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Some months ago Senator Mitchell issued his solemn denial in the United States Senate of the charges preferred against him in the United States Court for the District of Oregon; and he ac centuated and emphasized this solemn denial -with fierce defiance of 'his accus ers. This seemed to The Oregonian to put Senator Mitchell's accusers in serious and grave situation. It said so. It said: "A very grave responsibility rests upon Mr. Heney, the prosecutor, and upon his official superiors, his prompters, backers and guides In this undertaking. The accusation comes from them. They have proceeded -with slow deliberation; they have pursued their purpose for months and still are pursuing it; the inquisition at this mo ment is active in Portland and through out Oregon. Through the investigation urged by Mr. Heney, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney-General and the President him self, not only Senator Mitchell and Representatives Hermann and Will iamson, but other well-known men, are accused. It is a grave matter, the gravest ever presented in the State of Oregon, and in some ways the gravest ever presented in the history of our Na tional Government." And The Oregonian. continued: "What further? Here is a case out of which something is to happen. If the prose cutors, if the Administration at Wash ington and its representatives in Ore gon, fail to 'make good, there will be louder outcry against them than ever has been against these wh6m they prosecute. It may be supposed they are weighing this well. Most shortsighted ere they if they have not done so al ready." This and more was written by The Oregonian, in sympathy with the de fendants; for it could not see, with the testimony then before it, that the prosecution had ground for its proceed ings. There have been additional par ticulars, -which yet remain to be sifted tnd cleared: and the prosecution de clares itself ready to proceed. Such things must be formal; the preliminary and introductory proceedings tnust.be orderly and regular; the course usual in -the courts must be pursued. Hence the arraignment and the call on the de fendants for their preliminary pleaa. It is to be regretted that the defend ants, one and all, evince no disposition to meet the charges openly, but inter pose technical objections and pleas in abatement, allegations of prejudice and motions to quash. These things are within their legal rights; but, as they wish, naturally, to stand before the country as men Incapable of the of fenses with which they are charged, it would seem that the clear and open way would ibe to challenge directly the truth of the indictments presented by their accusers, join the Issue at once, and call straightway for the testimony. Technical objections in such matters are nothing. This is to be a. trial not merely before the jury of twelve, but before the whole bar of public, opinion. The whole people want to see the evi dence and to hear the testimony. They have a right to it; nor can they see why objection, should be made to prompt and full production of it. Months ago The Oregonian, doubting the sufficiency of the evidence, asked, "Where are the proofs and what are the proofs? The time is coming when it will behoove men high in authority to show the necessary proofs or stand condemned." The representatives of the Government say they are ready. It is a disappointment to the country to find the defendants 6ay!ng they are not It was accepted from their earlier pro fessions that thev would be. The olain people would suppose theaccused would seize the very first opportunity to learn what the accusers, have to say. against I them. As the accusation can't be true, the production of weak and farcical tes timony would overwhelm the accusers and bring just triumph to those who deserve vindication. Certainly the sooner the better. And the country never wdll be satisfied till these things are probed to the 'bottom of them. THE LAW AND HOURS OF LABOR. On April 17 the Supreme Court of the United States delivered an opinion which will surely cause comment, not In this Nation only, but throughout the civilized -world. It Is much to be re gretted that the court was so substan tially divided. Five Judges against four is not a satisfactory majority to establish without question the law of the land. But, as in so many previous I aecisions, tne majority nas iaia aown i matter. Let the policy of the success the rule to which all must bow. The f ful define itself; definitions are tram statute Of New York prohibited both mels and, thA trammeled are handi employer and employed from exceeding sixty hours as a week's labor in a bak ery, and established a fine of $50 on-the master for breach of that regulation. One named Lockner was accordingly fined $50 for permitting an excess over sixty hours' labor in a week. Recourse to the Court of Appeals of the State of .New York resulted In the law being sustained, Judge Parker delivering the opinion. The point helng raised that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con- : stitution was In conflict with the state law, appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States has ended in the de cision now in question. The familiar words of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution are: No slate shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge' the privileges or im munities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law. Justice Peckham, In delivering the majority opinion, was careful to lay the foundation that the private business in question was not dangerous in any de gree to the morals or in any substan tial degree to the health of the em ploye, and that the employer and em ployed were "both sul generis that is, that they could freely contract, the one to receive, the other to supply, such hours of labor in the hakery as they might agree. In these words, limita tion of the powers of the state in pater nal relations to its citizens is indicated. The court holds, then, that the State of New York passed these bounds in the law in question, for the sale by a free citizen of his labor for so long as he pleases, and at such price as he .sees fit to accept, is both a privilege which Is his constitutional right, and property of which he cannot be arbitrarily de prived. The dissenting opinion of Judge Har lan, according to the report, has for its base the suggestion that more than ten hours' steady work each day, from week to week, in a hakery, may en danger the health, impair the useful ness and shorten the lives of the work men; that therefore these possibilities Justify the state in legislating the transaction out of the Constitution of the Nation. But there is no inherent bar against a man's undertaking em ployments involving danger to life It self, If freely entered on, and provided that what dangers exist are known to both parties to the hargain, and are re duced so far as possible by all known safeguards. Examples are at hand on every side. No state has attempted to legislate to the contrary. The possibili ties of Injury to the employe are no bar to such contracts though Justice Harlan sees In such dangers the right of the state to abrogate the citizen's constitutional privilege to dispose of his labor as he pleases. But the New York statute had, doubtless, a different origin. The ques tion is not one of protecting an individ ual against oppression, of preventing his being compelled to endanger life and health in his daily life. On the con trary, the essence of the decision of the majority of the court lies in the con firmation of freedom of the individual to -live his own life, to work for short hours or long, as he sees fit; in short, to make the most of the ability that Is in him. In the New York law there is a plain attempt to Justify a restriction on open contracting by a hidden sug- gestlon of possible injury to health. Probably the decision will be quoted as a blow to organized labor. Nothing Is more unreasonable. If a man chooses to associate himself with others, and to announce mat ne win not, wmie a member of that association, work for more than ten hours a day, he is at liberty to do so. He can contract with, his employer on that basis, and no one can say him nay. He Is within his constitutional rights. When a state undertakes to say to the man, "Your freedom of contract Is taken from you, anxious though you may he to exercise It, "because a possibility of injury to your health or usefulness Is, we think, Involved," then the state overpasses Its powers, and its restrictions on the man's freedom fail, powerful though the Influences may be to which the orl gin of the statute is due. DEFINITIONS ARE DEADLY. Facts, as Dr. Holmes has observed. are great foes to fancy, and-every one knows the man who enters a conversa tlon with a couple of facts trailing after him like a brace of truculent bulldogs, ready to maul any unlucky quarry of imagination. Yet theifatal Influence of facts upon conversation is as nothing to the murderous effect of definitions upon political campaigning. A single definition is enough to wreck the career of the most promising and promise-full candidate. For this reason the wise office-seeker, when adjured by some Armado to "define, define, well-educated Infant," makes haste to dodge, to hem and haw. to speak of his record, in short, to do anything but be guilty of. giving the public a definition. What Is apparently to be the issue in the forthcoming city election? The question of the "open" or the "closed" town. Some candidates are "proclaiming themselves in favor of an open, others In favor of a closed, town. But ap proach any of these free-spoken men with, a "define, define, well-educated Infant." and what is the result? An assertion that an open town Is an open town, or that a closed town Is, well, a closed town, as the case may be. Both classes of candidates would enforce the Jaws, they say; that is, the laws In general. To specify the particular laws which would be honored- in the breach would tie another way of defining the meaning of an open or of a closed town and Is therefore to he avoided by the careful candidate, who would tickle the ears of one party without too harshly offending the ears of the other. The candidate favors a closed town, say. In the event of his election will he close saloons and theaters on Sundays? Yes or no would answer this question, but such action involve so many other matters that it would have to be con sidered after election. Would the can didate do away with the red light dis trict? Such a question cannot be an swered offhand, but the candidate would give the citizens a closed town. Similarly the open-town candidate avoids definitions. "Would he allow sa loons to remain open day and night? Would gambling be looked upon as a legitimate source of revenue for the city? Would the dancehall be regarded as a place of harmless amusement? None of these questions the candidate can answer offhand; enough that he favors an open town. Both open-town and closed -town can didates would enforce the laws-but with discretion. As for specifying the laws to be enforced or to be left in innocuous -desuetude, that is a different capped. OPEN GATEWAY FOR ALL. The commercial interests of both coasts of the United States are receiv ing reinforcements in their demand that the Panama Railroad be kept in condition to handle all traffic that will be offered, pending completion of the canal. Several Central and South American ports on the west coast have. through their representatives, asked for abolishment of the present monopoly In order that their business with Amer ican ports on the Atlantic coast may be facilitated. Our foreign neighbors. In submitting their request "to Secre tary Taft, ask for reduction from the present rates, and that "ships of all na tions and cargoes of all origins may have the same facilities of transit." In his report to the Government last Jan uary, Governor Davis, of the Canal Zone, recommended a reduction of 50 per cent In the present rail charges across the isthmus, and also declared that It was Impossible for the United States to discontinue operation of the line as a commercial carrier. Chairman Shonts, of the new Com mission, who seems to have practically unlimited power In construction of the canal and operation of the railroad, does not agree with Governor Davis re garding reduction of rates. -He Is quot ed as holding the opinion that the rates now in force across the Isthmus will not be altered, but the road will be op erated in such a manner as to make monopoly of the route an impossibility. The road will be double-tracked and placed in physical condition for han dling an immense volume of traffic There would probably have been less complaint about the monopoly main tained by the Pacific Mail on the Isth mus had that corporation not exercised its arbitrary powers for benefit of Its ocean lines. Having the advantage of being the only line that could Issue through bills of lading from Pacific Coast ports to Atlantic Coast "ports, it was naturally the only line that could do any business. This monopoly expires by limitation early In July, and it is for the purpose of Increasing their trade with the United States that the Central and South American countries are asking that a fair field be extended to ajl who wish to make use of the road. There js an Immense business along the west coast of South America that will be much nearer to New York and other Atlantic ports than It is to European ports, which are now handling it. If the buyers and sellers of these coun tries are permitted to take the short route to and from this country, regard less of what flag their vessels are sail lng under, they will abandon the long trip route around the Horn or through the Straits of Magellan to Europe. The announcement of Chairman Shonts that there would be no Immediate reduction In rates may mean that there will be no reduction in the rate that the Pan ama Railroad charged the Pacific Mall. This rate Is understood to have been materially lower than the local rate across the Isthmus. The position of Chairman Shonts on the matter, so far as he has expressed his views, does not seem toV differ much from that of Gov ernor Davis, who in his report last Jan uary said: If the railroad on the Isthmus stands ready at any lime to receive merchandise from any shipper, no matter whence coming or tq what point billed, and to promptly forward It to the consigned vessel awaiting It on the opposite coast, and does this at a reasonable rate, the United States will have accom plished all that the most exacting person could expect of It, and all that a government as owner should undertake to do. If this policy is carried out, there will be noticeable increase in the trade of the United States and South American countries, and there will also be an ef fectlve safety valve to prevent any ad vance in existing overland freight tar iffs. WOMEN AT THE CITY COUNCIL. rlhe attitude assumed by certain members of the Common Council toward the women who, representing the School of Doinestlc Science, called at the City Hall, Monday, to urge at tentlon to the unsanitary conditions they had found to exist in the markets of the city was, to sayHhe least, dis courteous. There Is no reason, even in politics as represented in the city's Council Chambers, why- the women of the city should be treated as meddlers when they seek to urge upori the au thorities the necessity of a measure that they believe will correct condi tions that make our markets a stench in the nostrils of decency and a menace to me puoiic neaitn. These women and others of equally honest intent visited a number of places In the city, from which food goes direct to our tables, and found there a state of filth and rottenness that was appalling to them as housewives and alarming to them as Intelligent santarians. They have their own views as to how these conditions may be cor rected. These Views may or may not be sound, but the women have a perfect right to present them to the proper committee of the City Council, and this committee is only doing its duty when It listens attentively and courteously to what they have to say. Now, if the conditions that prevail in the markets of this city and in the slaughter - houses and commission- houses that supply them are not the business of the women of the city, they are nobody's business. If intelligent women cannot, after visiting these markets, present their findings to the men in whose hands remedial rheas ures are supposed to lie without being treated as-meddlesome children, some thing is wrong. Do these guardians of the city's interests chafe at the expos ure of conditions that have existed in the city openly, but without their knowledge, for no one knows how long? Or are they, in view of the near ap proach of the. first "Monday, in J.une powerfully restrained from expressing an opinion upon a matter so simple and yet so vital as this? Governor Mickey, of Nebraska, has vetoed the bill passed by the Legisla ture of that state, the object of which was to make the practice of Christian Science healing unlawful. He finds It difficult to avoid the conclusion that the bill was not conceived in a spirit of pro fessional intolerance, and feels justi fied in the conclusion that there was more at issue ' in its inception than a consuming zeal for the public health. Governor Mickey shows fc. fair under standing of the ruling element In pro fessional zeal In this estimate. The fight which osteopathy, homeopathy and other systems of medicine and healing, now well recognized schools in therapeutics, have had to make for legal existence, Is in evidence in this contention. A. slaughter-house and packing plant in South Portland was aired in the Police Court yesterday. According to the testimony of many veracious wit nesses. It needed an airing. What with rotting offal from slaughtered beasts, a fertilizing plant in operation, a sau sage factory in full 'blast and- Indiffer ent attention to cleanliness In all parts of the premises, the stench that arises Is, according to testimony, "something awful." People fortunate enough to live beyond the wind of this vlleness will be more than willing to take the testimony of those less fortunate In re gard to the matter without seeking to verify it by personal observation. We have a meat Inspector, but It seems that he does not always make inspec tion his business. There is quietly at work in this coun try a more effective agency for the elimination of drunkenness than all of the temperance societies that can be organized. The Increased competition wnicn labor is forced to meet has re sulted in the tippler being placed at such a decided disadvantage that he can no longer secure employment on even terms with the man who does not Indulge In spirituous liquors. Last Sat urday 4000 employes of the Union Rail way Company, at St. Louis", were noti fied that Instant dismissal would be the penalty If any of them were found fre quenting saloons or racetracks. The almighty dollar Is, of course, the under lying cause of this reform, but Its ef fectiveness Is beyond question. Attorney Joseph B. Lindsley, of Spo kane, seems to be a man of many parts, and if there are any more reasons why he should not have been appointed United States District Attorney, they should be forwarded at once. The lat est reason given for his turn-down was the alleged fact that as a lawyer he handles a great many divorce cases. The previous charge was that he was a corporation lawyer. He was also ac cused of being a young man and a sup porter of Sam Piles for United States Senator. If such charges continue to accumulate, suspicions will be aroused that some one "doth protest too much." The moral tone of Seattle is superior to that of Portland, according to the testimony of Rev. Mr. Chapman. This is not the only point on which Seattle scores. Kecentiy compiled statistics show Jhat the moral city on Puget Sound has one divorce to every four marriages, a distinction which is only approximately shared by three other cities In the United States Los Ange les, Kansas City and San Francisco. Murder and suicide statistics are not available, but, from the newspaper ac counts that are sent out of Seattle, that city would be In line at least for promi nent mention. The railroads do not rely much on guesswork. They have to know what, they are doing, as nearly as can be known in advance; so. the elaborate preparations they are making for a great Lewis and Clark Fair traffic may be said to be base.d on certain knowl- edge. It was at first intended that spe cial Fair tickets from the East and Middle West should be sold only on specified days; now it is arranged that they may be sold every day during the Fair period. This means simply that the railroads find In sight a great travel, and they are making their plans accordingly. It is reported that an attempt will be made to demand the referendum upon the act of the last Legislature which places a six year limit on the time within which proceedings for collection of delinquent taxes shall be com menced. The effort would be produc tive of more good If it had been directed against those officials whose duty It was to see that the taxes were collect ed at the proper time. Six years is a reasonable time within which to begin proceedings for collection of delinquent taxes, and the public officers who do not begin within this time are derelict In their duty. A peevish mugwump newspaper of New England asks: "How much longer can the Filipinos be denied the right of trial by jury?" Are they denied it? No; because they never had It, never wanted It, and don't know what It Is. Because New Englanders wear woolen underclothes In Winter, New England ers are not to infer that the Filipinos are suffering for them, or even would wear them if offered free. May wheat in Crilcago gained a cent a bushel yesterday, while the more dis tant options remained practically sta tionary. The statistical position of the cereal in this country Is not increasing in strength, and each day it becomes more than ever apparent that the ma nipulators of the May deal are stag gerlng under a heavier load than any speculator has attempted to carry since the Lelter failure. The .prison' guard who reported fail ure of a fellow-guard to answer a sig nal, in accordance with .prison rules, deserves commendation. It is a 'false sense of honor that leads one trusted employe to conceal the delinquencies of his co-worker when such delinquencies vitally affect the interests which both are employed to protect. 1 The general agents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society are making it their business to inform Vice-President Jimmy Hyde where he stands, and that Is alone. The general agents have a greater Interest In the proper settle ment of this harmful squabble than any others except the policy-holders. Jupiter Pluvius seems also to have taken due cognizance of the opening of the baseball season. NOTE ANDCOMMENL Today! A correspondent forwards the follow ing lines. He may possibly know what they mean; .we don't: When the day has come and soce. And your work is done; When the clouds before the dawn Shut you from the sun; When your friends have proven foes And your life Is flat. Don't take to drink to drown your woes Or anything like that. But listen to the purring of The homeless Tommy cat. If the wife is cool and cross And the babies squsII; If your sweetheart's love Is dross. You have no love at all Don't sit down and get the blues; Don't AO on a bat; Don't tell your friends the tiresome news Or anything like that, ' But listen to the purring of , The homeless Tommy cat. If the price of coal Is high And your wages low; It the snow is in the sky " ' " And the blizzards blow; Don't go take a dose of dope Or pawn your Sunday hat; Don't you lose your grip on hope Or ahythlng like that. But listen to the purring of The homeless Tommy cat. Togo won't Are until Gridley. he is ready, We understand that Henry James will not accept a position as ad-writer for a local firm. The farther the President gets away from the telegraph, tho more dope will be printed about him. Distance lends enchantment to the space writer. Speaking of palindromes an ex change says: Sator arepo tenet opera rotas. This may be regarded as the crowning piece of palindromic construction. In the first place, it reads both ways tho same. In the eecond, each word Is reciprocal. In the third, the rirst letters of the words taken consecutively spell the first word, the second letters the eecond word and so on to the end.- Finally, the same holds good from right to left, as from left to right. Little Sermons From Everyday Life. some people think cnurchgoing a slow amusement. Much depends upon the church to which one goes. In an In dlana church a few days ago a quiet argument over some point of procedure Was going on. when young lady slapped the preacher's face. This ap pears to have been a breach of church etiquette, for the preacher's wife clinched with" the young lady and was successfully punching her head, when the young lady's gentleman friend went to his inamorata's assistance. This brought the gentleman preacher into the fray with a knife, which he inserted Into the gentleman friend's back so far that the gentleman friend may croak as the result. Moral: Somethin' doin' all the time with the right, people. We have reached a new stage on the line of the world's advanced thought. It was high time. The old cosmical order was becoming stale. The new idea is supplied oy a processor wno draws a salary from the American Health As sociation of New York. He tells us that: We shall, by means of polarlc nutrition. "destroy all parasitic life in the soil. the plant world, animals and men, for the redemption of our nervous, vlis eased people. The grocery store that doesn't keep polaric nutrition will be on the black list in Portland, just as soon as our projected reforms get Into operation. This is commended to our society of women who are shaking up the butchers and green grocers. A farmer in County Louth, Ireland, after years of experimenting, has suc ceeded in producing tomatoes and pcta toes on the same vine, grown from the same tuber. In a few years more he should be able to grow a New England boiled dinner on one plant. Venice is about to establish municipal control of her gas supply. Think of Ven Ice wrestling with thesame problems as Chicago. The San Francisco Post, Bulletin and Examiner are having a great time with their reptile contemporaries. The only persons that don't enjoy the fun are the unfortunate readers. South Africa says that the Buluwayo natives believe that no rain will be al lowed to fall so long as the statue of so great a man as Cecil Rhodes is allowed to remain In the open air. As rain is badly wanted, the natives think a . shed might be built over the statue. Our forecast officials do not as a rule take the expo sure of statues into account. Ttie idea seems to oe tnat tmiboard? pay board bills, and that none of the city fathers will therefore Introduce a bill board bill. This is the afternoon the office boy be comes too sick to work. In Japan when an actor does not make a hit the people In the house turn their backs to tho ntage. This may be more pleasing to the actor than the egg system but it must be much less satisfying to the audience. In the offices of a New York law firm which consists of husband and wife, nursery, a schoolroom and a gymnasium have been fitted up for the use of the firm's children. By this means the wo man partner is enabled to devote her at tention to business and is not rushed off to the house every time the baby cries This is a great plan, and may be widely adopted with the increasing number of women who go into business. It will be the custom, probably, to run a client Into the nursery to see the baby and to hear him say "Goo-goo." WEX J. Whisky in Horse Collars. . Muskogee Corr. Topeka Capital. The officers have Just discovered a new method of smuggling liquor. A teamster working on a railroad grade devised the plan. He had two very large horse collars made water-tight. He would make regu lar trips to Texas and every time he would return the laborers would get drunk. After watching him for a long timo the officer discovered that he would take the extra horse collars with him and bring them back full of whisky. Each collar would hold about two gallons of liquor. The man Is under arrest. Judge Dunne Anticipates. New York Tribune.! Mayor-elect Dunne of Chicago has com posetfan epitaph which he wishes placed on his tombstone when occasion arises Here lies the body of Edward F. Dunne. He died a poor man, but he was the father of municipal ownership and 13 children. May .he rest in peacs C.ANAL COMMISSION'S NEW HEAD Sketch of Theodore Perry Shont, Roosevelt's "Hundred Thousand Dollar 3Ina" His Training: and His Capabilities. H. B. Chamberlain In Boston Transcript. A man of the prairies Is to dig a great waterway. A railroad president Is to have charge of the greatest mar itime project the world has known. A product of the Inland West is to complete the work in which the gen ius of the Suez failed signally. - Theodore Perry Shonts, through whose veins course the intermingled blood of Ireland, Scotland, France and Holland, is "the hundred thousand dollar man" for whom President Roosevelt has been looking. He halls from Chicago, but he is a man ot tne world, and when the President de cided that he wanted him as digger- ln-chtef of the great dltcn, nis mo mentary address twas uuanianarao, Cuba, where, with taui aiorion, sec retary of the Navy, he was cruising In quest ot rest and pleasure when the call came he ;was not un nerved, nor even overly elated. lie put the cablegram In his pocket and wired back: "When I've finished my trip I'll come to Washington and talk it over." when Shonts reacnea me White House the President was tne first to get into action. "I don't want to discuss this mater ot appointment with you. You are the man for the Job. I assume that you accept De causc you can do the work. We will now talk of the work that Is to be done on tho Isthmus." And tnat att ernon the newspapers printed the news that Shonts had been appointed chairman of tho Isthmian Commission at a salary of $30,000 a year, a "hun dred thousand dollar man" secured at a bargain price, as the President him self put it. Shonts is a nustier. jie is of about the same degree of strcn- uouslty as the President, whom no greatly resembles irr physical charac teristics. Taller than the President, he wears the same type of moustache. They both wear -eyeglasses in the same maner and both, possess tne small squinty eyes that sometimes open suddenly and flash fire. In su perb health, with a fine mental equip ment and not at all afraid ot nis jod, "Teddy" Shonts believes in himself and believes that he can dig the canal. Fifty years ago, on a farm in Craw- mord County, Pennsylvania, ineoaore Shonts was born. In the year that Colorado entered the union and Phil adelphia held the Centennial Exposi tion, hft craduated at Monmouin col lege with B. A. attached to his name. Three years after the same institu tion thought well enough ot mm to grant the degree of M. A. Since then "Teddy" has shifted for himself. And his shift has been quite satisfactory, both to himself and his friends. In July. 1881, he was president of the Iowa Construction Company, then building a railroad. A year later he was general superintendent of the In- Hinnn TiUnnU &- Iowa Railroad, a Dlace ho held four years. In 1886 he became general manager of the same road, and in 1S9S was made its presi rinnt. About this time he and Paul Morton secured practical control of the line, which had been originally constructed to provide an outer belt line for Chicago. Crossing, as It does, all the railroads entering that city. Its possibilities as a freight transfer medium were excellent- But the road was not making money, and Shonts nnH Morton undertook the task of placing it upon its financial feet. The larce acquaintance of the men helped to brine: business, but they were after bigger game. About this time the residents of Toledo and Detroit were exnressinff dissatisfaction over the sArvicd afforded by the Vanderbiit km enntrnlllnp that territory. Shonts and Morton sought an opportunity to break the monopoly. They saw a business chance and made overtures to the boards of trade in both cities. Mate meetings were arranged, conces sions were granted and tne inree Ts" wasJ hailed as the coming road which was to relieve the suffering cities of the Vanderbiit thrall. Shonts nnd Morton were srettinsr on. Soon the newspapers began printing stories to th effect that the "Three I's" had LAWLESSNESS CHICAGO. Of the situation in Chicago, produced by. the teamsters' strike and permitted by the city government, the Chicago Chron icle says: If the authorities of the City of Chicago and of the State of Illinois imagine that they are deceiving anybody of intelligence by their present attitude toward the teamsters' strike now in progress they are woefully mistaken. Two hundred and fifty policemen escorting ten or a dozen wagons through the streets make a brave show, hut why Is It that these 230 policemen are needed? Who Is It and what Is It that calls for such a display of force? It Is well known that if these wagons were to appear in the streets without police escort their drivers would be beaten and perhaps killed. It is known to a certainty that not one of these vehicles unprotected could reach its destination without bloodshed. Who in It that exercises this terrorism? The Mayor of Chicago, the Superintendent of Police and the State's Attorney know the names of these offenders and they know ex actly where to lay their hands upon them. They know that they arc In rebellion against the laws of the city, the state and the na tion. They know that big police details are the only thing that prevents these men and their tools from committing crimes which ought to land them In the penitentiary. They know that a conspiracy exists here to deprive law-abiding citizens of the rights which are guaranteed to them by society. They know that this conspiracy in Itself is a crime punishable under the statutes of the state. We need not mince words in this case at all. If It were not for the fact that this lawlessness proceeds under cover of labor unionism It would be hunted down and ex tirpated at any and every cost. Because the men who are responsible for it happen to be officers of labor unions nothing is done. The police in the streets are merely defensive. In the presence of active and defiant crime there are -other. Instrumentalities of Justiee which should be set at work. One-quarter of the police force of this town is employed for the purpose of protect ing one mercantile house In Its lawful busi ness. What will happen if ten, twenty or fifty commercial houses become Involved In the same manner? We will never have policemen enough In Chicago to prevent crime, but we have law enough to punish crime If the men who have been elected to office will but enforce it. Every time a police regiment escorts a few wagons to and from the railway stations the Mayor serves notice on the people that there are criminals In his Jurisdiction that he is reluctant to deal with. He may confront their dupes in the streets with the clubs of his officers, but he does not venture to hunt down and prosecute the responsible leaders who incite the disorder and the crime. He will break the heads of fools In the streets, hut he receives in friendly council the men who control these fools. Any movement arising from any causo whatever which calls for a police guard of 200 or 300 men for a dozen wagons Is crim inal in spirit and fact and the fellows who are directing It are already at the mercy of the laws of the state. It Is not possible to Imagine any other depredation against life and property carried on with anything like the magnitude ot this enterprise that would not Instantly subject Its authors to all of the penalties which an outraged law provides. The theory that labor unions are in some manner exempt from the restrictions which are operative as against other organizations and individuals is wicked and cowardly. Kansas City French. Kansas City Times. A West Side girl thought she would im press a young man caller with her knowl edge of French the other night. "Are you feeling, we!12" he asked as he en tered the parlor., "Us usy she replied. emilins; sweetly. She meant ".Qui, ouJL" decided to accept the invitation of De troit and Toledo; that surveys were being made for tho extension of the road to both points from South Bend. Ind., and that the Michigan Central and Lake Shore roads were to be par alleled. The game was being well played. Suddenly Mr. Morton was Invited to visit New York. He went. He had a- con ference w.Ith certain financial interests. Then he sent a telegram to his friend Shonts. When tho reply came and Mor ton left the conference the "Three I's" had changed hands, had gone into the Vanderbiit column, and Paul Morton and "Teddy" Shonts each had a net profit' of $750,000. Paul, after this little turn, con tinued his activities as an officer of the Santa Fe, but "Teddy" bought an auto mobile, a steam yacht and some other things and took It easy for a time. Bui ht was looking around, and one day he and Paul Morton came Into practical posses sion of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad, with Shonts as president, a po sition he now holds. The road Is known particularly as a rate demoralizer, not a paying property, but its press agency Is busy, and every now and then It permits a rumor to get abroad that the road is to be sold to some heavy Interest in the East. I have written of the close relationship of the Secretary of the Navy and the rail road president because "Teddy" Shonts owes his present appointment to the friendship of Paul Morton. It was Morton who suggested him to the President, and he said so much of his energy and ability that It won the day. When the President saw Shonts he liked him. Anyone would, for he is big. magnetic, diplomatic of the type called "good fellow" and the Presi dent believes that he is the man to "make the dirt fly." Shonts is not an engineer, but he does understand construction and management, and Is one of the lively, hustling, pushing fellows, able to work like a Trojan when It Is necessary to work, and equally able to rest and enjoy himself when there Is nothing of interest to demand his energy. A "mixer," a mas ter, a good-natured chap, who knows the game of life and plays it well, he has already gained a fortune for himself, and the Panama business will be to his liking. It will add to -his reputation, if nothing more. He does not need the money just at present, for his annual income is about I10O.O0O. At college in Monmouth. III., Shonts had as a classmate John F. Wallace, present chief engineer o the canal. They have grown up together and like each other. "John Wallace and I can work togeth'or till the crack of doom and never have a word that is unpleasant," Is tjie wav th chief speaks of his associate. Here is an anecdote which tells some thing of the manner of the man: A strap, ping big contractor with a grievance against Shonts called at his office in Chi cago ten years ago and announced that he had come to get even. Looking up from his desk, Shonts replied. "I'm glad you called." and then springing to the door of his privateo'fflce he locked It and faced the big fellow. An athlete, six faet tall, weight a trifle undor 200 pouHds. "Teddy" was in excellent trim and started the trouble by landing on the contractor's jaw. For three minutoa the men ham mered and smashed. Chairs, tables, every thing in the room became a confused mass, while the clerks outside stood aghast. When It was over the contractor said that he was satisfied. Shonts unlocked the door, bowed his visitor out. and after the office boy straightened up the furni ture again sat down at his desk and went to work as If nothing had happened. "Direct business methods, publicity, no polltics-thls is to be the policy of the Canal Commission," said, Mr. Shonts when asked what he intended to do. "But say' he adiTed. as his eyes twinkled, "don't- ak me too many questions just now. You see I haven't been 'to Panama yet, and I've got to get acquainted with my job before I talk about It very much. This digging the canal Is a big thing, and the people of the country arc all stockholders in the enterprise. The policy will be to work as we have worked In building and operating great railroad lines. That's about all. Hustle will be needed, and we shall try to supply that." "JACK" REED VTWO POEMS. The following two poems were written by John ("Jack") S. Reed, son of C. J. Reed, of this city. Young Reed is attend ing school at Morristown, N. J., and Is 17 years of age. The Storm at Midnight.- 'Tiif midnight; on the high and barren ellfr I stand and watch the ragged, sombre cloud. .Driven by the furious galG across the mean. Make shadows on the ocean's heaving breast. Below me. beating on the rocky coast. The gleaming breakers crash; and on the beach . The booming surf falls sullenly. Its spray. Hurled up and onward by the hurricane. Stings bitter on my face, and leaves behind The breath of ocean lingering In the air. Far out to sea, a vessel on her course Buffets the storm. I see her heaving lights Rise on the wave and plunge Into the trough. bcuading Dare-poled into the dusky .nlght. The thunder mutters angrily, and low The llghtnlng-bolts. Zeus-drlven. cleave the sky And hurtle Into darkness. An atom In this world of might and night. I stand alone. J. S. R.. 'OH. In Memoriam. Through the starlit sky, to the region: of light. The soul of a child is winging tonight. A brave strong heart has beat Its last. A simple, beautiful life has passed. Oh. happy they, when lite bo done. Who have been blessed with such a one: And as we watch the waning day Wc bow our silent heads and pray. While through the dusky realms of space To many a, last long resting place. We seem to hear the heavenly song By angels voices borne along. Now loud, now soft, swept on the wind' ot Paradise: "God's will be done!" J. S. R.. '06. How He Told the Counterfeits. Brooklyn Eagle. "We have a.man in this office," remark ed one of the officials of the Treasury De partment the other day. "who is without a peer anywhere In the country when it comes to spotting a counterfeit coin. Hia faculty for telling the spurious product has been developed to a remarkable de gree. He gave an illustration of his skill the other day. On that table in the corner there were piled up a couple hundred half dollars. Apparently they were all sound and genuine specimens from the Govern ment mint. Our expert walked into the room, and giving one glance at the pile of halves, 25 feet distant, he quietly re marked: " There's a counterfeit in that stack.' "He then stepped up to the table and pulled a coin from out of the middle of the pile. It was tested and found to be spurious. I asked the man to tell how he discovered the counterfeit. " 'By the reflection of the light,' he re plied. 'The rays cast from that coin were wholly different from those sent out by the other pieces. That coin stoou out as distinctly from the rest as a blood-red poppy in a field of white flowers " Since Samson Did What? Denver Post. While bathing at a Florida resort a New. Jersey mjn was attacked by a huge man-eating shark. He dived under It. seized it by the jaw and broke it and then towed the big fish ashore. That Is the ,raost remarkable feat of strength recorded since Samson rent the lion's jaw asunder and usod one of them as a weapon in his historic battle with 30,000" Philistines, i