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ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN.
Candidate Parker, in a magazine arti
cle, bewails the indifference shown by
educated men in the United States to
the duties and problems of government.
He undertakes to say that' the place to
purify politics is at its source; that eco
nomical government is preferable to ex
travagant; that the wiser and more pa
triotic pur men are the better will be
the administration of our local and Na
tional affairs.
All of which is calculated to make a
man mad. What has it to do with the
business to which Judge Parker is
bending all his energies and devoting
all his attention? He might as well roll
his eyes, clasp his hands and aver that
virtue is better than vice and right
eousness more to be desired than crime.
He might as well ask to be elected
President because he thinks that a
etralght line is the shortest distance
between two points, and that a part
cannot be greater than the whole.
No, Judge, this will not do.. .Is it your
idea to sneak Into the Presidency by
mere preaching of platitudes, mean
while casting bait to gold men here and
silver men there, expansionists on one
hand and "anti-imperialists" on the
other, stepping softly so as not to an
tagonize protection or free trade, trusts
or agitators, "Wall street or Bryan?
Do you suppose that men of sense and
spirit are to be moved by the declara
tion that good men are better than bad
and integrity more to he desired than
corruption?
It "will be said that Parker is writing
not as a candidate but as a philosopher
and saint. Oh, but he is not . His
every act is a campaign exploit; his
every word a campaign utterance.
"What the country requires to know 'is
Parker's views arid purposes toward
the questions that will confront him at
the "White House. The phrases of the
pulpit and the classroom and the "La
dies Home Journal cut no Ice in the
tens.e crises of National- arid interna
tional affairs.
Parker can be. 'unequivocal enough,
when it comes to points on -which all
ragree. He can be outspoken enough on
the desirability of good, government and
fearless as a Hon in reprobation of ig
norance and crime. But so far he has
failed to say whether he Is for gold on
principle or clings to his views of 1896
and 1900; whether he believes protec
tion is robbers or with Davis that reve
nue duties should yield incidental pro
tection; whether he will prosecute the
trusts or turn the government over to
them. Until he Is ready to spealc out
like a man on these matters that are
pertinent to the case, he may as well
forbear the role of social and moral
mentor. Hell is full of men who could
write elegant essays and even poems
on the need of more goodness and less
badness in this sinful world.
THE DISGRACE OF RUSSIA.
The situation in which Russia .finds
"herself after six months of fierce and
enormously expensive war in the Ori
ent, though keenly felt as a disgrace at
St Petersburg, is not the source of the
deep disgrace which blackens the em
pire. Beaten in every battle, her two
great squadrons- scattered and practi
cally destroyed as 'a fighting unit, her
land forces dividedvahd surrounded by
superior numbers, the stress of Russia
Is1 humiliating but not disgraceful
Her soldiers, though not Inspired by the
patriotic zeal that characterizes the
Japanese, have not lacked in bravery,
energy or endurance. Though shriveled
at the cannon's mouth, they have made
stubborn resistance; though handi
capped by distance from the base of
supplies, her officers have maintained a
bold stand. There Is horror In all this,
though, defeat has been met on land
andsea at every encounter with their
alert, subtle and courageous foe-
The disgrace of Russia is in her in
human methods of government All
dominating, all-absorbing, the Imperial
government proceeds upon the plan
that the millions of human beings that
constitute the empire have no rights
except those that it sees fit to accord
to them. Oppressed, their interests neg
lected, their very humanity ignored by
a brutal, dissipated and ignorant nobil
ity, these millions writhe under the
load, in an agony that Is unheeded and
in discontent that v the government
makes every effort to suppress but does
not attempt to eradicate.
The taxes wrung from the tolling
masses, are spent In -luxurious living by
the worse than worthless nobility. The
gross wrongs and stupid errors which
otherBuropean nations corrected as
they emerged step by step from the
dark ages still prevail in, Russia. Thi3
is the largest element in her distrrace.
and upon" and out of this grow all the
others.' Among these is the total inade
quacy of charitable and educational In
stitutions in the empire; no just or even
pretended proportion between punish
ment and crime; no rights guaranteed
to the poor which the rich are bound
to respect A day of reckoning is com
ing. Its dawn seems already to have
broken in the Far East
SUBSIDIES FOB CONVERTIBLE
CRUISERS.'
It has been the error or the crime of
those who" sincerely desire an Ameri
can merchant marine and of others who
covet the .British system of securing
convertible cruisers iri the shaoe of sDe
daily constructed steamers; that they
have suffered themselves to be mar
shalled under the name and sign of the
Hanna-Payne subsidy iniquity, whose
thinly disguised purpose is to tap the
Federal Treasury for indefinite millions.
without any chance or design of pro
moting the general welfare.
All such, mls-mlded lovers of maritime
greatness may gather pleasure and
profit from an article in the current
North American Review by Benjamin
Taylor, of the Glassrow Herald, who has
devoted much attention to international
commerce and cognate subjects, and
whose virile thought and style are not
unknown to. American maeazlne read
ers. Mr. Taylor writes from the British
point of view and is chiefly concerned
with the British problem; but he ex
plains some things that Americans need
to know, for example:
TMs subvention under the new contract with
the Cunard Company Is In no sense a shipping
subsidy such as Franca has. and as some
Americans desire for the encouragement and
(sustenance of a mercantile marine. The
Cunard acreoment is a lecrltlmale National
undertaking, which may or may not have large
National Issues, but not In "the way of the
development of shipping.
"What the Cunard undertaklntr actu
ally is, Mr. Taylor goes on to explain
with more precision than any Wrltins:
we have yet seen. It appears that in
view of the special construction of the
two new ships, rendering them instant
ly available for fast cruisers in case of
war, the British government pays the
Cunard line 150,000 a year a sum
which Is accounted to the government
a good bargain, as the earning capacity
of the vessels is greatly impaired by
the construction required.
In addition to this annual subsidy the
government is to lend to the company a
sum not exceeding 2,600,000 at 2 per
cent to pay for the construction of the
two new vessels. This loan, which is to
be repaid by the comnanv in twentv
annual installments, ranks as a first
charge upon the whole of the Cunard
fleet, and will be secured by debentures.
The present Cunard fleet consists of
seventeen vessels,, with a total tonnaee
of 110,782 tons and a value close upon
2,000,000 sterling. The new vessels
are to have a speed of from twenty-four
to twenty-five knots per hour.
The point of interest about these ves
sels, after tbe fact that they are with
out bearing on the subsidy Question n
it exists in the United States, is that In
this way the British government se
cures fast cruisers for the Admiralty
in time of need. How great the value
of this acquisition might prove in emer
gencies Is shown by the present mari
time situation on the Pacific, as well as
Dy tne -good service rendered our own
cause in the war with Spain by fast
steamers and yachts like the St Louis
and the Mayflower. Other parts of Mr.
Taylor's article afford an admirable
refutation of the fallacy by which Brit
ish policy has been thought to justify
the subsidy proposals in this country.
He vehemently opposes any such dis
honest undertaking for Great Britain,
though he differently regards the Cu
nard contract, quoting this Interesting
passage from that great free-trader,
Adam Smith:
There stem to he two cases In which It will
be advantageous to lay some burden upon for
eign for the encouragement of domestic In
dustry. The first Is, when some particular
sort of .Industry Is necessary for the defence of
the country. The defence of Great Britain,
for example, depends very much upon the num
ber of Its sailors and shipping. The act of
navigation, therefore, very properly endeavors
to give the sailors and shipping of Great
Britain' the monopoly of the trade of their own
country. In some caEes by absolute prohibition,
and in others' by heavy burdens upon the ship
ping of other countries.
THE FRESH-AIR MOVEMENT.
The movement or agitation in favor
of fresh air has found response in thou
sands of homes from which "night air"
was once rigorously excluded as a
bearer of pestilence, and from the great
world of medical and sanitary science
In which it is now recognized as the
greatest of all preventive and remedial
agencies in warding off and treating
disease.
An organized movement has been set
on fpot by municipal health authorities
in some of our Eastern cities, for the
purpose of securing better ventilation
for street-cars, railway carriages and
eventually all places where people are
crowded together in considerable num
bers. It is asserted In this connection
that the germs of disease notably
those of consumption are everywhere;
that no one goes abroad by any means
of public conveyance without coming In
contact with them, and that fresh air Is
their only formidable foe.
It is pointed out that persons who In
their own homes insist that the rooms
which they occupy must be well ven
tilated submit uncomplainingly to being
herded together In close, malodorous
street-cars and railway carriages. No
one coming Into a car even the most
elegantly appointed sleeper from the
outer air can fall to notice the vitiated
condition of the air within, but most
people settle themselves without protest
to conditions as they find them, add
their quota to the vileness of the loaded
air and soon "get used to it" The dis
comfort aroused by the offended sense
of smell being overcome, the incoming
passenger yields himself to the positive
dangers which menace his health with
out concern.
Some idea of the magnitude of these
dangers is furnished in the following
extract from a letter written by Surgeon-General
Wyman, of the United
States Marine Hospital Service, and
which he, in the Interest of the fresh
air movement has made public. The
author is Dr. Monjaris, of the City of
Mexico, a leading authority in his coun
try upon sanitary matters. He says:
Man himself constitutes one of the "most
powerful elements In the contamination of the
atmosphere; the products of his breathing are
poisonous; the gases, vapors of water, intes
tinal gases, perspiration, the parasites and
parts of the skin Itself when taken off. some
specific microbe organism when the dweller
suffers or is troubled with any disease which
may be transmitted through the air; the blood
or pus from wounds not entirely healed; the
articles and substances which he uees for his
food, comfort . or -toilet, the cigars, eta, the
Impurities adhering to his clothes or shoes, the
particles, the fibers which constantly coma off
from -goods, from furniture cr from carpets.
which, being crushed and reduced to powder
by the feet, mingle with the air. The greater
the number of dwellers or visitors In a given
place becomes, the more liable to decomposi
tion the air of such a place will be.
This Is corroboration by a scientist of
the estimate of a pessimistic and some
what doleful poet of a past age that
"Man- Is to man the surest deadliest
111." The latter prescribed a remedy for
this condition which was purely spirit
ual, while the sanitary scientist pre
scribes, one as purely material, and for
tunately within the reach of all who In
slst upon having it, viz.: fresh air and
plenty of it
ANY WAY TOU WANT TO TAKE XT.
The New Tork "World Is not so easily
to be put down in its demand for ex
pllcit declaration from Judge Parker
as to his views of Philippine independ
ence. That hl3 expression "self-government
for the Islanders as soon as they
are reasonably prepared for It" was
ambiguous is shown by the different In
terpretations put upon it . The New
Tork Times and the Brooklyn Eagle,
both ardent supporters of Judge Par
ker and equally ardent expansionists.
accepted his declaration as Indicating
that his policy toward the Philippines
would not differ materially from that
followed by McKlnley and Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, ac
cepts the statement as a declaration in
favor of Philippine Independence. Mr.
Erving "Winslow, secretary of the New
England Antl - Imperialist League,
wrote to Judge -Parker to express his
disappointment at the phraseology, and
to him the candidate replied: "Your
criticism of the word 'self-government'
Instead of 'Independence is well
taken"; from which It is argued that
Judge Parker considered the words syn
onymous, but recognizes that they are
not universally so accepted. "Self-government"
Is, In fact, however, as the
"World points out. a phrase in use by
Republicans as applied to the Philip
pines without any association with the
idea of abrogation of American sover
eignty in the archipelago. Therefore.
as- the- Baltimore News, in supporting
the world's position, very truly says:
There Is all the difference in the world, so
far as regards the campaign, between a Judi
cially inferrible position and a position clearly
and manfully taken one that friend and foe
alike can spot, one that plain people can per
ceive to be a clear basis of attack and defense.
Premising that straightforwardness is
a "strong characteristic of Judge Par
ker," the "World repeats its confident
hope and belief that he will put his po
sition on this most Important question
beyond doubt or cavil, and ventures the
dictum that "he will certainly do so if
he cares for the good opinion of people
who believe In principle rather than ex
pediency."
The truth seems to be that Judge
Parker's utterances are like those of
the Delphic oracle of old, which were
so constructed as to be twisted into one
meaning or Its opposite, as circum
stances turned out; or like those words
of Holy "Writ which serve as texts for
rival schools of theology. Carrying
water on both shoujders Is at all times
a perilous enterprise, and becomes
doubly so In a case of this kind where
a few Democratic newspapers persist in
holding convictions which no platform
can eradicate or candidate suppress.
"We spoke the other day of the con
trast between old and new warfare, In
the matter of range of projectiles, and
shown in the long distance at which
the Japanese are obliged to station
their batteries around Port Arthur.
The New York Evening Post makes' an
interesting application of the same fact
to the naval engagements, whose most
astonishing feature, aside from the ac
curacy of the Japanese gunfire, is the
long range at which th6 fleets fought
The readers of Marryat, who sailed his
attacking frigates around, their Dutch
or Russian adversaries so closely that
the movements of the commanding o ul
cers could be clearly seen from the con
tending ships, and the admirers of Paul
Jones, Who lashed his sinking Bon
Homme Richard to the Serapis, must
rub their eyes at the dispatches of the
past week. Togo seems never to have
approached nearer to his victims than a
distance of five miles, except with his
torpedo-boats, and generally he was a
good eight miles away. Kamlmura was
closer to his prey, particularly when his
ships closed in on the Rurlk like a pack
of wolves around a dying horse; but
none the less he kept at a very respect
ful distance, and, like Togo, relied on
his heaviest guns. "When one considers
the distance represented by five miles
as far as from the City Hall to the
town of Lents it seems almost in
credible that three twelve-inch shells
could have hit the Czarevitch within
five minutes. At eight miles one
cruiser, as seen from another, Is not
much more than a toy ship. The Post
suggests that if the power and' range of
naval artillery are to be Increased, we
may-yet hear of ships destroying- each
other when "visible to their gun crews
only through a telescope. Of course the
telescopic sight, the range-finder, and
other instruments have made the en
gagements of today possible. But the
marvel of these fights Is only Increased
thereby, particularly If one thinks of
the targets and the marksmen rolling
about In heavy seas and moving' at In-.
constant rates of speed.
Hysterical people and newspapers In
New York appear to have had an un
usual opportunity for exaggeration in
the recent murders and kldnaplngs by
Italians. The existence of a Dowerful
secret society expressly organized for
murder and similar pastimes formed an
excellent subject for denunciation and
afforded the imagination scope for pro
claiming fresh crimes to serve as sub
jects for still more vehement denuncia
tion. The "Black Hand" its verv
name a stimulus to the imagination
has been magnified into an association
of desperadoes that threatened the
peace of the city. The facts of the mat
ter appear to be that a larsre number
of Sicilians have settled in New York.
and they have been unable so far to
abandon all the customs of their native
island, where the vendetta still flour
ishes as bravely as In Kentucky, and
murder Is as common as In Chicago.
When the hot-blooded Sicilians have
cooled down a little they will learn that
It Is better to swear out a warrant
against a man they don't like than ta
stick a knife between his ribs. Tint
this consummation will rob the police
and some of the newspapers of a val
uable bogey In the "Black Hand."
A good lndex,of prosperity is the con
dition and prospects of railroads. In
the United States all reports show that
the volume of traffic is increaslne-. on-
erating expenses are belns: reduced, and
very satisfactory net results are being
secured. While Jt Is not generally ex
pected that traffic and earnings will
continue to Increase at the remarkable
rate of the past five years, there is
noming to indicate a return to the
status of 1899, as was predicted last
spring by a few pessimistic railway
managers. The extent to which traffic
and earnings of American railways
nave increased In five years is best
shown by a comparison with British
railways. In 1903 the earnings of "Rrlt
Ish roads from freight traffic were only
5.7 per cent more than In 1899, the In
crease in five years In passenger traffic
earnings was only 9.64 ner cent, and tho
Increase In total gross receipts was only
.i per cent From 1899 to 1903 the
freight traffic of railroads In the United
osates increased 46.19 per cent, the
number of passengers carried Increased
74.73 per cent, and gross receipts In
creased 43.89 per cent The growth of
passenger and freight trafflc and of
gross receipts of tho railways in this
country yearly since 1899 is in striking
contrast with the slow progress of
British railways in tho samo period. We
do not find, however, in any railway
report to which wo have access a long
ana eulogistic account of the many and
important railway extensions con
structed In Oregon the past year or the
past six.
"While the general public, the public
that has never seen salt water, takes
no interest In yachting except whon Sir
anomoB Lipton ventures across the
ocean with anothor Shamrock in his
choso for the America's cud. tho tend
ency towards the rovlval of deep-sea
racing shows that a large' body of
yachtsmen am Interested In tho sport
for its own, aako, entirely apart from
tno adventitious interest created by In
ternational contests. Although' lone
ocean races are bo subject to chance
that the best vessel niay not always
win, mere is more of the adventurous
and purely sport-loving spirit In them
tnan in the hairdrawn contents he
tween British challenger and Amerl
can defenders. It is In club faces and
events in which the content itself is the
chief attraction that the true, yachts
man most dollchts. and those do more
for the SDort There Is more healthy
fun to be had by the yachtsman sailing
in the Astoria regatta than in half a
dozen matches for the America's cup.
Mall advices from Toklo Indicate that
Corea has not yot been thoroughly
"japanned." Tho court at Seoul Is dls
satisfied and Inclined to make trouble,
partly, It Is said, because of Russian
agents, and partly because the Japan
ese try to prevent grafting. The latter
cause alone should be enough to set the
Emperor 'and all the officials against
the Japanese, for. If a recent magazine
article by a resident of Corea is to be
believed, Seoul is the hotbed of graft
ing, every person connected with the
palace "going after Illicit coin with an
energy that is excited by nothing else
In the Land of the Morning Calm. As
to the attitude of the people, Japan
seems to have no cause for alarm. The
Corean- is not of the stamp to worry
over the nation that claims suzerainty
over his country.
France's interest in the success of
her dear ally, Russia, Is not purely
sentimental. A recent Statistical Bul
letin, published in Paris, shows that
French capital to the amount of $1,175,-
370,000 is Invested In imperial loans;
$152,856,000 in industrial enterprises, and
516,212,000 in banks, real estate, etc,
making the enormous total of $1,344,-
438,000. "When to this amount is added
a large part of the capital usually
accredlted. to Belgium, but in reality
from French sources, It will be, seen
that France's stake in Russia Is so
great that she cannot view Russian re
verses with equanimity.
It is said that 100,000 fraudulent nat
uralization papers have been sold in
New York City within a very few years
chiefly to Italians. The statement dis
credits the officers of the law rather
than the holders of these fraudulent pa
pers. The latter were no doubt sought
out by politicians and shown the "easy
way" to become voters and the immedi
ate pecuniary advantage that might
result. "Without official participation In
the scheme it could not, of course, have
been worked.
The mortality table for 1903, prepared
by the Aetna Life Insurance Company,
shows in a total of 1386 deaths of policy
holders but forty-seven who died of old
age. This, together with the fact that
the largest number succumbed to or
ganic heart disease and diseases of the
nervous system, shows the terrific pace
which business, men, who form the bulk
of the insured, have set for themselves
In the modern race of life.
Russia is certainly wise to dismantle
her fugitive ships rather than send
them out to certain destruction. It Is
to be hoped Japan can claim and get
them as a moiety in the post-bellum
settlement.
If Mr. Lawson did not buy a big block
of stock In "Everybody's" before his ar
ticles, began to appear, he made a mis
take that should damn his financial
judgment with all Investors.
Unless Russia establishes a . special
tracing department, when the war ends
she will never be able to- pick up all
her scattered -cruisers.
Dld,you see the promised constitution
among the lists, of christening presents?
Mr. Davis Fenced In.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
According to a Washington dispatch the
Democratic National Committee has de
cided that it would not be best for the
Hon. Henry G. Davis to take the stump
during this campaign. Mr. Davis is to be
asked to remain in west. Virginia, in
fact there are indications that the Na
tional Committee would feel safer if the
Vice-Presidential candidate were sur
rounded by a barb-wire fence without an
exit.
As an orator, Mr. Davis disappointed
in his speech of acceptance. Members of
the notification committee at White Sul
phur Springs, who had expected a torrent
of eloauence, found only a tnm stream.
Where they expected their candidate to
strike a keynote he hit only a lost chord.
Where they looked for epigram they found
commonplaces.
Notwithstanding his lack or eloquence,
Mr. Davis may be found useful In the
campaign. If he canhot talk he can
write. And there are many requests for
his autograph. Up to date Mr. Davis has
not heeded these requests, but the cam
paign is young yet, and he may relent
For he must consider, in the course of
time, that If he is no orator he has tho
means that supply orators.
Tha point to be impressed on Mr. Davis
is that money talks. When this point is
fully recognized by the candidate for the
Vice-Presidency, when he realizes the real
reason for his nomination at St Louis,
he will doubtless come to the rescue jof
his perplexed party and send to Treas
urer Peabody a more substantial evidence
of his appreciation of the honor done him
than he gave the notification committee.
The Hon. Henry G. Davis, calm, con
tributing, but fenced In,- Is the Demo
cratic picture.
THE DEMOCRACY'S NEW FOES.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
The place and the manner of Hon.
Thomas E. Watson's attack on Judge
Parker and the Democratic party give
this assault a National Interest Mr.
Watson is the Presidential candidate of
the Populist party, a party which cast
more than 1.000,000. of the 6,500,000 votes
credited to the Democratic ticket In 1S96
and 1900. The Populist candidates for
President and Vice-President were noti
fied in New York City, in the citadel of
Democratic power. Cooper Union, where
many historically great addresses, from
Lincoln's In February, 1860, onward, were
delivered, was the hall In which Mr. Wat
son received his commission as the standard-bearer
of ' tho Populist party and
where hs made his attack on the De
mocracy and its leaders and candidates of
1904. All the accessories and accompani
ments of the Pocullst demonstration and
the Populist exposure of the hypocrisy of
tho Democratic candidate and the vlcious
nos of the Democratic party In the pres
ent campaign make the Cooper Union
affair of Thursday night of this week a
memorably impressive occasion.
Mr. Watson had an easy as well as a
pleasing task in exposing the trickery of
Judge Parker in his gold standard tele
gram. Parker, he said, "bided his time
till the perils of the two-thirds rule were
passed, and when it was too late for the
convention to retrace Its steps for even
the Democratic bosses require more than
IS minutes to turn around In and then he
cracks tho Wall-street whip over the
heads of his leaders, and, with prompt
obedience, the great Democratic legions
were, made to furl their flag and reverse
their line of march." Candidate Watson,
an old-time and active enemy of the Re
publicans, flays, "I can understand how
the citizen can work for the Republican
party, and voto Its ticket with enthusi
astic .zaal,. but why any human being
should, In the year 1904, vote the. National
Democratic ticket passes my comprehen
sion." He added that he did not believe
"the 6,500,000 who followed Bryan with
cheers on their Hps and warm conviction
1rt their hearts can now be delivered, like
cattle, to the CloveIandlte3 who knifed the
ticket qr Doited In 1&36," and pointed out
that he and not Parker is fighting the
battles of thai Democratic host In 1S04.
Let no Republican or Democrat make
tho mistake of supposing that Candidate
Watson's attack on Candidate Parker and
his party Is of no practical consequence.
Mr. Watson did not confine himself to de
nunciation of the Democratic nominee and
party. He asked where the candidate
stands on the tariff, and declares, what
everybody knows to be true, that nobody
can tell Parker's tariff position from any
thing that he said in his speech of ac
ceptance or anything else he ever said.
He also asks, "Where does the Demo
cratic party stand on the labor question?
Can anybody tell?" And then he men
tions Cleveland's attack on Debs In the
labor troubles of 183-i. On the trusts, "Im
perialism" and every other issue of con
sequence he exposes the double dealing of
the Democratic party, and the evasiveness
and trickery of Its candidate. "It seems
to me," said Mr. Watson, "to be the most
amazing piece of effrontery for the Demo
cratic party to go before the American
people and proclaim that for eight years
they have been wrong and the Republic
ans have been right and at the same time
demand that the, crowd which has been
wrong shall be put in the places of those
who have been right It would, indeed, be
. miracle u any such thine should han-
pen, and. so far as I am concerned Tri
hot believe It will happen." Nor does any
otner sane person. This assault on the
Democratic party by- the element of It
which was dominant In the conventions
and In the campaigns of 1S36 and 1900. and
made, too, at the Democratic candidate's
own home, and in the home of the bosses
who put him forward for the nomination
and who would be the chief beneflclariM
by his election, will stand out among the
historically notable events of the can
vass" of 1904.
Christian Plversions.
New York Sun. -"
Excuses for past lynchlnsrs of neeroM
have been made on the ground of tha
slowness of prdsecution and conviction
ana oi toe execution or tne sentence under
the processes of civilized law. They can
not be put forward in defense of the
burning of two negroes in Georgia on
xuesaay. The crime for which these
negroes wero lynched In a fashion' so sav
age was committed less than three weeks
Derore. They were promptly arrested,
their trial was speedy, and on Tuesday.
shortly before the mob seized them, they
were sentenced, to do hanged on Septem
ber 9, or only sh? weeks after the com
mission of their crime. There was no
fear in any mind that they would escape
the gallows, yet "with no effort of any
sort at disguise, men who represented the
wealth and worth of the town joined in
tne worK or leading the mob." "Fat Heht-
wood knots, brushwood and splinters were
piiea waist high about the negroes":
probably 20 gallons of kerosene were
poured over them"; "a man stepped for
ward ana .applied a match"; "the flames
rose over the negroes and they uttered a
simultaneous groan." "Cato seemed to
die harder"; "finally one of the mob
leaned over, and with a bludgeon smashed
Cato's head open." Remember the people
who did all this were not ComanChe In
dians, but respectable white citizens of a
nominally civilized and Christian Georgia
town.
Swell Company.
(Mexican Herald.)
The Democratic party, after years of
wandering on the stony highway of tov-
erty, is now taking lunch on Wall street
with financiers.
Satisfied.
New York Tribune.
Two fellers cum to Sam one day with a.
resident to sell.
One on 'em wore a Jockey can. the otha
you could tell.
By a lookln at the feather a hanjln' from
his hat,
Thet he et peanuts from a bag: and yrax a
Democrat.
Well, Sam he looks 'em over, and he wa'nt
much struck. Sez he,
1 ffuess thet Teddy Roosevelt " '11 be jrood
enough fei me."
"Why. Sam." sez they, "thet man Is rash.
He's lookln fer a scrap."
Sez Jockey, "And fer we rich men he doesn't
care a rap.
No man thet wa'nt impetuous ez an Injun
on a spree
Would a dared- enforce thet blamed trust
law without consultln me."
But Sam. he whistles fer a spell, an' then
he sez. sez he.
1 guess thet Teddy Hoosevelt '11 be rood
enough fer .me."
'As to yer candidate," sez Sam, "they ain't
a bit o' use
In runnln' down the man I got unless va
kin produce
Another thet is better. Now what about
him?" t er he.
Then sez old Feather, smllln', "He ain't done
much ye see.
He's Just been learnln how to talk, so we
thought he'd better stay
An practice on the dog awhile before he
cum away.
He's learnln' how to write some, too. By
gum: he's doin' fine."
It's no kid's job," sniffed Uncle Sam, and
uncle Sam, ses he.
1 guess thet Teddy Roosevelt '11 be good
enough fer me."
T got a man thet, learned to talk some years
ago," sez he.
What's more, he means just what ha sez
an' no mistake, by gee!
Ter candidate may be all right. I ain't
stuck on hlff talk.
But yer blamed platform 'a so blamed thin
I'd hardly dast to walk
Across It; let alone a settln' there & spell.
You've got a ,blg lot yet to prove to change
my. mind; but, well.
They ain't no use In talkln'. Ez I sed be
fore, -by gee I
guess thet Teddy Roosevelt '11 bo good
enough fer me." .
BURNT AT THE STAKE. .
Chicago Tribune.
It has been said In the foreign dis
patches that the Armenians, are about to
ask the United States to be their friend,
and to remonstrate with the Sultan about
tho cruel treatment they are subjected to.
There Is "no doubt that the Turkish troops,
regulars and Irregulars, are behaving in
a barbarous manner in some parts of
Armenia They are klling men, women
and children. They are burning down vil
lages. A strong case can be made out
against Turkey.
But if the United States were to expos
tulate with the Sultan he would have an
answer at hand. He could say that no
Armenians had been tied to a stake,
drenched with kerosene, and then burned
to death, as two negroes were in the
American and Christian state of Georgia
day before yesterday. What reply could
be made to the Sultan? While this coun
try has so many untamed barbarians of
its own, it cannot with decency say much
about the atrocities perpetrated by tha
barbarians of other lands.
The two men who were burned to death
were abhorrent criminals. They deserved
to die and the law had decreed their
death. They had been tried, found guilty
and sentenced to be hanged on 'the 9th
day of next monjh. But. the people in
and near the county seat were not con
tent to wait so long and they grudged
the two negro criminals a comparatively
painless death. So they selected a mode
oi punisnment which once was reserved
for martyrs, but which In the South is
considered fitting for bad negroes.
The lynching of men whose graves were
soon to be dug by the officers of the law
puts a quietus on the explanation that
tha slow processes of the law provoke an
Impatient people into making themselves
executioners. The law was swift enough
in 'this case, but it did not disarm the
lynchers. .Men take the law Into tneir
own hands, as In this case, not so much to
expedite punishment as to have an op
portunity to administer It themselves. Not
even the pleadings of the brother of the
murdered farmer could persuade the
lynchers to desist They were crazy to do
some killing.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, took all
the precautions which he thought were
needed to secure respect for the law. He
ordered militia on duty at Statesboro as
soon as the negro murderers were caught
and was able to prevent their lynching be
fore trial. It was not his fault that Ade
quate precautions were not taken after
trial. He was not responsible for the
unloaded rifles of the militiamen. It re
mains to be seen what he will do or at
tempt to do to vindicate the outraged law
and to wipe out a deep stain on the repu
tation of the state.
Probably there is nothing he can do ex
cept express horror and Indignation. Pub
lic sentiment in the community where
the negroes were burned is such that to
bring any of the lynchers to justice Is im
possible. Thought There'd Be Enough.
Kansas City Journal.
A Columbia woman was recently
reading to her young son the story of
a little fellow whose father was taken
ill and died, after which he set himself
diligently to work to assist in sup
porting himself and his mother.. When
she had finished the story, she asked:
"Now, Tommy, If father were to die
wouldn't you work to keep mamma?"
"Why, no," said the little chap, not
relishing the idea of work. "What
for? Ain't we got a good home to
live in?"
"Oh, yes, my dear," said the mother;
"but we. can't eat the house, you know."
"Well! ain't we xrot Dlentv of thine-
In the pantry?" continued the young
hopeful.
"Certainly, dear," replied the mother,
but they would not last lonsr. and what
then?"
"Well, ma." said the vounar Incorrigi
ble, after- thinking a moment, "wouldn't
there be enough to last until you irot
another husband?"
Origin of Fashion.
Atchison Globe.
jaany tnis bprlng a society woman In
New Tork lost her servant etrl. Sh
was known as a hard woman on servant
girls and she was put on the servant
girls union blacklist She tried for weeks
to hire a servant girl In her kitchen, but
In vain. She was compelled to do her
own kitchen work. Therefore when her
fashionable friends called she had to re
ceive them with her sleeves rolled ud.
The fashionable people thought this must
be a new style, and began anDearlncr on
the streets with their sleeves rolled up.
Thus you have the fashion being practiced
so generally in Atcnison of the fair sex
appearing on the streets with their sleeves
roiled up.
Fish In Crater Lake.
Klamath Falls Republican.
W. F. Arant says that quantities of fish
have been discovered in Crater Lake. Be
fore he came down some of the boys went
out in the boat and as they were leaving
the shore saw several large trout coming
from the deep water, and a few minutes
after there were several more, and then
a large beauty, about 20 Inches long swam
oy. On Sunday the boys went across to
the island and the trout were quite thick
there; so It has been proven that trout
will live and increase in Crater X,ake.
Fish were put in the lake in '87 and sev
eral times since, but this Is the first year
any number have been seen In the waters.
Direct Evidence.
Youth's Companion.
The lawyer shook his finger warningly
at tne witness ana said: "Now. wa want
to hear just what you know; not what
someone else knows, or what you think.
or anything of that kind, but what you
Know, .uo you understand?"
"Wal, I know," said the witness, with
emphasis, as he lifted one limber leg and
laid it across the other, "I know that
Clay Grubb said that Bill Thompson told
him that he heard John Thomas' wife
tell Sid Shuford's gal that her husband
was there when the fight tuk place, and
that he said that tney slung each other
around In the bushes right consld'able."
They Do Not Cut a Figure.
Baltimore World.
"You talk about women being smart,"
said Smithers, "but I notice they don't
cut much of a figure in finance."
"Humph, have you ever heard of any
man any sharper than Hetty Green?"
asked Mrs. Smithers.
"Oh, she's an Isolated case. But a
woman in a financial institution, except
as a stenographer, is an exceDtion "
"Tho day will come when women will
be employed In banks."
"If they ever are they'll be there as
tellers." and then the incident was closed
for half an hour.
You Never Can Tell.
Ella. Wheeler Wilcox.
You never can tell when you send a word-
Like an arrow shot from a bow
By an arpher blind be It cruel or kind.
Just where It will chance to go.
It may pierce the breast of your 'dearest
friend.
Tipped with Its poison or balm;
To a stranger's heart In life's great mart
It may carry Its pain or Its calm.
You never can tell when you do an. act
Just what tho result will be.
But with every deed you are sowing a seed,
i.nougn us harvest you may- not see.
Each kindly act Is an acorn dropped
In God's productive soil;
Though you may not know, yet the tree
shall grow
And shelter tho brows that toll.
You never can tell what your thoughts will
do
In bringing you hate or love;
Tor thoughts are things, and their airy
wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe
Each thing must create Its kind;
And they speed o'er the track to bring you
'back
Whatever wont out from your xalad
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Topic.
I saw some mining delegates tii&y stood around
the door.
They argued, and they squabbled, and thn
they talked some more;
I wondered what the matter was that had
come ua to yex
Men . from East and men from. North, men
from El Paso, Tex.
I guessed It must be something big. some mon
ster mining scheme.
Or news of some rich strike that beat- the
miner's wildest dream. -That's
what I thought until I heard., when
Just about to go,
A fellow holler In the crowd. ."Why,-Jeff 11
EAT Hunroe."
I saw a. crowd at Irvlngton attracted by the
y races, ,
And all of them were arguing,-with anger In
their faces;
The horses start on even terms, the pace ihot
and fast
The grandstand doesn't stop to look as they
go flying past;
Instead the crowd kept arguing, I knew not
what about,
And let the winner's number show-without an
answering shout.
I asked a man what next was good to play, for
win or show;
He looked at me and hoarsely said. "Why.
Jeff CAN'T beat ilunroe."
I met a crowd of baseball fana returning from
the ground.
I saw a thousand business men In streetcars
homeward bound;
Two preachers on the sidewalk and some
teamsters In the street,
A cop upon the corner he might talk but meat
not eat
A score of little newsboys and
white-haired men.
bunch of
A Sheriff and his prisoner a-headed for the
pen; And sure from every knot of men these words
would overflow:
"The champ, will get It In the neck," or
"Won't he KILL, Munroer
Samovar and Samlsen.,.
Our great serial story of the Russo
Japanese War:
(Summary of -previous chunks Michael Pop
08 Falls In and Is Out a Rouble. Disguised
as a Bale of. Hay. he makes his escape from a
Japanese Prison, and Is on his way to Nlu
chwang when there 13 a Terriflc Explosion
and Popoff Is thrown into a Cloud, which
carries Him to St. Petersburg. He wakes the
Czarevitch, and his Fate Is Trembling In the
Balance when Port Arthur Falls. Sliding' Into
the Yellow Sea. Popoff discovers a nine the
sale of which brings him a Fortune, and he
proceeds to Japan to buy a suit of Satsuma
Ware. By settling a disputed race between
Kurokl and Kuropatkln. Popoff wins Great
Honors from the Czar and the Mikado. In the
meantime Count Serge-Suit, the dreaded Chief
of the Third Section, forces his Attentions
upon Mrs. Popoff. Furious at his Rejection.
Count Serge-Suit visits the Popoff cottage, and
raises his pistol. Popoff in the meantime is
reminded of his Wife by a blow on the head,
and plunges Into the Trackless Forests of Cen
tral Wisconsin.)
CHUNK VIIL
Wrapped in his costly moujlk. Popoff
braved the biting blasts of a Wisconsin
Summer, and was rapidly making his way
to New York, thanks to a book on wood
grafting by Seton Thompson Seton and an
O. R. & N. timetable. All was going well
when the daring Cossack met an auto
mobile. By virtue of an iron constitution
steel preferred Popoff was able to leave
the hospital in six months, the automo
bile continuing its Mad Career until ar
rested by Sheriff Brown, of Baker Coun
ty, for exceeding the speed limit. On his
arrival in New York, Popoff took pass
age by the Frenchline for Havre. . On
the voyage he was monopolized by Miss
Standardia Rockflinger, who had inherit
ed the monopoly habit from her Immense
ly wealthy father. She believed Popoff
to be a Grand Duke and made violent
love to him, taking advantage of moon
light evenings to flash her roll uhttl the
Cossack's eyes were popping. '
"I love you ever so much." whispered
the fair Standardia on one occasion.
"You are trifling," answered Popoff.
thinking of his own dear boss at home.
"Trifling!" answered Standardia, "I
love you 51,500,000, cash down on our wed
ding day."
It was soon after this that Popoff, fear
ing lest Standardia should become hope
lessly Infatuated with him, resolved to
end the affair, and when a favorable op
portunity presented itself, he Gently but
Firmly picked up the heiress and dropped
her overboard in mid-ocean. "Better
death than a broken heart," muttered the
Cossack huskily, for beneath his costly
moujlk beat a Warm Heart.
But Standardia did not die. Long fa
miliarity with stocks had made her too
familiar with water, and she was now
more than ever in the swim. She struck
out boldly for New York, and was soon
In the embraces of her father, who,, as
an octupus, was well equipped for squeez
ing. Popoff sailed on and on, although he
suffered from the motion of the vessel
oft and on.-
On landing at Havre he was confronted
by-
(To be Continued.)
It's about time references to contraband
were declared contraband.
The delegates from El Paso don't use
those hats of theirs to talk through.
We have a nice new phone directory
now. but the "line's busy" just as often
as before.
The "Blue Cossacks of the Don" present
at the christening of Czarevitch should
have no monopoly of the title; their com
rades out In Manchuria are probably-
Just as blue.
Apropos of Sheriff Brown's advice -to
Baker County citizens to have obnoxious
laws repealed. It may be remarked that a
law on the statute book i3 Ilka a mus
tard plaster on the chest, easier to put
on than to take off.
An Instance of faithful effort to ''follow
copy" occurred In a New York newspaper
office. Tho reporter, who wrote a very bad
vertical hand, put it down that zigzag flashes of
ugnining played among the clouds, and In th
proof It came out that "310,300 flashes" played
among the clouds. Catholic Standard.
This recalls a similar error that found
its way into the Tacoma News some time
ago. The copy read: "He made goo-goo
eyes at her," but in the paper, because
the reporter put no loop on his gs, it
appeared, "he made 900,900 eyes at her."
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER' JAR;
Maria What be the attractions at the ononr
house, this week. Joshua? Joshua Electric
fans, Maria. Yonkers Statesman.
"Paw, what is the 'Eastern auestlon
"Any headline you see over an Item, of new-
concerning the war in the East, my son."
Chicago Tribune.
"My husband says if you want to h
ful when.you're Ashing you mustn't talk. ' ' "Of
course, that's true." "But suddosr vnifr ,
lng for a compliment?" Philadelphia Press.-
Darling, he asked, "has anv mn ..-..
tried to klos you before?" "Well." sh nrfir.
nantly replied, "do I look like a girl who
wouldn t have to fight them oft?" New York
Herald.
"A man's wealth ought not to ken him Aut
of Jail," aald Plodding Pete. "No," answered
Meandering Mike. "If I had my way I'd' make
it a regular annual resort for de rich. Den It
ua git more comfortable an' luxurion fur us
other boarders." Washington Star, '