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CUAXCEIXORS'VTIXE.
It has required a long time to get
the truth as to the disastrous' battle
oT ChancellorsviUe. But it may be
suld to have been practically settled
by the Memoirs of Schurz and How
ard, recently published, and by the
review of the campaign of Chancel
lorsviUe by the well-khiown writer,
Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
Schurz's statement is extremely vig
orous. He Bhows that he had at
tempted for several hours to call,
Howard's attention to the movement
of the Confederates across the front
of the Federal Armv. .and esnerijillv
of the Eleventh corns of the
Army of the Potomac, with the evi
dent purpose of making a flank , or
rear attack, but that Howard could
not be convinced. Schurz commanded
a division in Howard's corps. He
suw with his own eyes the Confed
erate movement, and the continuous
march of the Confederates across the
front of the Eleventh corps was con
llrnued every hour, by scouts, pickets,
and skirmishers who witnessed .it.
Howard, in his memoirs, does not
tlercy this. But he says the informa
tion from Hooker's headquarters was
that the Confederates were retreating,
and (that this movement, seen from
the front of the Eleventh corps, was
but a joart of it. This flank move
ment by the Confederates was par
tially disguised by turning Its direc
tion .-away from the front of the
Eleventh corps.- which completed the
deception. Soon, however, the direc
tion was chimged,, and the Confeder
ate column, -veering' round, was ready
about five P. M. to strike the flank
of the Eleventh corps, which it did"
with -n energy and,, fury that tele
scoped it completely, produced a mas
sacre and Tolled back the survivors
In precipitous flight.,. It was known
at the time that the Federal Arms'
had ,no head or leadership at Chan
cellorsviUe. But the ' details of the
blunders have not hitherto been fully
known. "4
.The Eleventh corpis, under Howard,
in line of battle, faced south all day.
Jt was upon the right of the Federal
Army. Upon the .left and center Lee
engaged Hooker, yet so feebly as to
make him believe th? Confederates
were in retreat. Meantime Stortewall
Jackson's flank movement was in op
eration. Jackson's corps was 26,000
stronft, out of 62,000 that constituted
the Confederate Army. But Hooker
had become possessed of 'his fixed
idea that the Confederates were re
treating, and this idea "he communi
cated to Howard, who held to it ten
aciously against all .representations
that the movement of Jackson's corps
across Howard's front meant a flank
r rear attack. Jfctther Hooker nor
Howard was undeceived till the onset
of the Confederates, made It .impps-
sible ror the Eleventh corps to change
front ut meet - the attack. The
Eleventh corps, waa facing south, the
n track came from the west, towards
the cast. It was a flank attack, which
no provision had been made to 'meet.
Yet officers and men of the Eleventh
corps had seen during four or five
hours the Confederate movement
which they believed portended it.
Howard, In his Memoirs, says ha
was riveted to the position by orders
from Hooker, and the woods" were so
douse that the actual movements of
the -enemy c&uld not be followed nor
ascertained. Schurz, on the other
hand, declares that through patrols
and scouts the general ;jnovement of
tho- Confederates was sufficiently
known, and that Howard, at frequent
intervals during the day, was apprised
of It, but was Incredulous. He had
his orders from the headquarters of
tho commanding general; he was
rooted to the -spot; he did not feel
at liberty to change his front to meet
an emergency that ha,d arisen and
many had foreseen, and his corps,
struck on the flank, was simply rolled
up and run over. This was the dis
aster of the battle of ChancellorsviUe.
Thi fault, primarily, was that of the
commanding general. The corps com
mander lacked Initiative and quick
ness to meet an emergency, yet when
the attack came he did all that the
commander of corps of 10,000 men,
placed in a false position, could do
to meet the attack of 2 6,000. directed
by an enterprising leader. It was one
of those unaccountable t'hlngs. that
occur In war.
Howard is apologetic, Schurz critl-'
cal and aggressive. The latter has
the better of the statement and,
argument, for In work of this
kind Howard is no match for
Schurz. Yet Howard . through
out the war proved himself !
again and again - a man of soldierly
judgment, and a resolute fighter, too.
The main fact of this -campaign was
that Hooker, an excellent leader of
a corps, and a proverbial fighter, was
unequal to the command of the Army
of the Potomac. The battle of
ChancellorsviUe was not a general
battle; it was hardly more than an
affair of detached and separate posi
tions, in each of which men were
fighting without supports, and 40,000
men of the Army qf the Potomac,
that ought to have been brought into
tho battle, never fired a. shot. There
was the lesson of a disaster which
foresight should have averted, but the
like of which was not permitted to
occur again.
A PLEA FOR UTBERTT.
Will not Brother tTRen, to whom
all Oregon looks for championship
of tur liberties, get up a constitu
tional amendment, so that referen
dum may be called on the decisions
of the courts? This, positively. Is
necessary to protection of the rights
of the people and the enforcement of
Justice. Let us have the decisions of
the courts reviewed by the people,
and where wrong, redressed by a
popular vote. For specfflc Illustra
tion, it wouloj take no great while to
restore to our old pioneer friend,
Marquam, the property that has been
wrested from him
What our people have chief reason
to complain of Is the tyranny of the
courts. Through the right they claim
to pass on the laws and on their va
lidity, and to .reverse decisions of
juries in all sorts of cases, civil and
criminal, the courts of the land be
come the absolute rulers of the peo
ple. It is an oligarchy that crushes
the righteous decrees of the people.
Far more important than, initiative,
far more important than the referen
dum call on bills passed by the Legis
lature, is the right of the people to
call the referendum on the decision's
of the courts. Hitherto and now the
Supreme Court, npt the Legislature,
not the people, has declared or or
dained the law of Oregon. How
much longer will the people .submit
to the decrees of this oligarchy?
Brother ITRen, champion of the
people, will see, of course, that every
decree of the Supreme Court ought
to be referred to the people for their
decision as to its rightfulness and
justice.
Here is the true test, the real cita
del, of liberty and justice. How
every free man must hate the decrees
of an oligarchy from which there is
no appeal! Are the people entitled
to rule this country or is an oligarchy
to rule it? Let us have an appeal to
the people through the referendum
on the decisions or decrees of the
courts, and. especially on those of the
Supreme fcou'rt. The statesmanship
of Oregon City, that has nothing to
do. but stunts of statesmanship, ought
to be equal To this emergency. Let
the people rule, not a row of doctors
on a bench, in stoles and gowns and
wigs and panoply of pretensions.
' Let us have the referendum on the
decisions of the courts. It is.. high
time that vox popull were made to
mean something."
NOT YET, CT SOON.
The tariff revision delegation which
visited Washington with a view to
securing appointment of a commis
sion to investigate the subject and
recommend amendments to the pres
ent tariff schedules should feel most
grateful to ' Speaker Cannon and
Chairman Payne of the House Ways
and Means Committee. Had the
worthy Speaker and his associates
followed the' method of procedure .
usual in such cases,, they would have,
warmly welcomed the -project. They
would have aided in the selection of
a commission and in due season re
ceived its-report, which by resolution
would have beenj laid- on the table,
under the table or thrown out the
window, neatly, diplomatically arid
effectually. But the' Hon. -Speaker
and Chairman Payne were using the
mailed fist instead of the velvet glove
when the delegation called, and the
visitors will not experience that ''hope
deferred" . that "maketh the. heart
sick." -,..' ', '
There will be no lingering uncer
tainty in their minds as to what Con
gress will do, , for Congress will do
nothing. "I fear greatly that your
tariff commission would turn itself
into a debating school," consolingly
remarked the Speaker, and Chairman
Payne was positive that "you cannot
convince me. gentlemen, of the wis
dom of appointing such a commis
sion at this session." Speaker Can-.
non was certain that a return of the
country to its commercial and finan
cial status of six months ago would
be "of. Inestimably more worth than
any tariff revision that the skill of
man could k frame." Of course, Mr.
Cannon and Mr. Payne and their
friends intend to revise the tariff--"not
yet, but soon." The protection
pap bottle must not be pulled away
from our infant industries until they
are able tq . take stronger nourish
ment o . . '.
There is the steel trust, for ex
ample, with net' earnings of only
J160.984.477' last year. It has been
organized since 1901 and , In a little
more than six years its dfvldends
have amounted , to but ' $837,935,273.
And yet there are . well meaning in
dividuals, presumably endowed with
sufficient ability to enable them to
reason from cause to effect, who will
take issue with Mr. Cannon and argue
that the Iniquities of the existing tariff
system are-indirectly responsible for
the drastic change -from prosperity
to - stagnation.. HaU the steel trust
(only one of. many tariff-fostered of
fenders) , been satisfied with profits
of $100,000,000 last year, the people
would have effected from , this source
alone a saving of more than $60,000,
000. Had the-steel trust in the six
and one-half years of its existence
been content with net profits of $500,
000,000 instead of $837,935,273 the
American people would have had an
additional third of a billion dollars
with which to stave off the hard Ums
which have been unjustly forced oh
them. -' - - -
They have been robbed; shamefully
robbed, by men like the Laird of
Skibbo, ' who has' studded the land
with libraries which are -"monuments
of shame to the system by which he
robbed the many for the benefit of
the few. Schwab, frittering away his
million dollar salary' and $10,000,000
annual profits af .Monte Carlo; Corey,
his successor, reveling- lrf a nastiness
that disgusted JvVo continents; and
Thaw, another beneficiary of he sys
tem, are all shining examples of the
effect of an unrevised tariff. Mean
while Cannon, Payne et al will con
tinue their "Ajax-defying-the-light-ning"
stunt, until there comes an up
heaval of public opinion that will
sweep into power a party that will
revise . the tariff: Unforiunately,
there is nothing in the past records
of that party, that warrants the belief
that the revision will be wholesome
or effective.'. It would be far better
for the country if the Cannons and
Paynes were jettisoned from the Re
publican party before It Is wrecked.
GAME PROTECTION".
The intimation that the Oregon
Fish and Game Association will move
to protect wild fowl on their breed
ing grounds shows that .we are at
last on the route toward game laws
that will be effectual. Wild animals
arenot exterminated by the slaughter
of adult specimens, but by the de
struction of eggs, the helpless young,
and dams wliile still giving suck or
essential protection. Could this reck
less slaughter be stopped there would
be little need of laws limiting the
number that might be' shot during
the open season, though such' laws
are by no means useless.
The fundamental principle in game
protection is to safeguard adults in
the breeding season and prevent the
wholesale destruction of young speci
mens by human and animal foes.
When this Is done the species are sel
dom threatened with extermination.
Game becomes more plehtiful every
year in England and Scotland because
it is rationally protected. If the State
is to spend any money for this pur
pose the best way to do it is to form
protected breeding places where. game
may multiply in peace and safety.
The effort ' to prevent shooting over
vast unguarded areas is largely
futile.
A BRACONIAN MT5ASCRE.
Of the initiative corrupt practices
bill to be submitted to the voters next
June the purpose is commendable. It
is imperatively necessary In a Repub
lic that electors should cast their
votes with all possible freedom, not
only from corruption, - but also from
undue influence of every sort. It is
better that a man should vote fool
ishly under the honest direction of
such intelligence as he possesses'
rather than wisely under the dicta-
tion of a boss or a candidate. More
over, the voter has the right to de
mand from the State protection from
annoying solicitation and efforts at
undue persuasion on election day. It
should be his privilege to go to the
polls unhindered and unhampered,
without harassing besetments. The
less heat, excitement and contention
we have at the polls the better. The
voter has questions td decide by his
ballot which are quite as weighty as
any that come before judges on the
bench, and he should be as well pro
tected as they are from improper
influence and distraction. In spirit
the corrupt practices bill recognizes
the supreme importance of the ballot
and-seeks to surrbund it with ade
quate safeguards. Hence, the spirit
Is praiseworthy.
' .Still, there are serious objections,
not to the -general purpose of the
bill, but to the nature of some . of
the 'restrictions it imposes. Nobody
need . waste any sympathy upon the
petty boss whose election day activi
ties it would cut off. His ambition is
to create as much noise and silly dis
turbance as he can at the polls, hop
ing to carry measures by blind pas
sion which calm reason would defeaf.
Any measure which seeks to secure
sensible consideration and honest vot
ing is sure of 'his opposition. Nor
Vould It cause much hardship to "can
didates, rney nave a long time to
persuade, argue and convince. If they
can, before election day comes round.
If the law should- interpose and bid
them hold their peace after the vot
ing begins they need not repine. What
they cannot do , in two or three
months of talk they are not likely Jo
do honestly' in two or three hours.
Elections are not held primarily fof
the benefit of candidates, but for the
State or Nation, and if the public
good demands that they, keep out of
sight after the polls open it Is the
public good which should prevail and
not theirs. ' '
The bill seems to forbid all such
activities as "treating," personal so
licitation, and intimidation on ejection
day. We can 'not see that anything
would be lost that, is worth keeping
if this part of it became law. It may
be said that the saloons are closed in
any case, but the pocket Xlask Is
usually much in evidence and is often
as harmful, as the open saloon would
be. Moreover, men should not vote
this way or . that because somebody,
asks them to do so. Their ballots
ought to ba directed by. their brains
if they have any. It is not a bad
thing, therefore, to forbid pleas, im
portunities and endearments on elec
tion day. The less of such things
we . have while", voting proceeds ' the
better. " ., V - -
But it is said that the bill would
also forbid a . candidate to make a
speech or sa newspaper" to ' publish
political articles on election day. This
is very doubtful.. -.The language ; of
the proposed act possibly admits of
this construction, but it seems to aim
rather at personal solicitation , and
corruption. It says -nothing of what
newspapers may or may not do But
If the Initiative bill forbids candidates
to deliver speeches on election .day
it Is bad. If it forbids newspapers to
publish political articles on - that or
any other' day it is: worse. In tMthVr
case the" bill ought to be rejected.. , A
speech by. a candidate sometimes con
tains matter that Is .worth listening
to. Certainly the voter should be permitted-
to- receive alj the instruction
he can both from this 'sourcp and
from the papers.
It seems also that the bill forbids
discussions between individuals on
election day. These' discussions are
almost always carried on "to Induce
or persuade" voters to vote or refrain
from voting one way or the -other.
If the bill would make such discus
sions unlawful it is to that extent un
desirable. The more free, - open.
manly., argument ;'we have both - on
the- day- of election and other days
the better, This is one way of letting
in the1 light on public affairs, and the
more light we have the safer we are.
" The fact is that the Initiative bill
goes so 'far'-in pursuit of a perfectly
proper aim that it verges toward, in
tolerable tyranny and could probably
not be enforced if it should be adopt
ed. The common experience with
Draconian laws is that they fall Im
mediately Into desuetude. A secret'
ballot, a wide clear space around the
polls, a -ban upon liquor Whether in
saloon or the pocket flask, and above
all a rigorous limitation of election
expenses, these would seem" to be suf
ficient safeguards of the purity of the
baHot. After &11 Wmust rely some
what upon the -oter's own intelligent
volition. Intimidation and corruption
can be prohibited without forbidding
all argument and discussion. .The
proposed law would even pre"Vent
temperance advocates from weeping
and praying with sinners at the polls
and penalize the instructive oratiops
of women suffragists. - Without these
attractions it is very doubtful whether
voters could be induced to attend
elections and we might have to get
along with no -rulers at all If It were
adopted. . - L ' :
Out of that cesspool of illicit love,
murder and general nasWness that
has made, the- Thaw trial notorious
and odorous, appears oneredeeming
ray. A sister of the murderer who
had sold herself for a' foreign title has
regained her freedom, as "an Indirect
result , of the murder trfil. ' The Duke
of Yarmouth had apparently always
treated his. American duchess .with
the 'contempt to, which she was en
titled for marrying such a being, out
his crifelty, together with that of his
ducal family, reached such a stage
after the Thaw trial began that the
countess In desperation began suit for
divorce. Of course the Thaw mil
lions that were settled on the royal
rake cannot be regained, and nothing
can restore the wasted youth of the
countess, but the example is worth
something, and if the duchess would
only consent to write her experiences
as a member of the European nobility
it would not only prove one of the
"best sellers," but It might also pre
vent some other female fool from
taking the downward step.
Coroner Flnley's opinion of his own
conduct in the Radium quackery
murder imbroglio Is extraordinary.
He says he has done no wrong, that,
he would do the same thing oyer
again, and if the people think he has
done wrong they need not re-elect
him.- Very likely his re-election is a
matter which is already past discus
sion. But it seems to be a defect in
our system of government that an
official who displays dense Insensi
bility to his public obligations can
not be promptly . removed. Since
Coroner Finley sees no wrong in writ
ing incorrect death certificates while
in a dream or hypnotic trance, of
course he is likely.to do it again and
again. , Since .he Is unable to recog
nize where- his private duties as
undertaker end and his public ones
as coroner begin, there will be con
tinuous confusion between the two as
long as he remains in office. "The
recall" may be inexpedient as -a gen
eral rule, but there are cases where
it would seem to fit most admirably,
and this is one of them.
China has officially notified Japan
that, in pursuance to an agreement
with Russia, she has opened customs
stations along the Manchurian fron
tier. Japan has completed the res
toration to Russia of certain" prop
erty which was in dispute at the close
of the war, and the Muscovite seems
to prefer doing business with the
Chinese, for the present at least. If
the trade pact under which the two
countries are to work becomes suffi
ciently strong there are possibilities
for the men of Nippon some 'day to
be invited by the Chinese to vacate
territory to which their title is simi
lar to that by which Corea is held.
A Russo'-Chinese combination might
cause Japan more anxious mom.its
than she Jias experienced since she
was first attacked by th "world
power" fever.
There are many Intervening miles
between Port Arthur and St. Peters
burg, and considerable time has
elapsed since Stoessel struck the Rus
sian colors at the Far Eastern ouf
post. .For this reason and because
of the somewhat conflicting testimony
of witnesses and the undoubted jeal
ousy existing between thecommander
of the fortress and some of- his under
studies, almost any verdict which may
be rendered In the court-martial case
will be subject to criticism. .It should
also be remembered that if -Russia
punished all of her . subjects who
blundered and . plundered 4urlng the,
late war, the next foljoiwing census
would show a-material reduction In
the population.
W. J. ., Bryan asserts, that . Watll
street is a worse. gambling Joint than
Monte.Carlo. The. question now. arises,
is the peerless leader 'epeaking from
hearsay or-perlsh-the . thought did
he, . during-his recent European trip,
place a few winning bets -on' the red
or the black at Monte Carlo and then
lose, the winnings by going "long" on
Amalgamated Copper in Wall street?,
The Oregon Week-ly, published by
the students of the University of Ore
gon, is a credit not only to its editors
and managers", but to the 'Institution.
Its news and editorial, columns are
conducted upon a high plane, and
never fall to the low frivolity, not to
say, vulgarity, in which' many college
papers seem to delight-.
-An airship has been seen hovering
around Taboma; Passengers on the
Northern Pacific train which viewed
the strange craft, assert that it was
flying tho Japanese flag and carrying
red and green lights. The necessity
for impetus to tho temperance move
ment in the city of destiny is quite
clear.,
More time wasted by the City Coun
cil ..framing an ordinance to ' keep
women- out of saloons. Why don't
they build a ten-rail fence in front
of the "laUes' " entrance? ' That will
bar every city-bred female
Thomas Jefferson Cleeton, bprn In
Missouri, is Republican nominee for
United States district attorney for
Oregon! Where did he get that
name? ' .
" Oregon can boast that she has paid
her full 1 share toward Harrlman's
new $4,000,000 dwelling. -
BEAUTY'S LIGHT LEAVES SENATE.
With Our Own Mtilkry'a Retirement,
All Kow In Darkness.
. ' Washington Post. . I
There cannot be any harmony or sub
stantial joy In Congress hereafter. The
withdrawal of the Hon. Fred. Mulkey .
from tho Senatorial race in Oregon means
that an unseemly squabble will result
among Senators who suppose themselves
to be handsome' They will - endeavor to
seize and wear the mantle lately worn
with such grace by the matchless 'Mul
key. From tht strife deadly enmities
will, be engendered, and legislation will
suffer while embroiled statesmen contend
for the greater prize of fame through
pulchritude.
Ir was a blow .to the best interests of
the United States when Mulkey'n incom
parable figure was carried by his majestic
legs out of the greatest legislative arena
in the ' world. So long as Mulkey the
matchless stood in the Senate, the pre
tensions of other men to beauty, or even
to comeliness, faded and turned gray. It
was idle .for Senators to groom them
selves, -or to cast sheep's eyes into the
galleries; there was no comfort anywhere.
Mulkey, the' Orpheus- of Oregon, drew the
eyes of all the fair,, by the mere exhibi
tion of his fatal beauty. Other Senators
were useful, but he" alone was orna
mental. His pre-eminence was undisputed,
and peace reigned In the Senate by reason
of the solitude of his conepicuousness.
But now, with the great light out, other
stars appear, twinkling with more or less
ambitious ray, J It will rtot do to. name
them but they are thepe. '
The, Hon. Mulkey wltlidraVs from the
race in Oregon because he. has not re
ceived the support of those leaders who
champion "Statement No. 1" the propo
sition that the candidates for the Legis
lature must pledge themselves to elect
to the Senate the person favored by the
people in the primary. Even in the act
of disappearing, however, the incompar
able Mulkey declares' his undying adher
ence to the great principle embodied In
Statement No. 1 that '.z. the principle
that the people of Oregon shall amend
the Constitution of the United States. It
Is, in truth, a thing worth dying for; but
the passing of beauty never falls to in
spire melancholy thoughts. "Done to
death by envious tongues" is the epitaph
that should adorn the political grave of
this Adonis of the salmon belt. Is it any
wonder that the Oregon leaders failed
to support the admirable Mulkey? How
could they .do so, without stultifying
themselves and denying their own claims
to beauty? Alas! It Is true now, as of
old, that "eiander's mark was ever yet
the fair!" Beauty, fatal, mysterious, al
luring, accursed beauty! It has destroyed
the Hon. Mulkey, and now the lust of
the fame of it threatens to set other
statesmen by the ears.
WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS TO DOT
Ought to Agree on Modus Vivendi for
Statement So. 1.
Corvallis Gazette.
Republicans should come to some com
mon "modus Vivendi" as to Statement No.
L They might unite in opposing it to the
uttermost -because it is in direct opposi
tion to the Constitution of the United
States.-
Unable to agree to this they might find
a common ground In giving the statement
the force of pledging members of the Leg
islature to support only the choice of
their respective party's nominee for
United States Senator.
This is open to the bhjection that It-
conflicts with the provisions of the Fed
' eral constitution which each member Is
sworn to support.
Whatever course may be pursued Re
publicans should come into harmonious
action on this as . well as on all other
questions. Surely they cannot be blind to
the purposes of the Democratic leaders.
Surely Republicans should now refuse to
aid any scheme to elect Democrats to the
most important positions.
It is charged that opposition to State
ment No. 1 is based on opposition to the
primary election law. This is false. State
ment No. 1 is not related to the primary
election law. The statement might be
cast into the wastebasket and the primary
law with all its purposes and provisions
would, remain intact and in force as be
fore. The objections to the statement
are laid against Ihe statement itse.,. The
people of Oregon are competent through
their Legislature to enact a primary
election law, but-they are not competent
to annul one jot or tittle of the Constitu-.
tion of the United States
But.it Is not our present purpose to
present the objections which lie againit
this statement. We wish only to induce
Republicans to cease wrangling over it
and. If possible, agree on an acceptable
construction of it.
Republicans might easily accept that
construction which binds to party nomi
nees only since the legislation that sug
gested the statement was by a Republican
Legislature and Republicans are fully
competent to fix the Intf-nt of .the state
ment. The above indicated construction
was believed to be the correct one until
a few ambitious men saw how it might jo
worked for their own selfish ends, and so
It is just now being worked to the limit.
We must confess we do not understand
just how a man can be a Republican, or
a Democrat either for that matter, and
took to the opposing party for a represen
tative of his principles in the United
States Senate.
Boston's World-Wonders.
LIncofn (Nebraska) State Journal.
A strange story is-reported from Bos
ton. The city has an ordinance for
bidding spitting on sidewalks,, or on the
floors of streetcars. This is not the
strange part of the story. Other cities,
including -Lincoln, have such laws. .The
sensational part of the situation is -the
fact that In Boston, which is said to be
as corruptly governed as -Philadelphia,
the law is enforced. The fine of $100 for
each' offense is levied with relentless per
sistence, though in cases of visitors from
Lincoln and elsewhere who do not under
stand that , such laws are to be obeyed
the fine Is sometimes lightened a bit. It
wns lately discovered that the rule was
being disobeyed by passengers In the
smokiirg oars of elevated trains and a
great fuss'was made abput it. This situ
ation "certainly deserves -a place with her
SO-cent gas .as Boston's two contributions
to the seven wonders of the United
States.
Europe's Birth Rate.
- ' rtirls Telesram to Tondon ,Kprs?,. ,
&tatlst)-s publlHheii by the Ministry at
Works show the following exocss of births
over deaths por 10,K inhabitants in Eu
rope for th last deronnial period:
Servla
1741 II unaary
. .111
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. . 12'.4
Saxony
Norway .....
Prussia . . . . .
Holland
""Inland
Denmark . . . .
rtoumanla . . .
Rreat Britain
..14TItaly
. . UlKulirnlm ...
,.1:h! Bavaria ...
. .l'-TiPort'lKal ..
. . l:t2t A ustria
. . Switzerland.
. . 127!Ireland . . . ,
. 12.,'Ppain
German Empire. . li.V! France
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rtrOtiKSTtVK ANALOGIES.
From Bulletin of New York Cify Bureau
of Municipal Research.
"Why havn't you tested, the fire hose?"
Commission of accounts.
"We feared some of the fiose . would not
stand a hlRh pressure, and wa need Ihem
too badly to take a chance." Fire Com
missioner Ijintry.
Mofhers who fear to have their children
examined for adenoids, enlarged tonsils,
etc., lest conditions will be found so bad
aa to require operation. - 1
Business men who never balance their
books for fear losses will be disclosed.
Philanthropists who "do "not test their
Klvlna; for fear resu-lls will disappoint.
City officials who refuse to demand time
records of employes for fear they will show
Jobs neclpcted and work not done, or that
employes will render false reports.
Citizens who cherish their Ignorance aa
to municipal needs, lest knowledge will
Impes tf action that will correct munlcipaJ
vaste and luefficlency.
SOL"TllEM DISSEXT TO BRVAMSJf
Nomination Will Sot Be "Wnolenome,"
. Say Some But Wbat's to Be Doner
Boston Transcript.
The recept canvass of the House Dem
ocrats, while - it .-demonstrates that the
bulk of enrrgetlc support of Mr. Bryan
comes from the South, also affords evi
dence that the South Is by no means
"solid" in Its preference for him. Of the
107 Representatives' who put themselves
down in, the Bryan column, S3 were from
states of the South and Southwest.
Forty-nine of the expressions were
furnished by tho delegations from Ala
bama. Arkansas. Florida. Georgia, Mis
souri, North Carolina and Texas. South
ern dissent from Bryan worship was ex
pressed by Representatives from Ala
bama, Louisiana, Mississippi,- North Caro
lina and Tennessee, and Virginia, who
in all contributed nine fit the sixteen
protestants enrolled In the Johnson
column. Of the seven Gray supporters,
five will be from the South. The "scat
ering" included one for Hoke Smith,
from Georgia; four for Culberson, three
from Texas and one from .Kentucky.
Taken altogether. of the 30 who were
willing to be- enrolled . as opposing the
nomination of Mr. Bryan. 21 were South
erners. This Is numerically not a for
midable protest.-perhaps, against Bryan
ism, but it is by no means insignificant
of Southern opinion, especially when the
wide area covered by the dissent Is
taken Into account. Johnson sentiment
is found in. Alabama. Mississippi, North
Carolina. 'Tennessee and Virginia, while
Judge Gray received votes in Alabama,
Flnj-ida. Georgia and Kentucky.
As the South reaches up towards the
North, the anti-Bryan sentiment be
comes pronourteed in ways more em
phatic that in anonymous canvasses of
the House. The Baltimore Sun recently
polled 16 Democratic members of the
State Senate and discovered but two
thoroughgoing Bryan men In the num
ber. The majority doubted the wisdom
of nominating Bryan, General Seth,
president of the' Senate, was the plainest
spoken- remarking that at present he did
not believe the nomination of Mr. Bryan
would be "wh!esome." Maryland never
has taken kindly t Bryan. In 1W6 it
gave McKinley 32,Kx) plurality and in
1'JOO nearly 1-4,000. It is a border state,
industrial and commercial, and therefore
predisposed against radicalism or poli
cies of social and financial adventure.
The degree of Southern dissent from
Bryanism now manifested is historically
speaking not surprising. In the
South took the lead in promoting the
nomination of Parker, believing that the
time had come when the "old align
ment" the South, the Middle West and
New York, could be brought about. The
result of that attempt was so disastrous
to the Democracy that many of the
Southern leadprs who secretly share
General Seth's opinion as to the un
wholeBomeness of Bryan's leadership feel
constrained silently to acquiesce In, it.
lighting Rabbit Scares Dog. .
Uncle Remus' Magazine.
While the controversy between the na
ture writers and observers was at Its
height, a valued correspondent who lives
la Memphis related to the Farmer a pe
culiar Incident that fell undjr her eyes
In her home town. She was speaking of
the controversy in general, and Jf
Brother Rabbit in particular, and went
on to remark that one day, while she was
selecting meats from her butcher, she
observed "a large black rabbit seated on
the counter, washing Its face after the
fashion of a contented cat. While she
was paying for her purchases,, and watch
ing, the rabbit with some curiosity, a
small dog, attracted by the smell of
meat, came Into the shop and began to
nose around. The rabbit no sooner caught
sight of this . intruder than It leaped
from the counter and ran toward the
dog, evidently with no friendly intention.
What might ha-e occurred under other
circumstances it Is impossible to say, but
the dog turned tail and went scampering
from the premises. Having rid the shop
of its traditional enemy, the rabbit re
turned to its place on the counter, keep
ing a watchful eye on the door. Now,
what nature-writer, nature-lover, ob
server of animals, or moose-hunler, is
prepared to rise up and dispute the ac
curacy of observation of the Farmer's
correspondent? She had no gun or other
firearm, no camera, nor any of the
various equipments that belong to this
branch of our native literature. Is her
story believable? The Farmer knows It
is true, but he is not a naturalist nor a
nature-writer.
The Grateful Lioness Remembers.
In Vino Veritas, in the New- York Sun.
After all, John Burroughs' story is e
best, and, as I saw it in the Sun, Irs
true. A lieutenant of an English regi
ment stationed in Africa was hunting for
big game. He was fearless, but for some
reason he hesitated to shoot at the great
lioness that approached. Nearer and
nearer she came, and was limping. The
big-hearted .soldier took out the thorn
that he saw was in her foot and she
limped away gratefully. And the Brit
isher forgot the Incident.
Not so with her ladyship. Bhe returned
the next night, looked over the roster of
the regiment and ate every officer- that
ranked 'the lieutenant, who, of course,
by her act of gratitude, was made a
colonel.
Leap Year "I'opper" Makeo Ciooil.
Kollansbee, W. Va., Dispatch In New
York World.
The "question popper," Installed here
recently by the eight members of the
Girls' .Leap-Year Club, has already
brought about one marriage and one
engagement. Its great triumph was at
the home of Miss Bertha McWIthers,
where John Williams expected to toast
his shins serenely all Winter. They
were married the day after the "pop
per" got to work. Two weeks later
at tho home of Miss Jean Hardy, the
"popper" got ' its work In on Samuel
Richards, who had "steadies" at Min
go Junction and at Wellsburg and
Steubenvllle, O. Both young men are
helping the young women to maintain
the secret of the Invention. The other
six girls are waiting their turn, and
they conlidwntly expert to be married
within six months The club refuses
many requests from out of town to
divulge the "popper" -secret. -
A FKWSl"I.BS.
"Your wife- never siiiRS any more. Did
she lose- her voice?' "No; she found her
senses." rleveland 'Leader. .
Swell wedrijnR, wasn't it"? Who gave the
bride away?" "She wasn't given away. The
papers had all been made out for a regular
aile, "-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Nell Why doesn't Mauds Join your sew
ing circle? Belle She wouldn't be of much
use. Nell f"an't she sew? Belle Oh, yes.
she can sew, hut she has an Impediment In
her speech Philadelphia Record.
Mother (to brdragxled little daughter)
Clood heavens, child, where have you been?
Child Bobby and I tumbled Into the pond.
Mother But where's poor Bobby? Child
Oh. I expect he's out by now. Punch
"By the use 'of a little cleverness," be
gan Brokeley, "I know a way to secure a
very, excellent substitute for gold "
"How?" asked Markley, eagerly ' Ask for
silver. Havn't got a half-dollar or so about
you, have you?" Philadelphia Press..
Mistress rangrily) How dare you talk
bank to me In that way? never saw such
impudence. You have a lot of nerve to call
yourself a lad-s mafd. New- Maid I don't
call myself tha now, ma'am; but 1 was a
lady's maid before I got tills Job. Chicago
Uaily News
"Why don't you go to work?" "Work."
rejoined Meandering Mike, "liok at de
thousands of poor fellows that Is lookin'
fur work and feolin miserable widout it.
Now work ain't necet-sary to me. an' I ain'
goj.n' to hut in an' reach fur t merely fur
de sake of havln' something to brag about."
Washington star.
SILHOUETTES
BY ARTHUR A. CRBEXEl
A dispatch -from Taconia announces
that citizens of that burg have been see
ing red and green lights in the sky, air
ships and Japanese flags, which in
formation leads one to the conclusion
that they are using a very bad brand
over there or that the male Saint-
Nicholas liar has changed his base.
.
. Score another victory for the champions
of poor, downtrodden woman. Mayor
McClellan, of New York, has vetoed the
ordinance forbidding the fair sex to
smoke in public places.
- Some Politic.
George Ade has been elected a delegate
from Indiana to the Republican National
Convention, under instructions . to vote
for Fairbanks for President. It's a dan
gerous experiment, for the humorist
might see the joke at a critical time and
stampede the convention for himself.
This department desires to go on record
In favor of the following ticket:
For President. George Ade, of Indiana:
for . Vice-President, May Irwin of New
York. The platform should declare for
a continuation of the present tnsiff sys
tem: the. establishment of the canteen at
Vassar, Smith and Wellesley Colleges,
and In the Y. W. C A. homes throughout
the country; Government regulation of a
la carte prices; the universal adoption of
Statement No. 1: free and unlimited cir
culation of ("learing-HoiiBe certificates
and as many elective terms ss a fellow
can get.1
It is a foregone conclusion that sin-tt m
ticket and such policies would sweep tho
country. The supporters of the move
ment would respectfully suggest the fol
lowing cabinet for the consideration lor
President-possible Ade:
Secretary of State. Mark Twain: Secre
tary of Treasury. Thomas W. Lav, son;
Secretary of War, Finley Peter Dunne;
Att'orney-General, Chris Schuehcl; Postmaster-General.
O. Henry: Secretary of
the Navy, Jack London; Secretary of In
terior, Harry Iane: Secretary of.Agri-'
culture and Minister of Commerce and
Labor to be filled later. This administra
tion of eminent humorists should he able
at least to keep the - country interested
during the next four years.
Retrospection.
In the Kingdom of Remembrance,
There are temples bullded high;
There are tombs and shrouds and coffins.
There are buried hopes and sighs;
There are smiles that wreath dead faces.
There are children's eyes and maidens'.
That peer on us through the portals of
a dream.
There are snatches of old love songs.
Hummed by ghostly lips of singers,
Serenading In the twilight of the grave;
There are strains of plaintive music.
That Death's night wind bears along;
There are major chords of sorrow,
Tiiere are moans and" groans and whis
pers. That are echoed by the heart-strings In
' the gloom. .
We are gradually becoming civilized.
The practice of referring to .all single
women who have passed five-and-twenty
as "old maids" has grown obsolete.
'
The happiest guest at a fashionable
wedding is the divorce lawyer.
j
The rose of platonic friendship usually
has Its thorn of love.
People who are always decreet are as
dull and uninteresting as a census report.
Her Vindication.
WANTED Housekeeper for widower; one with
auburn hair preferred.
Here at last Is a vindication for tho
much-maligned red-headed woman. An
avenue has opened for her which not all
the jokesmltlis In the land can obstruct
with white .horses and such like ribald
impediinentia. .The above "want ad"
appeared in yesterday's paper. It Is bona
fide and proclaimed in the faith which
widowers have in the auburn-hHlred mem
bers of the housekeeping sex. Could
higher Indorsement be aske.d? The fact
that the seeker gives the world to under
stand that he Is a widower is in itself
a guaranty that he is a man of experi
ence. There can be bo appeal beyond
the judgment of a widower. He mis lit
h'ave printed it: "A connoisseur wants,''
etc An intelligent public would have un
derstood Jtist as well. The applicant
docs not inform' us whether his horcuve
ment is of the sod or grass variety.
But it is small difference. In either
event he establishes himself ns an au
thority. He wants a housekeeper.
Not a meandering female, who will keep
the telephone or the pavements hot or
one who will hold continuous levees of
itinerent policemen in tlio kitchen. Rather
he desires a woman who will keep the
house In order and warm the precincts of
his domicile with- the glow that radiates
from a halo of red hair. And he means
red, although he Is too much of a gen
tleman to say so. and temporizes with,
"auburn," a nondescript word at best.
No maid or matron of the peroxide,
habit need apply. No tresses which com
promise between golden and lavender will
look good to our herp. Not even an apolo
getic crushed-strawberry hue will suffice. .
Bui'h shades are the sin manual of
frivolity. They lend themselves too read
ily to the fear of dust swept under
the beds aid potatoes boiled In the foot
bath. This housekeeper must wear upon her
brow the dominant color scheme of the
world. It miisl be red. Not to differ
entiate too ' closely it may possibly in
cline toward the hue of the lowly carrot,
suggesting domesticity, 'or the brick, sug
gestive of red-haired possibilities It
may be even defined In department-store
nomenclature as cerise, but neither the
Inky blackness of the raven's wing; nor
the pristine glint of gold, neither tho
staid uncertainty of gray nor the roman
tic fol-de-rol .which we associate with
locks of brown will find response, in tho
yearning soul of this widower v.ho wants
a , housekeeper. Being a widower ho
knows, and, knowing, he wants what ho
wants. The problem of "lady help Is
about to 'be solved. A way Is opened fer
unemployed red-haired women. Vive lo
widower! Vive la "auburn-haired" house
keeper. Our friends usually reserve their en
couragement until It curdles into condo
lence, which latter Is always too late to
do any good.
'
Isn't it about time lo mako murder a
capital offense -in Oregon? The open
season for homicide seems to have con
tinued long enough.