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POKTLAAD, SCNDAV, FEBRUARY 22.
HOW WE DID IT.
After all, Great Britain and Germany
have been rather generous in their dip
lomatic notes to the United States re
garding their claims on Venezuela and
the means they have employed to en
force them. That Is to say. they have
not recalled our own method of dealing
with Nicaragua In the matter of the
bombardment of Greytown in 1854. In
their recent dealings with Venezuela
the two European powers have been
less peremptory and rough than we
were in our treatment of Nicaragua on
that occasion.
It was alleged In 1854 that property
valued at $24,000 belonging to citizens
of the United States in Nicaragua had
been seized and the owners had been
refused redress. To the representations
and demands of our Government Nica
ragua deigned no reply. The United
States man-of-war Cyane was then sent
to Nicaragua. Her commander. Captain
Holllns, who later was an officer of the
Confederate navy, had Instructions to
renew the demand for Indemnity, and
to take such further action. In case of
refusal, as the circumstances in the case
might require. Captain Holllns, mov
ing his ship up to Greytown, Issued a
proclamation declaring that if the in
demnity were not forthcoming within
twenty-four hours he would bombard
the town; and he sent a copy of the
proclamation to the captain of a Brit
ish vessel then lying In the harbor.
The British captain protested, saying
trinr in the event of bombardment a
large amount .of property belonging to
subjects of his sovereign would be de
stroyed. Nevertheless, Captain Holllns,
at the expiration of the day of grace,
proceeded to execute his threat. Grey
town, the only seaport of Nicaragua,
the Atlantic terminus of the projected
Nicaragua Canal, and as such was neu
tralized by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
was totally destroyed.
Here was a double act extreme vio
lence to a weak neighbor upon whom
we were making a claim, and a virtual
Insult to Great Britain, who asserted
that the place was entitled to protection
under the guarantee of neutrality en
tered Into between Great Britain and
the United States. Yet our Govern
ment upheld Captain - Holllns. and
President Pierce, in a message sent in
to Congress shortly afterward, justi
fied his action.
So It appears that we can cuff -and
kick these little anarchist republics
about when' It pleases to do so. But
we take It HI when others do the like.
We have a patent right oa the Monroe
Doctrine.
TWO STATES OX THE TRUSTS
Whatever becomes of the Uttlefleld
anti-trust bill, Congress has no cause
for doubt as to the attitude of Oregon
and Washington on this Important
question. The. Legislature of Oregon
some weeks ago addressed to Congress
this memorial:
To the Honorable Senate and House of Repre
sentatives or the united States In Congress
ambled: Tour memorialists, the Legislative As
sembly of the State of Oregon, hereby respect'
fully represent:
'Whereas, The growth ot monopolistic combi
nations of capital known as trusts Is such as to
thrtatea the common welfare, the peace of so
ciety and the perpetuity of our social and gov.
emmental system; and
"Whereas, Theodore Roosevelt. President of
the United States, has recommended and Is now
urging the enactment of legislation restricting
the operations of the' trusts, extending the scope
ot the Sherman anti-trust law ot 1890, and pro-
Tiding for Its more effective enforcement: and
"Whereas, The so-called trusts are exerting
,demslves to aeieat such proposed legislation)
merer ore.
Resolved, That your memorialists urge that
la this most important matter the Congress
ot the United States rally to the support of
Theodore Roosevelt, the people's standard-bearer,
la his righteous stand against the undue, en-
croaenmenu oi corporate power, ana we call
upon our Senators and Representatives In Con
Cress to exert all possible efforts to' this end.
Of similar purport is the memorial ad
dressed last week to Congress by the
Legislature of the State of Washington:
To the Honorable Senate and House ot Hepre
sentatlves ot the United States in Congress as
sembled. -
Your memorialists, the eighth Legislative As.
embly of the State of Washington, hereby re.
spectxully represent:
Whereas. Theodore Roosevelt, President of
the United States, has recommended the enact'
xnent ot a. law restricting the operations of sucn
trusts as .are oppressive upon the people of the
Nation: therefore, be it
Resolved. That the. Representatives ot the
State ot Washington in both branches of Con
crest are hereby Instructed to support the
President, and to exert every energy In carrying
out a policy that, the citizens ot this state re
gard as just.
The significance of these expressions
Is self-evident. They mean that the
people of the Pacific Coast believe In
the President and are behind him- In bis
effort to enforce the laws we have
against monopoly, and to Improve them
where'they are defective. Congress has
probably passed all the anti-trust leg
islation that can be expected this ses
sion. It is sufficient. If enforced. Prob
ably it is as comprehensive and radical
as would be wise at this time. In view
of the inevitable limitation of court
procedure. The law Is practically ade
quate. The control and regulation of
the trusts now devolve upon the Presi
dent, through Attorney-General Knox
and Secretary Cortelyou. That they
will be equal to the duty put upon them
The Oregonlan fully believes; and It
hopes that they may be afforded some
encouragement by these unequivocal
utterances of the Oregon and Washing
ton Legislatures.
COMPLEXITY OF IIDMAX -NATURE.
It Is easy to fail Into the temptation
to draw general conclusions upon
human character from Inadequate
specific evidence. There must be- some
good In a man, we are wont to say, who
is loved by his dog, who Is kind to his
horse, who sheds tears at the tale of
sorrow, who is fond of flowers, who
lovc3 good books, who speaks with rev
erence and affection of his parents.
Any one of thess propensities. If ex
hibited -under prepossessing conditions.
Is pretty certain to disarm censure, or
at least to mitigate the reprobation in
which some overt act Is held.
A man committed suicide In Philadel
phia because he was a defaulter to the
sum of J75.000. His besetting sin was
the love of books. He prized them so
highly that he appropriated money not
his own to buy them. Here is a motive
for crime far removed from the ordi
nary passions and ambitions of human
kind. The gratification that appealed
to this embezling bank clerk was fault
less, and even commendable, In itself.
He was a reader, a student, a book
lover. But he held things in a wrong
proportion. He showed the same in
ability to subordinate his desires to
the principles of Justice that Is dis
played by the ravisher and the foot
pad. He is as guilty as they. His pun
ishment was equally deserved.
A New Tork boy died in the Philips
pines while undergoing punishment by
his superior officers. He was thrown on
the ground and gagged. He strangled
to death, and his mother writes to Pres
ident Roosevelt in bitter complaint con
cerning her son's punishment and
death. Torture she calls It, and torture
It seems to her. On his behalf she sub
mits abundant testimony that her son
Edward was a "good, kind, obedient
boy to his mother, and possessed the
confidence and esteem of the leading
citizens of Syracuse." She thinks.
therefore, that something should be
done to clear his memory, satisfy her
wounded pride and humiliate those con
cerned In the tragic event.
But a boy may be very kind and good
to his mother, and yet be a perfect fiend
when he Is drunk. This was the case,
it appears, with Private Rlchter. He
was so violent and abusive when in
toxicated that nothing but the severest
treatment could subdue him to order.
His desperation when aroused brought
upon him his punishment, and his
strangulation was an accident, for
which the officer administering the dis
cipline was exculpated 'upon trial.
Your fighting young men are very often
dutiful sons, fathers and husbands.
They champion their own blood, right
or wrcng, simply from sullen pride, be
cause It Is theirs, without more moral
virtue In their action than the Jioness
shows in protecting her young, or the
eagle, in guarding her nest.
The good qualities which a man pos
sesses by Inheritance or by inculcation
or wise teachers are not to be pleaded
in extenuation of-hls crimes. They only
make his sin the blacker. There is a
man in the State Penitentiary whose
pardon has been assiduously sought
from two Governors because he comes
of an honored family in the East. The
more shame to him, the less his excuse,
the better for his family that he is safe
ly housed where he can bring no fresh
disgrace upon his name. If a man Is a
bully and a coward. It is no defense of
his cussednees that he is fond of flow
ers or helps support his widowed moth
er. A man may as well steal to gamble
as to buy rare books.
One of the greatest Impediments to
justice Is the sentimentality that glosses
over crime in the presence of some real
or fancied loveliness in the criminal.
Human nature is very complex. There
is good In all the bad, there is bad In all
the good. But If the bad rise above In
herited and inculcated lowness to de
cency and usefulness, greater is their
-virtue. And If the child of engaging
native qualities and decent education
yields himself to the baser elements of
his nature, the worse is his offense.
Most pernicious is the socialistic phil
osophy that explains character solely
in terms of heredity and environment.
ignoring the solemn responsibility of
theTndlvldual for his every act.
JUDGED BY ITS WORKS.
The Salvation Army, In its advance
from persecution to toleration, and
again to recognition, and the indorse'
meat of Its work, has proven a power
for good in the land at once far-reach'
lng and' effective. It has been and is
literally a thing of growth, monumen
tal alike In Its endeavor and in Its sue-
cess. It represents a movement along
lines of orthodox belief, emotional, earn.
est but different In methods distinctly
from the work of the churches in that.
instead of locating itself In well-ap
pointed, modern buildings and calling
the people to come, makes' its head
quarters in plain "barracks," so-called,
and from thence goes out and brings
in from the lowly walks of life those
who need Its ministrations. Its teach
ings may be designated as weak in
logic, but strong In simplicity; undig
nified, perhaps. In the clamor with
which, they make themselves heard, but
earnest In the desire to help men and
women who most need help to a bet
terment ot their 'conditions, material
and spiritual; by methods which first
claim their attention and then enlist
-their interest-
In simple, ways noisy, It must be ad
mitted,' but sincere and fearless men
wearing the red SalvatlonArmy Jersey
and women the uncouth Salvation
Army bonnet, bearing flags, beating
drums and rattling cymbals, have gone
Into the byways of every city In the
land, enlisting followers. Undaunted
by persecution. Ignoring ridicule, these
soldiers have pursued unweariedly the
work which has been given them to do,
loyal to their great leader. General
Booth, and 'never for a moment ques
tioning the wisdom and efficacy of what
might with all due reverence be called
his plan of salvation.
Possessed of grace, and growing In
knowledge through their touch with hu
manity on Its lower levels. General
Booth, his daughters and their husbands
are spoken of reverently and with ad
miration throughout the land. Wher
ever they so and they sra constantly
on the move churches are open to
them, the press treats them with con
sideration, and multitudes flock to hear
them. The President of the United
States but now entertained General
Booth and Commander Booth-Tucker at
luncheon, and expressed the liveliest
Interest in their work, knowing person
ally, as does every observant American
citizen, of the results achieved by the
army which they lead, particularly in
the large cities. Literally speaking,
the Salvation Army is known by its
works, the keynote of which is self
help, and the watch cry of which is a
religion that suits the needs and appeals
to the unquestioning understanding o
the large class to whom It Is faithfully
carried and energetically dispensed.
STOB.Y OF SAVINGS BANKS.
Deposits In savings banks are popu
larlyand with good reason believed
to be an index to prosperity. If this
assumption is correct, New York is eas
ily the most prosperous state In the
Union. The resources of the savings
banks In that state show an Increase In
one year of $39,762,949, while the depos
its at the close of 1902 were greater by
J63.077.SS5 than they were at the close
of 190L Comparative reports show that
New York has 2,229,661 depositors In
savings banks, Massachusetts 1,593,640.
Pennsylvania 396,877, Illinois 277,879, and
Iowa 23S.62L The deposits In the sav
ings banks of Massachusetts at the
close of the last year were J5G0.705.762, a
little more than half the amount de
posited in the savings banks In New
York. Pennsylvania had J120.000.000 in
her -savings banks, Illinois $100,000,000,
and Iowa 83,000,000. ,In the whole
United States there were 6,755,623 de
positors In savings banks, with J2.769,
839,546 to their credit. The tendency in
the last decade has been, riot to In
crease the number of savings banks,
but to patronize those that are well
fortified, as gauged by the manner In
which these institutions stood the stress
of the hard times. But since 1S9S the
depositors in savings banks have in
creased "by 1,600,000, and the deposits by
$850,000,000.
Proof that these banks are not only
depositories of thrift, but that they
measure the tide of prosperity that has
come to the working people, and that
their financial standing is better in the
United States than in any other land
under the sun. Is, found In the state
ment that the average credit to each
depositor in this country is $412, against
$220 In Austria, $155 in Prussia, $165 in
Denmark, $82 in France, $96 in Great
Britain, and $327 In Canada. The aver
age credit to each depositor in New
York is $471, and that state alone has
more money In savings banks than any
country In Europe -except Prussia.
When it is further considered that econ
omy In living expenses among working
people and people of small means in
the United States would be prodigality
among like classes in European coun
tries, the relation of the masses In this
country to a prosperity that is based
upon industrial activity and earning
power is apparent.
A PREACHER. OF PERMANENT FAME
The recent memorial services In honor
of Phillips Brooks in Trinity Church
Boston, have called forth from eminent
men of all denominations as eloquent
tributes to the surpassing excellence of
Americas greatest preacher as were ut
tered ten years ago over his new-made
grave. We have called him America s
greatest preacher because his sermons
as permanent literature are precious to
all men and women of devout faith and
fervent religious practice. The tribute
to the memory of the great bishop in
the current number of the North Amer
ican Review Is written by the Rev
Dr. Gladden, an eminent clergyman
of the Congregational church. Not
less eloquent and heartfelt is the
praise uttered by Rev. Dr. Ed
ward E. Hale, of the Unitarian de
nomination. Phillips Brooks was a
plant and flower of Puritan sweetness
and light. In his youth he was the In
tlmate friend of the gifted Thomas Starr
King, whose pulpit eloquence filled San
Francisco with his fame, and whose
thrilling speeches for the Union did
much to keep the Pacific Coast stead
fast for the flag.
When Harvard College commemo
rated her sons who had fallen in the
Civil War, Phillips Brooks was asked
to make the prayer for the day. As If
by Inspiration he rose completely to
the feeling of the hour. Colonel Hlg-
glnson testifies that In the unanlmousi
judgment of soldiers like General Meade
and men of literary quality like Holmes,
Lowell and Emerson this magnificent
prayer was the only utterance of that
day which filled out Its meaning to the
fullest extent; that after such a prayer
every other exercise might as well be
dispensed with; that here was a man
talking straight into the face, into the
heart, of God a living prayer. Presi
dent Eliot, of Harvard, bears similar
testimony that this inspired utterance.
of which no record remains, was the
most impressive of the greatest day In
the history of Harvard. This magnlfl-
cent prayer called Brooks to the rec
torship of Trinity Church, Boston.where
for more than twenty years he preached
sermons that were not argumentative.
but were such fresh and inspiring ap-,
peals to the emotional and spiritual na
ture of man as tho famous English
preacher, Frederick W. Robertson,
preached to his congregation In Brigh
ton until death prematurely claimed
him for its own.
There is nobody in the annals of the
American pulpit who was the peer of
Brooks as a preacher, and while Robert
son was a man of equal spirit and
genius, he lacked the splendid pulpit
presence of Bishop Brooks. He was a
great and memorable preacher because
he believed that a true church needs
spirituality, and not sensationalism, in
both pulpit and congregation. If it
have not a pastor who stands for moral
confidence In the pulpit. If its methods
are worldly and sensational rather than
spiritual. It Is soon a sick church.
Bishop Brooks built up a great church,
not simply because he had brains
enough to pronounce a very powerful,
Impressive sermon, but because he was
a man with not only an Intellectual, but
a spiritual, title to stand In the pulpit.
He was a man with a spiritual message
In his mouth: he gave his wisdom and
his affectionate counsel to all those who
were In the chains of spiritual slavery
to unworthy appetites.
He was a great and useful pastor as
well as a powerful preacher; he was
without the dross of self-love, and
therefore destitute of the taint of pul
pit cant and quackery. His. eloquence
did not lie in the manner bp much as in
the matter of his speech, for he made
no attempt at oratory. nls sermons
were written and read generally -from
manuscript; he seldom Indulged In ges
tlculatlon: his voice was not of supe
rior quality, and his rapid' delivery was
In defiance of all the rules of elocution,
but nevertheless, whether he preached
In America or England, he drew great
audiences to his sermons. He was not
a great, original, acute or severely log
ical thinker, but he was a man In whom
the spontaneity, the fire and enthusi
asm of his pure and beautiful youth al
ways survived; he was a cheerful, ge
nial optimist in his view of men and
things; he was Sir Galahad from youth
to the grave. His preaching, in its
freshness, its spontaneity, its fine color,
its utter elimination of sensationalism,
cant or clerical quackery of any sort,
was of immense benefit to his day and
generation. His thought is always sur
charged with the warmth and ruddy
color of an exceptionally great and
noble heart, which was In every throb
full of sincere love, sympathy, charity
and compassion for his fellow-man, with
out any distinction of color, race, class,
creed, sect or condition of life.
Of eloquence in the sense that Web
ster or John Bright were eloquent. Bish
op Brooks had little; but of the kind of
eloquence which colors the speech of a
great-hearted man, full of devoutness
of spirit, he had a great deal. He was
better and greater than any of his
books or sermons. His well of feeling
was his deep, unfathomable human
heart, which kept bubbling out of the
lips all his days until death sealed them
into silence with inflexible hand.
The sermons of Phillips Brooks have a
greater circulation today than those of
any .English-speaking preacher. They
are as dear to the devout Unitarian, the
Congregatlonallst, the Methodist, as
they are to the Episcopalian, and this
is because above and beyond all preach
ers of our time he brought religion
nearest' to the hearts of the greatest
rvumber. Because he cared little for
conventional, traditional Christianity,
he was accused of being not only no
theologian, but of being a Unitarian, a
Congregatlonallst and of being at heart
little short of a heretic. The power of
Phillips Brooks as a preacher resided
chiefly in his vast human sympathy, his
love of God and man. In this respect
he Is our greatest preacher greater
than Channlng, not as a pure thinker,
but as an impressive representative of
large and .glowing spiritual manhood.
Dr. Channlng was a man of saintly life.
and his frail and delicate physique
made him sometimes seem to dwell
apart from his fellow-men like a
recluse, while Phillips Brooks seemed
always a gigantic knight-errant.
searching ceaselessly for the Holy Grail.
Standing by his grave, Edward E. Hale
said of Phillips Brooks: "Too broad for
sect, too large for party, and too wls-i
for controversy, he accepted every op
portunity In the service of his Master
by which he could elevate the people
to the highest and noblest life." The
whole circle of the churches of Amer
lea were visible and volceful mourners
at his tomb.
The Socialist party has taken heart
from the Increased vote polled In 1902
for Its candidates in several of the East
ern States. The Socialistic vote in New
York in 1900 was 25,000; in 1902, 39,000,
In Pennsylvania in the same time the
gain was from 7800 to 27,000; In Ohio,
from 6000 to 17,000; In Illinois, from 11,-
000 to 28,000; in Massachusetts, from 12.-
000 to 39,000; in Connecticut, from 1900
to 3500. and' in Washington, from 2S00
to 500. In all of these states there were
two rival tickets. This latter fact ex
plains the Increase." The party was dl
vlded and the members of each faction
devoted themselves to the special bust
ness of antagonizing and outdoing the
other side. In Rhode Island, where
there was but one Socialist ticket, the
number of votes cast in 1902 was less
than In 1900. .In Minnesota under like
conditions the decrease was from 4100
to 2400: In Missouri, from 8400 to 6300,
and in New Jersey from 6900 to 6400.
Any riredlctlon of increase in the nam
ber of Socialists, says the New York
Sun. that is based upon the growth of
the vote in 1902, as above noted. Is mis
leading If it does not take Into account
the fact that Socialist voters in the
United States are almost exclusively
naturalized citizens, and that, having
few native-born American recruits, the'
growth of the Socialist parties Is de
pendent upon foreign Immigration.
The late Legislature, with all the po
litical strife that made and marred its
pndeavor. enacted some very wholesome
laws, and none, as It now appears, tnai
are distinctly pernicious througn Demg
Btrained to meet an idea. Of tne muiu
tudi of bills that failed to pass one
house or the other there are few, per
haps, the fate of which Is to be re
gretted on the ground of an urgent or
even a moderate need, one mat snouiu
have become a law, however, both in
the Interest of humanity and economy,
was the bill introduced by Senator
Smith, of Umatilla, which provided
that trained attendants- be sent as es
corts from the asylum to convey Insane
Datlents thither. This distinctly hu
mane and palpably economical meas
ure passed the Senate, but failed "in
the House, presumably by means of
methods that have compassed the de
feat of similar bills that have been
brought before the Oregon Legislature
In past years. The defeat of such
measure distinctly .discredits the leg
islatlve body that is responsible for it.
Blnce there la but one ground for Its
defeat a purely mercenary one, that
readily suggests Itself to any one, how
ever unsophisticated, in what is known
as the "political graft."
A sample of what women will do or
try to do as legislators Is presented in
a bill Introduced into the Legislature of
Utah by Mrs. Coulter, the only woman
member of that body. The purpose of
the bill Is to limit the election expenses
of candidates for office. It provides
that it shall be unlawful for any candi
date to give away or treat to cigars,
drinks or other refreshments, or to fur
nish voters carriages or other transpor
tation to the polls. The penalty Is fine.
Imprisonment or less of office to which
the offending candidate has been elect
ed. The measure may not be a prac
ticable one, but It Is clearly In the in
terest of unbiased opinion and unpur
chased, if not unpurehasable, votes.
Inadequacy of Fines.
Boston Globe.
Great stress Is laid In Congress on the
fact of the Inadequacy of some of the
flnesstlpulatedln the anti-trust provisions.
It was contended in the House that the
Hoar bill was too week-kneed against
violators! ot its provisions and the Elklns
anti-rebate bill was regarded by the advo
cates as far too moderate in the matter
of fines. The whole history of English
attempts to suppress monopoly by terrible
fines shows how futile It Is where the spoils
are sufficient to risk violating the law.
Wrong systems never were abolished by
fines. The true remedy Is to abolish the
laws which make the system possible.
Until we repeal some of the laws under
wblch the trusts were Incorporated the
fines will not save us. ,
V
PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING !
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Several years ago a German nobleman.
who happened to be visiting in this coun
try was introduced one evening to tne
family circle of a distinguished scholar of
one of our Eastern States. The German
had "thlrty-slx quartering." In his coat
of arms, together with all the prejudices,
greatly exaggerated, of his class, and was
inclined to look on Americans, as mere
torlous enough in their way, but as be
longing distinctly and of necessity to a.
lower order of beings. The host was an,
archaeologist, and having received some
of the ancient Implements and utensils
excavated in Rome at that time by Pro
fessor Rodolfo Lanctanl. was explaining
to the young and old folk that they were
toys used by the little Romans ages ago.
which established the "solidarity" of
outh In all aces. The assembled com
pany forthwith descended to the floor of
the library ana played tne games wim
the antique Roman toys.
Neighbors and friends dropped in quite
Informally, music enlivened the gather
ing, talk which rangerd from the grave
to gay was not without Its humor and its1
wit. and as all present were delighted,
they all contributed to the delight. When
the guests departed, the German, who had
drained life to the dregs, had seen society
from the Paris Faubourg St. Germain to
St. Petersburg, and from Rome to London.
was impelled to say that there was tne,
Idyllic and the true society. No lackeys,
no prodigious expense, no frigid formality,
but all simplicity, ease which was as at
tractive as it was natural and wholesome.
The German confessed he had discovered
a new Arcady. and that society in its new
manifestations was a return to the natu
ralness of former days, which Indicated a
real advance, a higher civilization.
The simple life Is not. however, so com
mon nor so frequently an object of desire
In America ot today as to be typical.
Those who have means are in so breath
less a race to spend, to make a display,
to outdo their rivals, to seek pleasure In
stead ot letting pleasure come to them,
that artificiality, as In all rich societies.
has. crowded simplicity and naturalness
too much Into the background, and Words
worth s plaint is now and here not Inap
plicable:
Plain living and high thinking are no more.
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful Innocence.
And pure religion breathing household laws.
The desire for money is natural, and it
Is likewise highly commendable. Money
meana comfort, education for children,
protection against old age and sickness,
opportunity for self improvement, and it
provides many of the things which dis
tinguish life in a civilized country from
life In the haunts of the savage. Stored
wealth Is, In a word, civilization Itself.
or rather civilization depends on it. It
la no wonder, then, that money Is the
universal object of the keenest desire,
but the wonder is that when men have
won wealth they ehould spend it so fool
ishly as they do In modern society.
'Crowds without company and dissipation
without pleasure" are poor returns for
time and money, and these are the
marked features of the modern functions'
welch attract those ambitious of social
distinction. Prodigality, display, vulgar
ostentation which denotes vulgarity of
mind, are the fantastic diversions created
to distract tho hearted and Jaded. And
It Is a curious fact that this kind of so
ciety has all the marks which would
please the utter savage, whose barbaric
taste would not find gratification In the
simple and the natural converse and
pleasures that afford the highest gratifi
cation of the philosopher or to the thor
oughly cultivated and high-minded man.
The most lamentable effect of the inor
dinate display and extravagance and the
hothouse artificiality of conspicuous so
ciety In our time Is that 1 tcorrupts the
taste or tne vast majority of the edu
cated and intelligent persons who have not
tho means to take part in It. They are de
barred from It. but they do not know how
trivial and worthless It is, and they are
discontented and unable to find their true
enjoyment In the simple and more whole
some diversions and pleasures which are
always within reach. Bishop Berkeley.
who separated pleasures Into tho natural
and fantastical, said:
"Every day numberless Innocent and
natural gratifications occur to me while I
behold my fellow-creatures laboring In a
toilsome and absurd pursuit of trifles. I
look . . . not without a secret lndlgni
Uon at the tastelessness of mortal men.
who. In their race through life, overlook.
tne real enjoyments of It."
Morgan and the Newspaper Men.
Washington Letter to Chicago Record
Herald.
During his stay In Washington Plerpont
.Morgan seemed to thoroughly enjoy him
self. He attended the Gridiron dinner last
night and showed that he could appre
ciate a Joke at his own expense, although
he was unmercifully roasted. A group of
Interviewers vainly sought yesterday to
extract from Mr. Morgan his thoughts on
tho business problems confronting Wall
street.
"Gentlemen," said he, "your business is
getting and printing. news, isn't it? And
mine Is trying to do things. Isn't lt7"
"Yes;" assented the interviewers.
"Well, suppose I gave you the news In
advance to print about the things I may
try to do. You would win and I would
lose," he said, "and you would think me
a dunce for letting you win.
Senator Hanna met Mr. Morgan in the
lobby of the Arlington Hotel this after
noon. Naturally they discussed the urid
Iron Club dinner.
"These newspaper boys are a Jolly lot of
fellows." said Mr. Morgan.
"Good fellows," exclaimed Senator Han
na, enthusiastically: "why, Morgan, you
make the mistake of your life by play
ing the indifferent with them. They thump
me occasionally and I thump them in re
turn. I give them a story every time I
can do so consistently, and they never
abuse my confidence.
Pnrnllel Cases.
Washington Star.
The latest news "rom Manila is certain
to be ised by the antl-impcrlalists as text
for a fresh outburst. Open rebellion and
a battle within seven miles of tho capita!
of Luzon? Filipinos in arms, and strongly
entrenched within sound almost of the
drum tap at American headquarters? Is
It not apparent that those Teople will
r.evcr accept Arairican sovereignty? Shall
we not be at war with them as long as
we stay In the archlpelaga? Does not
every consideration cf common scue and
humanity advise that we clear out at
ence? Certainly, If we may also accept
the persistent appearance ot tralnrobbers
In tho West, and of occasional Indian out
breaks, as evidence-that' law Is a failure
In this country, and that the only proper
Indian policy waula be to permit the In
dians to do as they please. Bands of
robbers In the Philippines we shaU always
have with us.
Steamer for a Wee Republic.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A. Olvarez. director-general of railroads
for the Island of San-Domingo, has placed
nn order for hli government with James
Rees' Sons for a steamboat. The price
to 1 paid Is about $35,005 and the craft
Is expected to be completed in about four
month.
Mr. Alvarez was. sent here by the pro
visional president of the republic, Horaclo
Vasouer. The boat Is to be used on the
shallow waters of Isabela and Tauco
Rivers to bring the tropical fruits from
the interior to the City of San Domingo.
The island, he said, ias about 750.000 in
habitants, one-third of whom are blacks.
one-eighth mestizos and the remainder of
Spanish extraction.
Worse Than the Tweed Rlnsr.
Albany Argus.
There Is truth as well as food for refleC'
tlon In the declaration made by Circuit
Attorney Folk, of St. Louts the man who
ran the bribers and boodlers to earth
that If Samuel J. Tllden were now alive
h would find a situation vastly worse
than that he contended against In the
days ot the Tweed ring.
AGAINST CHURCH FADS.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dr. Francis E. Clark belongs to what
Edward Eggleston called "the church of
the best licks.." He la the founder and
the leader of 62,000 Christian Endeavor So
cities, having a membership of 3.700,000.
He has devoted his life to the encourage
ment of young people to become loyal
and efficient members of the evangelical
churches, to do good werk wherever work
was to be done.
Hta' efforts have been devoted to the
church training of the young, without
reference to denominational lines. He
has endeavored to make the movement
which he organized a training school for
tne churches. He has succeeded, and he
Is against church fads.
In his address at the first meeting of the
religious education convention at the Audi
torium on Tuesday evening. Dr. Clark
sold: "We have had too much slumming
of late years and too little genuine fel
lowship among our church members who
are in different social grades. Many who
will patronize the Salvation Army, sup
port a mission, or even hold meetings In
a brothel will have exceedingly little to
do with other young people In their own
churches who are honestly earning, their
own living behind the counter or at the
carpenter's bench."
This remark Is striking because it is
true. For a good many years slumming
was a church fad. It led, however, to
good work by the more practical church
people. It led to a better knowledge of
the conditions to be remedied In the slum
districts. Dr. Clark was not condemn
ing the work that has been done. He
was condemning those who went Into the
poverty-stricken districts as faddists, not
as workers.
There has been no better work done in
the slums than that by the Salvation
Army and the Volunteers of America. Dr.
Clark's criticism Was not for those who
have helped the Salvation Army, but for
those who. in their own church, have neg
lected tho rule on which the Salvation
Army works, those who have failed to
act on the fundamental principle of the
Christian Endeavor movement In cultivat
ing genuine fellowship among church
members.
He emphasized the necessity of the
young people in the church working- with
each other as well as for each other, ana
cultivating that sort of fellowship which
prevails among the students of a col
lege or university, and he Insisted that
tne only remedy for Indifference or dis
content or for spiritual dyspepsia in the
church was spiritual activity.
Influence of Prayer and Earthquakes
Washington Star.
Crime has so Increased In Kentucky of
late that the churches have organized to
try to Improve the local conditions. The
officers of the law are lectured for re
missness, and appeal Is made to the pride
and conscience of the people. At the
religious services held throughout the
commonwealth yesterday prayers were of
fered and sermons delivered having for
their object better order and a better ob
servance of the law. The dispatches also
tell of an earthquake felt In the state
yesterday, at some points of so severe a
nature as to overturn furniture and dis
place pictures from the 'walls of dwell
ings. Will not the gamblers and the gen
tlemen of the hip-pocket brigade see a
connection between the two movements,
and with characteristic sang frold warn
their opponents to desist from a further
prosecution of their purpose? The blue
grass country continues to hold its own
in the way of sensations.
The Xegrro Problem. V
MobUe Register.
An experiment, not of our making, has
qecn tried and proved to be a failure. We
tre trying' another experiment, wblch
serves to differentiate th negroes and
puts a premium upon their Intelligence.
We do not kni.v how It Is going to work.
but we think it should be given a fair
trial. If that falls, we can try something
else, and keep on trying: always hoping
that somo satisfactory solution of the re
lations between the races may be found.
TMs idea is expressed in tho general cry
from the South to the North to let the
Southern people work out this problem
unmolested and unhindered. If the South
cmcrs cannot find the solution, who can?
The problem Is pressing upon us; It Is
constant, and there Is no escape from It.
There Is no thought of avoiding the re
sponsibility, for this Is the white man's
burden that he must carry.
Mr. Root's Admission.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
When all reach tho ground that Ellhu
Root, clear-headed, forcible and ever a
Republican, has arrived at. It will not be
long before a sensible solution of the
greatest probl-;m Is found. When all ad
mit, as Mr. Root practically does, that
the Ignorant shoull not become electors,
there will be no great difficulty In finding
Treasonable. Just and proper solution of
the tremendous problem. When all agree
that intelllce-ice shall be the tjst. all will
simply stand on the Alabama constitution.
which today represents tne Dear, inougnr.
of the best -nen In the country. The con
stitution draws no race lines, but it does
say that a man must be a taxpayer or a
man of Intelligence one and the same
in order to become a voter In this state.
Rlihii' Root, in other words, accepts the
Alabama plan of suffrage ai it stands to
day.
Xcnr Kind of Street Car.
New York Times.
A new type of streetcar Is being made
for the .Twin City Rapid Transit Com
pany, which operates lines In Minneapolis
aad St; Paul, and by Its use the managers
believe they will be able greatly to facili
tate tho service. Separate entrances and
exits through tho rear vestibule are con
templated, and a plan Is being worked
out for a means of Ingress through the
motcrman's cab. Both the front and rear
vestibules are to be lengthened a foot or
two. A partition will divide these vesti
bules In half. At the right wilt be the
entrance, and at the left the exit. Thus
passengers may enter and leave the car
without Jostling. It Is believed that with
the separate entrances and exits the time
for stops will be reduced by one-half.
Fewer Family Imnilnrants.
Springfield, Mass., Republican.
Twenty years ago nearly 40 per cent of
the arrivals were females, while they con
stituted over 42 per "cent of the Immigra
tion from the leading contributing coun
try. Germany. Now they make up less
than 30 per cent of the total immigration
and less than 10 per cent of that from
the principal contributing country. Italy.
The distinguishing feature of the immi
gration of 20 years ago was thus Its great
er family character, or movement of peo
ple intending to make permanent homes
In tho Republic. It Is now more especially
an Immigration of day laborers who may
or may not remain, and who will return
or be- forced out of the country in large
numbers when Industrial depression en
sues. An Evidence of Progrressivencsa.
Louisville JTourler-Journal.
Wherever the face of our rural people
Is set toward progress, wherever they
desire to share In the comforts and con
veniences that brighten modern fife, they
will cee to It that the "roads are mended
and kept In good condition. Where they
prefer to vyear out horses and wagons
carting through mud and over hills and
hollows, wasting good money In a stupid
parsimony, prefer to traipse to town them
selves for each fritting need and depend
on tho good offices of forgetful neighbors
for their mall, they will do nothing.
When to Wash Ten Towels.
New York Evening Post.
It seems Impossible that a capable laun
dress should be so unintelligent as to wash
tea towels in the regular weekly wash
ing, but such Is the custom with many.
Tea towels should be washed In hot soap
suds as often as they are used, well rinsed
I and hung up to dry
1 Ironed.
They need not be
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The hegira of negro highwaymen doesn't
seem to be toward Omaha.
It used to be "as scarce as white black
birds"; now it is "as scarce as men at a
matinee."
Speaking of the weather. It is to bo
observed that deficiency precipitation has
resumed business at the old standi
Circumstantial evidence is often unre
liable. Many a man who looks as If he
had attempted suicide has merely been
trying to shave himself.
No wonder there ore so many pessimists
in this world. A man has to buy hl3
wife a new wardrobe and pay his taxes
at the same season of the year.
New Mexico, besides naming a county
for Quay, has named one for Roosevelt,
probably on the theory of the man who
sins six days In the week and then goes
to church on Sunday.
Only 47 amendments to the constitution
of California are before the Legislature
of that state, and the Sacramento Record
Union says the most needed to make It
more difficult to amend the organic law
Is not among them.
A movement in the California Legisla
ture to change the seat of government
of the state from Sacramento to San
Francisco receives the Indorsement of the
Sacramento Bee on the ground that that
city is In a partially comatose condition.
except when the Legislature Is In ses
sion, and the removal of the capital would
wake the city up and put some ginger and
quicksilver Into the populace. It also
thinks the present Capitol would make a
fine City Hall.
Employes of the New Tork Central Rail
road will, before long, be full-fledged doc
tors, or about as good as such. The com
pany is making arrangements to equip aU
trainmen with books containing Instruc
tions for first aid to the injured, and
every man will be expected and required
to read and understand the rules of the
books. Passenger cars will be supplied
with medicine chests containing arnica,
chloroform, absorbent cotton, splints,
bandages and such other things as are
first needed In case of accidents.
TO WASHrNGTOJ.
Exalted chief In thy superior mind
IVhat vast resource, what various talents
Joined!
Tempered with social virtues' milder rays.
Where patriot worth diffused a-purer blaie;
Formed to command respect, esteem Inspire,
Midst statesmen grave, or midst the social
choir.
With equal skill the sword or pen to wield.
In council grAit, unequaled in the field.
'Mid glittering courts or rural walks to please.
Polite with grandeur, dignified with ease;
Before 'the splendors o thy high renown
How fade the glow-worm lusters ot a crown!
How sink diminished In that radiance lost
The glare ot conquest and ot power the boast.
RICHARD ALSOP.
' Away back In IKS at Great Barrlngton.
Mass., William Cullen Bryant wrote a
poem entitled "Tho Lapse of Time." in
which tho following prophecy was made:
The years that o'er each sister land
Shall lift the country of my birth
And nurse her strength till she shall stand
The pride and pattern ot the earth;
Till younger commonwealths, for aid.
Shall cling about her am!e robe.
And from her frown shall shrink afraid
The crowned oppressors ofthe globe.
No modern poet has yet been- able to
put Irr rhyme so accurate a statement of
our attitude and influence in this Vene
zuelan affair.
A recent fad of fashion is a large bow
In the hair, which many women wear
during theatrical performances and which
may bo made quite as objectionable as
the theater hat. now happily outlawed In
Portland. The other evening a large
man, whose dress and air proclaimed him
to be a traveler In tho Industrial walks
of life, happened to be sitting next to a
little, gray-haired old lady who was di
rectly behind one of these obstructions.
The man took In the situation, and. tap
ping the woman In front on the shoul
der, said:
"Please, lady, theyse a little lady be
hint ye what can't see past them bows.
Won't ye please fix 'em the way what
they were when y' came in?"
The woman In front gave him an icy
glare and then turned away, paying no
further attention to the request. The
man turned to the little old lady, and
with all the contempt a voice, can con
tain said:
"I'm glad I ain't no aristocrat!"
Politician "Refused n Gift.
New York Herald.
Though his monogram has already been
Inscribed on all Its pieces, John Morrlssey
Gray has refused to accept a J100O silver
service purchased with money contributed
yb the Democrats or the Eighth Assembly
District of Brooklyn, of whom Mr. Gray
Is the leader.
Somebody In the Eighth District has It
and does not know what to do with It. No
one else in the district, so far as known,
has the same monogram. Mr. Gray says
he does not care. what they do with It.
Mr. Gray is well known In Brooklyn.
He was the object of attack In tho
county campaign of ISM, and, although
the rest of his ticket went to victory by
15 000 the opposition to him of Senator
Michael J. Coffey and Gray's nephew, ex
Alderman McGarry. resulted In his de
feat. McGarry failed utterly, however.
In several attempts to deprive him of the
leadership of the Eighth District.
Tho Democrats of the Eighth District
held a ball on Wednesday night. Two
years ago they had held a ball and had
given Mr. Gray a magnificent watch. Some
of the envious politician Intimated at the
time that it was unseemly for a poli
tician to take such a valuable gift. Mr.
Gray was deeply hurt, and said ha never
again would accept a present, but the
friends of the leader thought he would
forget it.
PLEASANTRIES OF rAItAGnAPIIERS
She I suppose It Is a genuine antique? The
Dealer Why. of course It is. madam! And.
besides. It Is the very latest thing In antiques!
Puck.
Mrs. Bacon What Is sea food. John? Mr. Ba
conWhy. sea food, my dear, is the kind that
makes people sick when on the sea. Tonkers
Statesman.
Barnes Old King Coal was a Jolly old soul,
you know. Howes Yes. hut that was before
King Coal was a soulless corporation. Boston
Transcript.
Myer Meeker's wife buys all his ties for him.
What do you think ofher taste? Gyer Not
much: but I admire Meeker's nerve in wearing
them. Chicago Dally News.
Count Swltzer Walter. I can't eat that chick
en. Where did you get It at a rummage sale?
Walter No, sah. We had dat chicken in stock
long befo' rummage sales war eser Invented.
Judge.
Jeweler Diamond shirf studs? Yes, sir;
here's a set, neat little stones, for S123. Cus
tomer Huh! Out home In Chtcaso I can get
Jeweler Ah! yes. pardon me. here you are.
Just look at these big flashes. Three carats
each! Sell you that set for 3.50 Philadelphia,
Press.
Rambo You're always talking about my
drinking too much; and about whisky being
bad for me. and all that. Perhaps yon don't,
know that the scientists have found out there's
alcohol In eyery human body. Baldwin Then
why can't you be satisfied with what you've
got? What do you want to keep pouring It bx
for? Chicago Tribune.
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