THE HOKXIXG OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905.
Entered et the Fostoflice at Portland. Or.,
&js eecond-claaa natter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
(By Mall or Express.)
Dally and Sunday. .per year.., $3.00
Dally and .Sunday, bIx months 0.00
Dahy and Sunday, three months.........
Dally and Sunday, per month
Dally without Sunday, per year
Dally -without Sunday, six months .w
Dally without Sunday, three month.
Dally without Sunday, per month.. -J
Sunday, per year..
Sunday, six months..,. .......
Sunday, three month
BV CARRIER.
Dally without Sunday, per week
Dally, per week. Sunday Included - -20
THE 'WEEKLY OREGONIAN.
(Issued Every Thursday.)
Weekly, per year - ""2
Weekly, six months .- -ir
Weekly, three months :.
HOW TO REMIT Send postoffice 0Jf
order, express order or personal check on your
local bank. Stamps, cola or currency ar "
the sender's risk.
EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE.
The S. C. Jlw-kivltli Special A55BCjTST
York, rooms 43-60 Tribune building. Ctticaxo,
rooms 610-&12 Tribune bulldlnK.
KEPT ON SALE.
Chicago Auditorium Annex. Fostofflce
News Co., 178 Dearborn street.
Denver Hamilton & Kendrlck. 06--Seventeenth
street; I'ratt Book Store. 1-1
Fifteenth street. t
Goldficld. Nev. Guy Marsh.
Kansas City, Mo. Rlcjcsecker Cigar Co.,
ZCInth and Walnut.
L01. Angelc B. E. Amos, manacer seven
etreet wagons. .
Minneapolis M. J. Kavanaugh. 50 Soutn
tThlrd.
Cleveland, O. James Pushaw. S07 Superior
ttreet.
New York City I. Jones & Co;, Astor
House.
Oakland, Cal. W. K. Johnston, Fourteenth
tind Franklin streets.
Oden Goddard & Harrop: D. L. Boyle.
Omalia Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam;
llageath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam: 20
Ecuth Hth.
Sacramento, Cul. Sacramento News Co.,
489 K street.
Salt Lake Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West
Second street South: Levin. Miss 1. 2
Church street.
San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 740
Market street; Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter
nnd Hotel St. Franks News Stand; L. E.
Lee, Palace Hotel News Stand: F. W. Pitts,
1008 Market; FranK Soott. 80 Ellis; N.
Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar
ket and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear.
Ferry News Stand.
Washington. 1). C Ebbltt House. Pennsyl
vania avenue.
PORTLAND. THURSDAY, DEC. 7. 1005.
IS HAKMONV NEAR?
All (persons who feel that -the Repub
lican party of Oregon ought to be
united, to the end that the principles
and policies of the Republican party of
the United States may have that rea
sonable and efficient support from the
State of Oregon to which it is entitled,
must be gratified with every manifesta
tion of disposition, in any quarter, for
suppression of faction, by elimination
of the causes that have produced it.
To do this ought not to be difficult:
for alternate reverses have made the
odds between both the principal fac
tions, and all minor factions too. fairly
even. Pride of prowess ought o be sat
isfied, on all sides, by this time; or at
least revenge ought by. this time to
have been satiated. Republicans surely
will concede that there is in politics
something more important than -personal
ambition, individual spite or fac
tional revenge.
But the bosses of the olden time
those who have been In politics for mo
tives of mercenury sort are not to be
rehabilitated or restored. The Orego-
11 Ian could malce a list of them, but it.
-w 111 not. In all localities, in every part
of the state, it is known who they are.
It is not intended to put them under
ban or proscription, but simply to retire
them to the position In the ranks that
others hold llowing no consideration
to their special pretensions. If the Re
publican party of Oregon is to live. It is
110 longer to be under the manipulation
of any clique or ring. Selfish politics
must give way to unselfis-h iolltics. No
doubt some of the old bosses are even
ii'jw forming their plans and making
their combinations for control of party
action, -with a view to holding then
"influence" at Salem or Washington.
It Is vain effort. The next Legislature
of Oregon will not be controlledand di
rected by boss, at a telephone, in a
Pederal office at Portland.
NO one can tell how the direct pri
mary will work. In all its consequences.
Its plurality system may dissolve the
majority party. But its first conse
quence will be the supersedure of the
Varty boss. For, even If he should be
jib'e. through his- personal faction, to
nominate the ticket by the -plurality he
might command, he would lose It la the
election. Men selected for their fair
ness, their 'breadth and unselfishness,
their representative standing as citi
zens, might be elected, though their
plurality vote for the nomination might
b a small one; but no ring ticket, on
such basis, -would have any chance at
all.
It all comes to this, that those who
have made a profession of politics, and
have followed the profession for what
there wus in it, are down and out. Are
there not in Oregon enough disinterest
ed Republicans to save the fortunes of
the party? For party does not exist for
etlice and spoils of office. It exists for
general principles and large policies:
and as to these, party Is but a means
to an end. The Indispensable condition
to harmony is to reject the "old stag
ers" of politics. The warhorses are to
go to grass. Men whose leadership has
meant only their own emolument can't
load the Republican party of Oregon
further. They can have the same con
sideration as other privates in the
ranks; no more. On this' basis, no
otVer, harmony will pass from dream
ti r realization. But hnrmony will
come In best form -when it Is not court
ed. Cut out selfishness, and harmony
take care of Itself. Perhaps one
danger is that the bosses of the olden
time will try to teach the party that It
can't succeed without them.
Knowing what sort of things the
Business Men's League of Prlneville
approves. The Oregonian cannot very
deeply regret having incurred their cen
sure. At the meeting yesterday, where
it Is said resolutions of censure were
approved, how many were present of
those men who stood by and watched
Harrington club Craln nearly to death
without a thought of censuring his
"brutal assailant? Prlneville, it is said.
bolls over with Indignation because
The Oregonian has published the facts
about this affair. But If Prlneville
would expend as much indignation and
energy in trying to prevent such as
saults as she do.es In trying to mislead
the public about the facts, her Business
Men would have no occasion to censure
The Oregonian. Meanwhile, until the
withering resolutions .are repealed, we
shall do our best to survive. Of course
our existence is blighted by them, the
sun darkened and the moon turned to
green cheese but we shall drag wearily
on. Some day the Business Men of
Prlnevllle may take pity ,on our sad
state and revoke their anathema. We
live in hope.
"THE MENACE OF SOCIALISM.
In his speech on Tuesday night at the
Republican dinner at the Commercial
Club. Mr. Wallace McCamant said;
Socialism Is a worse menace to the Nation
than was Ire silver ten years 0. because
It Is spread over the extreme Eastern part
of the country, where free ullver w weakest.
The Republican party Is the only hulwark of
safety.
Mr. McCamant is a strong speaker
and undoubtedly a man of firm political
convictions. He is an earnest Republi
can, and he .believes firmly that the best
results for the country are to be had
through the ascendancy of the Repub
lican party. But The Oregonian must
take the liberty to say that In Its opin
ion Mr. McCamant and men like him
are too reluctant to give sufficient play
to the democratic spirit and would
hold the party too much to the capital
istic spirit. Now the protest against
capitalistic rapacity and plutocratic
greed Is not Socialism. It is simply a
protest against Injustice on the one
hand, and it is a demand for Justice on
the other. The people of the United
States are not naturally Inclined to So
cialism. But they do want and they
intend to have .protection against capi
talistic oppression whether by arbi
trary methods or by forms of law.
Properly this determination cannot be
called the spirit of Socialism; nor can
men be deterred, by use of this word
against them, from demanding the Jus
tice which Is their due. Robbery under
the forms of law is even more galling
than robbery absolutely lawless; and It
is necessary that justice rule the law.
If the tendency towards Socialism is to
be arrested. By a single act like that
by which Marquam was deprived of his
property, under legal forms, greater Im
pulse is given to the socialistic spirit in
Oregon than Socialists themselves
could give It In a decade. The Repub
lican party Is not to be made "a bul
wark of safety" behind which acts like
this can toe done; nor is protest ito be
arrested by saying that the only way
to hold down the doctrines of Socialism
Is to allow the monopolistic and capi
talistic and plutocratic spirit the greed
and rapacity of wealth full sway in
the land. On the contrary, that Is the
direct road to Socialism, which means.
in effect, the abolition of private prop
erty. THE NOTION OF "VINDICATION."
Says The Dalles Chronicle; "Repre
sentative Williamson, like benator
Mitchell, can't see his way clear to step
down and out to please the dear people
so long as he has a fighting chance in
the United States Supreme Court." The
misfortnue is that neither Representa
tive Williamson nor Senator Mitchell
has a fighting chance in the Supreme
Court." The Supreme Court, on some
technical point of practice, may. Indeed,
arrest the judgment of the trial court;
but that would be nothing. Mr. Mitch
ell will not again sit In the Senate, nor
Mr. Williamson in the House of Rep
resentatives. Senators and Represent
atives come and go; and Senator Mitch
ell and Representative Williamson have
gone out under cloud and into thick
darkness. not to be lifted. But the
State of Oregon lives, and it is entitled
to representation In Senate and House,
which it never will have again through
Senator Mitchell and Representatives
Williamson and Hermann. These men.
as public men, are dead as they ever
will be. The notion that they may yet
be "vindicated" by action of the Su
preme Court, widely prevalent though
It seems in Oregon, is fatuous, to last
degree. Neither of these men may "do
time" In prison; but neither will ever
again stand In position of representa
tive of Oregon at the capital of the
United States. Yet Oregon is entitled
to representation there. It seems there
are partisans more devoted to the per
sonal fortunes of these great men than
to the state of which they are them
selves citizens.
It Is really deplorable that there are
those who actually believe the Supreme
Court may yet "acquit" and restore
Mitchell and Williamson, and Hermann
(should a jury find him also guilty), to
the status they held before. Yet this
strange notion Is widely prevalent, and
the delinquents are to "hold on, for vin
dication." The stain couldn't be washed
out by "all great Neptune's ocean.'
It is, however, asserted in extenua
tion, that the lands, unlawfully dealt
In, "had little or no value." One news
paper says: The editor of this paper
has seen some of the land that is al
leged to have been appropriated to
their own use by Williamson, Biggs.
Gesner. et al.. and if we were offered
this land for nothing we would think
we were getting the worst of It by ac
cepting." The editor therefore con
cludes that the whole business, relating
to the prosecution of our statesmen, "Is
nothing but a game of politics; there
fore, they shouldn't throw up the
sponge." Oregon would be hopeless If
this really represented the moral status
of her people on questions relating to
public and political morals.
RAILKOAD LEGISLATION.
The Eseh-Townsend bill to regulate
railroad rates has been again intro
duced in the lower House. This bill, as
it passed the lower House at the last
session of Congress, differed somewhat
from its present form", but not material
ly. It now Includes all the Important
recommendations in the President's
message, and if it can be enacted into
law, will determine once for all whether
or not it is possible for the Government
to regulate the railroads without tak
ing possession of them.
There is some prospect that the bill
may pass both houses. Nobody doubts
its success In the lower House. What
will happen in the Senate is less cer
tain, -but the opposition seems not likely
to 3e so bitter as many expected. Sen
ator Elklns, if the reports are correct,
has outlined a -bill substantially in har
mony with the President's wishes. If
the opposition in the Senate to rate reg
ulation has abated, there is some rea
son for 1L Perhaps such a reason may
be found In the wish to avoid a conflict
with the President; perhaps It may lie
in Senator Knox's very important re
mark about the inherent power of the
courts of equity.
These courts, the Senator says, can
enjoin any order the Interstate Com
merce Commission may make in regard
to rates, and he adds that Congress
cannot take away this power. The
Esch-Townsend bill is silent upon the
matter; but It Is conceivable that the
hope of securing an injunction against
every order the Commission may make
has lulled the opposition of the railroad
Senators to the President's scheme, and
that they, or rather their masters, will
allow the bill to pass. If Senator Knox
is right, the passage of the Esch-Town-send
bill, good as it is. will not essen
tially better the relations between the
railroads and the public, and the Na
tion may be forced to resort to more
radical measures.
IDAHO AND OREGON.
The Boise (Idaho) Statesman com
ments at length on a recent article In
The Oregonian discussing Senator Ful
ton's position and pointing out the dif
ficulties under which the Senator rests.
The Statesman remarks that the Sena
tor ought to have had no trouble in de
termining his course, which was to
break with his friends and allies and
take his stand with -The President. Says
the Statesman:
Glo. It ever as you wlH. It remains true
that the Senator stlutHy failed la bis duty
when he declined to strike hand n-Rh the
Administration in thU matter. It was Ms
duty; hW courne was marked out by the rule
f food morale as dearly ax tbocgh It were
fenced and had nlgnboa'rds every kundred
yards pointing the direction for him t take.
It was embArraftflns. yes. but there was esty
one thing to do. It wis the Senator dety
to dlsmlrs all other conMderatlons and do
right. He could not do right by cmbarraMlflg
the Administration with machine recommenda
tions, by uggt-Ftlng men for ofllce who were
more or lp In sympathy with the being
prosecuted.
Put yourself in his place. AH of us
know what our duty is In the abstract-
And everybody is well qualified to tell
a public officer what his duty is under
any conceivable circumstances. It is
easy enough to say to Senator ulton
that it was and Is his duty to put crim
inals in prison when he knows they
are criminals. It would still be his
dear duty if the criminal were a mem
ber of his own family; and if he did not
strike hands with the Government, and
If he were not active in. delivering the
recalcitrant relative up to Justice, no
doubt we should have the Statesman
and other high moralists reproaching
him. It would b,e reproaching him
for something that - few In Oregon
now reproach him for; and Ore
gon Is the state that Itself con
victed two of Its Congressional delega
tion. So we should say that there is
here a fairly respectable citizenship
with a fairly definite purpose to do Its
whole duty. Let us see If Idaho do as
well. . . mm.
LS WHEAT CONSUMPTION INCREASING?
May wheat sold at 90 cents in Chicago
yesterday, and a strong demand was
reported for cash wheat at prices In
keeping with the high price of the May
option. The Chicago markeC which to
all intents and purposes is the Amer
ican market? has wobbled around con
siderably since the opening of the new
crop season, but it has been what may
truthfully be termed a strong market
throughout, in the face of a foreign sit
uation locking In most of the elements
which Infuse strength Into a markeL
Throughout all 'bulges" and "breaks"
In the American market, Liverpool has
displayed a degree of indifference never
before noticeable at this season of the
year. Walla Walla cargoes were quiet
at 32 shillings sixty days ago, and they
were quiet at the same figure yester
day, but the Chicago market yesterday
was 5 cents per bushel higher than It
was sixty days ago.
This remarkable strength in the
American market, and the indifference
of the foreign market, is not explicable
by any -of the usual statistical informa
tion available, and suggests the thought
that perhaps readjustment of the fig
ures on supply and demand may be
overdue. There is a possibility that the
increased prosperity of this country,
with a greater available gold supply
than ever, may have Increased the con
sumption of wheat to a greater extent
than has been generally realized.
Either this must be the case or the crop
of 1905 has been greatly overestimated
Were It otherwise, there would be s
fairly large surplus of wheat .which the
Americans could not use, and which
would be obliged to seek a market In
Europe. The Europeans will not take
this surplus at figures on a parity with
prices paid In Chicago and other Amer
ican markets, and the fact that their
refusal does not cause weakness offers
strong proof that the strength is all of
home production and due to causes
within our own country.
This view is corroborated by the
weekly figures on shipments and the
American visible. According to the
Government estimates, the crop of 196
was more than 100.000,000 bushels great
er than its predecessor, and yet the
American visible on December 4. 1905,
showed a total of but S3.OO0 bushels
more than for the corresponding date
last year. Meanwhile Europe, which
formerly was so largely dependent on
the United States for wheat supplies
that in most seasons she secured at
prices averaging 20 cents per bushel un
der the present Chicago standard, has
found new sources of supply. Both Ar
gentina and Russia have been Increas
ing 'their acreage at a remarkable rate.
and the out-turn from those two coun
tries alone has reached such tremen
dous proportions that all the deficit in
American shipments has been easily
made up without causing the slightest
advance in European prices.
Canada has. of course, contributed
somewhat to the Increased supplies, but
as yet her shipments are Insignificant
in comparison with those that come out
of Russia and the Argentine. If It
should develop that the increased pur
chasing power of the American people
has been responsible for disappearance
of a much larger amount of wheat than
could be accounted for by the time
honored per capita-consumption rule of
44 bushels per head, the United States
I has reached and passed high-water
mark as a wheat-exporting country,
and from now on the market for the
premier cereal will be made by the de
mand .in this country, and not by the
demand In Europe, 'except in cases
where some of the big exporting coun
tries experience years of abnormally
short crops.
The master of the Klrklee complains
that he was delayed thirty hours off
the Columbia bar waiting for a pllot
This presumptuous shipmaster must be
unfamiliar with Columbia bar pilotage.
Undoubtedly the weather was bad
when he arrived off the river, and it
was more comfortable around the ofllce
stove than chasing around outside look
ing tor ships. The captain Is unreason
able, and will surely be reprimanded by
the pilots" Pilot Commission.
In President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft the Columbia River seems to have
two very good friends at Washington.
General Mackenzie, of the Bureau of
Engineers, is also reported to be so firm
ly impressed "with the merits of the work
at the mouth of the river that he will
recommend an appropriation of $1,009.
0CO for continuing the Jetty. We naall
all feel grateful to know that the great
work has such good friends at the cap-
itaL but for all that the fate or ap
propriation rests almost entirely with
Chairman Burton, of the rivers and
harbors committee, and the official an
nouncement that Mr. Burton la In favor
of immediate relief being granted
the project will be far and away the
most gratifying and valuable news that
the Northwest will receive from "Wash
ington this season. "Mr. Burton Is only
one Congressman, but he wields a
power on river and harbor matters that
Is not approached by any other man
In Washington.
The ten-story "institutional church"
which, according to reports. John D.
Rockefeller is to help furnish funds to
Mjulld In Cleveland, promises to be about
the most complete affair of Its kind In
the country, if the views of Its project
ors are carried out. In fact, the main
auditorium, where religious services are
to be held, will form a relatively small
part of the edifice. A gymnasium, a
library and various halls for special
meetings and entertainments are de
scribed as Important parts of the plan.
The tendency on the part of many
churches to afford instruction and
wholesome recreation, social and other
wise, directly under their own auspices,
is, of course, no new thing. But the
combination which is thus planned un
der a single roof In a building whose
outward features will closely resemble
a business structure is something of a
novelty.
The official statement regarding
Union Pacific finances for the year end
ing June 38 appeared Tuesday, and
shows an increase of JI.0i5.71S In gross
and $G50,4i7 in net earnings. After a
payment of fixed charges and divi
dends, and $1,479.16. for betterments,
etc., there remained a surplus for the
year of 57.219.2S:, an Increase of J2.503.
26 over the previous year. These fig
ures certainly Indicate that Vice-President
and General Manager A. L. Moh
ler who Is at present duckshooting in
Oregon, has earned the vacation which
he Is now enjoying. They also show
that he Is making as great a success of
his management of one of the big roads
of the countryas he made with the 6.
R. & N., from which he was promoted
tq his present high position.
Washington dispatches yesterday
stated that Mr. Brown, of Portland,
had called on the President and as
sured him that the boycott was not
interfering with American trade in
China. San Francisco advices of the
same date quote Captain Baker, of the
United States cruiser Raleigh, as stat
ing that the commercial situation In the
south of China Is absolutely at the
mercy of the boycotters. and that ware
houses are piled full of American goods
which the Chinese refuse to handle. The
difference In the testimony may be due
to the fact that Captain Baker had Just
arrived from China, where he had been
making a study of commercial and po
litical conditions, while Mr. Brown had
apparently Just arrived from Portland.
The Washington State Fish Commis
sioner has filed his annual report, show
ing the value of the product for the
state this year to be more than $10,
000.000. Of this amount $1,454,629.55 Is
credited to the Columbia River. Ex
treme difficulty is encountered in con
vincing the Puget Sound people that
the Washlngtonlans have any interest
in the Columbia River. For this rea
son the figures of Commissioner Ker
shaw will be of exceptional value for
future reference. The hatchery figures
In the report are far from flattering to
Oregon. They show an output from
the "Washington hatcheries of 73.000.000
fry and from British Columbia hatch
erles 114.000.000 fry. while Oregon Is
credited with but 7,700.000 fry.
A case of whisky and a pall of oya
ters are credited with saving the lives
of a number of passengers on a stalled
train in Dakota. The train was snow
bound for four days, and the only nour
ishment obtainable was the Demon
Rum and the oysters. Men who look
lovingly on the distilled Juice of the
com and the rye are prone to credit It
with almost supernatural powers as a
life preserver, and It undoubtedly is a
stimulant of unusual merit. In the
case mentioned, however, old John Bar
leycorn will hardly receive his Just dues
from the prohibitionists, for they will
in all probability, give the oysters all
the credit for saving the lives of the
snowbound passengers.
Senator Mitchell has telegraphed to
Washington his resignation "as chair
man of the committee on Interoceanlc
canals. It Is not announced that he has
resigned his position as a member of
the United States Senate for Oregon.
although Governor Chamberlain, from
whom this paper did not hear yester
day, may have received such resigna
tion. Yet. If the Governor has received
Mitchell's resignation, he may be keep
ing it quiet In order to spare himself
the importunities of applicants for the
position. But perhaps these are all
idle conjectures.
The famous dollar dinners didn't help
to'reunlte the Democracy to any extent.
But we have high hopes of the efficacy
of fifty-cent dinners for Republicans.
If the fifty-cent dinner fails, we know
several places where a Republican car.
get some dinner and a great deal of
harmony for twenty-five cents.
Boston naturally objects to making
the Constitution a target, so that she
may be "sunk by the fire of the North
Atlantic fleet." as Secretary Bonaparte
says. Old Ironsides was not made to
be sunk. -
We really do not see how Senator
Fulton Is helping himself, either with
the President or the people of Oregon,
by, trying to prevent the confirmation
of Jack Matthews successor.
It might be well, too. to interest
Speaker Cannon In the Columbia. He
at least knows where it is.
ISpoch Making or DlsRraccfal.
New York Tribune.
District Attorney Jerome's speech was
either epoch-making or it was disgrace
ful. It is the time for a general Judicial
boMsecleanlng. But, unless he knows
that of which he- speaks and is prepared
to follow up his charge. Mr. Jerome ha
done a great wrong. He has not only
weakened th people's faith In their trib
unals, but he has subjected honorable
mea f suspicion. He says there are a
few exceptions to his condemnation of
the Judges as unworthy of respect. Who
are the exceptions? They are entitled to
Immunity from damaging reflections.
Who also are the Judges who cannot be
trusted to give an unbiased decision
whsre particular financial or political In
terests are Involved? TUr. Jerome speaks
as if he were prepared to continue this
wtirk which he has begun. We await,
therefore, his spedAc charges.
SILHOUETTES
Now it would appear that the poor In
surance companies nave oeen preyeo.
upon by officials of the various states. A
fight between insurance crooks and politi
cal crooks should bo worth the watching-.
Meanwhile, however, the complaisant
policy-holder will continue to put up the
stakes for both sides.
Big Bill" Taft has finally consented to
throw his weight on the side of the Co
lumbia River Jetty. The secretary s
weight Is a matter of common knowledge
and should fetch something, even if it la
only the underpinning of the jetty.
Since the long-sought Northwest Pass
age has at last been discovered 'It may not
be necessary to dig the Panama, Canal.
If It is available for the purposes of com
merce, what a snap it will be for the
dressed -beef shippers.
That amour between Alaska and Seattle
seems to be all off. This would seem a
good time for Portland to step In and
win a happy home.
'All in favor ef the confirmation of
Charlie Reed as United States Marshal
raise the right band." announced the
chairman and then so many good citizens
of Oregon put up their ballot hooks that
the Senate took the hint and cinched the
matter.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has decided
to abolish casses after the first of the
year. The lost incentive for men to enter
politics will then be removed In communi
ties along its lines, life Is becoming less
attractive every day.
Let's sec Wasn't It about this time of
year that that gosh-awful business slump
was due to overtake Portland?
Mark Twain at 70 should be a happy
mart. The good cheer he has brought Into
the world is more precious than the for
tune of Rockefeller and the millions who
love him for "Huckleberry Finn" make
up a more enviable constituency than
that enjoyed by any statesman in the
world. Dear old boy. May his years yet
be many..
...
Admiral Togo seems determined to get
himself disliked. He's going to make a
tour of the world.
a
Now watch Governor-Senator La
Follete skate Into an airhole when be
goes down to Washington.
Rats! Who wants, to cater to
Chinamen, anyhow.
a lot of
A tralnload of Deonle that was snow
bound on the North Dakota prairies was
kept alive for several days on a case of
whisky aad when the passengers arrived
safely at Fargo they were highly elated
at their timely rescue.
A life on the ocean wave Isn't a very
tempting prospect Just now.
If Marshal Harrington, of Prlneville.
looks like his picture, he will probably
be convicted ex parte.
Social life in Aberdeen will be very
dull this Winter. All the dancehalls and
combination saloons are to be closed.
Secretary Bonaparte will find himself
listed In the champion ass class If he
persists In his determination to destro'y
"Old Ironsides." More than that. Fight
ing Bob Evans will drop around to the
Navy Department some fine morning and
tweak his nose.
Chauncey Depew has resigned but
suppress your enthusiasm not from the
Senate. Senator Mitchell has resigned
but likewise.
The horse that died on tho street yes
terday as the result of a shock must
have caught sight of one of those Winter
automobile coats the motor-women are
wearing.
General Chaffee says this country will
go to war again. Yes. that is quite pos
sible. We may have to lick Steve Elklns.
Senator Piatt refused the post of chair
man of the committee on Interoceanlc
canals. Naturally. Piatt's specialty Is
the treasury. Mae Wood says but that
Is another story.
Moscow.
Nspoleos 1812.
Vainglory and the lust of sway
Marched from the warring West.
Where sound of clashing arms
Had long since drowned the songs
Of concord, and the fealty-call
Of them who serve In ways of peace
And them who rule beneath the fear
of God.
The spirit of this right of might.
Incarnate In Gaul's master anarchist.
Led boastfully his Iron regiments
Into the still unconquered East.
There to complete his fell dominion
Over all tho earth.
Across the wide sterility of plain.
League after league the monster moved.
Drunken with the glut of conquest;
Ever his fearful purpose ct upon
The overthrow of them that dared to
brook
His bloody-handed wardcnshlp of men.
At length he came upon the end.
Reaching the capital where he had
sought
T find a feast of carnage
And hurl another conquered throne be
neath bis feet
Here then his triumph found rebuke:
The elements, unconquered allies of a
hundred gods.
Prevailed against him.
And the object of his wicked quest
He found but ashes.
So was the stern decree again fulfilled:
"Thus far no farther shalt thou go." .
He reeled back from naming Moscow,
Seeking some poor refuge In defeat;
The mightiest warrior coming back
again
Had failed at last to gain dominion of
the work!.
The Ki IfrftS.
A century .between Napoleon
And these new avengers of oppression
lies.
Once more the flames of Moscow
Light the world.
The purpose of the Great Invasion was
as far
Removed as all the years from that
Displayed by this" new-risen power;
But even now the Muscovite once more
To thwart the tyrant of our later day.
Gives to the elements this ancient seat
of might.
And of Its embers seeks to make a
funeral pyre
For all the bated' pomp of this last
scourge of men.
ARTHUR A! GREENE.
JEROME AND JUDGES VIEWED
Loss of Confidence Unfortunate.
New York Sun.
Mr. Jerome says that he not only has
no reverence for the Supreme Court
Judges of this department but that he has
not common ordinary respect for them.
We are not la accord with this senti
ment. A general condemnation, based on
some special instance or some special
Instances, may endanger the confidence of
the whole community In our judiciary and
In our judicial system, and the loss of
such confidence would be most unfortu
nate. Let the corrupt Judge bo pointed
out. ostracized and exiled, but for the
Just Judge let there be only honor and
esteem and a care lest his reputation be
injured by unguarded speech. .
In this period of taking moral stock, to
use a trade expression, and dividing the
sheep from the goats, any stricture, how
ever severe, will find believers, and some
of them will believe more than the
scourger Intended they should believe.
Mr. Jerome's remarks about sordid Judses
will do some good, but they will also do
harm. Revelations of strabismus In busi
ness and of graft In politics have thrown
the people into a morbid and hysterical
state. They suspect any corporation offi
cer of helping himself to the surplus,
any man active In politics of being a
boss, most professional men of dishon
esty, tradesmen of scheming to cheat and
defraud, and even the clergy of working
for their pockets and not for their faith.
They wonder whether the, Republic Is not
going 'down in fetid moral ruin.
Judges Can't Ignore Charge.
New York World.
That District-Attorney Jerome, in crit
icising the Justices of the Supreme Court
In this. city, was actuated by conscien
tious motives, the world believes. That
there is some truth In the statements he
makes In Justification of. criticism there
is little doubt. Yet he Is wrong, hasty
ami Intemperate In speaking as he has
done. These very grave charges are
sweeping, indiscriminate, unspeciflc. They
Join In common and unmerited condemna
tion the best with the worst In the local
Judiciary. The Judges should take some
notice of his remarks for the sake of the
honor of the Judiciary, which Is the sheet-
anchor of the people against corrupt
bosses, corrupt financiers and corrupt
Legislatures. They must defend them
selves. They cannot ignore the charge.
Picture of a "Rotten Judiciary.
New York Press.
For nearly a whole generation the State
of New York has been Imploring heaven
to send' a man with the courage to lead
the fight against pollution of the judiciary.
That man is here and has flung aloft the
standard to which shall repair a reso
lute and aroused multitude. The legend
on that banner Is "A Free and Honest
Judiciary" and the man who has the
splendid daring to raise It Is William
T ravers Jerome. The long-smoldering
fires of Indignation against judiciary graft
have burst Into a raging and. we hope.
a purifying blaze. The ugly programme
of Socialism is not more hideous than the
aspect presented by this Jerome picture
of a rotten Judiciary.
Jerome Can't Do It All.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
Even Mr. Jerome fights shy behind a
bold front. He does not name those mem
bers of the elective Judiciary, whom he
condemns, and he cannot expect others to
do so. The conditions which made his
triumph possible wore first created by
newspaper agitation. The independent
press win persist In the work of judicial
reform. Mr. Jerome cannot be depended
on to do that. He is more remarkable
for a kaleidoscopic success of sensations.
on the side of virtue, than for patient
perseverance In any single field of public
effort, affected by a relation to any re
form. He Is more remarkable for his
panoramic .effects than for those of any
other sort. e are heartily "glad he was
reelected.
Such Talk Is Reckless.
New York Times.
Mr. Jerome makes no exceptions. The
entire Supreme bench of the department.
all the Judges, fall under his condemna
tion. Now the general opinion, we think,
will be that such talk Is reckless. The
Supreme Court Judges are pretty well
known In this community, and many of
them, most of them, are deserving of re
spect and confidence. They have both.
Mr. Jerome sets himself against the
common knowledge and the general opin
ion. If he knows of Judges who are un
deserving of respect he ought to specify.
To denounce the whole bench is mere
slangwhanglng.
Can Jerome Make Good?
New York Mall.
Mr. Jerome Is morally bound, to use his
own expressive Idiom, to "make good,"
and he avouches a willingness to do so.
But whether he docs so or not. there
charges cannot be suffered to lapse.
Things like that have been said be
fore, although never In the same 'authorl
tatlve form that Mr. Jerome's high posi
lion gives them now. The public has a
duty In the premises, as well as the Dis
trict Attorney. So has the bench itself,
which for lis own reputation should seek
to demonstrate that It is impossible for
him to "make good."
Assault Is Justified.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Mr. Jerome's daring In expressing his
opinions was never disputed, but he has
now quite surpassed his record In his
public assault upon the Judges of the
Supreme Court who serve In New York
County. Yet the assault must be consid
ered Justified In large measure. ' Some
years ago It was shown that a Supremo
Court Judge of New York had to pay
many thousands of dollars for his nomi
nation by a political party, the payment
being Justified as a contribution toward
campaign expenses.
Iconoclast of Extremest Type.
Baltimore (Md.) Sun.
Mr. Jerome may find that he has under
taken an Impossible task, however. If he
conceives- that It Is his duty to prosecute
Supreme Court Judges as well as to make
war upon crime. He presents an inter
esting spectacle as prosecutor of the Ju
diciary, but his vehemence must give his
brother lawyers a case of shivers. He
has violated every tradition of his pro
fession and proved himself an iconoclast
of the extremest type.
Name the Guilty Judges.
New York Globe and Advertiser.
The question that sprang to the minds
of Mr. Jerome's hearers as It does to
those of his readers was. "Why not name
the guilty?" The number of Supreme
Court Justices W not large. Why not be
specific and identify at least the worst?
Both for the protection of the Innocent
as well as for the punishment of the
guilty. Mr. Jerome having gone as far as
he did. should have gone yet further.
Bagpipes and Funerals.
Scotch Paper. '
There are no undertakers in the Interior
of the Scotch Highlands. A carpenter
makes the simple coffin, relative and
friends carry It. hip high, to Its last
resting place, which Is dug when the end
of the Journey Is reached, and. having
walked perhaps six miles to the chosen
klrkyard. they take a refreshment of
sandwiches and whisky and walk home
again. The rigorous absence of. pomp Is
maintained, but there Is the added em
bellistuneat of pipe music
NAVAL GENERAL STAFF.
Admiral "Converse Says It .Is Neces
sary for Prompt Action.
WASHINGTON. Dec 6. Necessary to
the efficiency of the American Navy ia
the opinion of Rear-Admiral George A.
Converse, Chief of the Bureau of Navi
gation. Is the introduction into tho Navy
Departroent of some "military adminis
trative authority" to co-ordinate the tech
nical work of the bureaus, to be responsi
ble to the Secretary for the organization
and preparedness of the fleet and to ad
vise in all military matters: that is. the
creation by law of a Navy board or staff.
The pronouncement In favor of the gen
eral staff idea is based upon Admiral
Converse's experience of 44 years in the
service, and It forms the feature of his
annual report made public at the Navy
Department today.
In this, his last annual report, as he
retires next May for age. the Admiral
discusses naval administration frankly,
and his recommendations gain an espe
cial Importance In the fact that they
probably will form the basis of whatever
legislation Congress may enact to remedy
alleged defects in the department. He
says:
Must Play Game of Greatness.
WlllliMcly or unwillingly, the Nation has a
numed responsibilities, the burden of which
we may not evade. We raut play the Rime.
These responsibilities and the expandlns of
our commerce of Increasing volume, reaching
farther and farther from our shores, our lonjr
coasts fronting two oceans and a great sea.
bordered with numerous wealthy cities, each
a center of ocean-borne trade, demand acute
National provision and the earnest study of
pemtbte and probable international nltuatlons.
The nature of these clearly Indicate the ne
cessity for a powerful and efficient Navy, the
possession of which Is not the end. but the
means to the al!-deslrablc end. their peace
ful rotation.
He says the lesson of greatest moment
for the Navy taught by the Russo-Japanese
War Is the Importance of the per
sonnel, the use of which word he applies
not only to the active fleet, but to the
department- Although prominence is ac
corded to the General Board in the new
Navy regulations recently issued. Ad
miral Converse asserts that, while this
Is proper. It Is not enough. The board's
status and duties should, 'he thinks, be
defined by law. He continues:
Organization Not the Best.
The keynote of all enort In the Navy should
be efficiency. This must start at the top.
The chief duty of the Navy Is to tight. Ad
ministrations may change, but the Navy'a
chief does not. The question U then. Is our
departmental organization the best we can
have for efficiently providing, orsanlxtn'g. pre
paring and directing the fleet? In the opin
ion of the bureau. It Is not. A fair efficiency
can be created under almost any form" of or
ganization where earnest efforts are made to
administer, but now common sense dictates
that the hlRbest Naval efficiency Is demanded
as never before for National success In war,
and this must come from knowledge born of
study, training and experience.
The Admiral finds that the Naval War
College, the Office of Naval Intelligence
and the General Board each perform their
respective duties satisfactorily. He con-"
tinues:
Naval Staff Corps Needed.
It has become more evident, as the Navy
increas. that some military administrative
authority should be introduced into the depart
ment, sueh authority to co-ordinate the work
of technical bureaus and be responsible to tho
Secretary for the organization and prepared
ness of the fleet for war and to advise in all
military matters: It should be Its duty to
initiate the "Steps necessary to carry out the
policy of the department, as formulated and
directed by the Secretary, and under hla com
mand to direct the forces in carrying out that
policy. The effect of a continued policy of
military administration cannot be otherwise
than beneficial to efficiency. It Is not claimed
that It wlH prove a cure for all evils. Changes
will no doubt be required from time to time
to perfect the organization, but the bureau
is convinced from a study of the conditions
now existing in the service that It la neces
sary for the efficiency of the Navy. Its ne
cessity was. recognized In our last war In the
formation of a board which occupied a place
In the department Itself, where the .latest' ln
formatlea from, all points could be laid, before
It promptly and Its advice sought and acted
upon with dispatch.
In a really serious war, the demands oX ne
cessity will ceraser trie rurmatlon of some
erxKoization fo rthe administrative features,
by whatever name It may be called- Its cre
ation and organization should not be delayed
until war forces action.
Chaffee Says "Be Heady for War."
CHICAGO. Dec. 6. A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Los Angeles says: At a
reception In his honor last night, Lieutenant-General
and Chief of Staff Adna R.
Chaffee, of the United States Army, pre
dicted that the United States will again
go to war. This prediction was made In
General Chaffee's address regarding the
work of the Army. He said:
"Gentlemen, war will come again.
There are plenty of men in this room
who will see our country at war again.
Not on our own soil, perhaps; youmust
remember that we have now become one
of the nations of the earth. We have
great Interests to defend. When that war
comes we must be Intelligently prepared
for It. Modem war Is not what war
used to bi. No one Is now fitted to com
mand troops who Is not a scientific and
well-trained man. Modern war must be
scientlflcully treated to save human life.
The Japanese are a military people, but
we are not. We do not get on with mili
tary preparations as they do, but we
should be ready for conflicts."
Earthquakes Keep Guam Awake.
AGANA. Guam. Oct. 31. via San Fran
cisco, Dec. 6.) On October 27 the Navy
collier Nanshan, Captain Predeaux. ar
rived from Manila to replace the Supply
during the tatter's absence.
Several Japanese schooners of the Hlkl
& Muriama Trading Company have vis
ited the port during the month. '
A number of earthquakes, the first for
several months, have shaken the Island
recently. Npne. however, was sufficient
ly Intense to do damage.
Progress on the wireless telegraph sta
tion at this place has been very slow,
due to the difficulty of transporting the
heavy masts and building materials dur
ing tho rainy season.
Tho Susanna Hospital for women and
children has been formally opened. The
opening marks a step In the progress of
Guam, and was made the occasion of a
popular demonstration
National Incorporation of Railroads.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Senator New
lands today introduced a resolution pro
viding for the National incorporation of
railroads. It asks that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be directed to
frame a bill and report to Congress, which
will prescribe the form of all matters re
lating to capitalization, dividends, taxa
tion and pension system of railroads. The
purpose Is to avoid the conflicting laws of
the different states In regard to Incor
porating. Senator Newlands asks that the railroad
companies be compelled to deposit In the
Treasury of the United States all sums
collected In excess of rates fixed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, pending
the determination of suits arising from
rate reduction.
Campaign Donations by Banks.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 6. Senator Till
man Introduced two resolutions Intended
to bring out the facts as to whether any
of the National banks of the country
have made campaign contributions in re
cent years.
Stevens Comes to Give Opinion-
WASHINGTON, Dec 6. Chief Engi
neer Stevens, of the Panama Canal,
will sail from Colon for the United
States on December 13. He comes to
give his views on the type of canal to
be adopted.
4
J 3