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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904.
A SON AT PETERHOF.
"What has become of the seer who
foretold the birth of seven daughters
to an heirless Czar when the wedding
bells were ringing throughout Russia
upon the occasion .of the marriage of
Nicholas II and the young, reluctant
Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt?
Four times this prophet of disappoint
ment wagged his head sagely when
news from the imperial birth chamber
at St. Petersburg was given to the
world. The fifth time he finds himself
discredited by the credulous, as he has
been from the first by people of sane
minds.
For the hopes of Russia long de
ferred and repeatedly disappointed
have at length been realized. The
young Czarina has again gone down to
the gates of death, and emerged from
the shadows, this time the grateful
mother of a son. An heir to the throne
of "Holy Russia," a sturdy young Mus
covite, who will need to bring all of
the courage and strength of a long line
of Russian and German ancestors to
"the task to which he was born, this
child is, in the present crisis of Russian
affairs, at home and abroad, an object
of great interest to the civilized world.
His parents are to be congratulated;
Russia, possibly, Is to be congratulated;
but the boy himself is an object of
pity rather than of envy.
The coming of this heir was the event
needed at this time to raise the droop
ing spirits of the loyal subjects of the
Czar. Perhaps also It was the event
needed to crystallize the hatred for the
Czar of the nihilists that swarm the
empire. However this may be, the
great world of motherhood reaches out
to the bedside of the Czarina with ten
derness, sympathy and rejoicing, feel
ing, as only motherhood can, the truth
of the declaration: "She remembers no
more her pain for joy that a man child
is 'born into the world."
The Czar himself, meanwhile, is the
object of sympathy and congratulation
from many a disheartened and discred
ited father of a family wholly girls. At
such a time as this, sympathy is strong
and unrestrained. There will be those
to think less hardly of Russia for the
Czarina's good fortune, and, glad that
her own future is brighter, admit the
hope that the hapless empire's "luck
might change from this hour. It is
certain that, if rumored successes to
the Russian arms should be confirmed,
the superstition that has hitherto been
clouded "with gloom would give place
to an equally baseless and fanatical be
lief that the new-born babe Is the
"bearer of -better things to the ill-starred
house of Romanoff.
ENCROACHMENTS WHILE YOU WAIT.
The truly Superior Person Is known
by nothing so unmistakably as by the
comprehensiveness of his pessimistic
View. Wheresoever his gaze, acting
through the bluest of blue glasses,
alights, there he finds only occasion of
solicitude, regret and alarm. It is fit
ting that Judge Parker, having re
ceived the 33d degree of Superior Per
sonage by virtue of his recent nomlna
tion, yet more recently disclosed to him
through the thoroughly MIssourian but
perfectly sober medium of Champ
Clark, should survey a horizon of poli
tics which moves him only to profound
grief and concern.
Judge Parker is troubled about en
croachments. It is a theme with which
the strenuous magazine page has made
us all familiar. There are the en
croachments of labor on capital and of
capital on labor. There are the en
croachments of the House of Repre
sentatives on the Senate, causing such
perturbation in an otherwise imper
turbable Senate. There are the en
croachments of the Senate not only on
the House, but on the Executive office
itself. There are the encroachments of
the legislative on the Judiciary and of
the judiciary on the legislative.
Perhaps the most prevalent and dis
turbing encroachment of late has been
the Senatorial article. Speaker Cannon
has served defiant notice on the Senate,
to the enthusiastic cheers of an unani
mous House; and such necessary and
self-satisfying reformers as John Brls
ben Walker and Henry Loomls Nelson
have leveled their most scarifying
shafts at the Senatorial" encroachment
on the Presidential independence. It
was not intended, they say, that the
Senate should dominate appointments
and dictate to the President so as indi
rctly to control legislation. Hence our
free institutions axe imperiled and
every palladium of our liberties is in
danger.
Judge Parker's contribution to the
encroachment jeremiad Is timely, If not
overdue; for he shows us that while the
Senate may be encroaching on the
President, the President is encroaching
on the Senate right back again.
Many will take courage from this to
believe that if there is any encroaching
to be done. President Roosevelt will be
able to take care of his end of the game.
Judge Parker, it is fair to assume,
"would notf be found wanting, either, in
tne encroaenment line, as nis telegram
to the St JLouis Convention bears wit
ness: He'will do well If he can measure
up to 'the. high standard of that other
famous encroaching anti-encroachment
President, the Honorable Grover Cleve
land. ONE SERVICE OF EXPOSITIONS.
Therjev- was one very suggestive
thoughtJn the interesting discussion of
world's fairs cpntributed by Mr. Henry
E. Dosch to The Oregonlan of Thurs
day. He said that while the subscrip
tions made to an exposition may never
be repaid from the gate receipts, yet
the indirect benefits to the city are al
most beyond calculation. And it is
even so; for already Portland can tes
tify to the great notice that has been
brought to the city through announce
ments of the Lewis and Clark Fair
abroad and through the visits that have
been made hither by distinguished per
sons, like the Visit now being made by
Governor Pardee, of California, and the
men with him.
No city which has been Inclined to
live within itself- alone can ever again
be quite the same after a World's Fair.
The crust of isolation Is broken In
upon, never to be restored. A cosmo
politan habit and attitude takes posses
sion of the people, so that nothing In
the wide world is after that alien to
them or strange. There is a sudden
and momentous jolt out of the rut of.
village and provincial life into the alert
and worldly-wise equipment that dis
tinguishes the true metropolitan. The
crush of traffic on a busy street; the
denser throng of vehicles; the multi
plied street-car service; the continuous
contact with strange races and Ainfa
mlllar objects; the educational force of
the world's wonders gathered together
so that they soon become the common
topic of conversation these are forma
tive influences which every great expo
sition awakes In the city where It Is
held and which tend to arouse, enlighten
and improve.
Expositions act upon the people of a
region much as travel acts upon the
individual. Nothing is so dwarfing to
private or public character as stagna
tion. In the remote sections of Con
necticut or Long Island or the Appa
lachians you will come across persons
of excellent lineage and antecedents
who are no more in touch with the mod
ern world than a Hottentot. What has
weazened their bodies and starved their
minds to death is isolation. It is only
through attrition that geology has
worked out its problems, civilization
has grown up and passed from Asia to
Egypt and from Egypt to Greece and
from Greece to Rome and from Rome
to Europe and from Europe to Amer
ica. Sparks struck out at Thermopy
lae and fires lit at Salamls have kindled
all the light that shines for the cult!
vated modern. Knocking about the
world broadens the provincial mind and
gives it culture for backwoods empti
ness. Tne exposition does tms in some
shape, and in useful if limited form for
community.
Especially for a city at Portland's
critical stage In development, merging
as it is from a provincial town into a
metropolis, is the service of a great ex
position to be welcomed. What our
California visitors can tell us the Mid
winter Fair did for San Francisco, just
that the Lewis and Clark Centennial
will do for Portland. It gathered treas
ures of art and science from the ends
of the earth to the Golden Gate, where
local zeal has retained them for the
city's perpetual ornament and pride.
How much in dignity the city has
gained from the buildings and exhibits
retained in Golden Gate Park Is. the
thought of every visitor there. It Is' not
strange, therefore, that California takes
such official Interest In Portland's Ex
position, or that the part she will take
in it is certain, as time goes on, to be
Important and valuable. As the pio
neer in Pacific Coast expositions and as
the first of our states and cities it is
to California and San Francisco that
we must look for counsel from experi
ence as well as for co-operation out of
proverbial generosity and enterprise.
PRESIDENT CASTRO'S ERROR.
President Castro, of the two-bit Re
public of "Venezuela, Is a resourceful
man, and since the strenuoslty of polit
ical life in his domain has become so
pronounced that he is, figuratively
speaking, "hanging on by his eyelids,'
his wits have been working overtime in
order to enable him to retain even that
precarious hold on his job. The New
York & Bermudez Asphalt Company is
an American corporation which for
long term of years has been engaged
in working the asphalt lakes of Venezu
eia. "inis concern secured the proper
concessions from the "Venezuelan govr
ernment many years ago, and until
President Castro's hold on the admin
istrative chair began slipping worked
their plant without interruption from
any source. Had Castro been provided
with an unlimited amount of political
patronage, he might have silenced some
of he clamor which was raised by the
masses by distributing offices among
the malcontents.
In the absence of this effective
squelcher of political discontent, the
pan-American magnate was forced to
resort to other methods, and as a be
ginning selected the asphalt company.
President Castro was apparently famil
iar with the financial strength which
this company had acquired by plaster
lng "tar and treacle" at trust prices
over most of the cities of the American
Continent. This was good business
there was money in it, and it offered a
fine opening for an enterprising band of
revolutionists who were right up to the
point of doing some revolutloning on
their own account. Here was an oppor
tunlty, and Castro grasped it like the
slelghriding Russian in the picture
books grasped, the ham, the candles or
the baby and threw them over to stay
the progress of the pursuing wolves,
uastro aeciaea mat tne asphalt com
pany had been encouraging an lnsur
rection-against the Venezuelan govern
ment in general and President Castro
In particular. The offense was, of
course, grievous, and It was proper that
the punishment should fit the crime.
In order that everything should be In
accordance with the law, even though
it was Venezuelan law, the case was
tried in President Castro's courts, and
to the surprise of no one, the .govern
ment won in a canter and was given a
judgment against the asphalt company
for $9,600,000. Having spent some of
their money In the purchase of Ameri
can Aldermen, who were on the street
committees, the asphalt company did
not have the amount handy, and Cas
tro considerately appointed a receiver
and took charge of the plant. In order
that there would be no misunderstand
ing, the President supplemented the re
ceiver's credentials with a couple of
warships. At this point Mr. Bowen,
United States Minister at Caracas, ap
pears on the scene with a vigorous pro
test against the seizure of American
property without due cause being
shown. Details of the high-handed pro
ceeding are on the way by mail, and If
the case is as serious as it appears from
telegraphic reports, Castro has accumu
lated a large stock of trouble.
There Is hot much of the Venezuelan
naval fleet, but it might serve for prac
tice targets for the American naval
gunners, so that they would be better
fitted for training their guns on bigger
game. Undoubtedly Castro needs the
money, but in resorting to highway
man's tactics he would have displayed
better judgment had he selected an
easier mark. Oom Paul lost his coun
try by endeavoring to levy only a mild
tribute on foreign capital engaged
within its borders, but Castro has ap
parently engaged in confiscation, and
has stirred up a row that may be more
troublesome than keeping his job away
from the band of patriots who would
like to have it.
FREEDOM FOR THE BROWN MAN.
Judge Parker, speaking for his party,
complains bitterly of the political in
feriority which the Government at
Washington- visits upon the poor Fili
pinos In their distant homes. It cries
to Heaven, he seems to thnk, that we
have not given and do not now give
them "Independence" and "self-government."
As It Is, they are held under
the iron rule of the white man. We
shall never be entitled to hold up our
heads among men till the brown man
In the Philippines Is as free as a white
man In the United States.
This is Democratic doctrine. Upon it
agree silver and gold wing, Bryan and
Parker. But its sincerity can be most
accurately ascertained by reference to
what the Democratic party does, wher
ever it is in power, with the black
man. Take the high-sounding phrases
of Democratic "antl-lmperiallsm" and
apply them to the condition of the "nig
ger" in our Southern States. How
about independence and freedom and
self-government there? How about the
political immorality of governing a man
without that man's consent? How
about the impassioned references to hu
man liberty and equal rights delivered
at the St Louis onventlon by young
Mr. Hobson?
Does anybody suppose that the keen
sympathy expressed by Judge Parker
for the "nigger" in the Philippines and
the desire expressed by Judge Park'er
to see the "nigger" .in the Philippines
endowed with the political rights and
privileges which the Democrats atttrlb
ute to him does anybody suppose that
this sympathy or this desire would ma
terialize in any elevation of the poor
Filipino In case the Democratic party
came into power? Nay, verily. The
decree of social inferiority would be
sealed against him just as it is In the
South today against the black.
For in the day when the Democratic
party should be supreme in this coun
try, controlled as It Is by Southern men
and Southern ideals, we should be
frankly told, as we 'are told today, that
the reins of power, whether political,
social or Intellectual, are, must be and
forever shall be In the hands of the
Whites, and the Inferior races must
learn and keep their place. So long as
tne DiacKs, yellows ana Drowns are
content to be the servants of the white
man they can live in peace and secur
Ity; tout let them try to claim a place
by the white man and on his level, and
they will be put down if they have to
be killed. We do not say the Southern
Democrats are wrong in this matter.
We only say that if they are right, why
don't they stop their hypocritical snlv-
elings about the poor Filipinos?
YOUNG MEN AND SCHOOLTEACHING.
As shown by the constantly decreas
ing number of young men who apply
for certificates to teach in our schools,
the teacher's vocation is likely to be
abandoned entirely within a few years
to. women. This .may be held to indi
cate, first that a strenuous and stirring
age offers to the young man of vigorous
mind and sound body attractions and
opportunities In vocations that make
greater demand upon manly strength
and vigor than does the profession of
teaching; and again, that women, hav
ing proved their special fitness for
teaching, have by honest competition
crowded young men out of the ranks.
There are still young men in consider
able numbers who use the teacher's
vocation as a stepping stone to ad
vancement a sort of pot-boiler during
a course in law, medicine, the gospel
etc., but this number is constantly
dwindling, and, It may be added, with
out detriment to the educational inter
ests of the community.
This Is not said in disparagement of
the ability of young men who make a
pot-holler of the teacher's profession
but as a plain statement of an accepted
fact based upon the principle that any
work that Is done without purpose be
yond the necessity of. relieving present
stress is not first-class work. The
young man who does not intend tq
make teaching his life work naturally
does not strive to make a record In the
teacher's ranks that will insure steady
employment and promotion. Briefly
stated, he does not do his best In col
lege pnrase, teacmng is not nis "ma'
jor"; in commercial phrase it Is merely
a "side line."
It is to the credit of Intelligent, ambi
tiqus young men who find it necessary
to work their way to an Industrial goal
that they are, as the records show
seeking to do this in more robust em
ployment than teaching, leaving this to
young women who are struggling to
qualify themselves for teaching as
vocation. The harvest fields of the
great Middle West are at the present
time full of young men who are work
lng their way through industrial col
leges. Though awkward at first, they
soon become deft in the work and earn
fully the Wages that they receive. Oth
ers are out with the great railway and
geological surveys as rqdmen and
chainmen, keeping their eyes, mean
while, upon the Instruments, with
view to a better position next year and
gaining strength, muscle and physical
endurance, so dear to the heart of the
American youth of today. Tet others
are tramping the country as book
agents, making temporary nuisances of
themselves, possibly, but gaining In
knowledge of human nature, learning
, to hear rebuff without loss of courage,
and Incidentally making their next
year's expenses In some, one of the
great technical schools.
Let us rejoice that our energetic and
ambitious young men have ceased to
seek school teaching as a pot-boiling
resource. The Sturdier vocations yield
the necessary money, develop health
without which education itself is use
less, bring young men in touch with
men and things, broaden their view of
life and labor, and, last but not least.
do not leave the Impress of an ama
teur's blundering upon the material In
hand, as does makeshift schoolteaching.
Essential to the youth's manly devel
opment Is the companionship of men.
Let younj? men seek the. vocations that
insure this and leave the children of
the district schools to the young
women, who presumably if the race Is
to be perpetuated will find the disci
pline, training and instruction of chil
dren in direct line with their life worK.
The effort that is being made to save
the neck of Gugllelmo, the wanton mur
derer of a young girl who, upon the
command of her parents, declined to
receive his addresses, is strictly In line
with practices that bring the law Into
disrepute by seeking to hoodwink jus
tice and defeat by delaying penalty.
The courts are more tolerant of the de
vices practiced by attorneys In such
cases than they should be. The public
that is held up for the accruing bill of
expenses views the proceedings in this
case with profound disgust and Indig
nation. This criminal had his day in
court and a long and expensive day it
was. He was duly convicted of a crime
the commission of which he did not
deny and for which there was no palli
ation. Sentenced to deserved penalty.
Justice and a decent public conscience
demanded that he should -be executed
and his case promptly closed. Tet, af
ter some sharp legal quibbling, Here he
again Quartered for an Indefinite
period upon the grudged bounty of the
taxpayers of Multnomah County, grin
ning with delight to get back to the
County Jail, which he prefers as a place
of detention to the Penitentiary. Out
upon legal tactics that boldly and im
pudently filch from the taxpayers of the
county, juggle with law and make such
a mockery of justice possible!
When historians write the true story
of the Japanese-Russian war their
pages will be illumined by accounts of
some of the most daring exploits that
have ever taken place on the high seas.
There was a skill in planning and-bold-
ness of execution In the raids of
the piratical crews who sailed under
the .flag of Sir Henry Morgan, bucca
neer, and also the men who "fought
with Blake and sailed with Drake."
But no coup ever executed by these his
torical rovers of the seas surpasses
some of the work of the little brown
men, who are now mulcting such tell
ing blows on the floating property of
Russia. Fatalists to a man. the Japan
ese on sea and shore have taken
chances of destruction that would never
be accepted by the fighters of a highly
civilized race, and by sheer audacity
have won where more prudent fighters
would have been defeated. The old
statement that "fools rush in where
angels fear to tread" might be amended
to include. Japanese, for no "front" that
the Russians have yet put up on sea
or shore has stayed the movements of
the Japanese any more than a red flag
stays the movements ' of a maddened
bull.
There have been no sheep or sheep
men killed In Oregon for several days,
and the threatened disturbance In
Washington has subsided. Montana
steps Into the breach, however, with a
story of trouble brewing between the
sheepmen and cattlemen of that state.
The sheepmen are making an effort to
have rescinded an order from the In
terior Department barring sheep from
the forest reserve near Big Timber,
Mont The cattlemen are anxious that
the order shall stand, and will make a
flght against having It rescinded. Fall
ing In this, they are expected to make
the other kind of a flght against a sheep
invasion. This question, which annu
ally causes the slaughter of large bands
of sheep and not Infrequently the mur
der of sheepmen, will probably never
be effectually disposed of until the Gov
ernment prohibits the pasturage of
either cattle or sheep on Government
lands. This course would hardly sat
isfy either of the contestants, but It
might stop the needless killing of sheep
and their herders and owners.
According to tables compiled by Al
exander Supan, the population of the
world is 1,503,300,000. The total area of
land on the surface of the earth Is 144,
110,000 square kilometers, about 215,000,
000 square miles, making the average
density of population about ten per
square kilometer. The greatest density
is in Europe, forty per square kilo
meter, and the least Is In the polar re
glons, north and south, where 91,000 In
habitants are distributed over an area
of about 12,873,000 square kilometers,
These figures are doubtless as nearly
accurate as patient research can make
them, but they deal with numbers and
areas so vast as to pass utterly beyond
the comprehension of the ordinary
mind.
The body of ex-Senator George G.
Vest, of Missouri, was Interred with
simple and befitting services In Belle
fontaine Cemetery, St Louis, Thurs;
day. The honorable position that the
deceased held In the Senate of the
United States entitled him to such fu
neral honors as his state could bestow.
.and with these he was laid to rest The
volume containing the records of his
long life Is closed and clasped, and few,
perhaps, in future years -will care to
open It and explore Its contents. This
is the common lot, against which
greater men than Senator Vest have
contended, only, as Keats has It,
To be lost in the gaping gulf
Of blank oblivion.
D. H. Stearns, whose death occurred
in Santa Monica a few days ago, was
for many years engaged In active busi
ness pursuits in this city and vicinity.
Energetic and optimistic, he launched
and engineered a number of land devel
opment enterprises, some of which were
for a time successful. His active en
deavor was ended by failing health sev
eral years ago, and he sought the re
tirement of the Soldiers' Home at Santa
Monica, 'where the last months of his
life were spent in comfort and serenity.
To his friends in 'this city who were
aware of his physical condition his
death was not unexpected.
Death in the family of ex-Postmaster
Bancroft adds to the public sympathy
for one upon whom misfortune's hand
has been laid rather heavily of late.
Mr. Bancroft's geniality and kindliness
have earned for him many friends
whose hearts will co out to him in this
fresh affliction.
THE PRESIDENT'S RULE OF ACTION
Philadelphia Press.
Secretary Hay In his speech at Jack
son on the semi-centennial of the birth of
the Republican party, said: "And I hope
I am violating neither the confidence of
a friend nor the proprieties of an occasion
like this' when I refer to the. ardent and
able young statesman who is now, and
Is to be, our President to let you know-
that in times of doubt and difficulty the
thought oftenest in his heart Is, 'What In
such a case, would Lincoln have done?' "
Such words from Secretary Hay are full
of meaning. He speaks always with so
briety and responsibility. He Is In a pe
culiar degree, as Secretary, companion
and biographer, the special custodian of
Lincoln's name. He Is the Intimate friend
and counsellor of the President As the
personal link that connects the earliest
and the latest of Republican Presidents,
he speaks of both with ample knowledge
and with a just sense of accountability.
The American people will feel that they
can safely repose the highest confidence
In &, President of whom Secretary Hay
can 'deliberately say "that In times of
doubt and dlfiiculty the thought oftenest
In his heart is. 'What, in such a case,
would Lincoln have done?' "
Another truth can be added a truth
whose full import should be realized and
appreciated. Those who are familiar with
President Roosevelt's method of thmmht
and action know that In any serious emer-
ency lie Is careful when he speaks or
acts to understand whether what he says
or does can be backed up. He does not
speak idly. Ho does not pronounce first
and consider afterwards. In taking a
National stand as the Executive he meas
ures where he Is coming out before he
goes in. When he was dealing with the
European powers In the Venezuelan diffi
culty he was studious to make no declara
tion and take no position which could not
be sustained. In the Panama action,
prompt and energetic as It was, the full
results were realized and weighed before
the first step was taken.
If this rule of procedure may seem to
be out of harmony with the Idea of those
who have formed hasty Impressions from
superficial indications it is none the less
a fact The President has his "Impulses."
like every man of spirit and aim, but in
matters of serious character he has no
"Impulsiveness" which does not look to
the full consequences before the Initiative
is taken. A President who asks himself
what Lincoln would have done and who.
before taking action of moment, carefully
considers whether it can be backed up,
is a safe President
Russia's Hold on Poland.
New York Press.
The report that Russia has addressed
a note of inquiry to Berlin asking if
Germany would join In a suppression of
any revolt In Russian Poland may not
be true, but the fact that It gains cur
rency Is evidence of the perilous state of
the Internal affairs of the Russian Empire.
Poland is undoubtedly uneasy, and the
Poles regard the present time as one
favorable to their aspirations for liberty.
But Russian Poland Is hardly In a con
dition to achieve Its own freedom, even
though no help came to Its oppressor
from outside powers. In the portions of
Poland which fell to Austria and Prussia
at the several partitions the Poles have
Increased In numbers, wealth and intel
ligence, but -In Russian Poland every art
and power of the government has been
used to keep the people in a state of ig
norance, poverty and weakness.
Any Polish revolt would receive Its
chief strength from Prussian and Aus
trian Poland, and the note of inquiry
which passed from St Petersburg to
Berlin was most probably an inquiry as
to the lengths to which the Kaiser would
go in preventing help from his Polish
provinces from reaching 'the revolution
ists across the border. That the fullest
exercise of power could be expected on
the part of the German Emperor to keep
his Polish subjects quiet and prevent their
helping their struggling brethren goes
without saying. William n hates his
Poles and his Poles return the feeling.
He would Prussianize them and they re
fuse to be Prussianized. Therefore, If
Russian Poland rises, the mailed fist will
undoubtedly make itself felt in Prussian
Poland.
In Defense of Hash.
Baltimore Herald.
During the meat strike the supply of
hash has not failed. This Is due partly
to the fact that not all hash has a close
connection with meat As long as the
composition of some boarding-house hash
remains the mystery It Is at present It
will require something more than a meat
strike to cause a widespread dearth. Most
of the "resources of housekeeping may
be represented in hash, but as long as it
can be made appetizing, cheap and nutri
tlous there will be no necessity for asking
embarrassing questions and submitting
samples for chemical analysis.
Hash Is not a matter of experiment It
has been In use so long that its status
has been determined. People have been
poisoned by sampling new-fangled dishes
and eating food too old or not properly
cooked, but the consumers of hash are
not alarmed. Their stomachs have been
trained to a certain course, anod the pos
eessors know what results may be ex
pected. A large part of the important
work of the world Is done with hash
and similar unpretending food as the
motive power, and as long as progress
owes Its success to agencies of this kind
the shafts of the jokers and the sneers
of the epicures will be harmless. Hash
Is solid with thousands of voters and Is
here to stay. Presidential elections,
threatened changes In the tariff and meat
strikes are not of sufficient Importance
to cause those who swear by hash to lose
any sleep.
Thinks Davis Should Withdraw.
Chicago Dally News, Ind.
As the time elapses it Is becoming
more and more plain to American vo
ters. Democrats as well as Republicans,
that the nomination of an octogenarian
for the second place on the ticket was a
serious blunder. Mr. Root Is right in
saying that the ordinary duties of the
vice-Presidential office are In them
selves sufficient to demand the selec
tlon of a man of high mental and phys
leal capacity. But that fact Is relative
ly a consideration of minor importance,
The paramount duty of political parties
In picking vice-Presidential nominees
is to bear in mind that the man thus
chosen some day may be called upon to
fill the office of President This duty
the Democratic Convention .signally
failed to recognize. Mr. Davis ought to
decline the nomination in order that his
years might not serve as an argument
against the success of the National
ticket of his party.
Bryan Is Consistent.
Washington Post
Colonel Bryan cannot break away from
his sacred ratio. He says one word for
Parker and Davis and 16 against them.
The Passionate Author to His Love.
Puck.
Come write to me and be my Love.
And we will all the profits prove
That furnace sighlngs, signed and sealed.
And vows epistolary yield.
Empty the coffers of thy heart;
Its every throb and thrill Impart;
Search every secret, holy nook;
'Twill make, sweetheart, a lovely book.
And I will make thea vow for vow, '
And in my letters mention how
By thoughts of thee I'm sweetly harried.
Despite the fact that I am married.
Thou'lt write how to my arms thou'dst fly
If 'twere not for the legal tie;
And I. how straight I'd fly to thee
If from my fetters 1 were free.
These tender things we'll put in print.
Sweetheart, there may be millions ln't.
The public simply can't resist
"Love Letters of a Socialist."
We'll turn our passion to account.
And realize a large amount.
If of the plan thou dost approve,
Coaao write to me and be my lov.
A PERTINENT CRITICISM.
Springfield Republican.
The formal ceremony of notifying Sen
ator Fairbanks of his nomination served
as an opportunity, which Ellhu Root made
The most of, to attack the nomination of
the venerable West Virginian by the
Democrats on the ground that Mr. Davis'
age renders him an unfit man for the
place. It was purely an argument "ad
fcomlnem," and called for some delicacy
of treatment In order that Mr.- Davis
feelings might be spared as much as
possible. While Mr. Root cannot have
relished the work of thus assailing the
Democratic candidate for Vice-President
it must be admitted that the points he
made relative to the candidate's advanced I
age were legitimate, germane and proper.
Mr. Root made one suggestion that has
not been fully considered In this connec
tion. It is conceivable that in case Mr.
Davis, after his election, should succeed
to the Presidency, he would soon become
physically and mentally Incapacitated for
performing the duties of the Presidential
office. In view of his great age, a break
down under so heavy a burden would be
altogether probable. Then there might be
precipitated upon the country and Con
gress a controversy as to the degree of
"inability." within the meaning of the
Constitution, which would warrant the
Chief Executives virtual removal from
the office. The Constitution has this to
say:
In case of the removal of the President from
office, or of hl3 death, resignation, or Inability
discharge the powers and duties of the said
office, the same shall devolve on the Vice
President; and the Congress may by law pro
vide for the case of removal, death, resigna
tion or inability, both of the President and
Vice-President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President; and such officer shall
act accordingly, until the disability be re
moved or a President shall be elected.
The Davis nomination certainly raises
the possibility referred to by Mr. Root
We might easily find Congress holding' a
kind of inquest and studying doctors' cer-
uncates in order to determine what to do
with, a President who, while living was
still too enfeebled to perform the enor
mous work and carry the responsibilities
or tne Chief Magistracy.
The Democrats had no right to menace
the country with possible contingencies of
this kind, and disagreeable as the line of
criticism may be to an estimable person,
who, of course, feels as young as he used
to be, the Republicans cannot be blamed
for makjng the matter something of an
issue as between the two leading candi
dates for Vice-President
The Essence of Religion.
Goldwin Smith, In the New York Sun.
The preaching of the Founder of
Christendom, who taught the father
hood of God and the brotherhood of
man, undeniably was the great awak
enmg of spiritual life in the world.
world without spiritual life, or re
ligion as the embodiment of that life
and regulated by social science solely
in temporal Interests, Is perfectly con
ceivable. But the religion which should
taKe tne place of vital Christianity is
not. .Kenan says of the words ad
dressed to the woman of Samaria that
they are the essence of religion and
that If there are intelligent beings in
otner planets and they are religious.
this and none other their religion must
he.
It seems doubtful whether even the
Posltlvist has really reasoned himself
out of the pale of Christianity. He
holds to the brotherhood of man. The
fatherhood of God he renounces. Yet
he must apparently believe In some
thing which takes the place of the
fatherhood of God in consecrating hu
man Drotnernooci, though his concen
tlon may not be anthropomorphic or
identical with that of the simple Gall
lean.
The revelations of the physical world
come to us through the action of hlsrh
scientinc intellects, was It not pos
slble that a revelation of the moral
world should come to us through a
character of unique excellence, benevo
lence and beauty, preserved In its sim
plicity and purity by the pastoral iso
lation of Galilee?
World Language of the Future.
What will be the world language of the
future? That It will be English is the
prediction of many scholarly observers.
The probabilities are that It will partake
of the best features of all modern tongues.
It Is a safe proposition to assume that
the race which dominates the commerce
of the world will Impress its language
upon the world. The English-speaking
people are today the leaders in world
activity. As a result the English lan
guage Is spoken by more people today
than is any other civilized tongue.
The recent action of Germany in giving
the English language preference above all
other foreign tongues 13 formal recogni
tion of a fact and not the mere arbitrary
expression of a choice. " The strong point
is made, however, that America more
than England, Is responsible for the
change. Two-thirds of the people who
speak English live on this side of the
Atlantic and their industrial and com
mercial conquests are making the tongue
familiar in every quarter of the habitable
globe.
French Is still regarded as the diplo
matic and "polite" language of the world,
but English, as expanded and rejuvenated
by American transplantation. Is becom
ing the universal business tongue. The
world language of the future, therefore. Is
that which America will speak and teach.
A Queer Pet.
London Standard.
The wife of the Governor of North
Borneo has a pet which few women will
envy her. The Governor's house Is near
a jungle, and from It strayed a baby rhi
noceros. Captured as a curiosity, he at
once became tame and refused to return
to hl3 native wilds. He consumes 16
quarts of milk a day, and on this diet
thrives and grows fat He might be- mis
taken for a queer sort of hog were it not
for the born in the middle of his face.
He Is devoted to his mistress and follows
her about like a dog.
Peculiarly American.
Atlanta Journal.
The campaign poet Is a peculiarly Amer
ican institution. The effete monarchies
of the Old World must fain struggle along
without him, or her, or It- It Is the heat
of mighty conflicts between principle and
principle from which he draws his poetic
flre.
An Old Sign.
Philadelphia Press.
The occupants of a store recently moved
their business a short distance down the
same, street, hanging up In the window of
the premises they had just vacated the
following notice:
"Have moved to a better place below."
Disinterested Affection.
Washington Star.
When you see a little feller lookin fondly at
his dad
You know he thinks he's 'bout the great
est man
That any town in all this glorious country
ever had.
An he's proud to go a-walkin han In
ban'.
There's friends an there is fam'lys sympa
thyzin when you grieve
An' ready fur to answer at your call,
But there's aomethln' in his manner which
compels you to believe
That the little feller loves you best, of alL
An' it kind o' makes you feel like bracin' up
an' jumpln in
An tryln fur a record In the game.
'Cause you know how honestly he is expect
in' you will win.
An' if you, don't he'll love you Jes' the
same.
An' there Isn't any thought in him that
Isn't fur your good.
An' If at last you're driven to the wall
You know he's go in to stand by dad, Jes'
where he's always stood,
'Cause the little feller loves you best of
alt
. NOTE ANDJOMMENT.
The Czarina's Lullaby. " "
Sleep, my little one, sleep:
Heed not the guns from the steep;-
Let the guns thunder as loud as they can,
Baby must sleep and grow, a big man.
Sleep, my little one, sleep;
Squadrons may clash on the deep:
Fleets of the Czar- and their crews may be
lost; ' - . .
But, Baby, thy father's and mine be the cost.
Sleep, my little one. sleep:
Mothers and sweethearts may weep;
Boys of their hearts may lie dead on the field
O Baby, my Boy, mother's heart be thy. shield:
I
sleeP y H"le one, sleep;
Hearts of thy people will leap
Thy people, for Baby shall have
great
throne.
But now he rules mother and mother alone.
The Kurds are reported to be massa
cring the Armenians. Quite, a blood
curdling story.
Now that It's a boy, the Czar in a "few-
years will nave some one to neip mm
split the wood.
The Russians attribute the birth of a
royal heir to the Interposition of St Sera
phim. Queer things these saints do
sometimes.
According to Tom Richardson, Malheur
County has a great future before it
That's much better than having a great
future behind it
P. A. Lowing, who conducts a beerhall,
says that he can drink from ZoO to 30u
glasses of beer a day. Some people are
born lucky.
Parker's speech Is variously described
as "dishwater and dynamite" and a "lucid
and masterly exposition of Democratic
principles" not by the same paper, of
course.
"All citizens of Teller County will re
frain from carrying arms," says an offi
cial proclamation in Colorado. If the citi
zens of Teller County "will refrain" there
was no need for the proclamation: other
wise it might have read "shall refrain."
This is from Punch. Cut it out for use
when you require sobering:
A correspondent sends "us an interesting
natural history note. On opening his ward
robe the other day, he found a moth in his
dress-coat. The effect, he declares, was lu
dicrous, as the coat was, of course, much
too big for the moth.
If Albert Cooper, who has been arrested
on the charge of unduly Influencing a
woman by means of a rose he gave her,
has such a secret as Mrs. Morello credits
him with, he should make It public for
the benefit of the swains that go broke
sending their lady loves ineffectual "bou
quets. Although by no means an authority on
the arcana of dress, we cannot help feel
ing that we have been unjustly censured
for the use of the word "stays" In Thurs
day's paper. A postal card received yes
terday says:
You must be a "Lobster." No such term
as STAYS, except In Gt. Britain. Tou are
behind the times.
While the handwriting of this brief and
forcible epistle Indicates that the writer
Is a member of the sex that knows most,
about the question, we cannot admit the
truth of her statements.
The Chicago Tribune, a representative
paper, used the word "stays" in the cap
tion of the dispatch to which the postal
presumably refers. Furthermore, the
Saxon word Is preferred to the French
"corset" by many who do not take their
language or their pronunciation on the
ipse dixit of a lexicographer, and in this
connection It may be remarked that Lady
Gove, whose slashing articles in the
Nineteenth Century stirred up the Phil
istines to such an extent, vigorously took
up the cudgels for the Saxon name as op
posed to the French, of a still more Inti
mate garment As to being behind the
times, stays by any other name are just
as unresponsive.
This is not such a bad old world, after
all. Selfishness Is not a feature In the
character of many men. You have only
to mingle In the crowd at the Irvington
racetrack to learn this lesson, and the
crowd at a racetrack Is usually one that
points the moral of the pessimist rather
than that of the optimist Out at Irving
ton men who are utter strangers to you
will go to considerable trouble In your be
half. Have you a piece of coin you want
to put down on a horse? Here Is a rough
looking fellow, whose exterior gives no
hint of the kindly heart within, will read
ily take your money to the bookie and re
lieve you of all further trouble with it
Do you want information about a certain
horse? A score of unkempt but honest
fellows are positively eager to let you
share In the benefit of a straight tip
they've just had from the owner. And
the knowledge of their own kindly feelings
leads the racetrack followers to bellevo
that all others are of the same nature.
They will ask a man they've never seen
before If he knows on what horse that
famous California trainer bet 55000, and
If they get a civil answer which, alas for
human nature! is seldom they will waste
some of their doubtless valuable time in
conversation with their Informant Yes,
the world Is a pretty good place, and the
higher altruism does not flourish in uni
versity settlements only.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Miss Passay The Idea of Mr. Hoamley asking
me if I couldn't learn to love him! Miss Pep
prey Why not? One is never too old to learn.
Philadelphia Press.
"You need more exercise, my man. What ia
you business?" "I'm a piano lifter." "Eh?
Well, hereafter lift two at a time." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
She Wouldn't ' it be nice if dreams came
true? He I don't know about that. 1 had a
Welsh rabbit dream the other night, and gee
whizz! I'd hate to have that come true
Philadelphia Press.
"How old is Miss Wellup?" "She ia Just at
the uncertain period between the time when
she doesn't want anybody to know her age
and the time when she doesn't care who knows
it." Chicago Tribune.
"She's going to break up housekeeping," said
the doctor's wife, "and I'm going to take her
parlor carpet for one-third what it cost'
Well," said the doctor, "see that it's well
shaken before taking." Philadelphia Ledger.
"But," said the Rev. Dr. Broadley, "you
must remember the Bible tells us to love our
neighbors." "It's quite iraj09slble." replied
Mrs. Upperten. "I simply hate mine." "Well
er then hate them in moderation." Phila
delphia Press.
"Anything for an old soldier, mum?" "Have
you ever been in action?" "Yes'm, the hottest
action In the campaign." "And were you hurt
or wounded?" "No, mum, but I was on the
list of the missing." "Poor fellow!' Indian
apolis Sentinel.
"Sometimes," he drawled, as he lit another
cigarette, "it aw seems to me that the strug
gle is hardly worth while.'. "What struggle?"
she Innocently asked. "The struggle to give
.he Impression that you really have an excuse
for living." New York Herald.
Muggins So you finally mustered up courage
to propose to Miss Springer, eh? What was the
result? Huggins She dismissed me without
ceremony. Muggins Oh, well, don't you care.
The absence of ceremony saved you the minis.
, ter's fee. Philadelphia Inquirer
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