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PORTLAND, THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 1905.
THE TRICE fir PEACE.
Germany and France made the pres
ent terrible war between Russia and
Japan. They did It by intrusion and
Intervention at the close of the war be
tween Japan and China, ten years ago.
when, upon Russia's demand, they
forced Japan to give up to Russia the
fruits of her victory over China, Includ
ing Port Arthur. It was one of the
most immoral and unconscionable acts
ever perpetrated in history. And it
could do Germany and France no good.
.both these nations were playing a
game with Russia, and each was try-
lng to circumvent the other. The act j
humiliated Japan and it put Russia in
a position which now in turn has
brought humiliation to her own door.
They did It because they wished to
6eek the favor of Russia, and because
they supposed it would be. -entirely safe I
to treat Japan with Indignity, since I
sne oouidn t help herself. They com
pelled Japan to yield to the demand of
Russia and to give up Port Arthur; and
all the blood of the present struggle
lies at their doors.
Japan, victorious, will demand in
demnity from Russia. That Is, some
recompense for the cost of the war that
Russia has forced upon her. France,
the power that was the chief agent In
leading Russia into her present posi
tlon. now finds it unsafe to give her
further financial support. It will now
be put to the conscience of the powers
France and Germany which led Rus
sia into this war, whether Russia shall
be compelled by whatever force may be
necessary to accept the terms of Japan
and pay the Indemnity as the price of
peace.
DE.MOCRATS AND A TREATV.
The power of the Democratic minor
itv in the United Stales Senate has
been exerted to defeat the proposed
Santo Domingo treaty. It looks as if
the Dominican Republic will be left to
its own devices, which would be chiefly
to continue its career of revolution,
bloodshed and repudiation. The Demo
orotic minority believes in the Big
Stick, but It does not believe in. giving
a Republican President the means and
the power to wield it. It has found a
great deal of fault with the method by
which the treaty was negotiated, but it
has not succeeded in showing that the
Senatorial prerogative was in any way
usurped by the Executive. It made
great clamor about the proposed proto
col framed by agents of the United
States Government, but It found It dlf
flcult to make capital out of that inci
dent for the very plain reason that a
protocol or a treaty or an agreement
with any foreign nation has to be made
by somebody.
The Republican majority appears to
have been in substantial agreement
with the President as to the merit and
urgent need for the treaty. It under
stood that most scandalous and repre
hensible conditions exist in Santo Do
mingo, and It felt that the United
States was under some oblication to
correct them, not only for the reason
that Santo Domingo authorities had In
vited us to take hold of their finances,
but because no tenable assertion can
be made of the Monroe Doctrine unless
its responsibilities are at the same time
aocepted. A point against ratifica
tion of the treaty -was made out of the
fact that various creditors of the debt-
ridden republic had not rendered value
HUUVl ichw-
.f.p!vrt and that, therefore. If the
n It would be rendering merely
. , . .
a. service to European ana American
adventurers. Into that phase of the
matter, however, it was not the busi-
ness of the United States to Inquire.
Santo Domingo had acknowledged Its
debts. It had desire to pay them;
but it had declared Its Inability to pay
without - the aid ot the strong police
power of the United States. All
It asked the United States to do
was to act as its fiscal agent, be
cause it knew that guaranty of the
orderly conduct of Its government busi
rices would thus be Implied, if not. In
deed, expressly assumed. The United of until the new crop Is available, more immense ousmess nao oa i
c .j i.t, 1 At-. nnff ien I larrelv throuch the enterprise and sa.-
; bern it thnnphf that It -k-ils nrooer
! r-of nmMtin
chaos in Santo Domingo and not merely
because it desired that the republic pay
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its oeois -to lis creuiiora, jusi or unjuaw
and whether they were owing to adven-
turere or legitimate Investors. The Re-
puDncan majority Knew, too. mat u it
to Santo Domingo and abandoned the J
repudiated any obiigauon wnatsoever
weak and Infirm government to chronic
revolutionists, the Inevitable result will
be that foreign governments would In
sist that its debts be paid and the island
would fall Into the hands of speculators
and freebooters. If the United States
refuses now to maintain government
there, it will be called upon later to ex
pel European usurpers; and so it must
do something for Santo Domingo in any
event.
But the surviving Democrats In the
Senate say that It Is none of our busi
ness whether or not there Is murder
and treason and bloody revolution in
Santo Domingo, and If American or
European speculators have risked their
money in the sugar plantations and the
railroads of an unstable republic, and
have lost It, that is their lookout. The
Democrats fear a precedent. "Very well.
But they did establish a precedent
when with a loud outcry of patriotic
fervor they. demanded through a series
of years that Spanish rule in Cuba be
absolutely ended and the independence
of the Island affirmed, secured and
maintained. It would be interesting to
know Just what the Democrats would
have done if the Santo Domingo treaty
had been proposed by a Democratlo
President
TAR AND FEATHERS IS THEOLOGY.
"Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy Is
the other fellow's doxy," said eorae hu
morist, thereby compressing a volume
of observations upon human nature
into the brief limits of a sentence. Mr.
Cawood. the dentist-preacher, who has
just returned from Goldendalc after be
ing cheered on his way with a coat of
tar and feathers, is able to subscribe
intelligently to the essential truth of
the aphorism. TYom Mr. Cawood's own
statement it appears that he belongs to
the Free Methodist division of the great
Methodist sect, whereas his persecut
ors belonged to the Episcopal division,
and regarded his work with true fra
ternal animosity. "They (two of the
leaders in the tar-and-feathers party)
had been convinced that several people
had got religion in an unorthodox
way," says Mr. Cawood. "With the per-
fervld spirit that has spread the power
of the church over the continent, Mr.
Cawood and certain citizens of Golden
dale differed strongly over the sub
ject of "getting religion." .Religion ob
tained except through a regularly li
censed pastor, holding a union card, Is
sure to be spurious. In the opinion of
these controversialists. Get your re
ligion from us, they say, and be sure it
is genuine.
However, Mr. Cawood, according to
his own account, persisted in adhering
to his own doxy, and was taken pris
oner by believers in the other doxy.
A bucketful of tar was poured over him
and a pillowful of feathers was sprln
kled over the tar, merely In a polemical
spirit, we do not doubt. "The fact that
the "tar was poured over my head made
the stuff much, easier to get oft," says
Mr. Cawood, something that should not
be forgotten by future theologians. If
tarring and feathering is worm aomg
at all. It Is worth doing well, and the
coating should ''be applied so as to stick.
Anyway, Mr. Cawood was soon back in
the pulpit relating his tribulations, as
Paul did on a former occaslonr ai-
though even Paul was never tarred and
feathered.
The friends of the tarbrush, implicit
ly described by Mr. Cawood as lewd
fellows of the baser sort, had not set
the town on an uproar for nothing, ac
cording to their side of the case. Gold-
endale Is agin the sale of liquor, and
most persons recognize that soma stim
ulant Is necessary. If that stimulant
takes the form of religion, well and
good. Let the Klickltattlers seek the
dissipation of religion, but even there
a line must be drawn. The insane asy
lum should not be regarded as a re
treat for the deeply religious. The stim
ulant should be withdrawn before that
point is reached, for Paul himself was
not accustomed to drive his hearers
crazy. Therefbre the citizens of Gold-
endale evidently thought the time had
come for Mr. Cawood to consider the
situation, clad In what nowadays takes
the place or sacKciotn ana asnes.
On questions of religion, who shall
agree? Out of the war of creeds, emo-
ftlon and horse sense, but one fact
stands out clearly. Golden dale peace
ful and pastoral name Is now, for bet
ter or worse, without her Cawood. It
cannot now be said of that earnest
community. Souls saved without pain.
Perhaps time, the great teacher, may
yet. on the other hand, show the peo
ple of Goldendale that the tar and
feathers of the martyrs keep warm the
heart of the church.
OHEGON "WHEAT IN THE EAST.
The professional bulls in the' Chicago
wheat market are making a determined
effort to prevent delivery of Oregon
wheat on Board of Trade contracts.
This objection is not made because the
wheat is .not of good quality, but for
the reason that its admission as "con
tract" wheat would materially Increase
the supply of the cereal which could be
delivered to the buls who had hoped to
These gentlemen
corner the market.
are reported as characterizing the at
tempt as "despicable and unprofes
sional." but It is not In evidence that
the proposed ruling would be unsatls
factory to the men who failed to follow
the 52-per-bushel advice of Jphn W.
Gates. By maKing uregon wneat oeiiv-
erable on contracts the cereal would
have a standing In the Eastern markets
that it has never before enjoyed, and
the bullish operators who are fighting
against Its admission cannot be very
seriously harmed this season.
Practically all of the wheat that can
be spared from the Oregon territory
has been marketed, and so much of that
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wnica a as aireaay Deen snipped nas
remainder is msumcient to nave any
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t
th
excited over the crop figures of th
Usticiant Twhrare sUH carrying
dow statisticians who are still carrying
Under neir nu amius jl i.vuu.WJ
to 10,000,000 bushels yet to come for
ward from the three North Pacific
States. The East will receive very lit
tie more wheat from this part of the many thousand people. Is a most lm
country. for the simple reason that all -portant trust and naturally the recent
-wheat still unsold here will be needed discussion of the affairs of the Equita-
?0r home consumption and a light mill-
l ing demand, .which must be taken care
Wheat mav sell at much lower prices
ii.fnr tmnthpr rmn it available, but the
weakness. If it materializes, cannot be
traced to admission of Oregon wheat on J
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much in the statistical situation tnat
does not argue well for excessively high
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porcea on aioaoaj m ""i3"c'i3
compared with 33,396,000 bushels for the
same date last year, when prices were
much lower. The decrease compared
with the preceding week was but 471,000
bushels, the smallest decrease for any
corresponding week In the past five
years. Despite the Insistent assertions
of the bullish traders that Europe must
eventually follow the advance In this
country, we are rapidly approaching
another harvest time, and Liverpool,
instead of being obliged to advance
prices, remains weak and inactive In
the face of record-breaking offerings
from Argentine and Russian ports.
The season now drawing to a close
has been a very fortunate one for the
Oregon and "Washington farmers, as
manipulation In the Chicago market
throughout the season has kept prices
well above the point warranted by sup
ply and demand. The close yesterday
showed May wheat nearly 20 cents per
bushel above the July option, and, as
has been repeatedly demonstrated, the
cereal will be less plentiful In July than
it will be In May, and under normal
conditions would be quoted higher.
Whether Oregon wheat is made dellv-
erable on contracts or not, our farm
ers wilenJoy the satis faction, of mar
keting an unusually large crop at
higher average prices than ever, and
the outlook is favorable for at least
highly remunerative figures for the
crop now growing.
THE LATE LIEU LAND LAW.
Its epitaph must be "Repealed by in
advertence." Probably a majority of
those who voted In the United States
Senate supposed that they were simply
passing a law designed to put a stop
to -the practice of exchanging worthless
lands within limits of forest reserve
for timber lands of tenfold value out'
side.
Even now It seems that a loophole Is
left In the wording of the act. The ex
act words are, "tracts covered by an
unperfected bona fide claim or patent
within a forest reserve." Those who
desire for their own purposes to limit
the operation of the new law plead that
the words mean "tracts covered by an
unperfected bona fide claim or (supply
the words 'an unperfected') patent."
So the owners- of patents perfected
would continue to work their sweet will
on untaken timber lands; and so the
railroads owning patented lands under
their land grants within reserve
limits could finish up their exchanges
as fast as they desired. Evidently the
wish Is father to the thought The
common-sense reading, which deprives
of the right of exchange the owner of
unperfected claims or of patents to
lands within reserve boundaries, should,
and In all probability will, prevail. In
this case a crying evil will have been
effectually, even If accidentally, ended.
But the repeal applies generally, and
no Government lands, timber, graz
ing or agricultural, can be obtained
henceforth In lieu, or exchange, for
lands within reserve limits.
CANAL COMMISSION REORGANIZATION".
The dispatches announce that plans
have been perfected for complete reor
ganlzation of the working force of the
Panama Canal Commission. The
changes are for the purpose of weeding
out some of the ornamental but not
useful members of the staff which has
been in charge since the beginning of
the work. This is in line with Presl
dent Roosevelt's announced policy re
garding that great work, and Is con
firmatory of the general belief that the
President Is to assume full responsibll
Ity for the undertaking, and Is to pick
his men for earning It to completion.
Failure -of Congress to pass a bill for
reorganization of the Commission, or
to amend the Spooner act, has appar
ently not abridged the powers of the
President. The plans and construction
work, so far as it has progressed, have
all been In accordance with the provis
ions of the Spooner act, which gave the
President practically unlimited powers
over the Commission.
Under the Spooner act he has power
to construct the canal and works
appurtenant thereto," and can remove
the Commissioners whenever he sees
fit. The President desired a change in
the Spooner law so that the Commis
sion could be reduced to three mem
bers, but Congress refused to make the
change. The refusal was due to the de
sire on the part of the Senate to retain
the largest possible representation on
the board. However, with such sweep
ing power at his disposal, the Presi
dent can easily remove any or all of
the present Commission if he deems It
best to do so, and appoint in their
place a new Commission which will
carry on the work In strict accordance
with his views. There will be no delay
to the canal project through the failure
of Congress to amend the law, for with
the President in full power and plenty
of fupds at his disposal, the work can
be carried forward on any scale desired
The sum of 510,000.000 was appropri
ated and an Issue of bonds to the
amount of $130,000,000 authorized.
This amount will be insufficient to
complete the work, but it will keep It
moving for a number of years, and
long before It is exhausted Congress
will have had the opportunity for tak
ing further action on the matter. Even
the unsettled question as to whether it
shall be a sea-level or a lock canal will
not interfere with construction work
for a long time, as much of the pre
liminary excavation work would be
exactly the same, no matter which plan
was adopted. President Roosevelt Is
taking a great interest In the work.
and. regardless of the failure of Con
gress to amend the Spooner bill In ac
cordance with his views, he can be de-
nended on to secure a Commission that
will work with him In strict harmony
on the mighty project. As nothing that
I -u- .vor Vipon undertaken bV the Pres-
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I ifA nnwer to act. plenty of money at
"command and the perfect confidence
of the jwle. there Is every roason to
of Ue peopi . -
sion wllircnder a good account of Itself
a congress again assembles,
,
Custody of more than four hundred
million dollars, belonging to a great
ble Life Insurance Company has, been
j o much interest to many, persons. An
gacity oi tne emer xiyae. uc.
nassed away and the younger Hyde ap-
peared to think more of the Setles
ana invonues oi socuu ie
ot inc mar resDomsiimuiea juuciiitu i
irom na wuer, --
easiness The grave financiers who
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aer tomrui w.c .
icy-holders. where it belongs; ana tne i
Equitable Life is again a hapjy family.
Tne poiicy-noiaers wm eieci a. u-ju-
ltv or tne directors, ana mere i
possible danger that any private Inter
est will be made paramount to the
common Interest. This Is very good
news. Indeed, not only to the Equitable
clients, but to all holders of Insurance
policies who would be Injured in some
degree If faith In the approved scheme
of life Insurance Is at all Impaired.
Last year's big wheat crop In East
ern Oregon Is still bringing in consid
erable money, and right on Its heels Is
coming another wave of riches for that
favored region just beyond the Cas
cades. Sheepshearlng Is already In
Progress In a few localities, and will
soon be under way throughout the
sheep country. The woolbearers came
through the "Winter in splendid shape,
and, with a heavy clip of good quality
and with prices ranging from 16 to 20
cents, the wool industry is in a fair way
to place more money In circulation this
year than during any previous season,
If there is any particular orancn oi tne
agricultural industry in this state that
Is not reflecting a marked degree of
prosperity, it has not yet attracted at
tention. The Canadian government is now af
ter the polygamous Mormons who were
unable to maintain a sufficient supply
of wives under the American flag and
at the same time keep out of Jail. A
number of the offenders have been
served with a notice either to reduce
the number of wives or stand prosecu
tion. As developers of a country the
Mormons possess many traits of decid
ed merjt, but their polygamous prac
tices more than offset all of the good
which Is apparent In other directions.
Oregon la receiving quite a number of
the sect, and any attempt on their, part
to exercise their peculiar religious pre
rogative should be met with instant
discouragement. v
The closed salmon season on the Co
lumbia began yesterday. Hereafter the
total number of closed days" on the Co
lumbia is to be forty-six. Before the
last session of the Legislature the total
number of closed days was seventy-one
according to the law. Thus fish may
now be caught twenty-five days longer
every year than under the old law. An
uninitiated person might suppose that
fish are so plentiful that they do not
need protection seventy-one days In the
year, and that forty-six will suffice.
The truth seems to be, however, that
twenty-five days were taken from the
closed season because salmon are
scarce so scarce that hatcheries have
little to do.
Portland is making some extensive
contributions to the food supplies for
man and beast in the Far East. Last
Saturday the steamship Kumantla
sailed with 152,000 sacks of flour. Mon
day the Has Kioa nnisnea loading a
cargo of 10,000 bales of hay, and yes
terday the steamship EUerlc completed
her cargo of 5000 tons of barley. The
wheat export trade of the port has suf
fered somewhat this season by reason
or such a large portion of the crop
going East by rail, but in .oats, hay.
flour, barley and lumber, water ship
ments are holding up remarkably well.
The exhibit of the Indian industrial
schools of the Pacific Northwest at the
Lewis and Clark Fair will be both in
teresting and suggestive. It will repre
sent the long step that has been taken,
In a comparatU'ely short space of time.
between the" nomadic Indian clad in
skins and seeking his living with bow
and arrow over a wide expense of
plain and mountain, and the Indian
Into whose hands the implements of
civilization have been placed with a
view to locating him and holding him
individually responsible.
The Speaker of tho Missouri Legis
lature seriously proposes to vote for a
Democrat before he will permit the
Legislature to adjourn without a Sen
ator. The Missouri Republicans have
put a good Democrat out of the Senate
but they apparently cannot find a good
Republican to take his place. Or, per-
haps they cannot choose between so
many good Repuoncans. Any iiis-
sourlan who has been able to be a Re
publican in Missouri during the past
thirty years must be a very good Re
publican indeed.
Division of Colorado Republicans and
the proposed compromise by which
Peabody is to be seated, and Is then
to retire, are, of course, a confession of
the weakness of Peabodys cause. The
Republicans are apparently not willing
to put Peabody in, but they are willing
to keep Adams out. It Is a fine plan
In some states to cun for Lieutenant-
Governor. The unexpected happens
with Lieutenant-Governors as It does
with "Vice-Presidents.
Clean up the city for visitors, and
clean up the city to show that you re
spect yourselves. And keep at the
yxiS or business. A little spurt of
effort will not do. It is work for today
and for tomorrow, and for all time.
There is a limit to "unlimited finan
cial resources," as Russia has found
out. "We haven't heard that any pro
posed Japanese loans have been post
poned.
France naturally shies at putting up
more money on a sure loser.
The Man. From New Orleans.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Picayune has received a copy of' the
Sand,y oresonLn. nrljtg an elaborate account
I v. nm annual dinner cf th Portl.n-1
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I ronian contains an extraordinary compilation
From peponai letter- and newspaper. howiBt-
the innTe Interest In Portland. Oregon, the
Korthne and the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Expedition and Oriental Fair to be
held In that city Jun. 1 ta October is. 1805.
... v., .h will b ooened on the flrf nf
iuu w -
June, -after an expenditure of $1,500,000 la set-
tine It In shape, entirely free from debt. The-
Oregonian cewpaper ltielf is on of the sreat
developments or that counuy. xne paper
was founded in 1850.. and Is now on of the
best newspapers cf the West with a general
1 used to be made xanwui by a creditable daily.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
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SANTA ROSA. CaL, March 15. (Spe
Clal to Note and Comment by Oregon
grapevine, j i nave just nnianea my
y - .7 T 7 '
insDeciion ni r.uiner KiirnanK a sciinni i
Ior vegetaoies, ana nnd it iar exceeus ,
m wonder all that ha3 been reputed of ,
. "
"vYt' mcs. t
He cares no more ror wblte blackber-
mrtiA finvem an rnroiosa nn- i
p,es These aro dull playthlnK3 for a
of - , intellect, and he is now Jc-
tn tmininc-
0ieS lO trainings
voting all his ener,
fruits and vegetables. Already, he has
attained a wonderful measure; of suc
cess.
First Burbank took me through the
potato classroom. At each desk sat a
healthy young potato, evidently deeply
interested In its studies, and Indeed hot
an eye was directed in my direction.
The look of intelligence upon the faces
of those potatoes was wonderful, far
different from the stolid gaze of the
uneducated tuber one buys by the
bushel. A pretty young California
teacher was engaged in hearing the
class recite when we entered. Pat Mur
phy, evidently of Irish descent, recit
ed "The "Wearin of the Green" with
great dramatic effect. "When the teacher
had gone out, Burbank put the class
through a Jrlll of taking off their jack-
ets, something that a refined potato
would blush to do before a lady. By
this means hundreds of persons will bo
relieved of the Job of peeling the pota
toes for dinner. At the word of com
mand, each spud will Instantly Jump
out of his skin into the pot.
In the gymnasium we found a class
of squashes going through a series -of
deep-breathing exercises, with a view
to developing their chest expansion.
Burbank hopes by this means to pro
duce squashes that will measure 65
Inches around the chest A number of
peaches were swinging by one hand on
the horizontal bar, gaining such
strength of grip that they will not be
shaken from the trees by any stray
breeze that comes along. Some other
peaches were playing basket-ball for
their complexions. Virginia creepers
were runnig 50-yard dashes, and from
the speed developed I believe Burbank's
prediction that a single plant will over
run a houso ten minutes after being
planted. From tho air of activity in
this splendid palace of physical cul-
turo it Is easy to ace that the time is
coming when flowers and vegetables
will b? too energetic to grow In beds.
In another room a class of Oregon
grapes was being taught the story ot
tho Lewis and Clark expedition, a sub
Ject In which the young students nat
urally displayed much Interest. Car-
rots, parsnips and turnips were en
gaged In the study of English litera
ture, and a Jolly crowd of Spring onions
was being Instructed In etiquette. Al
ready the onions have been benefited
by these lessons, as the Burbank grad
uates are much less self-assertive than
the uncouth analphabets ot the farm.
In short. It seems as it man will en
ter upon a new era of enjoyment. Sur
rounded by cultivated men and cul
tured vegetables, life will be a long
series of pleasant and profitable con
versatlons. Conscious that any unseem
ly conduct or strong language would
hook tha refined fruits, flowers and
vegetables that surorund him, man will
practice self-restraint and will gain
greatly in polBe.
In a. Chicago divorce case a man tes
tified that in all his 12 years, of mar
rled life he Had never once sworn
at his wife. The Judge declared that
this was the most remarkable thing he
had ever heard. Is it then so common
to swear at one's wife, or is It that the
Judge was so accustomed to swear at
his?
Russia still talks about fighting to the
bitter end. Doesn't Russia know a thing
when she sees It?
Eva Spangler, aged IS, of Bellingham.
was so worried about the quarrels of two
suitors that she sought a way out of the
turmoil by drinking carbolic acid. Unso
nfetatirated Bellincham. where two
adorers make a crowd!
Nebraskt's wise Legislature has defeat
cd all the anti-pass measures, brought be
fore It. -It would be flying in the face of
reason for men that are fighting railroads
to contribute to the railroads' earnings
I when they might ride on passes
"While dropping a tear for our own loss
let us not begrudge Tonopah her good for
tune. If our best-known gamblers can
n better there, let them go- Our loss
is Tonopah's gain, but green-eyed Jeai
ousy shall never enthrall our hearts.
Even In tar-and-feathers. Mr. Cawood
wouldn't be taken for a Spring chicken.
Civic Improvement Association to City
Council: "You can fire when you're
ready. Grldley."
AVimir all Russia can borrow now Is
trouble. Wfa-x. J.
Four Versions.
"Here is McCarthy's literal prose ver
sion of ono of the quotations of Omar
Khayyam
Glv me fUron of red wine, a dook or
verses, a loaf of bread, and a little- Idleness.
I -with such r 1 might sit by thy dear
side In some lonely place, I should, aeem ro
w,er thaa Kteg n hi king on.
Here Is a bald but close Imitation by
"Whlnfleld:
Give me a. skin of -wine, a crust of bread.
k pittance bare, a boolc of verse to read:
With thee. O love, to share my lowly roof.
I would not take the Saltan's realm Instead.
t. fialliene "does" the stanza in this
way:
o com, my love.-tho Spring Is In tht land
Take wine, and bread, and book of verse In
hand.
And sit -with me and sing; in the creen
shade.
Green little home amid the desert sand.
Now, for contrast, let us dte Fitzger
aid's familiar lines
A book of verses ttnderaealh the bough.
of Md i0af of bread-and thou
I 7,- .(.r,r In fh TVIMi-n
jes-.uc ---
haVe been Issued by the management of
5,e Great Northern Railway announcing
that hereafter General Passenger Agent
I 1. "Whitney will be known as general
acsenrer traffic manager, and "W. "W.
Broughton. who has been general freight
arent, will be general ireigni iramc man
or These changes are made, it la said
owing to the retirement from active duty
nf v. B. Ciarne. bcijci iramc manager.
JIn darkc, it is sam, win, retain tne title
I 0f general traffic manager, although he
na not been actively connected with the
-j months
SHORT STORIES OF REAL LIFE
.Vm Instance of the FaUIbllltr of CIrcnraslnntlal Evidence The Japan
tie Imitative Facility Im Action The Old Spinning WheeL
IRCrTMSTANTrAT, ovfApnro I, tv-mv
m TJr a fordbie dmoMtrT
J tmfh SJ much cSl
grin t streetcar conductor and mnch
amusement to a carload of passengers a
morning or two since. The car in ques-
tion nr. th wo.i,in.tnn..t. n..
Sitting In the middle of the car was one
OI laoorers employed at the Exposl-
t,on grounds and protruding from a broad
Caltir. mniltK 4.. ! rri.1-
same pipe came to the notice of the con
ductor as he was making his rounds. He
ot once became cognizant of an Infrac
tion of the company's rules.
"We con't allow smoking In this car,"
said the carman in burning accents, as be
passed the laboring man. The man with
the pipe made no move to remove the
thing from his mouth.
"I said we don't allow smoking." re
peated the carman.
Tm not smoking," averred the laborer.
"But you've got your pipe In your
mouth. ' protested the collectors of nickels.
"An" I've got me shoes on roe feet, but
am t walkln," asserted the offender.
N an unfrequented corner of tha
space reserved for treasured relics
by the Historical Society at the City
Hall stands an ancient spinning-wheel.
It Is time-worn and black with age.
If one has the antiquarian spirit, an
examination of it will lead his mind on
long groping tour of speculation,
back through tho maze of years to the
time when tho crude old wheel was a
potent factor In the economy of so
ciety, a
If he learns that it was made In
Strasburg, Germany, in 1621 and
brought to America in 1700, the ama
teur antiquarian Is bound to pause long
in contemplation.
The old wheels work Is done. Many
people pass It by every week without be
stowing a thought or glance upon It.
Those who "do" the museum are rather
attracted to tho antique guns and the
rusting swords, but occasionally the an
cient oaken . machine levies tribute from
one whose bent Is toward the saner and
less emotional road by which the children
of men havo made their way to 20th
century civilization.
Yet It Is far from prosaic in its associa
tions, and three centuries of history have
invested It with peculiar romance If one
will but pause with It and think awhile.
It was fashioned In some quaint "old
German shop when the cobbla-paved
streets were ringing with the tread of tho
mailed soldiery of the Thlry Tears' "War;
before the first Charles was on the Eng
lish throne and the Puritan exiles at
Plymouth were just beginning to hew out
foothold In the cheerless New "World
wilderness. It may have spun finery for
the buxom daughter of some Strasburg
burgomaster when Germany was a com
munity of feudal baronies; It was doing
its tasks when Cavalier and Roundhead
fought at Maraton Moor: It was old when
the treaty of Ryswlck was pews and It
sailed away to the settlements on the
river of Hendrick Hudson when John
Churchill was the dread of Continental
Europe.
It was the pride of soma housewife
when the war trail of the Mohawk and
Iroquois led to the foot of the Catskllls;
It may have provided tha swaddling
clothes of one who was to fall before
Loujsburg, and have done Its share on
the coat and small clothes of some
haughty patron who drank deep flagons
at the board of Johnson Hall.
Mayhap it clothed the back of some gay
young blade who ogled the maids on
Boston common before King George's
soldiers stained its grass with blood.
And It may have sent its tribute to the
Governors halls in the palace at old
"Williamsburg. Some Mistress Janice
Meredith or Dorothy Manners may have
burled her bonnle head In its threads on
the shoulder of hor lover when she sent
him to Join the army at Bemls Heights.
If may have clothed some signer of the
IF 0HLY FOR A DAY.
Peabody's Ambition Is Again to Be
Governor.
DENVER, March 15. The end of the
Peabody-Adams Gubernatorial contest
will come when the anti-Peabody Repub
licans decide to bring the matter to a
vote In the. joint assembly. This would be
done at once, were it not for the fact
that five of the 22 Republicans known as
McDonald men are uncertain quantities
and may at any moment stampede to
Peabody and give him a majority. It is
practically conceded on all sides that 17
of the 23 are unaiteraoiy in xavor ot re
taining Governor Adams In the chair and
WW never vote for seating Peabody per
manently. They may eventually, in
order to wind up th8 contest, vote to
seat Peabody temporarily, depending
upon him to resign and allow Lieutenant
Governor McDonald to succeed nirn in
the Governorship by his creating a va
cancy. In a conference tonight this plan was
gone over and it is reliably reported that
Peabody signed an undated resignation
of the Governorship and placed It in the
hands of a third party to be given to the
antl-Feabody Republicans when they are
ready to seat him. They would then have
the power to force him out by handing
the resignation to the Secretary or State,
they were to be assured, and thus effect
the succession of McDonald. "While this
suggestion may be followed by the antl
Peabody Republicans, they hesitate, fear- !
lng some trick will be turned on them
that will keep Peabody In the Governor's
chair and thereby defeat them In their
determination to cause his retirement.
A caucus of the Peabody forces to
night developed no new strength and the
proposal to seat him temporarily Is looked
upon as an evidence of weakness by nis
own party opponents. The latter went
into caucus at 11 o'clock tonight, with the
nrosnect of a protracted session. They
want to convince themselves, If possible,
If It will be safe to force a vote tomorrow,
depending upon their persuasiveness In
definitely Influencing the five wavering
members to renounce Peabody.
The action of Lieutenant-Governor Mc
Donald In casting the deciding vote on tho
motion for a recess yesterday has opened
uo a wide ranee of discussion. Adams
supporters claim that the Lieutenant-Gov
ernor has no right to vote m joint conven
tion under any circumstances, but Lieutenant-Governor
McDonald claims he has
such right and has strongly Intimated
that he will even vote on the Governor
ship contest in case of a tie.
Immediately after assembling the joint
convention took a recess until 2:30 P. M.
today and on meeting at that hour again
adjourned till 10 A. M. tomorrow.
Utah Legislature's Work Ended.
SVLT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 15.
The Utah Legislature adjourned today af
ter a session lasting 66 days. The only
feature of unusual-Interest In the session
was the Investigation into the affairs
of the Utah "World's Fair Commission,
which revealed a deficit ot several thou
sand dollars due to the forged vouchers,
but resulted In no arrests.
Grafting Police Chief Convicted.
PITTSBURG, Pa March 15. Police Sup
erintendent Melvln H. Campbell, of Alle
ghany was today found guilty of accept
Ine money Aindor cover ot his office to aid
arid abet tho maintenance of a house for
tha sale of Honor without license and
for immoral purposes.
Ceryden Whitney, Newspaper Man.
BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. March 15.
Corydpn E . Whitney, the well-known
newspaper writer. Is dead at Ids home fn
Susquehanna, axed 53 years.
Declaration or saved some patriot from
freezing at Valley Forge. Mollle Pitcher
may have left it to become Immortal at
Monmouth, or Betsy Ross pedaled it
while she designed tho flag which rose
above the parapets at Yorktown.
It was singing when the Bastlle fell In
far-off Paris and the Corsican passed the
bridge at Lodl. It may have crossed the
Alleghanles with Boone and his followers
and helped to uniform "Wayne's little
army of the "Western Reserve. It was
doing Its duty while Hull was forgetting
his at Detroit and the Old Guard was
dying at Waterloo.
It may have woven the web of Senator
Clay's first Congressional waistcoat, or a
ahlrt for Harrison at Tippecanoe. It came
farther west when Kaskaskia was remote
and St. Louis an outpost. It was creak
ing at its labors when Fremont scaled
tne Rockies and was obsolete when
Doubleday fired the first gun at Sumpter.
"What romance It may have known:
modest agent In thn development of na
tions though It be. Uncomplaining,
patient, splnnlng-wheel. Faithful, in
dustrious servitor of a conquering race.
Its work Is done and so at last In an
alien era and In Portland, which, in the
beglnaing was too modern for the minis
trations of It and Its kind. It will end Its
days.
SITTING in Portland's most fashionable
hotel was a corpulent business man
from the East. He sat filling out tele
graph blanks for half au hour and then
rang for a messenger boy.
A snub-nosed little fellow, of solemn
mien and slight frame, answered tho call
and received instructions in a verbose
dose. Ha was told to file a bunch of
telegrams and then carry a ncte to a
residence on Nob Hill.
Some 30 minutes later the youngster re
turned with the note and the information
that there was nope at home in the resi
dence he had beep detailed to.
"Look here, you little snipe, you are
lying to mc," began the business man,
who seemed to be In an unusually savajce
frame of mind. "I know there Is some
one at home. They told me they would
wait for my message. You did not go.
out there at all. I'm manager of the St.
Louts Electrical manufac "
"Say, excuse rne, mister," Interrupted
the messenger boy, "I want you to coma
on outside a minute."
"Why In the devil should I go outside,"
thundered the puzzled Easterner.
"Because I sez youso la a dub, an' ets
ket ferblds that I put a face on yeh here
In the hotel. Youso may be manager ot
hades an' I'm only Grlmsy, the messenger
kid, but it you'll jes come out in the open
air "
The Easterner arose and looked down
on the bellicose youngster, who measured
about to his waist. The scowl had passed
from his face and he Jooked highly
pleased. He began fumbling around In
his pockets and then passed something to
the boy.
"Say, kid, here's a dollar for you," he
said. "You're the first one that's had
nerve enough to talk back, to mo In tha
past 20 years and I've been bulldozing
about everyone I run across. You got the
real article. I'll try and see if I can't dig
up a job for you when I get back to the
factory.
"But that's not the whole story." says
the hotel clerk who is authority for the
yarn. "The principal point is that one.
of the Japanese bellboya overheard the
little episode. The Imitative faculty of
the Japanese Is too well known to need
explaining. "Well, when the man called
for ice water later on in the evening the
Jap took him hot water and when he very
naturally objected, the wily Oriental said:
"Coma out in open air; I show you what
you want."
"No., the old gent didn't hand out an
other dollar. He just handed out a couple
of straight jabs which put the Jap's eye
in mourning, and then, kicked the fellow
half way down, the stairs."
DPR0AR IN MISSOURI ASSEMBLY
Speaker's Declaration Arouses Indig
nation of Republicans.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March IS. The
Legislature today took two more ineffect
ual ballots for United States Senator.
When the roll-call on the second ballot
had been completed. Speaker Hill ex- '
plained his vote.
"1 havo been accused," he exclaimed,
"of being a deserter. I want to say that
as a last expedient and with the consent
of the caucus nominee I voted for Judge
Spencer. I desire to say that I will be a
deserter to the extent of voting for a
Democrat before this Assembly adjourns
without electing a Senator."
Speaker Hill's announcement was fol
lowed by clamorous cheering, but It ap
parently provoked a storm of indignation
from the Republicans. The first ballot re
sulted: Spencer, 62; Cockrell, 71; Petti
John, 16; Bartrholdt, 2; Nledringbaus, 2.
Necessary to choice. 77.
The supporters of R. C. Kerens all went
to Dr. A. C. Pettljohn, who was heralded
by a brief speech from Senator Mclndoe,
prior to casting his ballot, In which he
said:
"Until the fifth day of January I was
for that silver-haired veteran who has
done more for his party and received le33
than any Republican in Missouri Rich
ard C. Kerens."
Senator Mclndoe went on to say that
when Mr. JSIedrtnghaus was selected as
the caucus nominee for Senator he de
cided to support him, but the time had
come when it was apparent he could not
bo elected. The second ballot resulted:
Spencer. 64; Cockrell, 71; Pettljohn, 16;
Nledringhaus, 1.
After the announcement of the sec
ond ballot. Representative Tubbs arosa
tp a point of personal privilege, and
exclaimed:
"Mr. President, I declare emphatic--ally
that I shall never desert the Re
publican party. If Speaker Hill de
sires to vote for a Democrat, I demand
here and now that he resign his office
and seat in this Legislature."
Instantly tho assembly was in an
uproar. There were cheers for Tubbs
by some, and others, climbing on
chairs, loudly called for the Sergeant-at-Arms
to restore order. After pan
demonium had reigned for 15 minutes.
Senator McDavld, Republican, made a
motion that the joint session be dis
solved. This was met instantly by a
counter-motion for a recess until even
ing. Again tumult arose, but was
quickly quieted by the ordering of the
roll-call on Senator McDavId's motion,
which was .carried by a vote of 87
to 62.
INDICTMENTS FOR BRIBERY.
Two Missouri Legislators Accused
Lieutenant-Governor Lee Perjurer.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 15.
The Cole grand jury, which was ordered
by Judge Martin to Investigate charges of
legislative bribery, tonight returned In
dictments against State Senators Frank
Farris and Charles E. Smith on charges
of accepting bribes of $J0Q each from
Daniel J. Kelly, legislative agent of- the
so-called baking powder trust, for defeat
ing the alum bill In the Legislature of
1DCC.
Former Lieutenant-Governor John A.
Lee, who is at present residing In Chi
cago, was indicted upon a charge of per
jury In connection with the alum deal.
It was upon statements made by Lee that
indictment were 'returned against Farris
add Smith.
The reason for the Indictments against
Farris and Smith is that In the opinion
of Attorney-General Hadley the indict
ments under which they are now await
ing trial are defective. .,