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PORTLAND'. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10.
"THE SOUTIL" ONCE MOKE.
Our country still consists of "The
North" and "The South." The distinc
tion la political, rather than geograph
ic!. There remains nothing but the
recollection of old political contentions
that should keep them apart. But this
recollection, intense in the South, Is not
likely soon to disappear.
All Northern men of observation and
reflection realize and freely concede
that there is a strongly conservative
element In the South, that may be or
become, in the changes of time, a posi
tive force of steadiness to the whole
rouatry. Yet, stir and tumult of opin
ion occur chiefly in the North. The
South holds immovably to ancient rec
ollections. This makes sectional poll
tics. A Richmond (Va.) paper says:
"Throughout the Northern and Western
States men are sometimes Democrats
and sometimes- Republicans. It is only
from south of the Potomac, the Ohio
and the Missouri that the party can.
rely upon af veteran corps of support
ers." The logical sequence of this
statement is that, as the South is the
mainstay of the Democratic party, so
the South should refuse, to follow the
Northern Democracy further, but take
?upremp command or direction of the
party. This is interesting, but it has no
promise. For it would make sectional
politics still more conspicuous than
now; it would isolate the Democratic
arty still more.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser is
a journal which as fairly and fully rep
resents the spirit of the South as any
Journal we know. In breadth of judg
ment and catholicity of spirit it is a
representative, usually, of all that one
could desire to see. It takes up this
idea that "the true-blue Democracy,"
that exists .nowhere but in the South,
ought to take party control again.
"How all should Tejoice," it says, "to
see the South come into her own once
more! As the Democratic constitu
tional section of the Union, we for
many years furnished the Presidents
and dictated the policy of the Govern
ment. Then we had a constitutional
sovernment In fact as well as in name,
and were a happy people. When the
dark and damning blight of abolition
ism descended on the North it estranged
from Democracy many of its best and
trongest men. and when a long and
bloody war followed as the natural se
quence of abolitionism, the result put
the seal of condemnation on Southern
Democrats as leaders. Since then the
Democrats of our section have been
hewers of wood and drawers of water,
accepting the candidates selected for us
and voting for whomsoever our North
ern allies selected. Shall that pro
gramme hold good for all time?"
It certainly will hold good so long as
this view of the past, and projection of
this view of the .past Into the future,
shall hold and continue. It was not
wrong to abolish slavery and to main
tain the integrity of the Union. The re
sults are no "dark and damning'blight"
on the scutcheon of our nationality and
of our civilization. Before the South
can lead the country, or be an import
ant factor in its leadership, the South
must put all this behind it. Of course
the South is not to do this with osten
tation or apology. That is neither ex
pected nor desired. But It must let the
past bury Its past, let history deal with
what has, been done and finished, and
look towards the morning. Till 'then
the South will not furnish the leader
ship of the country.
THE ENEMY OF THE SOLDIER.
Rev. George D. Rogers, pastor of a
Baptist church contiguous to Fort
Sheridan, supports the Army canteen
and protests in vigorous language
against the Intermeddling of sentiment
alists and reformers in Army regula
tions. Dr. Rogers speaks from personal
observation of conditions around the
big Arms post adjacent to Chicago
ivhen he deplores the abolition of the
canteen and the springing up in its
place of low-grade saloons just outside
of the military reserve. It is conceded
that the latter follows the former with
unerring certainty and uniform perni-
clousness. As has before been stated
by The Oregonian, and as is now stated
by Dr. Rogers, the difficulty lies in flnd-
. ing the soldier as we think he ought to
be. Dealing with him as he is, sturdy,
stubborn human nature of -the individ
ualized type is encountered. He ought
not to drink, but the fact remains that
hie frequently does drink. He ought not
to go outside the Army post and cause
the saloons there stationed to flourish,
but, lacking the accommodations of the
post canteen, he docs do so, and lacking
its restraints he drinks more than he
otherwise would.
It is a condition, not a theory, that is
Here disclosed. Sentiment doc' 'not
cover the question, and what ought to
be cannot be made -to stand sponsor for
what is. Hence practical people will
be constrained to agree with the opin
ion expressed toy Dr. Rogers, that it
was due to misguided sentiment that
the canteen was abolished, permitting
hundreds of the lowest dives on earth
to creep up to the very gates of the
Army posts and lie in wait for the soldiers.
v THE "RAKE-OFF'
On November 29, 1905, The Oregonian
printed the following editorial para
graph: "
The concern or which Bill Ladd I the
figurehead he is not much himself has lost
the contract for the cast-iron pipe for the
water extensions apparently: but who knows
what combination there may be. what rake
on, the Bill Ladd concern may get on the
contract? An Eastern concern gets it. But
who knows the cret? In such or similar
wayfl the Ladd estate, biggest concern In
Oregon, has been built up. It Is a very pious
and very holy thing; it operate a newspaper
organ to exploit its virtues, and it keeps a
church and a pastor for the same purpose.
But there is the Barrel I estate and the Ste
phens estate, and no end of other estates;
and later the Marquam estate and the Johnson
estate, to tell why the Ladd ewate Is so
plethoric and dropsical as It 16. . It anplres
to "run" Portland. A group of little fellows,
hardly worthy to be named, though The Ore
gonian may name them yet, "Rand In." Here
now is a question. Is there to be anything
In Portland not under oontrfrl ef this pluto
cratic gang? We fhall ee.
Now the United States Cast-Iron &
Foundry Company, to which was
awarded the contract for the cast-Iron
pipe, is giving a share to the Oregon
Iron & Steel Works, which is the Ladd
concern. It is all, of course, in pursu
ance .of the original agreement, or
"whack-up," between the two compa
nies, by -which the Ladd concern should
get its customary rake-off. The public,,
which has some interest in such mat
tersnot enough, though, or they would
not occur -Is entitled to know that this
agreement exists, just as The Orego
nian prediced on November 29; but no
doubt we shall be told "It's nobody's
business," only "our private business."
PULPIT AND PEW AGAIN.
Mr. L. Marshall, the New York law
yer who seems to do most of the talk
ing against Dr. Wise's vletvs of pulpit
liberty, feels no more repugnance than
one might naturally expect of him
against the discussion by his pastor of
"insurance thieves and swindlers, Mc
Curdyism, Hydelsra and Mr. Jerome."
Mr. Marshall Is one of Hyde's attorneys
of the genuine monkey-dinner Hyde
and his susceptibilities over the expo
sition of the eighth commandment are
therefore tender. Just what a minister
might say against stealing without
shocking Mr. Marshall's acute senee of
propriety it is difficult to guess. There
are deacons and elders, of course, who
object, on the best of personal grounds,
to the !bare reading of this command
ment. It founds so much like a direct
reference to themselves. But there Is
reason to believe that Mr. Marshall's
dislike to hear his pastor hold forth
against thieves, which, with the beauti
ful directness of a lawyer, he calls
"preaching politics," is wholly altru
istic He trembles' for his client, not
for himself. When it comes to the
ninth commandment, his armor seems
a trifle less secure. One might believe
that Mr. Marshall would reKsh a homily
upun lying even less than one on steal
ing, and for more Intimate reasons.
Mr. Marshal!, with his colleagues,
officially aked Dr. Wise if he would
accept a call to Emanu-El Church. Dr.
Wise replied. In effect, that he would
accept no call unless the pulpit Were
free. Mr. Marshall rejoined, that their
pulpit was under the control of the
trustees, and that in case of Irreconcil
able difference of opinion the minister
must give way or resign. Dr. Wise
then appealed to public opinion In a
remarkable open letter, which states
forcibly some of the arguments for a
free pulpit To this letter Mr. Mar
shall's only reply is that Dr. Wise never
was called to Emanu-Bl Church. Tech
nically, he never was. Between call
ing a man and asking him if he will
accept a oall there is a difference. It
is a mere verbal difference, minute,
meaningless, disingenuous, but it is the
sort of. thing that lawyers for Hyde,
Rockefeller and the Beef Trust make
much of and are compelled to make
much of to keep their clients out of jail.
It Is the sort of difference that avails to
bedevil courts and defeat justice in the
forum of the law; Mr. Marshall natur
ally thinks that it will be equally ef
fective to befuddle public opinion.
Such an evasion of the Issue Is not
lying, but the rough good sense of the
public, unaccustomed to fine legal dis
tinctions, will never name It truthful
ness. The real question at issue "be
tween Dr. Wise and Mr. Marshall is
this: May a minister properly preach
to his congregation upon subjects which
they do not wish to hear discussed?
Floating in the air there are a number
of vague maxims more or less pertinent
to this question. "A minister must not
preach politics" is one of them. "A
minister must preach the gospel, and
nothing else," Is another. But all such
maxims amount merely to the assertion
that a minister must preach only what
his congregation wishes Xo hear. Such
words as "politics" and "gospel" mean
whatever the person, may wish who
uses them.
Mr. Loring K. Adams, in his letter
to The Oregonian of January S, attacks
the real issue with zeal and logic His
premise is that a inlnlsterstands to
his congregation In the same relation
as an employe to his employer, and his
argument follows naturally. No person
is under obligations to retain a hired
man who displeases him; no more Is a
church required by the rule of justice
to retain a minister who ceases to
"voice the general thought and beliefs
of his particular congregation." Before
trying to offer any general objections
to Mr. Adams' very attractive principle
let us examine Its working in one or
two extreme cases. Suppose a staid
congregation of Presbyterians were
suddenly to fall under the spell of Al
exander Dowie and all become convert
ed to his -belief. Stranger things have
happened In the religious world. Their
old minister is now entirely out of har
mony with his congregation. Is It his
duty to resign, or to try, against their
will, to win them back to fwnity? Sup
pose" a man becomes possessed of'a sui
cidal mania and his employe persists in
displeasing him by dragging him out of
the horse-pond, does that justify the
employer In discharging the hired man?
Suppose the men whose opinions domi
nate a certain congregation are owners
of houses of ill repute and gambling
hells and their 'minister displeases them
by preaching against such resorts, are
they morally Justified in discharging
him?
To return now to Mr. Adams' prem
ise, 'the minister is, under American
conditions, undeniably the employe of
the congregation hut he is an. employe
&t a very special and exceptional sort.
THE MOCKING OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JAXTJAItY 10, 1906.
From one point of view he is. as Mr.
Selling aptly remarked to an Oregonian
reporter, a teacher, and as such he must
Impart not pleasing truths alone, but
harsh and bitter ones. If the church is
justified in dismissing Its minister for
teaching harsh truth, who will dare to
undertake this most important duty?
Everybody has the courage to impart
pleasant doctrine; it is the bitter facts
which take courage to utter, and yet it
is these facts which are most salutary
and wholesome, the very salt of life,
which alone keeps it from putrefaction.
Hitherto it has been wisely held that
men who blamed the teachers of these
facts showed cowardly Ingratitude.
HaveSve come to admit that those of
us are In the right who rail at them
and turn them out to starve?
But the minister is' more than a
teacher of truth; he is an Interpreter.
Every church holds a body of ethical
and religious truth. What is its use?
To guide men In their conduct But
life and its demands upon men change
constantly, originating new .problems of
conduct every day. These problems In
volve politics, business, marriage. The
minister's duty is to Interpret the
church's unchanging truth In its appli
cation to these manifold problems. In
performing that duty he must often dis
cipline those who employ him, for
wrong conduct is frequently agreeable
in business and politics, while the right
Is disagreeable and financially unprofit
able. A church has no right to dismiss
a minister for fulfilling the ungrateful
task of denouncing their sins whether
social, political or financial. They ought
rather to thank him for it and raise his
salary. The notion that the conduct of
life In business and politics ought to
be exempt from pulpit criticism Is a
cowardly concession to corruption and
thievery- The man who wants no poli
tics In the pulpit generally wants rot
ten politics in his ward. The man who.
wants to have nothing but the "pure
gospel' In church often wants to steal
outside the church. What America
needs more than any "gospel" is lmple
plain and honest speaking, both in thg
pulpit and outside of it.
WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTItOY.
It is not believed that H. H. Rogers,
of Standard Oil notoriety, consciously
directed his conduct In the examination
before Commissioner Sanborn to the
end of hastening the downfall of cor
porate domination in this country,
though such will be Its outcome He
doubtless supposed that his impudent
defiance of the officers of the law would
impress the public with a sense of the
power of the tremendous organization
he represents and so it does. He prob
ably supposed that his cynical and
shameless perjury would tend to prove
to the country that the aegis of Stand
ard OH is a secure protection for crime,
no matter how flagrant. It has pre
cisely that effect He supposed, very
likely, that a naked exhibition of his
contempt for the law, a demonstration
of how utterly he despises the courts,
would dishearten the prosecution In this
case and discourage similar attacks
upon the giant monopoly. Such a re
sult is probable. Mr. Rogers' contempt
for the law is fully justified.. It has
crawled at his bidding like a whining
cur. Like a cur it now feels his. boot
He has every reason to despise the
courts. They have been- the complacent
tools of his iniquity. It Is but just for
them now to receive the treatment of
insubordinate servants.
The spectacle of Mr. Rogers rioting In
the plenitude of his power Is instruct
ive. The Impotence of the law to re
buke or control hlms a salutary warn
ing. It admonishes the American peo
ple that a time may come when retri
bution upon such monsters of defiant
iniquity will he impossible, because the
power that slumbers too long falls ulti
mately into the Irremediable sleep of
death. Mr. Rogers and his kind only
seem to be our rulers, tis yet we can
still shake them off if we make the ef
fort; but let the effort he delayed a lit
tle longer and the seeming will become
an inexorable reality. The more exhi
bitions we have of the sort he has just
been giving, therefore, the better. They
demonstrate as no words could just
what the position of Standard Oil and
its allies Is in, our polity. They show
exactly what the feeling of these mon
ster corporations is toward democratic
government law and the administra
tion of justice. They hasten the day
when the finger win wrlte upon the
wall and Mr. Rogers will ask his law
yer what "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Uphar
sln" means.
THE SLUMP THAT FAILED.
The long-expected "slump after the
Fair" seems to be farther away than
ever. Real estate has increased In
value more.rapJdly since the Fair than
at any corresponding period before that
great event and the demand increases
with the price. The leasing of the De
kum and Washington buildings Monday
at a 6 per cent remuneration on a val
uation of $1,000,000 is illustrative of the
new conditions which have arisen since
Portland began its present era of ex
pansion. Property in city or country
has no intrinsic value Jn excess of Its
actual earning powers. The leasing of
the Dekum for a long term of years at
a figure which guarantees a 6 per cent
return easily fixes the value of the
property at 51,000,000. In the congested
money centers- of the East 3 and 4 per
cent is regarded as an excellent return
on safe Investments, and there is, ac
cordingly, no speculative element In Mr.
Sweeny's latest transaction.
It is the willingness of outside capital
to come in and be content with a 6 per
cent return that is enhancing the value
of real estate. With only limited op
portunities for safe Investment in any
thing paying much more than hair this
figure in the East, the opportunities In
Portland arc hound to prove alluring to
Eastern capitalists. In the East It re
quires two dollars to earn 6 per cent In
one year. In 'Portland one dollar is suf
ficient and there are many investments
where the returns will -be still larger.
Some Increase In rents quite naturally
follows increase in real estate values,
but this increase will not be In keeping
with the Increase In value of the prop
erty, for reason that the capital now
coming into Portland for Investment
will be satisfied with smaller returns
than have been considered necessary
in the past.
Some Of the old guard will, of course,
endeavor to exact high rents on both
new and old -buildings, but this policy,
if adhered to, will only drive tenants
into other localities now considered
less favorable for business. This will
leave some landlords with vacant
rooms arid buildings, and we shall then
qujtc naturally hear talk of a lull in the
upward movement There can be no
lull of consequence, however, so Jong as
the entire Pacific Northwest is the
scene of such tremendous industrial
activity. For more thKn a year new-
settlers have been pouring Into Oregon,
Washington and Idaho In steadily In
creasing numbers.
All lines of Industrial effort are repre
sented in thks Influx of new settlers.
The farmers, of course, outnumber all
others, and It Is well for the future of
the country that they do; but there are
also many lumbermen, manufactur
ers, capitalists and other craftsmen
who are needed In development of our
varied resources. These newcomers will
aid those already here In creation of a
vast amount of new wealth from our
forests, farms, mines and other sources
of latent wealth. As the country around
us grows, Portland Is bound to keep
pace with It The future must be
judged hy the past. The population of
the territory tributary io Portland one
year ago, and the wealth created by
that population, warranted the real es
ate -prices then ruling In Portland. In
creased population and prosperity in
the country today warrant the im
provement In conditions in the city.
The same conditions will be responsible
for further gains a year hence.
The latest purpose of Bob Fitzsim
mons, It is said. Is to start a high-class,
aristocratic physical culture school in
New York City, that will be patronized
by the wealthy class both men and
women. Bob has evidently heard of
"Fads and Fancies" and knows what
clreap people In one sense and what
high-priced In another the "smart -set"
of the great city is. Of course, his
wife and her reputation as an up-to-date
woman will be a drawing card In
this business.' She has a "passion for
the stage, has aired her family difficul
ties to the world, has clamored for di
vorce, taken up her residence In Sioux
FaHs In order to qualify, and has made
such a spectacle of herself In "mak
ing up" and "becoming reconciled" to
her blatant spouse as entitles her to a
place among the -400. As to mouthy,
fistic Bob, no one can for a moment
doubt his ability to give high-class
physical culture stunts to the exclusive
set. He has masqueraded In tights, de
livering knockout blows v receiving
them, for some years. He is an all
around sport and doubtless will be able
to put the 400 through their paces In
physical culture to his own profit and
their sdprme satisfaction.
The big floating drydock Dewey, now
out over a week, has covered but 750
miles of the long journey to Manila.
She Is towed by three tugs, and the
dally expense of the fleet Is enormous.
No more flagrant waste of Government
money through the excessive use of red
tape has ever occurred than this dry
dock episode Because the bids of the
Pacific Coast bidders were slightly
higher than those of the Atlantic Coast
bidders, the contract was let to a New
port News builder. The Government
saved a few thousand dollars In the
construction of the vessel, and will lose
five times as much In the Increased
cost of towage and canal dues from the
Atlantic Coast. If the Dewey reaches
her destination in safety, her expense
bills will offer an excellent excuse for
an examination of the red-tape meth
ods which admit of such foolish pro
ceedings as this costly 'round-the-world
cruise of the big drydock.
The public will be at a loss to under
stand the reason for secrecy about Mr.
Hermann's movements. He arrived in
Washington last Friday, and has since
been at the home of his son-in-law.
This same son-in-law, Mr. Gatcly, de
liberately told an Oregonian corre
spondent and other reporters that Mr.
Hermann had not yet .arrived. His rel
atives In Oregon said he had arrived.
Of course Mr. Gately did not tell the
truth, and a great deal of needless and
unpleasant newspaper gossip ensued. It
may be hoped that Mr. Gatcly will have
learned from this incident that Jt is
wise always either to tell the truth or
to tell nothing.
The deficit In the National Treasury
for the present fiscal year was offi
cially estimated at $S.000,000. Receipts,
however, have been steadily increasing
ever since, the year's accounts were
opened. July 1, with the result that at
the end of December the deficit, which
started at about 520,000.000, is now down
to 57,673,340. As there is no reason to
suppose that the expenses of the Gov
ernment will materially increase and
there Is every probability that receipts
will continue to grow, it is likely that
trie actual deficit at the close of the
year will fall below the estimate If it
Is not wiped out entirely.
Development Leagues are in 'fashion.
The last born, that called the Southern
Oregon, organized In Grant's Pass, and,
representing Medford. Ashland and
Gold Hill, as well as Grant's Pass it
self, came Into being day before yes
terday. It is a good sign that the
stated policy of all these bodies is to
co-operate for the development of Ore
gon. The districts must. Infallibly will,
prosper If all Oregon Is developed. The
action of the Portland Commercial Club
in adding largely to funds for develop
ment work is in the same line.
The New York stock and money mar
ket seems to have settled -hack into the
groove from which it made a sudden
leap a few days ago. Despite the
gloomy predictions of Banker Schiff.
and Lawson's publicly expressed fear
that he would be obliged to pay 600 per
cent for money to tide him over to af
fluence, call money closed yesterday at
6 per cent bid. Steel, coal, sugar and
many of the railroad stocks showed
substantial gains .which even extensive
profit-taking failed to wipe out.
"It is absurd." says Standard Oil At
torney Hagcrman. "to think of a man
of the type of Mr. Rogers refusing to
answer a question on the ground that 'it
might tend to subject him to criminal
prosecution." So it is absurd. But
Rogers can have no other motive in
refusing to answer no other motive
except to conceal, if he can, the crim
Iriaf operations of the Standard Oil
Company and their officers.
Brother Short knows no reason why
churches shouldn't advertise. Indeed,
he thinks they should. "It Is Just as
important to tell about God's business
as any other . business," he says. It is
a mistake to proceed on the old-time
theory that salvation Is free.
There seems to be a lot of people In
this country who think that every
shouting and offensive female that ap
pears at the White House ought to be
permitted to see the President.
The Democrats profess profound Ig
norance as to the operations of the di
rect primary I a"- Yet they know as
much as any&Ml'. Which to unutal
for -a Democrat.
THE PESSIMIST.
Herr Gottlieb mistook Captain Bruin
for a footpad. Then he got arrested for
disorderly conduct That Is what Gott
lieb got
Mr. Robert Fitzsimmons, according
to dispatches from Sioux City, will
start a physical culture school In New
York City. It is said that It will be the
most aristocratic Institution of the
kind In the world. He Intends to se
cure the patronage of the wealthy
classeF. both men and women. Profes
sor Fitzsimmons Is now engaged In
calculating how much each of the
-good things of New Yorkwlll con
tribute. ,
Colonel Mann, of- "Town Topics." de
nies newspaper reports that he had
said that he had matter In his safe
which. If published, would blow New
York society wide open. It would not
take much to blow New York society
wide open. It 1$ pretty well cracked
already.
A New York hotel will experiment with the
English custom of leading private rathskellers
to individuals. Each of the private rath
skellers, which will accommodate eight per
sons, will open cn a. general rathskeller when
the lease Is present. When he. In not there
the leased rathskeller will be closed by an
iron door.
When the show is ready to begin,
they will substitute Iron bars for the
iron doors, and put up a sign: "Do not
feed peanuts tc the monkeys." It Is
expected that they will furnish great
amusement for the guests outside.
There is something ominous about
Thomas W. Lawson's willingness to
testify In the Standard Oil hearing.
He says: "I feel like helping In every
way that I can."
What and Where Is Helir P.er. John
Bentieln Is conducting a series of religious
meeting in the University Park Baptist
Church every nljht this week. His subject
for each night are:" Last night, 'insersoll
and Moody;" Tuesday evening. "A Lost
Name;" Wednesday, A Itunaway Couple;"
Thursday. "What and Where Is Satan V Fri
day evening. "What and Where la Heaven"
Sunday cvenlar. "What and Wtfere la HellT
The climax of these meetings will be Sun
day, and there are many anxious to hear the
last question answered in a satisfactory
manner.
The people In University Park know
already. The division superintendent of a large
railroad adopted a system for eliciting In
formation relative to the destruction of
farmers' property along the line of tho
railroad. The superintendent had primed
a blank form on which was to be written.
among other things, the name of the anl
mal killed and the kind of an animal. A
space was reserved at the bottom for,a
reply to the following question "Dispo
sition of carcass?"
A flagman, whose duty It became on one
occasion to report concerning the death
of the cow, turned In his written report
with the following set oposltlon the ques
tion last referred to: "Kind and gentle."
When is a joke- not a joke?
When it Is a steal.
That Is what is the matter with the
Joke about the flagman and the cow.
Not long ago a newspaper told of the
distribution of 51uO.O0O.0CO in dividends and
interest on Wall street. To quote from
the -article, "the men who received this
money are those already known as per
sons of vast wealth. Owing to the pe
culiar stock market lost year the general
public refused stubbornly to come In and
snare the good things that the corpora
tlong had to offer."
In the absence of the public which re
fused to sect In and be the "Rood thlncs.'
It -would b interesting to know where
all the money came from.
The editor of an English magazine
while sitting in his garden one day watch
ing tho antic? of a squirrel, conceived
the Idea that it would not be bad to be
squirrel for a little while himself. The
thought caused him toi write to a number
of eminent naturalists asking them what
kind of animals they would like to be.
They wanted to be various things. One
wanted to be an elephant Another
thought a chicken would suit E. Kay
Robinson, the lost one on the list, thought
"that if he had to be anything he would
be an anthropoid ape. His reasons wero
many and various, but let. him speak for
himself. He says in part:
I believe that from a- human point ot vlew
the lives of all other animals would mean
absolute oblivion, and would be equally un
desirable to all of us who think that life
is good.
IJut -were I compelled to make choice of
some animal existence, I should choose that
of the anthropoid ate as nearest In kinship
to man. in the hope that his mind might
contain some glimmering of the dawn ot
conscioueaess.
It struck me. If he should suddenly be
come an anthropoid ape, he .would not
experience much of a change.
During- the 19th century upward of 14.000.
OOO men lost their lives In war. Most of
thesj millions were of the Aryan race, which
has the custody of the forward march ot
the human race. Most of them were s-ounr
men. In fine physical condition, men of above
the average ot spirit and energy for war
fakes only the best. It wants no diseased,
or old.or uselen. victims for the banaueu
Moat otNaoec wars were not for liberty or
for principle, but for purposes of ambition
the two Napoleeo. Bismarck, the old Ger
man Emperor, the Czars, the Kings of Eng.
laad. Pitt. Disraeli, a handful of men who
figure In history an great.
Ambition is a cannlbaL Saturday Evening
Post. It is worse than that; It is foolish.
M. B. WELLS.
BRITAIN'S A3IAZING COMMERCE
Now Twice as Largo as Ours, but
Growing Less Rapidly.
New York World.
The foreign commerce of Groat Britain
Is still nearly twice as large as our own,
though it Is growing much less rapidly.
There arc. three countries. Great Brit
ain, Canada and Germany, to which we,
ciiti luure limn iw.w-.wj a year, xnere
are two from which we import as large a
quantity. Great Britain and Germany. But
Great Britain sells more than 510O.COO.0GO
each to five nations and imports more
than that amount from the ten shown in
the following table:
Country Imports. Exports.
Russia f 102.8: 1.0 11 JTOSVJU
C-ermany 10300.033 177.27 tf.ir.2
Holland 16S.S17.22S 72.S.T4.D74
Belgium lSt. 006.01" u5.373.BIS
France 24S.712.4.TO 103.7H.733
Canada 100,053.894 S9.a06.336
Argentina 112.100.810 58.327.343
Australia 114.69S.140 9G.637.343
British India 177.49I.0S3 202.17u.2Sl
United States.... 5S0.322.098 191.210.203
Our own enormous sales first-strike at
tention, but In proportion to their size
Great Britain is a better customer of some
other countries. She buys 523 worth each
from the people of Argentina. 523 each
from Canada, more than 599 each from
the Hollanders, a little more than 57 each
from us.
It Is these enormous purchases- from
foreign countries of goeds producible In
British cAlonles which arm the Chamfcer
laihltcs in their agitation- for a pxeferea
tlai tariff Kith the cotesks.
RUNNING FOR SENATOR.
(There Is a.' hot Senatorial Contest in Ne
braska, nearly as hot as the contest In Ore
gon which It resembles. Al. Sorenson. for
merly a well-known newspaper man of
Portland, announces his own candidacy for
United States Senator In his paper, the
Omaha Examiner. It Is reprinted as a
guld to several gentlemen In Oregon who
are candidates for Senator here, and for the
benefit of the public generally.)
In my laudable determination to be a
Senator from Nebraska X propose to leave
no stone unturned and no stone unthrown
that will accomplish my purpose. From
the profits that are coming to me by the
publication of the ablest Journal In the
West. I am accumulating a fund for the
legitimate expenses of my campaign. I
say legitimate, for while I expect to have
my leg pulled from now on to the time of
my triumphant election, I do not propose
to be an easy mark. It is a part of good
generalship to develop the resources ot
the enemy, and I propose to size up the
pile of my adversaries.
I have but little fear of the wealth ot
Millard, for his' cent-per-cent experience
as a banker does not give him those broad
and generous ideas of liberal expenditure
that wllh characterize my action. His
election four years ago did not cost him
a cent, and he will expect to repeat the
experience, but will fall. ,
Wattles does not worry me. for he is
handicapped by his affiliations with soul
less corporations not with the railroads,
however, whose avowed candidate I am.
and they are not soulless corporations,
cither and when It tomes to the real fight
It will be a Kilkenny fight between Wat
tles and Roscwatcr, arid the carcasses of
both will hang over the line. If Rosey
should survive the conflict the love that
the Fontanelle Club and his numerous
other admirers have for him will keep him
at home
Edgar Howard, at Fremont, will keep
my brother editor. Ross Hammond, so.
busy to save the life of his paper that his
political chances will go glimmering.
Schneider causos no fear, for he Is
"hoist by his own petard," as It were,
with his elevators that have elevated him
so high that he will never: come down to
a political terra tlrma.
When, however. I read of the vast land
ed possessions in Polk County of the
banks, the herds of blooded cattle, and
the money of the last candIdatewho shied
has castor Into the ring, I was affrighted,
and determined to measure the weapons
of Governor John H. Mickey. Editorials
in his home paper at Osceola, the Demo
crat, Informed me that since 1302 he has
sold 15CO acres of the finest farm lands In
Polk County, for which he has realized
nearly 550.000. I felt sure that he had not
expended this great sum in his two cam
paigns for Governor: Indeed, the sworn
report required to be made as to his ex
penditures reassured me. for the amount
reported was trifling. This would make a
heavy campaign fund In Itself, and when
X realized from the Bankers Directory
that he was president of the Osceola
Bank, with a capital of 537,500 and a large
surplus, and read In the public press that
he had lately sold about -47 head of thor
oughbred cattle at an average price of
5110 per head, and that ke was In receipt
of a good salary and perquisites. Includ
ing free house rent, as Governor. I had
about concluded to withdraw from the
field. On second thought. I made up my
.mind that the best way to find out the
fact was not to trust to the reports of a
venal and lying press, but look up the tax
assessment of the Governor, realizing that
no Christian gentleman would attempt to
deceive the tax-gatherer. I am delighted
and encouraged by the showing, and con
gratulate myself that I am much better
off financially than the Governor of this
great and growing commonwealth, and
have no cause to fear him as a com
petitor. Tho 47 blooded cattle are only
worth to pay taxes on in 1505 5320, or one
fifth of EKOO. at which sum they we're re
turned by the Governor in his sworn
schedule in Polk County. It Is evident,
therefore, that the newspaper statement
Is false, for surely the owner knows the
value of his stock. It must be untrue also
that he has received about 530.000 for lands
sold since he has been Governor, for the
sworn schedule In Polk County says he
has no money there, and he swears that
In Lancaster County he has only 52.29 on
hand subject to check oc draft. The
Bankers' Magazine must also take Its
place among the prevaricators, for the
Governor swears that neither In Polk nor
Lancaster County has he a single dollar
invested In stock In any banking or other
corporation. It cannot be that he Is cither
a bank president or a shareholder, for he
himself has said it and sworn to it. He
Is certainly much poorer than I am, for he
only has 563 worth of household furniture
and library, and has no book accounts, no
bondn. no notes and no mortgages. He
would be poorer than a church mouse
were It not for the fact that the Assessor
found that he owned some land In Polk
County. I noticed In an Interview a few
vdays ago, that the Governor admitted that
fact and stated that it was assessed at
5S0 per acre, and I was glad to see that he
was not entirely pauperized, for on Inves
tigation I found that his home farm of
110 acres adjoining Osceola had on it a
splendid house worth at least 55C00 the
finest barn In the county, worth 53C0O and
the land cheap at 512.000. making a total
of 520.000. A friendly Assessor assessed It
for taxation at 52520 for each of the years
1L04 and 1905. and I am pleased to see that
my principal competitor has been able to
save a pretty penny In that way.
f . Ie sympathizing with the Chief Ex
ecutive In his deplorable financial condi
tion, I am mean enough to rejoice that It
removes him from my path and makes my
camng,and election sure as the next Sen
ator from Nebraska.
-'Standards of Drunkenness."
Montreal Gazette.
A correspondent ot one of the Toronto
newspapers points out that on Christmas
Day In Toronto, which has 150 places
licensed to sell liquor, there were 109
people arrested for drunkenness, while In
Buffalo, which has over 20CO barrooms,
there were only 3D arrests. The intention
wag to prove that the number of licensed
places has no effect upon the amount of
drunkenness, it cannot be accepted as
conclusive evidence, for the police stand
ard of what constitutes drunkenrfess may
differ in the two cities. In Buffalo the
citizen who confines himself to getting
drunk Is probably allowed to go as soon
as he I? sober, without a charge being
entered against him. while In Toronto he
Is fined. There Is no poorer standard of
estimating the sobriety of a city's popu
lation than by Its convictions for
drunkenness.
Donbt.
"Walter Pricb,ard Baton In Pearson's.
She shall not know I love her.
I will not let her sec
The rosy riot In my heart
When she Is kind to me.
How could I vex so fair a maid
So fair and calm and high.
When I am shackled to the earth, :
Bond-hrother to a slfjh? '
My pain shall not be hers to share
My passion away her not.
And high and cajm and fair she still
Shall count her happy lot.
But does she count It so, nor yearn
To hear a lover's call?
I cannot longer bear the doubt.
I go to tell her all!
Fat Girls andjThin Ice.
Atchise-n Globe.
"I can't bear fat people." petulantly
exclaimed the thin ice as the 2"-ound
girl began to jut 0a her skates-
A CASE OFjWr RATE.
Mr. James J. Hill, thn hpnd of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern andv
Burlington system of railroads, publicly
called attention not long since to the
fnnf 1nnt In niAtr tt eppnri. frit- .mpr1.
can steel mills an order for 560.000 worth
01 rails for a Japanese railroad, he had
made a special low rate ror tne trans-
Japan. If he had not done this the order
wouiu nave gone to isuropean stee
malfprs TWa otntomon t furnJtshpc ..
proper Introduction to the following an
nouncement rrom Chicago:
The Federal grand Jury returned an In
dictment on Friday afternoon against the
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Railroad.
Darius Miller, first vice-president, and Claude
C. Burnham. a foreign freight agent, on tho
charge of granting rebates. The story is told
In 2d counts, covering more than 100 type
written pages, each count setting- up one
specific offense. The indictment charges that
the rebates were alt granted to the United
States Steel Products Export Company of
New York, a subsidiary company to the
United States Steel Corporation. All of the
shipments were to Vancouver. B. C. The
alleged violations come under the El'klns
act. For each of the 20 offenses alleged the
Elkins act provides for a conviction a fine
of from 51000 to 520,000. no imprisonmnent
clause being provided. The indictment al
leges that the freight was then paid accord
ing to the tarift. but afterward a rebate of
about SO per cent was paid back to the
shipper.
Did Mr. Hill do right or do wrong in
cutting rates on this steel for Japan?
Does he belong in Mr.' Roosevelt's cate
gory of the "good" corporation men. or
the "bad" ones? We should like to have
the verdict of the business men of the
Pacific Northwest on this case. It is evi
dent that Mr. Hill's railroad companies
added nothing to their net earnings bv
carrying this steel. It is quite possible
that It was carried at a loss.
Is an American railroad company Jus
tified under any ciicumHtances in vary
ing its rates In order to help Industrial
concerns whose establishments are lo
cated on Its lines? This is the question
raised by the Government In the Chicago
prosecution just begun, and there is no
doubt where the Federal Government
stands. How. again, about hauling oats
from Iowa and Minnesota to-Seattle, at 53
a ton. when the growers of Eastern
Washington have to pay just about an
equal rate for one-fifth of the distance?
For whose benefit?
-Discoverer or the Grent Salt Lake.
Outing Magazine for January.
Jim Bridger stands forth as the most
conspicuous figure in the brief but glo
rious reign of the trapper and trailmaker
In the Far West. The greatest fur hunter
and the greatest pathfinder of them all,
and possessing the most Intimate knowl
edge of the Indian nature ever vouch- .
safed a white man, Bridger will grow In
stature as time goes on and accurate his
tory Is written.
No part of the great Rocky Mountain
country held a secret from Jim Bridger.
He was the first white man. after John
Colter, to view the wonders of Yellow
stone Park, and the first to look on Great
Salt Lake. Seemingly bearing a charmed
Jlfe. he wandered through the lands of
many Indian tribes, sometimes fighting
the red men. but more often living their
life and finding the solace of true brother
hood at the lodge fire. Every mountain
Jim Bridger climbed, every stream he
crossed, and every game trail he followed,
was written down In the most marvelous
memory ever granted a plainsman. As
a result, years later, when the white men.
bold but blundering, sought the easiest
paths over the mountains, Jim Bridger
showed them the best trails for their
wagons: and, when the chief engineer of
the Union Pacific had well-nigh given up
hope of getting his rails across the Di
vide, it was Jim Bridger who showed an
available pass which he had traversed
yfttra before in his trapping days, and the
existence of which no other white man
Uncw. A few months ago. this chief en
gineer, General Grcnville M. Dodge,
showed his gratitude by rescuing Jim
Bridger's body from a neglected grave
and interring It at Kansas City, under an
appropriate monument probably the flrst
act of gratitude ever performed for the
man who had put the whole empire of the
West In his debt.
The Story of Santo Domingo.
Area. IS.013 square miles.
Population. 500.000; language. Spanish.
Population, mixed race of white, Indian
and African blood.
Slavery introduced in 1502: abolished in
1S22.
Chief cities. Santo Domingo, capital;
population. 20.000: Puerto Plata. 6000: La
Vega. 6000; Santiago, SOOO: Samana. 1300.
Term of president and vice-president
(according to the constitution), fqur
yenn.
Congress, a single house of 21 members.
State religion, Roman Catholic
Municipal schools, 30 pupils. C000: news
papers. S: debt, 532.000.000 gold; annual
revenues, about 52,000.000.
Products, sugar, rum, cacao, tobacco,
coffee, tropical fruits, fine woods.
1492 Island discovered by Columbus.
149S Santo Domingo City founded.
1755 Spain transferred island to French.
1SC1 French driven out by Toussalnt
L'Ouverture.
1S02 French reoccupled island.
ISOO French driven out by English and
entire island of Santo Domingo given to
Spanish.
1S22 Revolt succeeded and the two
island governments united under Presi
dent Boyer, of Haytl.
1SI4 Santo Domingo republic separated
from Haytl.
1S61 Santo Domingo republic ceded by
President Santana to Spain.
1S63 Spaniards driven out.
1S70 Treaty of cession to the United
States rejected by the American Senate.
1SS6 General Ullses Heureaux elected
president.
1S30 Hcareaux assassinated by Ramon
Caceras.
1S09 to 1S05 Presidents Figuero. Jimlnez,
Vasqucz, Wos y Gil and Morales.
A Matter of Titles.
San Francisco Chronicle.
A story Is going the rounds of legal cir
cles at the expense of the late General
W. H. L. Barnes, and it is receiving con
siderable Impetus In its travels through
the efforts of William S. Barnes, who
considers It one of the best that was ever
told at the expense of his distinguished
sire.
General Barnes was trying a civil suit,
and persisted In referring to the opposing
counsel as "Judge." The opposing coun
sel was an' elderly and dignified Southern
gentleman, who disliked to be character
ized by a title he did not possess, and. ris
ing to his feet, he said:
"If the Court please. I am not a Judge,
have never been a Judge, and have no as
piration to become a Judge, and I hope
counsel will refrain from referring to me
as 'Judge.' '
"General Barnes persisted In the use of
the title, however, and again he politely
protested. Once more Barnes caused a
chuckle to go around by referring to the
opposing counsel as "Judge," and for a
third time the latter rose to protest.
"If the court please," he said, "for the
third and last time I, desire to inform
counsel that the title ot 'Judge Is one
that I have never earned and do not pos
sess, and If counsel persists In givirfg me
the title. I shall be prompted to retort by
referring to. him as 'General. "
Increase of Golf.
London Ex jar ess.
It Is estimated that the golf-players of
the United Kingdom now number 330,000,
of whom 20,000 players are resident in
London and find their recreation in links
close to town.
The past year has seen the opening of
more than 2C0 new golf club?, and as on
the average each clubs claims at least a
hundred acres, 2t.W8 acres have been
taken upf since November, last for the
purpose of making Maks.
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