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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 20, '1902.. to vzgmxim &tered at the Pcstofflee t Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mail (postage prepaid. In Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month $ 83 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year.-....... 1 50 Dally. Tfith Sunday, per year 9 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 CO The Weekly. 3 months CO BTo City Subscribers ally, per week, delivered. Sundays exeepted.l5o ally, per treelc. delivered. Sundays lncluded.20o POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 14-page paper lo i to 28-page paper ...2a Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication' In The Oregonian should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonian." not to the name of any Individual. Letters" relating to adver tising, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply 'The Oregonian.' 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Second South street. For sale in Ogden by a H. Myers. wZor ' In New Orleans by A. C. Phelps. EO0 Commercial Alley. On file at Charleston, S. C, In the Oregon ex fciblt at the exposition. , For sale In Washington, D. C, by the Ebbett vHouBe news stand. For sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Xendrick. 903-912 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. 15th and Lawrenoe streets; A. Series, 1053 Champa treet , TODAY'S WEATHER-Partly cloudy, with occasional small showers; winds mostly south erly. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER-Maximum tem perature, C8; minimum temperature, 42; pre cipitation. O.01 inch. -i PORTLAD, SUXDAX, APRIL 20. fc LET US CONSIDER. The Salem Statesman argues that in asmuch as Senator Mitchell's friends made a coalition with Democrats in Multnomah County, two years ago, a coalition of Senator Simon's friends with Democrats is justifiable now. That 4s a singular position for a paper that professes to be devoted to the Republi can party to take. It Is by no means necessary for The Oregonian to ex plain the differences between the condi tions of two years ago and those of the present time. However, It will say that it supported the Republican organ ization and ticket then, as it supports the Republican organization arid ticket now; because it believes that under the conditions in which the country has been placed during some years past conditions which still exist it is better that the Republican party should pre vail. The contests between Individuals, or between factions, it cares little or nothing about Two years ago .the course pursued under the direction of Senator Simon led the party to disas trous defeat. The Oregonian protested against repetition of that policy this year; and those -who were responsible for that disastrous policy lost control of the party, in a perfectly fair pri snary the only fair one Portland has ever known. And now The Oregonian protests against "bolt," and stands for the Republican organization and ticket, flust as it did two years ago. It does not attempt to Justify one factional movement by another. And yet, it Is right to say, for It Is perfectly true, that the conditions this year are alto gether different from those of two years ago; since this time there was a !fair primary, under protection of law, in which all participated, while two years ago there was nothing of the ldnd, and men' did not consider them selves bound to a proceeding In which they had been permitted no opportu nity to participate. A truce to these contentions, and 'away with them. They are paltry, per sonal and factional. Men ought to be .ashamed to allow their little personal and selfish ambitions to stand in the (way of a great cause. Is" there any jreajson why the Republican party Bhould exist? Is Its general policy good 'for the country, or better thanthe pol icy of the Democratic party, or is it not? Is the National policy of the Re 'publican party to be sustained, or is the policy of the Democratic party to tbe substituted for it? These are the (questions that men who profess to be I Republicans, and to believe in the pol icy and purposes of the Republican 'party, should ask themselves and an swer. The policy and purposes of the Re publican party, enacted into measures of law, have given peace and pros perity to the country, and stability to Its affairs. This policy has recovered the country from the greatest indus trial and financial calamities it ever has known. It hag given new impulse to .every movement in industry, finance and commerce, and everywhere has established confidence and security. Never was labor so largely employed, or at so high a rate of general wages. Never was production so large, never was commerce established on so broad 'a basis of prosperity. Is it worth while to continue the conditions under which theee results have been achieved? Or shall we quit them and go back to 'what the Democratio party gave us and still offers us? Again, the National Administration is jon trial here. The question is, whether it is to be sustained by Oregon, or get a rebuke from Oregon. In our state the general election comes earlier In the year than in other states. This j election therefore will be held under .the eyes of the whole country. Are the people of Oregon going to tell the country that they are indifferent to the general prosperity that the policy of ;the Republican "party has brought them; that they don't want the coun try to keep the Philippine Islands that they care nothing about the expansion iof Pacific commerce, or retention of the incomparable advantages we have gained in the Orient? Yet this would be precisely the effect of Republican defeat in Oregon. It would mark the turn of the tide from the high-water .mark of our activity and prosperity; it would be the signal of substitution 4of negation and reaction for the for ,ward course which the country is pur suing with so much success. It would be tho first quiver of a paralytic stroke. lj 4UTO& ot tha National development that has been so marked during the past four years. The simple and single question for the electors of Oregon is this: Is the general policy of the Republican party better for the country than that of the Democratic party, or not? On that issue, not on -the petty contentions of Individual and selfish ambition, not on motives of factkmal retaliation and re venge, should this canvass In Oregon be conducted. Oregon is a Republican state, and Its place in the Republican line can be lost pnly through dissen sions in the party or among its mem bers. It will hardly be disputed that the dissensions in Multnomah must end some time. They ought to endnow;or the way to end them is not to multiply precedents for further dissensions. Men seem sometimes to forget that all that a party stands for may be lost through contention among its mem bers to control party action. Yet In fact no set of men, no fac tion, has a role right to the head ship of a party, and the complaint is not reasonable when through a fair pri mary election, men long in control are defeated, and have to give way to oth ers. No political party exists for be hoof of Individuala It has no reason to be. If it do not stand for something more than narrow and selfish ambi tions. Yet these are the motives that cause divisions Into factions. In the opinion of The Oregonian the fortunes of Senator Simon and his junta are not of sufficient importance to stand for the wreck of the Republican party of Ore-son. THE DIFFERENCE. The control of urban vice Is at all times a painful and Is often a profitless subject of agitation, and it ia apt to be unusually so when it becomes entangled with election fights. Much as gambling, drunkenness and prostitution are to be deplored and denounced, inimical as every self-respecting organ of public opinion must always bear Itself toward "them, it Is -nevertheless true that-every organized effort to effect a revolution in the official conduct of these matters must be judged, separately and dis tinctly from all other such efforts, by the motives actuating it, and above all by the effects that seem certain to flow from its persistent pursuit. Something less than two years ago a great outcry was raised In Portland against the policy adopted by the Mayor, District Attorney, and Chief of Police, in arresting and fining gamblers once a month, turning the money Into the city treasury, and not molesting them during the Interim, except for enforcement of external order and quiet. The agitation at that time had for Its inception a desire to discredit those officials for that course; and In volved threats of their impeachment. That was the motive of the effort, and its effect was, as predicted, the sub stitution of the "private graft" for the "public graft" At that time the Mayor, District Attorney and Chief of Police were trying to hold the evil within measurable bounds, and turn the pro ceeds of the fines Into the city treas ury. Their acts were open to question on the score of public policy, but they were not amenable to the charge of malfeasance in office. In an attack upon their official integrity The Orego nian refused to Join. Nothing could be farther removed from the situation that existed in 1900 than the situation that Exists today. The same three men are in office, and the police force of this city is being used in a shameless manner to protect vicious resorts for the emolument of some one In office. Of all the ways In which these municipal evils can be handled, the Tammany system of black mail is the one way for which every honest man feels only contempt and In dignation. It is in full swing in Port land today, and though it is In the power of the Mayor, the District Attor ney, the Chief of Police or the Police Commission to put an end to it, not one of them lifts a hand. The promises of reform made in Senator Simon's in terest to influence votes in the pri maries have been cast aside, and the undisguised effort now is to make all the money possible within the brief time allowed the present police admin istration to remain In office. District Attorney Chamberlain is busy with his candidacy for Governor, and the police department Is co-operating with him in a shameless effort to defeat the Repub lican ticket, Including Judge "Williams for Mayor, and turn the police power of the city over Into the hands of a corrupt combination of boss gamblers and burglarious politicians. The unprecedented and crowning in famy -of the present police regime is not the license given to vice, but the protec tion given to crime. There is- no ex cuse on the ground either of espedl ence or impossibility of prohibition, for undertakings with thieves of various types by which they may ply their oc cupation undisturbed. No man with the slightest solicitude for fair play or public decency should give this official conspiracy with criminals the faintest countenance or extenuation. It is use less to pave streets and clear off side walks and plant roses, if the moral life of the city is to be covered with the rottenness of such nefarious compacta ADULT CHILDREN. In a show window on a prominent down-town corner there were shown the past week, three children at play a white girl, a negro, and a Chinese. That was all; and yet crowds assem bled from morning till night watching with evident pleasure xe grouping of children of three races, doing the little nothings which make up the life of in fants as familiar to parents as grass and trees. These spectators were not of the Idle class, but made up of aver age men and women, industrious, well dressed and happy, drawn out of floors by Spring's warm invitation. How small a thing serves to entertain and amuse the populace! Live shopkeepers know this, and put the knowledge to profit. Like John Habberton's Budge and Toddy, grown folk want "to see 'e w'eels go wound," therefore windows are filled with mechanical contrivances. A toy boat running automatically in a tub of water will attract and hold the attention of ninety-nine sensible men and women, where a Hoe perfect ing press or a Corliss engine would be noticed by one. The crowd enjoys the commonplace if it 19 behind plate glass. A cat teasing a rat, or a hen with her brood fills the sidewalk with spectators from curb to curb eight Ijours a day, while a teacher with six children pur suing routine school duties in a show window creates a blockade and calls for the service of policemen to keep open a narrow passage-way. Show windows are interesting and sometimes instructive lessonn to manv j feminine adults at this season of the j year. After long weeks of imprison ment occasioned by Illness, household duties and rainy weather, a walk through the business district with eyes open reveals to the housewife the new est and the best that skilled artisans in many lands have produced since last fall. She adds to her store of knowl edge of things useful and ornamental. She gets Into touch with the season's fabrics dear to every woman's heart. Just as before the holidays, she selects and perhaps buys at once that which will conduce to family comfort, pride and happiness. With this well-defined mission, why does a wholesome rational woman al ways waste time looking at common place "shows" such as have been de scribed? And why does the sensible professional or business man, ever alert to earn the money which his wife is going to spend, consider himself repaid for watching the shopkeeper's stupid exhibit? Verily, men and women are but children of larger growth. DON'T WORRY, MR. 3IARICHA3I. Edwin Markham, In "Success," bitter ly deplores what, he calls "the modern fawning before wealth," and the Rev. Dr. Savage characterizes the so-called "Four Hundred," the Interior organi zation of New York City society, as necessarily "Ignoble and vulgar," be cause it Is organized around wealth; that is, it is not an aristocracy, but a mere plutocracy. Another writer, a Mr. Nichols, has written at length concern ing this blue streak of vulgar rich that' predominates in the fashionable Sum mer seaside resorts. That charmed circle has no real moral character, for It Includes several women with a blackened past When these creatures Invade the capitals of Europe, they buy their way skillfully Into a certain amount of social recognition by the lav ish use of money. They Introduce themselves by incessant advertisement just as a smart quack does his nos trums or a sensational actress does who has a keen eye to business, and knows that the real leader of the orchestra is the fellow who can blow his own horn louder and longer than anybody else. These creatures don't really know or care anything about literature or art, but they make fictitious enthusiasm and chatter about art and literature part of their current quackery. These mushroom or mildewed rich don't care anything about the President of the United States, because the President iSr according to their standard of selection, more than likely to be what they term a person of no social standing, like Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, Garfield, McKlnley or President Roosevelt, de spite the fact that he belongs by hered itary descent to a family distinguished, for brains .- character and public emi nence in New York City for more than 150 years, despite the fact that ho be longs to the same circle of distinguished New York families from which sprang Hamilton Fish, General Schuyler Ham ilton, Gulian C. Verplanck. De Witt Clinton and Edwar"d Livingston. The kind of Intellect that rules this circle of mildewed or mushroom rich may be estimated from the fact that to have dined at the Astors' is a pass port to its confidence. A portrait painter can get in by sufferance, but an author not at all. Mrs. Van Rens selaer Cruger Is the only member of this circle who has been able to write books without being exiled to social Siberia for the rest of her daya Her writings are tolerated because they are devoted to adultery and cognate sub jects and recognize Illicit relations be tween men and women as part of the orthodox conduct of good society. Of course, this kind of society ia ignoble and vulgar. It always has been, be cause its master spirits have always been vulgar and ignoble women, play ing the part of a shoddy queen through the money of some low-bred or shal low man. The late Mrs. Paran Stevens was In life the shoddy queen of this vulgar and Ignoble ultra-fashionable American plutocracy. She was a good Illustration of a beggar on horseback. When a factory girl she married a rich hotel-keeper, Inherited his millions and, being a woman of innate vulgarity, was never able to recognize the fact that money cannot possibly purchase that real social superiority that rests on morals, intellect and manners. Her successors to the throne of the shoddy queen have been quite as low-bred and , vulgar in their efforts to ape the man ners of the titled and rich aristocracies of Christendom. For President Roose velt, because of his high character as a man, a soldier and a statesman, this shoddy society has nothing but con tempt, but the moment Prince Henry touched our shores all these wretched little plutocrats began to throw him bouquetp. Mrs. Vanderbllt and Mrs. Mills captured him for dinner and luncheon, but only fifty of the "Four Hundred" were invited to dine with the Prince. All this Is ridiculous enough, but when wo remember that this little close communion circle of vulgar. Ignoble, mildewed or mushroom rich In no sense represents or reflects the temper or brains of our 80,000,000 American peo ple, why need Mr. Edwin Markham worry? Every century of our modern life has been diverted or disgusted by the pranks of a shallow social plutoc racy of some sort, whose only business in life has been .through their money to nurse fads, follies and vices behind the shelter of the barbed-wire fence of so-called excluslveneos. The people have always made short work of these fops and fools when they became se riously obstructive to the full enjoy ment of popular rights, and they al ways will. The American people are only amused spectators of the extrava gant pranks of the mouldy or mush room rich. The American people-watch J. P. Morgan attentively not because he Is a rich man, but because he is an able man, whose manipulation of his wealth and influence through his Na poleonic eye for opportunity and com bination, make him potential for our industrial and commercial welfare or Injurious to it, but the American peo ple neither fear nor fawn upon the Idle, vulgar, ignoble rich. The few that go on all-fours ttf them are fit for nothing better. But the vast mass of the American people are not money worshipers with the souls of toadies and time-servers. The mass of the American people know that these Idle, extravagant tuft huntlng rich are nothing but Imbecile incarnations of Btupld indolence and malodorous selfishness; that they do not to any appreciable extent make our laws or preach our gospel. The Ameri can people know that clean character which stands for self-conquest and sound self-culture are the only things that are permanent acquisitions in this life, and are our only treasure in heaven in the life to come. The people - V . have no reason to fear the idle, im moral, shallow, peacock rich, who are really nothing but one of the gilded files on the vast wheel of our national life. THE PRESENTS AXD ITS PROMISE, j The present demand for homes suita ble for dwellings for the laboring class and for persons of moderate means Is unparalleled In the history of this city. To meet It houses are being built In every quarter, though the greatest ac tivity In this line Is noted, on the East Side, where the area of unoccupied lots "close In," as the real estate dealers say, is much, greater than en the Westj Side. Many houses of the class that cost from 5S0O to $2500 are rented In advance of construction, and many more are taken by anxious house-hunters, a small army of whom are con stantly on the alert, as soon as the buildings are inclosed. While a pres ent. Insistent and in a sense Impatient demand of this kind Is likely to result in buildings flimsily because hurriedly constructed,, the greater part of the dwelllng-house3 now going up are of the 'better class of dwellings, and all except the very least- pretentious are equipped with modern conveniences. These facts Indicate that there has been a large accession to the population of Portland within recent months; that these people are of the thrifty class, and that work is plenty and wages are good. The most significant fact, however, in regard to the- Immigration of this Spring is that it is largely composed of the agricultural class men of fami lies, who have a definite object in com ing to the state, and who have suffi cient means wherewith to establish themselves on small farms. These peo ple may be depended upon to add to the material prosperity of the state by becoming permanent settlers and home builders. Their presence will be made in due time known through the growth of the school census, through the In creased area of cultivated lands. In the Increase In flocks and herds, and in ag ricultural products, as shown by the tax-rolls. We may even hope, In view of the Increased creation of property, for a lower tax levy, especially as we now have reasonable assurance of a business administration of the affairs of the state. However this may be, wholesome ac tivity created by legitimate growth in population, business and Industry, is not only welcome It is inspiring. Not that "a boom" in the unsubstantial mean ing of that term is desired. Far from it What we want and apparently what we are entering upon is a perlo'd of substantial, not ephemeral, growth. That Is to say, a growth preceded by an Intelligent understanding of our re sources and opportunities, and followed up by development; a growth the es sence of which Is Industry and the re sults of which are competence and con tentment for the people generally. The old Oregon, sacred to memory, lias passed away with the bulk, of the sturdy army of pioneer homebullders that laid broad and deep the foundations of its civilization. Oregon's isolation is a thing of the past; steam and electricity have made the ox-team era of transpor tation seem far, far away. Upon the basis of tbe. old Oregon a new Oregon Is being rapidly bullded. From rever ence for the old we turn with glad greeting to the new. In the inspiration of the activities now at work it is easy to see the dawn of a development of which the fathers dreamed when, their toilsome march ended, they pitched their tents in ;the beautiful wilderness known vaguely-durlng the first 'half of the last century as the "Oregon Coun try.' Up to. 1893 the franchise was so re stricted in Belgium that the number of qualified electors did not much exceed 130,000. But in that year an outbreak which threatened revolution forced the Parliament to recognize the principle of universal suffrage, but burdened with provisions for plural voting which as sured the preponderance to the property-owning classes. Every citizen over 25 has but a single vote, while those who have real estate valued at 2000 francs or an annual Income of not less than 100 francs from real estate or gov ernment bonds have two votes. To this class also belong married men or wid owers of 35 years paying a house tax of 5 francs a year. Citizens who are grad uates of the higher educational institu tions, or have filled public offices, or belonged to the learned professions, have three votes. This plural voting has defeated the ostensible purpose and promise of the law of 1893, which was to establish universal suffrage. At 'the last parliamentary election the num ber of citizens over 35 qualified to cast at least one vote exceeded 1,453,000, but the supplementary ballots cast by those entitled to cast more than one vote numbered 787,000. -Under this system the worklngmen are practically dis franchised and deprived of representa tion in the great centers of population, where they are numerically paramount Belgium will never have political peace until it follows the example of Ger many and France In adopting the prin ciple of universal suffrage, pure and simple, as the basis for the election of the popular branch of the national legislature. The government has firmly refjused the demand this time, and may maintain itself; but It will have to yield sooner or later, peaceably or with revolution. Another Leaf In the sad chapter which records the hopeless attempt to escape death from consumption after that malady has fully Invested the sys tem was turned when O. S. Kimball, of a piano company of Boston, died a few days ago near Phoenix, Arizona. Its pathos was not relieved, but Increased rather, by his marriage when death was hourly expected, and only a "few hours before it occurred, to a young woman who had vainly devoted her en ergies toward saving his life. Marriage under such circumstances is only less sad than death itself. When urged simply by sentiment, it is weak and foolish. When it is entered into for material reasons, accompanied, as no doubt it was, in this instance, it may be Indorsed as prudent, since It pro vides for the lawful and easy descent of property to one for whom the dying man desires, as a matter of love and duty, to ' provide. At best, however, such a marriage Is a sorrowful inci dent of a sad death-bed. The appointment of E. F. Ware of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Pen sions, to succeed H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, resigned, Is coldly received by the friends of honest enforcement of the pension laws. The New York Even ing Post points out that Kansas has been the chief source of the clamor against an honest enforcement of the pension laws, and the politicians of that state have been -most urgent that a Kansas man should bechosen lo intro duce the looser administration demand ed by the pension claim attorney ring and their clients among the G. A. R. Mr. Ware,who has been named by the President, is warmly Indorsed by United States Senator Burton of Kan sas, the most bitter opponent of the Evans regime. Commissioner Evans administered his trust honestly and in strict obedience to the law. The new commissioner cannot hope to do more than this, and since be cannot, the friends of pension reform are naturally apprehensive that he was appointed be cause he would do less than Mr. Ev ans did and give the pension cormo rants all the fish they can swallow. The acceptance of Mr. Evans' resig nation when he was still willing to serre was a very great mistake, for Ware cannot do more than Evans has done, and Is probably expectedto do much less. A "dry Sunday" In .a large city 13 as nothing to a Sunday in which street car traffic Is practically suspended. Be cause of the former relatively small proportion of the people suffer incon venience, while the latter Imposes se rious Inconvenience, if not absolute hardship upen the multitude. San Fran cisco Is face to face with this problem today, and will account itself fortu nate if violence Is not a feature of the situation. The labor required of street car operatives, while not hard in a physical sense, is nevertheless of a very responsible and exacting nature. It re quires constant alertness, unfailing courtesy and a not inconsiderable amount of patience and endurance. To be equipped with all of these qualities and have In addition the knowledge required to handle the car Intelligently raises the street-car operator to the ranks of skilled labor. Whether the sum of $2.50 for ten hours' work in this vocation is exorbitant recompense or not, Is a question that will be settled according, to the Inexorable law of sup ply and demand. A peaceful settle ment is hoped for in this Instance, and one that will prove reasonably satis factory to all concerned. If reports of the doings of cardinals In anticipation of the early demise of the pope are to be believed,, these men are a cold-blooded lot who spar for place In the long line of papal succes sion and supremacy, with the crafty wiles of the ward politician. The stub born longevity of His Holiness Leo XHI has disappointed many hopes, and it is not unlikely tkat It will yet elimi nate many candidates from the con test for papal honors. Something like 150 cardinals have died during the pontificate of the present occupant of the chair of St Peter, and some of the aspirants for his seat, when death forces him to vacate it, console them selves, It is said, with the prospect that the ranks may be farther thinned in this manner before the college of car dinals Is called upon to moke a choice. Perhaps these holy men are maligned in this matter. It is charitable, at least, to think so. Extracts from a letter written by Judge Lowell, of "Pendleton, In which he says he shall vote and work for Mr. Chamberlain, as against Mr. Furnish, are printed in several places. This declaration by Judge Lowell Is not sur prising. It has been known ever since the primaries in Umatilla County how greatly Judge Lowell was piqued and disappointed by the expressed prefer ence of the county for Mr. Furnish over himself, for the office of Governor. Judge Lowell was beaten five to .one. He Is In many ways a worthy man,' but always an impracticable one. For his own lack o popularity and support he ought not to blame Mr. Furnish; but that perhaps is characteristic. A bill was passed in the Senate a few days ago to pay $5000 to the widow of Judge L C. Parker, for extraordinary service rendered by her husband as Judge In the western district -of Ar kansas. The bill was reported ad versely by Senator Hoar, but he stated that as the case was absolutely "unique" he would vote for it The country has become accustomed to "precedent" as an excuse for drawing money from the Treasury, but this Is the first time that a claim has been passed upon as "unique" and therefore deserving. Thus another precedent has been established. District Attorney Chamberlain, if he should use the power of his office, would close quickly all the places of vice, crime and Infamy, open in violation of law, In Portland. But it will not be done. It would interfere with the vote on Governor. General Miles has no doubt often heard of the biter being bitten. He 13 likely now to add his experience to that of others In a demonstration of the sen sations produced by this process. Heroic Men and norolo Verse. Minneapolis Tribune. The success with which the South African Boers havo held out for nearly three years against fearful odds Is cal culated to make the world believe that there Is something in heredity. The Boers come of fighting stock. They are remote descendants of the "free Frisians," who made it their boast that no Roman tax gatherer had ever set foot among them; and more directly of those glorious Dutchmen who stood out so stoutly against the Spanish Empire when It was In the plenitude of its power and world wide dominion. The burgher blood in the Transvaal and In the Orange Freo State has also been reinforced by the blood of the Huguenots, a race whoso stead fastness and heroic endurance has never been surpassed. Their, qualities were Il lustrated and have Illumined history's page In their prolonged defense of La RochelTK The brilliant manner In which the de scendants of these heroic races are re peating the history made by their an cestors furnishes a high theme for the poet, and Bertrand Shadwell, of Chi cago, has done ample justice to It in the following lines: I've read my "Motley," and I 6ea again Some of Its stubborn Dutchmen on the stag,e Pick of Prince Maurice's own fight Ins men Come back to life from that historic page The same old dogged valor, calm resolve To free their land or sleep beneath lta sod (As constant water-drops the rocks dissolve), The psalm, the prayer, tho steady faith In God. I see pale Philip in his palace halls Beading the last dispatch which Alva sends: "Today the mine Is sprung, the city falls. The leader dies, and all resistance ends." And still, their captain captive, wounded, dead (Who was. their heart, their brain, their sword, their steed), Another and another in his stead Springs to the van to battlo and to bleed. Doomed and defeated in a hundred fields. When all but honor seems forever gone.. There's not a roan who owns bis freedom, yields. But. undeecalrlnz. still they struggle on. . WHY DO MEN SUPPORT A PARTY? The Success of lta Poller the Meas ure oi Its Merit. . Corvallis Gazette. We form our estimate of men not by the number of years they have lived, not by what they proclaim themselves, but by what they have done, or honestly at tempted to do. Success Is the great touch stone of Individual character; not that all who deserve success achieve it but be cause none achieve without deserving it. By the same rule we shall form our es timate of parties. If we eliminate men and platforms things right In their own proper relations and- carefully consider the value pi what parties have accomp lished we find no difficulty in making" an intelligent choice as between them. This divests politics of all offensive per sonalities, prevents displays of mere par tisan rancor and enables men to reason dispassionately, logically and correctly. The Republican party Invokes the ap plication of this rule to Itself and would apply It to the opposition. What of value has the Republican party achieved? What has been the fruitage of its principles, policies, measures and administration? Away back at its birth It opposed the ex tension of human slavery. For more than a generation slavery has been extinct and our entire population rejoices It is so. It resolved the American Union should be preserved. The air is yet vibrating to the shouts with which South Carolina wel comed her President the President of 70, COO.000 freemen living under one govern ment revering one flag. It declared for protection to American industries and labor. Prosperity followed, and we have become a great Industrial giant supplying our own demands and of fering the world our rapidly growing sur plus. Ten3 of thousands tollers on farm, at forge and loom rejoice because of this policy and are proud to be known as Republicans. It determined there Is In truth but one standard for measure of value, adopted that, and declared every dollar of our currency should conform to that standard so that lt3 purchasing power should equal that of any other and all equal the highest standard. The American dollar Is a dol lar of stable value; the credit of the gov ernment never stood so high ana" financial confidence never was so positive as now. It accepts the unselfish, self-sacrificing duties and responsibilities cast upon us by an overruling Providence through the exigencies of war and our flag floats over far-off Islands to whose millions wc are giving Saxon law and order and fitting tor the duties of self-government Wherever Republican principles have been followea and policies administered prosperity, happiness and healthful devel opment have testified to their wisdom and beneficence. Our people are satisfied. The whole history of the Republican party is resplendent with success. In this his torical light the present policies and meas ures of the party will be .crowned by suc cesssuccess because wisely sought and Tightly, deserved. If this can be asserted of the opposition history must be rewrit ten. a Fifty "Best" American Poems. Chicago Record-Herald. A Boston critic, Mr. Frederick Law rence Knowles, has compiled a list of what he call3 the 50 best American poems. Need it be said that his list Is made up for the most part of poems by bards who frolicked with ther muse In and around Boston? We find that of the 50 poems which the Bostonlan selects, 30 were writ ten by Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes, Whittler, Lowell, Mrs. Howe 'and T. B. Aldrlch. Bryant comes In for two and Poo Is credited with eight, probably be cause the latter Is regarded by English." critics as the foremost American poet. What the English think well of is not lightly passed over in Boston. Here la tho list in full: "Thanatopais" and "To a Waterfowl." Bryant: "Israfel," "To Helen," "The City in the Sea"," "The Haunted Palace," "To One In Paradise," "The Sleeper," "Anna bel Lee" and "The Raven," Poe; "DIvIna Commedla," "Nature," "The Skeleton In Armor" and "The Discoverer of tho North Cape," Longfellow; "The Prob lem," "Days." "The Rhodora," "Concord Hymn," "The Humble Bee" and "Each and All," Emerson; "Skipper Ircson's Ride," "Telling the Bees," "In School Days," "Ichabod," "The Eternal Good ness" and "Playmates," Whittler; "Hebe," "She Came and Went," "To-the Dandelion," "Anspex," "The Courtin' " and "Peace," Lowell; "The Chambered Nautilus." "The Last Leaf," "The Liv ing Temple" and "Old Ironsides," Holmes: "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" and "Out of the Cradle End lessly Rocking,'' Whitman; "The Marshes of Glynn." Lanier; "Bedouin Song," Bay ard Taylor: "Abraham Lincoln," R. H. Stoddird; "Battle Hymn of the Repub lic," JuliaWard Howe;."On a Bust of Dante," TT W. Parsons; "The Venus de Mllo," E. R. Sill; "Columbus," Joaquin Miller: "Echo Song," "Sleep" and "Un guarded Gates," T. B. Aldrlch: "Sesos trls," Lloyd Miffllnr "An Ode in Time of Hesitation," William Vaughn Moody. The last name in the list Is that of a Chicago poet, hence this city his one representative against Boston's 30 odd. Perhaps we ought to be gratofiil to tho Boston critic for letting Chicago In at all, In view of the fact that he has shut out Indiana with her wealth of poets and doesn't give the Sweet Singer of Michi gan or Elli Wheeler WHcox even honor ablemention. We do not believe this list will give much satisfaction outside of a certain circle In Boston. It doesn't contain "Maud Muller." "The Village Blacksmith" or '"'Casey at the Bat," and without these the masses will refuse to be satisfied. In Washing-ton County. Hlllsboro Independent. Washington County will throw a respec table plurality for the Republican candi date for Governor. Governor Geer In 1SDS had 524 votes more than King. In the off year of 1900, Wolverton, for Judge, had 309 votes more than Green. Demo crat, wherefore, notwithstanding the county went fusion for some of the coun ty officers. It seems that for state of ficers it has uniformly been reliably Re publican. In 1S0S the Democrats polled 1219 votes, and in 1900 the fusion Increased only to 1253. The slump from the 500 plurality was due to the 200 Republicans who did not record their votes In 1900. This year Chamberlain Is no more a fav orite than was King In 1900. and the same question, sound money, with an Intelli gent business administration and expan sion of territory and trade, will justify a heavier vote than in 1SD8, when 1743 Republicans put themselves on record. Right in It. Milwaukee Sentinel. "I have been making a tour of the South," remarked J. B. Joseph. "I was greatly amused, on alighting from the train on the Georgia Central Railway In Savannah. The station Is surrounded in all directions with a lot of saloons and cheap restaurants. In great Illu minated letters over one of these saloons was the sign: " 'Open all night "Next to It was a restaurant bearing with equal prominence the legend, 'We never close.' "Third In order was a Chinese laundry In a little tumble-doWn hovel, and upon tho front of this building was the sign, in great scrawling, letters. 'Mo wakee, too.' " SLINGS AND ARROWS. Ye Cnbbe's TrcKcdle. It was ye Horse Reporter who did give ye Grewsome Tipoe, Tt caused ye City Editor to clutch his Copy Cllppe: It was ye bald Dramatic Manne yt Panlck did create, When he ye Horse Reporter's TIppe did soon corroborate. It was ye fayre & tlmlt Mayde yt did Socletee Whose pallid Fayce when she came in was frightful for to see; It was je self sayme timid Mayde yt did with trembling Llppe Turn in ye Story hinted In ye Horse Reporter's Tippe. It was ye energetic Cubbe who came unto ye Desk To get sent out upon ye Tayle, yt was so picturesque. For said ye Horso Reporter, and ye Bald Dra- j roauc jaanne, And eke ye timid Maiden, who was wielding of her Fanne. Yt in a dark &. dingy Rooms a way adown ye Stair, A Woman's Screams unceasingly did rend ye shuddering Air, And though no one had heard ye Crack of Pis tol or of Gunne, Yet each felt sure yt in that Roome. fowle Murder had been done. It was ye, energetic Cubbe yt hied him to ye Snotto With very great Imaginings Payee exceeding Hotte, & as he flew adown ye Stair he heard a heavy Thudde. Yt was both dull & sickening & frose his very Bloode. It was ye energetic Cubbe yt pictured in his Hind A first Payge, double-leaded Tayle, of most appalling Klnde. & as he sped adown ye Stair, resolved yt forth with he Would strike, when yt he wrote It, for a raysa of Salarle. It was yo energetic Cubbe yt knocked upon ye Doore, t Expecting to look in upon a raging Floode'of Gore, Ye doore swung wide, when he did knock, and lo! a Maiden fayre He saw inside, perched up full high upon a cano Seate Chayre. & when ye Cause of her DIsmaye he eagerly sought for. He saw a tiny, furry Mouse to ruhnc across ye Floore. It was ye energetic Cubbe yt wrote no Tayle yt Daye. & yt applied for no Increase to eke his meager paye. Still Low Water. The dove returned to the ark after many days. e "Well,'' Inquired Noah, as tho bird set tled Itself into a steamer chair on the forward deck and lighted a cigar In si lence, "What are the chances of our get ting ashore?'' "Sir," said the bird, "the oldest inhab itants say " "Thunder and lightning!' growled the old captain, "haven't they all been drowned yet? Say, you stay on board till I get ready to send you out on another expedition. I'm going aft to pray for more rain." And the bird, feeling in a mood for rag time, went below to look for Ham. The Airs of Spring. Tho airs of Springtime that so softly play When blossoms out the red and beauteous rose, ' And all tho world Is glad with gentle May , Whence come they to tho earth who knows? Who knows? Whenco comes "Go 'Way Back and Sit Down," The gladsome "Honeysuckle and the Bee"? Whenco comes "When Reuben Comes to Town"? Whence come3 the song that ends "Looks Good to Me"Z And then the echoes of tho shadowy past That float upon the breeze and everywhere, "Always." "Good-bye," '"Forever" and "At Last," "The Drunkard's Mother" and "The Plumb er's Prayer." They ripple on each passing breeze tha blows; They drift through every door that stands ajar; They mingle with the perfume of the Vose And fill the world with music near and far. But whence come they? Who starts them on their way. When Spring awakens and the rose Is blown, And all the world is flushing with the May? Ah, wise Is be. that he remains unknown. Spring: In SmnlltOTvn. (From the Smalltown Palladium.) Bill Tomklns and Henry Schwerger went out after trout yesterday, and we observed a keg under the laprobe of the buckboard as they drove off. Don't forget the editor with the fish, boys, and we won't tell the women folks what was In the keg. George Hotchklss Is doing a lot of paint ing cheap this Spring. Barns a specialty. Leave your orders with him and you'll make no mistake, The editor Is a candidate for Sheriff, and he wants your votes. Tho press is mighty, and will prevail. Children should be kept at home. One of the Nelson boys got into the press Thurs day, and we pretty near ran off a couple of pages on him before his shouts caused Fred Runyon. who was feeding, to tell Tommy Henderson to shut her down. He wasn't hurt only scared. Swan Sorensen, who Is logging up Eagle Creek, came Into town yesterday and re newed his subscription. He says the boys are keeping pretty sober this Spring and getting out a whole lot of logs. Sarah Smith is doing the cooking up there this week,, while Nellie Anderson has gone home to sit up with her sick mother, whose case of rheumatism has been duly reported In these columns. Do your trading with our advertisers. They're the real people. Next week we will begin the publication of a continued, story, which will be pub lished in installments. The Poet to His Pegasus. Thou spavined, wind-galled, awaybacked, foua dered jade; Thou ancient skate. With ridgy ribs and spine built like a blade. And hobbling gait. What muse, whose sense of humor woefully Is out of gee, In what attempt at clumsy deviltry Has sent me thee? The graceful gallop and the sprightly trot Are both thy needs. In every goodly virtue thou art not As other steeds. Of youth and beauty, spirit, form and build. And symmetry. Thy niggardly progenitors have willed Not one to thee. Pray tell me. travesty on equine kind. Old. lifeless, lame, How, mounted in thy saddle, I may find The way to fame. While poets canter by me with disdain Upon that road, I follow, halting, after, and In vain I ply the goad. But hark I no longer will I strive with the To mount the heights. Where poets, in the rosy twilight see Fair Fame's delights. I'll go to work with purpose set and stem Till I amass The wealth to buy an auto, then I'll turn Thee out to grass. J. J. MONTAGUS. When the Tariff Shoe Pinches. X Memphis -Commercial-Appeal. The iniquities of the tariff are becoming' more and more known through the study of the question in specific instances. No matter how strong a newspaper may bo in favor of the high, protective tariff, it will not be likely tc tolerate the tariff on blank paper and wood pulp that takes money out of Its pocket and places It la tfc,o pockets of the paper trust.
