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THE MORNING OREGQNIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1905. Entered at the Postomce at Portland. Or., aa second-class matter. KEYISKD StJBSCKIPTIOX BATES. Br mail (postage prepaid In advance) pally, with Sunday, per moaUi $ .85 Dally, with Sunday excepted, per year... 7.50 Dally, with Sunday, per year .... O.Vd 6 en day, per year. . ......... . O0 The Weekly." per year. l- The Weekly, 3 months .6 Xa!ly. per week, delivered. Sunday ex cepted .15 Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday In cluded . .77. 7. - -so POSTAGE BATES. United States, Canada and Mexico 10 to 14-page -pa per........... lo 18 to SO-page paper . -c 82 to 44-page paper........... ....... 3c .Foreign ratee, donble. EASTKIiX BUSINESS OfflCE. k The S. C. Beck with. Special Arency New Tork: Scorns 43-50. Tribune tulldlnr. Chi sago: Booms C10-S12 Tribune building. 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Pitts, 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; X. Wheatley. 83 Steven son; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. Washington, D. C. Ebbltt House News tetand. vPOltTLAND . SATC KDAT. JAN. 28. 1905. V SENATORIAL CONTESTS. "Washington elects a Senator, but Missouri does not and Delaware does Jnot Fortunately, the Republican' party of "Washington is not so racked by fac tions, so riven by dissensions, as in hthese other states. There was substan tial unanimity in Washington, upon ffcho election of Samuel H. Piles. He iwill be an efficient Senator. The inter rests of "Washington will not suffer In t&is hands. In Missouri the greater number of jfcbe Republican members of the Legis lature have voted for Thomas K. Nied Tringhaus. But it is clear that he can aot toe elected- He received- the caucus domination, and on the aggregate vote, cast the first day, he received enough pto elect him. But when It came to the fcjolnt convention next day he failed to et a majority, and the vote for him 'has been dwindling slowly, ever since. 'The situation is analogous to that in Oregon in 1893, when Dolph was de feated. But there is a difference. Dolph deserved success, and it was an outrage that he was beaten. The desertion of . "jCiedrlnghaus is little or nothing-. (He has been a political manager these many years. Deeming himself the He vpublican party of Missouri, when his t$arty won the Legislature he claimed 'the Senatorship as his own. His prin cipal rival or contestant for control of "the Republican machine is R. C. Ker ens, who had some support in the Leg islature, but was beaten in caucus. As a politician Kerens is no better man than Niedringhaus, but the bitterness .between the two men is extreme, and the indiscretion of Niedringhaus has afforded his rival opportunity to attack him, at the last moment, and with ap parent success. The real opposition to Niedringhaus is factional. But it has excuses, which It converts into ground to stand on. -Niedringhaus is accused of having anade false representations as to cam paign funds. He received contribu tions in considerable sums from St. sXiouis breweries, and as the law of Mis souri forbids corporations to contribute to campaign funds, he credited these contributions to himself. "When called to account he attempted some kind of evasion or equivocation, but ineffectu ally. A committee of investigation ap pointed by the Legislature, composed tof members of the two parties, found Ehat Niedringhaus kept no separate ank accounts, but deposited cam . algn contributions to his own personal credit; that he made a sworn state ixnent in which he set out a contribu tion of $21,237 as having been made by himself; that he did not contribute this isum, but that 510,000 of it came from iBusch, and 52500 from a brewing com :pany as a corporation; that this money was to be refunded if it could be ob "Italned from the National Committee. but that Niedringhaus was in no way personally liable; and finally, that he as chairman did not file complete state jnents of the receipts of his committee as required by law. Such is the case against Niedringhaus. Of course the .managers of tb rival faction who are .pulling him down are no better than he, and are pretending to a virtue which hev do not possess. But their un- worthiness is no kind of excuse or jus llflcation of him. There seems to be no kind of probability that Niedringhaus kvIU succeed in overcoming the oppo sition against him. Nor can Kerens ie elected. It must be some third man or no Senator. In Delaware Addlcks also will proba bly fall again, as he ought. Through him Delaware has been debauched to an incredible extent; yet it remains to her credit that she has thus far kept him out of a seat in the Senate. "WASHINGTON'S NEW SENATOR. In the election to the United States Senate of Mr. Samuel H. Piles, "Wash ington is assured of highly creditable representation in that body. It detracts not the slightest from the merits or abilities of Mr. Piles to state that his election was due to a remarkable com bination of fortunate circumstances which collectively can best be described as luck. In his speech before the joint session Mr. Piles said that he expected to re tain his seat In the United States Sen ate for twenty-four years. It is easily within the range of possibilities for him to realize on those expectations, provld ing he carries out his announced pol icy of being, not the Senator from Se attle or King County, but the Senator from the entire State of "Washington. The withdrawal of Charles Sweeny, who throughout the fight has held the -key to the situation, alone made the election of Mr. Piles possible, and It will also prove a strong' move in harmonlz ing the conflicting interests which for many years past have jeopardized, the success of the party in the state. The spectacle of a millionaire candidate for the United States-Senate refusing' to buy votes Is more rare than it should be, and the honorable course of Mr. Sweeny In refusing- the Senatorship un less he could secure it honorably has given him a prestige in "Washington politics which will make him a power in the councils of his party. Senator Foster, who was "unfortunate In his failure to command the loyal support of a number of men temporar ily voting- for him, put up a good, clean fight and met an honorable defeat. There was more loyalty in the support of John Xi. "Wilson, but his numerical strength was insufficient to admit of success, and all of the good work he had accomplished at "Washington In the past stood for naught when other odds were so strong against him. THE INTERSTATE RAXLBOAD COURT. Possibly many readers have not grasped the issues, fraught with the building up or the oullln down of most of the important trades of "the North mine states, which are being- decided In this city. The three men they mav be called judges charged with the duty of hearing and determining this cause have been set in the positions they hold by -virtue of the survival of the fittest No one can challenge their competency. Trained by long years of experience, versed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, their worth to the great railroad systems which employ them Is estimated by the confidence betokened by the places they hold. Under an earlier system they might have appeared as competitors for the business of the Coast, empowered to offer inducements for traffic to be In trusted to their respective lines. But they come here now vested -with n common power to which all trades must bow. From their deliberate decision there is, in fact, no appeal. It will be seen that even the business -men. strengthened by association into boards ana cnambers, will think once, twice and thrice before they dispute the col lective judgment of these three men. It will be the farthest possible from the thought of an individual trader to take up by himself the burden of fight, even If he thinks his contention Is founded In justice and reasonableness (the two lights on questions of this kind). In the union of the three great transcon tinental interstate systems there is in deed strength. In the justice of this court Its suitors may doubtless rely. For Justice con sists in the even application to the case in question of understood and pro claimed rules of right; and thesea-epre-sentatives of the Harriman system, the Northern Pacific and the Great North ern system are known to be just men. How about the reasonableness which it is desired they should apply? Other considerations here come into play. "What weight should (not shall) be given to the origin of traffic, the ad vantages of terminal points, the cost and difficulties of transportation, whether and how freights of cars both ways can be secured, how infant indus tries can be cared for, whether tem porary loss In opening up and carrying on trans-oceanic commerce should be supported by one or all of these great systems such matters as these bear on the reasonableness of freight rates. Now in all these points these three judges represent the parties behind them, and are possessed of all the ktip- clal knowledge which Is not shared by tnose wnose interests are deeply en gaged in their "decision. This consider atlon seems to call for the active sun port of the President and his advisers in the efforts now being put forth to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission and create the Court of Commerce. It must be possible to equip the Commission and the court with men no less just than those in Portland now, and qualified also to as certain and then to utilize in their de cisions all facts bearing on the side of the people, as well as of the railroads, in controversies and questions in which the commercial prosperity of wide areas of the Nation are Involved. NEW BO ADS IN WASHINGTON". The "Washington Legislature accom pllshed a good piece of .work Tuesday when it passed the omnibus road bill which Governor McBride vetoed at the last session of the Legislature. This bill provides for the expenditure of $115,000 in the construction of new high ways in different parts of the state. and, if the money is Judiciously expend ed, as no doubt it will be, the returns on the Investment will be large indeed. The largest individual Item on the list Is an appropriation of 531,500 for the construction of a road from Gray's Harbor through Chehalls, Clallam and Jefferson Counties to a connection with a county road leading to Port Angeles, This road will enable settlers to get in and out of one of the wildest as well as one of the richest portions of the state. The region which this road will open up to the outside world is wonderfully rich in natural resources and capable of sustaining a large population which has heretofore been barred by reason of its inaccessibility. The road through the Cowlitz Pass from Lewis to Yakima County Is also a highway which will open up a vast aTea of rich territory. Coming nearer home, Portland will have particular la terest in construction of the road down the north bank of the Columbia from Lyle, "Wash., to "WashougaL In the same issue of The Oregonlan that an nounced the passage- of the bill appro priating money for this road appeared an item stating that the Oregon "Water Power Company would extend its line from Gresham to the Columbia River and establish a ferry across the river to "WashougaL This service, in connec tlon with a good wagon road leading up the river from "Washougal, would bring Portland In very close touch with a rich and rapidly developing portion of "Washington. The fine roads and excellent transpor tation facilities enjoyed by that portion of Clark County. "Washington, for which "Vancouver is the metropolis, are responsible for the rapid growth of the locality and the high prices commanded by farm and orchard lands. "With sim ilar facilities extended to the territory farther up the river by the construc tion of the proposed wagon road and car-line extension, the lands will show a corresponding Increase In value and their holders will receive larger returns for their labors. In both Oregon and "Washington there still remain numer ous isolated localities fully as rich In natural wealth as any that have been developed, but which cannot be reached by railroads for many years. Any ex penditure for the construction of roads to these now inaccessible regions can not fail to show good returns on the In vestment. The good-roads question is attracting much attention at the present time in all parts of the country. It will be many years before we reach the degree of perfection la construction that has been attained in Europe, but there are Just now great possibilities for crea tion of new wealth In the Pacific North west by construction of even moder ately good public highways. The time is approaching when Oregonlans and "Washlngtonlans will not be obliged to locate by a navigable river or along side a railroad track In order to enjoy transportation facilities to market BACHELOR BRAGGADOCIO. A Dunmow Flitch with variations Is offered to New Yorkers. "W. A "Wood bury, a Manhattan bachelor, is ready to ve a prize of 51000 to any husband who can conscientiously declare that he contented, with his lot the sugges tion of the donor beinsr that the only happy man is be who has avoided marriage. It Is an old, old question, that of the relative happiness of single life and married life, and, like most old questions. It can never De answered. There Is a happi ness of youth and a haDDlness of arc and none can pronounce one absolutely greater than the other. So with the different happy states that Bachelor "Woodbury seeks to cbmpare. Man is always to be blest and wedlock, says an old proverb, is like a besieged for tress, those outside loncintr to iret In and those inside being anxious to get out The married man can nolnt with com placency to the fact that few bachelors, however they may vaunt their freedom from the shackles of marriage, prove more constant than Benedick. This prize-offering "Woodbury m-otsts too much, and may be expected to meet the same tate as all the other gallants who have swaggered their little span and then gone meekly to the altar. The bachelor has the more excitement usually. The pleasure of the chase is or a different nature from the pleasure of contemplating the quarry laid low, and from its uncertainty has furnished themes for countless poets. Many a sonnet has been Indited to a mistress eyebrows, many an epithalamlum has been sung over a bride, but what poet goes Into a fine frenzy over' his wife? Not that the poet who embodies in his verse the aspirations of all lovers. Is not happy in his married life. He is merely too certainly happy to sing about It "Were the sky never clouded, we should .have no ecstasies upon the sun, and if "Winter never came we should have no poems to a perpetual Spring which would not be an un mixed evil. Rather let Bachelor "Wood bury believe that the sky of marriage Is always blue, and the prospect never. Let him expend his money upon house hold goods, find a girl who will over look his passage of treason, and answer his own question In the affirmative, with additional emphasis every year Love's not Time's tool, though rosy Hps and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks. But bears It out vn to the edge of doom. OUR EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT. The Interest taken by teachers and friends of education in the Echool ex hibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair Is gratifying to the Fair management and to the public generally. This exhibit will be really an Important one, whether from the standpoint of state and local pride or from the wider view which looks for a substantial increase in our population as the result of presenting our educational advantages as well as our material resources and industrial opportunities to such of our visitors next Summer as may be contemplating a change of location, or who may be induced by what they see to make a change for the better. Good schools are the first requirement of Intelligent homeseekers. No consld erate man thinks seriously of taking his growing family where they cannot have school privileges as good as the best And school privileges today mean something more than an opportunity to learn to "read, write and cipher." These things are fundamental, now as ever, but they are "not all that is compre hended In the word "education," as ap plied to the instruction given in' our common schools. There Is every indication that the ed ucational exhibit as now being worked up will surprise even many of our own people, who, though dwelling in the shadow- of ourN commodious school- houses, know relatively little of what is going on within them. The exhibit of our school work at St. Louis did not do either our educators or public school pupils credit, but quite the contrary This was due to a variety of causes that It Is not necessary to state. The fact is unquestioned and the humilia tion suffered by our citizens who noted with shame and confusion of face the difference between the Oregon showing and that of some other states will not be repeated when our educational ex hibit is thrown open to inspection and comparison next June. A LAND OF SMALL MEN. Statistics recently compiled in France show that that country is a land of what political economists call "small men." This term Tefers, of course, to the holdings of the individual, which are more evenly diffused in France than in any other civilized country. In support of this statement it Is shown by statistics that France has fewer than 20,000 persons who have property valued at 1.000.000 francs (5193,000) or more. About 14,000 of these have for tunes of from 5193.000 to 5380,000; of the remaining 6000 only about 100 have from 52.000.000 to 510.000,000 each, while in all France there are not more than ten persons whose property is valued at 519,000,000 or over. These figures are reliable, since they are based on current tax returns, and in France taxation Is thorough and searching. As shown by the probate court records, persons dying In France in 1902 left property valued at 5921,000,- 000. Of the 253,612 estates distributed that year more than 300,000 were val ued from 51930 down to 20 cents; only four estates in a thousand were worth more than from 550,000 to 5100,000, and only one In a thousand was worth over 5100,000. France Is pre-eminently, the country of the small landowner, a fact which is held to explain the universal loyalty and abounding patriotism of the French people. Literally speaking the coun try that is, the land belongs to the people. In 1S92 the farms in France of more than 25 acres numbered only S49.7S9, while of those of less than 25 acres there were 4,529,259; of French tillers of the soil 1,829.259 were cultl vating from 12.5 to 2.5 acres each, while 2.235,405 were cultivating less than the area last named. Since the year desig nated there have been no statistics of land-holding for all France compiled, but the tendency throughout the inter vening years has been toward a further division of farming lands. According to tha theories of certain social and political reformers, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, "this condition In France ought to make the French peo ple the happiest in the world.v Yet no one can affirm that they are. Judged by the personal virulence of their poll- tics, the animosities of which extend Into society and even trade In a degree unknown in England, Germany or the United States It cannot be assumed that life is more pleasant for the people of France than it is for those of other civilized nations. It can be said, however, that in the 6mall economies of fife and In what Is called thrift, which enables them to meet the financial obligations Imposed by the government the French peas antry excel all others of their class in the civilized world. The diligence with which they have bent themselves to the task of paying the enormous indemnity imposed by Bismarck at the close of the Franco-German "War is in evidence of the large capabilities of Frenchmen when It comes to making the- most of their resources both In earning and In saving. The history of the world does not furnish a parallel of this sturdy, persistent rising of a people to meet the bated and enormous exaction of a victorious enemy, albeit it is more than probable that every sou which toil has paid on this account has been weighted with the hope of sometime getting more than even with Germany In a grand war settlement Be this as it may, the French yeomanry stand before the world a marvel in thrift and industry the basis of which Is small land-holdings diligently farmed. Sessions of legislative committees be hind closed doors meet the hearty dis approval of the Saturday Evening Po3t, which takes advantage of the legisla tive season to register its protest against what It considers an un-American way of doing the public business. Perhaps the editor was once a newspa per reporter and knows the feelings of the gatherer of news as be waits out side the closed doors until the commit tee has adjourned, then to be told the conclusions without learning the argu ments and facts upon which the con clusions were based. Says the Post: Our political campaigns are managed by all parties with secrecy as the basic prin ciple. Our governments. National, state, round pal, are conducted on the same plan. Officials meet In secrecy to discuss the public affairs! The documents of depart ments ore carefully sealed from tho public Whenever a. Congressional committee has anything really Important to discuss It closes its doors and the majority members shut out the minority. Why? For no good reason; often, too often, for a bad one. In International affairs we want nothing that Is not Justly ours and -Rill give nothing that belongs of right to us. In home affairs we permit no public servant officially to do anything that is not lawful and In the public interest. Yet theso little people In office huddle together and whisper end the passion is growing on them. They are giving themselves the airs of masters. Why not open the doors, all the doors? What is all this mystery about? There are arguments for and against a constitutional convention. But the argument against It, presented at Sa lem, and perhaps elsewhere, that It would set aside the Initiative and refer endum, Is""hot good. For the new con stitution would be submitted to the vote of the people for adoption or re jectionthe initiative and referendum feature with the rest The Oregonlan thinks the people could be trusted to vote again on initiative and referen dum, as on all other Important ques tions. It is the boast of Initiative and referendum that it is the public wilL The charge against Senator Smoot now resolves itself to an effort to unseat him because he has declared his. allegi ance to the Mormon Church, and the nature of his obligation to the church Is such that he acknowledges any reve lation of the divine will as supreme to all other considerations, political or so cial. If Smoot is to be expelled from the Senate for this, how many other Senators, who" are members of any church, can retain their seats? In France, the land of thrift, a new kind of savings bank is now used In the out-of-the-way rural districts. A "motor-car bank" makes the round of cer tain districts, stopping in the villages on stated days. The car carries a safe. three clerks and a driver, and is said to be doing a good business. The small investors have given France her emi nence in the financial world, and the bankers appear enterprising in gather ing in the small accounts. Vladivostok, which is reputed to be in better condition to withstand a siege than was Port Arthur, appears to have been decided upon as an early objective point xf the Japanese forces in Corea. The main advantage of capturing Vladivostok would be the final shutting out of the Baltic fleet from its last port of refuge in the Orient For this reason the Japanese are likely to prose cute the siege with vigor. , "When the Road. Supervisors of a county set a date upon which to meet with the County Commissioners and devise plans for scientific and system atic construction of roads within their jurisdiction, the indications are favor able for good roads. This course has been decided upon by the Road Super visors and County Court of Linn Coun ty, and there is reason to hope for bene ficial results in due time. The four normal schools stand in with each other; this Is politics. The wider Interests of the state demur; this Is far-sightedness in educational Inter ests. "We do not want a quartet of state-pensioned high schools. "We do want one normal school, the diploma of which will give, if necessary, a. gradu ate standing beyond the limits of the state. The latest city ordinance to be "dis covered" is one making parents respon slble for children that are out unat tended of nights. There appears to be no end to the useful provisions that might be found by systematic research among the ordinances already In force. A diamond valued at 54.000,000, more or less, has just been found near Pre toria. Some trust magnate. now has a chance to buy it ana refer slightingly to the Kon-l-nooc- Spring is hailed in Manchuria as the glad season wher Increased slaughter is possible. Santo Domingo patriots are alarmed at the prospect of a stable adminlstra tion. The North Sea. Inquiry develops into childhood's "You. did" and "I didn't.' NOTE AND COMMENT. Referring to some lines in this col umn on weather "There and Here," and a reply from Chicago "Here and There." a Baker City correspondent of fers the following verse. ""Most Any where": It seems to me I can't agree With "There and Here" or "Here and There"; I've always found In goinr round Its much the same, 'Mort Anywhere. There are things "Here" that may eeem queer To those who think "There" heads the list; At some things "There" we folks would stare. And tell them how old "Here we nursed. So. after all. I think the caU Of happiness awaits us where Content of mind and lave we find Within oursebre 'ilosf Anywhere. Hallle Erminle Rives, whose experi ences in the Garden of the Gods made her feel the clutch of "the reasonless shudder of the diablerie of Poe," had socio other visions of almost equal merit After the elemental rune of ter ror had been hymned upon the harp strings of her soul, these further mani festations were vouchsafed her: I saw Manfred upon his tower calling his earth-demons to bis sorcerer's Incantation. Benlde them troop all the uncanny night mares from the abysm of the drunkard's im agination, the- grisly goda to which the Druid tacriflced. swollen frog-like horrors from Alas kan totem poles all the chilling mistake of nature crowding In a monstrous cxtravasanza that blent and shifted and threatened in the dimming light. The loneliness of the teeming void, tb silence of this stone fecundity of menace bred a cooling horror, a hysteric long ing for noises and numbers. I ran, faeter and faster down a ghestly avenue of name lent Things, past a balancing rock as big as an Alpine cottage that reared on slender apex to crush me on far down the winding patn toward the yellow street lamps that winked palely a mile away toward warm, finite things. the habitations of men and women and tne voices of my kind! The Republic of Santo Domingo Has a Marty dislike for the Gringo. And. won't give a button For your kind. Uncle Sam, Till he urea the Big Stick, by Jingo. Mrs. Belle Bales, of Beaverton, is a saner Carrie Nation. Novelists have long had a slipshod way of writing descriptions of scenes and situations about which they knew nothing. It remained for Clarence "Wil bur Taber, of Chicago, to Introduce a method that should place our American novelists far in the lead of such blun dering craftsmen ae Fielding, Thack eray and others, whose clumsy methods are still, alas, in vogue. Clarence has a better method. He hires a model and with her goes through the scenes of the novel he has in contemplation. Wo read: The daring model who essayed to aid the author in his work permitted herself to be first embraced, then repulsed, and finally struck to tho floor In the frenzy of bis angry passion. and then. In order not to lose any of the effect. Taber rushed like a madman from his house, across fields, down the road and did not return until tho psychologically produced pas sion wore off. That's the stuff. Until the Amcri can public is educated up to a greater consideration for the exigencies of art it is not likely that murder, scenes may be rehearsed with due regard for the safety of the novelist's neck, but there remains a wido field for the exploita tion of tho new method. It is interest ing to note that Clarence is married and that his wife Insisted upon being present at his rehearsals with the model. Evidently Mrs. .Taber is quite common person, altogether out of sympathy with the artistic side of her husband's nature. The presence of a third person, and a coldly critical per son at that is sure to throw, a wet blanket over the most impassioned at tempt at lovemaking for the purpose: of fiction. Evidently the Portland attorneys are watchinc tho case of Lawyer Hitchings with deep interest, and, ho wonder, for tho matter is one that cannot fail to be of moment to the profession. One of tho bar's blarney-est members writes as follows: Since gentle woman "hath-a-way" Of "Hitching" things to meet, A lawyer's plea who wants his fee. By sprinting up the street: And by action, suit or motion. Upon the' count el close. Overruling his objections By a smash upon the nose. Now, then, since the time-honored relations of law and jaw Have been ruthlessly disturbed by a woman's May not a woman's fury clean out a Jury, Or a woman's grudge give 'paws" to a Judge? "The appeal seems to be from the forum to the sanctum," adds the writer. It certainly 'docs look as if a Jury would be scared out of bringing in an adverse verdict if an energetic woman announced her purpose of larruping the bunch in such an event Within 30 minutes from the time the news of Governor Brady's appointment was received the Record-Miner had on extra on the streets, Jun&au Record-Miner. Alaska isn't hibernating. Georgo Meredith used to have a rep utation for wisdom, principally because he never said anything to an inter viewer. Then he departed from his rule, and talked a lot of rot about lim ited marriages. Now he is talking about revolution in Russia, and about one more interview will have him In the Hall Caine class. Waffles, the Cracked Amateur. Nit by E. "W. Scorning. "Bunny!" t The voice was muffled, but I had no difficulty in recognizing it as "Waffles. "Turn on the gas. Bunny," came the- muffled tones, "but do not light if ' I turned on the gas as directed, and Waffles stepped out of the pipe. "My elephant," ho cried. "What could I say? Could I tell Waffles, the hero of my schooldays, that I had thrown his white elephant out of the window? I trifled with the truth, and told "Waffles that the brute had shinned down the flre-oscapa when I wasn't looking. At that moment I saw Sherlock. Holmes and Watson go down the street I dashed out and joined them. Straight to a butcher's shop went Holmes. There we found the elephant, indeed, but chopped up into sausage meat At that moment Angelina entered. She bought a pound of the sausages! Should I warn her? Abandoning "Waffles forever, I rushed down the street after her. "Angelina!" I cried. "With a sob, she turned and flung the sausages around my neck. I flung them from me and stamped the wretched badges of my crime into the gutter. At that moment I was arrested by an officer of the S. P. C. A. Ten years in Jail: Angelina lost "Waffles and Holmes still struggling. Lost! I grind my toeth like a sau sage machine and pray for death. "WEX. J. SHORT-STUDIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FRANCE By arrangement with FRANCE, like the United States. 13 a republic with a written constitu tion. But the two constitutions of the two countries differ widely from each ottfer. No provision of the constitution of the United States can bo changed until the amendment by which it is proposed to change it has been submitted to the people and approved by the legislatures of three- fourths of the states. The constitution of France, on the other hand, is divided into two kinds of law, one called "con stitutional." the other called "organ ic." The "organic" laws may be al tered in the same way that other laws may be altered that Is, by a- simple act of the Parliament For example. the French Sonate. which exists only In virtue of the provisions of an "Or ganic" law, may have the most radical changes made In It or may be practi cally abolished, by the two houses of Parliament sitting and voting exactly as they would sit and vote if consider ing a measure of the utmost triviality. The "constitutional" laws may be changed almost as easily. "Wnen the Senate and the House of Deputies meet together they constitute the National Assembly; and the National Assembly has power and authority, by a mere majority vote, to make any changesin the government It pleases without in any way referring the matter to the people. If it wanted to. It could meet tomorrow and abolish the republic and set up an absolute monarchy. The inference which would naturally be drawn from theso statements is that the French Parliament almost monopo lizes tho power of the French govern ment instead of being checked and bal anced by the executive and judicial de partments as the Congress of the United States Is; and a close inspection of French institutions amply verifies this inference. The government of France has been aptly described as government by massmeetlng. and a tumultuous and disorderly mass meet ing it sometimes is. The titular ehlpf jToiitlv nf "Franr la the Presli1(nt TT Is (Opnteri. nnt hv the people but by a majority vote of me iwo nouses or parliament, meeting together as a National Assembly. His term is seven vears. He pannnt vitn legislation, but may require the houses to reconsider u. ie nas tne legal power to appoint and remove all public officials, including Ambassadors and Cabinet Ministers. He can adlourn the Chambers for any period of less than a mourn, can dissolve them after they have sat Ave months, and. with the consent of the Senate, can dissolve the Chamber of Deputies at any time. .nut extensive as is tne nominal au thority of the French President, his real authority usually A extremely limited. He is eenernllv ns mur-li nf a figurehead as in the King of England. xio nas oniy a toDsons cnoicetn tne selection of his Cabinet. He may select whom he wishes, nrovided he selects whom the Chamber of Deputies wishes. His Ministers are responsible for their acts, not to him hut to tho PhnmhoM His appointments to all offices, no mat ter now important or how trifiinc must be countersigned by his Minist ers, ana are, tnererore. really the ap pointments Of the Ministers. The thir.t republic was founded in 1S75. Of Its seven Presidents, not one has served a iuu seven years term. Four have chosen or have been forced br tha Chambers and their ministers to re sign, one fCarnotl was assRssIn.irrr and one (Faure) died In office. M. Lou bet, who Is now President, was elected in lay j. a The French Cabinet has at -nrpspnt 12 Ministers, the Minister of Justice. tne Minister of Finance, the Minister of "War. the Minister of Marin tha Minister of Colonies. th T,Urilsttr- nr .Foreign Affairs, the Minister of tha micrior ana ot fuhllc worship, the Minister of Public Instruction, religion and the Fine Arts, the Minister of Pub lic "Works, the Minister nf A crrinr1ttTi"o me .Minister or Trade and Industry ana tne Jimistor nf Pncio onr ti. graphs. Thi natures of the administra tive duties of most the Ministers are indi cated by their official titles. In France, SUNDAY FAIR OPENING. Approval From Walla Walla. "Walla Walla Union. Very sensibly the managers of the Lewis and Clark Fair have deslded to open its gates to the public on Sundays. There is no more reason In keeping the door of the Fair closed on Sunday than there Is in closing the gates of a public school on that day. All Nature, animate and inanimate, continues its usual opera tions and processes regardless of the day of the week. Happy Solution to Vexed Question. Milton Eagle. The determination of the Lewis and Clark Fair managers to open the doors of the Exposition on Sundays under cer tain restrictions Is a happy solution of a very vexed question, and will doubtless be satisfactory to all except the extrem ists of either claas, and the wishes ot such must give way to the will of the majority. Also With the Highest Morality. "Weston Leader. The Lewis and Clark Centennial will be opened Sunday. Those who attended the St Louis Exposition and saw the nature of the outside amusements offered the public when the gates of the great Fair were closed will heartily approve of this decision, which is in lino with the best judgment ot the age. The Blind Man Saw. ' Kansas City Journal. During the recent fog in London a mili tary man. advanced in years, lost his way completely in the nocturnal vapor. Bumping against a stranger, ha explained his misfortune and gave his address. "I know it quite well," said the stranger, "and I will take you there." It was some dlatance, but the guide never hesitated for a moment on the whole route. "This is your door." he said at last as a house loomed dimly before them. "Bless my soul," said the old gentleman, "so it is! But how on earth"have you been able to make your way through such a. fog?" "I know every stick and stone In this part of London." said the stranger, quietly. f "for I am blind!" The Newest Journal. ' London Globe. , (X Welsh newspaper has been started un der the title of the Fenmaenmawr and Iilan falrfechan Gazette.) I met .the newsboy In the street His little face was blue. His eyes were starting- from his head. His brow was damp with dew. He seemed to strive in vain to speak. No slnglo sound 1 heard: Oh. 'twas an eerie sight to see His struggling with the word. I slapped him on his little back. "Buck up. my boy!" I cried. "What Is the matter? Something wrong With your outraged inside? Or is it grief that makes your heart Distracted thus, and wild? Confide in me. my little man; Give It a name, my child." He raised an agitated hand. He drew & poster out; It bore the words, he meant to state, Which he was paid to shout. He held it up for me to see; These words my optics met: "The Benmaenmawr and Iilanfalrfechaa up-to-date Gazette." the Chicago Tribune. as in England, the-Ministers must re sign their places when they cannot command a majority for their policies in the more popular branch of Parlia ment, which is. in France, the Cham ber of Deputies. The President then sends for the leader of the party or group of parties which has become dominant, and asks him to form a Cab inet. This leader, who. now becomes Prime Minister, 3clccts for himself any ornce lie pleases. M. Combes, the pres ent Prime Minister, is Minister of tue Interior and ot Public "Worship. The French, instead ot being divided into two great parties, as are the English. are split into many small ones. A Min istry, to command a majority- in the Chamber of Deputies, must be suppo.rt- ea oy tne votes ot two or more parties. ' The tenure-of the French Ministers is. therefore, mucn more precarious than that of English Ministers, and they have far less influence over legislation. ana far less power to carry on an in dependent consistent administration. The English Ministers prepare almost all legislative measures, and Parlia ment usually accepts or rejects their bills without modification. The French Ministers usually although this Is not necessary belong to one of the Cham bers, dpeak and. if they are members, vote in them, and introduce a large amount of legislation; but their bills, like those of private members, are re ferred to committees for consideration, and are often returned to the houses much modified. Tho administrative measures of the Ministers, also are subject to constant interference from the Chambers. The French Parliament is composed of two chambers, the Senate and tho House of Deputies. The framers of tho consti tution expected the two houses to have equal powers, but the Chamber of Dep uties dominates the whole government. Senate included. The Senate does not long resist the passage of any measure which the Chamber of Deputies has ap proved. A ministry may continue in pow er In spite of an adverse majority in the Senate, but it falls when the Chamber of Deputies rejects one of its Important measures or votes a want of confidence in It. The English ministers are really the leaders of the House of Commons. The House of Deputies requires that the French ministers shall give the most im plicit obedience to its wishes and even to its whims; and the French govern ment usually affords an example, not of ministerial leadership, but of ministerial servility. The French Senate is com posed of 300 members chosen by electoral colleges representing the departments. They are elected for a term of nine years, and ono-thlrd of thlm go out of office every three years. They must be at least 40 years old. The Chamber of Deputies Is composed of 5S4 members. They must be at least 25 years old, and are elected for a term of four years from districts called "arrondlssements." In many respects the most important office in the French government Is the Ministry of the Interior. This ministry assumes all the duties not assigned to any other department and under the control, of course, of the omnipotent Chamber of Deputies superintends the local governments of the departments, the arrondlssements, the cantons and the communes into which the country is ar bitrarily divided. For there is almost no such thing as local self-government in France. All officials, from the Prefect, who 13 Superintendent of Schools, Chief of Police and Treasurer of the depart ment, to the Mayor of the smallest com mune and there are 36.170 communes, rural and urban are responsible to, and a large majority of them are appointed by, the ministerial bureaucrats, mainly by the Ministry of the Interior, at Paris. Nowhere in the world Is government more centralized. The Judges of the courts, including even the cantonal Justices of tho Peace, are appointed by the Minister of Justice, acting, of course, in the name of the President Special "administrative courts" exist to try cases in which the government Is directly or indirectly a party. The ordinary courts, of which the highest is the Court of Cassation In Paris, try only cases affecting the rights and relations of individuals. S. O. D. THE PRIVILEGED COLLEGE MEN. Leslie's "Weekly. The college" student knows that he is a privileged character, boasts of it arrogant ly, insists upon It vehemently and indig nantly resents any attempt to restrain his high jinks as an Infringement of sa cred rights. No French nobleman of the Bourbons, no German robber baron, was ever more amazed and scornful at the jaquerle and carls asking their rights than a college student at a citizen trying to restrain him in a breach of the peace. "Why this attitude of the public? "Why this curious state of mind on tho part of the students? But there Is a reason, a reason S00 years old. Well have our universities been charged with medievalism. We must go back to the 12th century for the reason' to the universities of Bologna and Paris, to Montpelier and Modena,. Salamanca and Oxford. These ancient universities were chartered communities, like munici palities. By royal and papal decrees their students could not be touched by the mu nicipal authorities. This was necessary There was a great interchange of students from nation to nation. The students at all the universities were nearly all for eigners. In those feudal times one didn't have to go many days' walk to be a for eigner. At the University of Paris he was a foreigner if he came from pretty near ly anywhere but the Isle de France, the realm which the King ruled as Duke an well as King. Like other university tra ditions, this has come down through the ages. The student is a privileged character -always was. "Was so constituted by law once. Is still so constituted by a custom almost as strong as a guarantee of law. The principle, amounting to extra territori ality, which was necessary for the safety of the foreign student in the medieval uni versity, has lasted, like the vermiform ap pendix, until it has no reason, no use that contemporary man can see. Tes, my dear young college friend, when you in sist upon certain Immemorial students' privileges, you are alleging charters ot Frederic Barbarossa; of Charles the Sev enth of France, of Pope Plus n. It is the gracious favor of these antique wor thies which allows you to stop theatrical performances, to make night hideous, de stroy property do personal violence, un hindered, unpunished. What would Plu3 II think about it if he knew that his charter to the University of Nantes waa the palladium for unrebuked disorder for Unitarians at Harvard. Baptists at Brown and Episcopalians at Columbia? Served, Him Right. New Tork Sun. Dr. Gulllotin had just invented his machine "I waa trying to get something for Mrs. G. to sharpen her pencil with in stead of my razor," he explained. "When his own life paid the penalty, tha ladles agreed It served him just right Discoveries. New Tork Sun. Henry Hudson had Just discovered the river. "Now," b remarked, "it only re mains for some one to discover me." Sitting down on a convenient rock, he patiently waited for tho Tercentenary.