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THE 3I0RXIXG OBEGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1905. Hi THUGS COIN THE VOTERS Chicago Federation of Labor ; Is Again Unable to' Hold an Election. POLICE GUARD PRESIDENT Only Seven Votes Were Cast, When the Demonstration Becomes So Violent That Dold Ad journs the Session. CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (Special.) Al though the Chicago Federation of La bor suffered the humiliation of sum moning the polico to guard its ballot boxes against its own mombers. the minority, or "machine gang." prevent ed the election today. This is the .second failure to hold an -election. On the former occasion a j?ang of sluggers raided the hall, licld up the judges at the point of re volvers, destroyed the ballots 'and left President DonneTfy for dead upon the floor of the iall. The same element dominated affairs today. Notwithstanding the fact that Presi dent Charles Dold. representing the decent and lawabidlng element- of the Federation, the largest Jabor body In the "West, had a majority of the votes with him and the police to protect him, he was shouted down and terrified into non-action by the howls, hisses and threats of the violent minority. Dold's Iiife Is in Danger. Briefly, President Dold has been In formed that unless he submits to the demands of the sluggers and suffers them to run the Fcderaiton, he will meet Donnelly's fate. Dold says: "My life Is not worth a copper if I oppose the gang or talk about the Donnelly raid." Notwithstanding that more than a dozen persons identified the sluggers who destroyed the ballots and assault ed President Donnelly, not one will give any testimony that will lead to the capture of the thugs. All of them adrtilt they would sign their own death warrant by doing so. A great principle, involving labor in terests the entire country over. is in volved in the Federation olectlon here. If the sluggers and grafters are able to secure control here, they can extend their methods to all other cities. The unions are in the deplorable position of having built -up and maintained a gang of professional sluggers and thugs, from whom they must now ask police protection, fearing to give the authorities any Information that would lead to the disruption of the gang. Jlfbnster Beyond Control. The unions have on their hands a modern Frankenstein monster, of their own building, which now threatens the life of the Federation and any members who may oppose Its dictates. Before another session is called it is proposed that "Influence" will be brought to bear upon President Dold and others who stand for law and order, which will Induce them to step aside and let the gang run the machine. Probably four-fifths of the delegates assembled were ready to deliver a re buke to the murderous band of slug gers which prevented the holding o an election July 16, brutally assaulted Michael Donnelly and destroyed the ballots that had been cast during the forenoon. They voted today to hold an other election immediately, and seven x'otes had been cast, when President Dold was compelled to adjourn the ses sion because of the threatening atti tude taken by a howling crowd gath ered before the ballot box. Fight for Control Unsettled. The light for control of the federa tion remains to be settled, for the events of today only served to inten sify the bitterness existing between the factions and temporarily to delay the movement described by the Dold element as a purifying process. The Dold following found keen satis faction from the fact that the delay came through Towdy tactics, alleging that such methods developed the line of demarcation between the warring sides and exposed their real strength. RIOT IN CHINESE THEATER Three Celestials Are Killed and Many,. Are Wounded. NEW YORK, Aug. C As a result of a battle between members of the big Chi nese societies in the Chinese theater in Doyers street tonight, three Chinamen were killed, two others probably fatally wounded and many others injured. "When the police succeeded In breaking up the riot they had arrested more than enough inhabitants of the Chinese district to fill the Elizabeth-street and other police sta tions In the vicinity. According to a report made by the po lice, the Hip Sing tong started the trouble and deliberately selected the Chinese the ater, which is seldom, visited by the po lice, as the most favorable scene for op erations. The theater holds about 400 persons and Sunday night, when the quar ter Is crowded with visiting Celestials from all over the metropolitan district, and it is always packed. "When the battle began not a seat was to be had, and many were standing. Among the latter in the back of the the ater were several of the Hip Sing tong members with big 44-caliber revolvers con cealed beneath their flowing garmentsf Suddenly, as the actors on the stage reached a climax in the play, there was a loud explosion, followed by several oth ers in the front of the theater, near the stage. The actors fled In terror and the packed audience surged as far as it could toward- the rear, where several of tho Hip Sing tong began an indiscriminate fusillade into the throng. It developef. later that the first explosions' were macfc by huge firecrackers. Finally In desperation the audience charged on the men with the revolvers, and "bearing them down, got to the one exit which was open. There they fought desperately to reach the street The first explosions had startled the quarter and as the theater poured Its frantic crowd into Doyers street the packed tenement houses, filled for the most part with Chi nese, but with a sprinkling of white men and women, added their crowd and for the next hour Chinatown was the scene of the wildest excitement.. "When the five policemen managed to force their way Into the theater they found five men lying in pools of blood and a score more hiding under benches. In a short time the reserves from Eliza beth street and other stations arrived. Two ambulances were called and the men most dangerously hurt, four of them, were hurried to the .hospital. Three of them died soon after reaching the hos pital. A squad of police hastened to the head quarters of the Hip Sing tong, where they arrested threo men In the building and found four others hiding on the roof. A little later Mock Duck, alleged to be the leader of the Hip Sing tong, was ar rested. The detectives continued to make arrests of Chinamen until more than 30 were in custody. Two of the men ar rested in the Hip Sing tong headquarters wero taken to the hospital and it is said were identified by the wounded as having done the shooting. CRUSHED IH A COAL MINE TWO KILLED AND EIGHT IN JURED IN WYOMING. Section Falls From Overhead, Pin ning Miners to tho Floor of the Stope. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Aug. C A special to the Tribune from Cumberland, Wyo., says that two mon were killed, two severely and six slightly injured in an accident at Mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal Company. The dead-Josoph Anderson. James Sel lers. The seriously Injured Joseph Corrigan. back broken; Frank Sabella, back broken. Thomas Evans, John Miller, William Wilcox and three others wce Slightly hurt. All of tho injured" wore sent by special train to the ''hospital at Rock Springs. The minos were not working, but a small force of men was at work clearing up the stope. There was some coal over head that was considered unsafe. The men had just fired a blast.' shooting a quantity of it down, and had started to shovel It Into pit cars, when another sec tion of coal, IB feet long, S feet wide and 10 inches thick, fell from above, crushing the men to the floor. Sellers was about 32 years of age. and left a wife and five children. Anderson was 27 years of age, and left a wife and two small children. "SILLY "LETTERING." Misuse of Letters Thnt "Once Were the Same." Boston Transcript. If the English alphabot were a living and reasonable thing It would long ago have cried out against the abuse to which it has been subjected of late years. Ev ery letter has a sort of individuality; It has a form of its own and an expression of its own. The form may varj't as the human form varies; the letter may bo slender or squatty; it may be thick in Its members, or thin; still. Just as in the case of the human form, which hag in definite variations, there is a general type which Is Instantly recognized. Thle, at least, is the normal state of the case. Letters exist for the sake of the words that arc made out of them; and words cxlt for the sake of expressing thought, and he sooner one can get from the vis ible symbols to the thoughts the better. Fixedness and familiarity in the form of the lettors Is therefore an urgent desider atum. Any striking change In the form of the letters distracts the mind; any distortion of the letters which disturbs the ready assimilation of the thought de signed to be expressed by them is both an injurs' and an insult to the reader. Within the last ten or 20 years, how ever, there has raged among mnny a sort of mania for torturing the alphabet. This craze for novelty for novelty's sake deals chlofly with the capital letters, but has not wholly spared the others. The distortion Is called "esthetic"; and this seems to be regarded as an adequate Jus tification of any mangling performance that any fool may choose to perpetrate. The good, old-fashioned E, for Instance, with the mlddlo horizontal line abouthaif as long as the other two. Is made with the middle line a little longer than the upper one and crowded up close to It. The capital R in sometimes found with tho curved part reaching almost to the bottom of the perpendicular line, and the right leg so reduced In size that at a lit tle dlatance It Is liable to be mistaken for a D. The two middle lines of the M are transformed Into a single one lying across the tops of the other two. with only a faint indication of a break to rep resent the original acute angle. There is no beauty gained by such transformations we get only an unmeaning letter made for the simple cake of change. The same passion for novelty would probably, were it feasible, gratify Itself by similar trans mogrifications of the human form: Wo might expect to find one of the eyes transferred to the cheek, or the nose placed on the forehead, or one arm or one leg made twice as long as the other. Besides senseless alterations of the forms of letters, we find some of them condemned to an Inclined position, while the others remain upright; this holds es pecially of the small a, s and o. What the wit, wisdom or grace of this con sists In no Philadelphia lawyer could di vine. Equally mysterious Is the genius which orders printers or printers of signs to make the capital O two or three times as small as the other letters: c jr. BoSToN. But most senseless and exasperating of all is the substitution of one letter for another. So far this exercise of tho mania has been confined to the capital V, which is replaced by V. It is true that two or three centuries ago u and v were interchanged; In fact there was a time when the usage was prettx- uni formly the opposite of the present, so that. e. g., "virtue" would have been printed "ulrtve." It is needless to Inquire how the change came about which has resulted In the modern usage; but If one is crazy to introduce the antique usage, he ought to be thorough, and not only put v but u, but u for v. Then we should have, save. "UESVUIVS." whereas the modern fad gives us 'VESWIVS." This craze seems to have been raging badly some 20 years ago. and as a consequence we find in the Boston Public Library in the names of distinguished men on the walls of the building inside and outside, v uniformly put foe u, and the headquar ters of the Congregational denomination in Beacon street, is not a "HOUSE." but a "HOVSE." There would be Just as much sense in putting J everywhere for I, and a similar excuse for It. so that "MILTON" would be printed "'MJLTON." But why indulge in such tomfoolery? What Is gained by it? As President Eliot says of the Brooks tablet theft "Any fool could do It" This monkeying with the alphabet Is, to be sure, not quite analogous to the theft, it Is more like the painting of the John Harvard monu ment a disfigurement: and though it cannot be visited with legal punishment. It ought to be frowned-on by the common sense and good taste of the public. VEUT LOW RATES EAST. - O. R. ft X. Annonncm Cheap Kate to Buffalo Ausrujrt 14 and 15. Very low rate, long-time tickets to Buf falo. New York, account Supreme Court Session Foresters of America. Particulars of C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent O. R. & N. Co., Third and Washington streets. Portland. CHARITY HIS THEME Roosevelt Delivers Lay Ser - mon at Oyster Bay. - NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE Christian Brotherhood Is Addressed at Methodist Church on Subject ol Sound Character Build ing Bible Quoted. OYSTER BAY. Aug. 6. President Roosevelt, late this afternoon, delivered a lay sormon to the Christian Brother hood of Oyster Bay. He emphasized espe cially the necessity of sound character building, holding that high moral charac ter was the real essence of Christian life. The organization before which the Pres ident spoke Is a nonsectarlan body, com posed principally of the male members of the several local churches. Tho meet ing was held in the Sunday-school room of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sev eral weeks ago, an invitation was extend ed to the President to address the Chris tian Brotherhood, and he promised to ac cept the invitation at some later time. He notified the committee last night that he wpuld make the promised address to day, stipulating that no previous an nouncement should be made of his inten tion to speak. About 200 persons attended the meet ing this afternoon, and practically all of them wore surprised when President Roosevelt appeared on the floor. The President carried his Bible, and in begin ning his address read selections from the sixth chapter of Matthew, the epistle to the Corinthians and the Epistle to James. No verbatim report of tho address was made, but the President tonight dictates the following as the substance of his re marks: "Brother Bowman has spoken of the fact that I have had a large experience. I think that each one of us who has a large experience giows to realize more and more that the essentials of experience are alike for all of us. The things that move us most, the things of the home, of the church, the intimate relations that knit a man to his family, to his close friends, that make him try to do his duty to his neighbors, by his God, are in their essentials Just the same for one man as for another, provided the man is in good faith trying to do his duty. "I feel that tho progress of our country really depends upon the sum of the efforts of the Individuals acting by themsolves, but especially upon the sum of the efTorts of the Individuals acting in associations like this for the betterment of themselves, for the betterment of the communities In which they dwell. There Is never any difficulty about the forces of evil being organized. ' Every time that we get an organization- of the forces that are paln fulb" striving for good, an organization like this, we are doing our part to offset and a little more than offset the forces of evil. "I want to reed several different texts which it seems to me have especial bear ing upon tho work of brotherhoods like this, upon the spirit In which not only all of us who are members of this brother hood, but all of us who strive to be de cent Christians are to apply our Christian ity on week dayas woll as on Sundays. The first verses I want to read can be found In the seventh chaptor of Matthew, the first, 16th. 17th and ISth verses: "First 'Judge not, that ye be not Judged:' 16th, 'Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?; 17th, 'Even so every good tree brlngeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brlngeth forth evil fruit;' ISth. 'A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit-' " 'Judge not. that ye be not Judged' that means treat each of his brothers with charity. Be not quick to find fault. Above all bo not quick to Judge another man, who, according to his light. Is striv ing to do his duty as each of us here hopes he is striving to do his. "Let us ever remember that not only we have divine authority for the statement that by our fruits we shall be known, but that also it is true that mankind will tend to Judge us by our fruits. It Is an especially lamentable thing to seo ill done by any man who from his asso ciations with the church, who from the fact that he has had the priceless bene fits of the teachings of the Christian re ligion, should be expected to take a posi tion of leadership in the work for good. "The next quotation I wish to read to you is found in the 25th chapter of Mat thew, 37th to 40th verses. Inclusive: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying Lord, when saw we thee an hungred and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger and took thee In, or naked and clothed thee? or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them. Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as ye have done It unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.' "That is what this brotherhood means, by trying to worship our creator, by act ing toward hit Creator as he would have us act, to try to make our religion a driving force in our lives, to do unto others as wa wnnlri hnvn tVmm i us. The next text I wish to read Is found in l conntnians. thirteenth chaDtcr. be- I ginning with the first verse: 'Though I pptaiK wnn me tongues or men and of angels, and have not charity, I am be come as sounding brass or a tinkling cym bal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove moun tains, and have not charity, I am noth ing: and though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my ooay to oe Dumea ana nave not charity, it profltcth me nothing. Charity sufCer eth long and is kind; charity envleth not: charity vauntefh not Itself, is not puffed up.' " 'And now abldeth faith, hope, char ity, these three; but the greatest of these Is charity.' "Let each of us exercise the largest tolerance for his brother who is trying, though in a different way, to lead a de cent life, who is trying to do good In his own fashion; let each try to show prac tical sympathy with that brother, not be too quick to criticize. "In closing I want to read Just a few verses from the epistle of James from the first chapter. 27th verse: " 'Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father Is this, to visit the fatherless and widows In their affliction end to keep himself unspotted from the world. "If a man will try to serve God the Father by being kindly to the many around him who need such kindness, and by being upright and honest himself, then we have the authority of the good book for saying that we ore In honor bound to treat him as a good Christian and ex tend the hand of brotherhood to him." At the conclusion of his address the President shook hands with the members of the brotherhood present, After a brief call at the residence of Mr. Bowman, ad joining the church, he returned to Saga more Hill. What Ilartman's Trip Cost. Detective Hartman's trip to Chicago after a criminal, who was wanted by the USED PIANOS TO BE SOLD THIS WEEK Numerous Standard Makes, as Good as New, at Vir tually Half Price. Elegant Pianos on Easiest of Payments, or Will Rent Them to Responsible Parties. A Midsummer Offering at Eilers Piano House That Will Be Taken Advantage of by Scores of Homes. Today will bo placed on sale a num ber of used pianos, every one of which Is to be disposed of within the next three days. "We have large shipments of reg ular catalogue, as well as special art styles, of Chlckcrlngs, "Webcrs and Klm balls and other pianos on the way, and require every available inch of floor space to Include these Instruments In our down town World's Fair exhibit. Some of these used pianos are exactly like new. Many come to us in part pay ment for the new Pianola Piano. In many of our most cultured homes the Pianola Piano Is replacing the ordinary or silent pianos, and this brings us in exchange many fine pianos that have seen but little use. Every one of these Instruments Is now offered at prices which we are sure will dispose of them within the next few days. Prices named are for cash, but any lnstrument will be sold on easiest of monthly payments for the additional sim ple interest. Here is a beautiful Chickering upright in exquisite colonial case, used less than a year. "352.00 ($10.00 monthly. If desired; buys It A fine mottled walnut Knbe. practical ly new. Price. J2SO.0O jpald $3.00 monthly). Beautiful largest-sbo elegant mahogany case Lester. tluyJoMiCO style, now 52tJ5.CO. (Pay JS.C0 monthly.) Very fancy oak case Fischer upright, sells regularly for J355. now J1S2.S0. (Pay 57.00 a mon in.) Another Fischer, dark case, U2 (J5 a month). Largest-size fancy mahogany Emerson. Selbj usuallv for J37o.CO; price. J1S7.50. (Pay T7.C0 a month.) Elegant latest style Pease piano, mottled mahogany case, now 533. CO. (Pay J3.CO a month). Largest fancy walnut carved case Schil ler upright, almost new, 51S5.CO. (Pay 57.00 monthly.) Very pretty mottled walnut, largest size Hardman upright, excellent condition throughout. Price. 51SO.O0. (Same terms.) Very largest oak case, fancy carved, Ludwig upright, exactly as new, 51S3.0O. (Same terms.) Very fine, nearly new. mottled mahog any Estey upright, 00.00. (Same terms.) Largest size, fancy mahogany. Qpnover upright, exactly as new, 5212. (Same terms.) v A very elaborate Conover Pompadour Grand, or as now called. Conover "Sym phonic" (?) Grand, said to be a 51500 piano. Our price to close out. 5J15.0O. (Payments of 510 a month.) A beautiful Milton to close out now 51S7.00. (56.00 a month.) A large-sized mahogany Singer upright. 5H0.00. (Same terms.) A largest-size fancy oak case. Kohler & Co. upright. 5133.00. (Same terms.) Left on sale a very fancybrand-new Hacklcy upright. 51S5.00. (Some terms.) A Stedman upright piano, surely worth 5100.00. We will close it out at 5li.00. (Pay 53.00 a month.) Another upright, price. 5CS. (Same terms.) A Stelnway upright. In very good order, 51SO.00. (Pay 5S.00 a month.) A very fancy mahogany, large size. Vose & Sons, equal to new, 5176.00. (Pay 55.00 a month.) Another Vose & Son, superb mahogany case, no one could tell It from brand new. 523S.0O (Pay 5S.0O monthly.) . Harrington mottled walnut case, splen did order. 511S.00. (Pay 53.00 a month.) . Please bear In mind that "Eilers Piano House guarantees every Instrument ex actly as represented, and If not found exactlr so. money will be cheerfully re funded. We will ship any of these pianos subject to examination and trial to any part of the States of Oregon, Washington. Idaho or California, upon receipt of deposit, to show good faith equal to one-tenth of tho sale price 'of the instrument. In ordering please mention second choice. We have also a large number of very fine oreans for homes and churches that we are closing out at uct about half price, on payments of 52. 53 or 5S month ly. Send for list or call and see them. Another Inducement: Any of these In struments will be taken back by Eilers Piano House toward payment of any new high-grade piano, and we will allow the full amount paid to date of return at any time within two years from date of pur chase. Hundreds of homes yearn for a piano to enliven the hours spent indoors, but not caring to invest in a new piano, they have been compelled to forego tho pleas ure they would seek. Here is the oppor tunity for these homes to be supplied with a reliable musical Instrument at virtually half price and on terms of payment hard ly equal to ordinary rent. - Call immediately or telephone or write EILERS PIANO HOUSE. RETAIL DE PARTMENT. 351 Washington street. Portland police for the embezzlement of 5300 committed in this city, will cost the state about 51M- He will probably have his case examined at the next meeting of the police commissioners. It Is thought that Hartraan will not be held responsible for not returning to Portland at a given time. RURAL HOMES FOR .MASSES Rider Hnggnril Presents Ills Cure for Modern Evils. (Rider Hansard's Report to Colonial Secre tary on the Salvation Army's Land Settle ment Experiments In the United States.) As time goes by, my conviction Is strengthened that there Is but one cure for certain of the evils which our dvlU lzatlon has brought with It to get bohlnd them, to dam them at their source. Tho wretchedness of our overcrowded cities. Indeed, may be beyond any complete remedy; but It can, at least, be palliated by bringing numbers of their poor In habitants Into contact with the healthful plenty of tho land. Some say. however, that even such palliation Is Impossible, for the reason that the dwellers In cities, or those who purpose to dwell In them, desire to have nothing to do with the land, and refuse to live thereon. This has never been my experience; In fact, every year considerable numbers of persons write to me individually asking me to help them to convey themselves and their families back from the towns to the coun try. I believe that In a majority of cases village-born folk go to cities, and In many Instances remain In them, because they can find no opportunity or prospect upon the land, and, subsequently because they have not tho means to escape with their wives and children from the web of town life In which they have entangled them selves. Given that prospect and oppor tunity, and given those means, such folk will avail themselves with eagerness. These are the views In which ay recent Investigations confirm me, and I think that much support of them will be found In the Individual statements made by the colonists of Fort Rorale and Fort Amity. I believe that In our great cities there ex ists tens of thousands of persons quali fied to make "good settlers who would re joice in an opportunity of escaping from the poverty, sickness and vices of such places, and, with their families, of es tablishing themselves under healthful conditions upon the land, cither in Brit ain or in her colonies, with the prospect of obtaining there ah Independence for themselves and health and plenty for their children. If. In the face of the facts which I have adduced, my opinions are still thought visionary or optimistic, I can only point out that, speaking broadly, I am delighted to find them shared by such men as Mr. Roosevelt, the enlight ened and far-seeing President of the United States, whom. If I may venture to say so, I thought one of the clearest visloned and most able statesmen that Principal Portland Today's Bargain Midsummer Sale; Every Article in the Cloak Store Greatly Seduced Wash Shirtwaist Suits Regular $4.50 at S2.75 Regular $6.75 to $6.00 at S3.75 Regular $8.75 to $7.50 at $4.8o Regular $12.50 to $10.50 at 36.25 Regular $20.00 to $17.50 at $9.S5 Covert Jackets $20, ?22.50, $25 19 CA Tan Covert Jackets p &JJ $15, $12.50, $10 q. f Rfi Tan Covert Jackets P XJtsJKf $15.00, $12.50, $10.50 Black Silk Coats at $6.85 $7.50 Fine Satchels and Suit Cases at $4.95 $12.50 New Satchels and Suit Cases at $5.95 $20.00 Magnificent Assortment of Grips at $9.45 $1.25 Embroideries 57c $ .50 Embroideries 17c $ .50 Silk Chiffon 37c $1.25 Allover Lace 67c Silk Floss Cushions at Bargain Prices 39c Stamped Linen 25c $ .75 Stamped Linen 50c 50c Stamped Linen 35c $1.00 Stamped Linen 69c ILWJ ever I had the honor of meeting: by the Hon. Mr. "Wilson, who was born a Scotch man, but la the Secretary o Agriculture In the same country, a man o vast ex perience; by Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada, who knows so much of colonization and Its possibilities, and with whom I had many conferences upon this subject; by General Booth, ot the Salvation Army, whom I saw before leav ing England, who, perhaps, Is better ac quainted with the actual conditions of our poor than any other living" man. who. moreover. Is the author of practical ex periments in land settlement in many climes; and by others of equal ability and weight. . . . My profound conviction i3 that the future welfare of this country, and. Indeed, of others which might te named, among them the United States, depends upon whether or no it is possible to retain or to settle upon the soil a fair proportion of Its, or their, inhabitants. . . . One of the chief aims of the gov ernment of the highly civilized white na tions should bo to keep population upon the land, to multiply the numbers of those modest rural homes where men and women desire offspring for their own sakes and to share their labors and their plenty. REFORM THAT IS REFORM Merit System In Civil Service a Foe to Graft. New York Tribune. Secretary Bonaparte's prominence as a civil service reformer furnishes a pretext for the gibe that he is repudiating his' favorite principle of administration when he declares that "the underlying evil In the administration of our public affairs Is simply dishonesty." Here for 20 years we have been in Increasing measure selecting officials by competition after tests. Yet in department after department we un earth "grafters," as we have fallen into the habit of calling them, who are, in plain' words, thieves and scoundrels. I the merit system is tho safeguard of gocfcl government how can these things be? In tho first place, no civil service re former ever said the merit system could change human nature. If the society in which officials dwell Is tainted with the Ctrferf or Tin Cappvi Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications man.Wolfe 5000 White Lawn Shirtwaists Real Values $3, $2.50, Today Your Choice at Sale Starts at 8 o'clock Sharp No Waists Sent on Memorandum No Phone Orders Filled Child's Wash Suits Reg. $2.25, $2.00, $1.75 at .98 Reg. $3.50, $3.00, $2.75 at $1.95 Reg. $6.00, $5.00, $4.50 at $2.45 Fine Lingerie Waists Reg. $ 7.50 at Reg. $ 8.50 at Reg. $12.00 at Reg. 15.00 at "grafting" spirit, the public service will have its share. An occasional bank de falcation does not tempt bank directors from the application of -careful tests of fitness to applicants for employment or to the abandonment of their methods of pro motion. No process of selecting employes can infallibly detect dishonesty or furnish safeguards against yielding to temptation. Surround the civil sen-ant with offers from brokers for croa estimates and the result will depend on his character, not on his method of appointment. Moreover, while appointments are made largely as the result of examinations, no body pretends that the spirit ruling gov ernment offices is uniformly a civil service reform spirit. The reformers have for years had to contest every step of their progess with cetain men administering the law in the departments. Machen and Beavers and their associates were part of a machine which operated under civil service rules, and some of them may have entered tho service by passing examina tions; but did they carry out the merit system? The notorious violation of civil service principles In the appointment to rural offices of men and women who were to be Immediately transferred to the clas sified service which was one of their conspicuous offenses furnishes the an swer. These men were in office playing politics. They were protected as long a3 possible by politicians, and their abuses would long before have been stopped if the voice of those who were merely de manding faithfulness to the merit system had been heeded. When we look back and see what the departments were In the days of the spoils system after the Civil War, and in the old Jackson days of defalcations, not withstanding the provalance of primitive virtues, we can better appreciate what our Government would be if every appolnr ment were now handed out as patronage without regard to fitness. The merit sys Catarrlets and heal mucous xn embroil Give instant relief la Nuai Catarrh allay inflammation, sootho and heal mucous membrane, sweeten tho breath. Best gargle for sore throat. 50c. Druggists or mail. Dyspepiets Quickly relieve Soar t Stomach, Heartburn, Nansea. -oil forms of Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Sngar-eoatM tablets. jupepsla. aurar-coaKKi laoiets. C. L Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass. sod. It's Good. IOC. or Z. i It Ulado by Hood. 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