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PORTLAND, MONDAY, AUGFST 13, 1906.
AN INCIDENT OF A GREAT PROBLEM.
If. as Mr. Whitney Boise assured tie
In his letter, printed yesterday, that
Improvement of East Third street from
Hawth&rne to Pine, would add a mill
ion dollars to the values of the city,
why shouldn't the property along the
street, which Is to receive the greater
share of thia added value, pay for the
fill? Why should the franchise, that
belongs to the city, be confiscated to
make the fill and Increase the value of
the property of the private owners?
The Oregonian eald the franchise would
add at least 10,000 to the value of
every block. Some say $30,000 to $40,
000. The entire fill probably wouldn't
cost more than $60,000. Why shouldn't
the adjacent property be required to
make it, leaving to the city the posses
sion of the franchise and the revenue
from it?
Observe that these tiera of blocks
lie in the very heart and center of the
city. Fill of the street ought to have
been required long ago. But the own
ers have objected, have postponed, have
held on, knowing that with the growth
of the city the land would become im
mensely valuable; and It has become
Immensely valuable. The owners could
well afford to fill the street, and make
great money by doing It. It is not
right for them to ask the city to make
It. This, hpwever, is what they do,
when they ask confiscation of the city's
franchise for the purpose. '
Observe, further, that the blocks are
in no such situation as those that lie
In deep gulches, away from the heart
of the city, over which steel bridges
have been built, or street fills are to be
made; since their position in the very
center of the city gives them an excep
tional value, to which the cost of filling
the streets about them bears no visible
proportion. The viaducts across Mar
quam's gulch would have confiscated
the adjacent and subjacent property;
and even then there would not have
been money enough to build the
bridges. But on East Third the value
of a single lot to the block would make
the fill, and the cash value of the 6even
other lots In the block would be en
hanced three to five fold.
Besides, the principle of "common
user" for East Third should not be
lost sight of. Other railroads will want
access to Portland, and Portland will
be wofully blind to Its own Interest If
it do not provide it. Great contention
there was over application of this prin
ciple on Front street, for the West Side.
It is as important for Third street, on
the East Side; for Water, First and
Second are already occupied; and Third
is practically the only remaining
chance for heavy railway traffic, since
Fourth will be wanted for street cars,
for accommodation of the people, and
even now Is partly so occupied. If it
be said that the whole East Side "bot
tom" district will be wanted for a
warehouse locality, so let It be. But
that will in no wise weaken, but rather
will corroborate, the argument that the
city should require Insertion of the
principle of "common use" in the fran
chise grant. For all railroads should
be on equal terms or footing there; and
to all should be reserved and secured
the right to send cars through the
city, on equal terms.
The franchise on East Third Is one
of the most important in the' whole
city, and with development of the city
will probably become most important
of all. No adequate provision hae yet
been made in Portland for accommoda
tion of the railroads. Herein the au
thority of the city must bear an im
portant part, and railroads now here
should not be allowed advantages that
will enable them to shut out others,
' either from transit through the city or
from suitable terminal grounds. This
terminal question In Portland is one
yet to be solved. It presents difficulties
already, and will present Increasing
difficulties, as the city shall grow and
traffic increase.
The city itself may have to take hold
of the problem and find solution of it,
through its authority over a great pub
lic utility. Meantime it should not
augment or multiply Its difficulties by
granting exclusive franchises at such
vital points ae East Third street, nor
give away its franchise there or else
where, to - secure Improvement of
streets for private owners and en
hancement of the value of adjacent
property.
These owners should be required to
pay the cost, or large part of the cost,
of the fill: the city ehould receive fair
compensation for its franchise from the
railroads that use it, and ouch use
should be reserved for all, on equal
terms.
Above all. In dealing with this case
It should never be forgotten that it is
only an incident of a much larger mu
nicipal and franchise question.
This year's wheat crop will be the
first that the portage road has been
ready to handle. The people of the
state will expect the Open River Asso
ciation to ahow next m- inter that the
construction and operation of that road
has effected a saving In freight rates
sufficient to warrant the investment
the state has made. Last month the
expenses were more than $800 and the
receipts only a little more than $30.
Some taxpayer may wish to know why
such heavy expenses are necessary
when there is so little business.
AN IDYL FOR THE DOG DATS.
Just for the sake or purpose of mak
ing a little contribution to the mild
entertainment or innocent amusement
that may befit the dull dog-days. The
Oregonian reprints the following from
The Astorian:
The Oregonian, In conformity with lt
utterly selfish policy of never saying a word
that might be construed as aiding the City
of Astoria In any of Its enterprises, was
silent as the grave yesterday In the matter
of the early prosecution of the Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad extension from
Seaside to Tillamook City, although Its even
ing edition of Friday had an extended ac
count of the project and Its bearing on the
coastwise trade. It was peculiarly notice
able, because the citizens of this city who
daily read The Oregonian looked to its col
umns for confirmation and comment anent
the Important news. There can be no doubt
that The Oregonian Is In possession of a
larger Metall on the Bubject than any news
paper In the state: It is its business to know
such, things, and Its further and better busi
ness to publish them; but It will transgress
any and all lta rules, as a great Journal,
rather than say or do a thing that might
contribute a morsel of encouragement to
this community. 'Tls the same old fear of
Astoria the dread, and disfavor, with
which H contemplates anything that will
raise Astoria toward commercial supremacy
in Oregon, for it realizes that such an im
petus, once given this city and port, means
grave detriment to the metropolis; and the
mania begotten of this ceaseless dread has
made it as nearly silly as such Influential
papers ever get to be. Well, If The Ore
gonian can stand It, we can; only there Is
something pitiful about It that one hates to
couple with such & paper as that.
O, the heavens! What contemptible
notion the Astorian must have of its
town, if it supposes anything a news
paper might say, or anything a news
paper might omit, could nave so pro
digious effect upon its fortunes!
The Evening Telegram doubtless
caught a rumor and published it. It
was very well; but The Oregonian had
no other knowledge about the matter,
and couldn't get any. It would, how
ever.'be mighty glad to see Mr. Ham
mond push his railroad on to Tilla
mook; both for what it would mean for
Astoria and for Portland and Tilla
mook and all Oregon. And It would
mean much more for Portland than
for Astoria, Douhtless the railroad
will be extended, some time, from As
toria or Necanicum to Tillamook; but
The Oregonian doesn't know when, and
can't find out.
But wihen it shall find out It will tell,
and it will be triad to tell. No other
newspaper in the state has or 'can
have, so much interest in railway ex
tension throughout the Oregon coun
try, as The Oregonian. For, as' every
body now who can get The Oregonian
wants it and gets It, so with extension
of the railroads, everybody who may
be brought within reach .of The Ore
gonian 'will want it and get It.
As to "fear" in Portland, and "fear"
on the part of The Oregonian, of "the
commercial supremacy of Astoria:"
Witness, O, Heaven, and give ear, O,
Earth, that Portland and The Oregon
ian are not only devoid of fear on this
subject, but would be glad to see As
toria get a powerful move on her!
Yet, if we may take her newspapers
for it, we fear she is disposed to rest
too much on grumbling and whining,
and is too little disposed to do things
for herself. When The Oregonian shall
find that Mr. Hammond purposes to
extend his road from Necanicum to
Tillamook it will be mighty glad to
announce the intention. It has, indeed,
several times published reports or ru
mors to that effect; but it has no cer
tain information. When it gets that
information it will gladly impart it to
the Astorian. Meantime, when Mr.
Hammond gets ready to build the road
he will build it, even if The Oregonian
6hould say never a word about it.
Our friend of the Astorian is not cool,
as he should be. His town is not on
the ocean, but on a river, just the same
as Portland. We of Portland make
occasional trips to the seaside, to cool
off. Will not "our brother of Astoria go
down to the beach, pull oft his shoes
and socks and hat, walk tip and down
on the strand, let the ocean breeze play
through his anatomy, and cool off?
Never will he be happy, or relieve him
self from wretchedness, so long as he
suffers paralysis from the thought that
Portland dreads the commercial su
premacy of Astoria.
PORTLAND'S NATURAL PROSPERITY.
With July building permits showing
an increase of 164 per cent over the
corresponding month one year ago,
Portland for the second time this year
leads all other American cities In 'the
monthly percentage of gain. The show
ing is all the more remarkable when it
Is remembered that through the sys
tem of issuing building permits In this
city, the figures are very conservative,
and, in many cases, do not approach
the actual amount involved in the
transaction. The detailed figures print
ed in yesterday's Oregonian showing
the gains in bank clearings, postofHce
receipts and real estate transfers, told
a remarkable story of the unparalleled
growth of Portland since the close of
the Lewis & Clark fair. Taking the
phenomenal growth of either one of
these indicators of our financial and
commercial situation, a person un
familiar with the true situation might
conjure up theories tending to discredit
the showing. ,
But where the enormous monthly
gains in bank clearings, building per
mits, postal receipts, real estate trans
fers, and other factors, which reflect
the city's growth, are so uniform
month after month, they present un
questionable evidence of the solidity
of the growth. The Lewis & Clark
Fair was in the height of its glory in
July, 1905. The city was crowded with
visitors from all over the world. Bank
clearings, postal receipts, real estate
sales and all similar transactions at
tained a volume never before ap
proached. On every hand, prosperity
was so much in evidence that it hardly
seemed possible such rapid growth
could be maintained after the big show
was over and matters were settled
back to a normal basis.
But not only has all of that enormous
gain been retained, but there has actu
ally been a heavy Increase all along
the line. When, the stimulation of the
Fair had worked business up to high
water mark in July, 1905, bank clear
ings broke existing records for the
month by approximately $5,000,000, and
now, a year later, when, according to
the pessimists, we should be suffering
from the predicted relapse, the month
of July shows clearings $4,300,000 in ex
cess of those for the record-breaking
July, 1905.
Even more surprising Is the gain in
postal receipts. With the city thronged
with out-of-town strangers there was,
quite naturally, large sale of stamps a
year ago, but the receipts for July,
1906, show an average of nearly $60 per
day in excess of the sales for July.
1905. And so it goes throughout the list
of commercial and financial Institu
tions. In every line of business f r Industry,
there is in evidence substantial and
phenomenal gains, which were scored
in spite of the disastrous effect of the
San Francisco calamity. All of this
has been accomplished without any
blare of trumpets or any artificial forc
ing. The growth has been so steady
and uniform that hundreds of new
business and residence structures have
been built and scores of new business
enterprises have been launched, with
out attracting more than passing no
tice. The willingness of Portlanders to
permit business to drift along at self
regulating speed was never better illus
trated than in the matter of postal re
ceipts. Unaided by manipulation and
without anything savoring in the
slightest degree of artificial forcing,
these receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 30 approached to within a few
thousand dollars of a sum which would
have elevated Portland to the same
rank as San Francisco. Half an hour's
hustling among a few of the big firms
of Portland would have resulted In
stamp sales sufficient to swell the to
tals to the figure needed to advance the
city to first place among the coast
cities. But Portland has never gained
or maintained its prestige by "hot
house forcing" methods. A limited
amount of hustling might have swelled
postal receipts this year. Next year
the figure 'will have been reached and
passed without the aid of any artificial
pressure.
Similar conditions prevail in all
branches of commercial and financial
effort, Portland has a reputation, all
over the United States, for stability
and conservatlveness, and while these
pronounced characteristics at times re
sult in charges of slowness and lack of
enterprise, they have given investors
as well as homeseekers' a confidence In,
the city that is now reflected in a
growth greater than in any other city
in the West.
This' growth, being in response to
perfectly natural conditions which de
manded It, can never be headed off so
long as the entire Northwest continues
to create new wealth as rapidly as it
has in the past twelve months.
BRYAN'S DEBT TO ROOSEYELT.
There are Eastern Democrats who
make wry faces at the mention of the
name of the "peerless statesman," and
try the force of sarcastic or cynical
expression, by saying that Bryan
would be the most available candidate
for the Republicans, provided' Roose
velt will not take a renomination.
These good old-fashioned Democrats
say "there is no essential difference
between the attitude of Roosevelt and
Bryan towards the "business interests'
leaving out silver, which former holy
principle Bryan recently somewhat
contemptuously alluded to- as 'a dead
horse.' "
In the Eastern states there are many
Democrats, as well as Republicans,
with whom regard for the "business
interests" Is paramount: They have
investments all over the country, and
they fear that regulation of corpora
tions by public authority will diminish
their dividends.
They note the revival of Bryan's
popularity, apparently exceeding even
what it as in the days when he talked
about the crown of thorns and the
cross of gold; and they grumblingly say
that it i3 to Roosevelt, chiefly, that
Bryan owes the remarkable recrudes
cence of a popularity that once seemed
to be withered hopelessly
Roosevelt's career, it is complained,
has broken down what conservatism
there was remaining in the Democratic
party, and to an extent in the Repub
lican party; and Bryan gets the ad
vantage of it.
But some of these ancient conserv
atives, of Democratic antecedents, say
that if Roosevelt shall still . refuse,
Bryan ought to be nominated by the
Republicans..
THE TRIP TO EUROPE.
The -amount of money spent annually
In European travel by American tour
ists is enormous. Thomas Cook &
Sons, who have wide experience In the
tourist business, place the amount for
the current year at $S5,000,000. This es
timate is not driven in a lump sum, but
details are furniehed, including the
number of passengers, first and second
class, already booked, the cost per
capita of the round-trip ticket, and tips
and the cost per diem, first and second
class, for from four to twelve weeks'
travel and stay in Great Britain and
on the Continent.
Mr. A. Barton Hepburn, formerly
Controller of the Treasury, and now
president of the Chase National Bank,
whose sources of Information Include
the largest bankers, American and for
eign, in New York, places these ex
penditures much higher, asserting that
they reach the enormous aggregate of
between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000 an
nually. This vast sum, says Mr. Hep
burn, about offsets the great trade bal
ance in favor of the United States each
year.
To approach this subject from any
standpoint is to encounter expenditures
so large as to impress one first of all
with the tremendous resources of the
country, and again with what seems
the reckless extravagance of the Amer
ican people. These diebursers of Amer
ican revenue are not by any means all
persons of vast wealth. On the contrary,
many are persons of moderate means
and simple habits of life, whose "trip
to Europe" represents the savings from
salaries and other sources of small In
come for a number of years. They
come from all parts of the country and
from all professional and many indus
trial classes. It is indeed a fact well
attested in every community that "a
trip to Europe" is the dream of almost
every cultivated American. The snobs
and the suddenly rich go, too, but from
motives that differ greatly from those
to whom the trip is the fulfillment of
carefully devised economic purpose.
We all know, or know of, teachers
who have saved of their salaries for
years to make this journey; of minis
ters who have put by a little as they
could from small pay for the same
purpose and have finally been' helped to
the fulfillment of the dream of Europe
by a purse made up by their congrega
tions; of merchants and professional
men in small towns who have carefully-husbanded
their means for years
that they might take their families to
England, to France or to Italy for a
few weeks. All of these people calcu
late closely the necessary expenditures
of the trip and do not waste their
money on non-essentials. They travel
with their eyee open and get value re
ceived for their money culture that
only travel brings and pleasure that is"
the fulfillment of a long dream. The
business man who takes his family
over has naturally an eye to business
and is likely to gain points that he can
use to his own advantage. If saga
clous, he sees chances to increase his
business by selling to Europe; lf'crit
ical, he notes points in narrow methods
that he sedulously avoids in conducting
his own business.
This is the practical outcome of many
a trip to Europe. The ethical side to
found in the statement that money
spent for culture, for broader views
and general enlightenment Is not
wasted, even though it is spent in an
other country.
There is, of course, a class of tourists
who go to Europe simply because they
have the money to spend lavishly and
who spend It with vulgar, ostentatious
extravagance. This class, we believe,
is not large, but, unfortunately. Its
members keep themselves in the fore
ground and stand, even to cultivated
foreigners, as representative Americans
loud, pursy, uncultivated and vulgar.
For the rest the vast number who go
to Europe with a modest, well-defined
purpose of adding to their stock of
knowledge and supplying their lack of
experience by travel the money that
they spend in carrying out this purpose
is not wasted, nor is its expenditure in
a foreign land a reproach. 'Whether,
therefore, the sum of $85,000,000 or the
greater sum of $400,000,000 is spent by
Americans in Europe this year, let us
not fall into the error of thinking it
money wasted, as in one way or an
other much of it is likely to return
to us.
Puget Sound ports are growing in
importance. A Port Townsend special
to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an
nounces the arrival of the British
steamship Ardmount with a full cargo
of cement. It is explained in the dis
patch that "The vessel carries the first
complete load of this product ever
brought to Puget Sound." The arrival
of a full cargo of cement at Portland
Is so common an event as to cause no
special mention, but It seems that a
similar occurrence on Puget Sound ' is
a novelty. No announcement is made
as to the disposition of this "complete
load," but by distribution at Seattle,
Tacoma, Everett, Port Townsend and
the Bellingham Bay ports, it ought to
be placed almost as rapidly as Portland
disposes of the many full cargoes of
cement which are received here every
year.
Esther Mitchell, the young murder
ess who has w6n a lasting place In the
annals of crime. Is said to be critically
111 with typhoid in Jail at Seattle. The
crime for which this girl was incar
cerated, together with the terrible
events that led up to it, will make her
acts- remembered long . after accused
and accusers have passed from earth.
No punishment which the Jaw could
inflict on this phlegmatic and seem
ingly heartless creature is adequate for
the crime. And yet so monstrous was
that crime, that its enormity alone has
raised a question as to the mental re
sponsibility of the murderess. Under
the circumstances, death by natural
causes might be the easiest solution of
a problem abounding in complexities.
The young men and women who took
the teachers' examination last week
had as anxious arid care-worn, a look
on their faces as the candidates in the
direct primaries did last Spring. And
the result is as important to the teach
er as to the candidate. The teacher
who has "studied -up" during two
months of hot weather, in preparation
for the test, can appreciate the weight
of care that rests upon the candidate,
who has spent a similar length of time
campaigning for a nomination. But
in either case the unsuccessful need
not be entirely discouraged.
The Los Angeles Times puts a boast
about its town in this fashion: "The
census men who are looking up divorce
statistics are coming to Los Angeles.
It seems that when statisticians want
big figures on any subject the first
thing they do is to make a bee line for
this town." And there is reason for
the boast. Los Angeles is certainly a
wonderful city. Its population exceeds
200,000, and the city is making every
year more and more wonderful growth.
Oregon, in due time, will have a
banking law and a bank examiner.
Quite likely it will also have a-bank
failure due to the carelessness of an
examiner. In such a case it is to be
hoped that the depositors will not seek
to avenge themselves upon the bank
wreckers, as they are dong In Chicago.
To aim their clubs and brickbats at the
bank examiner would be a more effect
ive and JUst as appropriate a remedy.
This country consumes an amazing
quantity of salt. The statistical bureau
at Washington informs us that the
amount is 23,872,700 barrels per an
num. But human beings don't consume
all of it. And eome who do perhaps
consume their share are said not to be
worth their salt.
In whatever estimation the barber
may ie held, it must be acknowledged
that he Is the most consistent exponent
of social equality. His "Next" recog
nizes neither wealth nor fame nor
power, but rich and poor must alike
await their turn.
Well, there is business up the Valley,
or will be In a few years, for two trolly
lines, so why shouldn't they be built?
Those 400 to 600-acre farms that now
support one family should and will
support a dozen or more families.
The Russians announce an Interna
tional exhibition of leather in St. Pe
tersburg next November. At the pres
ent rate of activity, enough hides
ought to be tanned by that time.
If the, women, who are now squab
bling, had the ballot, the fight between
the W. C. T. U. and the Equal Suffrage
Association might singe somebody's
whiskers.
An esteemed contemporary, that
sports a picturesque vocabulary, says
that "modern Pittsburg has ancient
Sodom and Gomorrah skinned a mile."
Saturday was "Made in Seattle" day,
and the greatest city north of the Co
lumbia showed its "spirit" in every
thing from battleships to babies.
Part of the Johnson estate went Into
the collection plate yesterday; also
part of the Marquam estate.
There is warm welcome awaiting the
father who ends his day's labor by car
rying a watermelon home.
The W. C. T. U. has condemned the
peek-a-boo waist, but nothing has been
heard from the Y. M. C. A.
IIFi; IX THE OREGON COUNTRY
How's This'
St. John's Review.
It is rather strange but one never sees
the name of the Review In. a Portland
paper. What are they afraid of?
Oasis in the I. Inn Deaert.
Albany Democrat.
It's a dull day when a batch of whisky
circulars are not received from Portland,
telling where the best $3.25 articles can
be seosired and shipped without marks
to indicate the contents.
Col fa Tall Win Loaded,
Kent Recorder.
John Bell "didn't know it was loaded"
when he undertook to show how gentle
a colt was, one day last week, and as a
consequence he got his nose nearly kicked
oft his countenance. Next time he pulls
a colt's tail we would advise him to stand
at the other end.
Put "Dad" on the Run.
Echo Register.
"Dad" Fay found a yellow jackets'
nest In a government rain guage In town
the other day. and he also found a way
to fly over the fence and get hold df a
very restless mule team that had carried
a motion to adjourn without form. The
way Dad pushed on the lines suited the
mules.
Rarities in Women.
Sheridan News-Sun.
Yesterday we were asked if we ever
saw a bald-headed "woman. We answered
"No," we never did, nor did we ever
see a woman waltzing around town In
her shirt sleeves with a cigar in her
teeth and running into every saloon she
saw. We have never seen a woman go
fishing with a bottle in her pocket, sit on
the damp ground all day and come home
drunk at night. Nor have we ever seen
a woman yank off he coat and say she
could lick any man in town. God bless
her, she's not built that way.
Old Day In Webfoot.
Moro Observer.
Ah, there. Portland Is on the brink of
an awakening. The Telegram has dis
covered that in the Rose City "at the
present moment there is nothing of so
much importance as Portland-owned
ships. Well do we remember. In rood
old Webfoot days, the Astoria-owned
ships of Captain Flavel. the welcome that
Allen & Lewis gave them, and the big
sacks of coin they piled up. But, alas,
Flavel is gone, the ships are gone too;
and so also good Mr. Allen, and the
brighter days of webfoot have departed
to new deals; graft, get-rich-quick meth
ods, etc. The "reform" regime is not so
good.
With, the Old Folks.
Eugene Guard.
Cyrus Hedden, one of the last survivors
of the famous fight with the Indians at
Battle Rock, at Port Orford, on June 10,
1851, is still living at Scottsburg on the
Umpqua. He is now 86 years old and en
Joying good health.
The Drain Nonparlel publishes the fol
lowing list of some of Its "youths" with
their ages: James Harlan, 90; I. M. Gard
ner, 87; John Ostertag, 85; J. W. Krew
son, 74; William Buck, 75; W. A. Perkins,
71; Jack Swearingen, 76; J. H. Akers, 79;
B. D. Boswell, 70; J. H. Stocker, 72; M. L.
Dickson,' 72; Jacob RItchey, 73; James
Burnett, 76; Simeon Harlan, 72; Abe Mat
toon, 70; John T. Miller,"70; George 'W.
Sanders, 66; W. H. Gray, 67; C. H. Rem
ington, 76; W. G. Hill, 71; Clark Fegles,
70; H. Cary, 76; A. L. Moon, 65; A. W.
Cox, 76; W. C. Miller, 74; Benton Mires,
90.
PRAISE FOR HITCHCOCK'S REFORM
Ncrr York: Sun Pay a Him Tribute (or
Conviction of Land Sharps.
New York Sun.
Another "wealthy and influential"
citizen of Oregon has been sentenced
to Jail for conspiracy to defraud the
Government in timber land deals. He is
a victim of the Hon. Ethan Allen Hitch
cock's habit of enforcing the laws, a
habit that has caused the utmost un
easiness among high-placed rascals
who for years have been robbing the
Government without giving a thought
to the possibility that they might be
punished for their crimes.
In prosecuting the timber and land
thieves the Secretary of the' Interior
has not been willing to catch the little
fellows and let the principals escape.
He has struck at the men best equipped
to defend themselves, the men whose
money and place made them powerful
In the community. - When he began his
investigation the Secretary was smiled
at Indulgently. It was predicted that
he would accomplish nothing, execept
perhaps to jail a few employes and
clerks. Mr. Hitchcock did not talk
about his plans. He went ahead In the
most commonplace manner, promising
nothing. threatening nothing. The
greater part of the United States knew
very little of what he was about. Many
of the men under suspicion were equal
ly Ignorant of what was going for
ward. When the time came for criminal
prosecutions the completeness and
strength of the evidence that had been
gathered surprised the accused as
much as it did the public.
Secretary Hitchcock's method of en
forcing: the laws lacks noise and sensa
tion, but it produces results. It puts
lawbreakers in jail. It teaches men
who have considered the statutes a
Joke that they are mistaken. Mr. Hitch
cock continues to be a valuable public
official.
Hadn't the Clothes.
Catholic Standard and Times.
"Really," said the up-to-date carpenter.
"I can't do any night work for you not
after 6 o'clock."
"But," protested Mr. Swellman, "the
work must be finished by tomorrow morn
ing. I expect to pay you double for your
night's work.''
"Oh, it isn't that; but, you see, my
dreSB suit is at the scourer's."
Importance.
Washington Star.
"What makes you regard your money
as a thing of so much Importance?"
asked the somewhat cynical man.
"The eagerness of so many people to
get some of it away from me," answered
Mr. Dustin Stax.
POINTS BY PARAGRAPHERS.
No on has ever succeeded In defining; art;
not even, Anthony Comstock. New York
American.
Mr. Thomas Piatt always seems to be re
freshed after a retirement from politics.
Washington Eta.
When it comes to a show-down, the peek-a-boo
stocking also has its supporters.
Washington Post.
Mr. Croker has been, speaking about "un
earned wealth." Possibly he thinks that ha
earned his. Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Bockefeller says "I never despair."
Brave man! In the midst of ' adversity he
bears a smiling face. Cleveland Leader.
The Indeterminate sentence to which De
mocracy most objects Is the one pronounced
at the polls In 1S9H. Detroit News.
There's only the difference of an "" be
tween speculation nd peculation hut both
Include the almighty . New York Com
mercial. Speaking ot family troubles, oughtn't
Dame Democracy really to get a divorce
from Bryan before she marries Hearst?
New York Mall.
San Francisco la hunting for missing 130.
000 contributed by Standard Oil. Maybe it
got-tangled up In some of those tentacles.
New York Herald. ,
Pittsburg leads the country In the output
of Iron, steel and perjury. Her rolling mills
and divorce mills are alike unique. Phila
delphia Record.
A woman delegate stampeded the Repub
lican state convention In Idaho. It must
have been that her hat was not on straight.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The more the faithful respond to the hurry
call for dollars the more the Republican
party Is likely to die disgracefully rich la
ItHjS Baltimore Sun.
LASH AND DEATITFOR ANARCHISTS
Secretary Bonaparte, in Chautauqua Address, Say They Are
Closely Related to Socialists, and That the Two Isms Spring
From the Same Root False Idea of the Equality of Men
CUMBERLAND. Md., Aug. 12. Charles
J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy, de
livered an address this evening at the
Allegheny Chautauqua, near Cumberland,
before a large gathering, his subject be
ing "Anarchism and Its Remedy." Sec
retary Bonaparte said in part:
"Anarchism is the product of two con
ditions, which prevail to a greater or less
extent everywhere among the less en
lightened classes of modern civilized so
ciety, namely, the decay of religious faith
and measure of superficial, and there
fore unsound, popular education.
"I am not here to discuss the problems
of theology or metaphysics: if, for any
one among those who hear me all believe
In God, or a hereafter, in a life for man
beyond that of sense and in ends for
man wherewith time and space and ma
terial things have no portion, are mere
empty dreams, I have no quarrel with
him for my present purpose. I pause
only to say that, if he be right and such
beliefs belong to dreamland, then for me.
In the words of a well-known writer, it
is only for the sake of the dreams that
visit it that the world of reality has a'ny
certain value.'
Grow From Same Root.
"It Is sometimes said that anarchism
.and Socialism, as systems, are mutually
antipodal and destructive; I should be
very sorry to diminish whatever hostility
the adherents of either 'system' may feel
for the other, for the, old adage as to
the consequences of such strife to hon
est men embodies no small measure of
truth;, but to my mind, this view of their
relations is altogether superficial. They
are two divergent stems growing from
the same root. That root is the doctrine
that all men of right ought to be, and
should therefore be made and kept, pre
cisely equal.
"A Socialist Is essentially, although not
always avowedly, or even consciously, orfe
who sees that the equality demanded by
this doctrine can be fully, or even ap
proximately, secured only among slaves.
A Southern plantation, before the war
constituted, so far as the negroes were
concerned, very nearly a socialistic com
munity, and they were probably as near
ly equal as human beings can be perma
nently kept.
"In this community a Socialist merely
substitutes for the omnipotent, omniscient
master an omnipotent, omniscient cor
poration made up of the slaves them
selves, enslaved each one of them as an
Individual, to all. In their corporate ca
pacity, and named this corporation, TTie
States.'
New Source of Inequality.
"An anarchist differs from him by see
ing that he has, in fact, introduced a
new source of inequality. For the cor
poration he creates can exercise its au
thority only through agents, and these
agents must be ex necessitate armed
with powers which make them no longer
the equals of their fellows; Just as I the
master of the plantation made oni of his
slaves his overseer.
"The anarchists therefore demand that
there be no such agents, or, in other
words, no government at all; It was a
sin against equality that any one should
be President while Czolgosz was not,
and knew he never would be. It but add
ed bitterness to this wrong that so many
around him should deem the President
worthy of his great office, while the few
who knew Czolgosz at all knew him as
an obscure, unattractive -agrant.
"So much of the evil. How can It be
cured? If we mean cured In a day, a
month, a year, a decade, I answer un
hesitatingly not at all. Anarchism will
not be removed within a given time or
through a special measure or set of meas
ures; perhaps it will not be wholly re
moved In any time or by any means. It
will be for years, perhaps for genera
tions, a source of some peril to our pub
lic men. a source of some annoyance and
some anxiety, possibly at times, of some
alarm, to the American people.
No Panacea to Recommend.
"It Is the product of causes which can
not be eradicated by legislation, how
ever drastic of causes which lie deep in
the scheme of modern civilization. But
CRANK SEEKS ROOSEVELT)
Woman Disturbs Oyster Bay Church
Where President Attends,
NEW TORK, Aug. 12. Miss Asl L.
Esac, who is Summering in Oyster Bay
for the purpose of Interviewing the Presi
dent or Mrs. Roosevelt on what she de
clares to be "a matter of life and death."
created a scene during the service in
Christ's Episcopal Church there today.
Miss Esac, or Miss Case, as her name is
supposed to be, had been at every
church service the President has at
tended since his arrival here in July.
She has climbed Sagamore Hill on foot
several times, only to be turned away
by the secret service men. She pre
sented herself early at the church today
and took a seat directly behind the pew
usually occupied by the Roosevelt fam
ily. When Usher James Duffy requested
her to relinquish this seat, she refused.
Duffy forcibly removed her to the rear
of the church, and Miss Esac says he
tore her gown In so doing. For this
act she later applied for a warrant for
Duffy's arrest, but it was refused.
In the rear of the church Mis Efao
refused to sit down. A secret service
agent stood beside her, and during the
service she made no less than a dozen
attempts to get past him. As the
President was leaving the church the
secret service men surrounded Miss
Esac, but she shouted: "Mr. President,
Mr. President, President Roosevelt,
won't you upeak to me amoment?"
The President turned his head as he
passed, but he did not pause. Miss
Esac says her watch chain was bro
ken In this scrimmage, and her watch
fell to the floor.
The President was accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and his son Quentln,
and Representative and Mrs. Longworth.
Miss Esac has stated to acquaintances
she has made while here that she was
to have been married in three weeks
at the time Miss Roosevelt became Mrs.
Longworth: that she was to have mar
ried a high Government official, and
that it was this wrong that she seeks
to redress.
When the President's carriage had de
parted Miss Esac was allowed to go.
It was then she sought a warrant for
Duffy. She says she will stay in Oyster
Bay until she accomplishes her pur
pose. Representative and Mrs. Longworth ex
pect to leave for Washington and Cin
cinnati tomorrow.
Menelik Signs Railway Treaty.
ROME, Aug. 12. Abyssinian dispatches
received here say that King Menelik
has signed the - Franco-Itallan-Brltish
convention relative to railways to be
constructed there, and that the conven
tion will be communicated to the par
liaments of the interested states as
soon as they meet.
The main feature of the treaty re
ferred to are a guarantee of the Integ
rity of the Abyssinian Empire, the open
door and commercial equality for all
countries, and the continuation by the
French of the construction of railway
connecting Addis Abebe, the capital of
Abyssinia, with the coast. Great Britain
and Italy named representatives on the
railway directorate.
because I have no panacea to recommend
it must not be supposed that I would
have nothing done.
"I believe that anarchism has been al
ready made less, and can be made much
less dangerous and harmful by beinfr
dealt with seriously and rationally. In
other words. I would see ourselves and
our public servants in earnest and will
ing to be guided by the common sense
and experience in seeking a remedy, with
out regard to a little doctrinaire preju
dice and a little pseudo-humanitarian
claptrap.
"In the first place, the unlawful acts
prompted by anarchism should be made
crimes, in so far as they are not, strictly
speaking, crimes already, and as crimes
they should be visited with such penalties
as are particularly distasteful to the
criminals, and therefore the most effec
tive deterrents to crime. In dealing with
a convicted anarchist two facts nifty well
be remembered, the chances of his real
reformation are so small that they may
be safely neglected, and we can appeal,
for practical purposes, to but one motivo
on his part to discourage a repetition of
his offense namely, the fear of physical
pain and death.
"To keep him for years in a peniten
tiary merely burdens the community with
the support of an irreconcilable enrmy.
with the constant risk of his escape or
pardon, and the certainty that, when
ever he leaves he will be. It possible, a
worse man than when he entered.
Death for Anarchists.
"On anarchists, the death penalty should
be unequivocally imposed by law and in
flexibly executed whenever the prisoner
has sought, directly or indirectly, to take
life. For offenses of less gravity. I ad
vise a comparatively brief but very rig
orous imprisonment, characterized by
complete seclusion, deprivation of all
comfort and denial of any form of dis
traction, and which could be to my mind
advantageously supplied by a severe, but
not a public, whipping; the lash, of all
punishments, most clearly shows the cul
prit that he suffers for what his fellow
men hold odious and disgraceful, and not
merely for reasons of public policy.
"Any abridgement from fear, of the
anarchists, of that freedom of speech
of the press guaranteed Us by our State
and Federal legislations would be neither
a wise nor a worthy policy; but these
privileges In no wise shield councilors
of crime nor Instigators of disorder and
rebellion. Any changes, however sweep
ing, in our law and government may
be urged, and any arguments, however
wild or grotesque, advanced to Justify
them, provided the method of change be
orderly and lawful; but a- published
writing recommending the murder of a
chief magistrate and violent overthrow
of the Government Is a seditious libel
at common law, and there is no good
reason why public utterances or spoken
words of the same purport should not
be made a like offense by the statute.
"It Is already a crime to advise a
felony or grave misdemeanor If the ad
vice leads to the crime suggested, and
there 1s again no good reason why this
should not become a substantlatlve of
fense without regard to its consequences,
as it is a criminal conspiracy.
Inherent JFoIIy of Theory.
"The final and most truly vital con
dition of success In ridding this country
of anarchism In practice is that Ameri
can public opinion should recognize the
utter emptiness, the inherent folly of
its theory and all the kindred ready
made, f urnlshed-whlle-you-wait schemes
for the social regeneration of mankind.
Civilized society, as it exists today, if It
be nothing more, is the outcome of nil
the strivings for Justice and happiness
of the human race during thousands of
yearsi What monstrous presumption,
what preposterous conceit for any man,
were he the wisest, the most learned,
the most Justly famed of his own age or
of all ages, to Imagine that, with but
the dim. flickering lights of his own
dull, feeble mind, with but the few im
perfect lessons of his own short, Ulspent
life to guide his hand, he could cast
down and build up again this Incredibly
vast, thia Infinitely complex fabric and
improve on its structure."
HONOR SECRETARY ROOT
Citizens ' of Montevideo Give Bril
liant Entertainments.
MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 12. With a general
desire to make the entertainments in
honor of Secretary Root as numerous and
as varied as possible during his brief
visit here, there was an Incessant round
of functions today,- at each of which
cordial speeches) were exchanged.
The entertainments were brought to a
close tonight by a banquet given by Mr.
O'Brien, the American Minister, and a
grand ball at the Uruguay Club, both ot
which were highly successful. The guests
at the banquet, which was on a magnifi
cent scale, included President Ordonez
and all the Cabinet Ministers and their
wives, the leading citizens' of Montevideo
and officials.
Mr. Root's speeches here 'have won the
sympathies of the people and the princi
pal newspapers express their gratifica
tion at the eloquent and frank declara
tion of the true policy of the United
States toward the Latin American repub
lics. I.anghs at Germany's Fears.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 12. President
elect Penna, who Is touring Southern
Brazil, in a speech at Santa Catarlna
today, declared that the alleged German
peril was imaginary, and said that no
where were there better citizens than
German Brazilians. He cited the case
of Dr. Lsuro Miller. Minister of Indus
tries and Public Works, as an illustration
of a patriotic Brazilian, though the son
of German parents.
FIGHT F0R8-H0UR DAY
Printers Meet to Consider Matter at
Colorado Springs.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Aug. 12.
The 52d annual convention of the Inter
national Typographical Union opens in
Colorado Springs tomorrow. Three hun
dred delegates and several hundred mem
bers of the Woman's Auxiliary are here
to attend the sessions. Consideration of
the fight for the eight-hour day now
being waged will be one of the chief top
ics before the convention.
President J. M. Lynch expresses satis
faction with the progress already made
by the printers, and says there is no
doubt that they will be victorious.
Offices-Cost In Kentucky.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 12. The
Democratic executive committee in ar
ranging details of the State primary
election, called for November ' 6 next,
placed the estimate of costs which can
didates must pay at $32,310, grading the
assessment down from $6500 for the Sen
atorial race to $1000 for the Lieutenant
Governorship contest.
One Killed In Auto Wreck.
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 12. An automo
bile turned over today near here, George
Meiklejohn, a passenger, being killed. J.
Campden and a Mr. Drake were hurt, but
will recover.