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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, IOOS. 8 PORTXAXD. PRECOX. Entered at Portland. Oregon. PostofTice Feconri-Claaa Mailer. (Subscription lum Invariably In Adranoe. (By. Mail.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year..w. Ially. Sunday Included, aix months... I'suy. Bunday Included, three month!. Daily, fcunday Included, one month... I'aily. without Sunday, one year Dally, without Sunday. six month"... Dally, without Sunday, three months. Zajy. without Sunday, onfl month.... Weekly, ona year....... Sunday, one year Sunday and Waekly. one year S 00 4 23 2-5 .73 6 00 3 25 1 75 .60 1.S0 2.50 a. 50 tBy carrier. Dally. Sunday Included, one year OO Iaily, Sunday Included, one month How to Remit Send postofflce money order, express order or peronal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give poatoffice ad dress In full. Including county and state. footage Km tee 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent; 16 to IS pages, t cents; 80 to 44 pages. 8 cents; 46 to 60 pages. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rates. Kastera Baslneas Office The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 4S U Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 010-J12 Tribune building. PORTXAXD, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1908. THE OUTLOOK FOB REVISION. For those who fear that tariff re vision at the coming session of Con gress will not be genuine there Is at least one reassuring circumstance. That circumstance is the character of Mr. Taft. His sincerity is beyond question, and, as the New Tork Times remark!, he not only takes seriously the Republican promise of a genuine revision but will exert himself active ly to see that it Is carried qut. The Times predicts that this course will not lead to a breach between the Ad ministration and Mr. Cannon. In its opinion the standpatters will not dare to oppose the President in the matter of revision, and It advances reasons for the opinion which look plausible, ilr. Taft would probably veto any bill which failed to revise the schedules in the consumer's Interest. This would throw the question back to the voters for Hecislon and the standpatters would lose their seats in Congress, or at least many of them would. The Times thinks that they know this and that it will frighten them Into- ac quiescence with Mr. Taft's wishes. This view of the situation is encour aging, but perhaps It is a little more hopeful than the facts warrant. No body can be certain that the voters are o strongly In favor of lower duties as to punish Congressmen for failing to grant them. There has been no direct vote on the tariff issue for many years. AVhat the outcome would be If one- were taken today Is ex tremely dubious. In the South free trade was once an almost unan imous sentiment. but . it was never quite unanimous and of late years the desire for protection has been growing. Since Georgia and Alabama have built their cotton mills and Iron works protection does not ' look as Iniquitous to them as it once did, nor do the citrus fruit men of Florida see much evil In it. The Louisiana sugar men have always been protectionists. Undoubtedly protection sentiment Is spreading in the Southland, and we may be sure Mr. Taft will do nothing to check it because It Is one of his . ambitions to break up the solid South before his term ends. To this fact one must add the probability that tariff sentiment has developed in the newer states about as fast as it has decayed In the older ones. The sugar beet industry, for example, has won many friends for protection, and of course wool pleads strongly for the tariff. Probably all stockralsers be lieve pretty strongly in protection, and among all classes of farmers the belief lingers that in some way the Government can make life easier for them by heavy Import duties. Re membering these and similar circum stances. It is by no means certain that the country would unseat Congress-r men who might vote against genuine revision. The best hope for final escape from I ' tariff burdens lies in the steady growth of knowledge and common sense among the voters. Naturally as fast as they learn what the real working of excessive protection is they will become revisionists. There can be no doubt that knowledge of this sort Is spreading, but its progress is slow. Still one must not forget that it has been spreading for many years and .even a tortoise will go a long way if It has time enough. Add ing the Democratic revisionists to those in the Republican party, it is scarcely doubtful that they form a large majority of the voters. The dif ficulty is to make this majority ef fective In choosing Congressmen. Un til Democrats and Republicans can agree to drop other questions and make the tariff the all-important is sue, this can hardly be done, and be fore that happy consummation arrives very 'likely many years will elapse. In the meantime the consumer may thank his stars if he gets any atten tion whatever from Congressional tariff tinkers. Y. St. C. A. More than ordinary significance and Interest attended the ceremonies incident to laying . the cornerstone of the new Y. M. C. A. building yes terday. The growth of this organi zation in the forty years that have elapsed since Its Institution in Port land has been phenomenal." Not only Is this true from a numerical and financial standpoint and from the widened scope of its endeavor, but In regard to the daily needs of the class that it has been the special mission of the organization to serve. The central pivot upon which its first ef forts revolved has shifted. Its chief purpose is not now. as In the begin ning, distinctly evangelical. It moves Instead along lines for the promotion of morality and of decent, high-minded good fellowship. In the develop ment of its social side Is found the true secret of its tremendous growth. It makes for a high standard . of morals In young men and in conjunc tion with this purpose it finds means, varying with the years and the mu tations of time, to amuse and Instruct them. It provides them with the privileges of the bath, the gymnasium and the billiard room and in con Junction with these it invites, but does not urge attendance upon lectures and religious observances. These are the agencies that have made the Young Men's Christian Association a power in the land. These are the forces, that, ignoring all evangelical restrictions, have caused Jews. Unitarians, agnostics and ortho dox Christians to come forward with money wherewith to build and equip commodious and even elegant quar ters in which to entertain the con stantly growing membership l this organization In every city of the land. The object of the organization is not to "convert" young men In the formerly accepted meaning of this term. It is to furnish a place where they can meet on terms of equality for amusement, instruction, recrea tion, social environment, and, if they so desire, for religious observances. Nothing Is compulsory except .decent, orderly behavior as becomes gentle men everywhere. Much of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in this city for the past forty years of Its existence among us. is, in its very nature, of the unwritten order. Yet of its visible presence our citi zens and the strangtrs within our gates, have at all times been cog nizant. With the completion of the new building, the cornerstone of which was laid yesterday, with remin escent words and appropriate cere monies, the Young Men's Christian Association will begin a new era in Its history in this community. It will be sustained in Its work by the moral sentiment of the community, served in accordance with the desires of Its membership along educational, indus trial and religious lines; teach the gospel of cleanliness of body, of mind and of life and in so doing will re turn a thousand-fold in upright man hood all that It has or- may cost. The best wishes of all good citizens attend its efforts. JUSTICE WOKRIXG OUT. Judge Marquam is one of Port land's few remaining early pioneers, lie has always been a foremost and honored citizen. For a long time he wa County Judge of Multnomah. His home was on the block now occu pied by the building that bears his name. He built the structure in the early '90s the first fine office build ing in what is now the business cen ter of the city. It took courage to build so "far out" at that time. The growth of the city has Justified Judge Marquam's progressive spirit. But Judge Marquam fell Into the hands of a money lender. The lender was a backer, sanctimonious and pious. He seemed a man of honor. Into his hands Judge Marquam 'con fided his property in trust for the purpose of paying its debts and then of restoring it to its rightful owner. For . this service, the trustee was to be "well paid in salary and commis sions. The trustee coveted the line property. Although supposed to man age it in Judge Marquam's interest, he administered It in his own. Deeper and deeper into debt the prop erty sank. The trustee allowed Its earnings to dwindle and caused its ex penses to grow apace. He let taxes and debt interest go unpaid. He loaded it with excessive charges. Finally the mortgage company fore closed. The trustee then came in and finished the job, just as he had evi dently schemed' to' do many" years. Though supposed to serve the owner's Interest, he bought in the property for himself and then fought in the courts the owner's efforts to redeem. It may be added that vengeance has been taken seven-fold. The respected banker-trustee has been convicted of misusing state school money and a court sentence has been pronounced, which, if carried out, will send him to prison. And now in the evening of his life, Judge Marquam receives a measure of Justice. The persons who have succeeded to the trustee's claim feel the unrighteousness of the spoliation and have restored to the owner a part of that which was taken from him. After all, there Is Justice in this world, even though slow-paced. The sequel is not yet all written, but the story, even without the finish, is an object-lesson to men who would prey on the weak. The author of all this infamy is In disgrace and cowering before the law. The victim is saved irom . oia-age poverty. The very stones in the street have cried against this outrage, and their cry has been heard. INDIA'S GATHEJilXG STORM. The spectacle of a hundred-pound trainer compelling a six-ton elephant to perform all sorts of fancy tricks and punishing the big beast for lapses in behavior by cruel stabs with a steel hook always provokes wonder and a mild admiration for the triumph of man over beast. In some respects the position of England in India is not dissimilar from that of the elephant trainer, although in comparison to the. size of their respective charges, the task of the .elephant trainer would seem to be infinitesimally smaller than that of the power that for nearly a century has held India in subjection. But it Is a well-known fact that the elephant at times is goaded beyond the limit of safety and a momentary exercise of his great weight and strength suffices to end the career of the trainer. The Indian "elephant," which Eng land has been training for so many years, has never killed its keeper, hut it has had a number of bad spells, and is 'again In an ugly mood. It broke loose at Cabtil, nearly seventy years ago, and before it was again placed in subjection more than 20,000 British soldiers answered the last roll call. Twenty years later, it again got awaj- from Its keeper, and the whole world was horrified by the atrocities of the Sepoy rebellion. Recollection of what happened at Cawnpore, I.uck now and Delhi Is still reasoflnbly fresh in the minds oC the fader Britons and of the older, natives of India, and the younger people of both countries have handed down the story. The British still shudder at the mention of Cawjipore, and the de scendants of Nana Sahib's followers are familiar with the fate of many of the leaders In the massacres in "that famous'rebellion'who were tired from the mouth of a cannon. Civilization has made some long strides in the fifty years since the last serious rebellion in India, but the extent of the changes, if any it rrfny have wrought in the character anil nature of the East Indian, Is un known. It is known, however, that the smouldering fires of rebellion throughout that land of mystery, are about to break forth again and that. while fifty years' experience In hand ling the delicate problem has taught England much of which she was for merly in ignorance, it may also have revealed to India, powers of her own which she could not use to advantage in former tests of strength with the white conquerors. Tho most serious feature of the neivs now coming from India is the ever recurring statement that In the common cause against the British, the high-casfe Brahmins and the low-caste Mohammedans have temporarily forgotten their religious prejudices, and In the event of a seri ous outbreak will be found fighting together against Great Britain. In handling these haughty barbar ians in the past. England has achieved her greatest success through foster ing this feeling of caste, encouraging It to such an extent that, bitter as their hatred might be for the white men who were holding them in check, the natives of respective castes were still more bitter toward their dusky companions in arms. . This enabled England, with a small force of white soldiers, just sufficient in number to hold the balance of power, to do pretty much as she wished with a nation of 200.000.000 people-. But, If the uprising which is now threatened should become an assured fact, and tho natives should stand together, irrespective of caste, Great Britain will confront the most serious prob lem that' she has ever met. and on the J solution of that problem may depend the life of the British Kmpire. ' "TOXY" RICTIARDSOX'S FLIGHT. TThy should "Tony" Richardson run away from the newspaper re porters? Obviously "Tony" knew some thing about the Supreme Court -of Washington or one of Its impecca ble judges that he didn't want to tell. It would have been all Tight for "Tony" to run away, perhaps, if he had been a better runner; and the reporters would then have had no re course but to speculate on what "Tony" might have said if he had been found. Reporters are some times expert in speculation, In the absence of facts, since they have a deep deisre to see that the public interest in any spicy scandal is not allowed to flag; but you cannot blame the reporters, for more often than not theorizing is a fine way to develop the truth. "Tony" Richardson wound up his inglorious flight by .rushing again into the arms of the vigilant re porters; and then "Tony," who feared to tell the' truth, lied. He couldn't remember anything about Supreme Judge Root or his legal procurer, the Seattle lawyer, or the case that the Supreme Court through Root was called upon to decide. Probably "Tony's" recollection will be a little better when the Legislative investi gation committee supplies him with a memory-refresher in the way of a jail sentence. But undoubtedly "Tony" will have had the discretion meanwhile to get out of the state. The deeper the probe is applied to the Root scandal the more nauseous It becomes. It is the most shocking affair of its kind in the history of Washington. Meanwhile, we await with what patience we can command to know the true hlstryy of Root's reasons for leaving the bench. Who or what, made him get off? ' EIGHT DIVORCES. On December 4 divorces to the number of eight were granted in the Circuit Court. This fact is thought worth mentioning, not because it is exceptional, but because it is typical Eight is not a large daily grist as di vorces run. Some people who believe that the marriage tie ought to be in dissoluble find the current numbers of legal separations rather terrifying and they are often heard to say that something ought to be done about It But what would they do? Take the first case reported for December i A woman sought a divorce because a drunken husbanw would not work and provided no foqd for his family, so that his wife had to take his place as driver of a garbage wagon. Was she under any moraV obliga tion to live with this brute? We must look at divorce, as we must everything else, from the standpoint of common sense if we wish to reach rational conclusions about it. It is idle to ex pect that the country would tolerate a law which compelled women to re main wedded to drunken, abusive, .spendthrift husbands. The lack Tf uniformity In the divorce require ments of different states Is a source of many hardships and these mjfjht easily be remedied; but how shall we rem edy the evils which drive people to seek divorce? THE BOOM IX WHEAT. The grain markets throughout the world are still soaring. New records for the season were scored yesterday, while the occasional declines failed more than temporarily to stay the up ward movement. ' In Chicago the continued strength of the market is to a considerable extent due to manipu lation by a clique headed by Patton, whose successful corn and oats cor ners in the past have been models for skillful management. But underlying this manipulation there is an Inherent strength in the statistical position of the cereals that has much to do with present prices. Patton with all of the millions for financing this deal which are said to be at his command, could not continuously hold wheat several cents above $1 per bushel unless there was a strong demand for both pres ent and future delivery. The course of the European market and the grudging manner in which it has partly followed these American advances indicates that the buyers abroad are not yet prepared to acknowledge the merits of the Patton claims for strength in the general situation throughout the world. It is tha skepticism of the European buy ers that has caused the peculiar situ ation now existing, in which tho Uni ted States, the greatest wheat export ing country in the world, is maintain ing prices several cents per bushel above parity with the world's greatest consuming markets. The merits of these high prices in America can be proven only by the ability of this country to take care of the remainder of the old crop offerings of wheat, or perhaps, later in the season, by an admission on the part -of the foreign ers, that they have incorrectly esti mated the world's available supplies and possible demands. On this point, the Liverpool Corn Trade News, under date of Novem ber 17. presents some very interest ing figures on the world's visible sup ply. According to this generally re liable authority, the aomunt of wheat in sigiit throughout the world, and not including stocks, in farmers' hands, on November 1 was 172,520, 000 bushels, compared with 170,681. 000 bushels on November 1, 1907, and 195,739.000 bushels on November 1, 1906. and an eight-year average of 166.100.000 bushels on that date. These figures did not Include stocks at Pesth. Vienna, Genoa. Venice. Varna, Bourgas'and Saloniea. esti mated at something over 5,000,000 bushels. It will thus be seen that the continued refusal of the Europeans to follow American prices are In part Justified by tho world's visible supply figures, although In placing too much stress on those figures there might be a tendency to overlook the poor con dition of the next crop, the failure of which in any prominent exporting country might make demands on that visible which would eliminate it in short order. The Argentine crop, in comparison with some of its"1mmedlate predeces sors, is undoubtedly poor; but at the worst, it seems probable that there will 'be an exportable surplus of around 100,000,000 bushels of, wheat. Cargoes of this wheat are now being sold In the European market in com petition with American wheat, and as It will be coming on. the market next month in Immense x quantities, there is a possibility that Europe can tide over with supplies that can be securea from that 100,000,000 sur plus until another American crop is available. Meanwhile both the bulls land the bears can find arguments to support their theories that wheat is too low or too high. Dollar wheat brings out supplies from the bottom of the bins and from- unheard places, and these offerings in the aggregate swell the amount of the visible sup ply to proportions unattainable with the cereal at normal prices. There can -be no "outrage," . or anything resembling an outrage, when the officers of the law who have in charge a cold-blooded murderer, take the precaution of placing handcuffs on the prisoner while leading him through the streets to the courtroom. The man who is so desperate as de liberately to shoot down an. unarmed man. Is unsafe to ba at large for a moment. He could commit suicide by suddenly throwing himself under a passing car or could make a break for liberty in a crowded street, thus forcing the custodian to fire on him with great danger to. people who might be on the street, and before being retaken might commit other murders. It is, of course, an un pleasant sight to witness a man bear ing the chains which his own acts have forced on him, but whenever a man forfeits the right to be-treated as a man he has no excuse for pro testing against any necessary precau tions which the law may take in han dling him. - Notwithstanding the direful predic tions of Lord Roberts and the covert intimations of Emperor William, the British Empire is not yet prepared to "loosen up" on any of its holdings, but, on the contrary, seems to be still in the market for more territorial possessions. Cable advices from Paris, printed in yesterday's Oregonlan, re port that Oneo Island, located in the Pacific, about ninety miles south of Pitcairn, had been taken over by the British consular agent at Tahiti. This latest addition to .John Bull's posses sions is one of those diminutive fly specks on the map of the South Pa cific, and has been considered as hav ing some strategic value for the French. It is probably not of much use to any country, but for the "power whose flag Is never furled, whose morning drum beats round the world," it can be used as a substation for flag furling and drum beatingin a corner of the globe where such performances are not at present con ducted under British jurisdiction. - . Seattle may be guilty of an indis criminate use of hot air in the exploi tation of her own greatness, but for all that, her people are good judges of merit in some propositions. This thought is suggested by the habit they have of buying their best steamboats in Portland. Joseph Supple, of thi3 city, has Just secured the contract for another fine steamer for the Kitsap Transportation Company of Seattle, and the Willamette Iron Works of this city is putting the finishing touches on the finest steamer that ever went out of Portland. This 1st saying much, when it is remembered that the world-famous Flyer plying between Seattle and Tacoma, is a. Portland production, and the Greyhound, Fleet wood, Inland Flyer, Victorian and a number of other famous Pugt Sound boats were all built at Portland yards. The California farmer who de manded that 60,000 Chinese be ad mitted to the United States every year in order to furnish labor for those farmers who find white laborers un reliable and unsatisfactory, voiced the opinions of many other large farmers who have had experiences similar to his. But a better solution of the la bor problem was proposed. This was that the large farms be cut up Into small tracts, so that the farmer can do most of his own work and be com pelled to hire but little. The politicians will continue to fill Federal jobs after Chamberlain be comes United States Senator. They are planning to make the most out of Statement One. There are "foxy" members of the Legislature, just the same as ever, only more foxy. The outcome of the Finch disbar ment case indicates that the proceed ings were delayed a few years too Jong. . Perhaps it would be well to proceed against several other attor neys whose conduct foretells an end ing similar to that of Finch. Crokor calls Rabbi Wise a "narrow old man." Evidently the expatriated Tammany leader doesn't know that Rabbi Wise is a broad young man. Everybody else knows It, or will in time. That's what Rabbi Wise went to New York for. There are at least two newspapers in Oregon that cannot style them selves "Independent." much as they would like to do so for present emer gencies the Baker City Democrat and the Albany Democrat. Banker Ross, who gobbled up Mar quam s property and wrecked his bank. Is said to be a skillful carpen ter In his backyard. It was too bad to spoil a good carpenter. It is unfortunate for the revolution ists of Hayti that before ousting their government by violence, they did not have a lawgiver like U"Ren to sug gest the recall. If big wages for farmhands would only bring efficient, intelligent serv ice, they might be considered as the only "remedy" for farm help. For an advocate of woman suffrage. President Roosevelt appears to be able to conjure up a lot of reasons why it should not be adopted. Jim Finch should not have allowed his political habit of attacking from the rear to take him out of politics. It should be 'remembered that at the time of his crime Finch was a lawyer, not a newspaper man. We Imagine this fine weather is sent to deprive the wet weather growlers of their excuse for idleness. The persons to whom you give the Christmas presents would prefer that you buy them early. ' There are some persons in Portland who know how Boss Croker feels after Dr. Wise's rebuke. Well, we suppose Miss Elkins must marry somebody. WHY PANAMA CANAL MIST PAY. Who, Now, la Able to Measure the Gol den Trail In Its Wskrt H. C. Weir In Putnam's Magazine. In the foreground is the cyclonic boost which it will give the American cotton and iron markets. The Southern cotton growers now reach the Asiatic ports by the cumbersome route of the Suez Canal by way of New York. Zigzag distances and smothering freight charges are de vouring the item of profit. Europe, with the key to the situation, is slowly turning it In the lock against American competi tion. The Panama Canal would revolu tionize these conditions with the wrench of a Kansas cyclone. South America spends $86,000,000 each year for cotton. Only 5 per cent of this amount goes to the United States. The remainder Is cor nered by the European exporters, who practically hold the wesf coast of South America at their mercy through the les sened expense of transportation. The Panama Canal would reverse this situa tion like the change of slides in a stere opticon. Iron, can be produced more cheaply at Birmingham. Ala., than at any other point in the world. But the barrier of transportation makes its sale meager and unprofitable in the great Asiatic and South American markets. The machin ery of the Tennessee mills, the steel and hardware from the other Southern' States, would be doubled in output could they be economically marketed on the other side of the world. This is impossible now. In the Panama Canal lies the magic wand which will make it possible. The big ditch at Panama will solve the forestry problem from one point of view. The building lumber of the Western coast is tbeyond the reach of the Eastern markets because of the excessive freight charges. The cost of water transporta tion, is one-fifth that of the overland route. With the ocean Itinerary opened by the Panama Canal, another segment of the industrial revolution is unfolded. Indefinitely, its field could be length enedto the Items of coal, fruits, cereals, fish, grain, manufactured goods In gen eral and particular, and even the broad ening possibilities before the American shipbuilder. With an inland canal from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi and the deepen ing of the passageway to the Gulf, the dream of an ocean greyhound floating majestically southward from Duluth to Colon, and thence through the Panama Canal to the countless ports of the Pa cific, is easy of accomplishment. And who can measure the golden trail In its wake? FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Just Now Ita Beat Plan la to 'watch But Do Nothing. , Louisville Courier-Journal. To the Courier Journal it looks as if there will be no change of parties in the National Government until the Re publican party of Its own weight and rottenness we do not mean to be of fensive goes to pieces on the high tariff as the old Democratic party of its own weight and rottenness went to pieces on the issue of African slavery. The people are not rotten. They are merely prosperous and indifferent; im pervious to moral influences that af fect their business. They want trade balances and rising price lists, not lec tures on political economy, or consti tutional law. The shoe does not pinch them yet. It may not in a long, long time. The country Is very fruitful. It Is exceedingly rich. It can afford a deal of wastage. It does not lack for "able hands" to guide it in Its lavish outlaj's, for able tongues to encour age it in its expensive and expansive ways, for able pens to flatter its self glorlfying vanity, and keep it In good humor with its conscience and its God. Can the Democrats do nothing then? Why, yes, if they keep together they can achieve the ends of a wise, upright and intelligent opposition, prepared to take advantage of such opportuni ties as the future may offer them, meanwhile serving the country faith fully and well. . That is all they can do. Talk about new issues and new leaders is mainly idle talk. It is but to tamper with men and to tinker with affairs. The people at large are for the pres ent very well content with the Repub lican party. Neither the organization nor leadership of the Democratic party is sufficiently in contrast successfully to brag about, or bank upon. There are too many groups for any definite alignment. Nobody is in authority. Dissonance, not harmony would follow II attempts at convocation and reor ganization. "When In doubt do noth ing" is a good saying; In the case of the Democrats supplemented by the circumstance that too often the doubt" Involves rancorous "differ ence." Unkind Jans at Richard Croker. Schenectady Union. The applause that he is receiving must make Mr.. Croker wonder why he ever became a voluntary exile. Syracuse Herald. If Mr. Croker wants to really enjoy himself he should visat the Federal Court in New York and hear them asking Mr. Rockefeller where he got it. Knoxville Sentinel. Only a word of two letters stood be tween Richard Croker and the answer to the question, "Where did you get it?" On his return to this country he said, "I got out of politicB." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Richard Croker is 67 years old, and shows it. As he asserts that he doesn't feel it, the rest Is of little consequence. Columbus Evening Dispatch. Mr. Croker has been talking of the New York law against racetrack gambling. Ite popularity is quite incomprehensible to him, hut he is gracious enough to admit that, if tho people want it, they should have it. Buffalo Evening News. . Cheerful, isn't it, to note that Croker comes back to pick a candidate for Mayor next year on the Tammany ticket? Birmingham Age-Herald. Richard Croker is in New Yory survey ing the ruins of Tammany Hall In a Re publican city. New Archbishop of York. The recently appointed Archbishop of York. Rev. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, 13 ono of the youngest men ever appointed to such a high place In the Church of England. He is 44 years old. Dr. Lang's father was a Scotch Presbyterian cler gyman, and he was brought up a Pres byterian, but he changed his church af filiations after graduating from Ox ford. It Is regarded as somewhat amus ing that the. present Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York are both Scotchmen. The appointment of Dr. Lang by the British Premier is well liked by all parties, and a long and brilliant career is evidently ahead of the young archbishop. The VVronar Youna; Man. Boston Post. A young man had been calling now and then on a young lady, when one night as he Bat in the parlor waiting for her to come down, her mother entered the room Instead, and asked him in a very grave, stern way, what his intentions were. He turned very red and was about to stammer some very incoherent reply, when suddenly the young lady called down from the head of the stairs: "Mamma, mamma, that Is not the one!" Making It Dutiable. Boston Herald. The restaurants are talking of tariff revision, likewise, with a view of remov ing bread and butter from the free list. SOLID SOUTH MADE ONE MISTAKE It Should Have Protested Against the Itenoiulnatlon of Bryan. Richmond News-Leader. Twelve years ago nobody would have dared predict that In 1908 the Republican party would be committed to tariff re form, currency reform, state rights and the regulation of transportation lines, trusts and corporations. Yet now the Re publican party practically stands for the same general Ideas and principles the Democratic party was trying to represent in 1S96, and is undertaking to do practi cally and sanely what Mr. Bryan and the Populists and Democrats were dreaming of and tried to do by impracticable, fan tastic and foolish plans. The solid South has brought tile change. Mr. Roosevelt lugged the Republican party to reforma tion and decisive action by the ears. He kicked and beat and stormed It into sub mission and to acceptance of his pur poses. He took it by the throat and forced it to nominate for President a man in full sympathy with himself and committed to his policies. He never could have done this but for the solid South. The Republican machine would have overthrown him but' for the solid South. These Southern states with a vote in the Electoral College of from 155 to 176, 30 or 40 more than half a majority of the col lege, stood as a menace to Republican supremacy. They offered a powerful nu cleus to which the forces of reform and progress might rally, a broad and invit ing foundation on which the addition of a few states of the Middle West, the West or the East might build a Demo cratic victory. In the face of these threatening conditions, the Republican machines did not dare go against the popular drift or the Presidept's tremen dous political power and personal popu larity. Tile solid South has made no mistake in remaining solid and holding together its Democratic organization. It did make a mistake by its acceptance of Bryan. We do not believe it will repeat that mis take. Our Northern contemporaries should trv to realize the difference in the wisdom of the South's position before and nftnr the National conventions were held. In that' it failed to register its potent protest against the renomination of Mr. Bryan the South was weak and foolish and cowardly. In that it has adhered hiiMniii; tn rhe. Democratic organization it lias been strong and wise, and the really effective force for the deliverance h M,mtr from control of the money powers and from slavery to the besotted .nri ownilon nrotected interests. If the n, v,nH irone to rjieces in 1900 or 1904, the reactionary element of the Republi can party or the radical element of the Democratic party would be in control of the country today. Railroads and Polltlca. (From an address by President Fin ley, of the Southern Kaiiway ompa.. C nK.-0- s r 1 - y. There has been criticism at times 01 what has been believed to be the pon s 1 ,;,,rio nf tho railway companie But it must not be forgotten that a few ..... o o-r, tht.li- narticiDatlon in politi cal affairs was not only tolerated by public sentiment, but was urgently eu licited. They were entreated to assist as a duty of the highest patriotism, In ...(.,- tha eiurpmi of men. or parties. and of principles deemed essential to our civilization as a people. Whether or not such participation In political affairs was ever Justifiable, it Is so no longer. It has passed away with' many other political practices which have been condemned and aban doned. Your railways are out of poll ,f their Tironertv. their business and' their ability properly to discharge their service to me pudiiu are buujcvi to political action. This places upon you the obligation and the responsibility of seeing to it that their conrormity 10 msusr "j better" standards does not result in their oppression. It places upon you the obligation and responsibility of seeing that they are accorded just and fair treatment. It places upon you the high duty of securing the adoption of nr,l!,.la In stnto nnl Nation ucn puunv. yvi. ... as will assure to the railways and to those who invest their money m tnem uie equal protection of the laws and the free enjoyment of every right guaran teed by the Constitution, including that fundamental right of Anglo-Saxon lib erty the right to be hear in petition and In protest before the people and their representatives on every question affecting their rights and duties. Not Yet Wlae Enough to Squawk. Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Over 100 years ago a witty French man said that indirect taxation wis a happy scheme through which you could "pluck the goose with the least amount of squawking." It is doubtful whether there is a man, woman or child In Atchison County who gets anything but a "plucking" out of our protec tive tariff and yet far more than half of our voters are very cordial protec tionists. Why? Because they think they must take their politics like they take their religion on authority. The leaders of "the party of Intelligence and respectability" say that protec tionism is a good thing for us, there fore it is a good thing for us. And when some grouchy, protected manufacturer like Charles Francis Adams a descendant of two ex-Presidents of the United States, but who must, of course, be a political and eco nomic "infidel'' comes along, and tells us that protection helps no one but a few protected "thieves and hogs," we cry out: "Away with him! Crucify him !" Will we ever get wise enough and brave enough to "squawk"? Ia Por a "World-Author?" Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The London Spectator takes excep tion to the statement in a new edition of Foe's poems that Poe is "the Ameri can world-author." With amusing se verity the Spectator says: "His poems do not give us human life in its broad eat aspects.-Can we say that Poe is a world-author In the sense that Shakespeare is such?" This Is what Americans call "sophomoric" a useful word which the English lack. Of course what Professor Richardson meant in calling Poe our "world-author" was thac he is the poet who has been most fully accepted ebroad. and this is prob ably the ruse. Longfellow has perhaps had a wider popularity in other coun tries, but has exerted less influence. The very fact that Poo's work is some what remote from life has helped to ' give It a wider currency It is no more I real (or unreal) in one place than In another. And this is one way, if not the highest way, to become a world author. Whlttier. for example. is too deeply rooted for transplantation. Roekefeller'a Deep Karncalneaa. Boston Transcript. Mr. Rockefeller says little In the latest chapter of his life story that readers have not heard for many years and from countless sources. Everyone knows that "what people seek most cannot be bought for money" and it is true to say that "it is a mistake toassume that the possession of money in great abundance necessarily brings happiness." But the saws take on a new savor, perhaps, coming from one of the world's richest men. uttered apparent ly In a spirit of deep earnestness. Another Cause for Divorce. Gentlewoman. The choice of presents for men is often an extremely vexatious matter. Woolly waistcoats, comfortables, knitted gloves, woolwork slippers are all very charming, but the man who is continually having these forced upon him by a too affection ately Industrious wife Is almost Justified in suing for a divorce. Light Verses of the Day As to a Ortoln Prrferrnr. Carlyle Smith In the Nnw York Sun. I would much prefer to retire to private life. William Jennings Bryan. Well, nobody's koIuk to stop you. Bill; There's nobody in your way. We're ready to hHp you do It till you've settled right down to stay, Three times the people have said It. BUI; They've hollered It loud and true. A Rood lonp rest of a hundred years Is the ticket, old man, tor you. you've borne the brunt of the hattle, BUI. For a Jolly old good long; while. Three times the people have nwept.you up . In a neat little human pile. They feel that you've served your purpose, Btii. Done all you could hope to do. And a nice long rest on Salt River's bank Is the ticket, old man, for you. You kept us awake for a good long; time And you've bothered us like the deuce: Tou shook our livers and filled our minds With eloquent verbal Juice. You've told us all what we ought to know, And hammered it In hard. too. And we're all agreed that the quiet Ufa la the ticket, old man. for you. The folks in charge of our business Are abl at last, we think. To carry us on for a little while Provided with food and drink. Weil get alonjr as we always did And evermore hope to do So take your rest, for a long rejajsa Is the ticket, old man, for you. Oo home, old chap, for a good long snoosa. Indulge in a genial snore. And don't you worry a bit. old boy. On the future or heretofore. Weil wake you up when we need you, BUI, In the year twenty-three-ought-lwo The ticket of twenty-three-elght. perhaps. Is the ticket, old man, for you. A Glad Season. Louisville Courier-Journal. That man must.be a tiodllke lump With no home ties Who does not dream Just now of pump Kin: pies. The coldest heart must gently stir And faster beat When its possessor thinks of tur Key meat. It is a goodly time to live. As all ran say. When Father Time brings 'round Thanksgiv ing day. Astrological. New York World. One of the stars will be our home In ths next life. William K. Chandler. When we lay down our heavy load And go to live on high. We all may choose our Inst abode On stars which deck the sky. Wilhelm and Teddy we will lose, But-there among the stars They'll meet, for doubtless both will choon To live upon old Mars. And Wilhelm then may talk away Of Intrigues and cabals, With not a soul to say him nay. While Teddy digs canals. Boss Murphy and Dtek Croker, too. Will surely have their fling. And live on Saturn ages through. Surrounded by the ring. When Oscar Hammersteln shall flit To Venus In content, Tho' stars may sing together. It Will not cost him a cent. And John D.'s choice undoubtedly On Jupiter will fall: Because it is the biggest he Will want to own it all. Then pick your stars: yet have a car. Or you may find too late You've landed on a planet where Things are not up to date. The Girl and the Came. - 1 'ashville Tennessean. Arabella, sweetheart mine, Though the fashions have decreed 1U That you go out rain or shine. Where the stocky halfbacks speed It, I had rather though you rap My fond love as sere and yellow. That you gaze upon the scrap Posing with another fellow. Thou who knowest not a pun From a tou'-hdown, fashioned splendid; Thou who shrlekest at each grunt Of the fullhack (only winded;, Or at crisis-fumbled ball A 8 some player dashes on It Gafceth in a nearby stall At some merry widow bonnet. Thou, who see-est not the dash Eajk of perfect Interference Hearest not the vocal cras'-i From a thousand wild adherents; Vleweth not the leap of end In a tackle full of fire Only that some female mend Wears a dress you don't, admire. Look! A run! The goal line nearing! ' Ylppy ylppy go It. Bo! Dost thou leap up. wildly cheering Or enthusiasm show? Nitthou Bluest still, complacent. While the thousands throw a fit. Peering In a box adjacent Where some dressy females sit. Arabella, sweetheart mine. Though I know you're bent on going; Whether it be rain or shine In a gown you're bent on showing; I had rather though you rap My deep love as sere and yellow. That you gase upon the scrap Worrying another fellow. Outlining the Defense. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I hare noticed." said the lawyer, "and It tills me with surprise. My poor, unhappy client has a glitter In hit eyes." From which It may be gathered that In spite of every hope. The medic experts soun will hand the court the uuiil dope. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN TOMORROW TAFT'S PASTOR AND HIS CREED Luminous interview with Rev. Ulysses G. Pierce, of All Souls' Church, Washington, I). C, on (he President-elect's simple faith. TERCENTENARY OF JOHN MILTON To be honored next week by the English-speaking world as stand ing' for all time next to immortal Shakespeare. PRINTERS' "DEVILS" NOW NATIONAL FIGURES Famous Americans, including M;irk Twain, who stuck type long before the days of the linotype machines. THE HOTEL CLERK ON DIVINE RIGHTS Taking Emperor William's bad break as a text, Irving Cobb shows that the United States is the one land where the divine4 rightscon cession has full swav. ORDER FROM YOUR NEWS DEALER TODAY