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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906.
NATIONALITY AND LOYALTY.
Noting that the British societies of
Portland were to observe the anniver
sary of Queen Victoria's birthday, "An
American" puts this question to The
Oregonlan, and requests an answer:
Can a man be a good Briton and a good
American at the .same time? Can a man be
loyal to the King and the Constitution of the
United State?
Certainly. A man can be a good
Briton and a good American at the
same time. And a good Italian and a
good American. And a good German
and a good American. And a good
Scandinavian and a good American.
And since this Inquiry comes from an
Irish source a good Irishman and a
-Rood American. Has our friend ever
hear of "the parliament of man, the
federation of the world"?
Are we to expect the true Briton or
the true Frenchman, who comes to
America, to forget his origin, to re
nounce his kindred over the seas?
How long since we all of us, or our
near ancestors came from the various
countries of Europe?
Again, from the Old World we have
the groundwork or base, and most of
the superstructure, of all our achieve
ment In art, morals, law, literature,
government and civilization. The
Briton dominated the main forces of
that part of the New World which has
expanded and grown Into the Nation
known as the United States; There are
ties of law, of language, of custom, of
morals, of literature, of culture, through
ages, that- unite and connect us with
the people of the British Islands. We
do not like their government, for It is
not suited to us In the position we oc
cupy, and therefore we have made our
own government. But we have taken
the principles of our government main
ly from the government of England, as
modified by the commonwealth, under
Cromwell, and later by the revolution
of 16SS; and It is not our most observ
ant or thoughtful citizens who question
most whether the United Kingdom,
though nominally a monarchy. Is not
quite as fully devoted to the principles
of rational freedom as the United
States.
A man therefore can be a good Briton
and a good American at the same time.
A man may be broad enough to be one
or the other, whether he be a citizen
of one country or the other. These
countries have not been at war with
each other for nearly 100 years. It is
quite Impossible they should ever be
at war with each other again. Though
the American prefers his own country,
yet in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland he feels at home,
more than elsewhere, when abroad.
Through language, customs, laws, liter
ature and morals, he is in touch there
with, those whom he understands and
by whom he la understood. The Amer
ican in England, or the Englishman in
America, has no fear or dread. One
may be loyal to the memory of his na
tive state or country, and yet loyal to
the government of another as our Confederates-are
now loyal to the United
States. We do not object when natives
of Great Britain, domiciled here, cele
brate Queen Victoria's birthday. It Is a
eentlmental expression on their part,
that does honor to them. In It there Is
no thought of antagonism to the United
States. They are better citizens of our
country, through these recollections of
their old home. We should say the
same of the French in America, who
celebrate every year the regeneration of
France, through the Revolution; or of
the Italians In America, who descant
upon the glories of Italian unity and
Independence, and dwell in their. dinner
oratory on the splendor of the charac
ters of Mazzini.Cavour, Garibaldi and
Victor Emmanuel. Only, since we are
more nearly and directly identified with
the English people, through descent,
law, custom, literature and Jurispru
dence, there are . stronger bonds be
tween them and us; and if there were
nothing else, our Constitution, framed
on English precedents, and Shakes
peare. Milton and the English Bible,
will hold us together. In spite of all
small differences. We do. not like each
other In all things; but at least we un
derstand each other and are able there
fore to rely on each other, as no other
two nations In the world can; and that
Is a great matter.
St. Petersburg advices state that the
Russian government is "hesitating"
about the resolution to grant partial
amnesty. There is an old proverb re
garding the fate of the man who hesi
tates, and there is considerable evi
dence that it Is highly appropriate in
the case of Russia. The Czar has ap
parently learned nothing by the experi
ence of the past, and he Is either In
capable of or unwilling to understand
the gravity of the crisis which confronts
hLs empire. The people of that blood
drenched land have certainly been
long-suffering and mild to a degree sur
prising to the entire civilized world.
That they are close to the limit of en
durance la now quite evident, and any.
hesitation on the part of the Czar will
be followed by a climax that will result
in a new government for Russia.
THE BARLOW TOILROAD GRAFT.
Mr. U'Ren gives good reasons, in a
communication printed today, why the
scheme to sell the Barlow tollroad to
the state should fail. The road Is not
worth it, and the present owners have
given an option to sell for 18000 to cer
tain promoters who propose to turn
It over to the state for $24,000, re
alizing to themselves a .net profit of
$16,000. - These are reasons enough to
defeat this pretty Job. But there are
better reasons, and one of them is that
the state ought not to go Into the toll
road business, or Into the business of
building or maintaining such public
highways. If we buy the Barlow toll
road, we shall be called upon to buy
every other tollroad In Oregon that for
any reason is little traveled or un
profitable to its owners, or that affords
a chance to work a handsome graft. "
It may be assumed that the few peo
ple who live along the Barlow road are
sincere In their desire to have the state
take it off the hands of the present
owners, so that the toll may be removed
and the tax -on . the farmers avoided.
But that is a problem for the commu
nity to solve for Itself, not the 6tate
for them. - To buy the Barlow road for
$24,000 is an imposition and a swindle.
To buy it for $8000 would be a mistake.
To go Into the tollroad business on any
terms would be sheer folly, and would
lead to consequences that the taxpay
ers, who would have to foot this bill
and- all others like it, would never cease
to regret.
LOCAL AND NATION AX ISSUES.
Among the merits of the Oregon sys
tem of making nominations by direct
vote of the people there Is one which
will bear mentioning over and -over
again. It Is this: Our method has
taken the control of political partres out
of the hands of the bosses and given it
to the voters. Every candidate is such
because the people have given , him a
direct and particular call. It can never
become necessary, therefore, for the
members' of a political party to de
sert its ranks on election day in order
to rebuke corrupt bosses for thrusting
unworthy candidates forward. There
are no bosses. If there 6till exist men
who long to play the part of bosses,
their wings are clipped; their power 19
shorn. If the candidates are unworthy,
the people have nobody to blame for It
but themselves; and to desert their
party because they have selected one or
more candidates who do not seem sat
isfactory would be fatuous. It would
be neither rational nor manly. So
much may be said upon a general mat
ter which in this campaign Is purely
academic; for, by common consent, the
candidates nominated by the Republi
can party in Oregon are fit in regard to
their personal character or their abili
ties. No question can arise of deserting
the party to show disapproval of any
particular candidate any more than to
rebuke imaginary bosses.
What possible reason could be as
signed, then, why any Republican voter
should decline to support the nominees
of his party In the approaching elec
tion? The only one which has been ad
vanced is the alleged fact that this
campaign "depends upon issues purely
local; it affects no National Interest; it
involves no National question." This Is
a strange argument to use to entice Re
publicans away from their own party
and into that of the Democrats. Let us
state it a little more clearly. Stripped
to the bones, It runs thus: "It makes
no difference In this campaign whether
a man is a Democrat or a Republican;
therefore all Republicans should turn
Democrats." Surely this Is the strang
est logic which has ever appeared out
side the walls of a lunatic asylum. "I
had as lief be alive as dead," said the
Irishman to his friend. "Then why
don't you kill yourself?" Inquired the
friend. "Why, bedad, because It makes
no difference," Pat replied.
The Republican voter might say the
same thing to his Democratic tempter.
If it makes no difference which party
he belongs to, why should he change?
But it does make a difference, and a
very great one. Those who assert that
National issues are not involved In this
campaign perpetrate a serious misstate
ment of fact. The campaign involves
both local and National questions. The
matters purely local are the referendum
upon the appropriation bill, the five
amendments to the constitution and the
five initiative proposals. Upon these
every voter may express his private
opinion without reference to party.
They are not party measures. - Some
Republicans will favor those which
other Republicans reject, and the same
may be said of Democrats. Neither
party has presumed to attempt to dic
tate to its members how they shall
think or vote upon these local ques
tions. ' They are left, as they should be,
entirely to the Individual intelligence
and conscience. But there are also Na
tional qustlons Involved in the cam
paign, and very important, ones. In re
gard to these, members of theB.epub
llcan party are under obligations to
consider how their votes will affect the
country as a whole and how they bear
upon those great problems which the
President and his supporters In Con
gress have undertaken to solve.
The paramount National Issue before
the voters of this state is the question
whether Oregon approves or disap
proves the course which Mr. Roosevelt
has pursued with regard to the rail
roads and the trusts. Is Oregon with
the President in this matter, or is it
against him? If we are with Roosevelt,
how shall we show It T Does It mean
approval to send men to Congress who
will oppose his measures as Democrats
certainly will and must? Does it mean
approval to designate by popular vote a
Democratic Senator who will be bound
by every principle of party faith and
loyalty to oppose the President and his
party upon National questions? Does It
mean approval to elect a Democratic
Governor who would certainly till a pos
sible Senatorial vacancy with a parti
san of his own political faith? On the
other hand. If the people of Oregon wish
to show that they reject Mr. Roose
velt's policies, how can they do it?
How do the people always show disap
proval of National .policies; by voting
for the party which sustains them, or
against it? Do we express approval of
a policy by voting against the party
which advocates it? If that is really
our method of expressing approval, how
do we express disapproval? If by elect
ing the Democratic ticket or any part
of it we shall prove that Mr. Roose
velt's policy suits us, how should we go
to work to prove that it did not suit us?
. It is a new rule that the Democratic
candidates have laid down to guide our
political conduct In this campaign, and
an exceedingly strange one. "Vote
against the candidates whose principles
you approve and for those whose prin
ciples you abhor." That Is the novel
rulp which we are to obey. It is a rule
which was never heard of before, and
one may reasonably predict that it will
never be heard of again after this cam
paign is over.
SEATTLE'S HANDICAP.
Confession by the Seattle merchants
that they are unable to meet competi
tion of the Portland merchants In the
Alaskan trade, even with a differential
of $1.50 per ton In their favor, has occa
sioned considerable surprise and much
speculation as to the reasons why they
demand so much more than even terms
In the commercial race. The reasons
are many, and, taken Individually or
collectively, they offer ample explana
tion for Portland's supremacy in any
trade field where our merchants have
anything like an even chance with com
petitors. Beginning with the "plant,"
whether It is owned or rented by the
Jobber, the Seattle man is under a very
large handicap on account of the exces
sive valuation of land, or the exorbitant
rents which must be collected by the
landlords in order to make a profit of
consequence on the Investment. The
largest Seattle Jobbing house in the
Alaska trade occupies quarters which,
under the excessive real estate values
prevailing in Seattle, are easily worth
$400,000.
One of the principal Jobbing houses
In Portland, which does an annual busi
ness largely in excess of that transact
ed by Seattle's largest . house, occupies
quarters for which $200,000 would be re
garded as an extravagant valuation.
The Seattle Jobber is accordingly bur
dened with an interest-on-the-invest-ment
charge of $1000 per month more
than his Portland competitor. This for
a starter is a handicap which contrib
utes in a considerable degree to the dls
abilitywhlcb even a $1.50 per ton differ
ential is apparently unable to eliminate.
Another highly important factor In the
situation Is the large amount of freight
of all descriptions which originates in
Portland and Portland territory and is
shipped through or from this city to
Alaska. Seattle Jobbersshave always
been liberal buyers of butter, eggs, poul
try, potatoes, fruit and other Willam
ette Valley products. These commodi
ties have been purchased in Portland In
quantit'.es which in the aggregate were
enormous, and under the old system the
Alaska buyer had to pay, not only the
Portland Jobber's profit and the local
freight to Seattle, but in addition the
excessive profit of the Seattle Jobber.
It can easily be understood that by
dealing direct with Portland, where the
margin of profit Is smaller, and the $1.50
Alaska rate Is obtainable, the Alaska
buyer can effect a large saving. In
flated values of real estate and attend
ant high rents have for many years
proved a- handicap which has made it
difficult for Seattle to do business In
fields where her Jobbers came into com
petition with the Portland Jobbers on
otherwise even terms. Seattle's handi
cap in this respect was not easily no
ticeable to her people until Portland be
gan breaking Into the Alaska trade.
That' field has been for so many years
at the mercy of Seattle that the Queen
City Jobbers regarded themselves as
Impregnable, and possibility of competi
tion was regarded as so remote as to
be hardly worthy of serious considera
tion. Bad news always hurts worse
when it comes unexpectedly, and to this
fact is due the outburst of Indignation
and woe over establishment of the $1.50
rate on Alaska-bound freight from
Portland. '
. The humorous aspect of the situation
lies In the continued assertions of the
Seattle papers that Portland cannot get
Into the Alaska trade, while at the
same time they demand establishment
of a greater differential in their favor
than the $1.50 per ton. There are some
classes of goods which Alaska buys on
which $1.50 per ton would be regarded
as a satisfactory profit in Portland. If
the Seattle Jobbers are desirous of
changing the course of the tide of trade
that is setting away from them, . they
might try the experiment of adopting
Portland methods, in which moderate
profits and fair treatment are the most
noticeable features.
COOS COUNTY.
The wealth of Coos County, long mod
estly hidden in its magnificent forest
area, in its practically unmeasured
fields of coal, in its great schools of fish
and in the possibilities of Its commerce
and agriculture, Is being properly ad
vertised at last by Its loyal citizens,
aided by business men of Portland and
Salem, who have gone thither to see
what they can see and hear what they
can hear of these things. Not that the
facts In regard to the wealth of this
region have not heretofore been made
known. Attentive readers of The Ore
gonlan will bear witness that many
columns, showing that Coos County was
passing rich in natural resources, and
urging their development, have been
printed. These statements have cov
ered a long -period of time, and in late
years much stress has been laid upon
the elements In this latent prosperity
that were awaiting the tardy toufch of
enterprise to add materially to the
wealth and commerce of the state.
The facts as stated were unques
tioned, but, through lack of transporta
tion facilities, the region embraced in
Coos County has been a practically un
discovered country so far as its trade
to the north and northeast was con
cerned. San Francisco has taken such
tribute of its commerce as the needs of
Its people demanded; the world beyond
the line has taken, to some extent, trib
ute from its mills; homes dedicated to
plenty have been established within its
borders; but development in the active,
persistent, universal application of the
word and its spirit lagged and lan
guished. Except in name and political
affiliations, the people of Coos County
have been Californlans rather than Ore
gonians. San Francisco has been their
home port, so to speak, their metropolis,
their source of supply, their market.
The time for a change in these con
ditions and trade affiliations has come.
Indeed, the development of the re
sources of Coos County on a scale com
mensurate with their volume, diversity
and importance has been long overdue.
In working this transformation the
Government has been asked to take the
initiative and give a channel to the sea
adequate to the needs of a waiting com
merce. The people or Coos County will
do their part; the business men of
Portland will do theirs, and It la hoped
and believed that a decade hence the
Coos country will be identified In com
mercial interests and through the de
velopment of its resources with the
state of which it has In the past been
a part scarcely more than in name.
i
The free-alcohol bill passed the Sen
ate yesterday, presumably with a suffi
cient number of amendments to prevent
Its accomplishing all that was expected
of It by the men interested in securing
cheap light and fuel. Senator Aldrich
was quite fearful that passage of the
bill would prove highly injurious to
maaulactuxers of wood sJoohol,
HeJ
considerately refrained from expressing
an opinion as to what effect it might
have on the revenues of the Standard
Oil Company, but, as it is stated that
the denatured alcohol can be manufac
tured at a cost of from 8 cents to 10
cents per gallon, the possible effect was
too obvious to necessitate comment.
Senator Allison said it was a very im
portant measure, and might affect $100,
000,000 of revenue. Perhaps the Stand
ard Oil had the impression that it
might be their $100,000,000.
An advance of more than 2 cents per
bushel in "May wheat in Chicago yester
day on bad weather reports in. Illinois
and Missouri Is evidence of the highly
nervous condition 'of the market. It
will require something more than a par
tial loss of the Missouri and Illinois
wheat crop to warrant any such prices
as are now quoted in the Eastern mar
kets. The foreign markets remain
weak and unchanged in the face of a
10-cent rise in Chicago, and, so long as
the Argentine and Russia continue to
pour into United Kingdom and Conti
nental markets from 3.000.000 to 4,000.000
bushels per week. It will be a very dif
ficult matter to. get a strengthening re
sponse from across the ocean, no mat
ter what the crop conditions may be
come in this country-
Governor Chamberlain has his cam
paign managers attack Dr. Withycombe
because he did not resign his position
at Corvallis when he became a candi
date for Governor, though Dr. Withy
combes retaining his position is not
costing the people of this state a dol
lar. At the same time, Chamberlain's
private secretary, his State Land Agent
and some penitentiary employes, as well
as himself, are putting in time cam
paigning for the Democratic ticket
while drawing salaries from the state.
Republicans have found no great fault
with this, but when the Democratic
managers make the attack upon the
Republican candidate it is proper to call
attention to their course in this respect.
From all sections of the state comes
the news that crops have been benefited
by the rains of May and forecasting a
large yield. This is especially true of
the Willamette Valley, In many parts of
which the harvest promise is in excess
of that for many years. Only the
croaker forebodes disaster to Oregon
crops, and his dismal predictions cause
little apprehension, since nine years out
of ten they are not fulfilled. Indeed
they are never fulfilled to the full ex
tent foreboded, and few farmers pay
any attention to them.
Herrick Hall, the woman's dormitory
of Pacific University, that was de
stroyed by fire a few months Ago, will
be rebuilt in time for the opening of
the Fall term of that institution. This
announcement will be gratifying to the
friends of Pacific University throughout
the state. The loss, which .produced
consternation in the old college town at
the time, will in the end prove, benefi
cial, since the new dormitory will
be modern in construction and much
more commodious than was the old hall
that It will replace.
The boy hunter is abroad early this
season, using his gun with deadly ef
fect upon his luckless companion of the
chase. Three cases in which a lad has
been seriously if not fatally wounded
by the discharge of the carelessly han
dled gun of his companion have been
reported In this state within a week.
Irresponsibility of this type needs to be
sharply corrected.. "So sorry" does not
answer the purposes of penalty, though
the plea Is urged in" every Instance with
tears and lamentation.
A single item in the enormous bene
factions of sympathy that poured into
San Francisco over the Harrlman rail
way lines in the month that followed
the great earthquake and fire In that
city was 6000 tons of flour. This shows
not only the generosity of the people,
but the generosity of a great railway
corporation, by means of which the
bounty of the first was made available.
The record is one that shames the spirit
that sees in corporate power nothing
but corporate greed.
The City Attorney's opinion that the
Portland saloons cannot be closed on
Sunday by a county official will relieve
at least one aspirant for office from a
most embarrassing position. After
promising the church people that the
ealoons would be closed on Sunday, and
promising the saloon men that thy
would not be closed on . Sunday, it is
fortunate indeed to be relieved of the
necessity of taking either horn of the
dilemma.
The Presbyterian Assembly failed to
meet the prayer-book question squarely
on a yes and no basis, but compro
mised by leaving the use of the pres
ent compilation optional with the vari
ous churches. This Is a flag of truce
merely. The fight will be renewed later
possibly at the next General Assem
bly, certainly at some meeting of the
governing body of the church In the not
distant future.
It probably was a mere slip of mem
ory, or thought or of attention when
George Chamberlain intimated that it
might be a good thing to elect a Demo
cratic Governor and at the same time
make the Interests of the state entirely
safe by election of a Republican Legis
lature. Tou see, however, that George
didn't forget that the desirability of his
own election was the main thing.
Governor Chamberlain says in his
campaign circulars that there should be
a Republican Legislature and a Demo
cratic Governor. Dr. Withycombe
thinks there .should be a Republican
Legislature and a Republican Governor,
so that there will be no doubt about
the appointment, of Republicans to fill
vacancies in the United States Senate
or in other important offices.
The attention of the International
Association of Sailing-Ship Owners is
called to the fact that, while crimping
and shanghalng have long ago been
abolished In Portland, they aTe still
very much in evidence on Puget Sound.
Announcement that the "free alcohol
bill has passed the Senate" will excite
hopes that are destined not to be ful
filled. They are simply going to take
off the internal revenue tax.
The Chamberlain shouters appear to
think that Withycombe is entitled to no
consideration from "real" Americans
because he-wasn't born in Mississippi.
If Oregon Is a Republican state. It Is
about time, indeed high time, to take
direction of its affairs out of the hands
of. the Democrats.
The Russian Government seems to be
entirely willing to grant amnesty to
everybody that doeen t need, it,
HIS MAJESTY OF BAROD.C
The Owner of a Diamond Shawl alned
at Millions
New York Sun. x
His Highness the Maharaja, Gaek
war of Baroda Sir Sayapi Rao III.
Sena Khas Khei. Sam Slier Bahadur,
Farzand-l- Khas-i-Dowlat-l-Ingllshia
first in rank of the Hindoo Princes and
second in all India, has come to us,
after a tour In Europe, to see the
country, to study the people and try
to learn the secret of their success.
With him are Her Highness the Maha
rani of Baroda, as pretty a little wom
an as ever walked down a gangplank,
and the Gaekwar's brother, Sampa
trao Caikwad.
For a Prince with so many names,
the second wealthiest in India and the
owner of a collection of jewels that
is famous the world over, the Maha
raja is a most unassuming visitor. He
sauntered down the Celtic's gangplank
looking like a very ordinary tourist
who had been bronzed .by a tropical
sun, pleasantly nodding goodbys to
the acquaintances he had made on the
trip over. Perhaps that is explained by
the fact that, besides being one of In
dia's wealthiest Princes, he is regard
ed also as her most enlightened.
He is a little man, not much more
than five feet tall, but stockily built.
He is 43 years old, and haB ruled over
the State of Baroda, under British sov
ereignty, since he was a mere boy. He
traces his ancestry back to Sivayi, the
founder of the Mahratta power in In
dia; but he owes his occupation of the
throne to an Indiscretion of his pre
decessor, Gaekwar Mulhar Rao, who
cut up such high Jinks in 1875 that his
Maharani fled for protection to the
home of Colonel Phayre, the English
resident. The Gaekwar made a bluff of
discharging some blank cannon
charges at the resident's house, but it
didn't work. Her Highness refused to
return to Rao's zenana, and a little
later Colonel Phayre got some chemi
cals In his food which acted like poi
son on his system. The gay old Ma
haraja was tried and deposed, although
he wasn't convicted of having poisoned
the resident. It was up to the Maha
rani then, in accordance with the Hin
doo custom, to appoint the succeed
ing ruler. Guided by England's help
ing; hand, she chose Gopal Rao, the
.present Maharaja, then a boy of 12.
The Maharaja's Income has been es
timated at from $5,000,000 to $7.5JJ,000
a year. The Scindhla of Gwallor, with
$15,000,000 a year, is said to be the
richest of the India Princes. The Maha
raja has 2,000,000 subjects under his
rule. The state contains 8100 square
miles. Besides his enormous annual
Income, the Gaekwar" of Baroda pos
sesses jewels which nave been valued
at between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000.
Ordinarily, this wonderful Collection
lies in the Nazar BaJ, on exhibition;
but on state occasions there is no In
dian Prince who is more brilliantly
arrayed. Persons who have seen the
Maharaja on dress parade say that he
fairly scintillates from the crown of
his head down. There is one mantle, or
shawl, which- is said to be the most
precious piece of jewelry In the world.
It Is made of woven pearls, with a
border of diamonds, emeralds, rubies
and sapphires. It is said to have been
made originally as a decoration for
Mahomet's tomb. The piece is valued
at several million dollars.
Her Majesty the Maharani is quite
a young woman. She Is the Gaekwar's
Becond wife. She is received in court
in England in the same rank as the
royal Princesses. In appearance she Is
almost childlike. She wore a dark
cashmere dress, with a long shawl of
fine texture over her head and wound
about her body. She had very little
jewelry. In the center of her forehead
was the customary kurakuma mark of
the Hindoo woman who is not wid
owed. It is made with a pinkish lead,
and is about the size of a dime.
The Maharaja and his party had 36
pieces of baggage, all of which were
passed "by the customs inspectors with
out examination. There are one secre
tary and three servants with the party.
They are at the Waldorf-Astoria.
When he goes out on parade the Ma
haraja wears a diamond cap and Jew
eled gloves. Besides these things, he
has several gold and silver cannon,
which are drawn on state occasions by
bullocks with magnificent trappings.
Four of the cannons two gold ones
and two silver ones came into the
present Gaekwar's possession when he
became the ruler. Within recent years
one of each was melted down and the
proceeds turned Into the state treas
ury for the purpose, it Is said, of re
lieving famine conditions in Baroda.
These guns are among the world's
most notable curiosities. One gold one,
it is said, weighs 400 pounds, but it
has a steel casing, which probably
accounts for a good many pounds.
The Maharaja says he wants In the
six or seven weeks of his stay in this
country to gather up a lot of ideas
which will be of benefit to his people.
He wants to learn the secret of Amer
ican success. He wants to get ideas
on the broadening of Baroda's school
system, for he Intends to keep push
ing things until there are free schools
all over, the state.
One of the reporters wanted to know
whether he had any particular hobby.
That word stumped him for a second,
but after he had spoken to his secre
tary he replied, "most seriously:
"The best interest of my state that
is my only hobby."
The -Maharaja is an enthusiastic
golfer, and has brought his clubs along
with him. He also is a keen hunter.
He hag letters of introduction to prom
inent men (including Mark Twain) In
every large city in the country.
Prepared for Both Places.
Kansas City Star.
In Sandown, N. H., there lately re
sided a .blacksmith, Timothy Canney,
strong and healthy, never having been
111 an hour during his manhood years.
He was suddenly stricken with a fe
ver. His wife, Mary, was frantic
when ' he became delirious. - The old
village doctor, being- summoned, was
asked, in a fearsome voice: "Is he
very bad, doctor?" "He Is very low;
won't live the day out," he replied,
and, leaving some "drops," departed.
Soon after the doctor's departure
"Tim" regained consciousness. The
wife, kneeling by the bedside, thought
of his future state. "Tim, dear," she
inquired, "d'ye think ye'll go to
heaven?" "I hope so," he answered.
"But, Mary, dear, would ye mind going
to the forge and bringing .me big
leather apron, and lave it handy by me
In- case there is anny mistake?
"Tim," however, is wielding his ham-
kmer, and is as well as ever.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
At tha Garage: Boy "Mr. Smith Is tele
phoning for his machine. Can you send It
to him today?" Head Man "Don't see how
we can. Why. this machine Is the only ona
around here fit to use!" l.ire.
Medical Student "What did you operate
on that man for 7" eminent surgeon-
"Five hundred dollara" Medical Student
"I mean, what did he have?" Eminent
Surgeon "Five hundred dollars." Puck.
Harry. 7 years old.' came home from
school tha other day and rushed into his
mothers room with the news: "Mother.
what do you think? We're going to have
physical torture twice a week now!"
Judge.
Thtt'B a very good-natured crowd at tha
nail game, isn't it. ueorgey-- "i gueas It is.
my dear when the umpiring suits it. But
why do you think it's good-natured?" "I
noticed that whenever I asked any question
about the game everybody laughed."
Cleveland hiain ueaier.
A little girl was out walking with her
aunt one day. The aunt bowed to a man
thev were passing. "Who is he. Aunt Jen
nie?" asked the little girl. Mrs. Llttlefleld
told her that ha was Mr. Melrose, tha vil
lage undertaker. "Oh. yes," replied the
child, quickly. "I remember him. He un
dertook my. grandmo tiler." sHarsaf Bazar.
ROOSEVELT OH LYING.
What the President Thinks of One Bad
Habit.
fr-nmnile.1 h the X. T. World from the
President's writings and speeches.)
The liar Is no whit Better man mc
thief.
It nut. a nMmlum linfln kna'P TV UH-
truthfullv to attack an honest man or
even with hysterical exaggeration to as
sail a bad man with untrutn.
th. mart hn with Kiprn sobriety ana
truth assail the many evils of our times
. . are the leaders.
T-i ,.i . .....nwl fa srlnd-
luo e-n, i ui j ciu..v.. v . ... o
AanaA B-hon,v,r n honest man is as
sailed or even when a scoundrel is un
truthfully assailed.
t . i. n inntr ...I . i RvrtHt linnleasant
truth is a safer companion than a pleas
ant falsehood.
Vrt .an no i-Hnn most anvtnlnfiT in a
- un m .ail tiA truth hecause vou
IJ.aii T 111' ""I iv ...v .. ,
know where that man Is; you know
what he means.
If anvone lies, if he has tne naon oi u-
........ ...1 ..... ...nnt rienl With him.
because there is nothing to depend on.
Trutn-teiiing is a virtue uiju .........
we should not only Insist in the schools
and at home, but in business and in poli
tics just as much.
... . , i nnlttti.ian who
ine ousi.re inn... u v,v...... -
j .u v,a .i-nthl (.heats: and for
uuro in-', i " iv -
the cheat we Bhould have no use In any
walk of lire. ;
We need in our public life, as in our
nrivntn life, the virtues that every one
could practise if he. would.
I do not Believe in a oiuu.
a nation as we all say about a man:
Let him not say anything that he cannot
make good, and having said it, let him
make It good. ...
,.- ... i mflVa rnnil C-itizenshlD In
men who have not got In them courage
hardihood, decency, eaiuij. i" .
truth-telling and truth-seeking.
. . i . hnnMt fearless and
V I11UBI i.tvvc ..v.
able administration a square deal for
every man, great or smau, ncii ui r
A Funeral-Wedding- Rebuke.
Lipplncott's Maga'xlne.
- Hans is a German resident of Eastern
Pennsylvania. Recently losing his wife
by death, his grief and loneliness
knew no bounds. After two weeks of
mourning he "struck another match."
His friends, according to the cuBtom
of the community, surprised him by a
rousing callthumplan serenade. Hans
stood the racket as long as he possibly
could, and then, opening the window,
in tones of greatest disgust, called,
out: "Poys, aln.'t you ashamed of
yourselfs to make such a noise, and
Just so soon a funeral?"
Wedding; Ring; In a Potato.
Indian Orchard (Mass.) Cor. N. T. World.
Mrs. Arthur Presset found a gold band
wedding ring Imbedded in a baked potato
at dinner yesterday. The potato was ap
parently sound, but in cutting it Mrs.
Presset's knife came in contact with the
ring, which bore the inscription, "A. I
P. H. B. R. 1842."
As the potatoes were a Western variety,
Mrs. Presset scarcely expects to find the
owner of the memento of a wedding of
more than 60 years ago.
Blew Hot and Cold In Texas.
Austin (Tex.) Dispatch.
Two extremes of temperature have been
recorded in this part of Texas in two
dnvs. The mercury on Saturday regis
tered 100 degrees in the sun, the hottest
May record since the bureau was estab
lished here. Yesterday the mercury went
down to 42 decrees, establishing tne com-
est May record. People sweltering in
linen on Saturday found heavy clothing
1 . A . Mn,f.,taklA voclprrlnv
anu uvcitunis i in ii i . -I i . j -
Richmond Car Conductors Too Polite
New York Commercial. - .
The Richmond (Va.) Street Railway
Company has been obliged to issue an
order to its conductors to discontinue
assisting women on and off cars, as the
women complain that the conductors are
too polite. The company might import a
few of the "cattle punchers" .who shout
the "Step-lively" order on New York cars
to coach the too polite Southerners in
rudeness.
Rewards Her With Marriage.
Exchange.
Miss Esther Whitman, the strongest
woman In New York, has married Her
man Hyams, a Harlem real-estate man,
whom she rescued from drowning three
years ago. She is an expert swimmer and
can lift a dead weight of 600 pounds.
Burglars' Relation to Science.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Burglary Is becoming more scientific.
Housebreakers in London the other nierht
cSrefully washed the windows before they
left, to remove finger prints. It is no
longer considered good practice to drink
up the host's wine without washing the
glasses afterward.
On the Edge.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
On tha edge o' Summer time.
Peekln" through the palln.
When the honeysuckles climb
Cautious o'er the rallin'.
When the robin swells his chest
An" with voice so merry
Starts to do his level best.
Slngln- for a cherry.
Sunshine coaxes you to pausa,
Dsys Is growin lazy:
Dandelion laughln' 'cause
He alius beats the daisy;
Bee a-mumblln' 'bout his plan
Fur to own the clover
Hurry. Mister Weather Man
Kindly boost me over.
ALL READY BUT
ADDRESS MAY BE DELAYED.
Russian Premier May Keea Douma la
Suspense About Policy. '
, ST. TETERSBrRG, May 24. Owlntf
to delay in formulating the final pro
gramme of the go-ernment. Premier
Goremykin may not be able to deliv
er the expected address at the opening
of Parliament at I o'clock tomorrow.
Although various forecasts of the ad
dress have been published, it will not
be definitely decided upon until morn--ing,
when M. Goremykin will have an
audience .with Emperor Nicholas at
Peterhof, Unless the Premier returns
to St. Petersburg early in the after
noon, the delivery of the address will
have to be postponed until Saturday
or Monday.
It is reported that Count Wltte 'has
determined to go abroad next week
for two months.
STORM BREWIXfi IX RISMA.
Lgse Opposes Amneaty, Reds Tall
Parliament Illusion.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24. The Gov
ernment seems to be hesitating about ex
ecuting the resolution taken a week ago
to grant partial amnesty. The official
statement. Issued last night, justifying
the Government In not granting ple
nary amnesty, seems destined to pave
the way for a refusal on the ground that
in the present circumstances the release
of the political prisoner deserving free
dom can be left to the"ocal authorities.
Nothing could be more Irritating to the
Liberals than for the Emperor to dele
gate the discretion of granting pardon
to the very men responsible for the
wholesale arrests which occurred during
the Winter, and euch a decision is sure to
arouse a storm in the lower house and
Increase the danger of a conflict. The
hand of General Trepoff. who engineered
the protests of the branches of the
League of the Russian People (Black
Hundreds) ,ln the interior, which ar
cited In the official statement as evidence
that the Russian masses are opposed to
amnesty, is seen in this new shift In
the Government's position and again
raises the spectre of a counter-revolution.
The Twentieth Century, formerly the
Russ, today prints in parallel columns the
text of Identical telegrams sent to the
Emperor from widely different places pro
testing against the demand of the lower
House for amnesty, proving them to have
been inspired from a common source. The
dispatch most used is as foUows:
If Parliament desires to assist you. allow
it to do so. but If the members attempt to
play the role of rulers disperse them and
trust to the whole of the-Russian people to
support you.
At Kleff yesterday the local branch of
the League of the Russian People de
cided to organize for the coming war
against Parliament and pronounced Itself
in favor of the creation of a dictatorship
to crush the revolution.
Officers of the guard regiments In St.
Petersburg, at a meeting Just held, openly
advocated the dispersal ef Parliament.
Such facts serve to strengthen the cam
paign which the Social Democrats and So
cial Revolutionists continue to wage
against the "illusions" of a Parliamentary
regime.
It is announced that Premier Goremy
kin will reply tomorrow afternoon to tle
address of the lower House to the throne.
The Impression is growing that, if a
peaceful issue is to be possible, the Go
remykin Cabinet must give way to an
other Ministry without previous bureau
cratic connections.
M. Shipoff, of Moscow, is considered the
most prominent candidate for Premier.
Michael Stakovlch. Count Hiyden and
Professor Kusmin-Karavieff, all members
of the lower House, are also mentioned,
but no leaders of the Constitutional Dem
ocrats are referred to in this connection.
The Rech today prints an intimation
that Count Solsky's retirement from the
presidency of the upper house Is Intended
to make way for Count Wltte.
Former Interior Minister Durnovo has
gone abroad. The car in which he trav
eled to the frontier was guarded by gen
darmes and members of the secret po
lice. PIOPOSE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
Democrat Will Introduce Bill Aimed
at Orthodox Church.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24. The
Constitutional Democrats will intro
duce in the lower house tomorrow a
sweeping bill embodying freedom of
religion and conscience and tolerance
of all creeds.
Prisoners Off to Siberia.
EKATERINOSLAV, South Russia. May
24. One hundred and seven political pris
oners started from here for Siberia today.
Die Through Causeless Fear.
CHICAGO, May 24. A dispatch from
Somerset, Ky., says: .
To avoid a wreck which did not occur,
Scott Gillespie, of Somerset, a locomotive
engineer. Jumped from his locomotive at
New River bridge, one of the highest in
the world, and was killed. John Colyar,
the fireman, also leaped into the river,
and is not expected to live. One of the
trucks left the rails. Both' men believed
It would fall, but it was stopped on the
bridge by the second locomotive.
Ca ceres Government In Danger.
WASHINGTON, May 24. Reports of a
movement against the Caceres govern
ment in Santo Domingo by troops now In
the island, reinforced by an expedition
from some of the neighboring islands, are
expected at any time by State and Navy
officials.
WILL IT FLY?
From the St. Joseph Gaiette.
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