THE' 3IORINCr OKEGONIAX, FRIDAY, JAMARY 11, 1907.
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rORTLAMt. IKIDAY. JAN. II. W,.
MR. OEARLVS SPEBl H.
The pernicious doctrine oC state sov
ereignty takes a lonpr time to die. Like
tt vnoinous serpent wounded unto
death in the morning, at noon It still
writln'r' In agonies too lung drawn out
mid feebly displays Its Impotent fangd.
Nobody should be deceived by tliti
e-uphemlBtn of "state rigrhtB" under
which the advocates of. this ruinous
theory thinly veil their designs upon
the integrity of the Nation and the lib
iTtit of the people. It Is state sov
, crclKlity for which they really contend,
I ; the ancient, anarchistic doctrine, of so-
teevilou and civil war. Does anybody
cioubt tills'. Let bltn read what i mk-i
' In Harper's Weekly, December 29, 1906,
mi. he can doubt no longer. The
Weekly. ouothiR from its twin brother.
1 h Nort H A mfiica n Review, hr yst Ihnt
"the Union wua and la no more than a
contract, for mutual protection and
, Ivhelpfulneaff. . of sovereign bodies pol-
Jt lc." What more i 1 d Calhoun or J"tf
Xavis ever tsay on the side of disiiite-
pration and anaryhy? To the old sol-
Iier who foufiht out the Civil War to
j)rovo that thlp country i a Nation.
' " h nd not a mere fragile league of etver-
v-Hrii s;at8. smi lanRuage comes UKe a
trsR'lo remlnlrK'piK'e of ante-bellum elo-
fiiH'ix-, like t rio warnhuop oC some
elavelrlvinK Spnator.
( Tills Is tUc (Iwtrlnc ivhlfh Senator
Ctearin- advorated with attractive olo-
A OiteiK'e In hl spofrh in the TTnltecl
States Senate on January 7. His text
m taken from tin uwtwn oi the ires-
ldento mctwig advocating fair trt-at-
- rnent for our friend the Japanese, but
he improved the occasion to make a
i general attack upon Federal eover-
rljfnty nnd reaBStert the theory that the
,jtates are superior to the Nation.- The
historical inaccuracy of hi remarks
well Illustrates the slender hold which
the advocates of this doctrine have
i - upon either fact or reawn. Take, for
I example. Senator Geartn's statement
'I that "California is under no obligation
to the Federal Government to have
public whoolfl. or any kind of schools
j at all." Can anything' bo more fla-tly
? ahsurd? Grant for , a moment Senator
Gearln's own erroneous contention that
the relation between the states and the
.Xatlon Is one of mere contract. Tho
essential portion of that contract is the
VoVistltutfon which each now state
i adopts before it 1 admitted into the
- ITnion. . The constitution" of California
contains the mandate that "the Legia-
liitwre shall provide for a system of
public oehoola." and this clause was an
v csflcntlal part of the contruct between
jf California aixi the-Nation. The consti-
1 itutlon goes on to fay that "the wo.
j y eede of all lsjids granted by the United
r tii t Of for Hie support of schools, the
r acres granted to the states for
I tk-hools In 1841, and the percentage.
" jrranteVl by Congress upon the sale of
- lande within the state, shall all g-o to
$ the irreducible school fund," This was
i tnother part of the contract.
W Nor was thte contract without a val
i uable -consideration; for, in pursuance
vt it the United States granted to Cali
ffirnla the 16th and 26th eectlone in
every township for publki school hup
port, and two e-ntlre townships for
higher education. In I860, 150,000 acres
were bestowed for an agricultural eol
lose: and all thi In addition to the
T.oo.000 aorw irranted under the act of
JS41. In the fac of these facts Mr.
X Gearin says that "California is under
f no obligation to the Federal Govern-
i mont to have public schools." If not
S then her acceptance of these frrants
i wae fraudulent. In accepting theiti eh
t hound hercelf for a valuable consider
1 ntlon to support an American system
5 cf public schools and to conduct them
i under the Constitution and treaties of
the United States. 1& it conceivable
, that the Federal Government would
hM.ve oncMle these enonnoiM frranta li jiI
f tnerc urai ine lauiiest suspicion mat
f the etate receiving' them would ultl
t. iiia tel y 3efy it bonefactor and try to
p Impone upon It the shame of impotence
before the civilized; world?
4 That la precisely what the State of
- C.lifornla, or rather the City of San
r 3 ranciweo, has tried to io. It has en-
f (icavored to prove that the Govern-
T mejit of the Union has no power to en
force its . treaty obligations with c
rjLriundl- nation. The color of the facet
of th Inhabitantam of that nation is of
no consequence. Mr. Gearin makes
much of if. But a man or a nation is
undr as binding: obligation to keep
faith with a brown, man as with a
white one. If tiite country proposes to
welch from its treaty obligations to
Japan, It should do so in an open and
manly way, and not take refuge in the
silly subterfuge that the Japanese have
brown faces. How much sincerity there
in Senator Gearing remarks about
the color of the Japanese forming- an
insuperable objection to treating: them
honestly may bo Inferred from the fact
that the Italians have also brown faces,
and &o have the Hune; but neither Mr.
Oearin nor Harper's Weekly haa the
least objection to their coming in in
numerable hordes to taRe the bread
from the mouth of the American work
man. We have nothing to say against the
Italians. But they are less cleanly
than the Japanese, and their standard
of livlnir i lower. With the Hunts and
Russian Jews they form a greater men-
ace to American labor than the Japan-
ese. but Mr. Gearin. for all his elo
quent plea. In behalf of the working
man, ha3 nothing- to eay ajratnet them.
The fact is that he seized this pretext
to exploit danxrrous and ruinous opin
ions upon Fta-te sovereignty -opinions
wliicli have once devastated the conn-
try with civil war and may do eo again
unles they are nipped in the tender
bud.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. COREY.
Mr. Corey, president of the steel
trust, ie about to attain the climax of a
glorious career. BegrinninK life in a
rvumble station, he has -accumulated
great wealth by the uual predatory
methods which ho charm the imagina
tions of some of our college presidents
and pulpit orators. In hie younger
day, white life was yet a problem to
him. beset with difficult ios and the dan
ger of failure, he married a woman
who abode with him faithfully through
his struggles and aided him.: to success
by her loyal love.
When, through the beneficence of the
Merl tniPt, wealth began to rain down
upon Mr. Corey iu a golden shower and
Koclt'ty began to smile upon him, he
discovered that the wife of his youth
WHS RrowtoR Old. The bloom of her
cheek had -faded, her brow, was wrin-
R I i .and -wan. What URe hint s, ecM'lcty
leader for a wife like that? None
whatever. Accordingly, Mr. Corey dls-
carded his wornout wife as he would
have thrown aside an 'old coat, and
the law "helped him do. it. She was ab-
r-olutely innocent, spotless and blame
less. Her only fault was that she was
growing old.
Being thus off with the old love, Mr.
Corey expeetr- soon to be on with tho
new. The new love is, very appropri
ately, an actress -whose character may
be gauged from her acceptance of a
French mansion from her "lover" be
fore she weds him. Society receive
such a woman much more tfladly than
a sedate old wifr who has spent her
youth working for her husband's suc
cess. Upon thte can-er, brilliantly success
ful, fairly bursting with thrift and In
dustry, we congratulate Mr. Corey.
Especially do we congratulate him
uprm- W revised wedding. We trust
that in the hour of leath the wan face
of his old wife will not haunt him.
We" commend hie career to the young
for .study, if not imitation. It teaches
that the poorest young man. if he is
mean enough and sufficiently lost to
honor and manhood, may become pres-
ident of a great robber corporation.
Who let it that etayc the door of oppor
tunitv is, closed to the young in these
gladsome days of thrifty theft?
roMPi'LsoR v Knrc.no.
A compulsory education law, juoi-
ciously framed and consistently en
forced, is a measure of public pollcy
that looks not only to the present ad-
Vantage, but to the proper enlighten
ment of the future citizen. In It lies
tho. "oIim lieo to which lr l conceded
very child, of the Republic la entitled.
Yet the contention upon which it is
based trenches so ckoly upon parental
riisrh ts to maKe it dlflloult to erx-ure
tho rights of the -ehtld and -of the state
through enactment of euch a law.
Recognizing1 this difficulty, yet firmly
determined to overcome it. fS-uperln-
lendent Ackennan, of the State Board
of Education, has taken the matter in
hand with the result that a measure
will bo brought before the Legislature
at its coming eeneion, which he. at
leaat, believes will solve the difficulty
by earefully and Impartially defining
the duties of educational authorities in
connection therewith. From the out
line given in aT dtepatch from Salem,
the proposed measure seems to be
somewhat cumbersome and overshad
owed by the -menace of attempting too
much. However, tt has been demon
strated here and elsewhere that a com-
puWry education law that permits a
loophole through which official respon
sibility is allowed to ooze, soon be-
comes, a useless and forsaken thing.
Experience in this state, as elsewhe:
has shown that, while it is. easy to f
cure the passage of a compuleory ed
cation law, it is quite another tiling" to
en-force such a law. Like all laws t ha
trench upon wha.t 19 assumed to be thi
private rights of the individual, thi
law is evaded by suWerluse or men
dacity of mercenary or careless par
entft. And calmly Ignored by men Ii
authority -who d-esire to maKe a smootl
and harmonious official record, looking
to a continuance of political favor.
In this state, for obvious, reasons,
the necessity for a. stringent compul-
eory education law, is slight as com
pared with that which, exists In Jarg-e
manufacturing communities in some of
the older states. But 'that such neces
sity does extet has been proven by the
vigilance of truant officers, -members
of the Child Labor Commission and the
records of the Juvenile Court in thle
city. This being true, the condition
should le met boldly and fortified by
knowledge rather than zeal. It scarce
ly needs to be added that, when a law
thus based Is enacted, it should be en
forced without fear or favor. 'If some
of its provisions are unwise and- impose
a burden, in certain circumstances,
their rigid enforcement will speedily
dlsclofie this unwisdom and eooner or
later bring relief through repeal or
amendment.- If so loosely drawn tftat
the entire law becomes a forsaken
thing hidden away amid the lumber of
unenforced and forgotten statutes. It
should, for the igrnity- of the- state.
Which is baeed upon reepect for law
and IU steady enforcement, be utterly
repeaiea or so amended and equipped
-with, penalty as to compel its honeet
observance.
The proposed bill fixes the onvnul
sory period- between the ages of 7 and;
14 years, with the maximum at 16
years, should the child.be unemployed
running parallel in this respect with
the child labor Jaw, to which,, in
seiwo, It fas auxiliary. These provisions
are reasonable and their enforcement
cannot, it ! believed, work family
hardship, except in extreme cases,
where the father, being dead or dis-
abled, it become necessary for chil
dren under 14 years old to contribute
by their earnings to the family sup
port. But since the underlying princi
ple of all law is that of the greatest
eood to the grreatest - number, -this ob
jection -will be regarded a of aninor
Importance. The people of the state
have shown great confidence in the
Judgment of Superintendent Ackerman,
as bio long incumbency of his impor-
tant office testlfles. That he will not
abuse this confidence by drafting and
securing the passage of an oppressive
and needlessly officious law is reason
ably certain. And it may be added, if
we have euch a law ite title should be
made good by rigid enforcement of its
provisions.
QCKSTIONABLE LAW.
It seems that the -statutes of "Wash
ington provide that the question of in
sanity, when advanced a defense for
crime, hall be decided, by a jury. In
stead of submitting the case of Ksthor
Mitchell to a jury, Judge Frater, if we
gather the facte correctly, appointed a
commiHelon of experts to decide upon
her sanity. He did this upon the the
ory that courts have "inherent power"
to set aside the statutes in certain
cases and create new law to euit their
preferences.
The commission of experts decided
that Esther Mitchell was insane, and
thereupon Judpe Krater ordered her de
ported to Oregon, etnee she had not ac
quired a legal 'residence in "Washing
ton. The case bein appealed, the Su
preme Court of "Washington - agTeed
with Judge Frater upon one point and
differed with him upon" the other. It
held that courta have "inherent power"
to- modify or set aside the statutory
procedure, and that hrft commission,
supplanting the jury, was legal. But it
also held that hi order to deport Es
ther Mitchell to Oregon was illegal.
On this point tho court it manifettl
aound. Had. Eather -MiicheU been con-
victed of murder, would Judge Frator
have sent her to Oregon to be hanged?
Being within the jurisdiction of his
court when she com mitted her crime.
She subject to that jurisdiction eo
lonj? as the law inflicts punishment or
etipe-r vision upon her. The no vol proj
ect of -deportation is neither legal nor
sensible. (
But when it comes to asserting that
courts have "inherent power" to sot
aside the statutes of the state. It secma
clear that the decision not only
wrotiK in principle but exceedingly
dangerous -in -pra-ctice. The courts have
such powers as the Constitution and
laws glw them, and no others. There
a no such thing as "inherent power
anywhere in this country except in the
people. The assumption that the courts
norWifs some powers not derived from
the people Is Intolerable. It if con-
rary to the fundamental principles of
our Government. It ie quite consonant.
with the plutocratic teaching of some
of our doctrinaires that the Constitu
tion sets the courts above the legis
lative and executive departments of
government; but it is not logical and
it is not true.
There is no warrant whatever for the
opinion that any one department ot
jarovernment is superior to the others in
the nation or in the states. The Legis
lature hats no authority to administer
and interpret laws, and the courts have
no authority to .make laws. Usurpa-
tlon of one kind is no-less abhorrent
than the other kind. The growing"
tendency to regard our polity as a. -des
potism with all ultimate power lodged;
n the courts should be combatted by
every citizen who hae the welfare of
the -country at -heart.
CO SLOW ABOUT PARK SCHEME.
The Initiative One Hundred wants an
appropriation from the city of $r000 as
preliminary to launching a grand parK
and boulevard scheme, to be systemat
ically worked out In the eoiburtx of the
y. The outline of the plan was pub-
lfshed several weeKs ago, and th-e ap
propriation asked is to pay an engineer
from the FSast to look over the ground,
lot-ate the routes along the lines of
greatest ecenic beauty and least re
sistance, designate suitable sites for
parks, and compute the-coot -of the un
dertaking. The Oregonian has before said that,
before so large a sum of money as it
Is proposed to launch in this scheme Is
Involved, competent authority ehould.
be engaged to pass upon the prelimi
naries, which are the baste of the work.
It was further observed that the ap
propriation of $500 by the City Council
for this purpose would be all right
providing that body showed a dia-
position to economize and did econ
omize by cutting off leys essen
tial expenditures. The thing; that is
practically certain Is that even the ex-
ceesive tax 1-evy ordered by the Coun
cil -w 111 not furnish money enough for
all the "schemee, salaries and perqul-
Bites, grate, grafts and junkets of
which Councilmen and their close allies
-dream and plan. The chances ar, of
course, that the more meritorious
schemes for public improvement will
be put on the waiting list, while higher
salaries for municipal servan te. addi
tional clerk hire and the thousand and
one schemes of petty politics draw the
money raised
from the treasi
parking scheme
for the present.
money raised by excessive taxation
from the treasury. Xn this case the
parking scheme will have to step aside
HANT FOB COUNSEL, ONE FOR ACTION.
The recommendation mad In his in-
augural address -by -Mayor Rodger, of
Salem, that power and responsibility in
the police department be concentrated,
is In line with modern municipal gov-
emnwnt The newts dispatcher have
several times in the past year brought
to" public attention a. fault in Salem's
plan of municipal government a fault
that is still too common. The Chief of
Police ts elected by the people, -while
hie subordinates are elected' by the City
Council. As a. consequence, the Chief
and his subordinates have been at outs,
with the. Mayor backing the Chief and
the majority of the Council standing
behind the subordinates. Mayor Rodg
ens asserts that the Chief should be ap
pointed by the Mayor and the subordi
nates appointed - by the ;C'nief. Under
such a plan, incompetents could be re
moved and subordinates not In har
mony with the Chief could be die-
charged. The power to control the
whole police department being placed
in one man, responsibility, would be
definitely fixed and the people would
know where to -place ceneure for un-
satisfactorv service.
It is true that the concentration of
power invites the building -up of
political machine, and .opens the way
for grafting, If the officer possessing
the power is. dishonest: but the fact
that responsibility for mismanagement
or maltcaeance can. - be fixed, with
greater certainty lesserus the -probability
of grafting. A Mayor with the
whole police department in his control
could levy and collect tribute upon fill
forms of vice, or permit this to be done
by political friends. But this could also
be done by a Chief of Police elected by
the people and eecure in his office for a
specified term. Graft is always possi
ble if the people dNcline- to take such
an aggressive interest in their munici-
pal affaire as will compel noneet serv-
ice.
There has been considerable discus
sion of late concerning the relative effi-
ciency of departments under the con
trol of a board and those under con
trol of one man. Without going into
extensive citation of illustrations. It
may be laid down as a general rule
that when the chief duty of the depart
ment is the exercise of judgment, a
board or commission to to be preferred.
but where execution is wanted, one
man will renIer the more satisfactory
eervice. It is upon that principle that
our national and state governments are
organized. A City Council composed of
a dozen men, or more, may be a proper
body to enact city ordinances and de
termine the general policy of the city;
but after the laws have been placed
upon the statute-books, better results
will be attained by throwing upon one
man's shoulders the responsibility for
enforcing the la we.
Salom is not alone in its difficulty
over the problem of municipal organi
zation. early all cities have- these
questions to work out, largely "by ex
perience. Municipal government ia
every year assuming' a. more import
ant place in our social organization,
for the local government motrt. .closely
affects the moral status of the com
munity. When compared with the
problems that directly affect the home
and family, the questions of protective
tariff and flat salariee for state officers
sink almomt into insignificance.
Construction of four substantial
bridges across Sullivan's Gulch must
be com passed within the next five
j-eara. If the growth of the city on both
pldos of that ravine is to be properly
met and encouraged. At present the
bridpre spanning the g-ulch at Twelfth
street Ik the only means of direct com
jiiunication between two important
residence sections or the city, exeppt a
footbridge at Twenty-elghth Ktreet.
The collapse of thin old and heavily
ta xed structure -would, be a disaster
'bordering on calamity. It would mean
that there would be no "all East Side
roadway" running from north to south
through that section of the city, and
that traffic between the two sections
would be practically suspended. Th
icreat inconvenience incident to cross-,
ins the river twice in order to deliver
fuel, merchandise, building material,
groceries, etc., from Eaet Morrison,
Kast Burnslde or Central Grand- avenue
and the intervening districts to the
large residence district north of Sulli
van's -Gulch is apparent. It would. In
deed, be so serious as "to be intolerable
for any length of time. Xet this ie?
what the dilatory tactics of the con
tractors for the GraJid- avenue bridge
and the growing weakness of the
Twelftlistreet bridge forebodes. The
condition as it exists is a menace to
the Interests of a populous and 'grow
ing section of the city, and it should be
lifted by prompt action on the part of
those in authority. To be behind hand
in a matter of this kind Is to be etu-
pidly Inattentive to the public interest.
The, people adopted a constitutional
amendment last June extending the
provisions of the initiative and referen
dura to city affairs and authorizing the
people not only to enact and amend
their charters, but also to Initiate city
ordinances and demand the referendum
upon ordinances passed by the City
Council. "While it ia probable that thie
power can be xereked without further
authority, much confusion and perhaps
litiK-a-tion will he a voided toy the enact
ment of city ordinances prescribing in
detail what formalities shall be oh
served in the exercise of initiative and
referendum powers.
News dispatches record two instances
of novel uses of the telephone. In one
town a revivalist whose church wat"
Crowded talked to 500 people in their
homes, by having their phones connect
ed with a transmitter -on th rostrum.
Some conversions were reported. In
another place a judge heard arguments
of attorneys over the telephone. Soon
we shall have -marriasfes by phone, di
vorcee by phone," and perhaps funeral
sermons by phone.
Retiomlnatlon of Knute . Xeleon
Republican candidate for United States
Senator from Minnesota is one more
evidence of the high regard in which
many Scandinavian-Americans are held
n this country. The hardworking, In-
dustrious and frugal Norwegians,
Swedes and Germans made the Middle
West what it and they have shown
themeelves worthy not only In fields of
toil, but in places of honor and au
thority.
Running ice in the Columbia River
that threatens to cut off water commu
nication with Vancouver emphasized
e prevailing- mlldnees of our "Winter
c li mate. Only at rare Intervals, yea rs
apart, docs this condition arise.
To be the Shah of Pertia Is not the
easiest foreign political Job, yet The
Oregonlan congratulates the new in
cumbent on the absence of an inhar
omonious Vkje-President and a belliger
ent Senate.
Those fruitsrroweT -who did not at
tend the. annual meeting: of the Horti
cultural Society are excusable. Of
course they were busy pruning and
spraying their trees.
It will Toe safe to advise boys to welze
the present opportunity for skating af
forded by Blcughs and ponds. There is
small probability that the Ice wil re
main till next week. ,
American athletics are enriched by
the achievement of Mr. Thomas Mur
phy In a contest -with Young Corbett.
The vlctor'6 name suggests fighting
ancestry.
When one reada of the niatrimoniaJ
misadventures of General Ouchakoff
he can hardly suppress the impulse to
sneeze.
Latest advices from Central China
call renewed attention to the appeal for
aid to millions of utarvlng fellow-crea-
tures.
If there is anything as rare as a day
In June it i a. day in January such
as these we are now enjoying-.
Good morning! -H&v you had your
skates sharpened?
BAILEY AM STANDARD Oil.
Former'! Flft tit for Re-election mm
Senator Tear Tean In Tw.
Pactional parties are active in Texfl ovfT
the attempt by Joseph " V. Bailey to obtain
from the Ijcclolaturi- of that state rtt re
flection mm United- States Senator. Bailey la
betrg supported by the Houston Foet and 3e--nouneed
by the Dalla New. Extract from
these two newspaper follow:
Houston Tot.
Xot since the Civil War have the peo
ple been so thoroughly aroused over a
Federal Sen a tor nh 1 p. and never before
have they been so Indignant-at the con
duct of men who claim to be Democrats
and who have under the hypocritical
pretense of upnolding the honor of the
tate cloa ked their personal grudges
ar.d jealousies and undertaken to de
stroy one of the greatest exponents of
Democratic principles the country has
ever produced.
Every fabric of Infamy they "have
erected has been crushed into the earth
and even the artful plea that the Sen
ator should le defeated hecaune the ex
ploitation of serious charges ;i.is im
paired his influence and usefulness has
been dismissed by public opinion. Sup
pose 1 1 were true that Jin i ley's prcstl a-e
lias suffered. Vho would be responsible
for it but the cabal of conspirators who
have spent the best part of n. year In
defaming lii m ?
But It is not true that hi" prestige
has suffered." The country at large be
lieves In Bailey and expects Texas to
vindicate him, and the verdict of Texas
Is goiny to be accepted in full faith by ,
every right-thinking citizen of the
country.
But little more remain to be said be
fore this unprecedented conspiracy Is
buried beneath the condemnation of
the people. There will be a few legis
lators to violate t he instructions of
their people by voting against Bailey
and thee will be held to Ftrict ac
count by the voters whose eonfidenre
Is outraged " by euch a. betrayal of
trust.
It has been predicted by some that a
pol i ties 1 feud has been engendered
which will live for yers. The Post re
fuses to believe It. The men who hove
created .the diversion are simply going
to be overwhelmed and that will be the
Inst of them as political factors in this
tte. They will disappear with their
personal grudsos ;md trouble the pro-
pie no more.
Dallas Xews.
There has never been before any Le.
lslature of any state a more important
Issue than that which has grown out of
the grave misconduct of Senator Bailey.
Members of the Legislature know where
The News stands, just what it deems It.
a duty to do. The Mews has felt In its
full measure the same pressure that is
now felt by these representatives of the
people. It is' not without sympathy for
tho man whose associations it condemns
and whose election it opposes. The News
has said more kindly and complimentary
things about Senator Bailey than any
member of the legislature has ever said.
The files will show this to be true, and
it ia deeply regretted that the flies of The
News could not, in good conscience, have
been left to continue sounding his praise.
The time came, however, when Senator
Baiiey was forced by a startling dis
covery of evidence against him to con
fess to most discreditable transactions
with the people's arch enemy, which had
been long a.nd cautiously kept srot. The
News meant what it said in Its expres
sion of astonishment and regret. No
member of the present Xegl9lture has
been more keenly or sadly disappointed
than The Now.i has.
The News condemns Snator Bailey's
cervices in this Standard Oil matter, it
condemns them the more heartily because
of the caution and secrecy with which he
has kept them away from a people who
have trusted and honored him above
other men. It, condemns them because of
the jsad. and costly experience of the peo
ple of sister states, who hav teen. over-
Oomet aa the records will show, by
methods precisely similar and results
equally disastrous. The Xewn condemns
Senator Bailey's secret transactions with
President Pierce because The News deems
It a duty which It OWCS to thfl PPOPle Of
Mark Twain om High tint.
Now York Mall.
Of the December white flannels of
Iblnrlc Twain we nhall say nothing.
Strolling down Broadway in fur-
trimmed pajamas would he a parallel
matter of tftte. "A man of 70may
dress as lie pleases." So may a man
of any aere below or above 70. Be
sides, press-agrent methods may have
been needed to help the copyright bill
through Congress. Nor Bhall we look
at the thermometer . and take Issue
with Mr. Clemens' assertion that there
is "absolutely no comrortable, delight
ful and pleasant costume but the hu
man skin." That was but an excus
able expression of sj-mpathy with his
unclad heroine so lately exiled from
the shocked shelves of New England
libraries.
But when the wise old maker of fun
speaks seriously of the obsolescence, of
the hl&h hat, the racts rise in protest
against him. "Why. 25 years ago I re-
member when a ma n was not consid
ered dressed unless he wore a. higrh hat.
and now well, 1 Know I wouldn't
wear one ot them myself," So says
Mark Twain, speaking as if the Flor
entine . i- w r tha-t was placed upon
uivlllzcd heads more than a oenturv
8g0 were as near extinction as the
beaver that gave It Its naillii foi' a
time in our fathers' day. Vet he has
but to use his eyes during any evening
in ' Now York to see that this variety
of the lid Is still "on."
True It is not the only wear, even In
the afternoon, as tt waa once for all men
of fashion. True also, its high place as
the one essential mark ot commercial re
spectability in Ixindon has been shaken
of later years. On an extremely hot Sum
mer day an employer may enter "the
city" with a straw covering that a few
years ago would have caused questions
of his sanity and solvency. But the
"cleric" dares no such disregard of the
esteem In. which all Britain holds the
"topper." '
' In this country .th silk hat has les
sened in numbers: not in distinction and
fixity of place. It is not the pet posses
sion of the barkeeper, the ward heeler
and the tough as it was In tha days when
Tweed was in the city hall and "Mose"
upon the stage. But fashion never be
fore held it .in higher favor for evening;
wear. Its existence never was really
threatened, save ' during the years when
that collapsible, many-named pretender.
the gibus, crush, cbapeau de claque, op
era hat call the accordion headgear what
you will was the proper accompaniment
of evening clothes.
The hiith hat obsolete? Why. it ia the
present center of International interest.
The incident that stirred President
Roosevelt to his most indignant cham-
pionshlp of Japan was the assault In 9an
Franclsco upon Professor Omorl. Only
since the message wa.s published have
the details of the attack upon that dls-
tinguiflhed Oriental seismologist been
known. He wore a high hat. It was a
target that tempted a group of messen
ger boys. A. tomato can crushed the
glossy Side of the treaty-protected cylin
der. The friendship of two nations wan
Imperiled. A casus belli cannot be treated
.with cuntemot even by a humorist.
ROCK I N i MRS. EDDY'S CRADLE
Carious MrbIr or the Chrl.tlan Science ,
l.rartf r.
from ''Mary Baker G. Eddy." by Geoifine
Milmlne. In McClure's.
One manifestation of her pathological
condition was a mania for being rocked
or swung. Mark Baker frequently too
the grown woman in his arms, dropped
Into a big roclclng-chair and soothed her
to sleep like a -baby. Then he carried her
to bed, gently tucked her In and stealthily
tiptoed out of the room. Mrs. Tilton,
when Mary stayed at her house, per
formed like service.
Usually at the Tilton house the task
fell to one John Varney, the nian-uf-all-work.
He. like the member of her. own
family, rocked her to sleep in hi arms.
To put an end to this proceeding, which
they regarded as unseemly, the Tiltons
constructed a huge cradle. It was built
just like a baby's, with a decorated
balustrade, soft cushions and other es
sentials of comfort. It had at one end a
platform. t'pon this Varney sat and,
rocking himlf. alfo rocked the cradle.
At times the Tiltons put up a large
swing in M rs. Glover" n room. Her
nephew. Albert Tilton. would swing her
four hours in the daytime, Som times
with small coins he would hire certain
village hoys a Kutwtitules. "Swineing
Mr.. Glover' " hecame a popular way f
turning an honest penny. One at lewst
of there hoys still lives and hnsIeprrliyti
his experience to the present writer.
This swinging moliun inder-d grew ab
solutely Indispensable to Mrs. C5 lover's
peace of mJnd. Often her father hud to
carry her in his arms from room to room.
and she aim-ays insisted upon being car
ried upstairs. ....
Talk- In.rlUgea.1y t Mi Month-.
St. Louis Dispatch to New York Pres.
Born with the gift of gab It's a girl,
of course.
Posses?!ny the one and being the other,
Miss Eugenie Barbara Jaques apparently
is merely normal, wit h the slight ex
ception that she is only nine months old
and already, has talked her father out
of the house and several fossil scientists
in'o it in an effort to discover where
all the words come from.
Kugenif tlrwt gave lir parents hni t
failure m-h.cn she was placed at the table
in a high chair. The young lariy. at
thst time six months old. flatly remarked:
T don "t- 1 iite th 1p dinner."
Kever having made a nolso before tlmt,
exce.pt just baby, the parents were thun
derstruck. Mrs. Jaque recovered her
self-possession first. nnd said she hnl
heard that remrlc before, out from Atr.
Jaques.
."Meat's scorched," iH Dusniic;
"coffee's muddy."
Mrs. Jaquen looked at Mr. .Tnques, and
he went out to finish hif meal in a
restaurant.
Since the unbridling of her tnnguo !Iip
baby ha m Improved so s tend i ly it Is
dangerous to say anything In her pr
ence, ps she will promptly Repeat it to
any person who drop in to ask Mr'.
.Tatpies bow much she paid for her win
dow curtainp.
Friendly View or Toft.
iFrom the Charleston New and Courier.
Of course, we hope Mr. Taft m-ill not
be elected the next president of the I nit
er States otiRht to be n Democrnt hut,
if we must have a Republican, there d:es
not appear to be a more ca pablr candi
date in sight on that side of the politi
cal feno than the genial Ohioan. He
would prohably not write as many mes
sages or run as much to the spectacular
as Mr. Roosevelt we have never had
anything like him before In the public
life of thU country and we trust m-e shall
never have agAln but Taft would make
a good President in spite of his politics.
and we trust that he will prove strong
enough to overcome the more corrupt
wing of his party, which is opposed to
him.
NEn-SPATER WAIFS.
he "If you kins m I'll scream for
hlo.'' He "What for?. T don t nffd any
help." Philadelphia Record.
"Why ars humorists alwao such
looklne fellows 7 "Most of them hav
Hyp on what thpy are able- to make out of
their humor." Ohleaffn Record-Ufrald.
TJWtaley has an automobile, hasn't
T don" t know " '-"Why. 1 thouKht you
me you saw him with one yeMtrday."
tilt ' that WM yrHterday," Philadelphia
PrM.
Kva "Is J true that the Count drink
freely since you Jilta him?" Kalharl n- -"'
I suppose so. He must drink freely or no
at all. No on? PV(T heard of hB treat
ing." Chicago Daily News.
Kins r .t.mly ( "Whs. r yoti eo late
ImkI nlBtit?" If. i.volo
hld up on my bo
sternly) "Were you too far gone to walk
alone?" Baltimore American.
"Why don't you come forward rm si
former ?" "I 1 r" t n ! to." an wered S
Stor dornhum In a tone or surprise. I
ready enjoy national prominence and a good
income." Washington Mar.
Mrs. Chugwater "Joitlah. thi paper nay
municipal ownorsbip In an Ifcnin ratuus.'
What is an tRnis futuiin?" Mr. Chug-water
"That's so plain that anybody oupht to
know what it mean a at first sight. 'Unls'
means fire. 'Patuua In fat. The fat's In
the Are." Chloajto Tribune.
A Cursory Om rth I p.
New York Sun.
The curfew peal Ion lnc had ceased.
The dope !txr "hone above;
A melancholy oollin sans
To hia curly lady love,
f
His love h chanted doggedly
In plaintive harea role ;
Yet from her kennel, curtained close.
Is o courtesy cheered, his soul.
At last, his uncurbed zeal incurred
Het wrath. This canine bud
Howled out dog-matin curses deep
That curdled all his blood.
"Don't hound me so!" he curtly cried.
"Curtail your doKgerel. fiure,
Unlem you do. r n-xt eurfew
There will he one cur fewer!"
BRYAN; " I WONPER
LIVING IP TO OMfi'S AUTOMOBILE.
Klrl Coal Is ot All "That Must B
Reckoned With.
Springfield (.Mass.) Republican.
The annual cost of running an automo
bile has been but dimly realixed by tha
average person mho walks or. "takes the
trolley.' Xow and then he has heard
someone speak of the price of tires and
gasoline, and t'ne prices mentioned have
given htm a shock. if he ever used a
bicycle he has come to appreciate that
even so simple a machine costs money
to maintain ovrinj? to the repairs requinvl
and tlie tire punctni-od. An automobile,
however. KOes ra.ther beyond the ordinuiy
pcrson'8 experience, so tlmt lie leaves tin-
uostion of lis matntenatKV ns sniiieinii!
that need not. bother any but those who
pay the hills.
Automobile owners realize that tt Is not
so much the f.rst com of the maoiiine
the maintenance that counts. hen
ou invest 200 in a touriiiK-car. or SIS"
ri a. runabout, the drain upon the IHK-kft
as just bPRun. The clearest luea on;
ran form of the cost of niiiintcmuioe K
hat derived from inspection of some
utomoblllsfp bills. A writer In the Ttc
lew of Reviews kindly furnishes thi?
information out of his own cxprrienrr.
which evidently has been considerable
both in point f time and variety of cars
operated. I-"t r 1 . tnke hin experience with
a single-cylinder, elght-horse-powcr run-
Hliout. a comparatively Inexpensive1 oar,
costing $100. m-hich he operated himself.
thus saving the expense of a chauffeur.
From A pril to November he tra veled 3".-
000 mf!cs. At tile end of the neason he
found that the total expense of main
tenance had been JSIT.70. lli-a ngures in
det;iil are Interesting $Ti for a year's
lahility insurance r25 for depreciation in
value of car. H"i.riO interest at i per cent
on first cost, and W7.20 for seven months
repairs and maintenance. The average
monthly cost of maintenance was
The bill for April itomizod shows wherr
the dollars went:
April 1, four hours time ort arUutinnt.S 2"0
Anvil 1. one calWn of iini,r oil
April 1. two Inr.r tiV."
A ri i i , -xtrn tan ie:t j .
April . JTiiainnK pun-r.ur
Vp-il. 10, r'V'Al'lnj? pnn -turo iS
April V2. one ant jack 4.."V
April 14. four hour tim ad.iiiFt 1 us: 2.
A;rll If. h .! '-KiM.'.p cyitit r-r .1 1
A nrll 1 - i .nn-t i Ins infit-r fu1 . .7.".
April twn Hours time a'-juri'in.
A nrll 2fl. extra dinrli plllff
1 tht
4
April .V, me month's xtoruRC t-
( '..-laiol I ?1
tNjr the month...
.o.t
Total
The lonrinp car ff mure expensive nyt
only In the first cost, hut in the cost of
aintenani-c If von wor. to buy h ma
tin., .-omlnjr U."-Ort. nml lilr.- e. fhaudwir
t B wnk, the season's expended, -
ending to tlie writer in tile lli'VlctV Of
Reviews, would amount approximately t
$2fir. or niorr- in on year thnn tho enr't
original pn". He allow fi:;oo for the
I .aV Sn.'i 1 ,! lA t..H nnonllnr.
$75 for luhricnnts. carbide, etc., $200 fur
merhanles' vepnirs and ro'ilnrfnient of
parts. $t't2r for depreciation In the vhIu
of the car, nnd flOO for iinhiitty and
fire insurance. Of ronrse. one can be
oronnmi,a I or extra vn cant in n inn ma: an
automobile. A oh a uffeur may 1m dis-
peiiMed with, if one winlu's to .save money.
Ihit a certain ..mount of additional ex-
petiHo Is inevitable in car furniture, robes,
pfisttimrs for tho road, and o on, while
the entertainment of friends I no small
Item, There is sm h a thin s "livin(f up
to ones automobile" and the tcnd-ncy
in that direction is felt in the expense
aivonnt.
The Reviews writer Insist! that he re-p-
resents the average in automohllidK.,
"Some people," he says, "urc more for
tunate and economical than I have been,
and. on the other hand, the sport can
be made to cost any sum that a man "a
purse will stand." Let us follow him on
a WOO-mil tour, in August, through w
Jersey and Pennsylvania, ntates which
ha vp as good roadn. probably, as any.
Ftatp in X.Ur T'nion. Tho cof't of that
tour, ho declares, was 'moderate' nnd
it lasted but a short time. Thin ia Mhnt
happened to the car in the way cm ex-
penws: - 1
llff half-sralTons wmllw. at "iV. IfiSt.rto
FIys EiiIIiui- of cylinder oil, ffrevef jtU'A v
21 nitdits' storage at $1 ..........J. it.-v
Mocliaiiii;" time at Anbury Park, .... . 4 tft
i!.o
l.oo
;w hfi tt 1-leK, four cIls,
rhllathlphla. Pa.
Vnw icnitinn anrinir i
New p ark coll. to replace one tlltt
jrave out en ri
; v lrtvlnic ch
Rnnrk nolnt cllo
Overhauling bMore tho utiirt
New outer rant tiff and Inner tube Or-
Total
.9140.40
The romroJson between tho eft of a
stable and an automobil Iwn't vary con-
vinflnK. The nitti'lilne om a
altliough it h
as a much wider ridlus of
action. Its depreciation in value 1 wpin-
"o per cent in ' two years hut t is !t'Mii
should bo reduced with tho perf tior of
the cars. Yet. in jlte of the e-x ene of
malntainlna; automoblloa, and "11 in up"
(o thorn, there wore nPW nog sold
In this country In the pant yetf. It in
entlmatod that SO.OTO new or
'ii ho sold
cftntlnuen.
the coming: year, if prosperity
If the purcliasers pay 11o,w,m
or them
anrl sppiid t"M)M more In
running
year's
them for a season, the com!
automobile bill begins to bo
predated. But the machine
mly a ra
il aa come
to stay, and, when the extrav
'ffant ut?e
of it as a toy has ended, it
ill settle
down to Its -truo place In thoj
National
housekeepln
Fteht H Out.
Will Carleton.
ro-s rtestruotion seem to 1
All about?
Don't believe It! Go to -vttr,
right it out:
Danger often turns and t.r
Fmra a steady pair of ey.
Huin always camos aiart
from a n undffiatrn heart!
In the spirit there la mud
Do not doubt-
That the world can never ouch.
vusht tt out!
IF SHE WILL FIWD ME?
Wt.hlnglon Post.