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-MORE THAN ONE ISSUE.
A correspondent writes to The Orego
nlan to complain that Ii has injected a
new Issue In the campaign. He is
greatly concerned about statement No.
L. What will become, he says In ef
fect, of that magnificent device by
which the people are to elect a United
States Senator. If we insist on paying
attention to such trifling and unimpor
tant matters as franchises, public-utility
corporations and their control, pri
vate banks and their regulation, equita
ble taxation and a square deal for the
Plain Citizen? Evidently these things
are all negligible in view of the over
whelming problem which the untram
rneled voter of Oregon must solve for
himself, and for some seventy-five odd
million benighted citizens elsewhere
who are not yet aware how their des
tinies are imperilled and their liberties
jeopardized by their stupid and cal
loused adherence to the clumsy way of
choosing Senators as their fathers did
and as the Constitution provides.
" Yet we And no fault with statement
No. 1, or with statement No. 2. "We
expect statement No. 1 to take care of
Itself. We know that a large and
earnest body of citizens believe that it
is a shining beacon of enlightenment
for all who have been dissatisfied with
our Legislatures for their manner of
electing Senators; and there are those
who think that statement No. 2 has
blazed a trail for us to follow out of our
old-time difficulties. So we have no
quarrel now with the numerous and en
thusiastic supporters of statement No.
1. nor with the ardent and vociferous
admirers and propagandists of state
ment No. 2. Any one who will take the
trouble to examine the list of legislat
ive candidates for Multnomah County
will find that all. or nearly all. of them
have subscribed to one statement or the
other. Now. what is the distinction be
tween them? The first declare that
they will abide absolutely by their
pledge, which Is that they will vote as
members of the Legislature for that
candidate for United States Senator,
whatever his politics, who shall receive
a plurality of the votes cast in the June
election. The others make the promise
that they will vole for such a person as
their candidate if he shall belong to
their own political party. There may.
or there may not. be an Important dis
Unction here. There cannot be, how
ever, unless there should be "elected"
in June a Democratic Senator and a
Republican Legislature, or vice versa
But. taking It for granted that the
principles embodied in statement No. 1
are of high importance and concern to
our people, are we then to exclude con
sideration of all other topics? On that
theory we must wage all our campaigns
on one issue alone. It has. rarely been
done. It can be done only when some
great question of profound moment
agitates the people.
We declare without hesitation or res
ervation that there is no problem any
unere so vital to tne welfare of our
Itcpublic as control of public corpora
tions.- and strict regulation ntid super
vision of great aggregations of capital
belonging, for the most part, to the
common people, or obtained from them
by fraud, corruption, unfair legislation
or inequitable taxation. These enor
mous masses of wealth are a menace
to public safety and should be kept un
der rigorous control. "War against dis.
honest wealth and arrogant plutocracy-
Is going on everywhere. It has Its local
manifestation In the common demand
that the operations and schemlngs of
the franchise-grabbers s-hall be brought
to an end, and that our public-service
corporations shall be made to pay a
Just revenue for the vast privileges
given to them, and an adequate tax on
their valuable franchises.
Who will dare nay that It is not -
nentlnl to the very wcll-hrlng: of aecl
cty Ituclf (hat the Plain CKUen receive
n fair re-turn for the labor of his hands
nad for the work of hi brain, and who
will dare any that any measure of leg
islation deaigrncd to kIvc him a square
fen I la set bow a living; l.naer
The local plutocracy understands that
for the first time its reign is seriously
threatened. It will adopt any desperate
expedient to hold up and defeat legisla
tion designed to break lis powerful grip
on the machinery of our public affairs.
Within a few days we have witnessed
the spectacle of every Republican can
didate for the Legislature from thts
county going on record over his own
y signature in a solemn pledge to enact
laws "for the common good. These laws,
or pre posed laws, "will be aimed at the
niutoeracy. the reigning powers, the
"first families. The sentiment for re
lief from the oppressions of Portland's
numerous franchlse-grabbere and other
high financiers who must have their
pound of flesh, and from the' burden of
Its many social drones, "who rourt be fed
by honey from the hive of the common
toller, is overwhelming: and not a ln
gle office-seeker has the will, or the
courage, or the purpose, apparently, to
take an opposing view. Where are the
creatures of our local banking clique In
this large and varied array of legislat
ive candidates? Are there none? Does
any one suppose for a moment that the
banking monopoly, and the gas com
pany, and the street railways-, remain
passive under this mighty outburst of
public indignation and universal ex
pression of a determined purpose to
have a general reckoning? Oh, no.
Everybody knows better.
But It trill fare aaaly yUh the candi
date for the Lrsrtalstttire wise, premis
ing; esr thing: to the public on kin
honor. ahoiTK that lie baa bo bener or
stase of jmbllc er private duty by mak
Ingr a arcrrt bargain for any parpoac
with thr local plutocracy.
DR. HO UK ON JTtANCBXSEK.
The January Bulletin of the United
States Bureau of Labor contains an In
teresting report by Dr. F. C Howe
upon the progress and success of mu
nicipal ownership in Great Britain. In
the course of the report there is much
timely Information as to the real nature
and value of public-utility franchises
which the people of Portland 'are more
concerned with just now than with the
abstract question of municipal owner-
chip.
In England such franchise are grant
ed by Parliament only, and It has cost
the cities large sums. In many cases, to
get them out of private hands. Great
Britain is more tolerant of special privi
lege than America: at least we com
monly suppose so; but even In that
country the people cannot endure the
monopoly of the franchise-grabbers. To
hold the franchises the city muft oper
ate under them by English law; hence
municipal ownership has progressed
rapidly in that country. If In America
a city could not own and control a fran
chise without also owning the corre
sponding material property, we should
move much more swiftly than we do
toward municipal ownership; but we
are more happily situated.
The main point here for the present Is
to make municipal control of the fran
chises certain and effective. None must
be granted to private parties without
ample compensation, for they are valu
able property. None must be granted
without regulation, for they tend to
monopolistic tyranny; and such as have
slipped away gratis must be made to
share the public burdens by the exer
cise of the taxing power. Better yet.
perhaps, to restore all such to the city
by a prompt use of the right of eminent
domain.
The account which the Bulletin gives
of the enterprises "successfully carried
out by the London County Council
show what a municipality can accom
plish when It alms to further the public
good instead of private graft. For one
thing. It has worked out a complete
system of street railways. The lines
are only partly finished but last year
they paid the city nearly $1,000,000 gross
profit, though more than three-fourths
of the passengers rode on 1 and 2-cent
fares.
One is reluctant to admit that British
cities contain more honesty and busi
ness ability than our own. When the
time comes for municipal ownership
here we shall doubtless succeed with it
quite as well as they do abroad; but
for the present we are concerned with
the restoration of our plundered fran
chises and the protection of those which
we have not frittered away. One step
at a time is good municipal policy and
each advance. If made with discretion
and Judgment, prepares us for the
next. Of course, the next is merely a
question of time and expediency.
THK CONSUMER PAYS TIIK DILI.
The balmy breath of Spring will
lessen to a degree the suffering which
a coal famine entails on that portion of
the public which purchases its supplies
in lots of a scuttle-full at a time. In
this respect the present row between
coalmlners and mlneowners over wages
will not prove as serious as some cold
weather strikes of the past. But it
must not be inferred that the great
mass of consumers who are neither
coalmlners nor mlneowners arc to es
cape from the present trouble without
footing the bills. It Is apparent that
nearly all of the bituminous coalmlners
will be granted their reasonable de
mand for a restoration of the 1903 wage
scale, but from present Indications the
anthracite miners and mlneowners have
settled down to a struggle which may
be a very protracted one. Regardless
of which side Is victorious In the end.
the public must pay the bills. If the
mlneowners win out, and break up the
union, it will be accomplished only at
an enormously neavy cost for Imported
labor and expense of protecting labor
and property from the aggrieved strik
ers. No one is so foolish as to suppose
that old Moneybags, the mlneowner,
will use any of the enormous profits
which he has already wrung from the
consumer to make up this deficiency.
Instead he will make thi a pretext for
a slight Increase In the cost of the coal.
On the other band, if the miners win
out, there is an even better excuse for
elevating prices. If the demands of the
miners increase the cost of coal 2 cents
per ton, the mlneowners will take ad
vantage of the occasion and make a
greater advance. The owners have al
ready stored vast quantities of anthra
cite at convenient points where It can be
drawn on. This also will help somewhat
(from the owners' standpoint), for the
strike and the attendant, or rather al
leged, scarcity will offer an excuse for
an advance o everything that was
mined under the old schedule of rates.
In accordance with the immortal rule
of sympathy for the under dog in a
fight, the public will naturally sympa
thize with the strikers In the present
situation; and yet. if we eliminate sen
timent from the matater. we find the
great mass of consumers, who outnum
ber the strikers in the ratio of hundreds
to one, receiving the crossfire from a
labor monopoly on one side and a coal
monopoly on the other. "The greatest
good to the greatest number" Is an im
possibility under such conditions, and
Innocent parties, who, strictly speaking,
should be disinterested parties, are the
real sufferers from the conflict between
the two monopolies. Unless the situa
tion should become badly strained,
there Is not much likelihood of Govern
ment Interference. Labor has learned
much inec strikes came Into vogue,
and its affairs are te the Ksb of men
Trio can appreciate tfeat mb violence
weakea tbelr eae ui alienate tX
sympathy of the public The anthracite
workers, by reason of the comparative
ly restricted field of their operations
and the strength of their organisation,
will probably hold off until they can
perfect a combination with the owners
monopoly by which wages and coal will
receive a simultaneous advance.
It lt a noticeable fact that, while the
coal barons have given great publicity
to the numerous reasons why coal
should be high and wages low, and the
labor leaders have laid their grievances
before the President and the presiding
officers of both houses of Congress, no
one has yet appeared to ask relief for
the great army of consumers -who foot
the bills for coal miners and coal mil
lionaires with equal Impartiality and
silent submission. If their Interests are
ever considered In the matter, the duty
wil.1 again be removed from coal, and,
when these occasional conflicts between
labor monopolies and coal monopolies
occur, greater difficulty will be experi
enced In making the consumer foot the
bills.
A SURPRISING INTIMATION;.
The three besetting sins of the Na
tion, as applied to young men. are
scheduled by Fred B. Smith. Interna
tional secretary of the Young -Men's
Christian Association, as "Intemper
ance, gambling and impurity sins that
have causefi the downfall of every na
tion that has gone down to disgrace.
No one will take Issue with this work
er among young men upon this state
ment so manifestly is It a statement of
fact and of history. Nor 1? there any
question of the truth of tbefurtKer as
sertion of the secretary that the latter
sin of the baleful trio mentioned is
more widespread than both the others.
It i furthermore true, almost literally,
that any warning to young men upon
this topic, to be effective, must be given
in the first, or what Mr. Smith desig
nates as the "Ignorant." stage of moral
transgression.
If the Y. M. C A. has a distinctive
and a special mission that Is above all
other phases of Its endeavor, it lies
here. To the Implied reproach of press
and pulpit for failure to meet squarely
this question by discussing It as freely
as other subjects are discussed. Mr.
Smith himself ihakee adequate defense
in specifying that none but men shall
be admitted to his lecture-room when
he deals with this all-debasing sin.
Preachers may. and occasionally do,
call meetings for "men only" for the
purpose of sounding a needed warning
against the vice of social impurity: but
for obvious reasons the press must ob
serve silence apon the subject. "The
press does not discuss it with the free
dom it uses in tre-Uing other subjects,"
is the form in which this Indictment for
evasion of duty is returned. To this
the press, "a great force for morality."
must plead guilty, with the reservation
that It serves the cause of morality in
so doing. Its audience Is the public
without distinction of age or sex. To
discuss a subject that a man finds it
necessary to present to an audience of
"men only." through columns that are
read in the family circle. Is so mani
festly out of the question that It is sur
prising that a man who confines his
presentment of the subject to an exclu
sive audience will even intimate that
the failure of pulpit and press to dis
cuss It openly is a dereliction of duty.
Let the agents of the Y. M. C. A.
pursue this work boldly; sound this
warning to young men repeatedly; urge
it upon their attention strenuously. It
Is their province to do this; they can
find a way to do it effectively.
OUR SCHOOLS THEN AND NOW.
A novel but quite effective test of the
methods and results of teaching In our
common schools of today and those of
sixty years ago has recently been made.
In an old garret in Springfield. Mass.,
a set of examination papers used In the
ninth grade of the schools of that city
In October, 1S6, were found. Upon
these the pupils secured at that time
an average of 40.6 In spelling and 29.4
In arithmetic. The test consisted In
giving these identical papers to the pu
pils of a similar grade In other schools.
The results showed a marked Increase
in the proficiency of pupils. At Great
Falls, Monu. for example, an average
of 50.4 was scored on these papers In
spelling, and 79.5 in arithmetic. Of the
competing pupils, forty-one scored 100
In the latter branch.
The contrast between this result and
that obtained at Springfield sixty yeans
agoiJ striking. Still, when we come to
compare the methods of teaching at
that time with present methods; to
compare the text-books used In schools
and to consider the helpfulness of the
public libraries that are adjuncts of
school work in every town of a few
thousand Inhabitants In these days, the
difference is by no means surprising.
It would, indeed, be strange If the sci
ence of pedagogics had not advanced
with the growth In every other dlrec
Hon In three-fifths of a century. The
schoolhouse of that era, as I; lives in
description and still to some extent In
memory, bears little resemblance to the
schoolhouse of the present time. It had
then, as It has now, a roof, four walls
and a floor. There the similarity be
tween the two censes. American school
books of sixty years ago were written
In the same language In which those of
the present are written; then, as now.
they Inculcated the lessons of industry
and patience, but here the similarity
between them ends. Teachers of the
olden time were fitly described as
"brisk wieldera of the birch and rule";
now the birch Is a forbidden element
of teaching and the "rule" applies
strictly to technical matters.
Since nothing In this world remains
stationary, this movement In public
school equipment and methods Is the
natural one. Growth describes a for
ward and not a retrograde movement,
and the advance in our school methods
and results Is the thing logically ex
pected. There Is no evidence that the
pupils in the Springfield schools sixty
years ago were not as studious and as
bright as are those In the schools of
the present to whom this tet of rela
tlve proficiency was given. The differ
ence Is In opportunity, in equipment
and In methods. If the better showing
haa not been made by the pupils of the
public chools of the present, then In
deed would we have had cause to doubt
the efficacy of what la called our mod
ern scliool system.
Is this old man in hiding on the Shep
ard estate, on the Hudson, the same
emlling. affable, eelf-satirfltd man who
went gaily to Europe a few years ago
and returned with a bride of lesa than
one-half his years? That man. It Is re
called, was Chauncey Depew. railroad
magnate. Insurance aaaatsHt-laVer. an as
pirant fer the UaKei. State Sesate, a
witty after -Jr speaker, a thwBgjr
ly Mf-satisfied maa. Tate ma
Chauncey Depew also, a United States
Senator la name, but discredited la hfe
office. The former Caauneey Depew
had a bride, but this roan has no wife,
though death has not invaded his
household. At least he Is alone except
for "hired caretakers." His name Is
no longer powerful In railway circles,
and it has been miserably discredited
by an Insurance investigation. And to
ctowu all, no invitation to a banquet
comes to this Chauncey Depew. to be
repaid by a facetious speech at Us close.
Clearly this must be a question of mis
taken Identity, and the man in hiding
back of Corborough-on-Hudson is not
Chauncey Depew, but merely a desert
ed, disappointed, disgraced old man
masquerading under that long-familiar
name. -
"The Ideal that we formed at our
mother's knee is the highest we will
form in all our lives." said Rev. Father
O'Reilly, of Cleveland. In addressing the
National Council of Women at Toledo
on Sunday. -He also stated that woman
was created to be the helpmate, not the
rival, of man. It Is not stated how
these vlewa were received by the Coun
cil of Women, bat they will strike a
responsive chord In the hearts of mil
lions who never wish to see the sanc
tity of the home Invaded or disturbed
by the stern problems which the
stronger sex are forced to solve. The
womanly woman who reigns "with a
wand of love In a peaceful home has a
greater influence on the progress of the
world than he will ever attain In the
political arena. There is more than a
modicum of truth In the statement that
"the hand that rocks the cradle Is the
hand that rules the world."
A telegram from Harbin to a Moscow
paper stating that hostilities between
the Russian and Chinese troops are im
minent Is termed "ser.attonal." In
view of the trend of affairs on the Man-
churlan border since peace was estab
lished between Japan and Russia, it is
not at all sensational or surprising to
learn that trouble Is brewing. Despite
the severe drubbing administered by
Japan, the Muscovite has been pushing
his lines a little farther Into territory
the exact status of which has not yet
been made sufficiently clear to warrant
Russia in claiming It. This advance
has been viewed by China with growing
resentment.
One physician can. If he will, do more
than half a dozen preachers In keeping
young men from an evil life. Word-
pictures of the lake of everlasting fire
have not so great a retarding Influ
ence as they once bad. but a living Il
lustration of the results of a life of li
centiousness will make any boy think
twice before he starts on a Similar
course. Every physician has countless
opportunities to point out to young men
marked examples of promising lives
wrecked and ruined. Contemplation of
disease-afflicted body and mind will
have more effect than the thought of a
possible sin-sick soul.
County Courts and Road Supervisors
might get a valuable bint from the pol
icy adopted by the railroads In replac
ing bridge approaches with fills. Wher
ever practicable, the O. R- Sz X. and
Southern Pacific are shortening their
bridges' by making earth fills at the
ends. It Is explained that the ordinary
life of a bridge is seven to ten years.
and at the end of that time the bridge
must be renewed at a cost of $7 to 510
a lineal foot. From SO cents to 51 a lin
eal foot Is required annually for main
tenance. A fill once made Is permanent
and requires but little expenditure for
maintenance.
One never can estimate how far-
reaching a financial disaster may be
come. Jay Cooke, the famous banker.
whose house backed the Northern Pa
cific Railway in its earliest days, once
owned Castle Rock and expressed the
Intention early In the 70s of fijrfng the
American flag from its top the day the
railroad was finished, but the panic of
1S73 carried him down. Except for that
disaster, the Pacific Northwest would
not now be indignant over the proposed
destruction of this natural monument
for commercial purposes.
Agitator Titus loudly calls on the
public to deem the Idaho suspects Inno
cent until they are found guilty, and he
proceeds to find guilty everybody else
connected with the affair but the pris
oners. It seems to be a peculiar fall
ing of the socialistic propaganda that
windbags like Titus are listened to
eagerly and applauded vehemently: yet
the Socialists profess to wonder that in
the public mind they are usually
classed with anarchists.
The message to Dowle was not exact
ly of a religious nature, but It probably
contained considerable more truth than
the expelled "Elijah" made use of when
he was inveigling his victims Into the
Zlon project. The old man's sphere of
usefulness is not yet ended, however,
for there is an ever-widening market
for gold bricks, and his success In rais
ing millions for Zlon City has proven
hlx ability as a high financier of
class A.
Lucy Parsons, a prominent female
anarchist, in a speech at the Herr Most
exercise at New York on Sunday,
made the statement that from the pres
ent state of -unrest In the country "will
he born the surly child of liberty." If
the expected "child of liberty" Is cursed
with anarchists of the Parsons-Goldman-Most
type for parents, it will In
deed not only be "surly," but It will be
unreasonable, erratic and with a dis
eased mind.
Two of the largest engines on the O,
R. & N. road are now burning oil for
fuel, and all of the other engines on this
division will be changed to oil burners
as rapidly as possible. Oil is a much
cheaper fuel than coal, and Puget
Sound's old claim to an advantage over
Portland by reason of cheap fuel Is at
last disproved quite effectually and for
all time.
If Mr. Th. Gabbert wHl Inform The
Oregonlan when, where or how It ap
proved the course of Mr. CorweJI in re
fusing to sign statement No. 1. It. will
cheerfully give space to another letter
from him. much as Us columns are
crowded by interesting matter.
A few weeks ago some of the candi
dates for office were tumbling over each
other to declare themselves staack ad
vocates of Roosevelt's rate Wit Won
der if they Intended to iaelade the
araesdment that Roosevelt feu new
prepssed.
The Rsscta pa Wee tvaTe-asniacated
Ta-lstoi's latest iM.mpfe.lst. "is tt Teai
Wtr rlsoUy It waaet'r,
THE SILVER LINING.
By A. H. BaKard.
Faith.
We like to scheme:
Ah. it Is sweet.
To plan and dream.
And visions, greet;
Although 'Us hard to make ends meet;
The trouble Is we've always got to ear.
The maid and boy
Join hand la hand.
There's no such Joy
In alt the land
As loving wife and fond husband
The trouble Is we've always got to eat.
Some actors give
Their lives for fame.
But cannot live
And play the game
On glory and a great, big name
The troubla is we've always got to eat-
The millionaire
Is luckless, too:
His bounteous fare
To hint's taboo'
He's got dyspepsia through and
through
The trouble is we've always got to eat.
The warxTring tramp
Wakes In a loft;
He views his camp.
And. resting soft.
Munches the scraps that he has scoffed
The trouble Is we've always got to eat.
He writes his books
To praise her race
Her beauteous looks.
Engirt with lace:
But when she starts to feed her face!
The trouble Is we've always got to eat.
When hunser comes
Illusion goe.
In all life's sums
Nobody knows
How much this little factor shows
The trouble Is we've always got to eat,
Many people do not live anywhere. They
are Just staying.
Don't get Impatient
sure. Be swift. But be
An actor Is the surest-sighted pfrson
alive. He cannot see anyone but him
self, no matter which way he looks. Like
wise an actress.
Do you like people who have the spade
habit? who leaving nothing unturned or
unnamed when they leave a subject?
Our inability to understand each others'
circumstances Is responsible for nearly
.all our harsh conclusions,
The typical St. Petersburg girl Is bril
liant: the Buda-Pesth girl Is regal: the
London girl Is docile: the Madrid sirl Is
coquettish: the Berlin girl is logy; the
Gwazee girl is dazzling: the Tokio girl
is doll-like: the Rangoon girl is hot
proposltlony: the Cairo girl Is dreamy:
the New York girl Is willowy; the Boston
girl is educational: the Philadelphia girl
Is eucumbcrisb; the Baltimore girl Is
pretty; the New Orleans girl Is musical;
the Albany girl Is aristocratic: the Syra
cuse girl Is fast: the Rochester girl Is
Imitative; the Buffalo girl Is up-to-date;
the Chicago clrl Is statuesque: the St
Louis girl Is beautiful; the Cincinnati girl
is woozy: the Toledo girl Is dressy: the
Detroit girl Is domestic; the Galveston
girl is consumptive: the San Francisco
girl la flashy: the Victoria girl Is ath
letic; the Seattle girl Is wise; the Portland
girl Is stagey.
Definitions.
(Tips on the Race of Life.)
WATCH Something you can never keep
on a woman.
CHAIR Made for one and holds two,
LACE CURTAINS An outward and
visible sign of an Inward and spiritual
grace.
ETES Woman's chief weapon of at
tack.
NOSE The seat of a woman's Instinct.
MOUTH Something made to be kissed
and not to look cross.
BROW Something made to look noble
and not to scowl.
LIPS Something made to smile and not
to slander.
EARS Something made to bear good
words and not to listen to vile reports.
CLEAN A generous mind Is usually
dean.
GODLY Just a step above being clean.
SNUB An acknowledgment of the
snubee's superiority.
Very Few Swiss Emigrants.
Everybody's.
Whether we like or dislike the admis
sion. we shall confess. It we know them
intimately, that the Swiss fare exceed
Ingly well. In Switzerland are no trusts,
no criminal conspiracies of capital, no
"systems." no Standard OU Companies,
no advancing and swelling money autoc
racles to corrupt the courts and seize the
government, no special enactments for
favored speculators, no purchased elec
tions, no political bosses, no crooked
Congressmen, no greasy Senators elected
by the railroad companies, no public of
ficers maintained by thieving corpora
tions. no Aldriches. no Depews. no Platts,
no Forakers. no persons that In the least
resemble this precious crew. In Switzer
land Is no gang of public plunderers op
erating under the shield of the govern
ment, no theft of the public lands, no
exchange of campaign subscriptions for
government favor, no John u. Rockefel
lr. no H. H. Rogers, no Orden Arraour.
nc Plerpont Morgan on a great scale or
a small la none of these nor lucely to te,
Finally, in Switzerland Is no menace that
tne country's resources win do &osorDe
bv a few Individuals, no tremendous
threatf the accumulative power of great
fortune. It Is no 'wonder that the Swiss
stay at home.
CURRENT COMMENT CLIPPINGS
How It tnakts the mind of a Kansas Popu
list TrandeT back to the Joyous days or
to hear the reforms proposed now br era!
ntat Republican gentlesnea. Top-fix Stat
J en real (Ind. Rep.).
A Losdos doctor declares that the slsht
air Is free from microbes and b-ntflclal to
the-! who hreathe It, Perhaps he U la tha
Tiablt of stsylsr out lata asd haa nsM up
all tha other exeese. Chlcaxo Record
Herald.
The exact sirslflcasce cf Treasurer Bliss'
rtfeaal to look at hi owa sfrnatnre eoa
tlnaea to ponle people. The raost to ha
mads out of It t that If an uapleaaact
subject In the hlxhest political circles.
Eyrlnxflslt Republican (Ind.).
The public ares cannot too often, too a;en
eratlr or too sererelr denounce the third
decree" practice of the police authorities la
the cities of this country. Tha methods
adepte are often z&ean and crueL asd the?
are aa lDc!y to defeat as to serve juruce.
Kochestsr Deiaocrat asd Chronicle.
Tha HTolBUniLry war jrsdseed ess
Llrateasaat-General Wasfetartos; the War
of 1812. aa: tha aCexleas War. : tha
ClxZl Wtr. three- Oenarata Grastc fifeenaas.
fee?Hac State 1M4 there have bees
LtasMMat-Ges. the Has haa vote ta
twa mora ad ta-tr arc IS eatMlMate
oa tax wattbv Hi. CM It awtl SwCalo
Osasairrtst (Xa.).
CURRENT COMMENT.
Brother Crafts' Frantc These are sad
and gloomy days for our old friend, the
Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, of the Interna
tional Reform Bureau. A few days, ago
we had a letter from him In which, dis
cussing the ruling of the postal authori
ties that the matter sent out by bis or
ganization was not entitled to free
transit through the stalls, he showed
how there bad been other "abuses quite
aa bad as that on which the Internation
al Reform Bureau throve. "If." Brother
Crafts says, "the new ruling Is right, all
these have erred together, but In good
faith, and only the thoughtless or the
unjust will blame the Reform Bureau
for following such illustrious and unchal
lenged precedents." 'The reference here
Is to the matter sent out by political
committees. The cases do not seem to
be quite the same, or at least ars not
thought to be the same by those in au
thority. For there seems to have been
law enough to stop the use of the frank
by Mr. Crafts. While In the case of party
committees It seems that new legislation
necessary. And. as we have already
noted, there aeems to be some hope that
this abuse will now be done away with.
Wo shall all have to pay postage when
we wish to use the malls, and even Mr.
Crafts will, we feel sure, be happier when
he realizes that his bureau is free from
the danger Involved in the possession
f a pull. Nothing is mors encouraging
than the growing feeling that people
ought to pay for whatever they get. and
totr dawning belief that they should pay
no more than the thing is worth. We
hope Mr. Overstreet will push this re
form. Indianapolis News.
Pah He Enemies. This popular exulta
tion over tho Rogers incident reveals
how widespread Is tho perception of the
actual relation of these buccaneers of
business to the community. They are
Immensely wealthy, but they do not cre
ate wealth. What others earn they man
age, inside and outside the law. to grab.
and when the plundered wealth-producers
cry out against the robbery, the pirates
raise a counter cry that the rights of
property are being menaced by "social
Ism" and "anarchy." The people's In
stinct Is true. When the law overcomes
the resistance of a Rogers, or sends
Rockefeller into concealment, that Is In
effect a pillory, or otherwise demonstrates
that society is moro powerful than any
of Its members, however rich and un
scrupulous, a victory worth while has
been achieved, for it is a foretaste of
what is coming. Soon or late, the law
will reach the freebooters of the trusts
as readily as it now reaches lesser crim
lnals. The pervasive satisfaction In
spired by the compulsory surrender of
Rogers Is proof of how clearly the Amer
lean people see such men to be what
they are public enemies. New York
American.
A-rrakeaed. Conscience. The convlc-
of David E. Shcrrick. State Auditor of
Indiana, of embezzlement is reported to
be a great shock to the local politicians.
It is regarded as a public indorsement of
Governor Hanly. who removed Sherrlck
from office and who is of the reform
type of officials who have been coming
to the front during the past year or
two. The spirit which prompted the ver
diet at Indianapolis was the same which
supported Governor Folk in Missouri and
Weaver of Philadelphia. Sherrlck was
convicted of embezzling $120,000. It is
conceded that Sherrlck merely followed
out the practice, which hod become es
tabllshed In Indiana, of renting out pub
lic funds for his private gain. That is.
the audltorshlp was one of the "snaps
of the party In power. It was one of
the places by. which useful party workers
or "good fellows'' were rewarded. The
candidate was nominated and elected In
the expectation that he would make
good thing out of the office outside of
the salary. Just as the register's office
and sheriffs office. In Kings County, used
to be rich rewards for party workers
under the fee system. Brooklyn Eagle.
Decline of Conner-vallum. Since 189S
radicalism rampant has ruled the Demo
cratic party to Its undoing. The old
prophets are discredited, the old. traditions
nuiuned. it is not a sane radicalism,
such as has marked the Roosevelt wing
of the Republican party, but a dangerous
extreme of rebellion against the existing
order that makes the great mass of
Americans pauso and fear tho result.
The new leaders of the Democracy are
misled by the noisy demonstration, of the
few Into the belief that the masses or
Americans are with them heart and soul
m this policy of radicalism- Such is
not the case. The homely advice of old
Davy Crockett "Be sure you are right
then go ahead Is the guiding principle
of the majority of our people. We must
make haste slowly to progress at all. Our
people have on more than one occasion
shown that they will not follow a head
long and Impulsive radicalism. San An
tonlo Express.
Halted HoasecIeanlBjc In Xevr York.
The Republican "housedeanlng" In
New York, which started In last January
with such a rattling of pans and nourish
olS mopsttcks, appears to have got no
farther than the Speakers chair In the
Assembly. Odell still remains chairman
of the state committee, and says he has
"nothing to worry about," The city com
mittee. which was "reorganized" under
chairman plcKed out try tne national
Administration, has Just rejected almost
unanimously the reformer's scheme for
direct nominations. Piatt and Depew are
still acting as "assistant presidents" or
dictators to the President In the matter
of New York appointments. None of the
money taken from life Insurance treas
uries through what Judge O'SuIlivan calls
arccny" has yet Jjecn restored to the
companies by Chairman Cortelyou or
Treasurer Bliss. Scrubbing the front
steps may be a good beginning, but It Is
not "houseclcanlng. Boston Herald.
A Democratic Advaataite. The Dem
cratlc capacity for blundering Is another
consolation to anxious Republicans; but
Democrats have unlltcd to win before
and they may not Improbably do so
again. They wiirenter the campaign with
at least one rcry considerable advantage
the growing eentlmcnt against "pluto
cracy" will be with them rathflr than
with their opponents'. Perhaps it is this
aspect of the esse, after all. that requires
the most ser!ois consideration from the
present majority party. Providence (R.
L) Journal.
Chance for Sensible Democrat. If the
time is really propitious for tha Demo
crats, their strong men should improve
the opportunity in these coming nomina
tions. The house is a good place for
the making of reputations, and the next
House wilt organize on the eve of a
presidential campaign of extraordinary
moment and certain to be filled with un
usual features. And the Democratic
presldental candidate Is not as yet Indi
cated. The right man In the House
might outbid both Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Hearst, Washington Star.
One .Vle-rr or Socialism. X Hearst
campaign for the presidency will make
the Bryan campaigns seem almost a con
servative movement. The time Is riper
for Hearst than it was for Bryan, for
the people are even more eager for re
volt than in 1SS and 1500. And. we will
vesture the prediction that if socialism
becomes formidable In the northern re
public between trie present year and 1908
there will be seen a remarkable move
ment of American capital In Mexico. This
country will become a refuge from the
rising tide of Socialism, an asylum for
the badly frightened men of property. The
silver bugbear no longer exists here;
xaeaetary reform has becotne a fixed
fact: the traditional resyect for property
Is unchallenged by any party or faction,
and the Government f? strong and thor
oughly conservative. Bryan in HfcVS frlght
ed hhk &ovli lata eressteg the Rio
Gran4e. A BocJaKatie ctuspalga p north
la' 3M wvfttd seat hdre4c ef men of
wealth aeroMrtke horsier where Me came
M years . Kexlea Herald.
AMERICAN JSIDE-UGHTS.
(Mrs. Cralgle In London Chronicle.)
Idleness is unpopular In the States: no
man. however rich, will ever retire glad
ly from work. He dies, as a rule, of over
work and overworry.
The ostentatious display of wealth is
going out of fashion. The building of
great palaces no longer excites undue
wonder. The payment of vast sums for
Jewels and objects of art has ceased to
amuse the mob. Prodigious entertain
ments at a fabulous cost have proved so
tiresome that the richest would as soon
die as give them, and the most vulgar no
longer wish to read about them.
I think American women spend more
money on clothes and gems than any
other women In the world, if we except
the wives of rich Orientals'. It is not the
least astonishing feature of American life
to find this Orientalism showing Itself In
raco so strongly Identl.. with the
Puritans.
The condition of New York and Chi
cago now is precisely the condition or
old Venice, old Florence and old -Athens.
These- great cities were brought to per
fection by the wealth of their own mer
chants in times of peace. The actual
temperament of tho American people Is
not a day older than the 16th or l"th cen
tury. Their very faces and features sug
gest the old masters; I saw people con
stantly who might have been the originals
of portraits by Rembrandt, by Holbein, by
Botticelli or by Jan Steen. Among the
young girls I noticed types of counte
nances which we associate with tho
French beauties before the Revolution
that same combination of delicacy and
vivacity and frailty.
An American is willing to try" any ex
periment. He has not the least fear of
falling: he takes failures as so many-
steps toward an ultimate success. This
accounts for their enterprise In business
and the fortunes made by men even after
a long succession of reverses.
"What Brings Success?
Sir Frederick Treves, the eminent Brit
ish surgeon, in a recent address to tha
students of Aberdeen University, gave ex
pression to some home truths that are
worth a reference. He denied that suc
cess was due to money, social position.
Influence, luck or genius. After this gen
eral inclusion one might wonder what
remained: but this clear-headed thinker
amply demonstrated that there are other
and more reliable qualifications. Money
he deprecated as a tendency to leisure:
social position and Influence, he claimed.
were not conducive to success because of
their artificiality and unpermanence, and
luck he regarded as nothing more than
opportunity coming to a man prepared.
The man who would wait for a stroke of
luck before beginning an enterprise would
more probably receive a stroke of paraly
sis. Genius, he asserted, was not a
marked attribute of those who have
scaled fame's heights. Their victory
came, in most instances, through slow,
dogged, persistent work. What was real
ly needed for success, lie held, was
health, serviceable knowledge, sympathy.
Industry and honesty. The profession of
Journalism can readily appreciate th?
truth of the conclusions of Sir Frederick,
particularly the relevancy of his nega
tions: for in no other profession is a man
so absolutely compelled to stand on his
own two feet. Influence, social standing,
or money, either, or all. may secure ad
vancement and preferment In other voca
tions; but In Journalism they are worth
less. Summarized briefly, his conclusions
are in accord with the views of President
Roosevelt, who has publicly said that the
characteristics he greatly desires in a
citizen are sweetness and strength.
Town People Shorter-Lived.
Sir James C Brewne In the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
That the townsman Is shorter-lived than
the countryman Is incontrovertible. Dr.
Tatham calculated that in the rural dis
tricts of England the average expectation
of life at birth is 51.13 years for males and
ol.Ot for females, whereas in Manchester
it Is only 2S.7S for males and 23.67 for fe
males, which means that each male has to
sacrifice 10.4S years, or 29 per cent, of his
life, and each female 9.82 years, or 34 per
cent, of her life for the privilege of being
born In an urban area. To show the so
cial waste involved in such heavy mortal
ity. It is enough to point out that 100,000
males born in Manchester would be re
duced to 62,326, and 100.000 females to 66.323
in five years; while in the healthy dis
tricts it would take 50 and 4S years, re
spectively, to bring about the same re
duction. Clearly the concentration of the
population produces a prodigious drain on
the vitality of the people, another indica
tion of which is supplied by Dr. Shrub
shall's observation that town life tends to
extinguish the fair-haired Scandinavian
and Teutonic elements In our people,
which are giving way before the bru
nette elements of Southern derivation.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS
"Why did you leave your last place""
asked the lady of the house. "They quarrelled
too much, mum." said the cook. "About
whatr "Generally the cooking-, mum."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Sentimental Touth (to partner, shaken by a
paaslnff tremor) Oh. I hope you don't feel
cold? She Not at all. thanks. Only "Tho
gray bocc walking over my grave." Senti
mental Youth (with effusion) Happy gocee.
Punch.
"Which would you rather be. a lesislator
or an author?" "A lesrtslator." answered th
brlsht youn? man. "The product? of his
mind enjoy the dignity of resting In a pigeon
hole Instead of blnjr ruthlessly consigned to
th waste basket." Washington Star.
Teas Cholly Is too stupldt Jest In particu
lar? Teas Why. we were at the beach at the
same time last Summer, and when I said I
wanted to leam to swim he said I couldn't
fool him that he had seen me swim the
Summer before. American Spectator.
Ragged Richard De woman up t' dat house
Insulted me. Tattered Thomas How wus
dat? Raicred Richard She asked me ef I
wauzn't one uv dem guy wot write poetry.
Tattered Thorns Dat settles It. Dere ain't
nuthln left fer youse f do but (fit a hair
cutr Chicago Daily New.
THE BANKERS CHORUS.
HIS
MASTER 5
VOICE
to a well-known talklnr
machlne.) Jfow. Jack. It's time we understood
Just where we are you're sure to the good;
W"v coughed up better than other folks
would.
Sans; Adams and Billy and Joe.
Tour rag Is becoming a false alarm,
Wc find you are doing the cause much
harm.
Ton would better return to that Pendleton
farm.
Santr Adams and Billy and Joe.
You failed to put up any fight for Gas.
A fine state of affairs has come to pass
Ton big. long-eared Incoasldarate 'ass,
8aag Adams and Billy and Joe.
We fell down hard on. our fighting cock.
And theylt aeon put Johnson under lock.
And we're mighty sure to recalve a shock,
Sang Adams and Silly and. Jaa.
Ifa all very alca to ay,aHis wslV
Bat (MB w threa'll crawl (ate our shell.
Asd cloi oar vecxetbee-ka tighter than
H altfax.
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