THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1904. Xatered at tht Portofflco at Portland, Or., as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTIOX KATES. By mall (postage prepaid la advance) Dally, 'with Sunday, pr month ? -85 Bally, with Sunday exoented. per year. . 7.00 Bally, -with Sunday, per year Jj.00 Sunday, per year rryi. The Weekly, per year...., The Weekly. Z months 60 Bally, per -week, delivered, Sunday ex.- cepted 150 Vtciiv ti- wav ritlvmd. BundaT ln- ln!Ml 20C Then as soon as you put a premium on intelligence or other merit, and propose to allow to each -what he Is actually worth or has actually earned, you have scattered to the -winds the spirit of the whole theory, and Socialism can have no further charm for the masses. The ' demand for equality will not be satis fied with actual equality, based on merit. It wants to make the willing' and the strong carry the unwilling and the weak. 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The human, mind Is turning in cessantly, from one object o interest to another. Whether anything' can be cone witn tne xemocrauc party or through it is matter of uncertainty; but it is certain that the Socialists believe they are to have the next turn at the powerxui itepuoiican party. jaecween Socialists and Populists there is much in common; and the radical element of the Democratic party has much in com mon with both. Able leadership may bring all these forces together; and It might attract, moreover, a considerable body of those who recently have ""acted with the Republicans. Mr. Bryan has laid out a programme scarcely distinguishable In its main features "from Socialism. Mr. Bryan Is' an extraordinary man. He has an lm mense foHowlng in the Democratic party, and his affinities with the doc trines of Socialism and Populism are such that he can scarcely fall, through the effort of "reorganization" which he has announced, to bring these forces to gether. No other man stands in this position or possesses such power. To all appearance the general opposition to the Republican party will be under the leadership of Bryan. Then It will be as strenuous once more as it was in 1896. It is a division and a contest of parties to be dreaded; because it will emphasize class contests In our politics. The Socialists will not insist at once on their whole programme. But they will accept for a trial at the polls the programme of the party that approxl mates it. So with the other elements of opposition. "We may look, therefore. for a spirited effort from this quarter In the contents to come. It may be ripe T?y 1908 for the supreme struggle. Socialism what is Its central idea? It would nationalize or "socialize" all the instruments of production lands, railroads, manufacturing plants, stores, (telegraphs, telephones, mines, buildings (at least or especially such as pay Tent), machinery and tools, and the whole line , of instrumentalities used in produc tlon; and. it would have society or gov ernment take care of the distribution on what it calls an equitable plan. In short, it would equalize conditions and fortunes. That this is an impossible dream makes no sort of difference, has no ;w eight at all, with its advocates. They think it possible and they are a growing force. They will not grow to a major ity, but they will be a factor In our poli tics, and may come to hold a balance of power. Then by "plumping" m a body for a candidate for the Presidency they might elect him. Socialists resent the idea that they want all property seized by society and owned by Its members in common or divided equally between them. But their policy would come to the same thing'. It would forbid the future use of property as a private source of in come. It would leave the man the clothes upon his back, which would soon wear out. It would leave him his bedding, which might last a little longer. But it would take away the means of obtaining more, except of the regulation kind, made under the direc tion of the state. It would leave a fam ily the pictures of its ancestors, which would be economically Worthless. It Is astonishing that this effort to narrow human life to" one type, -and that the poorest, should have any sup port at alL It would be useless for any one to make effort, for he would have nothing to gain for himself, and nothing to leave to descendants. It might seem unnecessary to speak seri ously of such "a scheme; but the So cialists boast that their vote is growing, as it certainly is. And in other parties there are elements that are playing continually into their hands on the one side monopolistic greed, on the other a partisanship that thinks only of pres ent partisan ends. The theory of Socialism is that each should have apportioned to him the produce of bis own labor; which Is an impracticable theory, because it Is ab solutely impossible to ascertain how much of the value of the common prod uce each individual has produced, es pecially as, even in the social state. this would, be the result not only of personal labor and personal Intelll eence. but also of the means of produc tlon beloMlftK io the collective body r of ifc ImIp afforded y nature. OREGON KNOWS XlESSON", TOO. Also, members of Congress from other states than Oregon have learned that President .Roosevelt has a mind of his own in making appointments. "Rec ommendations" from honorable Sena tors and Representatives do not, alone constitute -a candidate's fitness in the eyes of the President It may make many a heart ache, but that's the fact. Recently A P. Gardner, Representa tive from the "Sixth Massachusetts Dis trict, claimed the "privilege" of naming the next Postmaster at HaverhilL The incumbent, Mr. Pinkham, was not of grace in the sight of Mr. Gardner; therefore Mr. Gardner wished to put In another man as Pinkham's successor. But the President reappointed Pink- ham, much to the displeasure of Gard ner, and wrote a letter to the discom fited Representative which Is published In another column of this page. "I never knowingly nominate a can didate whom I think unfit," said the President in the letter, "and the ques tion of unfitness I regard as one to- be' determined by my own judgment. . . Repeatedly I have refused to nomi nate, at the request of some Senator, a man to succeed some public servant whom I regarded as markedly superior to his successor. ... In scores of caBes I have been obliged to disregard the recommendations of Congressmen for all kinds of reasons." Oregon can present several examples of the President's Independent "Judg ment." If It were not painful to reopen closed incidents, the President's refusal to accept the "delegation's" choice for Receiver at La. Grande might be called up from the morbid past; also the Pres ident's failure to ratify a Senator's rec ommendations for land officers at The Dalles; also for District Attorney at Portland. The last-named case may not be fairly cited, however, since tho delega tion did not have to recommend Mr. Hall to have him reappointed. The "delegation" had studied the President long enough to know that a "disagree ment" of its own members would leave the way open for Roosevelt to follow his own "judgment" and spare them the unpleasant duty of recommending some one else than Mr. Hall. Percy Kelly and Judge Moreland may be sore," but the Senators may suffer less from the wrath of both than from that of one had the other been appointed. The moral of which Is that If a "dele gation" would keep a good man in, let it "disagree," and the President will save It from hungry outsiders. But It Is hoped that Mr. Hall will not pluck so much courage from the Incident as to be forgetful of that fealty which is professed by Colonel Dunne, L Xu Pat terson and John W. MInto. ents and to the country. He wants to see "enough of them and of the right kind." From this sentiment there can be no dissent. Too many of them and not of the right kind Is the proposition against which prudence and humanity are in intelligent revolt. The two sets of qualities that enter into the develop ment of good citizenship the President designates as "strength and sweet ness" strength, which gives the man power to hold his own, and amiability, which enables him to be courageous in times of trial. -That the future of the country depends upon the children of today is a saying both trite and true. Into this statement quality must be placed above quantity. "Whether a child will prove a benefit to his coun try or not depends very largely upon the way In which he is brought up. So says the President, and so say we, all of us. John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States a sapient states man of his day, with a long look toward the future. Includes In a list of "wants" expressed in rhyme the following: And as Time's car Incessant runs. And fortune fills my store, I want of daughters and of sons From -eight to half a score. I want alas, can mortal dare Such bliss on earth to crave That all the girls be chaste and fair. The boys all wise and brave. The note of prudence that is sounded in the second line of the above stanza Is as refreshing and clear as when It was sounded away back in a past cen tury, while the desire for the promotion of individual happiness and good citi zenship through the realization of the hopes of paternity is reflected in the concluding lines. Direct, forceful, com prehensive. President Roosevelt covers much the same ground In the words: "I want to see enough of children and of the right kind." The statement In each case Is Instinct with prudence. patriotism and common sense. more of a decline aoroaa man mere has been In America and we are Hearing- the point where It will be possible for Russia and the Argentine to take advantage of the strong market that has been created, partly by natural conditions and partly by some very skillful manipulation. Another thirty days will enable the trade to get a fairly accurate line on the Argentine crop, and, if It meets with no misfor tune In the meantime, the world will see much lower prices than are now being paid for the premier 'cereal. FITNESS ALWAYS GOVERNS. S. H. Piles, railroad attorney, official ly identified with the Great Northern, and candidate for United States Sena tor in "Washington, is now eloquent for a railroad commission. Senator Foster, friend of the Northern Pacific, Is under stood to be fairly palpitating with fear that the wrongs of the people will never be righted until there is a railroad com mission. All the Republican leaders who viewed with great alarm a few months since the radical policies and overwhelming ambition of Governor Mc- Bride, now have seen a great light, and are red-hot for a commission. "What a beauty in the way of railroad commis sions it will be! The plurality for President Roosevelt in Oregon 12,220-10. not reach the astonishing figures rolled up in Penn sylvania 494,500 but It has neverthe less satisfactory features ail Its own. The vote here was Roosevelt 60,453, Parker 17,457, or a proportion of 3 Republicans to one Democrat. In' Pennsylvania the totals were, Roose velt 331,000, Parker 334,500, or a propor tion of about 2t to 1. Oregon Is quite as sound a Republican- state as Penn sylvania, even if it does occasionally elect a Democratic Governor a trans gression of which Pennsylvania has not been entirely Innocent. THE SOURCE OF THE TROUBLE. Perhaps if fraudulent contractors for street work had gotten the proper re buke from courts and, Council commit tees in the past when surface work calling for screened gravel, which In no case should be more than four inches in its greatest diameter, was boldly con structed of rock (much of which was ten and even eighteen Inches In diam eter), the contractor of Tanner-Creek sewer would have been more careful In complying with the terms of his con tract. Bast Bumside street is a case in point. Payment upon this street was contested by a number of property- owners, and such solid proof of fraud ulent work as was furnished by a small wagonload of boulders, varying from eight to eighteen Inches in diameter, taken from the street at random when it was opened to lay a water main a few weeks after the street was accepted by the Engineer Department, was sub mitted In evidence of faulty construe tlon. But the direct Issue raised by the property-owners was Ignored by the court, and the case Is still unde cided. "With such encouragement to slippery or slipshod street work, of which this Is but a single example, on the surface, In the very face of protesting property owners who were taxed to pay for It, it To begin at the beginning, any work is creditable.- It assures a firm founda tion for the superstructure that it is proposed to raise in the interest of self help. Thus when this public is. told that the first task given in manual training in the public schools will con sist in requiring each child to cut from pattern furnished and make a work apron to wear at his tasks, we feel that a good and fair start in learning to use the hands and head in combination will be made. It may be hoped that moth ers will do their part by letting the boys work out this first problem unassisted. Judge Parker has gone to New York and opened a Jaw office. He professes to be going It alone. If so, he will fall In the struggle and competition, and soon will go back to Esopus. But the lonely law office he has taken Is prob ably a blind. It may be supposed he has powerful patrons. This, however, may be set down for certainty: Either he will turn up as a trust attorney or go back to Esopus and take cases In the country courts. As he is only an ordinary man, the latter is most prob able. Boston Transcript. "Washington, Nov. 14. The publication of Representative Gardner's letter regarding the Haverhill postoffice. In which his dis agreement with Attorney-General Moody was expressed, has occasioned the Admin istration some embarrassment. From other parts of- the country requests have been sent to the President on the as sumption that his position was like that of the referee between Cabinet officers and Congressmen, and In other cases of disputed authority regarding appoint ments. The President desires to check this idea at once, and to that end consents to having made public his reply to Mr. Gardner, which expresses his position. It reads as follows: White House. Washington. Oct. 23. 1804. My Bear Congressman: I have received your let ter concerning the appointment of a Postmas ter at- HaverlU. where Attorney-General Moody, your predecessor, who has served In my Cabinet successively as Secretary of the Navy and now as Attorney-General, has rec ommended that the present Incumbent be re appointed; this present Incumbent being a man admitted by every one to have the character and capacity which fit him for the place, and believing, from all I can find out. entirely sat isfactory to the people of HaverllL 'He was appointed by President McKlnley, at the sug gestion of Mr. Moody, then Congressman from that district. Tou speak of your "privilege of naming the HaveriH Postmaster." In your letter to Mr. Moody you say, "It Is not a parallel case In Massachusetts to those other state where Sen ators select the Postmasters. In Massachusetts It has been understood that the Congressman shall select the Postmasters in the cities- and towns In hla own district." To clear up any possible misapprehension, I would like, at the outset, to say that the Senators do not "select" Postmasters In any state while I am President. I consult them always, and In the vast major ity of cases act on the recommendations they make; but the selection Is mine, not theirs; and time and again during the three years I have been President I have positively refused to select individuals suggested to me for nom ination as Postmaster by various Senators. If I am not satisfied with the character and standing of the man whose name Io suggested to me. I never nominate him. I understand perfectly that, under the first article of the Constitution, the Senators are part of the ap pointing power, and that they have the same right to reject that I have to nominate, and that, therefore., the appointment must re pre sent, an agreement between them and me: and, as the acquaintance of the Senator with his state Is always much greater than the knowl edge of the President can possibly be. It la the normal and natural thing that I should listen to his advice as to these appointments, and I generally do so. But I stop listening to It as soon as I realize that he Is advising me wrong-, ly. While it Is Impossible to avoid making mistakes In nominating: thousands of candi dates to local offices on the advice of hundreds of different advisers, yet I never knowingly nominate a candidate whom I thlik unfit, or to whose capacity T think there I good objec tion; and the question of unfltnwu I regard as one to be determined by my Judgment, and not that of the Senator. My practice during the last three years has been exactly that set forth In this statement; and I may add that re peatedly I have refused to nominate, at the request of some Senator, a man to succeed some public servant who I felt had particular claims to be renominated, or whom I regarded as markedly superior to his proposed suc cessor. So much as to my relations with my consti tutional advisers. But the relation of a Con gressman to these appointments rests not upon law, but purely upon custom. It has been found In the actual working of our Govern ment that, as a rule, the Congressman is the best man to consult about the appointments which come under his special ken. Some one must be consulted, and, as a rule, the Con gressman Is the man whose advice Is most apt to be that which can be followed with advan tage" to the community, and, therefore, to the party. But this Is a mere custom, and I have never hesitated for a moment to deviate from it whenever clrcumstancee arose tnat eaiisneo. ESSENCE OF THE QUESTION. Solid South and Its Negro Popula tion. Chicago Tribune. The following table gives the negro population in 1300 of the Southern states which have given Judge Parker solid electoral votes and the number of Repre sentatives In Congress and Presidential electors which each of those states has because of that population. State- Arkansas 360.868 Alabama 827.307 Florida 230.730 Georgia :....1,034.813 Kentucky 2S4.T08 Louisiana . G30.604 Mississippi .... ... OO7.e30 North Carolina 624.4GD South Carolina 782.321 Tennessee .......... i Texas 620.722 Virginia 660.722 Negro popu. Beps. Electors z 4 4 1 5 1 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 33 33 MO HIS TRY IT AGAIN. Prohls used Anti-Saloon "Leaguers as stool pigeons in the June election, cut them cold in the election two weeks ago, and, now that the leaguers can be of new service, are warming up to them again. Prohls are sly, very. They fooled local optionlsts with a prohibi tion law and will play similar tricks If given another chance. Beware of Pro hls; like Joey Bagstock, they're devilish sly. "When Prohls offered a so-called local- option bill, which they themselves had drafted for the sole purpose of further ing their prohibition designs, benevo lent Indeed they must have been to give local option to the Anti-Saloon League brethren. And It has come to the sight of every person with half an eye that Prohls were not benevo lent. How could they bestow such lov ing kindness and be true to their "do" deities? Doth not their holy creed or dain that liquor is the dark beverage of hell and its sale a sin? "Why, then, con done the traffic in counties and repro bate it in precincts of counties? Prohls have kept the covenant with their conscience and turned neither to the right hand nor to the left If they have fooled any class of citizens, still they have kept the faith, for the dupes are Gentiles, who are not deserving of the truth until they Join the elect. In this case the elect are party Prohls, not simple prohibitionists, mind you, and their high priests are such as 1 E Amos, F. McKercher, B. Dee Paget and H. "W. Stone, the anointed quartet which conceived and brought forth the "local option" law. The special sewer committee of the City Council will hereafter hold public SfcSSicns In its Invfsticatlnn of tho Tn ri- ls little wonder., that specifications' in Uiereek sewer . scandalP'The star- TOlt T" ? J?I ?? if the contract for work deep under Ubamber business was a mistake, and t-.ZomU to dUgard the recom- grouna snouia De nagrantiy ana snameiil -e cornmuiee evioenuy sees- it.j.t is 1 mentations c-Congressmen or ail kinas o Totals ......7,471.333 Because 7,471.333 blacks live in the twelve states which voted for Parker those states have 101 Representatives In Congress In stead of sixty-three, and were enabled to give Judge Parker the larger Instead of the smaller number of electoral votes. But the South will not permit those to whom It owes so much political or gov ernmental strength to vote for represen tatives or electors. It takes the ground .that they are half within and half without the body pontic within it when repre sentatives are to be "apportioned among tho several states," but without it when national elections are held. At by-elections, at elections where antl llauor laws are voted on. Southerners often have solicited negro votes. Prom inent colored clergymen and educators have been urged to take the platform and plead with their people in behalf of pro hibition. "When national or state elec tions are held the negro Is warned to keep away from the ballot box. This position is lnogical. unconstltu tlonal, unfair. It cannot be defended in the arena of Teason. But indefensible as it Is. the great majority of the Northern people are at this time ready to accept the situation, unfair to them as It Is on one condition. They do not wish to be accused of stirring up sectional strife They have heard enough of the "race Issue" In tho last thirty years and are weary of It They have none but the kind. liest feelings towards their Southern brethren and wish to live In peace with them, even If they have to sacrifice logic and a little political power to do It. That one. condition is that the solid South shall dissolve that It shall cease being sectional In national and state pol itics. Since 1S76 It has voted persistently for the candidate of one party, no matter what the doctrines of that party happened to be. It has been for flat money, for free silver for every yellow dog of an Ism which has been espoused by the po litical organization which it has followed blindly and stubbornly. Sectionalism provokes sectionalism. The sectional attitude of the South necessarily has its reflex effect "Whatever solidity there Is in the North is of Southern mak ing. The Southern method of counting negroes for one purpose and not allowing them to "be counted for another is allthe more irritating because it is always for the benefit of one and the same party. All the North asks of the South is that its unwholesome political solidarity shall end and that Southerners shall divide on economic and other national Issues Northern men do. "When the Southern states cease to be a unit on national questions the North will recognize the signs of a healthy political life, and will overlook the overrepresentatlon of that part of the union. There will be no legislation which the South can call unfriendly, and It will be let alone In the settlement of Its local problems if It will begin to think for . N0TF AND COMMENT. A Baltic Fleet Chantey.. (By Macaroni Wireless from Crete.) Jolly tar am I. And I sing yo ho, yo Tip. As over the waves we fly. To bo. yo ho. yo ho- Or Russian;'1 or Prussian, or Finnish, or Dutch, In a song you mustn't neglect the touch Of ho and yo ho, yo ho! sail In the Baltic fleet. And I sing yo ho, yo no. In the teeth of the burning sleet. To ho. yo ho, yo ho. For cruising Vm boozing and hitting .the can. Which is what will bring cheerily out of a man. A ho -and yo ho, yo ho! sail In the Baltic fleet. And I sing, yo ho, yo ho. And' here we are out In Crete, To ho, yo ho, yo ho; - .it And I'm beatln' a Cretan who'a smaller than me, " - I'm pounding his head, I'm so brtmraUofVgle. So ho and yo ho, yo hoi ' ' lessly violated. The only way to pre vent frauds of this kind is to make all concerned In the work responsible, and then hold them responsible. This applies to courts that may be called upon to pass upon contested work, the City Engineer's Department the street committee and the contractors. In In verse ratio. To palter with the plain proposition that requires public work to be done strictly In accordance with the speci fications of the contract is to encourage fraud. "ENOUGH OF THEM, AND OF THE BIGHT KIND." The address of President Boosevelt upon the occasion of the dedication of Carroll Hall building and the 110th an niversary of Barracks Church, "Wash ington, last Sunday, gives an Insight Into the characteristics which have led to the phenomenal success of the man. Jacob BJls, loyal friend and enthusias tic admirer of President Koosevelt though he is, has not said more in a thick volume of character delineation of his subject than was revealed by the President himself unostentatiously and unconsciously of the elements of strength, of Justice, of courage and of individual responsibility for which his name and Influence stand. Parental responsblllty Is the foun datlon upon which good citizenship rests; lack of it is a menace to public" morals and to the Individual strength of character, which is not an acquis! tlon, but, a growth, the roots of which lie in the home. The President "be Ueves in chlWren." His record in that line has long been an open one, and from It quotations have been freely made. It has been not altogether with out criticism, since it is a fact gener ally accepted by Intelligent men and women that children should not be brought Into the world inadvisedly that is to say, without regard to the possibility of giving them the physical stamina and ordinary advantages in educational lines which is their birth right In this view the large family Is not always the great blessing to sod ety that is implied In the general terms in which the President bas" approved, of large families, nor is child-life under circumstances of extreme poverty and chronic 111 health axondltlon which thoughtful, sympathetic people can con template with pleasure or approval. The President's address clears nls meanin-r of all doubt upon these points, when, after declaring that he believes in children, he goes on to say what lldren mean, or should mean, to par- DECLINING WHEAT MARKET. The wheat market Is no longer mov ing In fractions, but Is slumping from l to 3 cents per day. The close yes terday was nearly 10 cents per bushel under the high point reached last "month, and the situation from a bull standpoint Is far from pleasing. The "American Visible" was reported yes terday at 33,399,000 bushels, an Increase of 2,097,000 bushels over the previous week, and of more than 4,000,000 bush els over the total for the same date last year. The enormous Russian ship ments of the week previous were not repeated, but the output "from the Rus sian ports still added 5,458,000 bushels to the "World's Shipments," which reached a total of 9,937,000 bushels. American shipments were, of course. insignificant in comparison with those of former years, or of other countries which are usually In the same export ing class as this country. As the season continues to drift around to where the early shipments of another big Argentine crop will fill In with the enormous Russian shipments which- are still coming out the prospect for a maintenance of present high prices can hardly be considered as bright as they were a few weeks ago. Conditions in the Argentine are report ed- most favorable, and, as the acreage is much larger than ever before, the crop, with a continuation of present conditions, will be the largest on record. Bromhall's Corn Trade News, basing its estimates on data received to Novem ber 1, places the probable exportable surplus for the year ending. July 31, 1905, at 96,000,000 bushels, compared with SO.000,000 bushels for the preced ing season. The same authority offers some explanation for the continued heavy shipments fromRuss!a as follows: We find that Russia has been credited with" an exportable surplus of 20.000,000 quarters, as It Is the universal experience that, when prices are high the Russian peasant cells wheat and eats rye. whereas, when prices are low he eats less rye and sells less wheat. It Is true that this crop Is estimated as 12,000,000 to 13,000.000 quarters Ires than last year say about 64.000,000 quarters, compared with 77, 000.000 quarters, so that an exportable surplus of 20,000,000 quarters eeems rather much to ex pect from this year's production, but as for that there Is the case of the shipment of 16, 000.000 quarters from the 1E92 crop which was returnriu at only 42.000,000 quarters. If Russia's present crop now coming on the market should prove as decep tive as that of 1892, the surplus that may yet pour out of the Czar's ports will be of such overwhelming dimen sions that it is almost certain to force European values to still lower levels. If the European decline should con tinue much farther, it will no longer admit of American prices being kept up to fancy figures on the grounds that our prices are warranted by the de mands of home consumption. Attention has already been called to the fact that Russia was offering wheat to American millers, duty paid, at but .a few cents more than the price at which the American wheat was sell ing. Since that time there has been due to the committee to- say that The Oregonian has no doubt that its pur pose from the first has been to ascer tain all the facts about this mo-?t shameful affair, and to fix the respon sibility where It belongs. That desira ble object Is in a fair way to be at tained. The Tacoma Ledger takes It for granted that the President will attend the Lewis and Clark Fair, aid urges the people of that city to Invite him over there, "to make an expedition to Paradise Valley, the Camp of the Clouds and the summit ojMount Ta coma," the same being Tacoma's euphemism for Mount Rainier. Any additional Inducement that may be of fered Mr. Roosevelt to come will be heartily supported In Portland. General Balashoff, of the Port Arthur garrison. In one sentence accuses Japs of violating the rules of civilized war fare and in the next declares he has hardly time to eat and sleep. A war Is Indeed barbaric, if a begilded, bespan gled, bswhiskered Russian General can't get what he wants to eat and have all the time ho needs for tsleep. Russians would better give an example of civilized warfare themselves by surrendering. The Standard Oil dividends this year aggregate onlx 38 per cent That's very moderate for Standard. OH. Possibly the surplus Is going to Ihe reserve fund for a rainy day. For there may be rainy days, even for Standard Oil. reasons, usually X nave auregaruea iuu w cause I have believed that the roan recom mended to me was unfit. Occasionally I have disregarded them because I felt that the man who was In office was bo conspicuously fit that he ought to be retained. Holding In mind that the recommendation of tti Congressman Is merely a matter of cus tom, I wish to point out to you that It Is also the custom to pay heed to the wishes not only of Cabinet officers, but even of Senators c the opposite party, and occasionally to the wishes of Congressmen of the opposite party. In the case of nominations to office In their own towns. In such cases I have sometimes nominated the man requested by a Democratic Senator, for instance (always provided I re garded him as fit for the position); and even where I have not done this I have generally consulted him about tho man whom I did ap point That I should consult one of the mem bers of my own Cabinet In reference to the Postmaster of his own city ought to go with out eaylng. After carefully considering all the clrcum stancee. I feel that the wise and proper thing Is to nominate Mr. Pinkham to succeed him self. I Intend to nominate him because he Is a thoroughly fit man. who has been an excel lent Postmaster, who Is of good standing In the community, whose retention In office will un doubtedly be agreeable to tho bulk of the patrons of the office, and wh"ose appointment la asked for by the Attorney-General, himself a citizen of Haverhill, who, when In Congress as your predecessor, secured the appointment of this man to office by President McKlnley. I regret to have to take any action which will be dlsDlcaslng to you; but I do not eee how I can avoid doing so In this case. Sin cerely yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Hon. A. P. Gardner, Hamilton. Mass. THIS EDITOR WON'T STOP. Tells a Delinquent Subscriber" Hit Paper Will Go On. Freewater Times. Last week we perpetrated a little elec tion Joke and Illustrated It with a very poor imitation of, a worn-out broom, whRranoon Mr. E. B. Goodman took tiTn'hme-ft -jit our nun and returned his l&elf politically instead of allowing tho national convention of one party to teir It what it shall believe and for whom It shall vote. If the South shall keep on Its old way then assuredly the day will come when the North, unmoved by protests or threats, will put an end to the anomalous position of - the blacks of the South. It will say that if they are not to yote they must not be counted as a part of the basis of representation. That will be logical, constitutional and equitable. ' WHAT ZEMSTV0 IS AND DOES. (From the work of D. McKenzIe Wallace, an English member of the Russian' Geographical Society.) The Russian peasant family is a sort of primitive association in which the members have nearly all things in com mon. The village may be roughly de scribed as a primitive association on a larger scale. Between these two social units there are many points of analogy. In both there are common Interests and common responsibilities. In both there Is a prln clpal personage, who Is in a certain sense ruler within, and representative as regards the outside world. In the one case called the head of the household. and in the other the village elder. In both the authority Is limited: In the one case by the adult members of the famlly and In the other by tne heads of house holds. In both there is a certain amount of common property; In the one case the house and nearly all that It contains, and In the other the arable land and pastur age. In both cases there is a certain amount of common responsibility; In the one case for all the debts and In the other for all the taxes and communal obilga tions. And both are protected against the ordinary consequences of Insolvency, for tho family cannot be deprived or its house or necessary agricultural Imple ments, and the commune cannot be de prived of Its land by Importunate cred itors. The Zem3tvo Is a kind of local admlnls A jolly tar am I, - And I sing yo ho, yo ho, . And you bet I never go dry. To ho. yo ho. yo ho. . The teauty of duty la that to get tight. , la of nautical excellence simply the height With ho and yo ho. yo hoi So I sail in the Baltic fleet, And I sing yo ho, yo ho. And we shoot at whatever we meet; To ho, yo ho, yoho. A whale-or a sailor, a skiff or a" smack. Just something we know that can never hit back. With ho and yo ho. yo ho! Not one mouth to puff the cigarette? Another "lull In the fighting." How is it that we never hear of a "lull" in any thing but fighting? The Japanese are driving the Russians out of their trenches with stink-bombs. Now we know why they bought so many cheeses. As to the failure of the torpedo-boat In the present war, has anyone noticed steamship owners rushing to offer their vessels as blockade-runners? It was an ancient saying that "all Cretans are liars." Therefore news from Canea requires to be censured by Truth before it 13 ready for swallowing. Exclusive of teachers, three women (out of perhaps 20,000) have registered for the school election in Seattle. And yet there are scoffers who declare that women are not naturally anxious to mix in politics. America may get the log-book of one Columbus, who made a voyage to this country before the war. Probably the most Important entries are something like this: Monday Discovered America. Tuesday Sorry I discovered America, but can't lose It now. In future will look before I discover. More or less reflection Is likely, to be caused in many minds by the case of the New York man who hanged himself yes terday because his dinner was not ready. His action, in the first place,- was hasty, because there is no conclusive evidenca that our meals In the next world will be served more punctually than our meals In this. Apart from this consideration one cannot commend this self-Immolated martyr. What he should have done was to hang the cook. Are we threatened with a recondescence of Pat Crowe? Some Chicago man thinks he has seen him, and the police of Mexico City think they may see him. Pat Crowe has went" and should be let stay gone. otherwise we sha'I be havteg telegrams from every hamlet in the country an nouncing that the efficient Town Marshal has the kidnapper in custody. Oh, please pack up and go, Pat Crowe; And when you've gone, we-pray, -Stay away. After several reports of her foundering had been circulated, the Kroonland ar rived safely In New York. It seems al most Impossible to trace rumors of this kind to their source, but In the rare in stances where the originator of such dis tressing stories becomes known a spe cially-devised punishment should be dealt out No other story can cause such deep and widespread anxiety as one concerning the loss of a crowded liner, and yet such reports are constantly being spread abroad on the flimsiest grounds or on none at all. Francis E. LeuppTyjust appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Is a newsnaoer man and author of the well- known book "The Man Roosevelt" The copy of the Times on which was written: tratlon, which supplements tne acuon. or President evidently iiaa. no prejudices "This paper is not wanted I longer." Welt the rural cornmunes and takes cognl- arTir it no for It Is lonT enough. Of which Individual communes cannot pos- , ;,n-(.rhii- that Mr. Goodman slbly satisfy. Its principal duties are to - tqmnthrae his coDV of I keeD the roads and bridges In proper re- the Times but as he Is slightly in arrears pair, to provide means of conveyance for for subscription we decline to do so till ho Is square with the printer. But his case would have passed unno Hrwi and without comment' but that It 13 another evidence that notwithstanding the against the profession?? Uncle Gassaway says President Roosevelt's declaration that he will not be a candidate for.re7election "raised him greatly in my estimation." Can It be that Uncle Gassaway wishes to try again next time? the rural nolice and other -ofllclals. to elect the Justices of the Peace, to look after the primary education and sanitary affairs, to watch the state or tne crop3 and take measures against approaching Russia bas ordered Its. agents to sup ply Port Arthur with munitions and stores at any cost -"The Czar, finds it futile to order his ""army and navy. God save the agents. May -their luck be happier! ,tti. ototi and the rack are I famine, and. In short to undertake, with past the fact remains that the principle In certain clearly-defined limits, what which resorted to these things rankles In ever seems likely to Increase the mate the breast of some people even as in me dark ages. Some persons appear to be lieve that no one has any sort of right to an opinion If It differs from theirs. Ex-Candidate -Parker engages the swell est apartments In one of the swell est New York hotels (or a residence. Maybe the peopfe were right In their instinct that Parker was too far above them. . Japs are said to be fighting Russians with hand grenades which look like sausages and smell like llmberger The Solid SoutrrBpken. Nashville American. There are thousands of Southern voters who were only restrained from voting for Roosevelt by his views concerning the race question- As It Is It Is. no longer the solid South. The warning Is plain enough Even the negro question will not hold the Ennth toeether forever. It did not do it rial and moral well being of the. popula tion. In form, the Institution is parlia mentarythat Is to say. It consists of an assembly of deputies, which meets once a year, at least and of a permanent executive bureau elected by the, assembly from among its members. If the assent bly he regarded as a local parliament the bureau corresponds to the ministry. Once every three years the. deputies are elected in certain fixed proportions by the landed proprietors, the rural com manes and the municipal corporations. Every province and each of the districts at U1U nui uu it --- - - rmvlnr !r divided Has UUS Ume yet UU1L was .oa,w on mt a hnrPAll. bv Senator uorman.in aryiano. hlh- ----- , , - ,i c UVCi yia-s tmw. m - ??: r IJ: J'Stt'ZSSSSfJSS. &SaS? tSTZShT no latter receive more credence hereafter. The Northern Securities Company m-eets-from day .-tf "day, and the reports say "does nothiag." That's what It is eminently qualified to do. than a mere opposition party agin every thing the other party Is for. The Jap "Banzai." Chicago Jtecord-Herald. The Chinese word "Janson" means the samo as the Japanese ''banzai, the French "vive," the German "ioch" and the English "hurrah." If the RaeIBB cTcr had an equivalent ler tne wora it "With. Foster,, jeweeny, Furth and f--iTYirTvi -ontereA for the Senatorshln at Olympla, It kk like what the calk has been- forgotten through lack of use. Bryan the Democratic Leader. Brooklyn- Eagle (Dem.). The Eagle bM. selected, for special I allusion, from umrt todays exprewtoae, what Mr. Bryan ys. Its interest Justi fies that selection Xr. "Bryaa'r position In Xtemocracv emtm him with an. author.' it which should Jw adSBltfttd. New Plan. Chicago Record-Herald. "Learn to labor and to wait." So the psalmist said ht tueel He that would be rich or great Kttstn't linger, he- THiet xash. Get your fame asd MeseyJ Jerk Thisgs to pieces allvI Time e&eosjfe to wait ad -work. After yen are forty-ft. trapfi of antasronlsm seems to exist be the two classes. Landed proprie tors and those who were once their serfs evidently meet for the occasion on fnntlnz of eaualltv.' The discussions are always carried on by the no Dies, dui on raor than few occasions, peasant mem vr rtee to sneak ana tneir remarks, al ways clear, practical, and to the point are Invariably listened to with respectful offauiflna hv all present This assembly Meets in Beptemoer, ana in Xeee&er the aaatmmy xor tne pro vIsn meets. In general character and mode oC procedure it resembles closely the dlwtrict aseemwy just aescnoea. its chief jecttllarities are that Its members are chooen not by the primary ejectors, but W the aMttrobites (Zemstvos) of the district. conirolnr the. province, and tkttt it- taken cognisance only of matters that ceooern ; ore than. n tusmcu "With the same disregard of carnage as the Japanese soldiers show at Port Ar thur, the Japanese students pres3 home their assaults upon the English language. The St James Gazette says that the fol lowing notice to European visitors was posted at a recent art exhibition In Toklo-. No visitor who la mad or Intoxicated la al lowed to enter In; If any person found in shall be claimed to retire. No person, is auowea to eamr in with himself any -parcel, umbrella. tlck and the like kind, except his puree, and la strictly forbidden to take within himseil doe. or the same kind of beasts. Visitor la requested to take care of himself from thievly. The "faithful dorg" has rescued count less thousands of human oeings irom drowning, but the latest yarn concerning Its devotion comes from Belfast A smalL pup fell Into the river and was drowning. when a retriever swam out and brought the little one ashore safely. To make tho story complete, we should have been told that the pup walked oft without a word of thanks to Its rescuer. Rescuees from drowning always end that way, unless the one saved leaves a legacy to the hero, who must be poor. As a dog can not leave a fortune. It Is evident that the rescued one In the Belfast story should have gone off without taking the trouble to thank the retriever. WJSX. J. 1 OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. Rank.Presldent I hear that our cashier ha turned Christian Scientist. Director-By. Jove! I hope he won't give us any absent treatment. Life. Mr. Jones Mary, can a woman keep any thing to herself? Mrs. Jones Tes;. her private opinion of her husband. Philadelphia Tele graph. "Young Swardle Is working 'his way through college. Isn't her "He Is Just sow, you bet He's studying the Russian language." Chicago Tribune. , Mrs. B inks How do you like having Miss Gosslpp for a next-door neighbor? Mrs. Jinks Oh, I don't mind it It saves our taking a dally paper. Cincinnati Coeimerclil Tribune. McFIub He preseed his suit denned it; called on his glri, pressed his suit woa and married her. and now he bs applied for a divorce. Bleetb Andsthe lawyers are pressing hla suit now. ehT Pittsburg, Pest Manager "Well, I'tb engaged all the special ties for our new musical cesasdy. thAjwenery la done and the music Is about notched. Au thorAll right. I'll drop yoa a pestal with the libretto on it tomorrow. JBsccbaage. "That Mrsv Snaggs is too much of a ariaty crat fur me to mingle wld." "How's, that?" "She was knocked down by a yeshoart, and she had it put inter de y&per dat she, was hit y aa auteraoeHe-" Detwtt Free Press. Miss Plaae Yes, Tesa yspoo-g last Bight, an I accepted ilea. See tMs rlag Miss Wise Indeed ? By the way, dear, ".'' at "teapt to cut glass with that dlassead, as I did, or yos'.U sake another B-iefc is-1 0e. Philadelphia Press. "George," said Mrs. DevWnSr "I wis yau'tl tell me joewthln." "What is-, 1T' "It it's always soea a erSoTM thing wasa. os arm" tarns anotlMc'e flaafe-a4 t iiwi that tlxer. an always hound to .try to do it why d. tbsy ! have bwter'-Orioo sootd-Hotel, Hi