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XOBXXAKD, TCTESBAT, MOT. 22, 1941.
socxaijsm: kext?
It Is not Imagined, even by most cn
ithuaiaetic Republicans, that the extra,
ordinary power they have evinced in
the recent contest will remain uncon
tested. 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