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Yet this has been suggested, as an object to be aimed at, and -under con ditions of the coming time an object of possible realization. The mistake of it lies in the supposi tion that all men are equally fit for self-government or representative gov ernment Among tropical peoples the colonial spirit, which meant trans plantation of the institutions of a par ent country to new countries, never takes hold. The Dutch possessions in the East Indies are not true colonies. The English possessions in India are not true colonies. Neither English. French nor Dutch go into tropical or semi-tropical countries to found colo nies of their own people. They go there when they go disinterestedly in or der to shape native peoples into better social and political forms. Tet it Is not wholly disinterested, either; for they look to opportunities for trade and profit that naturally attend the effort; and that Is right, too. A true colony displaces the native inhabitants, "but dependencies are mainly occupied by the native people the people already living there who hold, however, a re lation more or less subordinate to the ruling power. Mr. Alleyne Ireland, in a series of pa pers in The Outlook, deals with the problems presented in the contact of tropical and Oriental peoples with those of European or American extraction. Noting that some of our people have asked "If Canada and Australia are capable of self-government, .why may we not look forward to a time when the- Filipinos may be able to conduct their own affairs?" he answers that history does not show an Instance where a tropical people, retaining their own blood in tolerable purity, have proved capable of administering gov ernment so as to maintain order at home and avoid serious complications with foreign powers. Canada and Aus tralia have their past, mainly of Eng land, with her literature, her law and her self-governing experience; whereas the Filipinos have no past of that kind in any degree. We quote here a pass age of some length: Although no attempt Is made to controvert the overwhelming mass of facts which go to place the Philippine Islands In exactly the same category as all other tropical de pendencies; although the "United States has had some experience within its own borders of the political capacities of a tropical race which Is for many reasons more favorably sauuieu man are ine ivuipmos ior tne en Joyment of popular self-government; al though South and Central America, where the mass of the voters are greatly superior to what will constitute the same class in the Philippines, are speaking witnesses of the In capacity of tropical peoples for independent self-government, the American people seem prepared to accept hope rather than experi ence as the basis of their policy. We aro assured that In a few years the Philippine Islands will be enjoying complete internal self-government under a system of popular elections, and that the next generation is to witness a Filipino nation working out Its own salvation as an independent state. As an ideal this leaves nothing to be desired; as a practical question of what is possible and what is impossible it lacks every hope of success which can be founded on any human experience of which the history of the trop ics bears record. It is in certain races to do some things in the history of human develop-. ment; In other races to do other things. But tropical peoples never yet have been able to make and to maintain the kind of government good for them selves Or safe for their neighbors. The question, then, is often asked, Why not let them alone? What business have we to intrude upon them? The answer is that the tropics have so much that Is necessary for the convenience and com fort and progress of mankind that the nations of higher civilization cannot let them alone. It is a very practical question. All men arc not equal to self- government, but those -who are not should be treated by others always withconsideration and justice. History points one way, uniformly, on the ex perience of those races of whom self- government was expected, yet who are Incapable of it. Of certain tropical de pendencies of France, Mr. Ireland says: "The history of those which were granted popular government fifty years ago has been one of disorder, injustice, brutality, incompetence, and dishon esty. These facts became matters of common knowledge In France: and in the new French dependencies not a sin gle constitution has been established which grants any effeotive control of affairs to the people of the country." THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEW TIME. Yesterday's election in Chicago marks a departure In the municipal life of the country, in the direction of socialism. Chicago has voted to take possession of the car lines of the city of local transportation. Only in a huge city could the movement have a start or beginning. But from that huge city it is destined to spread to all the smaller cities and towns of the country; espe cially to those of the West. It is a distinct movement in the di rection of socialism, of denial of the right of private property, in matters In which the public has a general interest. The people wish to go about in a mu nicipality, without paying tolls or fares. They want the "facilities. They be lieve it is the function of the whole public to supply them. Bridges and ferries at Portland, free to all, are part of this same function. Why shouldn't transport on the street-cars also be free? Let us make the -statement a concrete one. Consolidated companies have the sole right of way through the streets of Portland. That is, they own, or assume ownership, of -the streets. But they iiave paid nothing for It They are to pay nothing. They simply lay down their roadbeds in the streets, and re quire everybody to make room for them and get out of the way. On this they have an immense capitalization; they "float their bonds, put the money in their pockets, and charge the people for travel over their own streets a rate sufficient to pay an Income on the In flated estimate. Certain "old families" of Portland have these privileges, which they think are vested rights, indefeasible, divine. We shall see. Chicago leads the way. and other cities will get into the line of movement. Portland will dispossess the "reigning families" of the owner ship they assume over the streets. Their car lines are worth merely the money it would take to make them. The streets upon which they do busi ness, but of which they assume the ownership, are the property of the pub lic. Pretensions of goodness, occasional donations to charity, and support of re ligious revivals, will not long cover this scheme of greed and profit. What right have these select few to the streets of Portland, to make money out of them? It will be a burning question, presently, in the life of Portland. WHEN ADAM IS HATED. Adam in workaday .December and Adam in budding April are two very different persons. In Winter man looks upon Adam as a mildly interesting per sonage, of weak yet by no means vile character, a personage commanding a certain amount of respect In his charac ter as pioneer and settler, but when a sunny day in April chases away Win ter sluggishness, Adam Is universally looked upon as ttie unworthiest of all his sons. Who was it invented work? Adam. Whose idiotic craving for an apple that wasn't even a Hood River brought that primal curse upon the heads of us all? Adam's. Whose crim inal folly makes thorns and thistles spring up in the suburban garden? Again. Adam's. Man does not feel the, burden of work in the dull Winter.' He is quite content to eat his bread in the-sweat of his brow while ekies are gray and roads are muddy. Now It is different. The sun Invites him forth from the office to see green things growing and to cease worrying over the growth of his bank account. It is time to fish for trout and to cast aside ' the bait for customers. What are market quota tions now to the chalk-marks upon the baseball score-board? Gross earnings and rolling stock the lawn mower is the rolling stock that counts and the floating of companies is of vastly less importance than the launching of the canoe. Watering ' stock, brings less profit than watering the garden, and inept operations In a plot of .ground transcend all the operations of the busi ness world. It is time to go out. The flash of sunshine on the Willamete heliographs the message. The leaves are whisper ing "Come out." The flowers are smil ing their invitation. The little breezes call through the open window. "Close your desk and let's go fishing." And man, the fire of Spring in his blood, has to shut his ears to the little voices and turn to train schedules and prices cur rent. Small wonder he cries "Oh, that Adam!" and echo, from the. direction of the office-boy, returns distinctly the last syllable of the name. NORTHERN SECURITIES FJNALE. The opinion of the United States Su preme Court on the celebrated North ern Securities case has at last reached the public. The language in which it is couched is not particularly flattering either to Mr. Hill or Mr. Harrlman, al though the opinion is a victory for Mr. Hill. From the language tistd it is ap parent that the Supreme Court was not Impressed with the belief that either justice or an equitable division of the assets of the defunct Securities Com pany was sought, but instead the liti gation was being carried on for the purpose of securing control of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Su preme Court took the view that the acquisition of the Northern Pacific by Harrlman would be as much contrary to public policy and as thoroughly in defiance of the Sherman law as was the purchase by the Northern Securities of both the Hill roads and the Harrlman roads. The contention of the courts at the time the merger was dissolved was that. such a vast consolidation of interests was contrary to public polloy and would result In elimination of all competition. Mr. Hill as well as Mr. Harrlman felt very much aggrieved over that decis Ion, but, owing to the consistency of the court, Mr. Hill may now feel thankful that 50 broad a view was taken. Northern Securities was refused a permit to do business, because it stifled competition. Now Mr. Harrlman is refused the stock he once owned, for fear that he will use It in furtherance of an equally pernicious plan of con solidation. The contention of the Har- riman party has been that their North ern Pacific stock was not sold outright to the Securities Comnany, but was deposited in trust, and was accordingly returnable to them in the same shape as it passed from their hands before the formation of the Securities Company. The evidence, however, disclosed that Harrlman received for that stock a considerable holding of Securities stock, and also a further consideration in cash. In its opinion the Supreme Court mentions the 2500 other stockholders In various parts of the world, and seems to take the view that these stockhold ers are more in need of protection in their holdings than are the two main gladiators In the struggle. The possi bilities attendant on the elimination of competition were so great at onei time that Mr. Harrlman paid $1000 per share for Northern Pacific A still more al luring field appeared with the forma tion of Northern Securities, and; fore seeing a still greater opportunity for a monopoly, Mr. Harrlman "bought in" with his recently acquired Northern Pacific holdings. Throughout the opin ion just handed down there is a hazy intimation that perhaps after all Mr. Harrlman might have had preferred rights In the matter, but that control of Northern Pacific by a competitive xoad was too serious a weapon to place In his hands. As Portland has never yet secured anything from any of the roads .without fighting for it, the final decision on the Securities suit will not affect this city In the slightest degree. ROOSEVELT AND THE PANAMA CANAL. Recent dispatches have placed the public in possession of all the facts re garding the most important enterprise ever undertaken by the American peo ple. Possibly the first transcontinental railroad might dispute for first place in National history, but not in world events. Secretary Taft's memorandum to the President outlines the course en tered on with business-like precision. It will be borne In mind that the feeble results of the work of the outgoing commission have been due in large measure to want of accurate definition beforehand of the limits of the commis sion's authority and of the special sphere of each member. In the Taft paper this evil Is decisively remedied. Without following the Secretary in de tail, the leading features of the plan may be noted. While the magic number seven for the full commission, set in the act of Con gress, Is adhered to, the burden of the organization and construction Is to be divided between the chairman, Theo dore P. Shonts; the governor, Charles E. Magoon, and John F. Wallace, chief engineer. The chairman takes charge of fiscal affairs, purchase and delivery of material and supplies, accounts, and operation of the Panama Railroad and its subsidiary steamships. The gov ernor is to care for general administra tion of the Canal Zone and enforcement of law. The deeply Important matter of sanitation on the Isthmus falls also to him. The chief engineer has charge of construction, custody of supplies and plant, and practical .operation of the railroad in aid of canal construction. These suggestions are adopted and put in practice by the President in his ac companying order. But the final decision is not yet given on the great question of canal on sea level br with locks. On this depends, says Secretary Taft, whether an ad ditional expenditure of at least $100. 000,000 over the $200,000,000 passed by Congress should be entered on. Obvi ously expert opinion of the very highest class is demanded. The Secretary sug gests, and the President approves, that an advisory board of seven or nine hy draulic and canal engineers be created to this end. Before this board should be laid all data found by the French engineers, as well as details of soil, geology, climate, river flow, commer cial needs, business to be provided- for, accumulated since Americans have be gun to deal with the questions. Thanks to the work already done, it is expected that the advisory board will be able to present its conclusions to the President in time to be laid before Congress at the next December session, with his recommendations for conclusive action. Meanwhile no time is to be lost. Not only is the sanitary question to be ener getically dealt with, but excavation necessary, whichever canal is adopted, is to proceed vigorously. The new com mission having: organized in Washing ton. Its first duty is to arrange account keeping there in such fashion that du plicates of accounts on the Isthmus are available at all times. Thus are to be shown amount of work done, its cost, available funds, amount of money ex pended to date, and the general finan cial condition of the enterprise. Ample provision Is made for honest and eco nomical purchase of supplies, and for construction contracting. The whole affair to be conducted under the con tinuing supervision and control of the Secretary of War. and of the President. Thus the American people are takcta in advance into full confidence. The plans are clear, far-reaching and com prehensive. The President has again shown the faculty of recognizing- hard facts, and adapting carefully thought out means to the accomplishment of the Nation's desires. LABOR AND MACHINERY. A disaster in a coal mine Is shock ing enough when it Is the result purely of accident. When it follows a delib erate purpose, as is suspected in the explosion In the Joseph Lelter mine at Zelgier. 111., it assumes an added de gree of horror. Man's Inhumanity to man could hardly find darker illustra tion than In an explosion deliberately planned, that leaves not the slightest hope of escape for the imprisoned vic tims of the 'dynamiter's revenge or rage. The scene of the outrage if such It proves to be is a mining village or settlement which Is said to have never known a restful day or night since the opening of the mine, two years ago, because of labor troubles. These trou bles have been distinctly of the Colo rado type. Armed guards, gatllng guns and state troops have figured In It, while rage and stubbornness and finally the purpose of revenge have dominated. Not unreasonably, It Is supposed that the disaster of Monday, by which thirty-five men lost their lives and the mine was wrecked, was the culmina tion of this trouble. The cause of the contention is an old one, and one that has literally fought its way all along- the line of industrial development for a half-century or more It was that of human hands and hu man muscle against lithe and tireless fingers of Iron and muscles of steel. Mining machines were -installed In the new mine two' years ago. The miners, backed by their union, rose In revolt against them, and such work as has been done has been under the protec tion of armed guards. Recently these were withdrawn, and revenge, it is -believed, has found a way to gratify its purpose by the Introduction of dyna mite In the mine. Of course all contention based as was this one must in the end be overcome. Bitter as has been the fight against machinery as a usurper of the right of man to make a living- with his hands, its adversaries have been In the end compelled to yield. The more capable and intelligent among: them have wise ly made machinery auxiliary to their endeavor. Not only have they accepted the inevitable, but they have turned defeat Into victory by becoming skilled in operating machinery and prosperous through the increased earnings thus made possible. Men who find this Im practicable through ignorance or lack of capacity, or impossible through lack of opportunity, keep up the losing fight. The condition Is one that must work Itself out. Appeal to violence may hasten the solution of the question that underlies the blind contention, but not in accordance with the desire of those who resort to Its methods. The Portland & Asiatic liner Numan tla, drawing- twenty-three feet of water, reached Astoria over an hour before. high water a few weeks ago, but, de spite the fact that the bar was smooth, the pilots refused to take her out,. The transport Buford, drawing more than twenty-four feet of water, reached As toria Monday a few minutes after high water and was taken to sea immedi ately, encountering no difficulty what ever. Failure of the Numantla to get out over the smooth bar when she ar rived down resulted In a week's delay. These two cases prove quite conclusive ly that not all of the blame for delayed shipping- at Astoria should bo placed on the bar. It is apparent that there Is quite a difference In pilots. A twenty-three-foot ship at the top of high water is too deep for some of them, while a twenty-four-foot ship more than an hour .after high water has no terrors for others. Portland exporters continue to char ter ships to carry flour and other prod ucts to the Oriental markets. March and April shipments by these outside steamers will aggregate more than 20, 000 tons, and the regular line, with its infrequent sailings, is doing nothing to increase the service. At San Francisco several extra steamers have been laid on by the Pacific Mall, and at both Ta coma and Seattle the regular lines have taken care of their shippers by charter ing extra vessels. The San Francisco management of thePortland line can give an excellent excuse for this abort ive service out of Portland, for no profits are possible with such a poor service, and where no profits are forth coming, quite naturally the service must be poor. Logic of this brand Is as clear as mud, and it is delivered to Portland whenever the discrimination against the port is mentioned. The death of Dr. Herbert W. Card well, while yet in the prime of active manhood and of usefulness in his pro fession, is a distinct loss to the com munity. That he was the victim of typhoid fever classed by sanitary sci entists as one of the preventable dis eases gives new emphasis to the de mand for sanitary vlgilr.nce, by means of which it is believed this scourge may be practically stamped out in a city favored, as is Portland, by location and" a pure and abundant water supply. Dr. Cardwell was devoted to his profession and was honored In It, first In his na tive city and later by the Btate and In the Army. It Is a matter of deep and wide regret that he died while yet in the prime of his usefulness. Europe's cat and dog life is freshly illustrated In yesterday's speech by General Sakharoff, the Russian Minis ter of War. Reserve men, the Minister said, were only sent to the front during the early stages of the war, "before we had assurances from Europe." In other words, Russia was afraid to send her best fighting men to face her Ori ental enemy, lest some of her European neighbors should take advantage of the fact to stab her in the back. Now that the receipt of these "assurances" has been officially acknowledged, other na tions will be anxious to learn what as surances Russia gave in exchange. -Germany's sudden activity In the Mediter ranean appears to be closely connected with the question. It is apparently definitely settled that Rojeatvensky has sailed east with the Baltic fleet, 'although It Is unintelligible why he should not have waited, for Nebogatoff, who arrived at Jlbutil, at the eastern entrance to the Red Sea, on Monday. Nebogatoff's squadron consists of one battleship and four cruisers, not an inconsiderable addition to the Russian fighting force. Private letters recently received in Paris from Russian seamen declared that life wa9 so uncomfortable aboard the ships at Madagascar that the crews wished to meet the Japanese and have It over. It now appears that this unusual wish will shortly be gratified. Three merchants In the small Valley town of Halsey shipped 10,590 dozen eggs during the month of March. If every Valley town made as good a pro portionate showing as this, Oregon and Washington would save the heavy transcontinental freight charge on a great many carloads of Eastern eggs annually sold In this territory. The most Important feature of the matter lies In the fact that there is no valid reason why these other towns should not make as good a showing In the egg. business as Is made by Halsey. The Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union has fixed the price of salmon for the ensuing season at 5 and 6 cents per pound. Any consumer hav ing occasion to purchase a slice of royal chlnook at the market will readily un derstand that this Is nofthe retail price. He will also understand that not all of the profit In the business Is garnered by the man who catches the fish. When Secretary Taft has shown his anti friends their little brown brother as he really Is, there will probably be a marked diminution of fraternal, with a corresponding increase of paternal, feeling. After undergoing a surgical operation, the Prince of Wales went to church. OT a less distinguished patient It would probably be said that he was scared into It. Rockefeller has money to burn and it continues to furnish church circles with a burning Issue. Chicago finds that under municipal ownership they become public Inutilities. NOTE AND COMMENT. Cover pictures on the Eastern maga zines just now tend to make one sat isfied with Orcgtfn. Most of them show a girl In a rain storm or In a gale of wind. Messrs. Torrey and Alexander, the Americans who are revivaling In Lon don, can point wi$h pride. At one of their recent meetings a well-known music-hall singer arose and announced that ho would write no more comic songs, and his declaration Is said to have been received by tho audience with "demonstrations of the liveliest satisfaction." Not onjy the audience, but all who 'read of this unparalleled reformation will .feel the liveliest sat isfaction with the evangelists' work. It Is greatly to be desired that the persuasive speakers will return for a series of services to this country. Our .comic songs are not so virulent as tho j music-hall variety, but what a bless- j ing would be the conversion of a few iscoro writers of Illustrated songs. Nella L. Allen Is the name of a school teacher in Saco (Maine), and tho. Kennebec Journal calls attention to the fact that it reads the same back wards and forwards. Adam's intro duction of himself to Eve yet remains the best palindrome, however "Mad am. I'm Adam." An exchange finds in a Japancso newspaper an Item saying that "Mr. Choi Ik Yen. an aged Corean Coun cillor of State, who is a strong re former, has been sitting outside tho palace gate at Seoul for five days. Ho proposes to sit there until the needed reforms are carried out. A plcturesquo custom of this kind should be intro duced Into America. Mr. Flegel might place his camp-stool at the corner of Second and Oak, while Mr. Albee would ornament the entrance to tho City Hall. There are great possibili ties in this idea. The first Panama Canal Commissioners thought too many things wcro Infra dig.: the new ones know they're in f'r a dig or get out. General MIguellto note the affectionate diminutive has fifteen followers all ready to set Santo Domingo ablaze with revo lution. But they'd break for cover if some one made a noise like the song of a patrol wagon. The March Hon got away without a shot from T. R. Freckles and 4 tan are Nature's own patches and powder. Tacoma burglars made a restaurant cook hot by locking her In the ice box. One thing attracts attention in a case that Is being heard at HUlsboro. One of the witnesses admits that a woman In the case "tied his necktie for him," but natur ally attaches little Importance to the ad mission from a damaging, or damage?, viewpoint. There are many men constitu tionally Incapable of giving their tie a jaunty sallor's-knot effect and too con scious of their Incapacity to even attempt the Intricacies of a voluminously-folded cravat. Aro these men to be deprived of the aid of woman's deft fingers through terror of a suit for breach of promise or alienation of affections? Surely not. Such a courso would bo a direct Incentive to buy the justly despised "made-up-tie." It Is not every woman who can properly adjust a cravat, and it would bo a loss to the whole world If those that can do so arc compelled to bury their talent. In Russia this year the popular Easter eggs will be bombs. At least It can't be said- of Director Wittenberg that he doesn't furnish good copy. A -writer in tho Irish Independent la credited with saying: "There are many mountains in the country jiOw bare and desolate, whose Brows, if whiskered with forests, would presont a striking appear ance." Sorra a doubt of it; whiskered browa would be striking even In a mu seum of peaks. Jamestown, V, respectfully requests the world to wait for the big show. Indianapolis News. Walt for the big show? Jamestown after Portland will be like the concert after the main performance. According to tho London Daily Mall, a baby at Rhos has been christened Re vivalist Hughes. "Almost every baby born during the last four or flvo months in the Rhondda Valley," continues the Dally Mail, "has received the name of Evan Roberts." Is It to be thus in Port land? Are 1905 babies to be divided equally between Lewis and Clark and J. Wilbur Chapman? Take your choice, fond par ents. Members of traveling theatrical com panies will be highly flattered to learn that Dr. R. A. WaltOn thinks them worth praying for. Pennsylvania social affairs merit that abused description, "delightfully Inform al." At a little fishing party near Lan caster a sweet young thing of 18 threat ened to cut ' out her companion's heart. "Go ahead," said her companion, throw ing out his chest. Tho sweet yOung thing jibed a long knife between her friend's ribs, and then fled, leaving the poor vic tim of hospitality in an unconscious con dition. What could he more pleasant and freo from tho trammels of convention? The older States, It must be admitted, however reluctantly, still lead Oregon In social matters. "Dame Fashion," says the New York Press, "Is making ready to pay particular attention to the baby-faced girl the soul ful, open-eyed innocent, who is to take the place of the athletic girl and drive her off the board walk. Beware tho baby-faced girl; she has a guileful spirit. WEX J. How to Please Woman. Pittsburg Dispatch. A woman likes to be truly loved and to be told so. She likes some noble, honorable man to be thoughtful of her, kind and consid erate of her welfare. .When well and becomingly dressed, a quiet notice of it is always appreciated . A word of praise for a nice dinner or supper often more than compensates her for the worry and work of preparation. She likes to be made to realize that she Is good for something besides a mere household drudge. Something Left. Philadelphia Press. 1 "Hard drinking has lost him his money and his reputation as well." "Not altogether." "No?" "No: he still has his reputation for hard drinking. THE IMPORTANCE OF POLAND How the Ruitainn Government Has Tried "to Win the Xoblllty The Peasantry nnd Their Attitude Harsh Laws Gifts of Lands. Ex-Attache In Pittsburg Dispatch. DURING the past week public atten tion has once more been attracted by sanguinary riots at Warsaw, Lodz and in other important cities and towns of Po land to a people whose fate has always excited in a very marked degree the inter est of Americans. From the time when Thaddeus Kosciusko fought for the Inde- pendence of the United States as A. D. C. to Georgo Washington, his services be ing commemorated by means of a monu ment on the banks of the Hudson at West Point and by the Kosciusko School for Negroes, which President Thomas Jeffer son founded at Newark. Poland's lot has always appealed to the American sympa- iny. iter struggle tor tne recovery or ner lndeDeildenee. which hn nnntlnuArl In many different forms and phases almost runout interruption for more than 100 ears, has been slcnalized bv so manv romantic enisodoa. ?me furnlahoH ' aitrVi wonderful examples of bravery, patriot ism ana cnivairous self-sacrifice that any thing which affects the welfare of the Poles meets with a keener over hero than anywhere else In the orm. . . While there Is no Drosnect whatsoovpr of this struggle being crowned with suc cess since uermany and Austro-Hungary, Which In tho eighteenth rnnrv nfiHif pated in the division of Poland with Rus sia, are bound together with the latter to prevent any restoration of Polish Inde pendence, vet the situation In thft Tnllsh provinces of the Czar just at present Is exceedingly grave and a matter of more serious concern to the Muscovite Government than at anv time In tho last 50 years. In the former insurrections, and especially In tho one of 1S63. a wide gulf existed between thp npasantrv anA thr educated, well-to-do and patrician classes m i-oiana. tne ren!nnt j- ho nr hn1lv treated bv the landowners trhn ovar-tvA from them labor without pay and regarded them much in the same light that the Russian Barine looked upon his serf. In deed it was only the Influence of the Ro man Catholic clergy, then as now strongly imbued with nationalist sentiments, which led the peasantry to lend their assistance to the leaders of the rovol lltlnnan- mnvn. meat of 1S63. which was essentially one ul me classes. And among tho moat effi cacious means adopted by the Russian Government to wean the masaes from the insurgent cause were the promises of the jiuerauon or tne peasants from the servi tude to their landlords and the invMt nnf of the tenants, with the ownership of tneir noiuinga. immense estates belong ing to members of the nobility Implicated In tho rebellion were distributed among the peasantry, while others were clthor presented to Russian officials or elsa sold to them for a mere song. Today tho situation has changed. The former gulf between the educated Poles and the peasantry Is almost completely bridged over. For the nobles have come to the conclusion that they are powerless to recover their independence without the support of nearly two million peasants in Poland, and are therefore endeavoring by every means in their power to conciliate their good will and to educate them in what they describe as a patriotic sonse. This is not difficult. For the peasant own ership of land, owing to the laws of suc cession, which compel tho division of a dead man's land, no matter how small its area, in ' equal divisions among all his heirs, has proved a terrible failure, re sultlng in widespread dlatross. Moreover, FAIRBANKS AXD LA F0LETTE Men at the Opposite of the Repub lican Party. Baltimore News. Vice-President Fairbanks has plenty of strong backing. He can come nearer to filling the shoes of the late President Mc Klnley than any other man in the Re publican camp. President McKInley had a greater number of substantial citizens behind him than any President in recent years. Vice-President Fairbanks is fol lowing in the footsteps of President Mc KInley In other ways. He remembers how the late Senator Hanna won the prelim inary fight for President McKInley In tne South, and when a showdown camo the North had nothing to do but get Into line. Mr. Fairbanks remembers, too, how his fellow Indian Ian. the late President Har rison, was able to use the South to good advantage. Tho South Is, therefore, not to be neglected. For is not a rival of Vice-President Fairbanks, Postmaster General Cortelyou. in position to do things in the South? Mr. Fairbanks Is Improv ing upon the work of either President Harrison or President McKInley. He is not going to rely entirely upon the negro, but will appeal also to the Southern white man. He knows that down deep In their hearts a great many Southern white men have little sympathy with the Ideas of the radical Democracy. If a perfectly safe and sane Republican such as Vice President Fairbanks should edge up to them with sufficient suavity, they might not receive him badly at all. Mr. Fairbanks seems to be making real progress In his campaign, even at this early day. It looks as though he might easily distance such competitors as Sena- j ior r eraser, jaut mere is to De an alto gether different element in the contest be fore the Republican National convention meets In 1S08. If Governor La Follette of Wisconsin is still alive and hearty at that time he will probably be a man to reckon with Governor La Follette Is a fighter. He isthe antithesis of Vice-President Fairbanks. It Is passing wonderful that two such men as Governor La Follette and Mr. Fairbanks can find a place in tho Republican party and still cause not a suggestion of factional division. Gov ernor La Follette has already grown Into National proportions. Ho will be larger, in all probability much larger before IMS. The railroad rate reforming, tariff revision element In the Republican party Is likely to rally around Governor La Fol lette. He Is its natural and logical lead er. With La Follette's fighting powers and this element at his back, a contest between him and such a clever and well backed antagonist as Vice-President Fair banks will be something good to look upon. Mrs. McKInley Today. National Magazine. Mrs. McKInley has aged somewhat since that terrible blow; her hair is a little whiter, her gray eyes not quite so bright. Her expression is sad, and when sho speaks there is a slight quiver of the lips that indicates something of the great grief ever present with her. She goes to drive nearly every day, and everywhere and by everyone Is greeted with tender and sympathetic cor diality. Her general health is Improving, and she is now able to take an Interest in all tho household matters connected with her home. Smoke and Beauty. Black and White. Here Is a theory London smoke is a tonic. Is the sulphur that finds Its way via smoky chimneys into the air of Lon don the secret of the London complexion? Over and over again it is remarked how much finer is the town 'than the country complexion. Put a London girl beside a country girl, and ten chances to one the London girl's complexion Is the better. The White Brother, Too. Ashland (Ky.) Independent! Booker Washington urges his race to "pursue quietly, patiently, and cour ageously the essentials of life." That's all right: but the colored brother has queer notions at times about what con stitutes the essentials. the Russian nobles who obtained Polish castles two score years ago, either by grant from the Imperial government, which had confiscated them, or else mere ly at a nominal price at the compulsory sales, are now in such a state of finan cial distress and insolvoncy that they are glad to dispose of their lands In Poland to the former owners of the estates. The Russian government. In the hope of win ning over the Polish nobility, far from ap posing, has encouraged this, and in eon sequence thereof there has for the last ten years or so been a steady flow -eastward of the Polish aristocracy, and tjke Potockis, Zamoyskis. Czartorisklg, P- ninsKis and hundreds of other bearers at equally Illustrious names are once more in possession of those castles and do mains, with which their famines have been identified since time ImaHiwrlal Taught by past experience, they are now snowing themselves more generous, ear ful and kindly landlords than In days of yore, and the consequence is that at pres ent, tne relations oetween the Polish no bility and the peasantry are character ized bv a good will that the latter does not entertain toward the Russian gevera- men. or tne latter has no more lands to distribute, is forced to adopt ha rail measures in order to secure the navmant of the onerous taxes, is unable to do anytmng toward the relief of the desti tution and distress of the peasants who. of course, resent bitterly the endeavors made by incompetent, brutal and tactless officials to Russianize them, both as re gards language and creed, no matter at what cost or by what means. Another feature of the actual crisis of Poland is the condition of the working classes. Poland has a large number of manuf-- industries within Its bor ders, and consequently a very big labor ing population. Now, the chief character istic of the Polish workmen is tbelr- af finity with the workmen of Western Eu rope. Unfortunately the labor laws tht exist in Poland were devised by Ruwtans to meet with the requirements of tabor in Russia proper, which are ontireiy ex tinct and different from those In Pefatnd. In Western Europe, as in this country, the rights of labor, even to the exteat of strikes that paralyze entire industries, are not only recognized but even pro tected by law, while everything in con nection therewith can be done openly al above board. In Russia matters are en tirely different in this respect. Strikes constitute a crime, and concerted action on the part of labor against capital is construed as conspiracy. Labor unions, such as wo understand them hore. ar compelled by the nature of Russia's labor laws to take the form of secret that to say, illegal societies, and these na turally develop revolutionary leanin.es that are carefully fostered by the social ist element of the labor party in West ern Europe. In fact, tho relations be tween labor In Western Europe and Po land have become so close that tho work ing classes in the former kingdom of Sobleskl aro firmly resolved to submit no longer to wRnt they describe as the Intol erable tyranny of Russia's laboS laws, which leave them completely defenseless at the mercy of their employers. This Is tne cnier cause or the labor riots at War saw, and in most of the great industrial centers of Poland during the past week". That the riots have been fomonted by for eign labor associations and socialistic so cieties, and oven financed by the latter, there Is every reason to believe. TO WIPE OUT THE LOBBYIST. Saturday Evening Post. By R. M. La Follette. Scnator-ektet of Wisconsin It should bo mode an offense to attempt to influence a member of a Legislative Assembly, privately or per sonally. Ho Is a public official. Legis lation is public business. That which operates to Influence legislative action is likewise the business of the public. If the communication is an honest one It need not be secret. If it appeals solely to the honest judgment It will not foar publicity. It should be as much an of fense against the law to sco members on the quiet" as to attempt to influence judge or juror out of court. By Speaker Lenroot. of the Wisconsin Assembly Arguments before legislative committees arc legitimate, whether the cause be good or bad but license In thte matter should got no further than thfc. No man employed as- agent or counsel for any interests whatever should be per mitted to solicit the votes of individual members for or ngalpst any bill, measure or resolution. By George E. Cole, of the Legislative Voters League Publicity and exposure are the weapons which will bring these underground workers to time, and all the legislative enactments that can be had to compel the lobbyist to make his move ments public arc desirable and, in the right direction. Let him be forced to reg ister his name and his mission tho mo ment he comes to tho capital; compel him to do all of his work before committees, and let every member know that to tee seen hobnobbing In private with a lobby ist Is to become an object of suspicion. Independent Companies Fail. Vlsalla (Cal.) Delta, March 19. Unable to meet Its obligations, the Tu lare Telepliono Company's property wh sold for 51550 by Sheriff Collins Friday noon at Tulare, judgment having been rendered last week for in favor of D. B. Moore, a director of the Bank of Tulare, to whom the claim was assigned by the bank. The company has been operating tor about four years independent telephone exchanges at Tulare. Woodville. Lindwar and Exeter, also about 190 miles of tele phone lines connecting towns and farm ing communities througliout Tulare coun ty. It is understood that failure is due to the fact that many of the local stock holders refused to pay any more assess ments, because of the uncertainty of suc cess, and having recently paid a 30 per cent assessment levied to pay urgent claims then due. No dividends have ever been paid, and the venture has been a los ing one from the start, being handicap ped by the Sunset Company, which one rates a telephone system throughout the county, as well as tho state. Atlanta (Ga.) Journal, March S. The Augusta Telephone Exchange, or ganfzed about five years ago to compete with the Southern Bell Company and ope rating the Strowger Automatic system, was sold before the Courthouse door yes terday and was bid In by L. C. Hayn for the sum of $15,000. The sum realized after paying costs will pay less than 54 cents on the dollar on the bonds, and tne large list of unsecured creditors and the stockholders will get nothing. The plant cost more than 100,000. It is rumersd that the property was bid in for the Southern Bell Telephone Company. The Losses at Mukden. Collier's Weekly. We read the report that 200.000 men were killed and wounded on both sides in tha battle of Mukden without fully realizing what those awful figures mean. Here ae a few aids to the imagination. Two htm dred thousand casualties equal: Three hundred Iroquois Theater disas ters. A hundred and fifty Slocum disasters. Eighty Johnstown floods. Thirty Galveston floods. The total population men. women and children of a city like Minneapolis. The population 0 tho States of Idaho and Nevada combined. The ontire Boor population of oath sexes and all ages, of the two Souih African republics, which resisted the whole power of the British Empire for over two years.