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PORTLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1904,
THE SLAUGHTER IN MANCHURIA.
He was a poet of very gentle nature,
yet 'a close observer and profound
thinker, who said that "armies arrayed
for mutual slaughter" were "God's most
dreaded instruments for working out a
pure intent." "Tea," continued the
poet, ''carnage is God's daughter.
"With the carnage In-the battles of Man
churia could he witness it the 'maker
of such "three-piled hyperboles" cer
. tainly would be satisfied. Some detail
ef the reports of losses in the awful
struggle between the Russians and Jap
anese about the Shakhe River is now
coming forth to the knowledge of the
world. The Japanese, who remained In
possession of the vast field of battle,
extending over a front of more than
twenty miles, report that they have
buried 10,550 Russian dead; and It Is
supposed the Russians succeeded in re
moving not a few. The number of
wounded is matter of conjecture; but
it is found that -with modern arms it is
greater. In proportion to those actually
killed, than in former times; for the
modern rifle, with its. small bullet at
' high velocity, makes a clean cut, and
greater numbers than formerly are but
slightly wounded. The Japanese est!
mate the total casualties of the Rus
sians In this battle, which continued
several days, at 60,000; but they make
no report upon their own losses, nor
permit any Information to be sent out
about them. This policy is pursued
chiefly with the purpose of withholding
information from their enemies, of
which they might take advantage; and
also possibly with a view of avoiding
distress or consternation at home. On
their side the Russians pursue a policy
much the same. As to their own losses,
they give out no specific figures; and
since they have not held the fields of
battle they can only guess what the
Japanese losses have been. They say,
however, these losses must have been
as great or nearly as great as their
own a conclusion probable enough
since the Japanese In most of the fight
ing were the assailants.
It is probable, therefore, that the casual
ties In both armies at this battle were
100,000. perhaps more. There has been
nothing like It since the "Battle of the
Nations," at Leipsic, In October, 1813
when the Allies lost 54,000 men, and the
French 42,000 killed and wounded arid
SO.000 prisoners. These losses, as those
of the recent battle, were the result of
several days' continuous struggle. The
most terrible of all contests of a single
day was that of Borodino, in September,
1812, when the killed and wounded of
the two armies reached a total of 90,000
some estimates as high as 100,000
about equally divided between the
French and Russians. The losses of the
present war, therefore, are not with
out parallel; but they have not been
equalled since the days of Napoleon. At
Gravelotte the German killed were 4500
and the wounded over 20,000. The
French loss in this severest battle of
the latest war between Germany and
France was similar. At our Gettysburg
the Federal killed numbered 3063; the
Confederate killed, 3803. The number
of wounded in the two armies approxi
mated 40,000. These were-heavy losses,
for a battle in which not more than
150,000 men participated. In the recent
struggle at Shakhe River the combat
ants were probably more than twice as
many.
But, great as has been the slaughter
in these battles between Japanese and
Russians, more desperate struggles,
with greater losses, are liky to ensue.
On neither side has the supreme effort
yet been made. Every energy has been
employed to. the "utmost to strengthen
the position of either army and to bring
up reinforcements. The armies now
facing each other can number hardly
less than 400,000, and may exceed 500,000
men. On both sides there Is a spirit of
desperate courage, and a fatalistic
tenacity. The men go Into battle -ilttle
troubled with the thought whether they
are to come out of It or not. Russia has
thrown herself into a position which
she feels bound .by her history and her
pretensions to maintain at any cost;
and Japan has staked her existence on
her effort to check her adversary. Such
a." situation, from which neither party
can recede without surrender of Its
place In the world of nations, Is a bitter
satire on the propositions of a Peace
Congress. Russia indeed has no just
right to be In Manchuria; but she Is
there, and her pride will not permit her
to retire; while Japan sees that she
must push Russia out pf Manchuria or
toe slowly strangled by the pressure of
jaussla on China and Corea, and then
directly on herself. Russia "will not
quit, and Japan therefore .must fight.
So the news of the next general slaugh
ter Is awaited shocking as it is to the
mild philanthropists of the world's
peace commissions to see dogged war
bristling his angry crest and snarling
in the gentle eyes of peace, in so fierce
a fashion.
AT LARGE ON -THE HIGH SEAS.
Startling news Is presented this
morning, In the report of the attack
made by the Russian naval frce from
the Baltic on an English fishing fleet
off Hull, on the northeast coast of Eng
land, In the North Sea. It was doubt
less a result of blundering stupidity;
but ft Is an astounding piece of, news.
The only possible way of accounting for
it is on the supposition that the Rus
sian Captains .supposed these fishing
smacks to be Japanese gunboats or tor
pedo-boats, lying in wait for the Rus
sian fleet. But stupidity so dense would
be a wonder indeed.
It becomes highly interesting to know
what the British government will think
about it, or what action It will take.
On the only possible supposition, name
ly, that the Russians thought the fishing
boats Japanese vessels, the consequence
follows that Great Britain may notify
Russia that her naval officers are too
Ignorant or too stupid to be permitted
at large on the high seas; when might
follow action vigorous and decisive by
the naval forces of Great Britain.
The .fact is that England is the nat
ural ally of Japan and ought to protect
Japan. It Is England's most effective
way of checking Russia. That England
will be drawn Into this war has been
from the first widely believed. The
most probable way Is through Russia's
own inconsiderate action. "When she
lets loose her Baltic fleet, after, the man
ner of Spanish knight-errantry, to at
tack everything on the high sea, as Don
Quixote made war on windmills, car
riers and flocks of sheep, trouble Is
likely, to ensue. It is an offence with
out a recent parallel.
The time has arrived, anyway, when
Russia should get a check: and the
fight that Japan Is putting up is Eng
land's fight as well as her own.
Russian warships have stopped com
merce from our own Pacific ports to
the Orient. They have held up British
merchantmen In the Mediterranean.
Now they attack British fishing vessels
In the North Sea. And now. the ques
tion Is whether Russian war vessels
should be'allowed to run at large, any
where. It is for Great Britain to act.
If our Government should remonstrate
against any outrage, we should have an
appeal from the leathern lungs of our
"'peace sneaks," who "want our nose
pulled,, against the "big. stick." But, if
we elect'Parker, we can cheerfully ac
cept any Indignity apd humbly ask for
more treatment of the same kind. The
need of this country is. Invertebrates In
Its affairs. Let us have no naval force,
It will only get us Into trouble; and It
causes Judge Parker and his party to
rail about expenses.
HARD LOT OF THE TREACHER.
How many of those who sat in the
pews, of Oregon churches yesterday
realized the magnitude of the task set
by the congregations for the men who
occupied the pulpits? Take a moment's
time this morning to think it over. Pos
sibly half of the people "who went to
church found the sermons "dry," and
there were thousands who stayed away
from church because In the past they
haVe found the ministers uninteresting.
Because the sermons were in many In
stances dull they were not condemned
as unprofitable, but the hearers re
turned to their homes with a feeling
that the sermons were .not what they
ought to have been Exceptionally good
sermons or lectures upon religious top
ics were recalled, and there was a long
lng for rjust such an Intellectual and
spiritual treat every week. Why, then.
is it that the sermon heard each Sun
day Is less Interesting than the average
member of the congregation would like?
In the first place, If the sermon was
dull, the fault lies largely with the con
gregatlon. After working hard all
through the week, giving undivided at
tention to business or to the affairs of
the household, the men and women who
fill the pews found themselves on Sat
urday night tired, perhaps to the point
of exhaustion. An attempt to get an
extra hour's sleep on Sunday morning
only makes It necessary to hurry that
much faster to get ready for church on
time,, and when at last the family Is
comfortably settled down In a pew, all j vantage of the Government and Is prov
are ready to take1 a needed rest The I Ing unwise legislation." He complains
light steals faintly through stained
glass windows, and the ventilation Is
not the best The excessive quiet, the
semi-darkness, and all the conditions-
and surroundings are anything but
stimulating in their effect. Even the
singing Is left almost entirely fo the
choir, and the average member of the
congregation assumes a passive state of
mind. What an audience Is this for a
public speaker to address? There Is
none of that active anticipation which
inspires a speaker and puts him in
touch with his audience.
At what a disadvantage is the preach
er as compared with other public speak
ers. The lecturer who travels over the
country has two or three addresses
upon which he has put months and per
haps years of study in preparation,
The minister must prepare not less than
a hundred sermons In a year. The lec
turer comes to talk upon some new
subject or to discuss an old. one In some
new and striking manner. The preacher
must tell the old, old story, but tell It In
some new way without being so novel
In Vito -mathnle oa in nrniico orlUMom
The lecturer may resort to humor at in-
tervals in order to revive the spirits of
a tiring audience, but the preacher must
not say anything that will cause a rip-
pie of laughter. By a flight of eloquence
the lecturer can call forth a storm of
applause which not only encourages
him but brings back the attention of
any whose thoughts may be wander
ing. However eloquent the preacher
and however warmly the congregation
may approve of his utteranoes, custom
will not permit any demonstration ex
cept a fervent "amen," In which only
one or two are bold enough to indulge.
The lecturer speaks to an audience re
sponsive to his every effort, while the
preacher sees before him only the sol
emn faces of men and women who
carefully conceal any emotion his ap
peals may have aroused.
The desire for novelty Is one which
the preacher may not gratify? He may
doubt some of the old-established teach
ings of his church, but he must keep
his doubt to himself. He may not be
lieve that the universe was created In
six days of twenty-four hours each, or
that the sun stood still at the command
of Joshua, or that Jonah lived In the
belly of a whale, but he must not spend
his time breaking down or explaining
away the Bible stories which have been
accepted on faith these many centuries.
Perhaps the people do not believe these
things and do not expect him to believe
thera,but they do not want him to say
so in the pulplf. A constructive, not a
destructive, sermon Is what Is wanted,
and the preacher who makes a practice
of telling his people what he does not
believe soon finds their faith In him
and his religion -rapidly waning.
The dryness of a.sermon depends -upon
the point of vjew. Those indifferent In
matters of religion who go to church
to be enlightened upon great social
problems of the day, or who expect to
be entertained, are likely to he disap
pointed. Those who go seeking spirit
ual guidance in the worship of God will
find what they seek If the occupant of
the pulpit is truly preaching the Gospel.
Among such there Is no demand for
novelty or rhetorical display, but when
the service Is over they return to their
homes filled with a joy which passeth
the understanding of those less devout.
But congregations are made up of all
kinds of people, and a much larger pro
portion of churchgoers are of a highly
educated class who listen to the words
of reason rather than to those of
authority. A larger proportion of the
people are not satisfied with the reitera
tion of the old, old story and they freely
criticise a sermon which they do not
approve. It may be said, therefore, that
in view of all the limitations and condi
tions with which the pulpit is surround
ed, a hard task has been set for the
minister of the Gospel. In the larger
churches, where fair salaries bring the
best preachers, there Is little complaint
of dryness of sermons, but there Is little
wonder that In the average church.
where the speaker' must address an
audience of necessity unresponsive, the
sermons are uninteresting to so large
a number of people.
ANSWER AND REFUTATION.
Since Judge Parker had- given the
sanction of his name as a candidate for
the Presidency to a violent tirade
against the administration of affairs In
the Philippine Islands, and the alleged
consequences thereof. It was altogether
proper for the National Adminfstration
to refer the allegations to Governor
Wright at Manila, and to request from
him a report thereon. The correspond
ence is published this morning.
It Is strange, Indeed, that a man In
Judge Parker's position should take vio
lent statements from no responsible
quarter and make them his own. The
answer of Governor Wright Is conclu
sive. The allegations have no founda
tion. They come from irresponsible
sources, supplied to meet a partisan
demand.
Governor Wright, who refutes them,
is a lifelong Democrat- He Is a native
of Tennessee, was Attorney-General of
that state eight years, and before that
time was a prominent member of the
Memphis bar; his wife Is a daughter of
Admiral Semmes, of the Confederate
Navy; he had three sons In the Span
Ish War, and holds the degree pf HL.
D. from Hamilton College,
Through I
the service of his sons In the Army ho
came into service In the Philippines,
where he has lived since 1900. His- serv
ice on the Philippine Commission, of
whioh he is now. the head, has been of
highest value. When he speaks of Phil
ippine affairs he knows what he Is talk
ing about. Of course .Judge Parker
and the anonymous partisan slanderer,
whom Judge Parker, for partisan pur
poses, .repeats, do not. They are talk
ing in the air.
This is pitiful business alL round; but
the refutation Is made necessary by the
Democratic candidate s reckless state
ment. A candidate for the Presidency
ought to be above expedients so cheap.
But cheap lies sometimes have to be
answered.
DEARLY-BOUGHT EXPERIENCE.
A good demand and a shortage in the
supply will always result In Increase In
values on any commodity that is bought
and sold. This Is an economic fact so
self-evident that It requires no demon
stration. But, plain as it Is, it was
overlooked by the Government about a
year ago when a foolish law was passed
requiring that all Government supplies
to be shipped by sea must go forward
In American bottoms. With a full
knowledge that there was an insuffi
cient amount of American tonnage
available to prevent a corner and exor
bitant prices, this law was passed and
partially enforced. Now comes Quar
termaster-General Humphrey with
! letter to the Secretary of War complaln-
lng that the law "operates to the dlsad-
that, in order to comply with the law.
he was compelled to pay UO cents per
thousand feet more on lumber to a
Seattle transportation line than he
would have ha'd to pay a foreign steam
er at Portland for the same service.
On the Atlantic Coast the law has
been Ignored, and shipments made from
New York to the Philippines since the
law went into effect have ajl been by
foreign steamers. . The law was framed
up and put through largely for the pur
pose of aiding the Boston Steamship
Company, which was operating steam
ships out of Seattle. Portland, having
superior facilities over any other port
on the Pacific Coast for providing lum
ber, forage and other supplies most
needed by the Government in the Phil
ippines, was securing a larger share
of the business than was pleasing to
the Seattle men, and this advantage in
our favor could not be overcome except
by the passage of such a law as Is now
making trouble for the Government.
Previous to the passage of the law,
our shippers had the world to draw on
I frtf tnnnfllTft SUDOlleS and Were aCCOrfl-
lngly on even terms, with Seattle and
Tacoma regarding transportation, and
held an advantage in available supplies
of the commodities most neeaea across
the Pacific When the passage of the
law gave the .Boston company a mo
nopoly of the traffic, Portland was
speedily put out of the running and
has since been unable to secure any of
Since oeeu uuuuic ti ucuui e iwijr ui
uiv. u tu..i.
the
DUSines& wuiui ouuiuu ufiiiuuuj'
come to this" port- The Quartermaster-
General Is complaining because the ex
orbitant charges- he has been forced to
pay are rapidly exhausting the funds
provided for such purposes each fiscal
year. Producers are also suffering
loss through being forced to send their
products to market by a roundabout
route, and .the only party to tne tran
saction who Is deriving any benefits
from the absurd law Is the transporta
tion monopoly
All of this was forecasted by The
Oregonlan before the law was passed.
and the results are not In the least sur
prising. The experience, however.
might serve as a warning against the
carrying out of the policy to restrict
trade wjth our oversea dependencies by
extending our coastwise laws to cover
trade with the. Philippines. The experi
ence of the Government has demon
strated, quite conclusively that there is
an Insufficient amount of American ton-
nage to handle the Government busi
ness alone, except at exorbitant rates.
As this business Is only an insignificant
fraction of the commercial .traffic that
Is carried on between the Philippines
and the United States, the futility of
handling the business In American ships
exclusively can ' be easily understood.
The Government - Is already breaking
Its own laws by shipping from the At
lantic seaboard in foreign bottoms, and
this confession of Inability to comply
with such a law should have the effect
of causing the Instant repeal of the law,
which will soon be hampering our Phil
ippine trade by placing" It at the mercy
of an American shipping combine.
A WITNESS WHO KNOWS.
Archbishop Harty, of Manila, who
has returned to that city after, an ex
tensive tour of the remote provinces
within his Jurisdiction, makes this
statement:
l.was Impressed during my Journeying by the
progress of American Institutions among the
masses of the people, the general happiness, the
security of persons and property, and the su
premacy of order and Justice. I believe that
under divine guidance the beneficent rule of
America 1 deslned ultimately to place the
Christian Malay race on a moral and political
plane that as yet has never been attained by
an Oriental people. This task that the Amer
icans have assumed they cannot shirk- or aban-
don. This work that Governor Taxt so awpl-
clously began and that Governor Wright con-
tlnues must be carried to a triumphant con.
elusion.
This statement accords with that of
every actual observer. The archbishop
has been almost a year In the islands,
and has visited nearly all of them. He
knows more of the condition of the peo
ple, of the progress they have made
and of the benefits conferred on them
by American rule than Judge Parker,
Richard Olney or any other political
theorist and partisan who never has
seen them. He speaks of the "general
happiness, the security of persons and
property, and the supremacy of order
and justice" In the Islands, where they
were unknown before. That does not
accord with Judge Parker's description
of the state of affairs. But that, as the
Chicago Tribune says, is because the
Judge deals in fiction and the arch
bishop in fact.
Archbishop Glennon, of the Catholic
diocese of St. Louis, In acircular letter
recently- Issued, strongly protests
against the enactment of a law to pro
vide "free text-books to the children of
the public schools. He regards such a
law as extravagant because all un
necessary taxation is extravagant; in
equitable because It does, not apply to
all children who are belnff educated,
and dangerous because It Is another
step toward socialism, implying as a
logical sequence the giving later on of
free clothes andfree food.. The arch
bishop submits that such an order of-
things might be proper for a peniten
tiary, but not for a free people, espe
cially whose antecedents have made for
the building up of a healthy Individual-
lty. This presentment against the tend-
ency to paternalism In government i3
a strong one, but It Is not new. The
clamor for "free" things has frequently
drowned but has never answered it.
In point of fact, nothing in this world
is "free" except air. The public utili
ties which pass under that head make
significant showing In the expense ac
counts of the state, county -or city, as
the case may be, as often as such ac
counts are audited, while the constant
effort to Increase the list plainly demon
strates a growth that 'Is -away from In
dividualism and' toward paternalism.
The Lewis and Clark Fair will be
open Sundays. So much Ib absolutely
settled. But the management has wise
ly endeavored to formulate a plan for
admitting the public within the Pair
gates that will be acceptable to all
reasonable persons, who regard Sunday
either as a day of rest or of worship.
Machinery will be stopped. Exhibit
buildings will be closed, except the Fine
Arts and similar structures. There will
be religious services, and preachers and
other pubic speakers of note will be
invited to participate. Any further ef
fort to defeat Sunday opening will un
doubtedly be futile, and it might as well
cease. If we are to refuse to permit
the public to view quietly on Sunday
the beauties of the Exposition, then 'we
shall be justified In closing our public
parks, stopping our street-cars, tying
up our river boats arid requiring every
one to fold his hands and remain in
doors. "
The barbers of this city, after solemn
deliberation, have decided that a man
may be lawfully shaved in all shops up
to 10 o'clock P. M., provided he Is will
ing to pay 10 cents additional for the
service between 8 and M o'clock. The
condescension shown Is sublime, and
the penalty passed upon late shavers is
not grievous. But above all, "trouble"
that has come to be such a significant
element in labor matters Is averted.
In his .dotage General Miles writes
about "the perils of militarism and of
Imperialism." But where would the
country be, what would General Miles
be, IT it and he had had -no more spirit
formerly than he has now? It Is a case
of paresis of spirit, mind and conscience
Ditlable because General Miles -doesn't
Vnow that In hlif nresent state ana Dres-
ent time of life he would best preserve
ui iioMnn v.,- molntolnlnir jHpTir!f
uio
Perhaps the Russian fleet, In sinking
the fishing vessels, went on the theory,
learned by recent terrible experience,
that the smaller and more despised the
enemy, the greater the danger to tne
I -TCU3blU.ua
Now we can see why Tom Taggart
finds a losing Presidential campaign
worth while. Parker's cause may go to
mln. but he h6oes to save Indiana. And
If he does save it, Taggart wants to De
Senator.
The probabilities are that the Rus
.... n . , ii j
I alans Admirals. Captains, sailors ana
I.. ., -nfm anil
ail were never on uic oco, uc"i
so they naturally supposed xnat me
-,Ai mo wore Jananese.
tlliJW J
experience. This time they determined
to flre on an enemy wno couio. not ure
.
back.
HlRtorv of a Colt.
Atohl, Globe. -.
Ttnt Tean has a steel-gray colt that
he believes Is threatened witn speea.
Next thing: Bill will buy a sulky, and
drive the colt around tho racetrack every
Sunday morning. Then he win mre
man to "train" the colt at tne ukk. callY disarms. As air. nay poiniea out. m
Then he will enter it at races, and lose ms address to the peace delegates at Bos
rr,nnv Thpn h will throw away the ton. "We have brought away from the
knee- pads, ana nitcn tne coit 10
eery wagon with a mule, where ne De-
longs. . The colt has been pampered
much that It Is already necessary to drive-
him with a kicking strap.
OUR FEARFUL FRIENDS.
Kansas City Star-Times.
The New York Herald is, first of all, a
live, newspaper. It has distinguished It
self as an especially reliable forecaster of
elections. The Herald can see nothing
but a Roosevelt victory in the coming con
test, and it comes out frankly and makes
the admission In spite of the fact that it
has been doing its best to bring about the
election of Parker. This candor is com
mendable, . but the reasons assigned for
the "one-wayness" of things Is Just a Ilttle
amusing, . '
The Herald thinks that the prospects of
Roosevelt's success are due to the fact
that the country is prosperpus and that
the people are afraid to make a change,
It Intimates that It Is hard to arouse. the
proper degree of fear concerning Roose
velt's "Imperialism." but consoles Itself
with the hope that the President's election
may be a blessing In disguise. This paper
rather" hopes to see the "big stick" wielded
so ferociously that foreign complications
may soon result to ocen the eyes of ihe-
country to the true character of the Presi
dent.
Once In a while once in a long while-
there is a glimmering suspicion that some
real good soul has actually gone wrong on
the subject of "Roosevelt's ambitions that
there is a real fear In some timid breast
that Roosevelt hopes to make a monarchy
of this republic, plant himself on a throne,
wage war against every weaK nation ana
Ubrlng" about an era of carnage generally.
But It Is somewhat surprising to find evi
dence of this dismal foreboding in the of
fice of the New York Herald. But pos
sibly Mr. Bennett does not personally ex
perience the apprehension that Is mani
festing Itself In his editorial sanctum. It
would be sad to think that 'Mr. Bennett is,
really under the Impression that his days
as a citizen are numbered and that he
must soon become a subject.
The Army Bugaboo.
Mr. . Bryan 'mllltir speeches has
much to lay about the standing Army
and militarism and all that, as though
the country .were in immediate danger
trong arm of power. 'But
what a flimsy basis he has on "which
to build his-alarmist tirade! By law of
Congress, to which at the time of It3
adoption there was no serious opposi
tion from any source, our .regular Army
was fixed at a minimum of 60,000 men
in round numbers. The Army has been
reduced to this minimum as the need
for many men in the Philippines disap
peared. Our population is some eighty
millions. We have thu3 one soldier to
every 1350 of our people! Can any sen
sible man believe that there Is any
danger In. that?
our regular Army is noc so great
proportionately as it has been In for
mer decades, when Its numbers were
smaller. It is absolutely Inconsiderable
-wnen one tninits oi tne vast expanse oi
our territory and the enormous extent
or our coast line. Tho regulars, lnaciici.
are hardly more- than a trained nucleus
iui a. u niiuy puuuiu uutasiuu xui mo i
resort to arms arise which heaven
forbid. Their numbers hardly afford
suiuuicutj mtzii ucceimy iuuiu.ii uul I
many forts and military stations. In
the great mass of our population they
are so few and so widely scattered that
we venture to say that hardly one In
a thousand of our people has ever seen
a United States "regular.
All this talk about the building of
forts near the cities and the mainte
nance of a vast regular army to op
press and overawe honest sons of toil
and make It easier for capital to grind
them in the dust is the most tiresome
of demagogic "rot."
Don't Be a Fool, Judge.
Chicago .Inter Ocean.
The Hon. Alton B. Parker's chief ar
gument against his opponent. the ar
gument In which he seems to ; take the
most serious Interest is. that Theodore
.Roosevelt is somehow, or otner sut
-vertlnfc the Constitution" and must be
stopped lest he become a "tyrant" or
an "Emperor" or something else very
dangerous to the rest of us.
When the average American hears or
reads about Judge Parkers fears lie
looks at Theodore Roosevelt to see
whether he also should be scared. He
looks to see what there is In Theodore
Roosevelt different from himself about
which he should be alarmed or afraid.
And what does ho see?
A man who has grown up and been
educated as are countless American
boys, who has worked and made money
and spent. It, served his country in war
and taken part in Its civic life, sought
public office and got It, married and had
children, and is bringing them up all
Just as other Americans dc whose
very amusements are those of millions
of Americans In a word, a man who
has done, is doing, and is, Just what
other Americans have done, are doing
and are.
And seeing and knowing these things
the average American knows that The
odore Roosevelt is no more capable ot.
"subverting the Constitution than he
himself is that tq Theodore Roosevftlt
the idea of becoming a "tyrant" or an
"Emperor" Is Just as unthinkable as It
Is -to himself.
Judge, don't be a fool!
As to Theological Seminaries.
New York Post.
President Harper, In. bringing a railing
accusation against theological seminaries.
lays himself open to an obvious retort.
They have not, he says, solved "a single
religious problem of any Importance In 5J
years." "Very well," one can Imagine a
professor of theology, replying with cus
tomary sweetness; "then why dran t you
solve some when you yourseli were
prominent professor In a seminary?" We
are not set for the defense of theological
education, which Is too often open to the
reDroach of Horace Bushnell, that it is
not- only behind the times, but behind all
times. Yet we have nut scant sympatny
with the Idea that fussy lectures and cor-
rpsnondence about "religious problems,"
nnd walks throujjn tnne siums, ana taou-
latlons or cnurcn attenaance, ana unsiy
SippuigS irom uie jrieriim i"'"B "i. --
I -m ,oVrt cfnrlnnts understand all
C11UC, WW Z .-
mysteries. Indeed, we suspect that. If a
fair test could be maae, it wouia oe xounu
that theolotdcal courses In universities,
Kiich aa 'President Harner proposes at Chi
cago. raise a great many more specters
in the guise of religious problems than
can possy iay.
Rvron In Greece.
Mnetiester Guardian.
. , eniiQhood Byron longed to dls-
yh himself In real life; one of uls
nnvi!h dreams- was that some day he
would raise a regiment ot. Horsemen ta
hln.ek armor, to oa uiuwu iws xjjriuna
Riflcka. with which he would raid klng-
rfnrWQ nnd turn the tide of battle. Robert
Louis Stevenson had a similar aspiration,
I X.OU1S aiet cuwu """"- '
. ,f,. nimoif ridlne out of a devas-
I r " . , j
tntl valiev at tne neau ot uijj tummauu,
5000 sabers strong; ne aiso iook more pnue
in "his nart In the affairs at Samoa than In
. ... - . ... !, V.- ,11IV.
I all the DOOKS Wltn wmui iic ucii&ii.glu
world He would quite have appreciated
SJ.. .Lw m o tiMrmn who" re-
mrked on gratification which he must
have aeriVed from tne "Classical remains
I j iic nt fhft CtrMk Islands.
You aulte mistake me," answered By-
W)JJ. i nave' HO JJUCUUU uumuu awvu
me; I am too old for that. Ideas of that
1 sort are confined to rnyme.
Only a Small Police Force.
Baltimore American.
u y,o. tnllr nf National dls&rma-
a ment thls j3 the only country that practl-
t fcack to n&1&3 .ot
!,.. activity." Considering the size of
so l"i MUntry and Its population, our pres-
ent army. Is only a small National police
t force.
ARB REPUBLICANS SPENDTHRIFTS?
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Judge Parker's chief campaign argu
ment 13 the "extravagance" of JIcKlnley
and Roosevelt as compared with Cleve
land. Senator Allison, at South Bend,
Ind., on Friday proved that Judge Par
ker Is ignorant of the facts.
The average annual Increase of expen
ditures In Cleveland's last term over. Har
rison's term was J25.SCO.0CO. As the Nation
was at peace, this may be taken as the
normal Increase required by the country's
growth. It was- the rate of Increase es
tablished by the Democratic party.
Aside from those for the Army arid
Navy, the expenditures of Cleveland's last
term averaged $275,500,000 annually. On the
same basis those of McKInley's first term
averaged $29S.750,000. The average annual
rate of Increase was $23,250,000, or J1.750.
000 less- than the Democratic rate.
Take another comparison insisted upon
by Judge Parker: The Democratic appro
priations for .the three fiscal years ending
on June 30, 1KJT, aside from those for the
Army and Navy, averaged $275,000,000 an
nually. The Republican appropriations for
the three fiscal years ending June 30, .1904,
aside from those for the Army and Navy,
averaged $300,000,000 annually. The aver
age annual rate of Increase, after not four
but seven years of National growth, was
$25.000,000 still less than the Democratic
rate.
Democrats will contend that military
expenditures should not be omitted from
these comparisons. To Include them would
be manifestly unfair. At least four of the
seven McKlnley-Roosevelt years have
been years of war. The war with Spain,
with Its consequences, was not brought
about by either party. It was forced upon
this Nation by the acts of Spain.
As Senator Allison rightly said, the
question of expenditures is not a partisan
one. In Congress Democrats have been
no less eager- than .Republicans to spend
thA neonle'a money. Neither party can
claim a monopoly of 'economy." Neither
can safely charge Its rival with all .the
'extravagance.
But the Republican party can ana uoes
challenge comparison of, f, -ords for
these prove that the Republican party In
e last n i e -
tf... iSemocratlc
" icb;uucu
vaxty when. It was in power.
BRITISH REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE
Kansas City Star.
Tn th Tin It 1 Kinirdom last year 23 pas-
on?prs were killed and 769 were Injured
by the operation of trains In the United
States 350 were killed and S231 were "in
jured. This enormous disparjty is ac
counted for In part by the greater mueasu
of American roads. In round numbers
the lepgth of the lines. In the United States'
is ten times tnac or me oriiiaw ajraicuu.
The greater extent of track gives more
opportunities for accidents.
"Rut n. comparison on another Dasis
nrn i frnr of the British
-naa Zxe-ssive as to make all extenu
emanation inadequate. .
0ne Andean passenger was killed last
yjear to every 2,000.000 carried. The mortal-
11,. i ,. TTnltpr! TCInerinm was One to
every 4S,COO,000. In the United States one
passenger 'out of 5.000 was Injured; in
Great Britain and Ireland, one out ot i,ow,-
COO. The natural difficulties of operation
cannot explain these figures. A very
larKe nroDortlon of American accidents,
as every Intelligent person knows, are the
result, not of unexpected cataclysms, but
of preventable causes. The inference is.
unavoidable that American railroad man
agement is not up to the British standard
The New Tork Journal of Commerce
recently sent out a circular letterof in
quiry to representative railroad men. re
garding the possibility of preventing acci
dents. Mr. J. J. Hill, the only one to re
ply, answers that the dlfilculty of enforc
ing discipline among employes and the
carelessness, of the men, "will not be pre
vented until those who are responsible
through criminal neglect are punished
criminally."
This statement doubtless contains truth.
Still It is based on the' unsound assump
tion that the railroad companies them
selves are doing all In their power to
prevent accidents, a contention which the
British figures themselves show to be un
true.
The Journal of Commerce points out
that the laws which limit the recovery ot
more than a few thousand dollars' dam
ages for the loss of one life provide an in
centive to the railroad management to
take chances. If exemplary damages were
recoverable the companies would find It
cheaper to Install proper safety devices.
The frequency of disastrous accidents is
rapidly convincing the people of the ne
cessity of making it more expensive for
railroads to harm their passengers than
for them to make the expenditures essen
tlal to the protection of trains,
Would Thoy Surrender It?
New York Sun.
If there is truth and if there is force
In the Democratic criticism of-President
Roosevelt's doings on the Isthmus of
Panama, in the National interest for the
sake of an American canal there Is only
one honorable course for that party and
Its candidate to take.
That Is to demand squarely the undoing
of what has been.done by Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Hay; the withdrawal of our"
Government from the canal .strip; the
abrogation of the Hay-Bunau-Varllla
treaty; the annulment of the recognition
of Panama's Independence; the adoption
of immediate and effective measures to
restore Panama to the Republic of Co
lombia, against the will of Panama, and
even by force of American arms if neces
sary.
For a moralist and a constitutionalist
there Is no middle ground that we can
discern. Either the. present situation
with regard to the interoceanlc canal was
reached by Mr. Roosevelt's Administration
in a fair, legal and honorable way, or
not; and, if not, the only thing to do is
to go back to the beginning and begin'
all over again. '
What does Mr. Parker think of the
Idea of holding on to property our title to
which is declared to be 'fraudulent?
wnat aoes ne mxnit oi tne taea or tne
nation's pronung tor au tuiure time Dy a
transaction which 13 ueciurea xo ne in
famous?
The River Time.
Benjamin F. Taylor.
Oh! 'a wonderful stream Is the HIvr Tlmo,
Aa it runs through the realm of tears, -
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhymrf,
And a broader sweep and a surge sublime,
As it blends with tho ocean of years.
How the Winters are drifting like flakes of
snow.
And the Summers, like birds between.
And the years in the sheaf so they come and
they go.
On the river's breast, with Its ebb and its flow,
As it glides In the shadow and sheen.
There's a magical Isle up the River Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and a tropical clime.
And a song as sweet as. a vesper chime, .
And the Junes with the rosea are straying.
And the name of this isle is the Long Ago,
And we .bury our treasures tnere;
There are brows or beauty, and bosoms of
snow;
There are heaps of dust oh, we loved them so
There are trinkets and -tresses of hair.
There are fragments of tons that nobody sings,
There are parta of an infant's prayer;
There's a lute u&awept, and a harp without
strings;
There are broken vows, and pieces of rings.
And the garments our loved -used, to wear.
There are hands that are waved, when the
fairy shore
By the mirasa Is lifted Iaa!r;
And we sometimes hear, through the turbulent
roar.
Sweet voices we heard In the days gone before.
When, the wind down the river was lair.
Oh, remembered for aye be that blessed Uie,
All the day of our life 'till night;
And when evening glows with. Its beautiful
smile,
Aad our eyes are closing la slumbers awhile,
Mar that (Srtenwood of souls be in sight!
NOTE AND COMMENT.
4 The Russian Admiralty would suffer
from ennui were It not for the job ot re
versing prize-court decisions.
American manufacturers of submarino
boats are getting most of the. good blown
by the ill wind from Manchuria.
Chauncey Dppew has written an article
on "Humor as a Hindrance to a Public
Career." What does he know about it?
In- default of the sea serpent we have a
sea lion lighting with and killing an octo
pus oft the Californlan coast. However,
It is only at sea that the octopus gets- the
worst of It, so Standard Oil need not bo
downcasj.
Recently two French Deputies met. One
hissed the other, who promptly slapped
No. 1 with his umbrella. This Is distress
ingly un-Bok-llke, and calls for the se
verest condemnation of the Ladles' Home
Journal.
Down in the mountains of South Caro
lina is a hamlet called Rock. There
Mountain Girl" is the correspondent ot
the Pickens Sentinel-Journal, and she
takes her pen In hand to say: "Several
people were disappointed at Mount Tabor
last .Sunday evening, as the pastor did
not come." We -wouldn't mind betting
that no one under the age of 21 years was
among the disappointed people.
King Peter of Servia one usually pic
tures as a heavy-jowled, beetle-browed
ruffian, but photographs taken at his
coronation show a pleasant, inoffensive
looking man, greatly overshadowed by a
perfectly monstrous crown, almost as
high as a stenographer's pompadour. In
fact, after seeing these pictures, one feels
sorry for King Peter, who has the appear
ance-' of wishing to drop his 'crown and
tell every one to call him Pete.
Dr. Mlnot J. Savage thinks that America
and Great Britain should combine to
maintain the peace of the planet, and In
order to .be successful In this task they
should have strong armies and navies.
Grand picture. Uncle Sam and John Bull
to the rest of the world: ""We're all for
peace, and If you venture to doubt our
Intentions we'll pound you into submis
sion with our armies and navies." In
other words, if there's any scrapping to
be done, let us jump in and do It our
selvesIt's too scarce now to be wasted
on a lot of Slavs and Japanese.
"Venus, she of the broken arms, and the
discus-thrower have been lgnominlously
banished from all buildings controlled by
the School Board of Gloucester, Mass.
Poor Venus; she has been gazing un
abashed up"on the world these many cen
turies, and the, discus-thrower has been
making his cast with never a thought of
sweaters, but Gloucester has cried: "To
the basement with the baggage and her
trouserless fellow." Naked Truth had bet
ter lie low In her well, or the School Board
of Gloucester will send the hussy pack
ing with her classical companions.
It Is a pleasure to turn from the con
templation of General Kuropatkin and
others of the Czar's subjects in Manchuria
to the study of the Countess Casslnl, who
continues to occupy so much attention.
We learn that the "sprightly Russian hs
amazed evqn the ultra-fashionable by the
length of her trains and the great size
of her hat." She has no use, It Is said,
for "trotters," which appears to be the
popular name just now for rainy-day
skirts. Russia has some cause for con
gratulation left. If she! does not amaze
the Japanese, it Is almost as great a
thing to amaze the ultra-fashionable of
New York and TasHngton, and the
swaying hats of the Countess Casslnl
may yet become an. orlflamme to her fellow-subjects.
t
Editors .frequently do their work nnder
difficulty. The editor of the Macoupin
County (111) Argus, for example, writes:
"While scribbling this we notice a young
lady and gent of Chesterfield ppoonlng on
the - main thoroughfare, and wo have
thoughts that are not In strict harmony
with the Ten Commandments." That ref
erence to 'Scribbling" will not deceive
any one into believing that an editor's
duties , are so light that all he has to do
Is. sit at the window or his office and
scribble burning articles on the iniquity
I of the trusts. No, the editor was in all
probability tearing his hair In the effort
to think up an argument that would final
ly squelch the opposition candidate for
dogcatcher, when his eye fell upon the
young lady and gent of Chesterfield, and
his. overtaut temper gave way. That the
gent should be spooning while he the
editor wrestled with the great problems
of statecraft was too much, and then
came the surging thoughts that were not
in harmony with the Ten Commandments.
Just which were most disrupted, the ed
itor omits to state, unluckily for the
curious. "
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"Funny that Gramercy always speaks of
his wife aa his better half." "Why sot" '"Be
cause she's his third." Town Topics.
X want soma Ilvo beets." said the young;
housewife. "Live beets 1" echoed the grocery-
man. "Tes," she replied. "My husband says "
he has no use for dead ones." Chicago Dally
News.
airs. JPall Have you given anything; to
charity this year? Mrs. Mall Tes, I have
Just sold all of my old clothes to my wash
erwoman for almost nothing. Detroit Free
Press.
Bunsby They speak of Mulby'a negative vir
tues. What are they? Dawson They're some
thing I don't like. He always say no when you
want to borrow anything' of him. Bostoa
Transcript..
Cane to Umbrella I- hear you were out in a
hard storm. How did you get through? Um
brellaOh, I stood up under it all right, but
when it was over I simply collapsed. Detroit
Free Press.
First Horse And they give ribbons as
prises at the horse shows? Second Horse
Tes. First Horse Well, I'd rather have
something . particularly fine In the line of
oat a Exchange.
Little Willie Say, pa. Is the pen mlghtjer
than the sword? Fa So some people claim,
my som Little Willie Then why don't the
Russians arm themselves with fountain
pens? Minneapolis Times. ,
Blinks A New Tork Inspector has just
broken a record. Jinks What did he do?
Discovered that an- excursion steamer was
unsafe before It burned with all- oh board.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Mrs. Oldun There was . a time. Thomas,
when you used to chuck me under "the chin
sometimes. -But you don't do it now. Mr.
Oldun Tes; my love, but you didn't, have eo
many china then. London Tit-Bits.
It was at the Kentucky husklnc bee. "1
suppose it's considered lucky to jget the red
ear?' ventured the- tourist. "Not always,
pard." warned the lanky youth. "If you go
kissing the wrong .girl it's mighty unlucky."
Chicago News.
"I am told the farmers of the West are
rolling in wealth." "They were until tho
United States Agricultural Experimental Bu
reau pointed out "in an exhaustive bulletin
thai wealth which has been rolled in doesn't
burn so readily." Puck
Maiden Lady It is very good of you. sir,
to gtvs me your seat- Pat O'Brady Not
at all, mum. It's a dooty we owe to the sex.
Borne folks only do it when a woman is
young- and pretty; but I says the sex, Pat,
and not the individual. Comic Cuta.