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fORTXAND, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1L
lERITDY THE BASIS OF CONFIDENCE.
Onr opponents, either openly or secretly,
according to their several temperaments,
now ask the people to trust their present
promises in consideration of the fact that
they intend to treat their past promises aa
null and void. President Roosevelt.
THE SPIRIT OF THE OPEN AIR.
A distinguished and traveled German,
jwho was In Portland the past week to
study the site and preparations for the
Lewis and Clark Centennial, remarked
that In beauty of situation the Exposi
tion is more favored than any that has
gone before, whether In Europe or
America, Nowhere else has the eye
rested upon such a panorama of mighty
river, wooded Islands, clear still lake
and snow-covered mountains. Nowhere
else has an exposition sat at once on
the border of a great city and in the
miost or scenery so
entrancing and
snKMrno ,
Sw' l,?HaOUT!,"f0r."3
. ireiiu ttilU
vwaric centennial is destined to . be
nulque in the history of expositions as
the exponent and embodiment of the
spirit of the open air.
That the thought of the time is ready
for such a celebration of "out-of-door-
ness is indicated by the drift in that
direction already taken at St Louis.
In an advantageous position there
etaods a statue which is in itself an
inspiration "The Spirit of the Open
Air." It Is the figure of a woman,
Beated, and gaslng far out Into space'
The drapery flies in the breeze. Her
gaze is rapt There are strength and
sweetness, grace and dignity in every
line of her noble figure. The brow of
this goddess Is free from lines. Her
cheek is lair and smooth. Her eye is
calm and sure. Her features, Jioble,
ffrank and peaceful, show no trace of
the lines that greed and hurry and
anxiety carve so deeply on the human
face. No haggard-faced god of com
merce is this sane and sweet and kind
ly "Spirit of the Open Air."
For those who come to the Pair at
Portland the St Louis venture into
"outof-doorness" will prove an excel
lent preparation; for, as one sympa
thetic critic has already pointed out,
the life of field, forest and stream is
greatly exploited there. To begin with,
the grounds are carved bodily out of
a natural forest Every natural ad
vantage has been carefully preserved.
The cunning of the landscape gardener
has largely concealed the hand of man.
This spirit of appreciation of the re
turn to the soil that is so marked a
feature of our present American life is
reflected In the sculpture that adorns
the grounds. Beautiful and virile stat
ues breathing love of nature and de
light in life are seen on every vantage
point
The exhibits show a notable tendency
in the same direction. Immense dis
plays of sporting firearms, fishing
tackle, boats, tents and other sporting
apparatus are there from all over the
world. The United States Government
and many of the individual states have
large and valuable fish and game ex
hibits. Numberless game fish are in the
aquaria, and live water fowl and other
game birds and animals are shown in
various outdoor exhibits. The depart
ment of fish and game covers nearly
live acres and contains ;the largest col
lection illustrating hunting and fishing
that has ever been seen at a world's
lair. The Missouri exhibit includes an
artificial lake of a thousand square
feet surrounded by lnclosures for water
birds. The development of the modern
breechloadlng shotgun Is illustrated in
a space occupying 2500 square feet
New Zealand shows the heads of red
deer acclimated from Scotland, and the
kins of -brown trout from Europe and
rainbow trout from California.
All this will be at Portland, and
more; and in addltloi the site of the
Fair will be even more Impressive and
diversified from the Nature study point
of view. Here we may hope, in fact
to accentuate and advance the National
zest for out-of-door living and out-of-door
play. Vying even with the Expo
sition itself will be the numerous points
of interest like Mount Hood and
Alaska, which tourists will visit As
the country grows older, cities larger
and population denser, the people find,
their pleasure In increasing degree in
getting back to Nature by seashore or
stream or on mountain side. Athletics
md fiO-Called SDOrtsmanHhlrj. -with nTTl
fthftl e.hllBA.4. hn.VV M: iucrHflr i
. w.w.t.w.,
JStaMfcarninjater to the iSpirlt of the.
Open Air" who will bo the presiding
genius of the White City on Guild's
Lake.
IN EXTENUATION OF PARKER.
If we sit down calmly now and think
it all bverk Isn't there something to be
said, after all. In favor of the non
resistant policy of Judge Parker? In.
these columns, as our readers know, we
have sympathized with those Eastern
critics whose prayer has gone up every
morning and In the noon edition and
the 9 o'clock extra for a bugle-blast
and a )rallying-cry and a trumpet-call.
Perhaps we have been wrong. Perhaps,
after all, the Judge is right
At any rate, we infer our serious
error from the positive declarations of
Hon. John W. Kern, the Democratic
National candidate for Governor of In
diana. If votes are to be had there, he
says, the "safe and sane" spellbinder
invading Indiana must sing low on the
"heroism" of Judge Parker's post-nomination
declaration for the gold stand
ard and outraged "vindicators of the
Constitution" must play the soft pedal
when attacking the "lawless personal
ity" of President Roosevelt
In Indiana, at least, the Democratic
tall has not yet begun to wag the dog
as it did at St. LouIb. Mr. Kern says
that the great heart of the Indiana De
mocracy still beats true to free silver
coinage and to the "peerless leader" of
1896 and 1900. "Every attack , on Bry
an," he reports, "and every slur on
him cast by the Eastern Democratic
press is bitterly resented throughout
this state, and does Incalculable harm."
"Why this is so the Democratic candi
date frankly explains:
Some of our people have a greater af
fection for him (Bryan) than for any publlo
man since Hendricks time. Of the three
hundred and fifteen thousand men who voted
for him for President more than flve-slxths
so voted because they believed as ho did
on the coinage question, and a very large
majority still think as he does. Indiana did
not become a free coinage state under
Bryan's leadership In 1S06. That doctrine
has been preached by leaders like Hendrlckri,
McDonald. Voorhees and Turple since I was
a boy and it Is deeply rooted in the minds
and consciences of our people.
The Democrats whose Judgment we
have hitherto inclined to follow have
all agreed that Judge Parker's long
suit is to attack the President and his
"big .stick." But the Indiana leaders
seem to be impressed with the dangers
of conducting, after the Eastern model,
a "Roosevelt personality" campaign.
They do not relish the kind of warfare
made on the President in New Tork
State by the New Tork World or by
ex-Senator D. B. Hill. Mr. Kern says
that such campaigning is more than
likely to defeat Its own ends. As he
well puts it:
Roosevelt himself will be aa issue in "the
minds of the voters, but It is the kind of
issue that must be handled most cautiously
In the press and on the stump. The boundary
line between legitimate criticism of a public
official and vituperative abuse is not very
woll denned, and there is danrer that at
tempted criticism will degenerate into mero
abuse. Our people will not stand for vitu
peration, and the discussion of Rposeveltlsm,
as It is called, on the stump ourht to ba
Intrusted only to discreet, conservative men.
who know legitimate criticism when thoy
see It.
They who complain of Judge Parker's
reticence and circumspection, therefore.
will do well to reflect upon the perils
of an opposite cpurse. These Issues
which are lying around loose, all ready
to his hand, may not be the good things
tney nave Deen ionaiy imagined. Is
U. M wise in tut
they nave been fondly imagined. Is
they are loaded? Is his instinct sound
in scenting oxidation at the end of
every poker that is turned his way?
natural history SHOULD BE READ-
ABLE.
Samuel McChord Crothers, whose
book, "The Gentle Reader," contains
the most delightful essays that have
been written for years and years, has
devoted a number of pages to the sup
port of the theory "that history should
be readable," and he has established
its truth, to the satisfaction of the
Gentle Reader at least The essay calls
aloud for quotation, but space will not
permit more than a paragraph from the
introduction. Says Dr. Crothers:
This is one field, however, that the Gentle
Reader will not give up without a struggle
It la that of history. He claims that it be
longs to Literature as much as to Science.
History and Story are variations of the
same word, and tho historian who is master
of his art must be a story-teller. Clio was
not a schoolmistress, but a Muse, and the
papyrus roll In her. hand does not contain
mere dates and statistics; it is filled with
the record of heroic advantures.
Macaulay, for example, may not be a
paragon of accuracyr his essays were,
indeed, painfully unauthoritative in the
opinion of Lord Acton, whose letters
have just been published. Neverthe
less, the Gentle Reader will exclaim
as Dr. Crothers makes him do when
Macaulay is criticised: "You say that I
have not exhausted the subject, and
that there are other points of view.
Very likely. Show me another point of
view, only make It as clear- to me as
Macaulay makes his. Let It be a real
view, and not a smudge. Some other
day I may look at it, but I must take
one thing at a time."
So much for history. In natural his
tory the Gentle Reader Is likely to
meet with similar advisers. He will be
told that a natural historian must have
no sympathies with the animals he de
scribes; bis business is to classify them
correctly and label the mummified
specimens in his cabinets. He must tell
what they eat but bas no reason to
bother over how they get it "But,"
says the Gentle Reader, "this man is
not a historian; he's a cataloguer."
"Precisely," says the Scientist "I'd
sooner have Esop," declares the Gentle
Reader. "To me the fox Is cunning
and the goose stupid, theon generous
and the Jackal a sneak. I don't want
them all on a level of dry bones and
dusty names." And the Gentle Reader
would be right. Esop's animals are en
tertaining, and will not deceive the
simplest into thinking them scientific
types. Let the suckling savant stick
to his dry-as-dust treatises, but let us
have a historian with sympathies, one
who sees the spirit of youth in thff
sporting kitten, and mdjestic grace in
the sweep of the frigate-bird. Just now
it is almost dangerous to express such
sentiments. The success of one "nature
book" which had the merit of being
readable brought forth many others,
and, although the animals that posed
in their pages were not given, the gift
of speech, they bad more human attri
butes than any o Esop's possessed.
Rival "naturalists" have squabbled
over the footprints of the field mouse,
and now we are even to have a boqk of
parodies called "The Book of Clever
Beasts: Studies in Unnatural History."
When the author's name is given as
O. SItdown-Johnson Johnson-Sltdown,
tne original or tne parodies will be ob-
trlnns. Th "sturHpn n
-it-tt" nrnm toa An Via otniiolni. V.
J r- v uuiiuwb UIUU5U, I .
Land will more than justify their exist. L-
ente' If they cause some of the writers
of animal stories to take .themselves
less seriously. If this were accom
plished, w.e maintain that the Gentle
Reader, who would otherwise neglect
his friends the animals altogether, will
spend pleasant hours over the biogra
phies and autobiographies of Kootenai
rams and other distant worthies. What
matters it if he acquires an exagger
ated idea of the ram's wisdom; better
that than none at all.
So far as larger natural histories go,
the Gentle Reader shows what he
thinks of them by still reading "Ani
mated Nature." "Poor fellow," said a
friend, referring to Goldsmith, "hft
hardly knows an ass from a mule, nor
a turkey from a goose, but when ho
sees it on the table." True enough, but
as Dr. Johnson predicted. Goldsmith
made "Animated Nature" "as. enter
taining as a Persian tale," and because
it Is readable the Gentle Reader passed
over later and more erudite volumes
for thework of Podr NolL "Animated
Nature15 is proof enough that natural
history should be readable, and if more
were needed, see how the stories of
centaurs, headless men, anthropophagi,
childbearlng trees and such entertain
ing wonders are remembered by the
Gentle Reader, -who Is never sure
whether a fly is an Insect or not
BEAUTIFUL AMERICA,
Brevity generally stands for effect
iveness. This is as true of the title
that stands for Special effort as for the
effort Itself. Hence when we learn that
the "American Park and Outdoor Art
Association, and the American League
for Civic Improvement" effected a mer
ger a short time ago, that now unfurls
Its banner to the world as the "Ameri
can Civic Association" we naturally
and with reason exnect that therA will
I be something doing along the line indi
cates
The keynote and watchword of this
association is the creation of a more
beautiful America. That is to say, it
stands for the cultivation of higher
Ideals of civic life and beauty in Amer
ica, the promotion of city, town and
neighborhood improvement the preser
vation and development of landscape
and the advancement of outdoor art
It is a fact well known to the ordi
nary observer that Americans are
growing to think too much of the house
and its inside adornment and too little
of the immediate surroundings. The
man with the saw and the prunlng
hook Is given the job of trimming the
trees and thinning the shrubbery, and
is left' too often to cripple and ruin
these under pretense of performing a
useful and necessary service. The
owner of the trees and plants perhaps
knows no more about how the work
should be done than does the wood
butcher that he has employed. The
consequence is seen in a disfigured
landscape and in unsightly, maimed
trees painful to look upon.
Such an outrage as this upon smiling,
beautiful Nature is abominable, and
can only be prevented by a general
knowledge of what constitutes art as
applied to tree culture. The same may
be said concerning other details that
enter Into the general subject of civic
Improvement The taste for the beau
tiful in Nature must be cultivated If we
would have the best results in the do
main known, in the nomenclature of the
American Civic Association as "beau
tiful America." It is the purpose of
this society to extend Its work through
branches and woman's clubs. It hopes
through systematic effort to reach every
town and city in the land. Perhaps the
country, being God's especial care, can
be safely left to itself.
In our own city we are having, just
now, an object-lesson of rare beauty in
civic improvement in the work that Is
In progress at the Lewis and Clark Fair
grounds. Great Nature did her share
in furnishing a location for these
grounds, thus affording wonderful op
portunity to the landscape gardener. A
climate soft and balmy contributed its
share to the grand possibilities of de
velopment The landscape artist came
in and added, the magic of his skill,
and lo, wildwood beauty and diversity
of hill and dale touched hands with art
and the result, though accomplished un
der our very eyes, is wonderful. In
deed, as an object-lesson in civic Im
provement we may say that the Lewis
and Clark Exposition will pay its way.
Thousands have pursued this study,
and, as we hope, tens of thousands will
yet pursue it under the tutelage of the
great Fair. "Beautiful America" finds
expression here in a way that cannot
fall to arousethe pride of every loyal
American whs visits this garden spot
of beauty.
AMERICAN YOUTH AND THE NAVY.
For some years past loyal Americans
have deplored the absence of American
sailors from our merchant marine and
the absence of American seamen from
our Navy. It Is gratifying, therefore,
to note In a recent report that the per
centage of native-born Americans
among sailors now afloat,- especially in
our Navy, has riseh from about 50 in
1890 to nearly 95 this year. It Is said,
further, that it would go higher but
that foreigners employed in menial ca
pacities absorb the remaining 5 per
cent
There should be no objection to this.
It Is exceedingly difficult under the
prevailing system for even the brightest
American youth to rise from the rank
of the enlisted man to any b.ut petty
subordinate positions in the Navy.
There may be good and sufficient rea
sons In the ethics of the Navy for this.
It may be essential to the dignity of
the Republic that men who occupy the
highest and even the higher positions
in the Navy come in at the top
through political favoritism and An
napolis, instead of working their way
up from the bottom. That it Is con
sidered essential to fill the higher posi
tions in the Navy in this way is true,
and it may be added that as long as it
is true the more ambitious young
Americans are not likely to throng the
recruiting offices of the Navy, seeking
to enlist
All that the young man of this type
asks is a chance. He' has been taught
from his very Infancy that the American-
has a right to expect this, and
even to demand It Commercial life Is
freely open to him: business invltwi
him; great transportation companies
and construction companies need his
services. Political life offers attrac
tions to him. In all of these lines, ex
ceDt rjosslbly the latter, merit counts;
by ability and industry men rise in
them.
It Is remarkable, therefore, that the
Navy is filling up with young men from
American homeslargely from th
farmhouses of the grat Middle West
Perhaps they are induced to enlist by
a legitimate pride in- our great Naw.
Perhaps, ' being restless and anxious
for change that promises at least a
.livelihood, they see in a few Tears -of
naval service their opportunity. But
whether induced by pride, restlessness
or desire for change, the fact Temalns
that the American Navy is being
manned by Americans sturdy sons of
the great West, who .do not shrink, from
hardship, discipline and possible dan
ger, but who are ready to meet all as
a solution of the actLye problem of life
as it is presented in a strenuous, mov
ing age.
THE BATTLE OF XIAO YANG.
Although it is an exaggeration to say
that Liao Tang has been the scene of
the greatestbattle in history, whether
as regards the number of men engaged
or as regards the casualties, the fight
ing' there from August 30 to September
5 has few precedents in either respect
For obvious reasons, neither side has
published for the world's Information
its exact strength, and all the figures
given are mere guesses based upon the
fragmentary Information that has
leaked out The consensus of opinion
appears -to be that Kuropatkln has un
her him about 150,000 men, while
Oyama has, in his two armies, about
200,000. Presuming these figures to be
approximately correct, the magnitude
of the operations is evident. According
to the latest estimate telegraphed from
the theater of war, the losses on both
sides around Llao Tang have reached
the total of 50,000.
The battle of Leipsic, which raged
for the four days between Octover 14
and 19, 1313, is perhaps the closest par
allel to. the five days' fight for Liao
Tang. Napoleon, with 130,000 men, op
posed the Allies with 300,000. Napoleon,
who for some unaccountable reason had
held the Elbe as his line, was in a
worse position than Kuropatkln, for he
had a hostile country behind him, and
had indeed to fight his way through an
opposing army on his retreat from
Leipsic During this tremendous strug
gle, in which almost half a million
men fought, the Allies lost 51,000 men
and Napoleon evacuated the town
leaving 23,000 wounded in hospital, 15,
000 prisoners, and perhaps 15,000 dead
as well as losing 300 guns. Terrible
losses these, and the Civil War alone
can furnish instances of such murder
ous fighting, the casualties at Gettys
burg exceeding 59,000, although but
160,000 men were engaged.
At Leipsic Napoleon's army was
not annihilated, as would In all proba
bility have been the case had another
Napoleon commanded the "nations"
Kuropatkln. by retreating in time, has
avoided a disaster similar to that which
overtook Napoleon, and has Indeed pur
sued somewhat the same tactics as
Wellington when he fell back upon his
lines at Torres Vedras. JRetreatlng be
fore the superior French forces Wel
lington delayed long enough at Busaco
to repel the enemy, a course which he
himself afterwards condemned, al
though at the time he was anxious to
accomplish two objects, namely to
hearten his men and to show the
French that his army was not a despic
able force.
Before the enemy could find a
?l8 of utflanklng him, Wellington
fell back within the lines that proved
X esalvatIn of Europe. It may
be that Kuropatkln at Harbin can
emulate Wellington's feat and after
enduring the public Impatience win the
public approval. It takes a strong man
to deiayWellington required all hi
resolution, and Fabius. who long before
the phrase "an army In being" was
Invented exemplified the real thing to
the discomfiture of Hannibal, was not
n cknamed Cunctator as a mark of pop
ularity. Napofeon did not shine in re
treat. He considered victory alone. By
delaying m Moscow until Winter allied
itself with the Russians, he gave a
new depth of horror to war, half a mil
lion of men having disappeared from
his standards when he re-entered Vilna."
whence he had set out four months
earlier. The retrjaat from Moscow is
the most harrowing episode in the an
nals of warfare, and modern condi
tions are fortunately such that its
horrors can never be repeated
Coming down to later times,' the three
days fighting at Sedan resembled in
some respects the longer battling
around Liao Tang. The Germans at
Sedan had the huge total of 224,000 men
as opposed to 124,000 French. The Ger
mans in killed and wounded lost 9000
S'a B French 2.00- Besides this
21,000 French soldiers were made prls
onersand an army of 83,000 surrendered.
The Japanese undoubtedly hoped to
make Liao Tang a Manchurian Sedan
but were disappointed, despite the ter
rible sacrifices they made. Another
battle of the Franco-Prussian war in
which large numbers of troops were en
gaged was Gravelotte, where 180 000
French opposed 205,000 Germans. The
losses in the battle were, respectively
25,000 and 19.000J so that in magnitude
Gravelotte and Liao Tang are almost
on a par. Should the Japanese succeed
In forcing Kuropatkln into a decisive
battle, there is little doubt that the
losses on both sides will be greater than
any recorded in modern history.
FAILURE OF THE SUBSIDY SYSTEM.
Forcing the growth of a merchant
marine by artificial methods is less
profitable than might be supposed, even
for the beneficiaries of the hothouse
plan. The experience of Pacific Coast
shippers and producers with subsidized
French craft has effectually demon
strated that the taxpayers, who raise
the subsidy, do not participate .in any
of the resultant benefits. The French
fleet Is engaged in carrying goods from
England and Germany to Pacific Coast
ports, and from here returning to Eng
land with wheat cargoes. This effect
ually prevents the French taxpayer
from receiving any benefit whatever
from the subsidy-supported fleet Now
it is, reported that even the shipowners
and shipbuilders who formed connec
tions with the French treasury several
years ago were also doing business at
a loss. In their laudable endeavors to
keep the French flag on the high seas
and supply other nations. with cheap
freights the Frenchmen have so effect
ually demoralized the carrying trade of
the world that they also.are suffering.
The German Vice-Consul at Nantes in
a report to his home government states
that both the shlpowning and ship
building industries in France are In
very bad shape. In the case of some of
the shlpowning firms their entire capi
tal has been exhausted and others have
been saved from total wreck by selling
some of their ships at ridiculously low
figures. ne instance is mentioned
where a vessel which cost $150,000 three
years ago was sold this year at S60.000.
and many others are said to have sold
at relatively lower figures. Several of
the firms have already dissolved and
others are takinc steDS toward retirinc
from the business, even though they do
so at a, heavy loss.
When the French Deonle were bun
coed Into passings the subsidy bill It was
held out-taihem that it would result in
the-establlshment of a permanent ship
building industry. The degree of. per
manency thus secured by fee subsidy is
reflected in the returns from the yards
for the last two years, In which shlp3
built were eligible to the subsidy, and
the year following the expiration of the
subsidy limit In 1901 the French yards
turned out 78,201 tons register, nearly
all deep-water vessels. In 1902 the total
was 58,237 tons, also largely made up
with deep-water ships. That was the
last year for building under the subsidy
law, and ln1903 the business fell away
to the insignificant total of 15,675 tons,
nearly all of which was small coasting
craft Thousands of workmen were dls-
charged, and the yards have since been
practically Idle. Summing up these con
ditions, the Overman Vice-Corr3Ul very
aptly remarks: "The artificial system
of bounties by means of which shln-
buildlng and shipping traffic would, it
was hoped, receive a mighty Impetus
has up to the present had a most un
favorable effect" ",
This experience of the French ship
owners and shipbuilders does not differ
materially from that of any other class
of capitalists or trudesmen engaged in
a business that is dependent on the cre
ation and maintenance of artificial con
ditions. Great Britain still retains her
position as the greatest maritime cower
on the seas, and yet but one-half of 1
per cent or her shipping receives any
kind of a subsidy, and that very small
proportion which does receive it earns
it by the hardest kind of service per
formed. The other 93 tier cent sails
on its merits and thrives on open, hon
est competition. Its strength is not of
the hothouse variety, gained by artifi
cial methods.
The hothouse plant cannot withstand
the rigors of the outdoor climate like
the one that has only the aid of Na
ture In its growth and development.
Neither can a merchant marine incu
bated and nurtured on the hothouse
plan compare or compete with one that
is the result of perfectly natural condi
tions. France is now learning this fact
by expensive experience, but it is
doubtful whether this country will
profit by that experience.
The statement that Senator Fair
banks Is expecting to pass through Ore
gon on his way from Pueet Sound to
California without stopping to make at
xeasc one speech in Oregon very natur
ally rouses Chairman Baker, of the Re
publican State Central Committee,
whose letter to Mr. Tawney on the
subject Is reproduced In another col
umn. The Republican managers doubt
less think that a3 Oregon gave a Re
publican majority of 24,000 in June it
does not need a speech from Fairbanks
or anybody else. Mr. Baker will en
deavor to impress upon them, however,
that to overlook Oregon In this way
would not ten'd to encourage the party
in this state to exert itself much to
retain or Increase its vote. Besides that,
Oregon would delight to show to Mr.
Fairbanks the same sort of cordial wel
come that was given to Secretary Shaw,
While the itinerary of Vice-Presidential
candidates Is not made up to be
changed at every request, we wish Mr.
Baker good luck in the stunt he has
laid out for himself, and have no doubt
that his address and energy will get
Fairbanks for a speech here if he can
be got Certainly he should be encour
aged by his .success In the Shaw rally
It is comforting to have a chairman
with gumption enough to think of
things without being told.
The struggle of labor unionism
against the "open shop," which has
constituted the active stage of the
packers' strike at the Chicago stock
yards during the past two months, has
ended. President Donnelly, of the
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher
Workmen of America, has capitulated.
The case Is one of unconditional sur
render, and, as usual, the loss bears
most heavily upon those least able to
sustain It The skilled men will, as fast
as possible, be re-employed; the un
skilled will be left out, their places
having easily been filled. It was osten
sibly in the interest of the latter class
that the strike was ordered two months
ago. Their case has been abandoned,
and it may be said of them literally
that their last estate is worse than their
first Hundreds of them face Winter
In destitution. The wages which they
scorned and which their leaders
scorned for them as too low they would
be glad to accept after two months'
idleness. Having been misled by agi
tators, these men deserve sympathy.
The decree that & Republican shall not
vote for Democratic candidates for nomi
nation, or that Democrats shall not vote for
Republican aspirants for place on the ticket,
or that the Independent voter, or the Pro
hibitionist, or the Socialist, or tho Populist
shall not vote at all, is monstrous. Astoria
Astorlan.
This Is not the defense of direct pri
maries, as it is made in other states
but an m attack upon the Oregon law.
Wherever the Australian or secret bal
lot has been put Into use In direct pri
maries, the arrangement is denounced
as "monstrous," for the reason that
Republicans should not be permitted to
nominate weak Democrats and vice
versa. This objection has been obvi
ated in Oregon, under the advice of
our ablest lawyers, but are the profes
sional politicians happy? Verily not
So you see that In the eyes of the ma
chine the direct primary Is- monstrous,
any way you fix it.
The very low railroad rates made for
the business men's excursions to Walla
Walla and North Takima should Insure
a large crowd of Portland business
men. It would be hard to overestimate
the potential value of this undertaking.
In such ways do wide-awake cities ad
vance their greatness. Let "conserva
tive old Portland" bestir Itself, and the
reward will come lndue season.
May 1, 1905, is the time at which the
Celilo Portage Railway Is to be ready
for operation. This is one of the condi
tions of the contract entered Into be
tween the State Portage Railway Com
mission and the executive committee of
the Ooen-River Association. The mir.
pose is to have the road in operation in
time to nanaie ine wneat crop of next
year.
The loss of life at Liao Tang was ap
Dalling: the suffering of the wonnriPd
and the fierce tension Imposed upon tha
remaining available fighting forces of
the two armies was more than appal
ling. Pity" must regard such a scene
with veiled eyes, mercy with beseech
ing attitude and voice, and humanity
generally with shuddering horror.
President Roosevelt's letter, which
has been ready for some days, will be
given to the public tomorrow morning,
through all the newsnarjers of the coun
try. It will -not dJsyPl3.t expecta-
tions
VERSES OF THE DAY.
The Joy.
. The Smart Set
The Joy is In the doing.
Not the deed that's done;
The swift and glad -pursuing.
Not the goal that's -won.
The jor Is In the seeing.
Not In what we see;
The ecstasy of vision,
JFar and clear and free!
The Joy is In the singing,
Whether heard or no;
The poet's wild sweet rapture.
And Bong's dlvlnest flowj
The Joy is in tho being '
Joy of life and breath;
Joy of a. soul triumphant,
Conaueror of death!
Is there a, flaw in the marble?
Sculptor, do your beat;
The Joy is In tho endeavor
Leave to God the rest!
r
Today.
E. A. Brackett in Boston Transcript.
Life Is a battle, and the strUe
Ends only -with our earthly life. "
The bugle call Is in the air.
The rush, the conflict everywhere.
That none but cowards fall to share.
In vain we seek to turn aside
The onward sweep of that great tide
That bears us to our destiny.
There Is no hope, there Is no rest
For those who fall to do their best.
Peace only comes to those who see
That they keep etep In harmonfc '
With all that la or yet may be.
Why should we wish or care to know
Why outward life should ebb and flow,
And like our dreams should pass away?
For all our life our sense of being
Lies in the fullness of our seeing;
Not the fleeting things we borrow.
Or the phantoms of tomorrow.
But the splendor and the play
Of that rich life that's here today. .
One Love.
Charlea W. Stevenson.
I shall love him when the world Is at his feet
With ita cheers;
When the plaudits of the many, sounding sweet,
Still his fears;
I shall Jove him with a love that will not die,
wnue- the throne of love Is hidden In the sky,
And an earthly love shall light a human eye
With Its tears.
I shall love him when the world has turned
away
As It will
To the hero of a more Imperious day;
Love him still
When there's not a smile to greet hfc sad
dened face,
And the years have left on 'him their weary
trace.
When another sits within "the worthy place
He should fill. i
For I lo-e him now with love that's all of
divine I
All my life and all my soul's Immortal birth
In him shine;
He is lover, friend and husband, all In one.
And his kindness unto me is never done.
And through him alone my lasting Joy fi won.
He is mlnal
A Ballad of the True Poet.
O. C. Auringer In Boston Pilot.
Brothers! who follow, the seas of song,
Mariners brave -on an ocean wide.
Bearing away with hearts so strong
Stand to your course with dauntless pride,
Gallantly breasting the foam and gale.
And staying not for the storms that chide.
For who shall stand if the poets fall?
What if the voyage be wild and long,
O'er an ocean that rnnHno- .iilfo
Strewn with shoals where-the dark rocks throng
Ana Deauuiul Islands to hope denied.
Trials that etonchest hearts betide.
Dangers that bravest souls assail?
Bear up, though your sorrows bo multiplied,
For who shall stand If the poets fall?
Heed not the balks and blows that wrong.
The crodoos that hinder, the cuts that hide
In fairest shows that to guile belong;
Though the heart be grieved and the soul be
tried,
Courage! and valiantly all outride!
Sighs are for cowards who quake and quail;
Be ye as heroes whose hearts abide.
For who shall stand If the poets fall?
Brothers! whose faith is a lamp and guide
"Mid times that question and tongues that roll
Oh, yield not ye, though the world deride,
For who s$bJ1 stand. If the poets fall?
Moonlight and Music.
Harper's Magazine.
Dear heart, do you remember,
That Summer by the sea.
One bluo night In September
When you were here with me.
How like a pearl uplifted.
The full moon rose and drifted.
And how the shadows shifted
Until the stars were free?
Along the beach the breakers
Brought in their lavish store.
Gathered from ocean acres,
And strewed the curving shore;
Grasses that gleamed and glistened.
Flowers that the sea had christened;
Shells at whose Hps you listened
To learn their wonder lore.
Softly the breeze blew over
From groves and gardens fair.
Spilling a scent of clover
Into the balmy air;
The breath of pines around us.
Fragrant It came and found us
Just as the moonlight crowned us
And love at last came there.
What music hailed our rapture!
What singers on the sand
Were they whose hearts could capture
'Our Joy and understand?
Oh, wind and wave, they gueeeed it,
They sang It and confessed It
Their love and ours and blessed It
There on the moonlit strand!
Dear heart, still sweet the story.
For all the years gone by;
Still floods the moon with glory
The land, the sea, the sky;
And still the night-moth hovers
Around us and discovers
The same devoted lovers
Wind, wave, and you and L
The Echo of a Song.
J. W. Holey In New Tork Times.
To my fancy Idly rooming, comes a picture of
the gloaming,
Comes a fragrance from the blossoms of the
lilac and the rose;
With the yellow lamplight streaming I am sit
ting here and dreaming
Of a half-forgotten twilight whence a mellow
memory flows;
To my listening ears come winging vagrant
notes of woman's singing,
I've a sense of sweet contentment as the
sounds are home along;
'Tls a"mother who Is tuning her fond heart to
love and crooning
To her laddie such a
sleepy little,
creepy little
song.
Ah, bow well do I remember' when by crack
ling sparK ana emoer
The old-fashioned oaken rocker moved with
riivthmln sweet) and slow:
With her feet upon the fender. In a cadence
low ana tenaer.
Floated forth that slumber anthem of a child
hood, lontr asro.
There were goblins In the gloaming and the
nair-ciosea eyes went rooming
Through the twilight for the ghostly shapes
of buarabooa along:
Now the sandman's slyly creeping, and a tired
laa nan sieepmc
When she tings to him that
sleepy little,
creepy little
song.
So I'm sitting here and dreaming with the
meuow jampiignt streaming
Through the vine-embowered window In a
vellow flllarree.
Oa the fragrant air come winging vagrant
notes of womans singing;
Tls the slumber song of childhood that 1
murmuring to me.
And some subtle fancy creeping lulls mr
senses half to sleeping
As the misty shapes of bugaboos go dreamily
All my sorrows disappearing, as a tired lad
rm neanng
Once again my mother's
. sleepy little,
" . creepy little
.NOTE AND COMMENT.
Modern War Corresponderic.
MUKDEN, Sept. 10. (By only released
wire In Manchuria.) I arrived here yes
terday after a, fatiguing journey over
muddy roads, my way being greatly ob
structed by soldiers, whose presence in
terferes with the work of the correspond
ents. I am filing this dispatch on my
released wire, and it Is b'eing sent by a
telegraph operator. It should reach you
some time later than this. My next dis
patch will be dispatched some time In ho
future. I have already told you how 1
have managed to exist. I have a large
stock of' canned goods, and I am begin
ning" to learn how to bargain with the
native merchants. I show them a gun
and ask, "How much?" When they reply
I point the gun at them and repeat my
question. When a response has been
made, I press the muzzle of tho gun to
tho huckster's temple and "cry in a loud
tone, "How much, you yellow barba
rian?" I have found this very effective,
as tho trader reduces the price at each
reply. .1 am suffering greatly from a
corn on my left foot, which prevents me
from writing qulckls. If you do not re
ceive this message do not worry about
me. Although I miss my club, I manage
to live. I have asked Kuropatkln to order
less aptlllery firing, as the noise Jars my
nerves considerably, but, so far, he has
not complied with my wishes. TJie Jap
anese do not respect the, correspondent's
badge, and some of their beastly shells
passed quite close to me on one occasion.
I wish you would forward me a dozen
bottles of eau de cologne, 50 cases of
champagne, three dozen suits of silk
pajamas, and a couple of 'experienced
valets. This Is almost the end of my dis
patch. By the way, you may bo inter
ested to know that tho Russians hava
been routed.
Black Monday for tho kids.
Port Arthnr should fire its press agent.
Disease maintains an armed neutrality
in Manchuria.
"Money makes the mare go," and soma
mares make the dough go.
The Astora new hotel in New Tork is
described by a correspondent as IS storlea
high. Prices the same.
Punching the heads of Chinamen is such
a pleasant pastime that it is only fair to
make the fine a large one.
Hero is the tariff raising the price oi
necessities again. Radium is to be as
sessed at a high figure.
"Old Moore" predicts that in October,
1905, there will be a royal marriage with
an American beauty. Does Old Moora
expect royalty to go broke In twelve
months?
It Is funny to see all the Democratic
papers urging Judge Parker to firo some
hot shot into the enemy. The Judge may
be willing, but he has no artillery and
no ammunition.
Cabmen in Port Arthur are in tough
luck. They are compelled to be on hand
to carry back the wounded free of charge.
Just thlnkof the feelings of a hackman
on carrying anybody for nothing.
A Frenchman says that he has discov
ered in Abyssinia a manuscript giving the
details of the Queen of Sheba's visit to
King Solomon. If It Is a diary kept by
the Queen, won't there ba some Interest
ing descriptions of the dresses worn by
the numerous ladles of Solomon's court.
A few days after the British expedition
entered Lhasa, tho officers got up a race
meeting outside the city walls, and the
Thibetans are reported to have .shown
much interest in tho sport. This appears
to be rushing civilization with a ven
geanceteaching the hermits to bet be
fore teaching them to booze.
In one New Tork theater the man ac
customed to go out between acts for a
mouthful of "fresh air" will be badly
jarred while May Irwin's new play is
running, for the curtain is to be down
no more than 20 seconds, all the scenes
having ho same setting. It appears that
Miss Irwin has adopted this plan as the
result of a recent performance she at
tended. At tho end of each act three
men crowded past her on their way to
the outside. As the fair lady la not so
Bllm as some, she was much annoyed,
and has now arranged to euchre all such
men who see her play.
Tho greater part of tho work on Mrs.
JamesBrown Potter's new play has been
completed, for news comes that her
dresses havo been designed by Lady Duff
Gordon. There are no less than seven of
them, and they have been named as fol
lows: "Incessant Soft Desire."
"Thoughts of Strange Things."
"The Vampire."
"The Tangible Now."
"Dirge, or tho Death of Pleasure."
"A Silent Appeal."
"The Meaning of Life Is Clear."
This Is perfectly lovely, and seems ta
refute the oft-repeated assertion that tha
British stage Is deteriorating. Just how
ono would look clad In a "Dirge" Is be
yond the reach of ordinary Imaginations,
and "A Silent Appeal" is hardly In keep
ing with an actress so loud as Mrs.
Brown Potter. The last frock, probably
the most gorgeous of the lot, is to ba
called "Tho Meaning of Life Is Clear," a
cumbrous but apt title. Evidently, when
the women in the house see this confec
tion "designed" like a cup challenger
the meaning of life will be clear to them,
the aforesaid meaning being. Dress.
Not Infrequently the constant lover re
turns after an absence only to find a great
change in the object of his affections.
She may have grown fat, or the heart
may have grown cold, or she may have
thought It all over and decided, that she
should marry a man with more dough.
Seldom, however, does a lover return
after an absence of four years to find
that the black-haired girl he loved ha3
now a head of hair that can only be de
scribed by the uncomplimentary adjective
"carroty." Tet that is what happened
to a New Yorker,- who went home after
a sojourn in wild and woolly Topeka.
To the girl he loved absence simply made
the heart grow fonder, so she bought a
bottle of hairwash from an expert, who
guaranteed that her hair would become
wavy and glossy if che faithfully fol
lowed, the directions on the bottle. The
girl followed the directions, but her hair
grew neither wavy nor glossy. Instead,
it changed, from black to a dingy red.
and in that condition she was found by
the noble man from Topeka. He still
loves the girl, but he has begun an en
ergetic regal campaign to recover heavy
damages from the hairdresser. He cer
tainly deserves to be successful, for to a
man fond of black hair nothing could be
more distressing than red.
WEXFORD JONES.