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POIJTICAL lAlrriONS AJf" THE PTB-
If a body of four hundred men is to
be 'elected by the Republican com
mittee of Portland for the purpose of
suggesting, candidates for nomination
at the primary, the first inquiry wUl
be R-i to the personality, the char
acter, the relations to affairs,
the antecedents and present standing
of the committee or body of four
hundred; and after these matters have
been considered, the next thing will
be an Inquiry as to the personality and
character of the men whom they may
name or suggest as candidates for the
primary election.
That the candidates thus offered
may be denominated the . candidates
of the Republican party will have no
weight whatever, unless their fitness
for the places named shall first be rec
ognized by the electors. It must be
apparent and Indisputable. Of course
there is no man against whom some
will not urge one objection or another;
but petty objection, based on the per
sonal feeling of the objector, may not
amount to -much. Everything will
depend on the general estimate of the
candidate's character of his public
spirit, his unselfishness, his grasp of
affairs and his general reputation. No
political hack or professional politician
Is wanted.
The citizens will not deem It im
portant to vote for candidates -so
named merely because they are Re
publicans, for the Republican party
has practically ceased to exist in Ore
gon; and even when it was still strong
and aggressive, it was not possible to
unite it In local elections. It i3 prob
able, indeed, that even if the candi
date VPFA II T1 J Y. 1 .
. ..muiaijio, xi e would
lose votes rather than gain them by
being known as a Republican candi
date, or as tho candidate of the Re
publican party. For the animosities
of Republican factions never were
deeper or deadlier than now; their
survival Is apparent on all sides, for
revenges are not complete, and every
movement in politics adds further
exacerbations. Republicans are di
vided into factions.' either of which
would find Democratic success prefer
able to loss of any opportunity for
revenge for the past, or to defeat of
the hope or prospect of tho opposing
faction for the future; and, moreover,
the primary law, by stimulation of the
hope of every office-seeker, makes an
. enemy to the successful man of . his
party of every rival candidate and all
his friends. Under the present system
...d. uun t vote oecause they want to
elect the candidate they vote for, so
much as they want to defeat somebody
else's candidate who has obtained the
primary nomination.
It wouldn't matter if the city and
state should get the services of best
or fit men; but the chances always are
that it will not. Nevertheless, effort
-ought to be made to secure co-operation
of citizens who desire the best
obtainable administration. The Ore
gonlan is not at all assured, however
rVinr tjk v. . .
-c.ivc-v ua eiuvamageously
I inaae m tne name of the Republican
j Party- It will be necessary to await
development of events now Just fce
' ginning. Portland ought to have an
excellent municipal administration;
but there is difficulty in the fact that
personal and factional animosities are
likely to guide large numbers of its
voters as heretofore. Instead of the
principle of co-operation for the best
omwti ...4
THK DUTY OS COAL.
Representative Cushman, of Wash
ington, made an eloquent plea for a
duty on coal, and it is probably true
that a considerable number of his con
stituents on Puget Sound are much
exercised over the prospect for free
coal.- At this distance it is not clear
that their fears are welt founded, ac
tual transactions in foreign coal
within the past year failing to show
where any great hardship would be
incurred by admission of the much
needed fuel. During the past year
nearly every tramp steamer loading
at an American port on Puget Sound,
and many of the regular liners load
ing at those ports, steamed over to
Comox. on the Canadian shore, to fill
their bunkers after completing cargo
on Puget Sound.
The duty on bituminous coal is 67
cents per ton of 2240 pounds, and, as
these steamers required from 600 to
1000 tons for filling their bunkers, it
Is easily understood that the saving of
rhe duty of 67 cents per ton would be
insufficient to offset the time lost and
the cost of rllotage and other ex
penses. In such circumstances but
one conclusion can be reached, and
that is that the supply of coal avail
able at American ports on Puget
Sound was insufficient, or was held
at a price far in excess of any differ
ence warranted by a duty of 67 cents.
Not only do the Puget Sound ports
fall to coal the merchant vessels, but
even the American- battleships were
coaled with a product that was
brought from the Atlantic Coast.
There is another economic feature
of free coal which can hardly fail to
appeal to Mr. Cushman's constituents
In the eastern part of the state. The
heavy Importations of coal from Aus
tralia two years ago not only supplied
consumers with much-needed fuel at
a reasonable price, but the transpor
tation of that coal brought to Port
land a large fleet of grain vessels
which otherwise would have been
obliged to come here In ballast.
Carrying cargoes both ways, these
ships weer enabled to accept very low
outward freights on grain, the reduc
tion from the average rates of former
years being from $1 to $2 per ton, the
saving thus effected all going to the
producers of the grain, who from a
numerical standpoint were more enti
tled to consideration than were the
few coal mlneowners. Unquestionably
the voters In the Immediate vicinity of
Mr. Cushman's home will object to
free coal, tout the farmers who-desire
cheap .fuel and; cheap-, freights will
welcome it.
SPENDING AND PAY DAY.
The General Government is in
straits for money, and that Is the
reason why troubles arise in the re
adjustment of the tariff. Representa
tive McCall, of Massachusetts, in a
recent speech, said:
TV-e have been pa mine, through a wild orgy
of extravagance. In which, very much has
risen consumed In flreu-orks and fustian,
J!-2 Brat hurdens or expense have been
unnecessarily fastened upon the country.
"fwa "re to have taxation of a sort such
as the country has usually known only as
a result of war, and the people will have
an opportunity of paying the bills.
The -remark applies as well to state
and municipal as to National affairs.
Extravagance never yet failed, to react
upon the individual or upon the peo
ple betrayed into it; nor can there be
a greater mistake than the supposition
entertained by many that since they
have little or no property directly sub
ject to taxation, therefore, extravagant
public expenditure cannot injuriously
affect them. Excessive -burdens upon
property and business, obstruct indus
try, raise prices and diminish the re
wards of labor.
In public expenditure, as in all other
concerns, the Judicious course is the
middle one. But there is always dan
ger of doing too much, rather than
too little. It is as easy for a state or
nation as for an individual to live too
fast and run into debt beyond reason
and judgment, It is fine' for a city
or state" to have everything it wants
at once and without waiting; but that
is the road to a result like that de
scribed by the Massachusetts Con
gressman. -BUSINESS MAN" FOR MAYOK.
The business man knows that most
of the seekers after places in his es
tablishment are unfit. Therefore, he
prefers to do hla own seeking, when
he engages employes. The business
man accepts for a responsible place
only a man who has stood the test
for efficiency and responsibility, in his
own, or some other establishment. He
rejects an applicant whose first merits
are ability to "mix" or round up votes
or "run" with the boys. He rejects
the seeker who says he is a business
man, but who has nothing but words
.to speak for him..
A number of aspirants for Mayor
of Portland say they will give the city
a business administration. Few of
them have ever been able to give their
own affairs a business administration.
Their appearance is no new spectacle,
and their voice Is no new sound. Two
years ago all the candidates for office,
from Mayor down, stood on "business"
platforms, yet the city has not had a
business administration.
It takes business sense to choose
right servants. The plain evidence is
that the city voters have not exercised
business Judgment in choosing city
officeholders. Will they exercise that
Judgment this time We shall see.
FAIR TAXATION. 1
There- is much truth in President
Taft's opinion that the DIngley tariff
weighs heavily upon the poor by in
creasing the cost of the necessaries of
life beyond all reason, while it per
mits the rich to evade their proper
share of the expenses of government.
In the American Magazine for April,
Miss Tarbell has cited numerous in
stances where, by craft and guile, the
schedules were manipulated so "as to
burden tho workingman and relieve
the wealthy. The schedule for woolen
blankets is a case in point among
many others which she mentions. On
blankets of an inferior grade which
are used by people of small means,
the duty is almost double that on the
more costly ones which millionaires
purchase. In speaking for a tariff
which shall bear lightly on the neces
saries of life and touch more severely
upon luxuries, Mr. Taft displays that
admirable sense of Justice which has
commended him to the confidence of
his countrymen in many previous in
stances, but it is not so certain that
he fully comprehends the stern laws
which govern the production of rev
enue. A tax on luxuries is paid by the rich
who are best able to pay taxes. Such
a tax ts,. therefore, more justifiable on
ethical grounds than one which falls
on the necessities which the poor must
buy in order to live. If rich people
were so numerous that the treasurv
could be supplied fcy taxing their lux
uries, everybody of sound Judgment
would say lot it be done and remove
all duties from the necessaries of life.
But, unfortunately,, although we have
many millionaires in this country, we
have not enough of them to maks
such a scheme for raising revenue
practicable. A tax on luxuries is us
ually very productive as far as it goes,
but it does not go nearly far enough.
The expenses of the Government can
not be met by taxing the luxuries of
the rich. The undeniable fact Is that
the only sources of tariff revenue
which can be depended on in all emer
gencies are the necessaries of life,
the goods which must be purchased in
good times and bad by the masses of
the people. This fact is not devoid of
a sinister aspect. It reads like a new
application of the hard maxim that he
who has much shall have more and he
who. has little shall lose it, but in
solving the problem of raising a rev
enue many sinister devices seem to be
unavoidable.
Mr. Taft is reluctant to see a duty
Imposed on tea and coffee. Many
kindly persons feel exactly as he does
about it. The Oregonian did not favor
the coffee tax as it was proposed on
fon.er occasions by Mr. McCleary, 6f
Minnesota, and others. Considered
by themselves, such taxes are singular
ly iniquitous, since they take from the
masses of the people with a high hand
the funds which are used largely to
protect the property of the rich. It
is possible, however, to Introduce com
pensatory measures which shall oper
ate to counterbalance the injustice.
For a tax on tea and coffee, taken by
itself, there would be no defence ex
cept the mere fact that it would yield
revenue; but if, when this tax were
Imposed, certain others were removed,
the balance might swing even again.
The treasury would toe enriched and
the people would not be impoverished.
It may as well be admitted frankly
that there are a great many duties
which Increase the cost of living with
out benefitting the Government. All
duties on goods which are produced in
the United States are of this char
acter. They enable the trusts to
charge a higher price than would
otherwise be possible, but they yield
no revenue to the treasury because
THE MORNING OR
revenue comes only from imports.
From such taxes nobody except the
trusts receives any benefit, but the
trusts are enormously enriched by
them. They impose a heavier burden
on the. consumer than an honest rev
enue tax would, while the only advan
tage he obtains from them Is the poor
consolation of seeing our millionaires
develop into billionaires.
There is no reason In the world why
these taxes which go into the pockets
of the rich and do not benefit the
treasury at all should not be removed.
They are so .unjust that humanity re
volts at them. The best that can be
said for them is that they are legalized
robbery. Perhaps such robbery is a
little preferable to that which the lone
highwayman commits at the point of
his gun. If It is, well and good. But
when one has said thus much for the
schedules which plunder the consumer
and swell the fortunes of the trusts,
he can say no more. Congress, in can
celing them, would be doing nothing
else than its plain duty to the coun
try while, at the same time, it would
more than compensate the consumer
for the contemplated taxes on tea
and coffee. The relief which the con
sumer would obtain , by the cessation
of the trust extortions would be enor
mous. It would be felt in almost
every department of life. It would
oheapen all sorts of iron ware, build
ing materials, fuel, paper, clothing,
kitchen utensils, farm machinery, and
so on, without end. On the other hand,
the tea and coffee taxes would impose
a burden which everybody would feel,
but, after all, it would be light. In
comparison with the heavy weight of
the trust extortions it would scarcely
be irksome. If at the same time that
the breakfast table is taxed by levying
duties on tea and coffee, it is also freed
from the tribute which it now pays to
the trusts. The Oregonian has nothing
to say in opposition. The breakfast
table is under as much obligation to
support the Government as the dinner
table or the wheat bin is, but none, of
them is ethically bound to. contribute
to the support of the millionaire trust
magnates. "Tax us when and how
you please, to any reasonable extent,
for the support of the Government,"
seems to be the sentiment of the plain
citizen Just now, "but pray cease to
tax us for the enrichment of the
trusts."
A PERTINENT EXAMPLE..
The man John Branton, who, fail
ing to effect his escape from the Peni
tentiary at Salem Monday, took his
own life In a most savage manner,
was a degenerate of the most hope
less and dangerous type. A man whose
tendencies were - toward lawlessness,
avarice and savagery, he was serving a.
term of ten years, nearly half of which
had expired, for assault with intent
to kill.. Of . his three wives, two died
under suspicious circumstances, their
lives having been insured for a few
hundred dolars In his favor. His
brother, Claude Branton, was hanged
at Eugene a few years ago, the mur
der of which he was convicted hav
ing been committed under exception
ally brutal circumstances. These two
men, known in earlier life as the
"Branton boys," cost the taxpayers of
Lane County dearly in court expenses,
the state at least one worthy citizen
and the community some scandal and
great unrest. This is the debit side of
their life record; the credit side is
practically without entry.
It were easy to preach a sermon
with these lives as the text, but it is
useless, since in a general way the re
lation of cause to effect in such cases
is well understood understood, but
for all practcal or remedial purposes
ignored. Criminologists of the State
of New York some years ago traced
the descendants of a reckless and
abandoned young woman through
three generations, and found that
among these descendants were or had
been many of the most desperate
criminals of the long period covered.
Including a number of murderers, rob
bers, Burglars and a small army of
criminals of the lower class men and
women who were at war all along the
line with the decencies and wholesome
conventions of society. The effort
was undertaken for the purpose of
showing that it is easier and vastly
wiser and cheaper to deal with the
question of the multiplication of crim
inals by preventive than by remedial
measures. The first process can be
made absolute while the last Is at best
but a series of costly experiments.
The subject is one from the con
templation of which society naturally
shrinks, but with the consequences of
which It is constantly- brought face to
face in the courts, through the news
papers, -in the Jails and penitentiaries.
In the Insane asylums and not infre
quently at the gallows. Tet as long
as It is shunned, we must continue to
imprison, if we do not hang, our Tra
ceys and Brantons and the increasing
horde of criminals of whatever name
who are in revolt against the social
order under which human life is held
sacred and property safe.
GRAIN INSPECTION FARCE.
State grain inspection in .Washing
ton has from its Inception been a
farce bo far as It concerned the inter
ests of the graingrowers, the buyers,
or the consumers. The only people
who have profited at all by establish
ment of the inspection service were
the few politicians who secured hand
some salaries at the expense of the
growers who paid the fees. The Wash
ington Grain Commissioners, after one
or two attempts to establish a stand
ard at variance with that established
by the grain committee of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, aban
doned the effort, and for several years
have adopted the standards made in
Portland and recognized In all of the
world's markets.
All of Washington's wheat that was
exported was bought and sold on this
Portland standard: but the Washing
ton Commission has continued to col
lect from the farmers an annual toll
which in the aggregate amounts to
many thousands of dollars per year.
At the recent session of the Washing
ton Legislature a bill was passed mak
ing the State Grain Commission a part
of the Railroad Commission, and call
ing for inspection and weighing of
grain in cars before it is turned over
to the warehouse companies. In or
der to provide additional funds, pre
sumably for additional officeholders,
the formed Inspection fee of 75 cents
per car was advanced to $1.25 for
sacked and $1 per car for bulk grain.
In amending the bill an error was
made and the fee now stands at the
old rate on sacked and $1 per car on
bulk grain. A Tacoma dispatch in
yesterday's Oregonian says that the
new law "may tend to send the grain
to Portland, where the state does not
take a hand in the weighing and in
spection of grain."
This has been the principal effect of
EG ON I AX, WEDNESDAY,
the old law, since it was first placed
on the statute-books.
son the only serious criticism made of
n 'Has oeen lor the purpose of ward
ing oft repeated attempts on the part
of officeseekers to enact a similar law
in this state. None of the state-inspected
grain in Washington is accept
ed by the foreign buyers until the offi
cial inspectors for- the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce have tested it.' The
quality of the wheat, and not a state
inspector's certificate, determines the
value of the cereal, and, so long as
wheat is sold on sample, as it always
will be, no difficulty will be encoun
tered by the farmer who produces
sixty-pound wheat in securing a better
price than will be paid the man who
grows flfty-eight-pound wheat.
The big oats growers in the Duwarn
ish country, on Puget Sound, have al
ways ignored the State Grain Inspec
tors. When Perry Lawrence, the first
State Grain Commissioner in Wash
ington, attempted to force inspection
on them, he was advised by the Attorney-General
to abandon the attempt
for the reason that the law was so ut
terly useless that It was unconstitu
tional. Washington wheat in the fu
ture will come to Portland in steadily
Increasing quantities without the as
sistance of a trade-hampering inspec
tion farce In Washington; but even
that would hardly justify Portland
dealers in commending perpetuation
of the grain-inspection service in' ter
ritory tributary to this city but not
under Oregon legal jurisdiction.
"With the death of Rev. R. C. Rams
by at his home in this city Monday
passed a man who for half of a life
time, covering a period of four-score
and six years, was a prominent figure
and factor in the religio-political cir
cles of the state. A Methodist min
ister by profession, a politician of
sturdy aggressiveness by occupation
for many years, a temperance advo
cate of unyielding purpose, an exam
ple of domestic faithfulness, and
withal a kind neighbor and friend, Mr.
Ramsby was well and widely known
and universally 'respected. He was
the friend and coadjutor of the late
William R. Dunbar, when the latter
was the head of the Good Templars"
organization in Oregon, and materially
assisted in the work of that order. All
of this sounds like ancient history, the
last line of practically the last chap
ter of which appears. in the announce
ment of the death of R. C. Ramsby
and, his association with the work of
an almost forgotten temperance or
ganization, to which, thirty r thirty
five years ago, a large proportion of
the young men and maidens of the
state, as well as middle-aged men and
women, were members.
The law prohibiting importation of
smoking opium In this country be
comes effective April 1. Such a wide
spread demand for this stuff, from
which dreams are made, has grown
up all over the Pacific Coast that the
effect of this new regulation will be
awaited with considerable interest.
The change will probably be followed
by a skyrockety advance in the price
of the drug, and, when it is found that
there is a demand that will pay any
old price asked, there will undoubted
ly be a revival of the old smuggling
business which flourished prior to re
duction of the duty. The Canadian'
law prohibiting importation of the
drug becomes effective simultaneously
with the American law, and the
smuggling industry will accordingly be
much more hazardous than ever be
fore. The new law suggests great op
portunities for the California gamblers
who are starting a little hell of their
own. Just over the Mexican line. 'The
smuggler is in many respects a better
citizen than the gambler, but they can
probably work together to advantage
in the field made possible 'by the new
law.
Now that Mr. James J. Hill, speak
ing for himself, and Mr.. J. P. O'Brien,
speaking for the Harriman lines, have
both denied that there has been any
agreement reached in their disputes
over North Pacific Coast railroad
matters, it would appear . that Louis
W. Hill got the wrong impression of
what actually happened at , the Cali
fornia meeting. As a son of his father,
young Mr. Hill shoulders the cares of
his position quite gracefully, hut on
all matters of importance In connec
tion with the Hill roads, the public
still has a habit of waiting to hear
from Papa Hill before accepting at
par value -the statements which the
young man makes. Portland would
like to see Mr. Hill and Mr. Harri
man get closer together on the ter
minal question, and the Portland
gateway and remain farther apart on
some other matteVs. At present, how
ever, the dove of peace seems to show
no inclination to alight.
Too much water in Portland goes
where it isn't needed, or where it Is
wasted. Meters are said to be curtail
ing the waste. There would probably
be no scarcity- of water In the high
suburbs in Summer if the waste in the
low parts of the city were stopped.
Some of the actions of Crazy Snake
tend to the belief that he has been
reading too many yellow-back novels.
Only between the pages of such books
are to be found Indians of' the type
that Craby Snake accepted for. models.
- An- Atlantic liner reports sighting
the record Iceberg of the season, 300
feet above water. Now if they could
run it into cold storage against next
July's weather, icebergs would be
found of use.
If there are to be as many changes
in the race for the new Federal Judge
ship in Oregon as in the race for other
Judgeships, lawyers should be very
careful to "land" right with their rec
ommendations. Gross earnings of the Bell Tele
phone companies in the United States
for the year 190 8 reached the pro
digious sura of $127,117,200 a gain
over the-preceding year of $6,364,000.
-A- Portland mercantile concern In
creasing its capital stock to three and
one-half millions is simply a sign
that Portland In a business way is
doing pretty well, thank you.
Fighting Bob Evans is here on a
peaceful errand today. His- fighting
days are over; -but it may not be so
with Uncle Sam; it may not be so.
There are fifteen cars of onions left
of last year's- Oregon Crop, Just
enough to .add flavor to the needed
hash.
The butter market is not as strong
as usual, neither Is some of the butter,
with new grass coming on apace.
MARCH 31, 11
BATS OFF IN THE V HITB TEMPLEt
No Soon, la the Word Paased
iiom tne Line.
PORTLAKD, March 30. To the Editor )
It was Sunday morning in the White
Temple. Rev. Mr. Moody, for 13 years
a missionary in Central Africa, was to
deliver the sermon and the auditorium
was filled with women and men five
women to one man. Dr. Brougher, sit
ting ten feet from the missionary, arose
to introduce him to the waiting multitude
and for some unexplained or, perhaps,
unexplanable reason a woman sitting in
a front pew changed, her location six
inches, whereupon the trouble began.
The restless sister had on her head a
covering at least 20 inches in diameter,
surmounted by plumes and other remains
of departed fowls towering in places at
least a foot above the main frame work.
Of course, this change of position threw
out of line the viewpoint of two women
who sat Immediately behind her and who
had so located themselves that they had
peekholes throuch which . to view the
speaker. No doubt if Mr. Moodv had risen
first all would have been well and the
oriRlnal platting of sitters would have
worked out. successfully. But Mr.
Brougher, as is so characteristic of him!
proved himself an innovator, and any
auditor naturally wants to see the speaker
even though he is as homely as sin.
Having secured a new advantage ground
the two sisters, who were plainly an
noyed at the change of base of the first
offender, became reconciled. but this
threw two other female pillars of the
church out of line, and made necessary
a re-locatlon in the third pew. This was
followed by an angry commotion, and
like the toppling over of a row of domi
noes, the flutter of head gear proceeded
in regular waves to the rear row of
seats 60 feet away excepting when, now
and then, the presence of some offenseless
man broke the continuity of the pro
ceeding through the sheer lack of ability
to occuppy space.
As the general commotion was at Its
height the smile of Dr. Brougher, ac
companied by a temporary cessation of
his remarks, betrayed his humorous ap
preciation of the trouble, but he said
nothing. Of course, when a few minutes
later the speaker of the occasion arose
and stood ten feet to one side, the re
arrangement was necessary and it took
place always accompanied by an expres
sion of disgust on the face of the sister
with the thoughtless obstacle in front of
her, but wholly Indifferent to the wishes
of the helpless victim, or victims, in he
rear.
It was a pretty sight to the student of
human nature and of the excesses of
feminine vanity.
At the beginning of the evening service.
Dr. Brougher remarked that every wo
man was expected to remove her hat, if
sitting in front of anybody, out of re
gard to the suggestion of the golden rule,
whereupon one man and woman promptly
arose and left the church. And why not?
What is a sermon in value In comparison
with the satisfaction of showing one's
new hat? The minister added that a
rule would soon be enforced In his church
requiring women to remove their hats
during the morning service as well as In
the evening, which remark brought forth
the most fervent "amen!" of the-hour.
Verily, the world moves but at times
with exasperating deliberation.
LET US PRAT.
YANKIJH STORE-FIGHT IN LONDON
Mr. Selfridge, of Chicago, Continues
Hla Revolution in, Advertising;.
London Dispatch to Chicago Record
Herald. The first big dry goods store in Lon
don, ran on American lines, which was
opened by Harry Gordon Selfridge, for
merly with Marshall Field & Co. in
Chicago, has stirred things up in this
metropolis of conservatism. A desper
ate fight for existence Is now being
made by the rest of London's shop
keepers. The new store, in Oxford street; has
aroused extraordinary curiosity, with
the result that all the long-established
and world-famous houses along Oxford
street and Regent street have been
compelled to get busy in their publicity
departments. The "newspapers have
been reaping rich harvests from Self
ridge's daily page advertisements.- Mr.
Selfridge has engaged a score of the
most famous black and white artists
in England to design cartoons, classi
cal in effect, and this dignified method
of attracting attention has created
quite a sensation.
Every West End shop has been com
pelled also to resort lavishly to the
advertisement columns of the news
papers, and it looks as if this pub
licity campaign will last many months.
..For London some extraordinary
schemes have been devised -to attract
customers. When Mr. Selfridge an
nounced the opening day the mana
gers of other stores found all sorts of
excuses for holding celebrations and
bargain sales. The biggest effort, per
haps, was put forward by Harrod's, in
Brompton Road, which has a shopping
area of 36 acres. Richard Burbridge,
manager and director, arranged that
the 60th anniversary of the establish
ment of the store should be celebrated
during the opening week of Selfridge's.
The great bait held out was free daily
concerts of a high class.
Giant Solons From Pennsylvania.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
They are calling Dr. Andrew Jackson
Barchfeld, of the Thirty-second Pennsyl
vania District, who used to be the big
gest man in the Pennsylvania delegation,
"Shorty" Barchfeld now. "Shorty" is
so much above six feet that he makes
John Dalzell look like a dwarf beside him
but he is now outstripped by two other
members of the Pennsylvania delegation.
One of them is Representative John K
Tener. and the other is Representative
Alfred B. Garner, new members. Both
of them are taller than Barchfeld, who is
himself a giant of the "Cy" Sulloway
class. It used to be that everyone In the
Keystone State delegation kotowed to
Barchfeld. but now they have quit doing
it since Tener and Garner came on the
scene. Tener used to be one of the crack
baseball players of the country, and made
a name for himself with the Chicago
team. '
Sneakier Cannon's Cold Bath, Dally.
Baltimore News.
Joseph G. Cannon. Speaker of the House,
who is classed as a "reactionary" in the
Republican party, takes a reactionary
cold bath every morning, and by -that
means manages to keep young. The
Speaker is 73 years old, but he has' a
step as firm and agile as that of a young
man. Today he was asked how he man
aged to keep young, and It was suggest
ed that he must do It by walking a great
deal. v.
' "No," said Uncle Joe, "I can walk 20
miles, but I don't do much of it. I take
a cold bath every morning and I exercise,
with dumb-bells."
"Isn't a cold bath a great shock to the
system?" he was asked.
"Oh, no! It's great when you get the
reaction. It keeps me young."
Humorom Owl Plays Posanm.
Greenwich (Conn.) . Dispatch ' to New
York World.
Charles T. Hotalfng. tree warden of this
town and president of the Connecticut
Tree Wardens' Association, says that "as
wise as an owl" Is no meaningless figure
of speech.
While treating a tree recently he found
a small hoot owl in a large hole in a
dead limb, he says. It was rigid and he
made up his mind it was dead. Climbing
down the tree with the bird he showed it
to a friend. A workman called Mr. Ho
taling and he laid the bird on the ground
and started away, but the owl didn't lie
there an Instant. As soon as it was re
leased it was on the wing, it had been
"playing 'possum" all the time, Mr. Ho
taling says. - .
OUR NEW STATESMEN ARE MODEST
Consrreaalonal Directory Dissects Sen.
nior neuer I Jo nee, and Other.
Washington (D. C.) Special to Chicago
Tribune.
Some of the autobiographies of new
members in the Congressional Direct
ory are refreshing.
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash
ington, who with Senator Burton of
Ohio, wai promoted from the House,
pays a warm tribute to his wife, an
unusual contribution in official publi
cations. -
The sketch or Mr. Jones says he "was
married to Minda Nelson at Enfield, 111.,
... ran or ist. ana wnatever suc
cess he has attained is due to her earn-
, , thful help and cheerful self-denial.
Mr. Jones also unfolds an unusual
professional experience "has never
acted as attorney for any railroad, tele
graph or express company, or for any
public-service corporation." ,
Th House of Representatives of the
hixty-first Congress embraces in Its
membership the champion legislator in
American history, for Edward Thomas
Taylor representative at large from
Colorado, says of his 12 years' service
.. Senate of his state:
"Has the reputation of having been
the author of more important laws
and constitutional amendments than
any person that ever sat In any leg
islature of any state of the Union dur
ing the history of the Government
over 40 general statutes and five sep
arate constitutional amendments that
were adopted by a vote of the people."
While serving as postmaster at Car
uthersvllle. Representative Crow of
Missouri relates that "several times he
called the attention ' of Congress to
the manner of weighing malls; Con
gress finally revised the method.
bT U U ""mated that a saving
$10,000,000 a year was effected."
An Interesting figure in the House is
Delegate Cameron of Arizona. Republi
can. He defeated veteran Mark Smith
last Fall.- whereupon the story went
the rounds that this result was a part
of a scheme to secure statehood al
laying the Republican opposition by
the idea that two Republican Senators
would be chosen by the new state.
But Mr. Cameron has a better claim
to fame than any based on politics. He
located and built the "Bright Angel"
trail into the Grand Canon of Colorado
and still maintains it.
The baby of the House is Palitte El
vins of Missouri, who was. sworn In
on the day on which he completed his
31st year.
Secretary Dickson of the War De
partment makes no reference to his
politics in the sketch of himself. The
one political fact stated in Secretary
MacVeagh's biography is that he was
a Democratic candidate for the United
States Senate in the 90's.
HINT OF A DEAL: IN TARIFF BILL
Disagreeable Charges Relating fo the
Oil Schedule and Beer Tax.
Washington (D; C.) Correspondence New
York Journal of Commerce.
In connection -with the apparent defects
of the bill as a - revenue producer, ugly
charges are flying about the Capitol. It
is alleged that the duty on beer was to
have been increased, but that this was
refrained from in- return for votes cast
on the side of the House organization
in the rules fight. One member of the
House, who claim? to have been ap
proached by representatives of the brew
ers, said: "A representative of beer men
told me on the eve of the contest over
the organization of the House that if
Cannon rules should win. the beer tax
would be unchanged. If Cannon was de
feated, the tax would be put up to $1.50.
He wanted me to vote for the old rules.
He seemed very positive in his informa
tion, and at that time I understood it
had been determined to make the tax
$1.60. The inference would seem to be
Justified that the restoration of the tax
to $1 had some relation to the fight
over the rules."
The Congressmen who made this state
ment would not permit the use of his
name, but he is said to have made it to
a number of members, both Democratic
and Republican, and the matter is ex
pected to be the subject of further in
quiry. The countervailing, duty on petroleum
and its products was also the subject of
much comment and investigation. Until
the very eve of the tariff bill' construc
tion it was said with the utmost confi
dence that this countervailing duty was
removed that is. that petroleum was
placed actually on the free list, instead
of only nominally.
At noon on Tuesday a Western oil man
who was in Washington In the effort to
get the countervailing duty restored,
made the positive statement that the
duty had been stricken out and was still
out. He regretted the fact on the
ground It would be a serious - blow at
producers in this country, because it
might let in the oil of Russia and Mex
ico and Injure the market for that prod
uct at home.
Bad as it was, however, the oil men
said the countervailing duty was re
moved. It was expected at that time
that the tariff .bill would be- reported
within an hour or two. Instead, delay
was taken for one day, the bill being held
for 24 hours, and when it was reported
it contained the provision for the coun
tervailing duty.
Democrats and a great many Republi
cans threatened to insist upon detailed
explanations as to when and why these
changes were made, charging that both
the beer tax and petroleum duty were
involved in the deal for support of the
Cannon, rules. Of course, there is as yet
no positive evidence on any of these
points, but the charges are being freely
made and are as yet uncontradicted.
Nature Faket High Wind and Ducks.
Ellersvllle (Mo.) Dispatch to New York
World.
To doubters of his story, Jules Buer
mann, constable of Meramee township,
shows his broken 'store window He
was sitting, he says, in the front part
of his store watching the approach of
a storm, in which the wind was blow
ing with great force, when he suddenly
noticed a flock of ducks blow over the
large lake in front of his property
The ducks were driven onward' by
the fierce gale, and as they neared the
Buermann store the constable noticed
feathers flying from them. Then there
was a crash, and three of the ducks
were driven through the front window
of the store, falling on the floor al
most entirely stripped of their feath
eTf v y wth wind. Buermann. said that
all he had to do was to draw and cook
them. .
Buermann found "two more of the
Hock of ducks minus their feathers
hanging on a barbwlre fence back of
his store The ducks had been driven
into the fence by the wind and killed.
Ambiguity la Danseroua.
' Cleveland Leader.
"The simplest proposition," said Sen
ator Beveridge. in a recent address,
must be set out with the utmost care
in the wording, or misunderstanding,
dissent, even anger,, may result.
"Thus as a train was moving forth
from a Cincinnati station a man stuck
his head far out of the window.
" 'Keep your head in there.', a station
attendant shouted in warning, 'or it
will be knocked off!'
" 'Knocked off!" shouted the passen
ger. "Knocked off, eh? Well, it won't
be knocked off by anybody the size ef
you, you bandy-legged shrimp.'
North Dakota's Whlskerleaa Senator.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
Senatcr Martin H. Johnson, of North
Dakota, used to be a member of the
House, and wore a copious set of. long
black Dundreary whiskers. North Da-'
kota wouldn't stand for them, and now
he is smooth shaven. . ..
EDWARD rtTZGEBALjyg "CENTENARY
JEdward Fitzgerald, born March !1."09.
,T,L-I-a. EnHhman of property who? ao-2-
'"-I oy translating tho Rubaivat.
or quatrains. of tho Perlsan poet Omar
i!??LKSm P16 translation la really an
orlKlnal Enrllah poem of irreat beauty, tho
i.V.1..". 1i2ch ' ,h thouicht being FH
ifXfi Th." following extracts inc'.aiio
some or the famous passages of the poem:!
Now the New Year reviving old desires.
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
Where the white hand of Moses orr the
bough , .
Puts out, and Jesus from the ground Sus
pires. -
Iram lndeeri 1 cmr,A .i.w -n 1-: '
" " v . l 1 . n i 1 ins. 1 ' 1 : ,
And Jamsbyd's sev'n-ring'd cup whei;e no
one knows;
But stIH a ruby kindles in the vine.
And many a garden by the water blows.
And David's lips are lockt; but In d?-ine
High-piping Pehlevl, with "Wine! Wtne!
Wine!
Red wine!" the nightingale cries to' the
cose
That sallow cheek of hers to incarnadine.
Come, fill the cup. and In the fire of
Spring -Your
Winter-garment of repentance iline;
The bird of time has but a little w'av"
To flutter and the bird is on the wing.
Whether at Nalsbapur or Babylon, "
Whether the cup with sweet or bitter
run,
The wine of life keeps oozing drop by
drop. :
The leaves of life keep falling one by
one.
Each morn a thousand roses brings, you
say;
Yes, but where leaves the rose of yes
terday? And this first Summer month "that
brings the rose
Shall take Jamsbyd and Kalkobad away.
Well, let it take them! What have we
to do
With Kalkobad the Great, or Kalkbosru?
Let Zal and Rustum bluster as they
will.
Or Hatln call to supper heed not you.
With me along the strip of herbage
strown
That Just divides the desert from the
sown.
Where name of slave and Sultan !s
forgot
And peace to Mahmud on his golden
throne!
A book of verses underneath the bough.
A Jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
Oh, wilderness were paradise enow!
Some for the glories of this world: and
some
Sigh for the. Propbel's paradise to enme;
Ah, take the cash, and let the credit go.
Nor heed the rumble of a distant drum! .
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and saint, and beard great argu
ment About it and about; but evermore
Came out by the same door where in I
went.
With them the seed of wisdom did I sow.
And with mine own hand wrought to
make it grow;
And this was all the harvest that I
reap'd
"I came like water, and like wind I go!"
Into this universe, and why not knowing
Nor whence, Mke water willy-nilly flow
ing; And out of It. as wind along the waste,
I know not whither, willy-pllly blowing.
What, without asking, hither hui.led
whence?
And, without asking, whither hurried
hence!
Oh, many a cup of this forblddfen wine
Must drown the memory of that inso-
lence!
Up from earth's center through the .
seventh gate
I rose, and on the throne of Saturn sate.
And many a knot unravel'd by the road;
But not the master-knot of human fate.
There was the door to which I found no
key;
There was the veil through which I
might not see:
Some little talk awhile of me and thee
There was and then no more of thee
and . me.
. a
O threats of hell and hopes of paradise;
One thing at least is certain this life
flies;
One thing is certain and. the rest is
lies;
The flower that once has blown foreves
dies.
Strange, is it not? that of .the myriads
who
Before us pass'd the door of darkness
through.
Not one returns to tell us of the road,
Which to discover we must travel, too.
The revelations of devout and learn'd
Who rose before us, and as prophets
burn'd.
Are all but stories, which, awoke from
sleep
They told their comrades, and to sleep
return'd.
m a
We are no other than a moving row
Of magio shadow-shapes that come and
go
Round with the sun-lllumin'd lantern
held
In midnight by the master of the show;
But helpless pieces of the game he plays
Upon this chequer-board of nights and
days:
Hither and thither moves, and checks
and slays.
And one by one. back In the closet lays.
The ball no question makes of Ayes and!
Noes,
But here or there as strikes the player
. goes;
And he that toss'd you down into tha
field.
He knows about it all ho knows ha
knows!
The moving finger writes; and, having
writ.
Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line.
Nor all your tears wash out a word of it!
And that inverted bowl they call the
sky,
Whereunder crawling coop'd, we live and
die.
Lift not your hands to It for help for
It
As impotently moves as ycu or I.
Would but some winged angel, ere too late
Arrest the yet unfolded roil of fate.
And make the stern Recorder other
wise Enregister, or quite obliterate!
Ah, Love! could you and I with him con
spire To grasp this sorry scheme of things
entire,
"Would not we shatter it to bits and
then
Re-mould it nearer to the heart's desire!
Yon rising moon that looks for us again
How oft hereafter will she wax and wane;
How oft hereafter rising look for us
Through this same garden and for one
in vain!
And when like her, oh Saki, you shall
pass
Among the guests star-scattered on the
grass.
And in your Joyous errand reach the .
spot
Where I made one turn down an empty'
r-assl :