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WHAT REMEDY
At this time the paramount question
In the United States is the railroad
question. It Is 'everywhere under dis
cufwion all phases of It. In the Pa
cific Northwest at this time the most
vital feature of It is shortage of cars.
There is suld to be shortage in all parts
of the country: but here It Is specially'
acute. It signifies not only paralysis of
industry and business, but (spells ruin
for great Industrial Interests. Trans
portation has become so completely the
life of the country that any check upon
It, from whatever cause, Is felt
throughout the whole body. The rail
roads are the arteries through which
the blood of our modern industrial civ
ilization courses its way. When they,
are clogged the sources of lte vitality.
are obstructed, and activity shrinks to
sluggishness, to lethargy and to Inani
tion. The present phase of the railroad
question in Oregon Is not so much a
matter of rates and rebates as a de
mand for wheels on which to move the
busincfis. Oregon believes that In this
regard she is an exceptional sufferer.
The lumber Industry Is the principal In
terest In our state, and In many places
it approaches a condition of paralysis,
through lack of cars, and of locomo
tives to carry them. Other Industries
suffer a loo, as fruits and hops; and the
demand for transportation of fuel long
since outran every effort to meet it.
Of course competitive points fare bet
ter in the struggle for cars than non
competitive. But there are few com
petitive points in Oregon. To the South
ern Pacific and its associate linea Ore
gon looks, almost wholly, for supply of
its needs. Car shortage has long been
an annoyance and a urce of loss; end
the stress grows, steadily, and upon an
Increasing ratio. Perhaps it cannot be
relieved, either by complaint or by leg
islation. But the people are growing
into a determined mood to try. "We
take it as certain that there will be an
organized effort on the part of the pro
ducing and commercial Interests of the
state to put through the Legislature
this Winter an act or series of acts
such as that outlined by the tentative
draft of a bill for an act prepared by a
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce of Portland, the main purport of
which was stated a few days ago In
thene columns. Of such bill an effort
to get cars by enactment of a require
ment for reciprocal demurrage will
very probably be a main feature. The
people wish no injustice to the rail
roads, but the patience of the people,
long and sorely tried, is reaching the
point of exhaustion; and though their
efforts may not be fruitful of the re
sults1 they seek, they feel they must try
some expedient or attempt some rem
edy. PSEUDO-RADICALS.
It Is a common reproach to lawyers
that they always take the side of vest
ed Interests and oppose popular move
ments. True or not in general, the
rule has Its exceptions. Since lawyers
make their living for the most part by
attending to the rights and obscuring
the duties of vested interests, gratitude
demands some loyalty In return and the
demand is seldom denied. Still, law
yers as a class are not narrow-minded,
and much of our best political and so
ciological thought comes from members
of the bar. For example, Mr. W. C.
Graves' remarks upon the utility of
radicalism before the State Bar Associ
ation illuminated a question of great
Interest and perennial Importance.
The word "radical" signifies "one who
goes to the root of the matter." It is
not the opposite of "conservative," by
any means, since radical, o.r thorough
going, measures are often the safest.
This is true not only In politics but in
medicine and other fields as well. No
wise physician would advise anything
but a radical operation In an ordinary
case of cancer, because there the radi
cal operation Is the only conservative,
or safe, one.
If we had more radicalism and less of
mere palliative treatment in public af
fairs, things would probably go on bet
ter than they do. This does not mean
that we should rave and tear our hair.
Radicalism lq the genuine meaning of
the word Is not violence, but thorough
ness. Many of our efforts at better
ment are spoiled In their effect because
they fail to proceed to the root of the
evil. They deal with the surface mere
ly and therefore cause hut a transitory
ripple. Statesmen In general dislike
radical measures for the reason that
they cause great disturbance of settled
Interests; but, on the other hand, most
statesmen are failures. They effect
very little either for the 'good or harm
of their country. Those who accom
plish much are always radical.
Many persons Relieve themselves to
be radical when in truth they are the
worst kind of "pafiatives," or conserv
atives, to return to the common term.
Such are the prohibitionists', who seek
to do away with the evils or strong
drink by forbidding Its sale. This is
not radicalism at all, but the most in
sidious and deceptive palliation. The
root of the drink evil does not lie in Its
sale, but In thoee social conditions
which generate the depraved appetite.
The liquor problem is In reality but a
branch of the great problem of the
proper distribution of wealth and the
cure of poverty. Prohlbltionism Is the
product of shallow thought. It is one
of the protean forms which Ignorance
aesunjes. , To genuine reform it Is a
pestiferous hindrance.
We refer to prohibition merely as an
example of pseudo-radicalism. It is
not the only example, by any means,
but it Is one of the worst.
IS IT JUST
The President has declined by cable
to suspend the order of discharge for
the colored troop9 of the Twenty-fifth
Regiment. The crime which the regi
ment as a body has committed Is a re
fusal to give up the names of their
comrades who were implicated In the
riots at Brownsville. The President
expresses the opinion that this refusal
"struck at the very heart of military
justice and discipline."
This Is doubtful. Whatever the letter
of the law may say, the common senti
ment of mankind does not demand of
any person that he should turn In
former upon his comrades or that he
should confess hie own misdeeds. So
ciety has in all civilized nations taken
upon itself the burden of proving the
guilt of accused persons. Enlightened
opinion abhors equally all attempts to
extort confession and 11 tendencies to
encourage "delation." This Is really a
foreign word. So obnoxious Is tire prac
tice which It indicates that we have no
term for it. "Talebearing" comes near
est to the detestable meaning, but It
falls a little short.
Justice does not require a soldier to
report the misdeeds of his comrades
any more than it requires a college stu
dent to" betray his classmates. Facul
ties know enough of human nature not
to expect such a thing. A student
guilty of It Is an outcast and It would
be the same with a soldier. If the
guilty persons In the negro companies
can be discovered, they should be pun
is'hed; but to punish the innocent mere
ly because they know and will not tell
outrages justice Instead of promoting
it. The officers who are responsible for
the discipline of the Twenty-fifth Reg
iment certainly1 ought to be punished,
for they signally failed in their duty;
but the common soldier who merely de
clines to turn Informer against his com
rades is hardly used when he loses his
military position and honor. His fault
at the worst Is venial. The natural
sentiment of mankind Invariably ap
plauds it. If Mr. Roosevelt reconsiders
his decision upon this matter, nobody
will blame him and most men will be
lieve that he has chosen the better part.
NOTES OX THE SCRIPTURES.
Before making the very brief com
ment which we have in mind on Mr.
Whitney's letter, printed today in an
other column of The Oregonlan, we
wish to answer two Interesting ques
tions propounded the other day by Mr.
B. Himee. Mr. Himes requests The
Oregonlan to cite an example of a "long
spurious passage" in 'the New Testa
ment. This Is easy. The last chapter
of Mark's gospel, from the ninth verse
to the end inclusive, is spurious. 'In
all scholarly editions of the Greek Tes
tament these verses . are placed in
brackets to warn the student of their
character. In Tischendorf's edition the
authorities are all collected and de
cisive judgment passed. Tischendorf Is
not an "enemy to Christ." He was the
discoverer of the great Codex Sinalticus
and one of the most reverent and thor
ough of Biblical scholars. Mark no
where mentions the birth, childhood or
resurrection of "Jesus. The motive
which led to the addition of these spuri
ous verses is therefore apparent.
Mr. Hlmes also wishes for proof that
the original source of the synoptic gos
pels was a' document not written in
Greek. This matter is ably discussed
by Professor Schmidt in his "Prophet
of Nazareth." The original document
In question was an Aramaic narrative
long since lost. Perhaps It was In part
Identical with the gospel according to
the Hebrews, which Iranaeus translat
ed Into Greek. Mark Incorporated large
portions of this Aramaic original Into
his Greek gospel, and from Mark both
Matthew and Luke derived their more
reliable Information about Jesus. Of
course Jesus must have spoken In the
language of the people who heard him,
and this language was the Hebrew dia
lect called Aramaic. The versions of
his words in the Greek New Testament
are nothing more than translation, and
probably in many cases egregiously
misrepresent his genuine meaning.
Professor Schmidt is making a
worthy effort to turn these sayings
back into the original Aramaic, so that
we may know at last what the Mas
ter really .intended to teach.. How he
will succeed time will tell.
Now, touching the logic of Mr. Whit
ney's letter, there are but three re
marks to make. The first applies to his
quotation from Paul that the apostle
neither received the gospel from men
nor was taught It otherwise than by
revelation from Jesus. This is Paul's
statement as to a matter of fact. It is
a statement which depends solely on
Paul's word. Nobody else knew or
could have known whether It was true
or false. The world is full of state
ments exactly similar, and Professor
James, of Harvard, has shown their ut
ter invalidity as evidence. They may
be true. They may be false. Nobody
can either prove or disprove them.
Paul may have been convinced that he
wrote the truth, but, with all his sin
cerity, he may have been mistaken.
There Is. absolutely no way to test the
point.
Secendly, Mr. Whitney says this: The
sacred care with which the Jews guard
ed and preserved the Lord's reputed
remarks to Moses "is evidence that
they knew these words were genuine."
The same argument would prove that
Hindoo Idols, or the book of Mormon
or the sacred stone at Mecca, or the
Alaskan's totem pole, or any other ven
erated fetich, is genuine. Mr. Whitney
makes an error which all astute advo
cates carefully avoid. He proves too
much.
Thirdly, Mr. Whitney believes that
the Old Testament must be Inspired be
cause Jesus quoted it. The fact is that
Jesus quoted the literature of his na
tion precisely as we quote Shakespeare
and Milton. He was a learned man,- if
the accounts of him are correct, and
I
was perfectly familiar with the legal
and poetic writings of the ancients of
his race. In quoting tham he did not
pass judgment on their status with re
spect to inspiration. His advice to
"search the Scriptures" really implies
nothing more than that it is a good
thing to know literature. The Greek
word "graphas," which translates his
unknown Aramaic expression, means
"writings"; and that is something very
different from our ecclesiastical "Scrip
tures." . s
In mentioning the well-known fact
that the first epistle to Timothy Is not
authentic we intended no "enmity to
Christ." The truth is not an enemy to
that great personage, though It Is
an enemy to those who pervert his
teachings and make merchandise of his
unselfish wisdom.
THE POOLING PRIVILEGE.
The Increased power which Mr. Har-
riman desires for the railroad corpora
tions Is In all probability the pooling
privilege. This the law now denies
them, but the President has recom
mended a change and there is much
likelihood, that the restriction will be
removed at the next session of Con
gress. The pooling privilege means
simply the right to fix uniform freight
and passenger rates and divide the pro
ceeds according to mileage or other
wise, as the companies may agree. Al
though forbidden by law, the companies
actually exercise it through "gentle
men's agreements," but these illicit
contracts have the disadvantage that
the courts will not enforce them. What
Mr. Harriman desires is the right to
form pooling contracts which the courts
will enforce.
This right, once acknowledged by the
law, will naturally accelerate the pass
age of the railroads under the control
of a single group or clique o capital
ists. It will mean the definite abandon
ment of the theory of competition In
the most extensive industry of the Na
tion. It will enormously Increase the
power of the plutocracy by permitting
them to do openly what they can now
consummate only by more or less devi
ous and clandestine devices. The sole
protection of the people against their
extortions will then He in the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which has
the authority to fix maximum rates.
But this authority is subject to re
view by the courts, and the courts will
not allow a rate to stand unless It Is
reasonable. A reasonable rate' is one
which returns the railroad a fair profit.
On what? Here is the crux of the mat
ter. Hitherto the courts have held that
It must be a fair profit on the entire
capitalization of the road. A rate
which does not return such a profit is
held to be confiscatory. Now the cap
italization of the railroads is less than
one-half honest and rnore than half fic
titious. The genuine investment In the
railroads of the country averages, ac
cording to the best estimates, except
in difficult mountain districts, about
$17,500 per mile. The fictitious Invest
ment Is enough more to bring the total
up to. $44,500 per mile. So that the
water In our railroad corporations
amounts to some $27,000 per mile of
road. Upon this water the productive
industries of the country paid last
year, according to Wharton Barker,
dividends amounting to $350,000,000. In
other words, the workers of the Nation
were swindled out of this sum by the
neat devioO of stock watering.
It is pretty certain that as soon as
the pooling privilege is conferred the
railroad stock of the country will be
watered again many millions of dol
lars. This will then be capital upon
which -dividends must be. earned. Any
rate which fails to earn such dividends
will be confiscatory In the view of the
courts. The fact that such rates w;ill
confiscate the proceeds of the produc
tive industry of the Nation will not
trouble Uhe courts in the future any
more than similar facts have troubled
them in the past. Mr. Harriman re
marks that railroad rates are made by
the" communities which the railroads
serve, and in one sense this is true. It
is true In the same sense that the alli
gator's dinner is made by the- nigger
baby. The fatter the baby the better
he dines. With the pooling privilege.
should it be granted, must go a provis
ion to base "reasonable rates" upon the
true value of the roads, and not on
their fictitious value.
THE WEIGHT OF A CROWD.
In designing structures of all kinds to
be used as audience rooms or points
of vantage for sightseers, the engineer
is confronted by the necessity of pro
viding for the danger of overcrowding,
since, as has often been demonstrated,
and not without serious disaster, hu
man beings show no more discretion in
this matter than do sheep or cattle. The
custom usually followed by construc
tion engineers is to provide for. a weight
of eighty pounds to the square foot, and
to allow twenty pounds additional for
the always possible emergency of
crowding.
Experiments have recently been made
In the Interest of public safety which
show that the latter provision Is not
sufficient to insure against disaster
from overcrowding. In one of these
fifty-eight laborers, of an average
weight of 145 pounds were packed to
gether within a space of fifty-seven
square feet. And this figure- is by no
means the limit. Mr. Lewis Johnson,
professor of engineering at Harvard,
has shown this as the result of ex
haustive experiments with men select
ed from among his engineering pupils
at the university.
The results of Professor Johnson's ex
periments were somewhat startling as
showing the fallacy of the generally
accepted standards in the matter of
human weight that it is possible to im
pose upon a given area. The maximum
result obtained showed that by crowd
ing sixty-seven men averaging 151.5
"pounds in weight within" a space of
sixty-four square feet, a weight of 166.9
pounds per square foot was obtained. .
It Is held that there are many occa
sions when conditions analagous to
those under' which these tests were
made prevail, such as crushes at the
entrance of theaters, massed sightseers
viewing a spectacular procession and
on platforms of railway stations, espe
cially in the early morning or evening.
It is evident, therefore, from Professor
Johnson's investigations, that a wergiit
of, say, 140 pounds a square foot is
quite feasible and not unusual where
there are throngs of people, while a
load of eighty pounds a square foot is
quite common In buildings and private
houses where social gatherings are fre
quent. This is so greatly in excess of
the weight provided for in the. con
struction of many buildings in which
people may and do congregate as long
as there is standing room as to cause
surprise that accidents resulting from
overcrowding do not more frequently
occur..
The recommendation by State Treas
urer Moore that the la- requiring rcla-
tives to pay to the state $10 per month
for the support of Insane patients, if
the .relatives are able to do so. Is a wise
one. I- its operation the law is un
equal and therefore unjust. In theory
the law was right and proper, but in
practice it works injustice without ma
terially lightening the burdens of the
taxpayers. In two "years the payments
on this account aggregate about $5300,
which is insignificant compared with
the $300,000 which is required to main
tain thetate Insane Asylum. The law
requires County Judges, upon commit
ting an insane person to the asylum, to
ascertain the financial ability of- the
patient or his near relatives, and if
they ate able, to make en order re
quiring them to pay the state $10 per
month. But some County Judges are.
lax In observing this law, and perhaps
do not enforce it equally upon all per
sons of the same financial standing. But
be that as it may, it is apparent that
a very few people are being kept at
private expense while the vast majority
are kept at state expense. This is not
equitable, and should be discontinued
unless some way can be devised by
which the law can be made effective.
It is known everywhere, of course,
that Chicago is the greatest railway
center in the worldv. But the fact Is
presented in one of Chicago's statistical
publications in a way that makes it
specially impreselve. It is shown that
there are twenty-five great railway
systems radiating from Chicago; that
there are 1537 trains of all descriptions
arriving and departing over these sys
tems daily; that passengers are- car
ried on 458 long-distance trains and on
807 suburban trains daily; that the
number of passengers handled on them
exceeds 250,000 daily (these are exclu
sive, of course, of the city passenger
traffic); that 272 regularly scheduled
freight trains, some of them more than
a half mile in length, arrive and de
part dally, and an irregular though
large number of special trains, both
passenger and merchandise. Terminal
facilities seem taxed to the limit; and
herein, as the traffic grows still larger,
lies one of the difficult problems.
There Is call for a new and enlarged
garbage plant at Portland. Is 4he city
to undertake it? Many citizens seem
to think there is no other way. But
here we find the discouraging example
of Milwaukee, which city, after main
taining a municipal garbage plant for
eight years, is to return to the contract
system, on the advice of the Health
Commissioner, who says the city can
save from $50,000 to $60,000 a year
thereby, and have a better service,
since it can enforce on contractors bet
ter regulations than it can carry out
itself. But somehow there is no uniform
experience on these things, and opin
ions are yet contradictory. Cities will
still proceed with their experiments. It
is the only way to discovery of best
methods.
Senator Cullom, of IUinois, since the
election which secures his own re-election,
has thought it wise to speak out
plainly oi) the necessity of tariff re
vision. He says: f
There must either be a revision of the tariff
next year or the Republican party must bo
prepared to take the consequences. I have
talked to no one about it. but in my opinion
March 4pext Is the logical time for President
Roosevelt to call a special session of Congress
to revise the tariff schedules. It can not be
done at the short session this Winter. Revision
la demanded by the people, and that amounts
to saying It has got lo be. dene.
There is a good, deal of talk to the
same effect, from many sources. There
is wisdom in It. And if political ends
are sought, good politics.
There ought to have been room
enough on Puget Sound for both the
steamers Jeanie and Lix; but the stu
pid mate of the Dix didn't think so,
and tried to cross the Jeanie's bows,
and fifty lives were lost. Possibly a
law requiring vessels to slow d4wn
when approaching each other, within
500 yards, say, would help a little.
- The law of New York requires candi
dates to present sworn statements of
the expenses they have incurred in pro
motion of their own election. The
statement filed by Hughes shows that
he spent $618.55. Hearst, as already re
pqrted, spent $256,370.22. The long pole
that time didn't take the persimmon.
The specialty of Caruso, the great
tenor, it transpires, is pinching strange
ladles. But one day a policeman saw
him and pinched Caruso. Why didn't
he square it by giving the policeman, or
the lady, or both, one of those famous
thousand-dollar notes?
Very likely Count Boni will use his
offer of $400 per week to go on the
vaudeville stage as a persuader to the
Goulds to pay him more to stay off.
Besides, he has made better money by
doing a few tragedy stunts before an
audience of one.
Dr. Devine's assurance that nothing
was stolen from the fund contributed
to the relief of San Francisco is grat
ifying; the more so from the fact that
Dr. Devlne says he was in position to
know, did know and does know.
The arrest of ex-Mayor Bill Matlock
and a few" congenial spirits, just for
playing a little game of poker at Pen
dleton, would seem to entitle them to a
few appreciative lines in the "Oak
Street Social Events" column. '
Countic. Commissioner Lightner won't
visit his' old home in Illinois -because
he promised to go back with $100,000,
and he hasn't got it. They know he's
a County Commissioner, and of course
they -wouldn't believe him.
If the enterprising phonographic
agent will, get an authentic record of
what Caruso said to the lady in Cen
tral Park, all previous sales of the fa
mous Caruso love songs will be dis
tanced. Harry Thaw still tells them to look
for his happy homecoming about
Christmas; but Lawyer Delmas Isn't
working on any conditional fee con
tract of that kind.
The Government's purpose to investi
gate your Uncle Jim Hill doesn't seem
to have created a great deal of excite
ment around the ranch of that famous
agriculturist. He has been investigated
before. '
It was all right and regular for Mr.
Gell to take out one marriage license
in Oregon and another in Washington,
provided tie marries the same girl in
both places.
Well, at any rate, the Panama Canal
is nearer completion than It was be
fore President Roosevelt went to see It.
Mrs. Sage won't tell anybody what
she's going to do w-ith her $SO,000,000.
After all that advice, too.
THE BPBLE AXD INSPIRATION.
Mr. "Whitney Again Discusses the
"Word of God."
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. (To the Editor.)
It does not seem necessary to lay too
much stress on the different meanings of
the word "inspire." What the writers
claim and their Integrity . define its
meaning in the Bible. "But I certify you,
brethren, that the gospel which was
preached of me is not of man. For I
neither received it (according to) of man,
neither was I taught it, but by the reve
lation of Jesus Christ." (Gal. 1:11-12.)
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of
the Scriptures is of any private interpre
tation. For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man; but holy men of
God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost." (IT. Pet. 1:21-22.)
Here is the testimony of two witnesses
covering the ground. Unless these wit
nesses are impeached, their evidence is
conclusive. The changing conditions of
the Knglish language have made some
difference In the translations of the Bi
ble; but if we estimate the value of the
words during the different periods, there
is no material change.
We are told that "we have only Moses'
word that it la correctly reported." The
Jews certainly knew whether they were
correctly reported or" not, as the sacred
care with which they guarded .and pre
served them is evidence that they knew
that they were genuine. Paul (who was a
Jew) said: "What advantage, then, hath
the Jew? Or what profit is there In cir
cumcision? Much, every way; chiefly be
cause unto them was committed the ora
cles of God." (Rom. 3:1-2.)
Christ said: "Do not think that I will
accuse you to the Father; there is one
that accuseth you. even Moses, in whom
ye trust. For had ye believed in Moses,
ye would have believed in me; for he
wrote of me. But if ye believe not his
writings, how shall ye believe my words?"
(John v:45-47.)
Christ here gives Moses an unqualified
Indorsement. He also approves the entire
Old Testament record, without criticism,
when he says: "Search the Scriptures, for
in them ye think ye have eternal life,
and they are they which testify of me."
(John v:S9.)
He. with other New Testament writers.
has quoted with approval from every book
of the old Testament except one, show
ing that its contents is always the same.
The editor tells us, "The epistle's to
Timothy are not authentic. Paul could
not have written them." It is very easy
to aeny me trutn or anything. Kven the
enemies of Christ would deny his teach
ings. When the Sadducees came to him,
Jesus answered and said unto them: "Ye
do err, not knowing the Scriptures nor
the power of God." (Mat. 22-29.)
Men are liable to think that God is lim
ited In power; that he has no power to
make his will known and to preserve it
from desecration. It is easy to assert that
the Bible Is not true, but to prove it is
quite another thing. The proof is what
we want we want the evidence, the testi
mony of reliable witnesses.
We have asked the question, "If the Bi
ble is not the word of God, what is the
word of God? Where may it be found?"
We are seeking for the highest stand
ardof truth there is in the world. We
want the highest standard of morality.
M. T. WHITNEY.
' FoHMllillidrn of (be Injunction.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Like a dynamite bomb, the injunction
has its uses, but it is dangerous to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Whether it be a menace or an aid to civ
ilization depends largely upon the jurist
who handles It. The vast potentialities
of the thing are illustrated in the de
cision of Judge McCune of Kansas City,
restraining three former employes of the
Drovers' Telegram, a trade journal, from
starting a rival paper. The owners of the
Drovers' Telegram in asking the injunc
tion alleged as a reason that the pro
ponents of the new paper had "learned
the business" from them, and thit a rival
sheet,' conducted by these experts would
injure the business of the Telegram. On
this precedent all forms of competition
could be destroyed, and the "trust"
brought to complete perfection. Any man
learning a trade could be inhibited from
practicing it. except under his first em
ployers, though, to quote the naive re
port of Judge McCune's decision: "It Is
not made obligatory on the defendants to
continue in the employ of the publisher of
the Drovers' Telegram." However, as
they are "restrained from entering the
service of any similar paper," it is small
liberty that they are given. But still they
can forego the uses of their special train
ing, and become ditch-diggers or some
thing. This is a free country, you know.
In the precedent established by Judge
McCune's decision, however, we perceive
potentialities of much good. Schools can
enjoin their graduates from teaching or
writing books. We could thus get rid of
literature. Similarly, actor.", artists, sci
entists, doctors und lastly, lawyers, could
be enjoined from practicing their pursuits
rivaling their mentors and we would
revert back to a happy primitive state.
We misht first enjoin Judge McCune
from judging he is in rivalry with older
jurists. But that misht Invalidate his
decision? Oh. these legal tangles!
Society Krownn on a Preseher's Wife.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Because she rode astride in the steep
lechase races at the roceit fashionable
Sewickley Heights horse show, society
has practically ostracized wealthy Mrs.
Maitland Alexander, a bride of a few
months.
Pittsburjr society has not yet approved
of the riding costume requiring the divid
ed skirts, and when Mrs. Alexander tried
the innovalion in the steeplechase the
storm of criticism might not have been so
terrific were it not for the fact that she
is the wife of the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, the most fashion
able congregation nf the city.
Mrs. Alexander, who until last Spruig
was Miss Madelalne laughlln and inherit
ed something like $10.000,X) from her
father, a pioneer in the steel industry, is
an excellent horsewoman. Siie rode her
own horse in the race. She could in
.duce but one other woman to rido in
the same kind of costume. That Wis a
hairdresser, who has a large patronage
among the wealthy women of Pittsburg,
which fact added some fuel to the criti
cism. Mrs. Alexander won the race, but
got the plaudits of only a few of her
most lcyal friends.
Mr. Alexander is also very wealthy.
and members of his congregation are
seeking some polite way of informing him
that money does not give a preacher's
wife license to violate the "established"
rules of society.
A Benediction.
John Grcenleaf Whlttler.
God's love and peace be with thee, where
So e'er this soft Autumnal air
Lifts the dark tresses of thy hair!
Whether through city casemejits comes
Its kiss ttheo. In crowded rooms.
Or, out among the woodland blooms.
It freshens o'er thy thoughtful face.
Imparting:, in its glad embrace.
Beauty to beauty, grace to grace!
Fair nature's book together read.
The old wood-patha tnat knew our tread.
The maple shadows overhead
The hills we climbed, the river seen
By gleams alone; its deep ravine
All keep thy memory fresh and green.
If. .then, a fervent wish for thee
The gracious heavens will heed from me,
What should, dear heart. Its burden be?
The sighing of a shaken reed
What can I more than meekly plead
The greatness of our common need?
God's love unchanging, pure and true
The Paraclete whlte-shlnlng tnrough
His peace the fall of Hermon's dew?
With such a prayer, on this sweet day.
As thou mayst hear and I may say,
I greet thee, dearest, far away I
MAKES A HIT AS STOKER.
The President and Hia Democratic
Way on a Man-of-War.
New York Times.
Before the pilot left the battleship
Louisiana, on which President Roosevelt
is making the voyage to Panama, Walter
F. Whitehead, of Cleveland, assistant
electrician on the battleship, dispatched
a letter to his family here. In which he
described how Mr. Roosevelt had already
made' himself highly popular on board,
how he was making a thorough Investi
gation of the vessel, and how he even
meant to shovel coal. In the course of
his letter. Whitehead says:
"The President Is aboard. We expect
to leave for Panama this afternoon. We
are having trouble with our port engine,
and have to run on half time, about nine
knots an hour, at which rate it will be
a six days' run to Panama from Hamp
ton Roads. "
"The President Is going to eat his next
meal with the crew. He is now going
down In one of the firerooms to shovel
coal for a while. He likes to do a little
of everything. He is bound to find out
everything for himself. It does not take
him long to find out things.
"If you could see him you would like
him. He Is no Jollier.' but an ""everyday
man. He does not leave it to head offi
cers; he goes right among the men and
he certainly likes boys, but seems to be a
man who can be stern when he likes.
"Mrs. Roosevelt does not seem to be an
aristocratic lady, but a motherly woman.
Expect to be back in the States again be
fore Christmas, as New York Is our re
pair station, and I then expect to go
home. Write me Just the same, as the
letters follow the boat. Don't worry, as
you can hear from us most every day, as
we have wireless telegraphy aboard.
"You see. we are now the White House,
or Executive Headquarters, now. It will
be the first time since Washington that
the United States has been governed from
a-foreign country. Will write more when
I have seen more of the President. If he
runs again he certainly has made friends
here."
Whitehead is the son of W. J. White
bead of 1446 East Eighty-sixth street,
and is the third of a family of 11 sons
and four daughters. He has been aboard
the Louisiana two years. "
Depew in Wnahlnsrton December 1
Washington (D. C.) Post.
It Is learned that Senator Chauneey
M. Depew. who has been spending the
Summer and Fall at the James Cunning
ham Bishop villa at ArdsIey-on-Hudson.
where; he went to recuperate his lost
health, intends to move to his town house
in Manhattan November If.
It became known that Senator Depew
Intends to leave for Washington on De
cember 1. and he says he will be in his
seat when the United States Senate con
venes. Senator Depew now spends most of his
time playing golf on the Ardsley Casino
links, taktng long auto trips and attend
ing dinner parties, lis has greatly im
proved in health, and his appetite is
splendid.
Several nights ago he was a guest at a
dinner party of society folk at the .man
sion of General Howard Carroll, and just
as the Senator was leaving fthe guests
gathered around him, and when some one
shouted. "What's the matter with Sena
tor Depew?" the answer from the crowd
was, "He's all right."
Illchest Woman Won Dollar Prize.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Fashionable gardeners captured prizes
for their exhibits of rare and beautiful
flowers at the annual chrysanthemum
show in Horticultural hall, and Inciden
tally Mrs. R. J. C. Walker, the third
richest woman In the world, was awarded
$1 in real money for her exhibit of 60
blooms containing 20 disttnet varieties of
five blooms each, which was awarded
first prize by the Judges. Many society
folks attended the ahow and witnessed
what expert horticulturists term the
finest ' exhibition of plant and cut chry
santhemums that has been shown In this
city in 20 years. The great hall presented
a beautiful sight with its multi-colored
display of plants against the attractive
background of green boughs and Autumn
leaves.
Finn Droitni In Deep Wafer.
London Graphic.
Several examples of a zoological para
doxa fish which would speedily be
drowned if placed in deep water have
Just been added to the collection at Re
gent's Park. This is the African walking
fish, which spends the greater part of Its
existence upon the mud banks of tropical
rivers.
Its method of progression has been de
scribed by naturalists as of the "hop, skip
and jump" variety, and when Journeying
Inland, as It does over long distances. It
climbs by means of the breast fins over
the roots and even Into the boughs of
trees.
French Premier fan Sleep Anytime,
Kansas City Star.
With Georges Clemenceau, the new
French premier, sleep is a mare matter of
volition, in which facility he resembles
Gladstone and the great Napoleon. He
drops off to sleep at any odd moment in
his carriage, in his private carriage and
even at meetings of the cabinet when
only routine matters are under considera
tion. This ability to go to sleep when and
how he pleases Is the secret of his tre
mendous ability as a worker. He learned
English in this country and speaks it per
fectly, though with reluctance, feeling
that his accent is not exactly to his lik
ing. Steven Dminrhtera In Weltllnc Gown.
Baltimore News. '
Ex-Postmaster General and Mrs. James
A. Gray of Baltimore will cele
brate the 50th anniversary of their mar
riage with a dinner Novtnber 26 and a
reception November 27. Thirty-two mem
bers of the family will be present at the
dinner, the seven daughters appearing in
their wedding gowns.
MISS DEMOCRACY: "HE'LL
"GOD WILL. SEND WIVES."
Irish Knight and Cup Challenger Telia
Why Hia Motto la "Walt."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"God sends a good wife to every
man. Why, then, should 1 hunt fur
one? If there is one Intended for me
she will come. I am waiting, and when
I get her I shall thank God accord
ingly." Thus spoke bluff, hearty, genial Sir
Thomas Lipton, gallant cup challenger
and' game loser of two races for Amer
ica's yachting trophy, in auswur to
queries based on reports that he had
come to America this time to seek an
heiress bride. '
He laughed off the suggestion with
characteristic good humor, as If it was
the most natural thing for him to open
his heart to the world on his views
of matrimony.
As a matter of fact, he has come
back trophy-seeking and once more vis
ited this city, where the chivalrous
Irish knight and kingly prince of good
fellows is dear to the hearts of hun
dreds of friend3 he has made here on
former trips.
In the gathering dusk, while waiting
for all the many trunks to be loaded
in automobiles, sir Thomas laughingly
denied the report of his heiress-hunting
quest.
"I sha'n't have to hunt for my wife,"
said the famous Irishman in mocking
tones. "The woman God intends for
me will be put in my path. All I shall
have to do is to claim her.
"That is, of course." he interpolated
hurriedly, "if she also thinks I am
the man Intended for her.
"You know I firmly believe that for
every man in the world there is one
woman destined to make him supreme
ly happy and blessed. Sometimes,
somewhere, sooner or later, she and
he will come together.
"Wait Is the watchword. It Is mine.
I am waiting. I can't tell when the
chosen woman will appear or whether
she will ever appear. But nil the hunt
ting I might do wouldn't help to find
her. There you have it in a nutshell.
"It was pure invention and utterly
absurd that the report got started
in the first place. It arose from a little
joking on the part of a few of my
American friends because I happened
to be a bachelor. You know how a
rumor grows here in America. Just like
a rolling ball of snow.
"You newspaper chaps are re
sponsible In a measure, too, for the
fact that everywhere I go this time on
my tour of your country people view
me with suspicion as an heiress
hunter. Why, some of the papers have
even taken offense at this supposed fortune-hunting
of mine. It is really too
bad, because I don't want Americans
to think badly of me."
When asked whether he expected to
find a wife before winning the Amer
ican cup, or vice versa. Sir Thomas
winked inscrutably and replied:
"Ah! now, that is a Jolly stumper of
a query to put to a poor sefaring man."
I'aaaes for Advertising.
Kansas City Star.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, said this
morning he believed the Interstate
Commerce Commission la mistaken in
its interpretation of the uenburn hill
relating to railroad transportation giv
en In return for newspaper advertis
ing. 'The Hepburn bill was originally In
tended to regulate freight charges,
prevent discrimination, rebates and the
like," Senator Teller said at the Hotel
Baltimore. "What we should have
done was to have taken up this freight
proposition and left the passenger
business alone, excepting only a clause
preventing public officials, or rather.
Government employes, from accepting
passes. By all means, this should be
prohibited. But I believe that It would
be perfectly lawful for a railroad com
pany to say, 'You do our advertising
at your regular rates and we will
issue you transportation at our regu
lar rates.' "
Ex-President and Loafera.
Grover Cleveland In His New Book.
Not many years ago, while residing
in a non-sporting but delightfully cul
tured and refined community, I found
that considerable indignation had been
aroused among certain good neighbors
and friends because it had been said
of me that I was willing to associate
in the field with any loafer who was
the owner of a dog and gun. I am
sure that I did not in the least under
value the extreme friendliness of those
inclined to intervene in my defense;
and yet, at the risk of doing an ap
parently ungracious thing, I felt in
exorably constrained to check their
kindly efforts by promptly conceding
that the charge was too nearly true to
be denied.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
"Norah. I want you to keep that police
man out of the kitchen." "I know it Isn't
good for-rm, mem, but he juet won't so
Into the pa-arlor." Chicago Tribune.
The ardent Frenchman looked tenderly
at the I'alr young mlslreas "f his soul. "J
t'adore!" lis murmured. "Maybo I'd bet
ter." she returned. "You can't never tMl
who's listening in this ycre house." Balti
more American.
The Uev. Mr. Coldwater (vehemently
No, fir; this country will never be lit to live
in 'until it has more churches than dram
"liopa. Alderman O'DoneRal Well, whoa
hinderin ye frrm bulldtn' more churches?
New York Weekly.
WIkb The last I saw of you, Youngpop
was talking you to death about his baby.
How did you get ri.l of him? Wags
Oh, some fellow came along who had Junt
bought an automobile, so I introduced th'Mii
and made my escape. Philadelphia Record.
"What's the matter, my little man?" asked
the kindly old gentleman. "Vou scr m to
be In great pain." "fi'on! Ver mixed,
groaned the little boy. "I ain't In no great
pain, but oey's a great pain In me, all
right." Philadelphia Press.
"Republics." said the melancholy man.
"are alwavs ungrateful." "Well." answered
Senator Sorghum, "to many people are al
ways trying to work a republic for a good
thing that vr.u can't wonder If Its disposi
tion finally g'-ts a little boured."- Washing
ton Star. '
RUN BETTER WITHOUT IT"
From the -Washington Foet.