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PORTLAND, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20.
"THERE IS NO DANGER."
The ground upon which the eleotlon
of Parker Is sought to be Justified is
that as he (has accepted the gold stand
ard and as his party "would be unable
in any event to carry out its tariff
ideas, -there Is no danger In Democratic
ascendency. President Roosevelt him
self has shown the folly of this con
tention when he said: "Ir" our opponents
should come in and should not reverse
our policies, then they would be brand
ed with the brand of broken faith, of
false promise, of insincerity in word
end deed; and no man can work to the
advantage of the Nation with such a
brand clinging to him. If, on the other
hand, they should come in and. reverse
any or all of our policies, by just so
.much would the Nation as a whole be
damaged."
But there is another answer to the
Democratic plea that the teeth of the
Democratic dog are drawn, and that is
the record of the party itself. In 1896
And In 1900 the Democratic party had
distinct and definite purposes, and
boldly avowed them. There was no
mistake as to the meaning of the Bryan
platforms. But now the party has
adopted the method or policy of eva
elon, indirection, subterfuge, hugger
mugger and concealment. Its leading
spokesmen are in dispute over the
meaning of tihe utterances of the plat
form on the tariff and on the Philippine
Islands. And with ample reason; for
Delphic deliverances never were more
xwifljiguous and uncertain. First, in
tgeneral terms, protective tariff is de
ou need as "robbery"; and then effort
is made to shade this statement, by
saying that only revision and partial
reduction are aimed at. Second, that we
ishould cut loose from the Philippine
Islands, or cut them loose from us; but
ifwe are not to do it till they are fit for
self-government, and then we must
treat the Philippines as we have treat
ed Cuba.
If these are the "issues" of the cam-
ipaign the managers of the Democratic
party are making a colossal effort to
straddle them. On the one hand pro
tectionists are assured by the leading
lights of the party that protection has
nothing to fear from Democratic as
cendency. Parker has put it this way,
and Bailey has put it this way; and the
chorus in this behalf is general. But
we know what the Democratic party
would do with the tariff. It showed us
in 1894, when it made a most odious
protective law, narrowing the benefits
to special and particular interests In
which great syndicates were concerned
making a condition which President
Cleveland denounced as "perfidy and
dishonor," and from which he was con
strained to withhold his approval.
Nevertheless it became a law, greatly
to the satisfaction of the numerous
trusts favored by it; but it was so
sharply repudiated by the people that
the Democratic party has had no stand
ing on the tariff question since.
Thus we find that the kind of "re
form" meant when men talk of it for
example, tariff reform depends on the
wishes, interests, environment and pur.
poses of the reformers. Through the
experience of more than fifty years the
country knows it never can hope to get
tariff reform, or any other reform, out
of the Democratic party. As a party it
has1 no genius for anything but opposi
tion and mischief. In seeking power,
double-dealing has long been its main
reliance, interrupted only when Bryan
carried it for a time over to the side
of Its true instincts. Now again it re
sumes Its old habit of equivocation,
Its leaders reserve for It, with studied
purpose, a chance to take any side on
the tariff, any side on the Philippine
question. Thex6nly thing that could be
depended on, should the party succeed
is the certainty that it would take
course which the country would not ap
prove, and which, moreover, would toe
detrimental to the general welfare.
For this has been the history of the
party full fifty years. Its course has
been uniformly fatuous, often unpatri
otic, not Infrequently the very inspira
tion of mischief and evil. So now, If it
cannot be told from the diverse utter
ances of the party leaders what the
policy of the party on important ques
tions will be, you may 6et it down as a
proballlty verging on certainty that
the policy will be fatuous, shortsighted,
harmful, antagonistic to the judgment
and in the long run to the conscience,
of the country. Such forecast is justi
fled by the history of the party and by
the experience of the country with it
The real "issues" of the present time
therefore are the history and character
of this paxtyL. during fifty years. The
reasons why it has been rejected bo
often and during 60 long a period are
based on estimate of its character, and
estimate of character on its actions.
At short intervals during fifty years
this party has been in power. .Has it
been good for the country? Or In what
good, except to prove beyond cavil that
wouldn't do for the country to
trust It?
BESUL7S AS THEY APPEAR.
The last nine months of preparation
reveal the Lewis and Clark Exposition
in its full scope. As the great white
buildings rise and the grounds round
into shape, the real comprehensiveness
of the Centennial unfolds Itself. In
stead of the State Fair on a large scale
of the original projectors to be held
as an Incident of a monument unveil
ing on Clatsop Beach, we shall have aa
International exposition as representa
tive as It can be made of the life, cus
toms and industries of the principal na
tions. Instead of a show on the street
carnival plan we shall have a big Fair
covering over 400 acres and standing,
when the gates are opened next June,
for a total outlay of not far from
15,000,000. And withal it will be a com
pact Exposition, not a foot of space to
waste, not a dreariness of architecture
to bewilder the mind and tire the eye.
All, including- the splendid exhibit to be
made by the United States Government
itself an exposition may be seen,
studied and fully comprehended in a
week's time. All will be life, action,
demonstration and motion. Therein
will lie its educational value in more
ways than one.
Perhaps the most encouraging sign
to the local management is the change
of feeling that has come over the home
people since the Exposition began to
bloom forth. Portlanders are begin
ning to know the Exposition, to under
stand it, and to appreciate it at Its
true worth. Six months ago they did
not, maybe not three months ago. But
as the work goes forward, as people
realize what great things have been
done for a relatively small amount of
money, doubt has disappeared and con
fidence has taken its place. No longer
is the question "Are you going to have
an Exposition?" That point has been
settled for all time. The Exposition is
nearly upon us, and its success is the
Issue before Portland. Let it not be
forgotten that, no matter what may be
the attendance from the East, the ad
missions that will furnish the gate re
ceipts, support the concessions, meet
the running expenses and make the Ex
position an institutional as well as a
financial triumph must come from the
territory within a radius of 500 miles
from the City of Portland. In this re
gion there is a population of something
short of 2,000,000, but sufficiently large.
If it shall prove to be loyal and enthu
siastic, to put the admissions beyond
the aggregate reached by San Fran
cisco in 1894 and close to Omaha's total
in 1898.
Planned from the beginning to bring
out, make known and exploit the States
west of the Rocky Mountains, the Ex
position will have an educational worth
that time will demonstrate to have been
Its paramount achievement. It will
open the book of the country to an
all too numerous class living In the
busy East, to whom the Custer massa
cre Is an event of yesterday; to whom
Seattle Is the metropolis of Klondike,
San FranclBco the gold-paved metrop
olis of the Pacific, and Portland a far
away city which In the dim, remote
past was honored with a coin flipping
in the choice of its name. It was sug
gested recently to a New York maga
zine editor that he should more closely
study the "West for the business there
was In it. He replied that he thought
he knew the West well enough for all
his purposes. To a further inquiry as
to how far "West he had ever been he
replied, "To Albany, N. T." Nothing
but personal inspection and study at
close range will ever convince that
editor and thousands like him that the
"West is anything except what some of
the early statesmen said it was when
they opposed the acquisition of Louisi
ana and Oregon. There are any num
ber of persons in American life, some
of them high up, too, who cannot see
across the Mississippi River, any more
than Senator "White, of Delaware, could
when he prated 100 years ago about
citizens in Louisiana drifting beyond
the rays of the General Government
Some of these are quite willing to learn.
but many others must be taught, must
have it driven home to them.
The Exposition is the instrument
which we are to use m educating the
East The patriotic or sentimental as
pect is the centennial of the explora
tion of the Oregon Country under the
direction of the President of the United
States. The practical or business side
Is the country on exhibition, the seen
ery, the timber, empires of semiarld
land awaiting Irrigation, unsettled
areas seeking population, ports reach
ing out for world's trade, opportunities
for manufacturing industry and many
other lines that might engage the ac
tlvltles of man. There are very few
people west of the Rocky Mountains
who have not at least a general idea of
the extent and resources of the coun
try in which they live. There are very
few living east of the Mississippi River
who have even a limited Idea of what
there is west of the Rockiest Both
East and "West will profit by meeting
and associating at the Centennial Ex
position next year. The good results
that will follow will not come all In
one year. Long after the gates shall
have been closed the West will be
talked about and lectured about by
those who saw It when It went on dis
play to make Itself known.
THE SEASON'S SHOWING.
Notwithstanding the exceedingly dry
Summer just ended, the agricultural
exhibits at the State Fair last week
were excellent While thrifty farmers
have had much to discourage -them in
dry fields and in gardens literally
thirsting for needed moisture, they
have made a brave showing and withal
a cheerful and comfortable one, being
not only able to live, pay taxes and
make some improvements, but to wear
good clothes attend the state and dls
trlct fairs, and send their children, well
clad, to the school at the beginning of
the Fall term.
Further evidence of what may be
termed general prosperity, in spite of
a rather discouraging season, is shown
In the increased number of young men
and young women who, having finished
accredited preparatory schools, seek en
trance to the State University, State
Agricultural College and other schools
that stand for higher education. From
this direction especially come encour
aging notes of progress along lines that
attest present and make for future
prosperity.
Truly, with our abounding yield of
wheat safely housed, the hop crop gath
ered, cured and. stored, and -both eta-
pies commanding a high price; with an
abundance of fruit rapidly maturing
and the promise of rain in time to in
sure a good yield In potatoes and other
late vegetables, farmers have no great
grievance against fate, even though it
has given them a season of some anxi
ety and discouragement.
We have been wont to say, not boast
fully, but gratefully, and with satisfac
tion, that "crops never fall in Oregon."
So say we still, though? some hopeful
sheaves have proved chaff. And In a
well-fed, well-clad, healthful and happy
agricultural population we find ample
proof of the truth of the assertion.
CLEAN UP.
Now is the very best time to begin
furbishing the city In anticipation of
the Lewis and Clark Centennial. It
will not do to wait until the many
visitors are here. A first-rate start can
be made by getting the city's Winter
wood transferred from street to base
ment An observing citizen reports
that he counted from a Twenty-third-
street car yesterday slxty-slx plies of
cordwood and slabs, every bit of which
obstructs a highway in violation of
municipal ordinance. Some of It was
bought green and has been allowed to
dry during the Summer without a pro
test
No doubt it will surprise most of the
people of Portland to be Informed that
an ordinance passed twenty-one years
ago provides that fifteen hours is the
maximum limit allowed for "storage"
of one cord of wood In the street; that
Is to say, fifteen hours for each cord,
but never more than ten days in the
aggregate. A fine of $5 is the minimum
and $25 the maximum penalty. An
other ordinance makes it the duty of
householders to clear away Immediately
all litter created by sawing and split
ting wood in the street Piling wood
on the sidewalk Is forbidden entirely.
Fear of arrest and fine should be the
smallest Inspiration toward reform. No
minor subject of civic Improvement
is more important than clean streets.
Let us begin it now as a matter of
pride and keep it up not only during
the Fair, but ever afterward. And
after you have done your duty, coax
your neighbor to do his. If he is negli
gent, use more coaxing; then, abuse
him. In case neither hard nor soft
words suffice, put the law on him. But
this Is a contingency hardly worth
while to consider.. Let the carping
critic recall the miles on miles of con
crete sidewalk laid in the past two
years through pride, not municipal re
quirement. And now is also a good time to pre
pare the soil for more rose bushes. The
planting season begins the middle of
October and all work should be finished
a month later. A two-year-old buBh
planted this Fall in rich earth will bear
beautifully next June. PerhapB many
residents will want varieties that bloom
late in the Summer as well. All over
town the past two months, despite the
dry season, there have been exposed to
view hedges of a most beautiful pink
rose. This is the Caroline Testout,
which grows nowhere else In such per
fection as in Western Oregon.
A WORTHY.' EFFORT.
A sanitarium for the treatment and
teaching of slightly subnormal and
delicate children was organized in Chi
cago in 1899. The need that existed for
an institution of that kind is shown in
the statement that from the very first
more children were presented for ad
mission than could be received. Dur
ing the Interval of less than five years
400 children have been examined; of
this number about fifty have been
treated, with results that show the
wonderful curative and educational
value of the methods employed.
This work Is at once humane and
practical. Fully 75 per cent of the chil
dren examined were suffering from
malnutrition and anemic disorders in
the control of which "knowledge is
power." The discouraging feature of
the work undertaken is not its pecuni
ary cost though this is not easily met
but In the stolid and therefore hope
less Ignorance of parents and other
caretakers of children. Contemplating
this, one may realize fully the truth of
the declaration that to reform children
In a physical as well as in a moral
sense It is necessary to begin with their
ancestors.
This beginning, let us hope, is being
witnessed, to a limited extent, for a
distant generation in the work of this
sanitarium. While the Impression that
Its teachings will be able to make upon
the mass is now imperceptible, it will
no doubt be stamped In lives of In
creased usefulness In Individual cases
in the more or less distant future.
Such effort, of course, does not touch
the real root of the evil. This lies in
the mistake, not to say crime, of bring
ing children Into the world when un
able to endow them, physically at least,
for the battle of life, which each Indi
vidual must fight for himself. The time
will probably come when this phase of
the question will receive more practical
consideration than is possible under
present conditions of thought In the
meantime, ignorance will babble of
"race suicide," making a play upon the
words to suit its own fancy, and go on
producing children who appeal to hu
manity and philanthropy for "a chance
In the world," which these forces strive
vainly to give In lieu of birthright. As
the best that can be done to correct an
evil that has its foundations deep in
irresponsible parentage, this effort is
commendable. The niche that It fills in
the human economies 13 small, but It Is
filled worthily and with some power of
expansion.
MAGAZINES SANS CONTRIBUTORS.
Of the making of magazines there is
no end, and it requires something un
common in the cover of one today to
attract the attention of .the casual
reader. The frenzied competition of
dozens of September periodicals there
fore caused us to overlook the latest
Issue of the Cosmopolitan, which Is ed
ited by the many-worded John Brlben
Walker. Mr. Walker's magazine pre
sents a cover of white and gold, embel-
nsnea wim a picture snowing a
mosquey-looklng building, in front of
which floats a boat resembling a cross
between a naphtha launch and a gon
dola. Above the picture appears In
large letters the legend "World's Fair."
Now if there Is one subject that Is more
threadbare than another, the World's
Fair is distinctly It Consequently the
magazine was committed to the depths
of the waste-basket, although it was
the pioneer of a movement that may
revolutionize the making of magazines,
and it was not until a circular from
the office of the Cosmopolitan was re
ceived that the copy was dug up again
and its epochal character duly recog
nized. After referring to the number of
copies printed, the circular continues:
"Mr. Walker has demonstrated that he
can, single-handed the entire tnaga-
zlne of twenty-five articles was from
hl3 pen command a constituency of
the most extraordinary character."
Prodigious I In his twenty-five arti
cles Mr. Walker covers such diverse
subjects as "The Education of the
World," "The Boer War," 4The Walled
City of Jerusalem In St. Louis," "Sci
entific Agriculture," "The Art of Gov
erning Peoples," and "The Pike." Man
kind Is surveyed by Mr. Walker from
China to Peru, and the panting Eskimo
is depicted by the pantless Igorrote.
No subject Is too technical, no sideshow
too jejune, for his comprehensive pen,
or, stay, tongue would be a better word
than pen, for we read In an Introduc
tory confidence that "the editor of the
Cosmopolitan went to St. Louis at the
close of June, accompanied by two
stenographic secretaries and a staff
photographer. Securing the assistance
of the chiefs of the several divisions,
. . . it was possible to cover, during
the eleven days occupied in the work,
practically every department in the ex
position. . . . Each day up to sunset
was devoted to an examination of ex
hibitsafter that time, to the various
shows of the Pike." Further we read
that the "articles were dictated In the
midst of the exhibits." The editorial
rooms were transferred to the scene 6f
action, and a valuable stimulus given
the antiquated editors of Harper's, the
PCentury and other musty periodicals.
And mark the nice division of time.
Every day until sunset, to the exhibits;
the evenings, made for pleasure, to the
Pike. We can see the editor of the Cos
mopolitan rapidly dictating to his dis
tracted "stenographic secretaries" his
opinion of Paloma, the Spanish dancer,
and of Fatlma, the Circassian beauty.
And on the eleventh day, when the last
notes for the last article had been
taken, and sunset had put the closure
In force, with what abandon must the
editor, the stenographic secretaries and
the staff photographer have devoted
themselves to the crepuscular Pike.
If Henry Mills Alden, to select an
editor at random, has any spirit of em
ulation, he will signalize his thirty
sixth year in charge of Harper's by
showing what he can do, single-handed,
even if he hesitates to go to the front
with a corps of stenographic secretaries
and staff photographers. He might,
without leaving -the dinky little office
which he has occupied since 1869, get
out an issue of Harper's with an up-to-date
table of contents something Ilka
this:
Murvcr Grace's Ickle Baby H. M. Alden
The Stepson of Royal Longbreath. Chap.
XX........ Henry M. Alden
Beehives In Truscan Art H. MHls Alden
O Holy Smoke, the Wooing of a Geisha
Henry Mills Alden
lea Daisy; the Life-Story of a Maiden
m Ant . H. M. A.
Ten Minutes In Russia..... Henry M. A.
The Editor's Folding Bed H. Mllla A.
This would display commendable en
terprise, and nobody could find fault
with it, except, perhaps, the short-,
story writers.
The prophets of financial disaster to
all World's Fairs are getting some
hard jolts these days, even at St. Louis.
The exposition authorities a week ago
paid into the United States Subtreasury
another half million dollars on account
of the Government loan of $4,600,000,
making nearly $3,000,000 already paid.
To this something like $500,000 more
must be added for the receipts of
Wednesday and Thursday, "St Louis
day" the great day of the fair. As the
best eleven weeks of the fair season
yet remain, It Is 'fiasy now to see that
the loan can be paid long ahead of time,
and that a large sum of money will yet
be accumulated to divide among the
stockholders. Of these the 'United
States Government Is the largest, hav
lng Invested $5,000,000 In the enterprise
on the same terms as the individual
holders. It Is too early yet to figure
out the exact nercentosre likely to be
returned on 'their investment; but the
probability now is that the fair will go
on record as not only the largest ever
Known, out as, having made to Its
stockholders a better return than any
previously held. It is not at all un
likely that the Lewis and ciark Expo
sltlon at Portland will be able to make
some such favorable showing.
J. H. Ackerman, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, is indefatigable
In his efforts to secure an Increase In
the salaries of teachers throughout the
state. From the standpoint of Mr. Ack
erman, the schoolteacher is underpaid,
his or her compensation falling below
that of the farmhand or the laborer in
unskilled vocations. If this estimate Is
correct, a readjustment of teachers'
salaries Is Imperatively demanded. The
forces that Mr. Ackerman cites as
necessary to overcome before this read
justment can be secured are, It must
be admitted, hard to conquer. These
he presents as "the unwilling taxpayer,
who objects to the already high taxes,
and the farmer, who figures that his
hired man is paid only $30 a month
while the teacher gets $40." These, cer
tainly, are forces to be reckoned with,
since they control the funds from which
the salaries are drawn.
The "vision box", as auxiliary to tele
phone service will prove a blessing or
otherwise, according to circumstances
To the extent that it betrays the im
pertinent poacher on the "party line"
to the subscriber who pays for ser
vice and is entitled to It, it will be an
Instrument of a long-needed and great
ly desired reform. The man, however,
who is called from hi3 bath or bed to
answer the summons of his telephone,
the weary housewife who has not yet
found time to brush her halr and the
disheveled damsel who wants above all
things to look her best to the swain
who says sweet things to her "over the
phone," will hesitate before takln
down the receiver and turning on the
searchlight.
The recent death of Harvey R. Hill,
of the East 6de, was a peculiarly sad
ono, representing as It did the baffled
hopes and purposes of a life that was
ordered In strict accord with duty as
he saw and Interpreted it His purpose
to enter the ministry was pursued In
the face of great obstacles for years
and he broke down In health perma
nently before hl3 first year's work as
pastor of rural flock was completed.
An exemplary, studious and purposeful
young man, the frustration of his plans
for usefulness by 111 health and a trag
ical death Is sincerely deplored by all
who knew him.
The epidemic of suicide continues. Its
germs are widespread. The latest case
Is that of a farmer in Lane County, a
man in good health and comfortable
circumstances, who, though SO years
old, could not bide Nature's time, but
secured his exit by hanging himself In
his barn. The depression caused by the
heavy pall of smoke that hangs low
over the entire Pacific Northwest
generally accredited as the carrier of
the germs of self-destruction that have
been- bo active, in th past two -seeks.
MAXIMS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
No man is happy if he does not work.
,.
Daylight la a powerful discourager of evil.
The shots that count In battle are the shots
that hit.
Righteousness finds weakness but a poor
yoke-fellow.
It Is almost as harmful to be a -virtuous
fool as a knave.
s
A lie la no more to bo excused In politics
than out of politics.
The sinews of. virtue lie In man's capacity
to care for what Is outside himself.
Demagogic denunciation of wealth la never
wholesome, and la generally dangerous.
It Is almost as necessary that our policy
ahpuld be stable as that It should be wise.
Far and away the best prise that life offers
Is the chance" to work hard at work worth
doing.
People show themselves Just as unfit for lib
erty whether they submit to anarchy or to
tyranny.
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In the long run the roost disagreeable truth
Is a safer companion than the most pleasant
falsehood.
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The well-being of the wageworker la a prime
consideration of our entire policy of economic
legislation.
Of courts the worth of a promise consists
purely In the way In which the performance
squares with it
It promises are violated. If plighted word ts
not kept, then those who have failed In their
duty should be held up to reprobation.
The men who demand the impossible or the
undesirable serve as the allies of the forces
with which they are nominally at war.
The faculty, the art, the habit of road-build
ing marks In a nation those solid, stable Qual
ities which tell for permanent greatness.
If we show ourselves weaklings, we will
earn the contempt of mankind, and what la
of tar more consequence our own contempt.
The adoption of what is reasonable in the
demands of reformers Is the surest way to
prevent the adoption of what Is unreasonable.
The Government cannot supply the lack in
any man of the qualities which must deter
mine in the last resort the man's success or
failure.
Any really great nation must be peculiarly
sensitive to two things: Stain on the National
honor at home, and disgrace to the national
arms abroad.
Tou cannot put a stop to or reverse the in
dustrial tendencies of the age, but you can
control and regulate them and see that they
do no harm.
Wherever a substantial monopoly can be
shown to exist we should certainly try our ut
most to devise an expedient by which It can
be controlled.
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We have in our scheme of government no
room for the man who does not wish to pay his
way through Hie by what he doea for himself
and for the community.
As a nation, if we are to be true to our past.
we must steadfastly keep these two positions
to submit to no Injury by the strong and to
Inflict no injury on the weak.
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The man or the woman who seeks to bring
up his or her children with the Idea that their
happiness Is secured by teaching them to avoid
difficulties Is doing them a cruel wrong.
Wisdom untempered by devotion to an ideal
usually means only that dangerous cunning
which is far more fatal In Its ultimate effects
to the community than open violence itself.
Legislation to be thoroughly effective for
good must proceed upon the principle of aim
ing to get for each man a fair chance to al
low him to snow the stuff there is in him.
The Western half of the United Statea would
sustain a greater population than - that of our
whole country today If the waters that now
run to waste were saved and used for irrtga-
tion.
Finally we must keep ever In mind that a
republic such as ours can exist only by virtue
of the orderly liberty which cornea through
the equal domination of the law over all men
alike.
The first great object of the forest reserves
Is, of course, the first great object of the
whole land policy of the United States the
creation of homes, the favoring of the home-
maker.
The spirit of lawlessness grows with what It
feeds on. and when mobs with impunity lynch
criminals for one cause, they are certain to
begin to lynch real or alleged criminals for
other causes.
Among the benefactors of the land her (the
mother) place must be with those who have
done the best and the hardest work, whether
as lawgivers or as eoldlers, whether in public
or private life.
The living can best show their respect for
the memory of the great dead by the way in
which they take to heart and act upon the
lereons taught by the lives which made these
dead men great.
Oh, how often you see some young fellow
who boasts that he is going to "see life,"
meaning by that that he is going to see that
part of life which it is a thousandfold better
should remain unseen!
I desire to see in thin country the decent
men strong and the strong men decent, and
until we get that combination in pretty good
shape we are not going to be by any means
as successful as we should be.
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Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and
keep ourselves armed and ready. If we do
these things, we can count on the peace that
comes to the Just man armed, to the Just man
who neither fears nor Inflicts wrong.
The question of the municipal ownership of
these franchises (Traction, etc), cannot bo
raised with propriety until the governments of
all municipalities show greater wisdom and
virtue than has been recently shown.
If you are worth your salt and want your
children to be worth their salt, teach them that
the life that is not a Ufa of work and effort Is
worthless, a curse to the man or woman lead'
leg it, a curse to those around him or her.
The man who counts -Is not the man who
dodges work, but he who goes out Into life
rejoicing as a strong man to run a race,
girding himself for the effort, bound to win
and wrest triumph from difficulty and dis
aster.
Fundamentally, the unscrupulous rich man
who seeks to exploit and oppress those who
are less well off la in spirit not opposed to.
but identical with the unscrupulous poor man
who desires to plunder and oppress those who
are better off.
The great corporations which we have grown
to speak of rather loosely aa trusts are the
creatures of the state, and the state not only
has the right to control them, but It Is In
duty 'bound to control them wherever the need
of such control Is shown.
I want to sea every man able to hold hla
own with the strong, and also ashamed to
oppress the weak. I want to sea each young
fellow able to do a man's work In the world
and of a type which will not permit imposition
to be practiced upon him.
We must insist upon the strong, virile vir
tues; and we must insist no lesa upon tho
virtues of self-restraint, self-mastery, regard
for th rights of others; we must show our
abhorrence of cruelty, brutality, and corrup
tion. in public and In private life alike.
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Probably the large majority of the fortunes
that now exist In this country have been
amassed, not by Injuring mankind, but as an
Incident to the conferring of great benefits on
tho community whatever tho conscious pur
pose of those amassing them may have been.
There never has been devised, and there
never will be devised, any law which will
enable a man to succeed save by the exercise
of those qualities which have always been the
prerequisites of success the qualities of hard
work, of keen Intelligence, of unflinching will,
It behooves all men of lofty soul, fit and
proud to belong to a mighty nation, to see to
It that we keep our position In the world; for
our proper place Is with the great expanding
peoples, with the peoples that dare to be great,
that accept with confidence a -place of leader
. ship in the world
DEFENDERS OF THE CONSTITUTION
New Tork Sun.
The East Side Constitutional Club, of
which Rosey, the lawyer. Is the president.
formally organized Itself yesterday in the
Interests of Judge Parker and took other
action toward protecting the Constitu
tion. Rosey was elected permanent presi
dent; J. Choate Pearlman, vice-president;
Blackstone Kent Cohen, secretary, and
Spike Rosenblatt, assistant secretary.
The Essex Market Bar Association was
well represented at the meeting. Rosey
himself, of course, was the principal
speaker.
"Gentlemen," he said, "those down-town
lawyers must not be allowed to get all
the credit of saving the Constitution. Us
lawyers over here have good reason to
know that we have suffered from a disre
gard of the Constitution. "Why, the other
day in our dear old Essex Market Court
I was defending a man who gave a bloke
a black eye. When I asked the guy that
had the eye, which eye my client had hit
him in, the Judge ruled the question out
on the ground that It was obvious and im
material. If I had been let alone I might
have got the guy to pick out the wrong
eye. and then the case would have been
thrown out. I told the Judge that the
Constitution protected me in cross-exami
nations and he replied by getting strenu
ous with his gavel."
"And how about that bulldog case of
mine?" remarked Blackstone Kent Cohen.
"My client stole the dog and it had no
collar on. The client put a collar on him
and the owner met the dog and had my
man arrested. In the court the dog ran
to the owner and the Judge- decided the
case by giving the dog to the owner. I
raised the constitutional point that a dog
running wild was a wild animal and any
man who gave him a collar and put the
collar on him was the owner de facto. I
told the Judge that it was the common
English law, and ho chased me and tho
dog out of court."
"Well, there was that case or mine,"
said another barrister. "A client of mine
had a grudge against a restaurant-keeper
in East Broadway, and as he wanted to
get hunk he hired me to get the restau
rant man in hock. I took along two reg
ular witnesses one night and we ordered
broiled live lobsters, which cost me just
$2,25.
"The next day I go to court and ask
for warrant for the restaurant-keeper on
the charge of cruelty to animals. I take
my law library along and want to show
the Judge that a lobster Is an animal and
broiling it alive Is cruelty.- I Intended to
Invoke my constitutional rights in this
case, but he chases me. And on the way
out one of the hired minions of tho law
remarks that I'm the only lobster in the
case."
"That goes to show you," observed Ro
sey, "that there is getting to be a disregard
of the Constitution, and it is growing
every day. The minute us lawyers cannot
be protected by the Constitution then we
lose our identity. Without the Constitu
tion we have to get down to a level of
winking at the Judgo or spending money
to pull off the complaints."
Hurrah for the Constitution!" shouted
Spike Rosenblatt, carried away with en
thuslasm, and the cheers were given with
a will.
Among the laymen not members of the
bar who enrolled in the club yesterday
were Pete the Barber, Fiddles Finkelstein,
Professor Mendelsohn, the corn doctor;
Long Reach Reagan, who only returned
yesterday from the Sullivan chowder;
Pigeon Miller, Stitch McCarthy, Cross
eyed Senftman, Joe Cohen, president of
the Allen-street Literary Club; Diamond
Charlie . Kramer, Captain Charlie Solo
mon, Colonel George Greenberg and Gin
ger McGinnis, the only Irish pushcart ped
dler on the East Side.
The club will hold a mass meeting In
few weeks in the rear of Martin En
gel's saloon in Essex street.
TEN YEARS OLDER.
Davis Seems to Be Aging From Cam
paign Work.
New York Mail.
Henry Gassaway Davis was up before
breakfast at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel and
gave an interview which two hours later
escaped his memory. When it was gone
over with him point by point, however,
he recalled that he might have given it,
but was not clear on the matter.
The interview' in question was as fol
lows :
"I am hero to see Mr. Taggart, Mr.
Belmont, Mr. Sheehan and Mr. Gorman
for a conference and for instructions. Mr.
Gorman will arrive late this afternoon
and we may have a conference tonight.
Tho situation in West Virginia needs no
comment now, as we are hardly organized
there. I may go to Esopus before I re
turn to West Virginia, but I am not cer
tain of it."
Then President Roosevelt's letter of ac
ceptance was brought to the attention of
the venerable candidate and it was
learned that ho had read only part of the
document,
"I started to read it," he said, "but it
Is so long that It would have been better
if it had been Issued in serial form. It
seems to cover all tho points of the cam
paign, but I think the President ha3 vio
lated to the extent of editorializing."
In order that Mr. Davis might elucidate
as to what had been violated and as to
why editorializing was not according to
Hoyle, a second Interview was had in tha
parlors of the Fifth-Avenue Hotel.
This is the second interview:
"Mr. Davis, would you object to eluci
dating a portion of your statements in the
interview you gave earlier today?"
"Interview? Interview? I recall none,"
he replied, and then his first statement
was repeated to him.
"Well, I may have said that; yes, I
guess I might have said a little. I believe
I said something about President Roose
velt's letter."
He appeared confused, but smiled pleas
antly and. asked that he might bo ex
cused to fill his appointment at national
headquarters.
It was remarked that the candidate did
not look so fresh and so well as on his
previous visits to this city after his nom
ination. His ruddiness of cheek was
missed and about his eyes were tho cir
cles of weariness. But his pleasant smile
was there and he was very' affable to tho
callers who were able to get to him.
When he was here before the remark
concerning his appearance was:
"He looks moro llko GO than SO years
old."
Today the comment was: "Mr. Davis
seems more like 70 than 0."
The change in his appearance was
ascribed to the wear and tear of the cam
paign. Mrs. Donald McLean's Daughter.
New York Press.
One of the most admired young women
in Lenox is Miss Bessie McLean, whose
clever mother, Mrs. Donald McLean, is
better known in clubdom than In the
world of fashion. The McLeans, mother
and daughter, are at Shadowbrook Inn.
Miss McLean is pretty and piquant and is
rather of tho athletic, type. In recent
years tho McLeans have come to the fore
through Mrs. Clarence A. Postley and her
daughter. The Postleys are intimate with
the McLeans, and as the former family
owns a house in Fifth avenue and count
less carriages and automobiles, this
proved an aid to the McLeans, who live
in Lenox avenue. What the McLeans lack
In mansions and equipages is made up by
the standing of the old family. Mrs. Mc
Lean is a Ritchie of Virginia. One of her
cousins married Miss Maiony, whose wed
ding in Spring Lake in June was some
thing magnificent.
His Fatal Mistake.
' Chicago News.
Simpklns Tou don't seem to havo gained
any fie3h during your vacation.
Tlmpklns No; I made tho mistake ol
passing my vacation in New Jersey.
Simpklns What's wrong with New Jer
sey? TlmnWTieWIir fA!tt nt T niif nn
jfiesh the mosquitoes carried It off.
v i0TE ANDC0MMENT.
'Most everything at St. Louis should be
gin to look up, now that the airship races
are to begin.
Cold weather is reported from Thibet,
but it will be a colder day still when the
peaceful mission gets left.
Pronunciation is largely a matter of
taste, of course, but doesn't It Jar your
teeth loose to hear Ouida's vlvandlere
called CIgareet.
From . Kurokl down, the Japanese sol
diers are said to be ardent anglers, and
they are also said to be unusually truth
ful. Which of the3e statements is cor
rect? This ad from yesterday's paper shows
that Russell Sage has not all the prudence
In America:
A STEADY. CAPABLE TOUNG MAN DS-
slres meeting lady with means, matrimo
nially Inclined; age no object.
Some papers are still running articles
on "Dainty Meals Without Meat," "Sub
stitutes for Beef" and "Wheat Beats
Meat," evidently forgetting that Winter
approaches and the meat strike is over.
Probably more words have been used
to indicate the condition of tips In ess than
any other. In the Creevey papers, the
author speaks of getting "bosky" with
Sheridan, an expression that is yet occa
sionally heard.
"Down under" soma 200 young women
of Sydney, N. S. W., rushed upon tho
platform when Padexewsld finished play
Ins, and threw their arms about his neck.
Kubelik's idea of bringing over his twins
appears to lose none of its -brilliance in
the light of this episode.
A commission appointed by the French
government to investigate the wickedness
of the -oyster has found that tha oyster
has no wickedness to bo investigated, and
declares that he or she cannot transmit
any disease to human beings. There are
no half measures about the oyster; ho (or
she) is either a monster of crime or an
angel of light.
Judge Parker's bull terrier, "Teddy
Roosevelt," appears to lack tha energy
of his namesake. Great things had been
expected of him during the campaign, but
It must bo confessed that he has signally
failed as a votegetter up to the present.
And what has become of Peter, tho red
polled bull? Tut, tut, Judge, don't think
Taggart a gasoline-less automobile, when
there is such Inaction at Rosemount.
Poetry, patriotism and progress go hand
In hand. Oregon, which fondly thinks she
Is flying with her own wings, is in reality
helped along by tho viewless wings of
poesy. As the Kansas City Star says:
Oregon has a poet that is winning fame hand
over fist. His latest effusion appeared In the
Holt County Sentinel and was called "Beauti
ful Oregon." It follows In part:
"Her churches are nice
And gossiping women quiet as mica.
Her people have excellent health
And plenty of wealth.
Her business men all thrive
And the Holt County Sentinel is still alive.
If you're seeking a home
From which never to roam
Why to Oregon, won't you come?"
That was written about an Oregon in
Missouri, but it applies to this Oregon
Just as truly.
The capacity of tho German Emperor
was never better shown than during the
recent maneuvers, when, as Commander
of the Blue Army, he beat the Red, and
as Commander of the Red, beat the Blue.
These two victories show that mere
chanca had nothing to do with the Em
peror's success. Had he beaten the Red
Army twice with the Blue, it might be
argued by detractors that his achievement
was rendered possible by the superior
quality of tha Blues, but when he changes
armies, as a jockey might change mounts,
and romps In a winner with both, it would
be folly to deny his generalship. The only
field where such abilities could find scope
at present Is Manchuria. Were the Em
peror to take Kuropatkin's place for a
week and Oyama's for another, the ques
tion of Russian and Japanese military
qualities would be settled forever.
M. Dujardln, of the Conservatory of Mu
sic, Paris, recently saw two men fighting
in front of his house. Having heard, no
doubt, that music will soothe tho savaga
breast,, he determined to put the theory to
a practical teat, and went out with his
violin. As soon as he began to play, one
of tho men stabbed tho musician so badly
that the unfortunate peacemaker was
taken to a hospital In a dying condition.
It is hard to say what this incident
teaches, but wo wouldn't mind importing,
if the contract labor law were not in tha
way, the guilty man and his knife for usa
against the planoplayer in tho flat balow.
While on tho subject of piano-playing, it
may be noted that one William Frost
played 17 hours without a stop on August
31, In Hull. White refreshing the inner
man, Frost played away with hl3 loft
hand. Thi3 appears to beat Billy Bax
ter's "professor" who could blow the foam
off a tub o suds and drink it without
losing a note.
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
llrs. Knlcxer And was the ruling passion
strong in death? Mrs. Bocker Tea, she wished
to be buried in South Dakota. New York Sun.
Meekly Tes, we're going to move to Swamp
hurst. Doctor But the climate there may dis
agree with your wife. Meekly It wouldn't
dare! Philadelphia Press.
Biggs Skinner tells me that he ia making all
kinds of money these days. DIggs All but one
kind, perhaps. Biggs What's the exception.
Dlggs The proverbial honest dollar. Chicago
News.
"Do you pull teeth without pain?" asked tha
sufferer. "Well, not alwaye," answered tho
truthful dentist. "About six weeks ago I
sprained my wrist while pulling a tooth and It
pains me yet occasionally." Chicago News.
Mrs. Housekeep Yea, I'm going to take the
chlidren away to the country for a few weeks.
Mrs. Naybor You'll take your servant girls
along with you. of course? Mrs. Housekeep
Certainly not! I need a rest myeelf. Philadel
phia Press.
Blnks I wish they would cut out theai bal
lad singers at the vaudeville. They make me
tired. Jinks Well, you might get somebody
to remove their ncees. Then they wouldn't
have anything to sing through. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
"So you don't mind my piano-playing, Mr.
Skorcher?" said the girl next door. "Not at
all," replied Skorcher; "I like It beet, though,
when you're coasting." "When I'm coasting''''
"Yes; when you kep your feet off the pedals."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Where is Mr. Soke. James?" a3ked the
caller of that genial gentleman's servant. "In
hie room, sir." "Getting drunk, I suppose?"
"No, sir. I'm surprised at you. elr. saying
such a thing. He's getting sober." Cincin
nati Commercla.1 Tribune.
Caller Why. I'm Irish. Bobby; I was real
ly born In Ireland. Bobby Oh! you're in
disguise, then. Caller In disguise? Bobby
Sure! You ain't got any red chin whis
kers nor aj pipe stickin In your hat. Phila
delphia Press.
"I see the Russians have decided to win
by tiring the Japs out." "Yes. I once knew
a man who thought he'd do that with a
bulldog that had secured a grip on his leg.
But he Anally decided that it would only be
wastlmr tixn:" Chicago Record-Herald.