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PORTXAND, MONDAY, NOV. 6. 1005.
OCR HURRIED LIFE.
"Why is life so hurried In America?
"Why does every one strive with all the
intensity of his nature? Why does
every one agonize? To agonize means
to contend for a prize; it means to en
ter for a fight, for a struggle, for a
race. The holy text says. "Strive to
enter in at the straight gate." The
English word "strive," in Greek is the
stronger word "agonize." It belonged
to the athletic games, where the runner
or wrestler entered, for his cxtremest
effort.
We "agonize" intensely in our Amer
ican life. And why? The effort is in
vited and inspired by opportunity.
Each and every one feels there is a
chance for him to win. So many win
that there is, indeed, ground for the
opinion. In the older countries of the
w orld, such "agony" is not general, be
cause it Is known, from long experi
ence, that the chances of winning are
extremely few. Conditions of social
and business life are settled. Resources
of Nature, offered still so freely here,
were long agoJ appropriated, or ex
hausted, there. Society 4ere has not
yet crystallized into permanent condi
tions. Opportunity remains; many suc
cesses are won, and there is general
rush to seize every possible advantage.
All this will change after a while, as
the Western world grows older. But
for a long time yet this extreme effort
in our country will continue because
the conditions invite it and offer re
wards. Here we have the stimulation
to all ambition. Everyone feels it nec
essary "to take the instant way," for
honor travels In a strait so narrow that
one but goes abreast," and "emulation
has a thousand sons that one by one
pursue." Consequence is that "if you
edge aside from the direct forthright,
like to an entered tide they all rush
by and leave you hindmost." Hence
we have here, as nowhere else in the
world, the motives and incentives of
hurried life.
Mr, Joseph H. Choate. of New York.
returning home after seven years of
service and residence abroad, the other
evening, at a dinner given in his honor
by the Lotus Club, of that city, told
liow he was impressed by certain
changes that had taken place in Amer
ica during his absence. The change. In
fact, was more apparent than real, and
it depended chiefly on the speaker's
standpoint. After an absence of seven
years from the "rush" he had partly
forgotten It? So on coming back he
found, lie said, an Increase of hurry In
American life. "In the first place," he
said, "the rush of life seems to have
grown much more intense than it was
when I went away. The strain of
nerve, mind, brain and body seems to
have been growing stronger and
stronger every year. Tou were going
at a tremendous pace when I went
away; now you have set upon a pace
that kills. How mind and body and
nerve and brain can stand it remains
to be seen. It seems to me that we, as
a people, could do well to imitate a lit
tie of the repose and relaxation that
prevail in certain other countries.'
Then, to show how much more leisure
Is valued In England, he said that when
he was practicing law in New York
the courts were busy from the first
week in October to the last Friday in
June, with no Interval but a few days
around Christmas. The courts in Lon
don open on October 24, and the lawyers
and judges are at work from that date
lor eignt weeKs. "xnen comes a
Christmas holiday of two weeks. Then
they go back for eight weeks more and
work until Easter, when another rest
comes. Then eight weeks more of labor
until another period of rest. Eight
weeks more bring them to the Summer
vacation of ten weeks, and that com
pletes the round of legal service."
In business life he noted similar con
trast But it is not surprising. Com
petition Is relentless In this country,
because each and all feel there is
chance to reach the prizes. So many
succeed that all feel they have a chance
to succeed.
From quite another quarter comes
comment similar to Choate's. Here is
our old friend. General Jacob H. Smith,
U. S. A., retired, who wants a chance
to "loaf," but can, find nobody in this
country to loaf with him. Smith, It
will be remembered, commanded in the
Philippines, where he pursued the in
" surgents with such fury and noise as
to get the sobriquet of "Hell-Roaring
Jake. By namby-pamby people all
over the United States he was de
nounced as a fiend Incarnate, commit
ting atrocities upon the George Wash
Ingtons of the Philippines. Well,
Jake" grew old, he was recalled from
the Islands, and for two years has been
on the retired list. But In his own
country he can find nobody to loaf
with; all the men whom he knows are
too busy, too deeply Immersed in af
fairs, too eager in pursuit of wealth, to
give more than scant courtesy to a
visitor though an old friend; so Gen
eral Smith has put off for Europe going
first to Sicily, where he had Journeyed
once before, and where the inhabitants.
he says, "are the most artistic loafers
on the face of the globe."
And so they are; but this only illus
trates more clearly the causes of differ
ence between them and ourselves. In
Sicily the people accept their situation.
knowing nothing they can do will bring
any considerable Increase of position or
fortune. But In the United States
every one sees, or thinks he sees, ave
nues of wealth lying open before him.
Hence Americans "agonize."
ROCKEFELLER WORSIOP.
The Oregonlan the, other day was
writing of young Rockefeller and of
some of his inane and vapid utterances
on the Bible, on morality and religion.
The article. It seems, gave offense to
one Lapham, of a Portland pulpit, a
brother of Rockefeller's denomination;
for the financial standing of the Rocke
fellers seems to Brother Lapham to
make criticism of them blasphemy. So
our ranting, canting preachor attacks
The Oregonlan and its editor, alleging
Immorality in them. If the editor of
this Journal had no firmer morality or
steadier life than preachers of this
class who assail him, he would be
ashamed of himself utterly, and would
forever hide his head. He is not one of
your "professional" moralists, not
one of those who mistake morality for
an ecclesiastical creed, or confound
them together. He thinks morality and
religion are shown forth by conduct,
not by holier-than-thou professions.
And his conduct during his fifty-three
years of residence In Oregon is known.
Young Rockefeller's utterances as
teacher of a Bible class have long been
treated by the press with the ridicule
they deserve. Of course, no one would
think of ridiculing serious study and
teaching of the Bible by competent men.
Mr. Lapham, however, takes his
Rockefellers very seriously and rev
erently. In his recent harangue he
works himself Into quite a fit of odium
theologlcum over The Oregonian's re
marks. He thinks it very wicked to
laugh at Johnny and his Bible ignor
ance. Not long ago Mr. Lapham was
in the same sort of fury with Dr. Her
bert S. Johnson for using Irreverent
language about the elder Rockefeller.
If Mr. Lapham should read the dally
newspaper comment upon this Inter
esting father and son, he would be in a
fury all the time; but we hope he will
not do It, for the Rev. Mr. Lapham In
a fury is neither edifying nor beautiful.
Keep cool, brother, keep cool.
OVERCROWDED CARS.
The complaint that citizens of Sell
wood and patrons of the Oregon Water
Power & Railway car line between this
city and that flourishing suburb make
in regard to the utter Insufficiency of
the service Is more than Justified by
the facts. There was excuse for the
crowded condition of the cars during
the Summer, when throngs of visitors
weA; here, and our people stood in
aisles clinging to straps -for miles, for
the most part uncomplainingly. But It
is quite a different thing when regular,
dependable traffic is handled in that
way.
Ever' man and woman in the great
working force of the city, who comes In
to work In the morning and returns to
his or her suburban home at night, is
entitled, for the fare paid, to a scat dur
ing transit. The car company that
takes these fares without furnishing
the accommodation for which they are
paid receives money .for which full
equivalent is not given.
More reprehensible than .even this is
the danger that passengers incur In this
constant overcrowding of the morning
and evening cars, from .possible con
tagion, from being thrown down or
thrown off the crowded platform
into the street by sudden stopping of
the car. Injury and death from this
latter cause are, unfortunately, not In
frequent A man was killed Saturday
night In just this manner. During the
past month a suburban community, the
workers of which were packed in -the
cars twice a day like sardines In a
box, were In great danger from small
pox.
Of course the patronfr of the suburban
railway lines must expect some incon
venlences In the way of uncomfortable
crowding at times and unavoidable de
lays due to various causes, but it Is
the part of the railway companies to
reduce these to the minimum by keep
ing pace with the growth of the city.
Its Industries and traffic, by such re
visions of their schedules and additions
to their rolling stock and to the num
ber of their employes as are necessary
for this purpose. They can do this and
still realize a large -profit from their
Investment, and, if there is any compel
ling power in public protest, they
should be forced to do It. There Is a
duty to this public that the holders of
street railway franchises which cost
them nothing cannot discharge by do
ing business on an exclusively cent-percent
basis. A specific part of that duty
is to carry the working people of the
city to and from their labor at the rate
stipulated, with such attention to their
safety, convenience and comfort en
route as human beings have a right to
expect.
TODAY'S ELECTIONS.
The Nation at large does not look
with, complete Indifference upon the
seven state elections holding today. A
respectable number of Americans know
something about the tariff fight In Mas
sachusetts, and here and there a sym
pathizer may possibly be found for Sen
ator Lodge and his standpatlsm. The
country knows vaguely about the new
Republican party in Virginia, and
wishes it well, while it vigorously repro
bates Gorman In Maryland, with his
unspeakable Poe amendment. There Is
a tempest raging in Ohio also, and most
people understand that It has some
thing to do with local option, but few
care to inquire Just what. The Ameri
can people will wait with serene pa
tience to receive the election news from
Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ne
braska through the ordinary channels,
so far as state issues are concerned,
but the news from New York, Phlladel
phla and San Francisco will be read
hungrily hour by hour all over the land.
Other cities are holding elections today.
but these arc the important ones. Other
questions of local and general Interest
are pending, but the questions to be
decided In these three cities are su
preme, and the whole Nation feels It,
Every Intelligent citizen knows that the
results of these municipal elections will
powerfully influence the history of the
United States for years to come. In
Philadelphia and San Francisco the
issue Is squarely drawn between honest
government and government by graft.
There is no certainty that decency will
come out ahead. . So far as an outsider
can judge, lhe forces that make for the
destruction of American Institutions
are as strong or stronger In these two
cities than those that make for per
petuity. In New York all the vital and
burning questions of the day are up to
gether. Municipal ownership, Tam-
manyism, graft, boss Ism. all have fig
ured In the campaign, while the charac
ters of Hearst and Jerome lend a dra
matic h.uman Interesr to the election.
Jerome stands out as the champion of
independence; the honest man who
places himself solidly on the platform
of his desert and defies all party limi
tations and traditions. Hearst stands
for the rights of the common man and
the destruction of grafting monopoly.
They would make a queer team, but
they maj have to work together.
A "GREAT GULF."
"A preacher scores H. W. Scott." We
read the statement In an organ of plu
tocracy, that'works religion as an an
cillary scheme. This preacher Is Rev.
S. C Lapham. of the Second Baptist
Church of Portland. He says: "The
gulf that is fixed between the character
and principles which dominate the edi
tor of The Oregonlan and ours Is so
wide that It is difficult to make him un
derstand or see anything of life as wc
view It."
There is a wide gulf, indeed, because
the editor of The Oregonlan lives In a
rational world, a world whose founda
tion is established In experience, la his
tory. In reason, in study of morals and
of religion on the historical and com
parative basis; on study of aH "Scrip
tures" and theological Ideas or doc
trines, on the same principles of Inquiry
and judgment. v
But it is not "difficult" at all for uic
editor of The Oregonlan "to see any
thing" as Mr. Lapham views it. The
editor Is able easily to see everything
from Mr. Lapham's standpoint, through
and through. So seeing it. he sees how
hollow, how utterly at variance with
the historical principle, how narrow.
how petty and exclusive, Mr. Lapham's
Interpretation of the Bible, of religion
and of morals is. Mr. Lapham is in
capable of the scholarship that alone
can give any knowledge of the Bible.
He has his ecclesiastical preconceptions,
which shut out the light. He even be
lieves the Jews do not understand their
own Scriptures. He shuts his mind to
every light but that of the little tallow
candle of his own ecclesiastical view.
He never will learn hotv to road the
Bible or to interpret It. To him the
natural, the rational, the literary, the
historical Interpretation of it. which
the whole scholarship of the world re
ceives without question. Is uttor dark
ness. This Is the "gulf" fixed between
Mr. Lapham and the editor of The Ore
gonlan. It will widen rathor than grow
less.
WILL TEST ITS STRENGTH.
The Washington Railroad Commis
sion will hold a very important mcot
ing at Colfax tomorrow. The occasion
Is important, not only for the railroads
and the people whom they serve, buj.
also for the commission Itself, for it is
not improbable that the questions
which will come before the'commlsslon
will test its powers to the limit. The-;
law under which the Railroad Commis
sion came into existence conferrod on
that body practically unlimited power
to adjust rates and actually to fix
schedules which the railroads would,
under the law, be forced to,obey. But
no good law lays oppressive burdens on
any Individual or corporation, and If,
In the- exercise of their ratemaklng
nowor, the commission should be un
just to the railroads, there are higher
tribunals to which the verdict can be
.appealed. The case in point at the Col
fax hearing is that relating to the fix
ing of Joint rates where freight Is
turned over by one road to another at
Junction points.
This is really the only Important mat
ter that has come before the commis
sion, and nothing approaching It In im
portance is liable to come before It in
the future. If the decision of the com
mission is unsatisfactory to the roads
and the people, and the courts should
fall to sustain the commission, that
body would Immediately become as use
less as the fifth wheel on the wagon.
By a singular coincidence, the greatest
demand for readjustment of the joint
rate conies from Seattle and Tacoma,
where creation of the Railroad Com
mission met with most stubborn oppo
sition for years. Spokane, on the other
hand, which was loudly In favor of the
commission. Is now speaking in whis
pers whenever a change in rates Is sug
gested. The question to be settled at Colfax
Is one of considerable importance to
Portland. It Is, in .realltj', an effort on
the part of Seattle and Tacoma to force
entrance into and divide the trade of a
territory opened up and developed by
Portland capital, which constructed the
O. R. & N. line Into the Palouse coun
try. Neither the Northern Pacific nor
the Great Northern now has facilities
for reaching Colfax or a number of
other Palouse points, unless it makes
use of the O. R. & N. tracks from Spo
kane to Colfax and adjacent points.
The O. R. & N. now charges from Spo
kane the same tariff on this Seattle and
Tacoma freight that is charged for
freight originating in Spokane. Natur
ally, this places Tacoma and Seattle
jobbers, who have no direct Une4o Col
fax, at a disadvantage compared with
the Portland Jobbers, who many years
ago put up the greater part of the
money for construction of the road from
Portland to Colfax.
In order to admit the Seattle and Ta
coma Jobbers Into Colfax territory on
even terms with the Portland men, who
are situated nearly 100 miles nearer the
desired field, it would be necessary for
the Portland road to make sharp per-ton-per-mile
discrimination against
Portland. The O. R. & N. would be
forced to haul the Seattle and Tacoma
freight from Spokane to Colfax at a
lower charge per ton per mile for the
short end of the haul than It now se
cures for the entire distance from Port
land to Colfax. This is but a single
case, but it opens the way for an end
less amount of rate-fixing and Juggling,
which could easily lead to a complete
disarrangement of business throughout
the Northwest. Such Is not the result
desired by cither the commission, the
people or the railroads, and, for this
reason, exercise of the ratemaklng
power will undoubtedly proceed with
due caution.
The business of capturing people and
holding them for a ransom has had
quite a boom since a premium was
placed on that branch of rascality and
crime by taking Mary E. Stone and, Mr.
Perdlcaris out of "hock" by the pay
ment of a liberal ransom. Ralsuli. the
Moorish bandit, who gathered In some
thing like $50,000 for returning to. his
friends Mr. Perdlcaris, has now taken
possession of a Moor- of great wealth
who was supposed to be under protec
tion of the Belgian Legation. Neither
Miss Stone nor Mr. Perdlcaris had any
business roaming around In the vicinity
of these bandits, but that fact does not
mitigate the offense, and It would seem
as though It, was about time to adopt
some other means than the payment of
a ransom In dealing with bandits. The
plan of paying a bounty equal In value
to the Perdlcaris ransom for the body
of Ralsuli, dead or alive, might bring
satisfactory results.
Louis Battenberg. Prince-Admiral of
Great Britain, is being accorded hon
ors in the United States similar to those
which Prince Henry, Admiral of Ger
many, received when here a few years
ago. These Princes hold similar rank
In the navies of their respective coun
tries and are brothers-in-law. The wife
of Prince Louis Is Victoria, eldest
daughter of the late Princess Alice of
England, and Grand Duke Louis of
Hesse, while the wife of Prince Henry
is Irene, the third daughter of the same
couple. Another daughter, the second.
Is the widow of Grand Duke Serglus of
Russia, and the youngest of the quartet
is the Czarina. Amiable and accom
plished, these women are the peers of
any In the world. In womanly virtues,
moral worth, political acumen and
physical beauty, they are prototypes of
their mother the most gifted of all the
children of Queen Victoria.
It Is announced from Victoria, that
Captain Alexander McLean will go out
In command of the schooner Carmen
clta next month on another sealing
cruise. This Is the natural ending for
one of "the "Sea Wolfs" .escapades.
Every year before McLean arrives from
a cruise the able seamen who concoct
fearfully and wonderfully-made tales
for the San Francisco papers put out a
lurid yarn about some new deviltry In
which McLean Is supposed to have been
engaged, and the penitentiary or the
gallows seems to yawn and yearn for
him to appear In the offing. But .seasons
come and seasons go, and Alex McLean
comes and goes with them, and. In spite
of his reputation, is a very mild-mannered
and harmless individual. In the
language of one of his crew, and un
doubtedly to the disgust of Jack Lon
don. "Alex would not fight a cat unless
he was full of hootch."
Governor Mead, of Washington, has
reappointed Grain Inspector Arrasmlth
for another four years. The appoint
ment Is a good one, and a well-deserved
tribute to an honest man and an effi
cient official. Portland handles about
one-half of the grain crop of the State
of Washington, finances about two-
thirds of It, and establishes the grades
for all of It sold to go foreign. For
this reason thorp Is onlv h mild. Inter.
est taken In such an unnecessary ad
junct of Washington's state machineri
es the Grain Commission; but, if there
must be a Commissioner, we vastly
prefer a man of the caliber of Arra
smlth to a grain broker who would
use the machinery of his .office to fur
ther the ends of his private business.
An important factor In the operations
of the reclamation of arid lands by Ir
rlgation is the size of the farms chosen
by settlers In accordance with this law,
Large tracts of land will not be given
to settlers, nor will they be allowed
to acquire large areas by purchase, the
object being to develop many holdings
through Intensified agriculture. All who
have noted the slovenly manner In
which many large tracts of land In the
Willamette Valley, where Irrigation Is
supplied direct from the clouds.' must
approve the Jdea that restricts the own
ership of irrigated lands to the uses of
the settler. Not wide fields, but many
homes. Is the purpose of the grand Irri
gation scheme now In process of devel
opment.
Sixteen steamships and sailing ves
sels, with draft rangirig from 22 feet
to 26.7 feet, have sailed from Portland
within the past thirty days. Every one
of these vessels made the rurf from
Portland to the high seas without de
tention, either In the river or at the
bar. The fact that they were not de
tained at the bar. of course, shows that
the entrance to the river Is In very sat
isfactory shape, considering the stage
of the work on the Jetty. For the river
end of the voyages the performance Is
remarkable, for the water Is unusually
low and the average draft of the ves
sels is a foot greater than that of any
previous fleet that ever cleared from
Portland In October-November.
Colonel D. B. Henderson. ex-Speaker
of the House of Representatives, has
lived his long and useful day and lies
at the door of his passing. His malady
paresis Is one most dreaded by men
of active mental vigor and more or
less sedentary lives, and there Is little
hope of relieving him, even by a heroic
use of surgery. True humanity has lit
tle heart In attempting to prolong hu
man lire under such circumstances. A
man who has lived his life up to its
opportunities and passes leaves little
cause for grief when the struggle Is
over. Especially Is this true when he
cannot hope again to be free from bod
ily suffering or to return again to the
works and ways of men.
In Massachusetts, "tariff reformers'
are again raising their old cry for free
raw materials and protected manufac
tures. That was the sort of jug-handled
tariff reform that was tried during
Mr. Cleveland's administration.
German Ambassador Von Sternberg
Indignantly repudiates the common
Impression that the German Emperor is
a "man of war." "I tell you. he's a
man of peace." he declares. Certainly.
So Is the Czar.
If "Hell-Roaring Jake" Smith, who
has been hunting somebody to loaf
with, will go to the Philippines, he will
find certain dark gentlemen who will
assist him to a long, long rest.
Heney's abounding energy Is show.n
again by his plunge into the political
flght In San Francisco. He Is like Hot
spur, who never could keep out of any
flght that he was In reach of.
The Strap-Hangers' League has no
rights- the O. W. P. Is bound to respect.
They're lucky to get the straps.
New York, Philadelphia and San
Francisco today expect every man
do his duty.
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SILHOUETTES
Th evil that men do Uvea after
them." Matt Quay's Pennsylvania ma
chine will probably carry Philadelphia
again today.
Ohio Is a benevolent community. The
practice there Is to release prisoners from
jail so they may vote right.
A local jurist has discovered that
vagrants actually have a use. He says
most of our Juries are recruited from that
class.
It is rumored now that the Milwaukee
system Is seeking an entrance to Port
land. If the railroads keep on coming
at the present rate, -this town will soon
be able to speak patronizingly of Kansas
City.
The Ministerial Association seems to be
flying In the face of Providence by. re
fusing to indorse the Woman Suffrage
movement. The,, women may retaliate by
boycottlng the churches, and then where
would the preachers be?
Since Judge Cameron has decided that
the perpetrators of tho "Japanese Art"
fake must go before a grand Jury, local
Japs aro beginning to wonder If It's all
true about peace having "victories no less
renowned than war."
I notice that Mayor Lane Is explaining
again. The Doctor should remember -that
he who explains Is lost.
...
Of course, "de gang" will win the King
election in 'Norway.
Something real rough should be done to
those who practice the asinine habit of
writing it "Xmas.'"
Although this year's crop of sealskins is
reported to be unusually large, most of
the dear women will continue to worry
along with rabbit and house-cat. .
If Mary Tudor was the kind of a girl
whom the historical novelist;' and play-
smlths represent. I'm right glad she Is
barred by the statute of limitations.
As much pomp and ceremony seems to
attend tho Installation of a police captain
In this town as the Inauguration of a
Central American dictator.
I know a fellow who occasionally
breaks Into tho papers as "a well-known
clubman." who belongs to nothing but a
"pants" prosing club.
No. Ethyllene. the Patrons of' Hus
bandry are not matrimonial agents.
lIcky Dingbat's Essays.
First Grade Aged 3.
Series A No. S.
THE LEADING IAX.
This is a large Person who has sole
full eyos and a deep Voice, genelly He
ust to be with missus pat Camel and at
the beginning of his Career dun Hevies
with booth, he wares long hare and close
that eny Other man would be afraid
to Spring. Matinee Gurls thinks he lives
on angle food and Ice crcme soda, but He
dont. he likes his Beans hot and his ham
And wcl dun on both Sides, he Rehcrscs
all day and Acts up all Knight so .that
tho Ghost will pass him His onct a
weak. But he never Works, the publlck
thinks he has Nothing but Julery and
munney and he haint got .Much but
stage. He is always In Lovo with the
leading Lady But Is not certain about
hur when she eats onuns and Is so, proud
that he don't speak to anybody but the
Manager and tho Props, i think now that
whon t grow up I will' be a Leading Man
and merry a hairess.
Why 3Iust It Be?
Why Is It babies grow up so fast?
-Why Is It happiness cannot last?
Why is it fairy tales don't come true?
Why is It skies arc not always blue?
Why Is it mothers so soon grow old?
Why is this cruel old world so cold?
cgatos to the next Republican National
convention will be for Big Bill Taft
nit.
We are gradually becoming civilized.
The custom of referring to unmarried
women as "old maids" as soon, as they
outgrow the "out-up" age. Is almost en-
tlroly obsolete.
Old Sovereign Votor will cook quite a
number of large fat geese today.
Mo?t people keep a light In the window
for opportunity but are too stupid or too
lazy to keep It trimmed and burning.
Don't you think that Russia has had
about enough first-page publicity?
ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Realism of Pictured Art.
Pall Mall Gazette.
A Tasmanian paper .recalls an amusing
story of the visit of the late G. F. Watt,
the famous artist, to that colony. The
editor of a local newspaper wanted a
notice of one of Mr. Watt's pictures and
a he had no art critic on the staff, he
sent a orotner or tne Brush a house
painter! to describe It, The subsequent
notice was somewhat striking, and ran
as lowows:
"Mr. Geo. Watt, the famous artist. Is
to be congratulated on the substantial
Job he has Just turned out. He has
painted a picture of a lady on a horse.
and It looks very pretty. The lady's
race is ptcxed.out In flesh colors, with
arms to match, and the delicate rose
pink on the cheeks forms a nice contrast
to the ultramarine blue eyes. The lady's
hair seems to have been, laid on rather
carelessly and Is very streakr. and looks
as though It had been done with a new
brush. It would have been better If the
brush had been broken In on the body
or tne norsc nrst.
There are seven trees on one side of
the horse and four on the other: this
makes the picture look lopsided, but per-
naps trees grow mat way. The leaves of
the trees are painted green and the
trunks drab, with sienna colored knobs.
"The picture seems to have had sev
eral coats of the best oil and lead color,
and the paint has not been spared on the
sky. which Is very thick and cloudy.
"The picture Is painted on canvas,
There Is a lot of suction In canvas, and
the job could have been done cheaper If
zinc had been used Instead.
"Taken altogether, and as the frame Is
gilded in a first-class manner, the artist
deserves the custom of any one who goes
In for that sort of thing."
Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Press.
A man is great by just how little those
around him are.
Nobody ever thinks ho is having real
run unless he is spending money for it.
A girl with a lot of money generally
needs it to make up for marrying her.
Boys would get very little satisfaction
out of 'being bad If people expected them
to DC
It is all right to advise people not to
Invest their money, but, If they don't how
are the financiers going to get it?
NOTABLE ELECTIONS TODAY.
Jerome and Hearst to Win.
Walter Wellman In Chicago Record-
Herald.
One of the mightiest and most passion
ate popular upheavals known to the his
tory of politics In the metropolis Is now
In progress. If It roars and rumbles on
as It Is now going for another week, the
outcome Tuesday will be municipal revo
lution, a smashing defeat of both the old
political parties and the triumph of twb
independents Jerome and Hearst. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome is well-nigh sure
of success, and, strange as it may seem,
and despite the bettins odds of 2 to 1 In
McClellan's favor. Editor Hearst's
chances to win the Mayoralty are as good
as the Tammany candidate's. I have not
yet satisfied myself Hearst Is the leader,
and do not now predict his election. But
he Is running neck and neck with McCIel
lan. and Ivins. the Republican standard
bearer. Is far behind. The betting odds on
Jicuienan, which have held at 3 to 1 for
a week, are absurd. Already they have
oegun to droop, and before the end of
the week I predict they will get down to
a rational figure something like even
money against the Held. And If the cur
rent of public passion continues a few
days longer at its present voltage Hearst
will be an odda-on favorite by Sunday.
ana. earring treachery, will be elected
Mayor of Greater New York a week from
tomorrow.
Shall People or Bosses Rule?
New York Sun.
Mr. Jerome is not "rattlpd win hnmn
of self-esteem doesn't Jut out. William
l ravers Jerome Is nothing, he says. His
principle is everything.
Shall the people rule, or shall the bosses
rule? Shall there be any other boss than
the people? Mr. Jerome has done to tho
limit his share toward the settlement of
this question, toward the re.Mta.hHsh
of popular self-government. The people
win ao tne rest November 7.
Jerome the Only One.
Collier's.
We care very little whether McCIellan.
Hearst or Ivlns is the next Mayor of that
town. We care with deeoest conviction
about the issue embodied In tho Independ
ent candidacy of. William Travers Jerome.
n you vote Knowingly for a corrupt poli
tician, you maKe yourseir a thief. If you
vote against Jerome, vou make vourself
responsible for the defeat of the honorable
liberty for which he stands.
New York Wild Over Jerome.
Chicago Record-Herald.
New York js wud ovcr jeromc. jje is
gaining ihourly. Despite the fact that he
is on no regular ticket, despite the fact
that ho has to stand or fall on the Tam
many stronghold alone Manhattan and
the Bronx It does not now seem possible
to beat him.
Highest Type or Reformers.
Washington Star.
There are reformers and reformers, but
the Jerome type Is the highest that, has
yet appeared In our affairs.
Deserves to Win.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Jerome deserves to win because he
has served his city faithfully and with
high Intelligence.
Landslide for Jerome.
Chicago Tribune.
It begins to look like a landslide for
Jerome.
Weaver by 50,000 Votes.
Raymond In Chicago Tribune.
The chances all are that the corrupt
political ring, which has made Philadel
phia the shame and byword among the
great cities of the Nation, will be turned
down and disgraced. It should surprise
no one If there were developed In Phila
delphia County a majority of not less
than SO.000 votes, and this, too. In spite
of the most unblushing fraud and most
disgraceful attack upon the purity of
the ballot.
Jf this good battle could be left to the
good people of Philadelphia directly there
Is not the slightest question that" they
would sustain Mayor Weaver by a ma
jority of not less than 100.000 votes. The
difficulty all lies In the securing of an
honest expression of opinions of the peo
ple. The electoral system of Philadel
phia and of all Pennsylvania, for that'
matter. Is almost puerile.
Avenues for fraud are many, and the
state political machine Is not only In
ventive but desperate. There Is no per
sonal registration In Philadelphia. Dead
men. undisguised phmtoms, and even
little children aro put on tho lists oy the
tens of thousands. Fully three-fourths of
all the prominent high-grade Republicans
In Philadelphia are affiliated In one way
or another with the new city party, and
It Is this fact which makes the attempt of
the ring to Identify President Roosevelt
with their ticket so shameless.
"All Lost Save Honor."
Philadelphia Press.
The candidates of the organization are
bound to be beaten any way. But they
need not Jose everything. Let them an
nounce that, after the proof In the Gil
lette report of plunder on the part of the
leaders of the organization to the amount
of J6.330.0O0. they can no longer consent to
be Its candidates. Then may they say,
as Francis the First said at Pavla, "All
is lost save honor."
It Is a rasping thing to have miserable
leeches assume that any Phlladelphian
elected to office would becomo a blood
sucker like themselves. But they can't
fool frce-thlnklng voters. There are ten
honest men for every dishonest one.
When the hour comes to strike the blow
November 7 tht grafters ought to And
this out,
Shall Thieves Rule?
Philadelphia North American.
President Roosevelt has said within
three weeks that if he were a voter in
Philadelphia this year he would cast his
vote for the city party ticket. So far as
Philadelphia and the state are concerned.
there Is nothing1, In the campaign of Re
publicanism or of Democracy. The tariff
Is outside the gate, perfectly safe and
not In tho game The money question,
the Philippine question, the Panama
Canal question, even the great trust
question, are not in any manner involved.
The issue Is solely between" righteousness
and rascality. But one question Is to be
answered: Shall we permit a band of
thieves to rule us and to rob us, or shall
we rule ourselves?
Either Indorse or Kill Grafting.
Governor Folk of Missouri.
If the report of the experts be correct
as to graft in filtration and boulevard
contracts then It is certainly up to the
people of Philadelphia by their ballots
either to Indorse grafting or condemn
grafting. When people are Ignorant of
existing conditions they may Innocently
go wrong: but toleration of known abuses
Is criminal.
Gang WIH Win by 35,000.
Interview In North American.
"The Republican organization ticket
will sweep Philadelphia by 33,000 ma
Jority," declares David H. Lane, one of
the "gang" bosses.
Partridge by 15,000 Votes.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Schmitz will be beaten by 13.000 because
there if an uprising of decent citizens
against him and his rule of graft.
Candidate Jbhn S. Partridge: "It
Justice and right still walk hand In hand
with common sense we will sweep the
gratters on tne face of the earth.
GROWTH OF FOREIGN TRADE
United States Government Report.
This country's foreign trade lsv Increas
ing by leaps and bounds. During the pres
ent calendar year the foreign commerce
transacted by and for the manufacturers
of the United States will foot up more
than si,ooaooo.ax.
In the nine months ending with Sep
tember, for which the Department of
Commerce and Labor, (hrouch its
Bureau of Statistics, has just announced
its figures of our foreign commerce, the
Imports of materials for use la manu
facturing amounted to J422.000.CCO and the
exports of manufactures amounted to
J424.00O.OCO. a total of JS45.O0O.00O In nina
months, or an average of J9 1,000,000 per
month, or more than J3.000.000 per day for
the manufacturing interests alone.
Manufacturers' materials now form
practically one-half of the total Imports
of the United States, or. to be more ex
act. 4S.4 pr cent; and manufactured
articles form practically 40 per cent of
the total domestic exports, or. to be mort
accurate. 39.28 per cent. In 1S0O manufac
turers' materials formed 33 per cent of
the total imports and manufactures
formed, but 20 per cent of the total do
mestic exports. Manufacturers materials
Imported in the nine months ending with
September. 1906. were practically twice as
great In value as In the corresponding
months of 1S90; while manufactures ex
ported in the nine months ending with
September. 1S05. were practically four
times as great as In the corresponding
months of 1SS0. the figures for the nine
months' periods of. the years named be
ing, for manufacturers materials im
ported in ISOO. J20S.000.000. and in 1X0.
J422.O00.00O: and of manufactures exported
In 1590. J113.000.COO. and In 1003. J424.O0O.00O.
Thus tho exportation of manufactured
articles has grown much more rapidly
than the Importation of manufacturers"
materials, suggesting that the exporters
of the country are drawing year by year,
a relatively larger proportion of their raw
materials from our own country.
The fact, however, that manufacturers'
materials now form a larger proportion
of the total imports than in earlier years
suggests that the growing requirements
of the people of the United States In
other lines are now being more fully met
through home Industries than ever before.
while an analysis of the Imports now
brought Into the country shows that a
growing share of these Increasing im
ports Is of articles requiring for their
production climatic conditions not exist
ing In the United States. Of tropical and
subtropical products alone, the quantity
brought Into the United States from
abroad (Including that supplied by Its
noncontiguous territory) amounted In the
fiscal year 1&0 to over Jo00.000.000 against
less than J300.000.000 in 1S0O, and J140.O50.00-3
in 1S70. and much of this is manufactur
ers" materials, such as India rubber, raw
silk. hemp, jute, tobacco, cabinet woods.
chemicals, etc.
The table which follows shows the value
of manufacturers materials, crude and
partially manufactured. Imported, and of
manufactures exported In the nine
months ending September of each year
from 1SS0 to 1905.
Imports of manufacturer materials and ex
ports of manufacture during the nine months
ending- with September 1SOO to 1003:
H
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3s
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: IS.
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1S91
.JJ130.381.29tlj 60,
472.473ljU3.S0fl.551
151.825.0771
152.314.131
031.2201 12tf.754.421
1802
1803
1S04
1803
181X1
1897
1808
1800
1000
,1001
1002
1003
1904
1005
737.0611 111.287.011
585.S14! 129.008.845
Bio.761: 133.078. WO
7R7.0O9I 143.70O.5Srt
152,005.012
! 100.fiPO.37If
i 16O.501.07B
12I.2-VI.2tni
I 101. 402.808!
t 148.03.1.456;
i 100.232.208,
217.610.372f
22M9.0S4l
408.474 184.807,004
7S4.80fl 212.47S.S10
548,Xl 227,822.043
057,5011 277,302. tWO
071.720! '8.67S,23
OChi.5481 207.B30.53l
240.841' 3U.304.47t
243.507.740! 110,
248.1S4.001, OS,
303.472.rtl4! US,
214.ST0 .lll.4rt.K2tI
744.605- r.65,530.410
662.011; 424.638.624
Decided Slump.
Chicago Tribune.
The great man was disturbed in mind.
"Henry," he said to his private secre
tary, "have I done anything unpopular
lately?"
"Not that I am aware of. Senator," re
sponded that functionary'.
"Does. there seem to be any prejudice
taking shape in the public mind against
me?"
"I know of none."
"Am I spoken of in a sneering manner
by the public prints?"
"Not so far as I have obsorved. Why
are you asking me these questions. Sen
ator?" "Because. Henry." said tho creat man.
"I am convinced that unfriendly in
fluences are at work- You know there Is
a brand of 3-cent cigars named for me,
I presume?"
"Yes. sir."
"Well, they are selling them now two
for 5 cents."
The Early Bird.
New York Tribune.
One of the rural schools In Kansas hax
a pretty girl as Its teacher, but she was
much troubled at first because many of
her pupils were late every morning. At
last she made the anonuncement that she
would kiss the first pupil to arrive at the
schoolhouse the next morning. At sun
rise the three largest boys of her clas3
were sitting on the doorstep of tho school
house, and by 6 o'clock every boy In the
school and four of the directors were wait
ing for her to arrive.
The Only Way.
Cleveland Leader.
"Why did you fire your new board
er?"
"The Impudent thing asked for a
thermometer on his radiator."
".What for?"
"So he could tell when the steam
was on."
She Wanted a Show.
Detroit Free Press.
"Bessie, why are you and Willie for
ever quarreling?" said the mother of the
two. In a reprimanding voice.
"Why, mamma, it isn't my fault. ex
claimed five-year-old Bessie. "Willie al
ways wants his own way."
a
In Portland.
Apologies to Puck.
Highwayman Your money or your life,
mister!
Native But you are not the fellow who
usually robs me at this corner.
Highwayman No, but it's all right; I've
bought his route.
Generally.
Houston Post.
"Funny thing, about these fellows who
get rich."
"How funny?"
"Why. you'll generally find that the
man who accumulates a great many
bones has a skeleton In his closet.
Fight for Political Liberty.
Milwaukee Journal.
The people are tired of boss rule. They
are tired of political rings and machines.
They are determined to ,take the reins, of
government once more In their own hands.
They are fighting again for political lib
erty. Jenny Kissed 3Ie.
Lelh "Hunt
Jenny kissed me when we met.
Juznclnc from tbe chair she sat in;
Time, you thief 1 -who love to et
Sweets Into your list, put that in.
Say I'm weary, uay I'm sad;
Say that health and wealth have missed me.
Say I'm crowing old, but add
Jenny kissed me I
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