belief that Catholics
had some religious fealty higher than
fealty to the state. What Is the secret
of the anti-Mormon fury? It Is the be
lief that the Mormon oath takes prece
dence of the affiant's patriotic obliga
tion. He Is a" member of my lodge, he
Is a member of my church, he Is a
member of my union, Is a saying that
must never be allowed to carry to -the
average American the implication that
It means these ties take precedence
over patriotic ties.
What beat Mr. Courteney for the
State Senate? It was the fear that he
had put something else before the flag.
The fear seems to have been unfounded
in fact; so was the anti-Masonic craze
and so was the A. P. A. fury; but peo
ple will not take a chance- on that sort
of thing. They want to be sure. The
expression of it may be misguided, but
at bottom the instinct is sound. Don't
monkey with the flag) boys. Malarkey
11,000, Courteney 6600.
SHIPS ON THE ROCKS.
Everybody concerned seems to think
It Is of the last importance to find out
Whether "Caesar" 'Young killed himself
In the cab with "Nan" Pattersoh or
whether the woman herself fired the
fatal shot The fact Is. this point Is of
little consequence. All the essential
elements of the occurrence are done
with. Whether the woman dies in
prison or in the slums in a few years
does not greatly matter. All that any
body needs to know is that Young suf
fered himself to be drawn into an ir
regular connection, and in the effort to
escape when he realized his extremity,
he perished miserably as the forfeit of
his folly and sin.
Sexual Irregularity Is only one of the
rocks of physical Indulgence on, which
men voluntarily go to shipwreck. They
can't measure the pleasure by the In
evitable pains. They hear the siren
sing and they resolve to forget about
the reefs. Not but that the song Is at
tractive enough in its way. No doubt it
is, or the temptation would be futile
and virtue a mere matter of course.
The opium dream is described as the
most pleasurable sensation to which the
brain can be treated. To sit late.
"drinking late, with my bosom cro
nies," appealed to so spiritual a nature
as Charles Lamb. The fascination of
the gaming table Is one that to many
minds transcends all other joys. Gay
enough Is the life of the chorus girl,
with merry companions and wine sup
pers, until the downhill rush begins to
misery and death.
And so it is fair to suppose that
Young enjoyed himself with the Patter
son woman. There he found his "affln
Ity." She was smarter than Mrs.
Young, more sympathetic, more head
fofbuslness, more for a good time,
more affectionate. He bought these
vanishing delights with the awful price
of reputation, domestic peace, his wife's
happiness and in the end his life. That
is the regulation course laid out for this
sort of business. It is followed with
painful monotony whether In double
lives at Philadelphia or double scandals
at Buffalo, blackmail in New York or
Los Angeles. The man who wants to
die right must live right Young prob
ably would act differently if he had it
to do over again. And yet perhaps not
He had no reason to expect any other
result than this when he steered his
ship toward the' rocky isles In hope of
safe anchorage on the sunken reefs.
ILLITERATE GENERALS.
The "illiterate General" is made the
subject of a recent communication to
the New York Sun reciting the exploits
of the Confederate Lleutenant-General
N. B. Forrest Altogether too much is
made of the so-called "illiteracy" of
General Forrest He could read and
write; he was.a man of business train
Ing and experience; he was, of course,
not a man of scholastic culture, but he
was a man of high intelligence, was a
man of strong taste for good reading.
had a large fund of general Informa
tion and a remarkable knowledge of
men; was a very fine conversationalist
and a very Impressive public speaker.
Napoleon said: "In" war men are noth
ing; a man is everything." Napoleon
knew this because four out of six of
his great lieutenants were men of the
Forrest stamp, men who could not spell
correctly nor express themselves gram
matically and had no knowledge of
books of military strategy or tactics.
Massena was a common sailor before
he was a common soldier; he was a
very Illiterate man, of vulgar avarice
and all the vices of the military bar
racks, and yet he was the greatest mili
tary genius, tested by independent
command, of all Napoleon's Marshals.
Lannes, Ney and Lefebre were quite
as illiterate as Massena. Murat was a
stable boy in his youth, and yet he was
the greatest cavalry commander In Eu
rope". None of Napoleon's great Mar
shals were men of superior scholastic
attainments. Napoleon himself could
not spell correctly nor write grammat
ically. Davoust was his fellow-student
at Brlenne. Berthler was a man of
good education, but he had no military
ability; Bernadotte, Marmont, were
men of fair education, but Soult with
less education, was a better soldier.
Oudinot and Victor had a fair educa
tion, but they were not better soldiers
than Macdonald and Mortler, who had
small scholastic acquirements. "Van
damme was a rough Alsatian grenadier,
like Ney, Kellerman and Kleber. -In
other armies Kreat soldiers have been
Illiterate. Flzarro couid not write his
ow.n name. Washington spelled-badly
and his grammar was disreputable.
Marlborough was no more of a scholar
than Washington. Suwarrow, the great
Russian soldier, was as illiterate as
Massena.
There Is nothing remarkable in this,
for when a man of native military gen
ius can .read and write It Is not essen
tial to his success In war that he should
be a man of scholastic culture. Crom
well knew no more of the art of war by
reading and study than did Massena;
neither did Marlborough, who learned
his trade In the field of the great French
Marshal Turenne. Greene and Arnold,
the ablest lieutenants of Washington,
never read a military book of scientific
quality, and were doubtless as Illiterate
In this respect as Forrest There Is
nothing remarkable in the fact of For
rest's illiteracy, for the majority of able
soldiers have been Illiterate. Sir Will
lam F. Napier, author of the most elo
quent military book in the language,
says that when Waterloo was fought
he was so Ignorant of scholastic culture
that he could hardly write an ordinary
letter; that he spent five years In hard
study after 1816 to fit himself to write
a military book In decently correct
English. And -yet this man made him
self the most eloquent military writer
in the literature of his native land.
The trouble in some of the mining
districts of. Colorado is very similar to
that a few years ago at Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho. Many of the men who were
driven out of Idaho by Governor Steun
enberg's drastic methods went to Colo
rado, where they have been acting as
they acted In Idaho. The dynamite and
other terrible outrages are of the same
kind. Retaliation upon the unions in
the Cripple Creek district is the answer
naturally to be expected. Now, the
edict goes forth that the unions there
are not to be allowed to exist In the
district Of course this cannot be a
permanent policy, though probably It
will be enforced for a time. Such hor
rible outrages as have been committed
there murder rampant, men blown to
pieces by dozens and great properties
wrecked cannot be permitted to con
tinue. The conflict has now proceeded
so far thaUreturn of the miners to sane
temper and methods is the first requi
slte.to peace.
Public Opinion sees in the spirit of
the National Association of Manufac
turers, held at Pittsburg recently,
signs of lessening strife between capital
and labor. It is cited in support of this
estimate that the address of President
Parry at New Orleans last year was
interpreted as a call of employers to
arms against employes, while this year
It was mild and conciliatory. "Our pol
icy," he said, "Is not one of aggression,
but of defense. High wages may be a
blessing. Employers want a loyal and
contented body of workmen, and the
average employer will yield a g&od deal
in order to have such employes." On
one point, however, Mr. Parry was firm.
He stands now as then for the "open
shop," as elementary justice to every
man who works for a living.
Dr. Supan, a scholarly German with
a head for statistics in a recent work
gives tables showing the total area.
number of inhabitants and density of
population on each of the principal di
visions vof the world's surface. As
shown by his exhaustive array of fig
ures, the grand total of the world's
population Is 1,503,300,000. Before the
magnitude of these figures imagina
tion's utmost stretch is lost In wonder.
To come down to a matter much talked
about but little understood, there Is not
in this stupendous array of numbers'
much cause, for worry over the possi
bility of "race suicide."
A man who, while intoxicated, killed
his . son a few years ago In Marion
County, escaped the gallows and was
sentenced to the Penitentiary for life,
has been pardoned on condition that he
will not in future molest his family in
any way. The man is paralyzed, and
there appears to be just grounds for the
hope that he will not live long. These
are features of the case that perhaps
justify the Governor in pardoning this
criminal. Certainly If they were absent
his release from the penalty Imposed
for his most ' unnatural crime would
have been without justification.
Dr. W. H. Saylor, whose funeral took
place yesterday from Taylor-Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, was for
many years a man highly useful and
greatly honored In his profession. His
residence In Oregon covered a period of
more than half a century. His success
In his calling proved the care, earnest
ness and ability which he brought to it
A much wider circle than that formed
by his family and personal friends will
miss him and deplore his absence.
Oregon City officials have decided to
raffle a lot donated to the city for the
purpose of securing money to build a
road in the South End. The Idea is an
original one, and in this respect resem-
bles .one evolved some years ago for
raising money to fence a graveyard
near that city by giving dancing par
ties. It may be added that the grave
yard was fenced. Doubtless also the
road will be built
PINGREE STATU.E A FAILURE.
Detroit Journal.
The artists of the city are said to be
pleased with the Schwarz statue of the
late Hazen S. Plngree,' which has just
been " unelveled in Grand Circus Park.
This, we suppose, -must be assumed as-
conclusive .evidence., that the -work is
neither very good nor very bad unless
that which is not very good In art must
of necessity belong to the other classifi
cation.. In other words, it Is to be as
sumed, from this verdict that the best sort
of premises are laid down for arguing
that the thing Is. mediocre.
And mediocre It Is. Hero it is Friday
and it was unveiled Monday, and none
of the artists or critics of the town has
flown to. the press to damn the bright.
new figure that sits In its chair as yet
untarnished of rain or wind. There would
be some hope for it if they had. The
truth of the matter is that the longer one
looks at -it the less impelled one Is to
take the trouble either to damn or praise.
Is it within the power of a sculptor
to make an Impressive statue of a pussy
man.? No question could be more Irrele
vant Art has nothing to do with dimen
sions, and but little with actual propor
tions. A form of expression, Its sole con
cern is as to the message which it con
veys.
What a homely man Horace Greeley
was! What a homelier man Peter Coop
er! What a still homelier man Abraham
Lincoln was! Embodiments of the ad
jective in Its comparative degrees were
these three homely, homelier, homeliest
And-still the three most famous portrait
statues In America are the statues of
these three men. Others there are that
are admired the equestrian statue of
Sherman at Washington, but recently
erected,, and therefore less familiar to
the country, a statue of La Fayette at
Burlington. Vt, a statue of Henry Ward
Beecher In Brooklyn but these three of
the newspaper man, the philanthropist
and liberator arc the best known.
New Yorkers smile when the atten
tion of the stranger is drawn from
the great bustle of Park Row to the
humped-up figure that sprawls in a
chair just above their heads. He smiles
more broadly, when there is insistence
on making tho acquaintance of a rug-,
ged old face and shabby figure that
sits perpetually outsido of tho Cooper
building to extend a hope to the dis
couraged and prove the apotheosis of
unpretentious virtues and common
place traits. The Chicagoan is proud
when the stranger, idling through the
artiflclalties of a city park, shows evi
dences of the tremendous impression
made when he catches sight of the tall,
gaunt form and patient face of one who
stands awkwardly fingering at the la
pel cf his coat a Lincoln that startles
in its bronze ugliness and bronze ef
fectiveness. The three statues have been called
a "triumph of art over unpromising
material." They are not merely the
statues of men who have lived. Th'ey
are statues that are alive, bronze men
with very human traits, and who show
the effects of contact with a rough
world. One who had never heard of
Greeley or Cooper or Lincoln would
turn to look at them, just as he would
turn to look at a man of striking ap
pearance In a crowd.
Mr. Plngree was not as great a man
as any one of these three, but what
a.Jniraan old fellow he was. Therein
lies "the secret of the power he gained
and the admiration he drew. How weak
he was in his weaknesses, how crotch
etty in his crotchets, how strong ' In
his strength; what a furious man when
the fury of his temper was let loose.
What finer or more Inspiring subject
could a sculptor have than this tem
pestuous but soft-hearted old Gover
nor, who starved at Andersonvllle, who
fought his way up from poverty to af
fluence, who battled, strong-headed.
against almost unbelievable odds until
he wrested from his enemies the place
of supreme power among two' millions
and a half of people? And with such a
subject, it is asked, has the waist-line
been -Idealized? Who cares?
Is the statue in the park the statue
of this fighting Plngree we knew? Has
the sculptor given back to us our old
storming Governor? That Is the ques
tion. It Is certainly not Plngree in his
milder moments, nor our old, defiant
Plngree In his moments of Irresistible
energy and his gusts of Homeric an
ger. It looks a little lixe the dead
Governor, but like hirw wpen suffering
by no means uncomplainingly the an
noyance of minor ailments.
As a matter of fact the bronze Pln
gree, with a pained look on his face,
perched up In the stiff chair, is a rep
lica, not of the Plngree that fought
and tolled tremendously and raged, but
of the Plngree that on the occasion of
some public function at which his po
sition required his presence, used to
sit up In disgust on, the platform won
dering In audible soliloquy why in hell
this damned thing didn't let out, any
way. Mr. Baer Again.
Chicago Trloune.
President Baer, of the Reading Coal &
Iron Company, said to the lawyer who
was Interrogating him: "We shall hold
up the price of coal just as long as the
people will pay It You sell your legal
services the same way, 1 presume."
That would have been a fair retort if
the conditions had been the same. The
lawyer has a right to sell his s6rvlces for
all he can get for them. If clients do not
like his prices they can go to somebody
else. 1 The individual producer, whether he
be a farmer, a manufacturer of shoes or
steel rails, or the owner of a coal mine,
has a legal right to put what price he
pleases on his products, even though It be
eo high that nobody can touch them. He
has a right to charge all that the con
sumer can be made to pay. He may be a
skinflint, but he Is wthln his legal rights.
So when Mr. Baer says It is the rule of
the mining company at whose head divine
Providence has been pleased to put him to
"charge all the traffic will bear." he Is
enunciating the rule which governs all
who have good3 gr services to sell..
The company does not sell Its coal at a
price fixed by itself alone, but at a price
agreed on by all the coal companies, or
the railroads which own them. It Is a
combine, a trust which determines the
price at which the coal mined by Mr.
Baer's company shall be sold.
That combine exists In violation of law.
It breaks the law every time It establishes
a uniform and high price for the product
of all the mines. Whoever needs hard
coal must pay the trust's price for it or go
without He who wishes to retain a par
ticular lawyer but cannot pay his price
can get legal assistance elsewhere. That
Is why Mr. Baer's answer was not to the
point
The Promotion of Honesty.
Chicago Tribune.
The Massachusetts Legislature has
passed a bill to promote honesty among
the employes of private Individuals and
corporations.
A New York State Senator says: "I
regret deeply to say that franchise grab
bing Is rampant In the State Legislature."
That Is true of other states. As long as
honest Legislatures cannot be elected,
why try to reform cooks?
Over Hill, Over Dale.
William Shakespeare.
Over hill, over dale.
Thorough bush, thorough brier.
Over park, over pale.
Thorough flood, thorough Are,
I do wander everywhere, ,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen.
To dew her orbs upon the green:
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubles, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dewdropa here.
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
GOOD WORK JN WAR NEWS.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The newspaper press of the world has
never perhaps had so difficult or so ex
pensive a problem to face as is presented
today in gathering the hews of tho Russo
Japanese War. . It is scarcely necessary
to recapitulate the almost Insurmount
able difficulties in the way of getting
early and authentic news the distance
of the seat of war from, the civilized
world, the wild country In which the mili
tary and naval operations are carried on.
the Immense stretch of territory covered,
the lack of telegraph "and cable facilities
and the secrecy with which both powers
have found it necessary to preserve as to
the amy and navy movements. These
difficulties are intensified by the fact that
the geography of the country is but little
known, and by the triplicate system of
nomenclature, for the English. French
and German versions of the Chinese
nambs are different resulting in each
town and village having several different
names almost impossible or identification.
iet. diiucult as the collection of news Is,
It had to be gathered at any cost. The
war Is one of the most Important waged
for many years. The whole world Is
deeply interested and concerned in It and
demands the fullest Information. The
press saw this and made the extraordi
nary provisions for covering both naval
and military operations, especially the
British and American press. We gave
some time ago a long article from the
New York Herald, telling what steps each
paper had taken to cover the war news.-
As It was impossible to know where the
blow would be struck, these papers were
compelled to have correspondents at every
possible point of conflict so that If one
correspondent missed an item another
might pick it up. The result was un
questionably disappointing at first for
very little news of importance came from
the seat of war. The American papers
Who had special correspondents in the
field complained that they were getting
very little for their money; but the worst
complaint came from the British papers,
where, lacking the Associated Press, each
paper depends mainly on Its individual
news service. These complaints have
grown louder and louder; and the English
press is now declaring that It cannot
stand the expense. They were hit hard
by the Boer War, which proved very ex
pensive from a journalistic point of view.
The Russo-Japanese War followed so soon
after that they have had no time to re
cuperate. War news gives papers an in
creased circulation, but the cost of get
ting it offsets this larger circulation and
results In heavy losses, above all where
there Is much special news taken. The
war Is costing the English newspapers a
great deal more than they can afford to
spend. If tho greater part of the Ameri
can press has escaped this burden It i3
largely due to the good work of the As
sociated Press, which has made excellent
arrangements for the war and has been
singularly fortunate in collecting and dis
tributing the news.
Taking all the news and considering
the difficulties in the way, we have fared
well and the service Is improving, as we
have a right to expect It to do. There are
occasionally conflicting stories, but this
is natural, as they represent the battle
as seen from the Russian or Japanese
point of view; but few important facts
have occurred that have not been told of.
The publication of the official reports
from St. Petersburg and Toklo sets all
disputed matter at rest and gives us the
fullest truth it is possible to get in a war.
- The Associated Press has, as we have
said, collected the news well, given the
American papers the best service, and
by the distribution of the expense has
rendered It not burdensome or oppressive,
as it has proved in England and else
where.
Melville E. Stone, general manager of
the Associated Press, deserves a large
share of the praise for this good work.
A splendid news gatherer, ho made early
preparations for the war, the good results
of which the American papers and their
readers are enjoying today. If the single
fact that the Emperor of Russia aban
doned the policy of secrecy and conceal
ment which his givernment has always
heretofore pursued in such matters and
has agreed to furnish all official news to
the press be considered, it was a great
gain for journalism, and we have, as a
matter of fact, got some of our best,
clearest and most authentic news In this
way.
The service has steadily improved, and
If the war continues much longer we may
hope to have an early and accurate report
of every battle and naval engagement
The American papers, thanks to the As
sociated Press, have shown themselves
superior to those of all Europe In gather
ing the news of the great Eastern war.
An Insult to Intelligence.
Washington Post
It 13 just as Insulting to the American
Intelligence as some of the famous blue
laws which are still on the Massachusetts
statute books. There is no question but
this system of petty grafting between
stewards and merchants exists to a
greater or less degree In all large cities,
but it cannot be stopped by sumptuary
legislation. . The average American mer
chant knows how to discriminate 'between
honest and' dishonest employes just as the
average American housewife soon discov
ers the dishonest domestic, and It would
be humiliating to confess that this were
not true. The business man who is not
able to make this distinction between em
ployes will not make a success in trade,
no matter how many fool laws of the
kind proposed may be passed for his pro
tection. That such a measure could have
been soberly considered and adopted by
the Legislature of the state Is not com
plimentary to the Intelligence of that
body.
Rubbing It In.
Boston Transcript
Ex-Secretary Elihu Root was talking
about the humanity of judges.
"They are humane men," he said. "I
could tell you many moving stories of the
pain that they have suffered in the in
fliction of severe sentences. It Is not al
together pleasant to be a judge.
"That is why I cannot credit a story
that was told me the other day about a
Judge in the West A criminal, on trial
before this man, had been found guilty.
He was told to rise, and the Judge said
to him:
" 'Have you ever been sentenced to im
prisonment before?'
" 'No. your honor,' said the criminal,
and he burst Into tears. s
" 'Well,' said the Judge, 'don't cry.
You're going to be now.' "
A "Safe" Candidate.
Wall Street Journal.
"Safe Conferring safety; securing from
harm; not exposing to danger; confining
securely; to be relied upon; not danger
ous; as a safe harbor, a safe bridge, etc.
'A man of safe discretion. "
These are words from Webster's dic
tionary. It Is not Surprising that Mr.
McClellan should be favorably considered
by those who are in search of a "safe"
candidate. He has shown himself to
be a man of "discretion" and one who
could be "relied upon." He would be.
In every way, a fit candidate to represent
"vested Interests."
He signed the Rcmsen gas bill.
A New College Head.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Samuel Black McCormlck, elected chan
cellor of the Western University of Penn
sylvania, comes to the post with highest
recommendations. Though a native of the
Pittsburg region and educa'ted in Western
Pennsylvania, he has won his spurs in the
Middle West Called back to his native
heath to assume a post of high honor and
great Influence, he will be able to give Jt
Intimate knowledge of the field In which
It operates, with the addition of experi
ence gained in another of the most pro
gressive sections of thl3 great country.
NOTE ANDJCMMENT.
Ballade of Cities.
San Francisco boasts her bay;
Everett brags her smokestacks' flare;
Seattle gathers all she may:
Solona Salemwards repair:
In Victoria dwells no care,'
Primly that prim city dores-r -
We don't want 'em, on the,-square-Portland
town's a town of roses.
St Louis, with her Pike, is gay.
Thousands flock to ea her Fair;
In Milwaukee, tipplers say, .
Water Is extremely ra.ro;
NYork's the place to have aear.
It you're fond of spangled glows
Take 'em. tinsel all and blare
Portland town's a town' of roses.
Parte, home of coryphee.
Where our tourists go to itsfe:
Rome, an empire In decay.
Shamed beneath the age's, glare;
London, in whose peasoup air
Folks can't see beyond their noses
More than these we set our ehare
Portland town's a town o roses.
People, here's the place, not there:
Heed no yonder-pointing Moses;
Paste this In the hat you wear
Portland town's a town of roses.
Oregon deelighted Roosevelt
The Clancys are said to have resolved
upon leaving Seattle. This Is magnanimous.
as they might have taken the town with
them.
A strange series of adventures is told In
a dispatch -from Waterbury, Conn., to the
New York Press. Pedro Sancho, a mu
sician, was driving a wagon containing
two bears in a cage. A flash of lightning
and a passing automobile stirred up the
bears to such an extent that they demol
ished tho cage and Pedro ran for his life.
He stumbled blindly into a pond, and in
the dark was unable to find the shore,
wandering round and round in the mud.
He stepped into a bunch oC eels, and
thinking they were snakes nearly went
crazy with fear. His kicking eventually
cleared him of the eels, only to land him
on top of a 20-pound turtle, which gripped
Pedro's heel, and crushed the foot so
badly that it will have to be amputated. In
this position the man remained until
dawn, when he dragged himself ashore. A
searcher found him, and released his foot
by chopping the turtle to pieces.
The Department of Commerce and Labor
Is infusing some variety Into the dally
Consular reports, which have hitherto
been rather dry reading. Tho last Issue
received has sporting and fashion sec
tions, football being discussed in one md
the latest fashion in bats in the other.
Consul Hamm sends this extract from
MacMlllan's Magazine:
Lqrge employers of labor la Yorkshire, in
Lancashire, in Durham, and in Northumber
land, as well as In the Midlands, have been
obliged to yield to the rush of the tide, and
are powerless to command the interests of
business against those of football. Momen
tous events, such as the launching of a ship
or the completion of an important order with
in contract time, have frequently been delayed
by the coincidence of a "cup tie." Large es
tablishments are occasionally closed In mid
week because the whole body of workmen take
It Into their heads that their pets on the foot-
baU grounds require encouragement. If these
men were ordinary hewers of wood and draw
ers of water, a remedy might be found, but
they are chiefly skilled laborers earners of good
wages who need never be out of work, and
who. If turned off, would be eagerly snapped
up by a rival.
Consul Mahin reports that the "In
creased popularity of the knitted Tam
o' Shanter hats with the fair sex" is caus
ing manufacturers to install machines spe
cially adapted to make Tam o Shanters.
A London clergyman declares that
since Barrie's latest play was pro
duced few parents have their female
babies christened Mary, although that
was previously the most popular of all
names for girls. "As a. name, Mary is as
sweet and pretty as any in our lan
guage," says the clergyman, and he re
grets that anything should tend to its
disuse. Probably the parson is mis
taken in the cause of the unpopularity
of Mary. It is hardly likely that just
because Barrie wrote a play in which
the stomach was mysteriously alluded
to as "Little Mary," parents should
hesitate to give the best name In the
English tongue to their- daughters.
Some stronger reason is required to
bring a familiar name into disrepute.
Probably fashion is running Into other
channels. Angelina Jones may look
with pity upon Mary Smith, and Irene
Johnson (who doesn't know how to
pronounce her own christian .name)
may think Elizabeth dowdy. As Hen
ley says, "every lover the years dis
close is of a beautiful name made
free," yet Mary, fragrant with the ro
mance of ages, must remain above
thenfall. Henley didn't bring the name
into his ballade:
Sentiment hallows the vowels of Sella;
Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose;
Courtly memories glitter In Cella;
Rosalind savors of quips and hose,
Aramlnta-Of wits and beaux,
Prue of puddings, and Coralie
All of sawdust and spangled shows;
Anna's the name of names for me.
Fie upon Caroline, Madge, Amelia
These I reckon the easence of proae!
Cavalier Kathcrlne, cold Cornelia,
Portia's masterful Roman nose,
Maud's magnificence, Totty's toes.
Poll and Bet, with their twang of the sea,
Nell's impertinence, Pamela's woes!
Anna's the same of names for me.
Ruth like a gillyflower smells and blows,
Sylvia prattles of Arcadee,
Sybil mystifies, Connie crows,
Anna's the name of names for me.
WEX. J.
"The" Pert Paragraph."
Louisville, Post, Dem.
"Up boys and at 'ere," "Never say die,"
"To your tents, O Israel," and other bat
tle cries are beginning to appear in the
Courier-Journal. They recall the days
when Jeffersontown was the rival of
Louisville, and are an echo of an archaic
past.
Fixing thef Blame.
Chicago Tribune.
Who was it raised the price of coal
Until expenses tried the soul?
The echoes loud in answer roll:
" 'Twas the consumer."
Who boosted the bituminous
Until it seemed to all of us
A mournful subject to discuss?
'Twas the consumer.
Who was it, when the anthracite
Had reached a price clear out of sight.
Said: "Sirs, a higher figure write"?
Twas the consumer.
Who Is It wants to pay for Ice '
An utterly tremendous price
For what melts ere he sees it twice?
That same consumer.
Who for his sugar, flour and brea.d.
And beef, and things on which he's fed
Insists on prices o'er his head?
'Tls the consumer.
Who Is it. when the price Is low.
Howls discontentedly, "Ah. no!
The prices must much higher go!"
That fool consumer.
Who is it who is most at fault
For costliness of soap and salt.
And all the rest, and calls no halt?
It's the consumer.
For whom do all the dealers weep
Because he will not make things cheap.
But calls for prices yet more st'eeo?'
That fool consumer.
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