THE 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1909. POKTLAM), OREGOX. Entered at Portland, Oracon. Potof!lo Eecond-Claaa Matter. fcubsfrlpUon Bate Invariably ln Adianeo. (By Mall.) Dally. Sunday Included, ona year "? Ia;!v. tuntisr lnclutled. six monthl. ... 4.- Lally. Bunday Included, tore montha. Dally. Sunday Inclu.-ed. ona montn. Ha.;. m-irhmit S'iniiaY. oik year.... (00 Daily. without Sunday. six months I'aily, without Sun-lay. tbreo month.. 1 Dally, without Sunday, one month W eekly, ona year J ?? Sunday, ona year Sunday and Weekly, ona year.. 1.60 n!lT Similar Inelurt-d. ona year t 09 Dally. Sunday Included, on month... How to Remit Send postofflc money order. express order or personal cue- our local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at the ender- run. Glv postotnr ad dress In full. lncludlnK county auu Poatac Rate 10 to 14 pases. 1 cent; 1 In U 3 rrnis: 30 to 44 pHK"S. J cent. 4 to ) uaae. 4 cent. Foreign postage dcuhla ratea. KaMrra Hnalnew Office The S. C Berk -. . w i . ... ,-v vw York, room v (0 Tribune hali.lin. Chlcaso. loom tlO-tlJ Tribune buualnc PORTLAXD, MTTKBAV. JAN. 18, 1908. SENATE AI PRESH1EST. In making his fatuous attack upon the President Senator Culberson, of Texas, hoped to kill two birds witn one stone. The attack charged jir, Koosevelt -with malfeasance in permit ting; the steel trust to acquire the Ten nessee Coal & Iron Company a little T.ni- than "a vear acr. Texas U a Rtata where trusts of all sorts are ex tremely malodorous and any assault upon them, whether feigned or genu ine, la likely to be highly popular. Hence by the mere act of accusing the President in the pr.-nilses the wily Senator from Texas foresees that he will heap up treasures at home In tho comfortable form of votes. nut ne discerns another advantage. The time h crrrwl-4 in wrangling with .Mr. Koosevelt Is just so' much deducted from the time that can be spent in considering legislation. The motto of the Senate is 'Anything under heaven to avoid meeting face to- face the remedial bills which the President has nro-nrl titinn Consrress." If the bills once come up for real debate some thing must be done -with them.-Sena tors must either openly opposo them and confront a storm of public: wrath or agree to them and offend those dear interests which they are appoint ed to serve. Hence these petty quarrels with the President which accomplish nothing but a waste of time. The hullaballoo over the Tennessee Coal & Iron trans fer is perhaps the pettiest and most contemptible of them all. Certain magnates who had been requested to take over the securities of that mori bund corporation went to AVashlng ton and inquired of the Government's law officers if it could bo done legally. They said it could, and upon learning their opinion Mr. Roosevelt urged the magnates to complete the transaction since It would save certain banks from failure and lessen tho pressure of the panic. This happened more than a year ago, as a writer in the Chicago Tribune pertinently states in discuss ing the subject, and Mr. Culberson has known all about it ever since; but he has not made the slightest ob jection until now, when ho can uso the trivial affair as an excuse for holding up the public, business. He and his fellow servants of Wall street. If they would speak their real minds, blame the President for doing his constitu tional duty, not for neglecting it. If he had been willing to pass the term of his office In ineffectual forgetful nees of his obligations to the people Mr. Culberson would not have made the slightest objection. Mr. Roosevelt might have broken his oath of office a thousand times over without re proach from the Senate, If he had only broken it for the behoof of the trreedy Interests. The natural tendency of the Senate Is to assume that It is the "whole of the Government and usurp the powers both of the House of Representatives and the President. With the former body it has succeeded better than it could have expected at the outset. The Lower House, properly so called. Is no longer a factor of first Importance In the Government. In trying to take over the constitutional power of the President the all-engrossing Sen ate has found a more difficult task. In some administrations, when the Executive was weak or complacent, it has absorbed everything and estab lished complete harmony such as reigns between the lion and the lamb when the latter is Inside; but with a President like Mr. Roosevelt, who has Ideas of his own and a determined will to back them, the Senate does not find It so easy to pilfer his prerogatives. Then a howl rises. Whatever the President does is an usurpation of some Senatorial power. Kvery one of tils acts infringes on the Senatorial dignity. If he makes a treaty as the Constitution command.-, the Senate rejects It because Its members were not Invited to have a finger in the pie. If he takes tho advice of his law offi cers the Senate threatens him with impeachment. The truth is that a President who does his duty as the Chief Executive of the Xatlon must almost by necessity quarrel with the Senate, for that body will never be satisfied with the power that Justly belongs to it. It wants the President's also and Is always ready to fight to get It. To this statement one exception ought to be made. Eager as the Sen ate has airways been and still Is to engross the power both of the Lower House and of the President. It sub- , mlts to the Supreme Court with ex emplary meekness. This Is all the stranger because tho Supreme Court Is the only department which has ever really encroached upon Congress, So far as the Constitution goes. Congress has Just as much authority to annul a court decision as the court has to annul a law of Congress; but this has been forgotten and the sublime Sen ate sits by In all humility and sees the Judiciary veto Its acts one after an other without a word of protest. Very likely this docility under discipline Is accounted for by the fact that, when Congress acts at all. It acts under the goad of public opinion and is glad rather than sorry to see Its laws annulled. But the time may come when It will wish Its laws to stand. Then possibly we shall behold a shindy between the Senate and the Supreme Court that will make its present difficulties with the President look trivial. She chlnooks. And when she chlnooks there Is universal Joy. Slush, Indeed, for a day or two; and then the normal condition. But suppose the temperature should fall suddenly, at this ataca of the thaw and slush, as In 1862, and then more snow; and so on for six weeks more? Well, we'll all take the risk, because we don't con trol the operations of nature "under that inverted bowl we call the sky." "FOREIGN IIOMHXGH." Perhaps Judge Lowell, of Pendle ton, who complains that foreigners have the right to hold real estate and other property in the United States, and who expresses the hope that the Legislature of Oregon will, "in its wisdom," devise some way to abate the evil in our state may have some idea j how -this can be done, and perhaps he will sond a memorial to tne legisla ture on the subject. Foreigners undoubtedly own a lot of property in Oregon. By foreigners Just now we mean aliens, not citizens of other states. But we think It always has been the policy of the Uni ted States, and of other civilized na tions, to protect the property of aliens, and their right to hold prop erty, within their territories. The courts of the United States recognize this right and the principle that sus tains It. Both are recognized in the Constitution of the United States. Foreigners aliens doubtless do own much land in Oregon. We could wish they owned less. But their prop erty must be treated precisely as that of our own citizens. Oregon a long time ago passed an act tnat pro hibited Chinese from owning any mining rround in the state. The law was worthless. Bonds of ' various kinds, amounting to untold millions on property In the United States, or on . the faith of . municipal, state or National Government, are held In foreign countries, or by aliens In our own. It may be supposed tho Legis lature of Oregon will not attempt to dtsnosscss the owners of these "for eign holdings" though the Legisla ture of Oregon is almost a world's wonder. TIl.IaMAjrS FRFMCAMENT. Senator Tillman prolongs his yawp. But Senator Tillman now is nothing. It's a plain story. The law gave the citizen the right to enter land at $2.50 an acre, which he might hope to sell soon or at once at $50 an acre more or less. The obscure citizen might do It, without much criticism, but the United States Senator could not. For in fact It was opportunity for robbery of the public domain, which obscure men could take advantage of, and Immense numbers did. If they kept within the terms of the law they "got away with It." It was condoned. But since It was robbery. It didn't become Senators of the United States to engage in It. Still less did it be come them to prevaricate and to be "disingenuous" about it; and these things are wliat Senator Tillman ad mits he Is guilty of. There is a morality always above and beyond tho law. "Law honesty" never satisfies high ethical principle. Obscure Individuals may find shelter under It. They may pass without scath or hurt. But a United States Senator must. In the first place, hold himself above the defendant's plea, that all that he has done has been strictly within the law; and in the next place ho must not try to cover and defend his action by false, repre sentation and excuse. Senator Tillman is in the position of a Senator who does such things. Yet ho continues his excuses for him self; and ho continues his attacks on orhers, for his own exculpation, day after day. He counts that day lost which does not afford him opportunity for a fresh diatribe. But all his pro tests do not change the state of the case In the least. He had no right to be trying to make profit by obtaining from the United States land for less than It was worth. True, no one else had the right; but Tillman was not in the class of humble and ob scure men. In whom it might be overlooked. Then his denial that he had "undertaken" to get land shows that he feared public criticism; and moreover, the denial was not true. Other Senators have mafle denials, against the truth and the proofs; and it always has gone hard with them. It always will, and It always ought. Truth must be re quired In high places else It never can be expected and enforced among people of humble condition. AX IMPERTINENT DEMAND. There Is a member of the Legisla ture of California who, upon the mis taken premise that all children who are born are blessings to the state. has introduced a bill providing that any man who is the father of twelve children shall receive a pension of $2 5 per month. Stupidity and assumption could hardly go farther than this. Why should the state pay for what It already has in over abundance children who come into life at the behest of a selfish animal instinct merely? Why put a premium upon Irresponsible parentage, itself the root of two-thirds of the social and eco nomic evils of the time? Look at the Children's Home3 and Boys' and Girls' Aid Societies, and Baby Homes and the records of Juvenile Courts, through all of which parental Irre sponsibility stalks in moral naked ness, unashamed, and then talk of placing a premium upon fatherhood that does not recognize the duty of caring for Its own! The egotism of such a proposition, coming from a man who had already in his own esti mation reached the paternal distinc tion (numerically considered) that en titled him to a pension, is disgusting. It mocks at the finer sensibilities that find expression in parental responsi bility and honest, self-respecting pride of posterity, contributes to the pauper spirit already rampant, and seeks to make merchandise of an in stinct that If not sacred. Is gross to the last degree. The father of a numerous progeny can only be Just to himself, his chil dren and the state by bringing his family up to be self-respecting, self supporting members of society, with an educational equipment that . will fit them to discharge the duties of life, as these come to them according to their station in the Industrial and professional world. The man who brings up his children, whether two or twelve, on these lines, may well be accounted a good, reputable and use ful citizen. Such a father does not ask a pension or any special commen dation, being satisfied with the simple fact of duty honorably performed to ward his own and to the state. As to the others the Irresponsible class it Is enough and more than enough that the state Is compelled to care for their overplus of neglected chil dren In ways shown by the records of philanthropic, reformatory and punl Uv institutions without levying- a further tax upon itself to provide a pension for this chief of sinners against it the self-complacent pro genitor of more children than he can bring up to lives of usefulness, In cluding their ability to support him when he is old, without appeal to public charity. FAIIXKE OF DIRECT rKIMARY LAW. (From an editorial in Chicago Inter Ocean. January 11. 1909.) Governor Hughes has asked the New York Legislature to pass a direct primary law. He uses the familiar arguments: It will strengthen and dignify party leadership. It will se cure a more active participation of voters in party management. It will guarantee a respect for their senti ments. It will Increase the official sense of responsibility to the people. It will banish corruption. A dream that experience shatters! In what Northern state do we see the direct primary law ushering In this golden age--ushering in anything save a reign of confusion hurtrul to the Republican party, injurious to the public Interest, and advantageous only to self-seeking politicians? Not in Illinois, most assuredly. Not In Oregon, where the spectacle of the en forced election of a Democratic Sena tor by a Republican Legislature is soon to bear witness to Its mlschlev- ousness. Not In Wisconsin, where the Republican party has resolved Itself Into the mere partisans and opponents of one man. The only states In which the direct primary has not had such disastrous results are certain Southern states. Why? Because the direct primary gives them what it takes away from Northern states two parties. Only by means of a 'direct primary could the Democrats of Mississippi, for instance, constituting the entire elec torate of the state, be split Into oppos ing factions functioning practically as independent parties, and thus giving it the benefit of bi-party government. But where a state already has a bi- party form of government, where there are two parties, well defined and girded up for tho Important public service which devolves on them under our svstem of government, state and National, what Insanity to adopt a method sure to promote factionalism, inefficiency and confusion, and to break down the barriers between the parties while widening the internal breaches! There are certain ideas which are fundamental premises of sound political thought in America. One, and a most Important one. Is the ne cessity of government by two strong parties. There Is no plan for change that should not be submitted to that touchstone. If its plain result is to break down that system where It ex ists, that fact stamps It as unwise and un-American. The direct primary does this in every state of the Union where there are two real parties. It substitutes chaos for an orderly system, confusion for definite party programmes, noise for performance. No amendment can make It do otherwise. These evils Inhere In It. Let us look the facts in the face and find in them a newer reason for reaffirming our faith In the sufficiency of American representative govern ment. HANGING FOR TRAIN ROBBERY. It la reported that an effort will be made to pass a bill at this session of the Oregon Legislature making train robbery, with display of firearms, a capital offense. While hanging would not be an inappropriate punishment, such a law would be unwise for the reason that the severity of the pen alty might make convictions difficult. As It Is now, the fact that hanging Is the only penalty for murder causes Juries often to acquit or disagree when they would convict if there w-ro also a penalty of life Imprisonment. Of course the number of instances in which this Is true is relatively small, but In the case of train robbery, where no killing occurs, It would be very difficult to get a Jury to convict If hanging were the penalty. Train robbery, or robbery of any kind, is a crime for which there can be no possible excuse. It is an of fense which cannot be excused upon the plea that It was done under the Influence of anger, Jealousy or other passion. It Is always a deliberate act. The penalty should be severe and when' once Imposed it should not be lightened by the granting of a pardon. Certainty of punishment is as much of a restraining Influence as severity of punishment. If hanging were the penalty prescribed, there would be no certainty of conviction. PORTLAND'S HOLDING RECORD. Portland's building operations for the month of December and for the entire year 1908 make a remarkably favorable showing In comparison with other cities, especially the cities which in volume of building operations nearest approached Portland. For the month of December there were but seven cities in the United States that showed greater building returns than Portland, and of these Denver, with a gain of 401 per cent, and St. Louis, with a gain of 245 per cent, were the only ones which made a more favor able showing of gain than the 193 per cent credited to this city. Los Ange les, with permits nearly $300,000 less than those of Portland, gained 65 per cent, and Seattle's gain, was but 25 per cent, the average gain for forty of the principal cities of the country being 92 per.cent. These figures are taken from the compilations of the American Con tractor. Bradstreet's figures for the entire twelve months of 1908 make a still more favorable showing. In a list of seventy-two of the principal cities of the United States, Portland stands eighth in volume of permits, Detroit and Kansas City capturing sixth and seventh places with permits at $250,000 and $40,000, respectively. In excess of those of Portland. In percentage of gain for the twelve months, Kansas City, with 9.7 per cent, and Chicago, with 16.8 per cent gain over 1907, were the only cities which exceeded Portland's 9.3 per cent gain. For the year the Portland permits were greater than those of Los Angeles. Denver, Cleveland, Mil waukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, New Orelans, Buffalo, Omaha and many other cities much more pretentious than the Oregon metropolis. The decrease for the seventy-two cities was 6 per cent, and the value of the Portland permits was one-twenty-fifth of all Issued In the sev enty cities exclusive of Chicago and New York. The record, in Bpite of the unfavorable circumstances which were In evidence at the opening of the year. Is a very high tribute to the prominence of Portland throughout I the country, and in view of the large amount of work planned for the pres ent year. it. will undoubtedly be eclipsed by a heavy percentage of gain when 1909 returns are all in. Perhaps the best feature of this big building movement In Portland lies in the fact that there Is an Immediate and pressing demand for all of the structures built, and quarters are al ready engaged in many others for which contracts or permits have not yet been issued. Eastern papers are commenting ex tensively on rumors that the proposed duty of 5 cents per pound on coffee is part of a gigantic piece of high finance In which the Brazilian coffee surplus, which was recently, "valor ized" with a loan of $75,000,000, fig ures extensively. According to rumors In circulation, levying of a duty of 5 cents per pound on coffee would be followed by the speedy transfer of the immense Brazilian surplus to this country, where it could be landed be fore the new duty became effective. As the surplus available for shipment amounts to nearly 12,000,000 bags, and tho duty at 5 cents per pound would bo about $6.60 per bag. It Is plain that there are practically unlim ited opportunities for the speculators who are In on the deal. The most suspicious part of the transaction lias in the fact that as yet Brazil has en tered no protest against the proposed duty, thus giving the Impression that there is collusion between the valor ization promoters and the men who are working the American end of the game. The Washington beach north of the Columbia River has claimed another fine ship, the French bark Alice, from London for Portland, going ashore Thursday night. In the absence of official statements from the officers of the vessel, blame for the disaster can not be fixed; but it is hardly probable that it can be classed among the un avoidable accidents. The bottom of the sea as the Columbia River Is ap proached offers better soundings than can be secured at any other point along the coast, and the careful mas ter who keeps his lead going should have no difficulty in locating himself several miles offshore. In thick weather there 1s, of course, always danger If a vessel approaches too close, but the prudent master keeps far enough offshore in such weather to avoid being placed In danger by a sudden shift of wind. Unlike the La morna. King David and Pass of Mel7 fort, recently wrecked while endeav oring to enter Puget Sound, there was no loss of life from the Alice disas ter. The long-expected and much-advertised flood of wheat from the Argen tine and Australia has at last put in an appearance, and this, week's re ceipts from these countries totaled 3,368,000 bushels, of which the South American country contri: uted 1,320, 000 bushels. This is a heavy increase over last year for Australia, but dur ing the corresponding week in 1908 the Argentine shipped 2,008,000 bush els. Before tho'bears become too en ergetic in their campaign to force prices down on the strength of these shipments, it might bo well for them to remember that a rapid movement or an early movement of the crop can do nothing toward increasing its di mensions. The Argentine and the Australian crops are both as large as they will ever be this year, and the dimensions of the weekly shipments now will not change final results. The snow storm began a week ago Tuesday. Snow has been lying on the streets without disturbance except by the elements for more than ten days. The City Council has a session after the first week, and at the suggestion of a private citizen passes a bill ap propriating $3000 for cartage of snow from the streets, and the Mayor our great business Mayor delays signing for two days, until the Chinook makes its appearance and nils the streets with slush and brings about a condition which proper and sensible administration of affairs would have avoided. It is a reproach to Port land that the snow should have cum bered the streets all this time, thus contributing greatly to paralysis of business and the discomfort of the public. "Reform" la a wonderful thing. Dr. Bigger, family physician for John D. Rockefeller, announces that the oil king will live to be 100 years old. If the shade of old Croesu3 keeps In touch with earthly things, this ought to make him shiver, for John D. Rockefeller at the age of 100 will have money enough to pay $29, 000,000 lines and endow oily universi ties every few days without impair ing his principal. Cranks are trying to get Oregon's Statement One into the primary law of California. You Just watch how they will be turned down. A Legisla ture in Oregon, five-sixths of whose members are Republicans, electing a Democratic Senator, through this fool scheme, will be enough for California, and for all the rest. No other state will be anxious to Join "the fool of the family." Mr. Harrlman has let the contract for the tunnel by which the Union Pacific will enter Tacoma. The con tract for the line by which Central Oregon will be given transportation facilities has not yet been awarded. It may be suspected that those Cali fornia floods will not occupy any prominent headlines In the immigra tion literature of the land of sunshine. However, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw snowballs. New York (Manhattan) hist year erected buildings of the value of $104,602,710. . For Chicago the figures were $62,927,220. Only great and permanent buildings, not cheap sub urban structures. Included. Senator Tillman recognizes the need of a new and elaborate vindication of himself every day. Real news nowa days is a little dull and slow, and the press reports are indulgent to Till man. Some criminal out on 36 th street teas arrested for failing to clear his Bldewalk of snow. Served him right. He was the only man in Portland who let the enow remain on his walk. Hall the Chinook! Oregon Is her self again. But don't chlnook .too fast and too much. What will be the name of the Mor ris Haas of the Calhoun tx " FOR BENEFIT OP THE FEW Proposition of This Character Before the Legislature. Santiam News. There aro several matters that will affect taxation materially, which will call for legislative action at this time. A scalp bounty bill will be proposed which, should it become a law on the lines now set forth, would call for very large ap propriations from the. state treasury. Large appropriations for our state col leges will be asked for. So far as we can learn, the appropriations which will bo asked for for the next two years for the state colleges, will be not less than a round million of dollars. This amount will Increase from year to year, if tho ratio of increase of the past is a criterion, until the state colleges will become an unbearable burden. When wo consider that the state colleges are now costing the taxpayers from ?200, to $4W per stu dent (counting the cost of buildings and maintenance.) for each year, it would seem that the present is a most auspi cious moment to call a halt. Compare the average cost pr college student, say $S0O, with what the state pays for the public school pupil, an amount less than $10? This Is a matter that should be seriously considered by our legislators. Our public school Is a necessity: the col lege a luxury. Can wo afford to ray doubla for the luxury what we pay for the necessity? .The Legislature, will, also, be asked to provide 'for the building of an automobile highway across the state from north to south. Of course- the pro motors of this across-state highway do not call the proposed road an 'automobile highway;" yet the scheme is an emenation from the brain of the automobile devotee pure and simple. These are three features which. If given full swing, would bankrupt the state treasury. In each instance, the benefit to accrue, and each measure is meritous to some extent, will bo enjoyed by but a small fraction of tho people. A safe, rule for the legislator to adnpt is, to vote for no appropriation of public money to pur poses which are not general in their char acter. The people will willingly tax themselves for purposes that can be enjoyed or Is of benefit to the gTent mass of people. But when their money Is appropriated for purposes which benefit but a compara tively few persons,, they pay such a tax grudgingly. NEWS FROM TACOMA. Snlllncr Vessels Unable to Enter the Straits of Fuca. Tacoma Ledger, January 12. A Portland dispatch to the Ledger, dated January 10. reads: "The Colum bia River is entirely closed to naviga tion by ice jams stretching from shore to shore. The steamship Alliance, which sailed from Portland for Coos Bay this morning, is fast In the Ice between the mouth of the Willamette River and St. Helens." In the local columns of the Ledger on the day of the publication of the Port land dispatch appeared the following: "To load general freight for the Ha waiian Islands, tho American-Hawaiian Steamship Company's liner. Mexican, arrived In port Saturday evening from down Pound. She will take 150.000 feet of lumber and about 1500 tons of general freight." There is frequently a marked differ ence between a deep and safe salt water port and a port dependent upon the varying moods and depths of a river. That Terrible North Const. Tacoina Ledger, January 13. Port Townsend, Jan. IS. (special Dis patch to the Ledger.) More than ordinary Interest Is attached to ine coming of the schooner Commerce, which Is reported in the Strait tonight, for tho reason that she Is the first sailing vessel to make port in the past nine aays from outside the Strait. The Commerce In en route here from San Pedro, and will probably bring a story of severe weather off the coast. The Commerce Is the second sailing vessel to make the Strait from off Flat tery since January 1, the schooner Spo kane, which recently arrived, being the first. Almost every day since the first of the year such strong winds have pre vailed off Flattery that sailing vessels have found It impossible to enter. On occasions the wind has reached a veloc ity of 76 miles an hour. It Is likely that a large fleet of sailing vessels will make the Strait now that the wind has sub sided. There Is frequently a marked differ ence between a port that Is accessible at all times and one that Is storm-embargoed for nine days at a time. The Alliance was detained by the Ice less than 24 hours, and three sailing vessels arrived at Portland from sea between January 1 and January 10. Lni Wait or More Taxes. Pittsburg Post People speaking the English tongue' will readily admit that the two countries of the world which have made the greatest advance in the art of governing them selves are the United States and Great Britain. It is profoundly significant that in each of these countries at the present time the problem of Increasing publio revenues, or, to put it better, of bridging the growing gap between Income and out lay Is pressing. The average American will admit with a sort of proud pessimism that we have more graft to the square inch than any civilized country in the world. There may be less corruption In administration in England, perhaps, but any saving here is more than eaten up In the enormous tribute In pensions paid to caste and privilege. Either the English, and the Americans, too, will have to pay heavier taxes than ever, or some cutting down of expenses will have to be accomplished. It is ru mored, for example, that our coffee will have to pay duty, while in England, and even in Germany, other sources of reve nue even more burdensome, are Vdng sug gested. Those woolly-minded folks "who take no interest In politics" cannot make sheep of themselves and hope to live In comfort from wolves. It Is fight or got eaten alive. Not much of an alternative, but worse things are in store for those who fall to take the best of these quickly. Translation Time at the Restaurant. Tit-Bits. First Customer (after looking at bill of fare) I'll have roast sucking pig, mashed potatoes, and cauliflower. Second Customer Give me toad-in-the-hole, scarlet runners, and turnips. Third Customer Cold beet without horseradish, cabbage and a glass of porter. t Walter Yesslr. Glides to the speaking tube and yells, breathlessly; "One pig mashed colly toad scarlet turnips cold beef (without horse) cab and . porter." Fourth Customer (facetiously) Walter, bring me a dor biscuit and a bit of celery. Fifth Customer- Calf's head without brain sauce. Walter Yesslr. Shouts down speaking tube: "Bis cuit for puppy with small salary and calf's head without brains." Strathcona, Canaan' Grand Old Man. London Telegraph. Lord Strathcona, aged 88. known as "The Grand Old Man of Canada," de nies the report that he will resign the position of Canadian High Commission er. He says he desires to "die in har ness." No Publicity to These Contribution. New York Evening Hall. If Santa Claus Is a Democrat, as the Allentown Call would have us believe, how about publicity of Christmas con tributions t LOCAL OPTION GROWTH IN OHIO Politics Seem to Have Cat No Figure Whatever In the Result. New York Evening Post. Nearly sixty counties of Ohio have voted out the saloons, by an average ma jority of close to 1000. Nine counties have voted "wet," mostly by very small majorities. The campaign has demon strated that the exponents of prohlbitioVi have no class of voters outside those di rectly concerned In the traffic upon which they can absolutely depend. The mining districts In counties like Perry, Hocking and Athens were considered doubtful, but the ministers themselves furnished a heavy "dry" vote, as did also the labor ers in many of the smaller manufacturing centers. It was supposed tnat the farmers of the state could be heavily influenced by the fear of increased taxes if the $1000 sa loon license should be given up, but the farmer vote invariably goes heavily against the saloon. The rapid spread of the trolley has made the farmer's boy more than ever a frequenter of the town, whilo tho increased tax has driven the saloons in tho smaller places to a more vigorous quest than ever for profitable trade. The connection of the saloon with gambling and with immoral women, as prolitable adjuncts, has made the danger to the unwary boy from the farm much greater than was encountered in the average drinking shop of a generation ago. It was supposed that the largo German element In the rural population of certain counties would oppose pro hibition, but only in a few localities has this been the case. Nor has the temperance wave been broken in those sections which habitually give Democratic majorities. Tho "dry" list now contains something like half the counties which gave majorities to Judgo Harmon a month ago. Including Monroe, which has never given a Republican mn Jority in Its history and yet went "dry" by llearly 1300. In the Seventeenth Con gressional District, which gave a Dcmo cratic majority of over 7000, every county but one has voted "dry" by good majori ties, and that one is almost Wholly "dry" already under former township option law. Tho river towns were to be ad verse, but twelve of the fourteen counties touching the 'Ohio have already voted "dry." Tho relation of tho liquor ques tion to Judge Harmon's candidacy was peculiar. There was absolutely nothing in his career to mark him out as an ac ceptablo candidate for the liquor interests, yet they opposed the re-election of Gov ernor Harris, who had signed tho local option bill. Various liquor organizations officially or unofficially declared for Har mon, though he emphatically denied that he had asked for this support or given any pledge whatever, direct dr indirect. It Is a striking tribute to his reputation for veracity that, under such circum stances, tho temperance Democrats of tho rural districts stood by him and mado his election possible. The Anti-Saloon League officials who opposed him, now admit that they know of no reason to an ticipate any unfavorable action by him. It is now freely predicted that the next Legislature will submit a state-wide pro hibition measure to popular vote. TAX ON INTANGIBLE PROPERTY New York Gathers a Large Revenue From Indirect Tribute. Indianapolis Star. The State of New York received from all sources In Its hurt fiscal year the sum of nearly tf.2.000,000; but of this some $1S. 000,000 arose from the sale of Erlo Canal bonds and kindred sources. Tho amounts derived from taxation of various sorts present an impressive showing and are 'as follows: Special tax for iudeea. ten- ogruphers, etc Tax on corporation Tax on organization of cor porations S0S.nf8.3t 207.535. 9 e.f.05,891.46 3. S07.373. 3S 9.3r.!.SlS.63 1. Grit). 527.51 217.-143.31 Tax on transfers of decedent estates Tax on transfers of ntock Tax on trAt'llckinsr in liquors. Tax on mortgages Tax on racing assnclationl. . . Tax on land of non-resident owners 17,225. BS Total ' $31,317,052 81 What was aimed to bfe proved in a re cent articlo wa-s that a scientific applica tion of modern revenue-raising methods might reduce direct taxation upon our homes, factories, stores and other tan gible property that cannot escape the tax gatherer, and substitute revenues from indirect tribute levied upon the earnings of great corporations which often do a tremendous 'business and pile up enor mous profits with very little property in tangible form. The figures given by Governor Hughes aro very Instructive along this line, and may serve to show us what prolific sources of revenue aro Ignored by the Indiana state and municipal practice while tangible property of every kind Is groaning under the burden of direct tax ation. Hnsband Saved; Wife Give. . Atchison (ICan.) Globe. You doubtless remember that Russell Sage, when alive, had a reputation for stinginess, and believe that he didn't have much fun In life. Eating an apple for lunch, wearing a straw hat two seasons, and a suit of clothes until it wore out. doesn't appeal to many people, with or without money, as a part of a good time. But when you remember how many defi nitions there are for a good time. It seems possible that Russell Sage's life was one continual round of pleasure. What appeals to you may not suit your friend. The man who admires grand opera may scorn the enthusiasm of the football fan. Russell Sage, perhaps, had no hobby but making money. If this be true, it was, doubtless, because he en joyed making money and saving It. Life to him was ono long-drawn-out spree of getting rich, and there never was a morn-lng-aiter headache; ha never lost money. This contrast in human nature has a striking example right In the Sago fam ily. The wealth Russell worked so hard to accumulate affords pleasure to his wife only as she gives It away, as she Is doing with a lavishness never equaled by any other woman, and only surpassed by few men of greater wealth. Coffee Tax Not Favored. Omaha Bee. There will be no popular approval of the proposition now being considered by the Ways and Means Committee at Wash ington to lmpoe a tax of five cents a pound on coffee-, as one of the features of the new tariff bill. The argument in sup port of the proposition is that thiB tax would yield a revenue of about $15,000,000 a year and would thus offset the loss that would result from lowering the duties on sugar, tobacco, hides, iron, steel and wood. So far as the consumer Is con cerned, this argument is of a piece with the street vendor's statement that what he made on peanuts he lost on bananas. This shifting of the tariff duties would simply cause the consumer to uso the savings In one pocket to pay the losses In tho other. Clvfllzlngr Eastern Kentucky. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. A note of encouragement for Eastern Kentucky is discernible in the call for a great mass meeting of delegates from 42 counties to consider the redemption and purification of that feud-swept, gun oarrying. whisky-drinking section. There are people left who feel their responsi bilities to preserve a decent measure of civilization. And they deserve to be helped, as much as the Chinese, the Hin dus or the Basutos. Two Easentlnls. Pittsburg Dispatch. The MTkado assures Japan In Iris ad dress to Parliament of two things peace and economy of government. As the United States has been assured of the first, notwithstanding the labors of the war-scare bureaus, It might be a fine ex periment for our statesmen to add th second. QUEER DRESS OF ENGLISH W031EX. Sweeping Criticism of Isconcra'.' or Seen In the Street of London. Borlbner's Magazine. The first days In the streets of Lon don bring so many Impressions that it Is as confusing to remember them r-s to recall, in their proper order, th. changes of a kaleidoscope. It Is ap parent that the men arc heavier h-ve than with us; apparent, too, that tills is a land of men, ruled by men, obe dient to the ways and comforts nnI prejudices of men. not women. Ili-re the male bird has tho brilliant plumage. The best of them, as ono sees theui in Piccadilly, In Bond street, In St. Jame' street. In the curbs. In the park of a Sunday after church, are f Hi o-look in;.; fellows, well set up and Fcrupuluusiy well-groomed an 1 turned out. Hut th -women! What hats, what clothes, what shoes, what colors, what amorphous figuresl Ono hears of English econo mics; evidently they beKiu with the dressmaker's bill. Who permits that nice-looking girl to wear a white flan nel skirt, a purple Jacket, and a inv hat with a bun--li of small foathei s sticking out of it at right angle;".' Here is another with an enibroid-r -i linen coat, and a bit of ermine fur, ni:-! a straw hat with flowers in It! The grotesque costumes of the women would make one stop to stare were it not that they aro so common one ceai 3 at last to notice them. Uut their taste In dress Is nothing new. When Queen Victoria came to tho throne their tat-t.'-less vagaries of custom were not Iceabl v A well-dressed lady la described as wearing in those days, "a blue satin robe, a black violet mantlet lined with blue satin, and trimmed with black, lace, and an emerald green hat trimmed with blonde and rosea, as well as rib bon and feathers!" The complexions of tho English hsve often been exploited for our benefit. The damp climate and tho rxerHso out-of-doors produce tho red, they say. But on examination It proves t j be not tho red of tho rose, but the red of raw beef, and often streaky and fibrous at that. The features are lar?e and tho face high-colored, but It is not a d"M eato, pink, it Is a coarse red. At a dis tance, tho effect Is charming, bright, refreshing, but closi to, often rat her unpleasant. Here tho features of tho women, even tho features of the beau tiful women, aro mo'nle.1; while tho features of our beautiful American women are chiseled. JOAN OF ARO TO It 13 CA.VOX17KU. Moat Romantic Figure In History Will lie Saint Jonn. Now York World. On April 18 next Joan of Aro will be canonized by tho Uomui Catholic Church, thus fulfilling after nearly five centuries tho prophecy of tlio English soldier who when Jonn was burned at Rouen cried out: 'We are lost; we have burned a saint!" All said, the Hinld of Orleans Is thn most romantic figure in history. It Is probable that more books have been mado about her than about Mary Queen of Scots. The publication within a year of lives of tho Maid by Anatoln Franco and Andrew Lang testifies to her abiding Interest for the historian. Of her standing In popular fame an idea may be gained from the discip lining of a school Instructor In Franco for "speaking unbecomingly" of Joan in a criticism of a schoolboy compo sition. Controversy over Joan has mgoa through the centuries. She has been alternately calumniated and defiled, denounced as a sorceress nnd acclaimed a saint. Voltaire heaped ridicule on her MIchelet idealized her. .Schiller glorified her. The embers of tho struo hc.o been stirred anew by M. l;rai', and Mr. Lang. How a modern alien t would regard her visions, what verdict he would render on the "voices which inspired and guided ner, n. i sary to say. . 1 But for the girl of 17 in white armor who sacrificed herself on the altar of patriotism, the brave-hearted peasant lass whose high courage and strong spirit saved France from her foes and gave the Dauphin a crown, tho world at heart must always cherish a chival rous affection. To tho historian John, Richard Green. Joan was the one pure figure which rises out of th. greed, the lust, the th unbelief of the time." And this il t h judgment which dlscrlmlnatng rao.l.ti opinion, irrespective of church honors. Is disposed to pass on her. SPORTSMEy'S LAWS n.VRR VRIO. Episcopal Bllup Holds Some Forceful Opinions on Killing Deer. Milwaukee Free Tress. Bishop G. Mott Williams, head of tho Protestant Episcopal dioceso of M.u quette. which embraces tho entire up per peninsula of Michigan, holds sotno forceful opinions with respect to cur tailing the annual slaughter of detr. "Since I badly wounded a d-er wltaout killing It. I have not fired at one. U-) savs T do not need the deer. It w.u. beautiful and free and I was cruel and a slave to the fashion of killing at a set season. "The whole season of a game law b preserve game for sport Is barbaric. It lV. port enough to ran;;e the woods without becoming a 's,;n'''' .. 'J death. Deer ought not to be kl d except whm needed for food, nnd u servation ought to bo with regard to thVh?pr"S'r.iyKame laws help nobody but tho railroads. To plunge hundreni. It reckless hunters Into the woo. s m a short season, many of wuoi.i Kno nothing about firearms, or who careless. Is a premium. on Uorni n-e ought to be able to keep an no i resides of the state out of our woo , And It ought to be Imp for t y ono to buy or borrow a gun i u 1 .c ... showing that ho has J . ?an'dsP We have had rd-nty of exper ience right here In thi s town. "The open season for d'.er f-no.u still further shortened, and It should fe a crime to shoot a Vunt?rsweie During the season -S hunUrs killed and 53 Injured. Dullness Boom. Philadelphia Ledger. to skate on now. A FEW HQCI1SS. ,. t ,mrtersland you to sny that nil ri 'U Sty pBtlb5ia."-Ml.do:phla -. Wook Blfrt-Me doesn't bellevo In lr '.m would be dark.-1'alluielnhia lu.orj. Klfd Lady But that fen't the mme s".v da odnar one. Chicago ua-is .'"-- 7im irpirardlr-e damage done to church by f,3 -GooTjo. ft wasn't a factory. BUI. ttl.i You'm , rit-ht. maw. Only one man t;ut out ol : work, snd be draws l.U money!- Punch. Prore9or Stone To the preoloalrt t-.-r.n d ytax-T or eo are not counted n any In-e at all. Man In the Audlenc.--t.rea. ,.;; And, to think I mad a tenu-ornry lan . . -to a man who bold suoh v!o s! l'lil..uiul phla Inquirer. Nrs-BU (literary editor) Borus. whl-h mm of tho magazine Is foinff to pub, that i. .hnrt rtt.irv or v-oura? Boms tnnn--gmg authort All I can tell you about it now Vaults lo that twn of the mneiwlneit ara not goiixt to publish It. Clilca- Tribune.