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SOME EGOTISTICAL REMARKS. .
"Harvey Scott." says a Bryan or
gan, "labors under the senile delusion
that he can be United States Senator
from Oregon; hence The Oregonian
daily snarls Vorth various excuses to
Justify the repudiation of solemn
pledges."
Harvey Scott labors under no delu
sion whatever senile or other. He is
not so young as he once was, and age
Is likely to overtake every man of de
cent habits of life. It will overtake,
and very early, most of those who
snarl and carp at the editor who writes
this.
Never did this editor set before his
mind a seat In the Senate as an object
of desire. When he was younger, had
It come to ham. he would h.ive taken
up the work and done the best he
could with it. A number of friends,
years ago, urged him to permit the
use of his name and he consented;
but with no real expectation of suc
cess, and no positive desire of it. That
was on the last night of a session).
Some voted for him; another was
elected a man who had long been
among his friends, and has been chief
Aafiong his best friends ever since.
Another of the petty organs that wish
to "get after the old man" we shall
name none of thvse organs, because
they think their fame will be made
forever, if they can get notice from
The Oregonian says: "We wonder
whether Harvey Scott is after, a seat
In the cabinet, or does he still cherish
the fond hope of being enveloped with
the Senatorial toga?"
This also amuses. What would a
seat in the cabinet be to Harvey
Scott? Infinite work and responsibil
ity In routine affairs, which could yield
no fume; and abandonment of the po
sition at the head of The Oregonian,
whlch In itself is higher, and If what
men call honor be the object more
assured of honor now and hereafter
than any connection with a temporary
administration of the Government at
Washington.
So of a seat In the Senate. It may
be good for younger ambition, that
Imagines it sees possibilities; or fox
older, that might consent, reluctantly,
to undertake a work whose responsi
bilities are little appreciated, or not at
all, by most who seek them. But
please excuse this citizen, who believes
he hits some sense of the proportions
of things, some knowledge of respon
sibilities and of possibilities, and soma
conception moreover of the place he
holds in the direction of this news
paper, from the imputation of being
so foolish as to desire, at his time of
life, a seat either In the cabinet or In
the Senate of the United States. He
doesn't wish to "step down," and will
not do it. Suppose the impossible
and you may as well suppose the im
possible as anything else. Even if one
thing or the other were offered and
urged by the unanimous suffrage of
Oregon, he knows it would be a mis
take on his part to accept It. He no
longer is young enough to be "foolish
fond" about auch a matter; in short,
he knows what becomes hi3 age and
place and achievement in life, and he
wouldn't even thank the people of
Oregon for the offer of any position,
whatever, nor for the opportunity of
declining it. He Is better placed. A
seat In the Senate or In the cabinet
brings no honor In Itself though the
mob thinks differently. Such place
can be great only as one can bring
greatness to it Some three or four
men only have gone from Oregon to
the Senate only one has sat in the
cabinet who have conferred any kind
of distinction on the state, or won
honor for themselves. The rest sev
ral of them are living.
Possibly we all have our vanities.
He who writes this wishes it under
stood that he loes not undervalue his
position as editor of this Journal, nor
fuppose for a moment that any other
place could give him consideration
comparable with his position here. He
admits that the newspaper business is
not strikingly lucrative; but that ' is
a small matter. Yet it affords in this
case means of paying current bills,
which no seat in the Senate or in the
cabinet, nor any foreign mission or
other high place in the political serv
ice of the country, would afford; and
on this basis, "the present editor." as
Oarlyle was wont to speak of himself,
is content also.
Now. men and brethren, if all this
rmacks of egotism. If that Is what you
are going to say about It, kindly ob
serve, let "the old man" beg you to
have the goodness to observe for he
knows how good you are that it has
been called forth by your own sug
gestions, and really was "coming to
you." So let us have no hard feelings
about it. We shall all go our several
ways. This editor is content. As to
position and fame and hold on the
present and future, he Is at least as
secure as the majority of the ex-Senators
of Oregon: nor does he forget
that there will be other Senators, and
ex-Senators, as Time shall roll his
ceaseless course.
There seems to be a lot of worry,
that ma)' as well ba avoided. Friends
and brethren, you who imagine there
ia fame or greatness In any of these
positions, from top to bottom of the
list, go right after the glories and hon
ors in this world of contention and
strife of politics, and all the rewards.
But you will scarcely be remembered,
even as ex-honorables, after you get
through. You will find how far you
have failed to bend the bow of Odys
seus, or to wield the club of Hercules.
For pigmies are pigmies still, though
perched on Alps. Go It, boys! Cake
and Chamberlain were well matched.
A PLOT TO SLAT HESETT
It is suggested by the friends and
partisans of Mr. Heney In San Fran
cisco that the effort to kill him was a
deliberate plot by certain malefactors
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could be either so muraerous or no
stupid. It is obvious that the expos
ure, or even the suspicion, of such a
diabolical design would be to place
the various defendants at a great dis
advantage before the public which
means that they would have diffi
culty in securing a favorable, or even
nn Impartial, Jury. Ruef sees it, Ach
his attorney sees it: and each hastens
to exculpate himself" by denouncing
the attempted assassination. Besides,
the drift of events Just now In San
Francisco has not been unfavorable
to the Ruefs and the Calhouns, and
they cannot have been unaware of it.
Why should they needlessly take the
terrible risk of a brutal and cowardly
murder, from which they could get
no advantage, even if undetected, and
which would certainly hang them if
detected? All this assumes that they
might be willing to put Heney "out of
the way" If It were desirable from
their standpoint; but even that is un
thinkable.
Moreover, Haas' deed is iot in the
method of the midnight murderer 'or
the paid assassin. It was the act of a
madman, or of a maddened man. ob
sessed by nn overpowering desire for
revenge. The motive was obvious and
explicable. Heney had exposed him
as an ex-convlct, and Haas wanted to
get even. It is credible, of course, that
others may have sought to take ad
vantage of Haas' murderous hatred for
Heney, and may have been willing
that he should do Just what he did,
or triedf-to do. But that they actively
supportedkhlm, or plotted with him,
seems altogether unlikely, in view of
the sensational and open method of
assassination taken and of the great
danger and risk involved.
riOl RES OS THE PRESIDENCY.
The Oregonian is daily in receipt of
requests for publication of the final
popular vote on the Presidential elec
tion or for the official vote of the va
rious states. For example, here is a
reader from Salem who asks for the
"exact vote of Nebraska, Kansas,
Maryland and Indiana On Taft" and
Bryan, and that of New York on
Hughes and Chanler."- Another cor
respondent asks The Oregonian to in
form "many of your readers of the
total vote for each candidate' for the
Presidency of the United States for
the years 1900, 1904 and 1908." Still
anoier asks "Who of the Socialist or
Prohibition candidates' for President
had the most votes."- ,
All In due time. The Oregonian
will give the information Just as rap
idly as it is received. Tire popular
vote for President is not compiled by
any Federal officer, but It is matter
for the states only. For example, the
official result has not been declared in
Oregon nor in Washington nor In
Idaho, only in a few of the
states, so far as The Oregonian
has observed. It may be many
weeks before the exact figures
can be compiled from the records of
the various states, and, when it is
done. It will be by the volunteer work
of newspapers or statisticians. The
states have no duty to the general
Government in this matter except to
get the returns and compile them
after their own fashion and to certify
to Congress that certain electors have
been duly chosen. The electors meet
in the various states in December and
the electoral vote is "canvassed by
Congress on the second Wednesday in
February.
The popular plurality of Taft over
Bryan appears to 4e about 1,100,000,
perhaps as much as 1.250,000. It
is just about one-half the popular plu
rality of Koosevelt over Parker four
years ago, or perhaps a little less. Yet
on the whole Taft has had more votes
cast for Mm than Roosevelt had.
Roosevelt in 1904 had 7,620,000 and
Parker 5.080.207. It is likely that
Taft's total will be found to approach
8.000,000 and Bryan's to be some
what less than 7.000,000. The total
vote for all candidates will be found
to be about 16.000,000. or nearly that.
The Socialist vote has apparently
been little increased over 1904 when It
was 401,380, while the Prohibition
vote of 258,205 is about stationary, or
perhaps a little diminished. When
the full information on these subjects
is available The Oregonian will
promptly procure and print it.
REPEAL THE LAW.
One of the very first acts of Congress
should be repeal of that foolish law
which compels transcontinental rail
roads publicly to post their rates on
Oriental traffic and to give thirty
days' notice before a change in these
can be made. The Oregonian has fre
quently called attention to the detri
mental effect this law would have on
the trans-Pacilic steamship business;
but it is only recently that a new phase
of the injustice has appeared. Until
a short time ago the business driven
away from the transcontinental lines
by this law was handled by the tramp
steamers running through the Suez
Canal. Now the Canadian Pacific, a
line which has always been a danger
ous competitor of the American rail
roads, has taken up the business and is
making through rates to the Orient on
freight originating in the eastern part
of the United States, at figures which
cannot be met by the American rail
roads without Jeopardizing all of their
Pacific Coast business.
The effect of this Is shown In an
enormous Increase In the volume of
Oriental business passing through
Vancouver. B. C Instead of through
Seattle. Tacomn, Portland and San
Francisco, where It was formerly han
dled. The Canadian Pacific, with its
American connections, can, by absorb
ing the regular rate on the short haul
across the border from the American
ports, change its thorugh rates to the
Orient without a moment's notice, and
can make any rate that is necessary In
order to get the business, without giv
ing it the slightest publicity. Until
the Canadian Pacific began making a
special effort to capture this trade It
was still possible for the lines operat
ing out of Pacific Coast ports to secure
a limited amount of fast through
freight not shipped " by way of the
Suez. But with the Canadian, an ac
tive competitor for the business, tha
last vestige of American transconti
nental, trans-Pacific trade has been
swept away. -
The immediate and detrimental ef
fect of the law which drives our busi
ness into the hands of the foreigner is
quite plain here in Portland. With no
Eastern freight available for part car
goes, the steamers sailing out of this
port are dependent entirely on local
freight, and this Is not .sufficiently re
munerative to warrant operating ves
sels in ballast on the inward trip. As
a result we are deprived of a fre
quent , service and local business is
hampered, the November steamers
sailing from Portland being Insufficient
to handle the flour offerings. The
most singular feature In connection
with this odious law is the fact that It
pleases no one except the New Tork
shipping agents of foreign tramp
steamers, and was apparently slipped
through Congress without' its deadly
effect on American trans-Pacific trade
being understood. There can be no
revival of the trans-Pacific trade out
of the Pacific ports until the railroads
are again permitted to meet competi
tion in the only way it can be met.
POSTAL BANKS.
The news that Mr. Taft believes the
Republican platform promise to estab
lish postal savings banks ought to be
kept Is cheering. The tendency to
make promises before election and for
get them afterwards Is'so familiar that
it always excites some mild surprise
when a President-elect or anybody else
actually feels bound by them. Con
gress, however, although both houses
will be Republican, docs not feel under
the same obligation as Mr. Taft does
to fulfill ante-election pledges. It is
rumored now tl.at postal banks may be
postponed for a couple of years to give
the currency commission time to make
Its report,' and after that they may
again be postponed forever. If this
should happen it would be a serious
disappointment to 'the country.1 Mr.
Bryan's scheme of deposit guaranty
was very popular in spite of the
weighty objections to it. . These ob
jections were largely made in the
Interest of bankers, iiot the public;
but the people were willing to allow
them every consideration because the
Republican party had promised to
give us a desirable substitute for the
proposed guaranty, namely postal
banks. . ,
If it turns out now that both the
guaranty and the postal banks are de
nied to the country by Congress, there
will be much complaint. Virtually all
the objections to the postal banks
come from the bankers, and they are
of the most narrowly selfish nature.
Not a single one of them looks be
yond their temporary interest to the
broad welfare of the Nation. Objec
tions of this character cannot in the
long run prevail against the solid rea
soning of such men as Mr. Taft and
Mr. Meyer, sustained by the almost
unanimous wish of the country.
The bankers are afraid that postal
banks would either take away some-of
their deposits or force them to pay In
terest on money which they now get
for nothing. Neither of these appre
hensions is sound. What the postal
banks would really do would be to call
out of its hiding-places some $500,
000,000 of currency which the bank
ers cannot get hold of by any possi
bility. The men who keep It in hoard
ing simply will not trust them, but
the Government they will trust, and
they would deposit their cash in the
postoffice even if no interest what
ever were offered them as an induce
ment. What such people desire above
all else is unfailing security, and, so
long as it is not obtainable, they will
keep their money in the ginger Jar
and nothing the bankers can say or
do will lure it out '
PSYCHOTHERAPY.
Now that mental healing has been
made respectable by receiving a Greek
name, it seems as if our elite and ele
gant churches might deign to take it
up and patronize it. Bishop Samuel
Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, bestows a saintly favor upon
psychotherapy" which he would
scarcely have thought it advisable to
Impart to the mind cure or to Chris
tian Science. The difference between
tweedledee and tweedledum is still
marked and Important, - The gracious
inclination of many of the orthodox
churches which is now so apparent
toward mental therapy, after the pre
liminary difficulties in the matter have
been worked out and the initial perse
cutions borne by others. Is a charming
illustration of . a common course of
conduct. When-Copernicus wrote out
his theory of the stellar motions he
was afraid to publish it because the
church was committed to the opposing
theory of Ptolemy anfi he knew how
the new knowledge would be received.
Galileo's ideas of the earth's motion
met-with very much the same recep
tion from the orthodox that Christian
Science has experienced. The law
has not' permitted Mrs. Eddy and her
followers to be imprisoned as Galileo
was, but they have been maligned un
sparingly and the leader herself has
been pursued -with every possible so
cial and legal annoyance, even to the
point of trying to rob her of her prop
erty.
When the pioneer geologists were
working up their science early In the
last century they were bitterly vilified
on the ground that they were -destroying
religion. In particular It was
urged against them that geology con
tradicted the opening chapters of
Genesis and therefore in the first place
it could not be true; and in the second
place, if It were true, it must not be
taught, because anything which con
tradicted Genesis was wicked. . It
was much the same with the theory of
evolution. Darwin's Ideas, were re
ceived with shrieks of horror by pretty
nearly every light of the churches in
England. Anglicans and dissenters
Joined In calumniating both him and
his views upon the origin of species.
The notion that man was descended
rrom the lower tribes of animals
seemed not only abhorrent to rational
human pride, but destructive to faith.
In adopting the theory of evolution the
United States was, of course, long be
hind the rest of the civilized world,
and here the struggle against the new
light raged furiously for years after
the victory had been won in England
and upon the. Continent., ' Professor
Woodward was expelled from his chair
in South Carolina for teaching biolog
ical facts at a time when even the
bishops of the Church of England had
succumbed to the irresistible force of
truth. Perhaps Oregon was the last
place in the whole world where good
men like the late Professor Condon
were persecuted for teaching Darwin's
great discoveries to their students.
These facts are all mere" common
places and they are mentioned here
merely to illustrate a confirmed habit
in the churches of opposing new truth
as long as by hook or crook they can
do it. and then suddenly with a vio
lent right about face appropriating
the treasure to themselves and posing
as its best patrons if not its veritable
discoverers. Outside the barracks of
the Salvation Army no preacher would
now think of making himself absurd
by fulminating against evolution. The
church has reached the point of de
nying that it ever persecuted Galileo
and has manufactured a good deal of
laudable pride in the imaginary sup
port it claims to have given Coperni
cus. Geology has become respectable
in evangelical pulpits and very likely
the time is at hand .when orthodox
orators will begin to sound the praises
of Giordano Bruno and claim that the
hierarchy was his best patron; So we
can see what is to be expected In the
matter of mental healing. Having
preached and prayed and fulminated
against It as long as there Was the
slightest hope of stamping out the
new truth, the churches have now
begun to patronize it. Presently
Bishop Fallows and others will be say
ing that It has always been a part of
their belief and practice.
These remarks are not offered in a
faultfinding spirit, nor yet In a mood
of pessimism. There are excellent rea
sons why the churches must approach
new truth and forsake old errors witH
slow and timorous steps. Much of
their influence with the multitude de
pends upon keeping a halo of infalli
bility over their heads.
AN INTERESTING COMMENT.
The Boston Herald speaks editori
ally of the experience of an English
minister who had taken an American
pulpit and sought to interest the young
men of his church in economic and so
cial problems. He failed to do so.
His failure stirs the Herald to make
some unfavorable comment upon the
prevalent method oT educating our
young people. Instead of stimulating
them to efficient Interest In life and to
vigorous effort. It appears to dull their
Interest and paralyze ambition. Thus
the Boston Heraldseems to believe.
Persons everywhere in the United
abates who have undertaken to inter
est the public in questions of current
moment generally have a similar ex
perience. It is comparatively easy to
collect audiences of women who will
study deep subjects Interminably, but
men will not do it; neither will youths
fresh from the high schools. One
would naturally suppose that men and
youths would be eager students of eco
nomic problems, but it is not so. They
shun such subjects.
The reason for this unfortunate
state of things is to be sought in the
kind of education we give our young
people. This education skims over
numerous subjects, evading a& many
difficulties as possible, making every
thing childishly easy either in appear
ance or reality, and thus it disastrously
blights the real Interest which the
young mind naturally takes in knowl
edge. Such men as President Pritch
ett and Superintendent Draper agree
that we must have a change in this
particular or our schools will continue
to fall far short of their best useful
ness. Both the aim and the subject
matter of education must be revolu
tionized. Some way must be discov
ered of linking the schools vitally to
life. If that is done, then students
will go out into the world, not with
their interest In all living questions
fatally dulled, but they will be full of
thought and burning with inquiry.
The Interest of the citizen in political
and economic subjects is especially
necessary in a democracy like ours,
but the truth seems to be that we have
less of- it than most other peopes.
A PROPER SUBJECT OF INQUIRY.
Many times in the last few years,
and particularly in the last few
months, the farmers of Oregon have
been criticised and expostulated with
because the people of Oregon find it
necessary .to consume eggs produced
In the East and shipped here to be
sold at high prices. The Oregon
farmer has been charged with negli
gence and lack of business judgment
and has apparently been tried and
found guilty before the bar of public
opinion. In view of the facts as they
appear it seems that the verdict is
well-founded, for it is Incredible that
in this mild climate, where green feed
can be had all the year round, it is
not practicable to produce eggs
cheaper than the Eastern poultry-
raiser can produce them. It seems Im
possible that any circumstances exist
which make it unprofitable for Oregon
farmers to produce the eggs for home
consumption, when Eastern farmers
can produce them, and sell them here,
after paying the freight and at least
one extra commission toa middleman.
But, strong though the case seems
to be against the Oregon farmer, pos
sibly he has been misjudged. Per
haps there is soma good reason why
he should not bo expected to supply
the home market with eggs at the
prices that can be obtained. If there
is such a reason it should be made
known so that the agriculturist may be
relieved rrom the charge now hanging
over him. Perhaps the Oregon farmer
should be pressumed innocent until he
has been proven guilty and facts
should be produced showing what it
actually costs the farmer, or should
reasonably cost him, to produce eggs;
now many eggs ha produces or should
produce in a year, and what he gets
for his eggs. The consumer who pays
35 and 40 cents a dozn for esers has
no doubt -whatever that there la an
immense profit in 'egg production. But
Is there? W71U not the Agricultural
College undertake an Investigation, not
lor tne purpose of demonstrating
merely that some farmers make money
producing eggs, but for the purpose of
ascertaining how many hens the aver
age farmer keeps, how many eggs he
gets a year, how much it costs him
to raise and feed his poultry, and how
much he gets for his product?
Beyond question some farmers make
money raising poultry and producing
eggs for the market. The columns of
the agricultural papers have set forth
facts and figures showing this to be
true. But are these exceptional cases?
Does the average farmer find egg pro
duction unprofitable and, ir so. why?
These are intensely practical questions
because they go. to the merits of the
question whether the Oregon farmer Is
guilty of carelessness. If the hens kept
by the average Oregon farmer lay eggs
only a little while in the Spring, and
then yield no return for their feed -all
the rest of the year, let us know that
fact and whether the difficulty can be
remedied and how. If there is too
large a difference between the price
the Oregon farmer gets for his eggs
and the price the Oregon consumer
pays, we should finow that fact, and
why. It Is very easy for the paper
farmer, who does not need to build
fences to keep chickens out of the
garden and whose flocks are not de
pleted ' by hawks or "varmints," to
figure out a big profit for the poultry
raiser. But that paper farmer is prob
ably a man who works ten hours a
day and quits. He knows It doesn't
take much time to throw out some
wheat for the hens in the morning
and gather the eggs at night. He
doesn't know how much time Is re
quired to give the additional care
which is necessary to make the hens
lav. He doesn't know whether the
Oregon farmer has any difficulty in
Inducing the storekeeper to take his
eggs at a fair price, not merely when
eggs are scarce, but all through the
year. It is easy enough to demon
strate on paper that egg production
pays. It is easy enough to prove by
the actual experience of a few skilled
poultry-raisers that it pays. ' But the
real and Important question is whether
the average farmer makes it .pay and
if he does, how. and if he" does not,
whv? It has taken years of effort to
convince the Willamette Valley apple
grower that there was something radi
cally wrong with the way he raised
apples and to point out the better way.
Quite likely the same service must be
performed for the poultry-raiser.
TWO OLD-YOUNG RULERS.
Tsi An, Dowager Empress of China,
is the youngest-looking old woman
alive' today, unless Mary Baker G.
Eddy is entitled to that distinction.
Both of these young-old women are
absolute rulers over their subjects,
and both (if the pictures published of
them are reliable) look young, despite
their eighty, and no one knows how
many more, years. Both came up
from the ranks, so to speak, by the
sheer force of will, and both observe
a secrecy about their, daily life that
causes their vsubjeets to regard them
as holy and their persons as sacred.
Both have been frequently reported as
dead, and it was impossible to ascer
tain the truth or falsity of the report
for days.
Unquestioning obedience and adora
tion are exacted by both- from their
subjects, and homage is paid to both
without stint. Tst An is probably the
older of the two. though of this no
one knows certainly. She dwells in
the Innermost recesses of the Forbid
den City in barbaric splendor, accessv
ble to the limited few "who compose'
the inner circle. Mrs. Eddy dwells in
the innermost temple of her stately
palace near Boston, and communicates
to the outside only through her faith
ful secretary. There are those among
their subjects who believe theni. su
perior to the claims of mortality. Now,
however, it is said that Tsi An is dy
ing, perhaps dead, while for what the
world knows to the contrary Mrs.
Eddy is still living, the most remark
able young-old woman a America, as
Tsi An is the most remarkable in Asia.
Somehow the world , will wag along
without them wHen they go hence,
though to their subjects this seems im
possible. .
THE EMPEROR WHO TALKS TOO MUCH.
The animosity between England
and Germany, which ' angered the
Kaiser until he gave ' his wrath vent
ih his ill-advised, interview, and there
by brought all EuropeTabout his ears,
has been growing' ever since the
Franco-German, war of 1870-71. It
has its roots in national commercial
rivalry and has been Intensified by the
expansion of German commerce the
world over and by British opposition
to the invasion of what Britons regard
ed as their exclusive field.
Prior to 1870 Germany was of small
importance as a commercial nation.
Split into many petty principalities
and having no shipping of conse
quence, she couTd accomplish little, and
her manufactures found small outlet.
But about that year German manufac
turers began vigorously to seek an ex
port trade. Young Germans were sent
to England, or went of their own ac
cord, to learn the English language
and English business habits as clerks
in English export houses. They un
derbid Englishmen for employment,
were apt and industrious, willingly
working longer hours than their Eng
lish competitors. .Thns they sowed the
seeds of hatred among the great army
of English clerks.
After a few years they returned
home thoroughly equipped by their
knowledge of the enemy's country to
manage a German manufacturing or
export business. During their absence
German Industry had grown by leaps
and bounds, and its products, were
overflowing the empire's frontiers.
Coal and Jron mines were developed
and great steel works established. Eng
lish patterns and styles were copied
and Improved upon and cheaper sub
stitutes were put 'on the market. Nov
elties were produced in place of Eng
lish standard patterns, which had not
changed In generations.
Thus" came fierce commercial com
petition, which rapidly extended to all
European countries, then to the colo
nies, America, the Orient, The Ger
mans established branches and catered
to the whims and customs of their
many-colored patrons, while the Eng
lish, In effect, though not in words,
told their customers that what was
good enough for their fathers was
good enough ' for them. German
steamship lines traversed every ocean
as the carriers of German goods.
Finally Germany acquired colonies of
her own in Africa, and began develop
ing them in her hard and fast, bureau
cratic, military way. She acquired a
sphere of .influence in China and
sought concessions for the develop
ment of that empire.
The result was that every letter
home from any foreign port to either
country told of the competition of the
other. The 'English merchants who
had gladly.hired cheap German clerks
found those same clerks, as managers
of German branch houses, taking
away their customers in Africa, the
Orient, South America. Naturally, the
hatred which was already Ingrained in
the English clerks, spread to their
employers. . -
About the same 'period a large influx
of German workmen into England oc
curred. In some cases they were Im
ported by employers 'to break strikes
of English workmen, . notably In the
case of the great Courthouse ift Lon
don. They worked longer hours for
lower wages than their English com
petitors. Thus the seeds of. hatred
were sown also In the- minds of the
English worklngmen.'
The frequent Intermarriage between
British Princes and Princesses and
petty German Princes and Princesses
was also a source of irritation in Great
Britain. The prejudice against inter
marriage with Catholic royal families
made Germany and Scandinavia the
only field open. Many of these Ger
man Princes ruled petty kingdoms,
but under the agreement by which the
British crown lands were ceded to the
nation, a liberal allowance had to be
voted by Parliament for each Princess
on her marriage. The result was fre
quent allusions in Radical newspapers
to the husbands of these Princesses as
"pauper German Princes." That made
German blood boil. ,
The character of the Kaiser and his
government has tended to aggravate
this hatred, do what he will to coun
teract it. In all essentials. Great Brit
ain is the most democratic country on
earth and has an instinctive repug
nance for anything which savors of
! absolutism. In that country the King
"rules, but does not govern, and thus
sits above the storm of political con
troversy. In Germany the Emperor
Insists that he shall not only rule, but
govern: that the acts of his ministers
shall be the execution of his personal
will. ' Yet he demands that he, like
the British King, shall be free from
criticism. The British dislike such a
system and therefore never miss an
opportunity to hit a blow at its repre
sentative. The Kaiser, being by his
own choice the active head of his gov
ernment, occupies much the same po
sition in the British mind as the Brit
ish Premier, who is criticised unspar
ingly and expects it. Their hatred of
the Germans as commercial rivals
adds venom to their shafts.
' When such deep-seated animosity
exists, the Kaiser's citation of evi
dences 6f his friendship for Great
Britain served only to add fuel to the
flames. His claim to have furnished
the plan of campaign by which the
Boers were conquered hurt British
vanity by stealing the glory of their
Idolized General Roberts. His expos
ure of the Franco-Russian move
ment to intervene in the Boer war en
raged the French, who now love John
Bull as dearly as they hated him only
a few years ago. His scolding of his
own people has aroused them to equal
frenzy. His frank declaration that
Germany has enlarged her navy with
a view to playing a part in the strug
gle for the control of the Pacific is
calculated to put every, other nation
having interests on that ocean on the
alert. He has fanned, every smolder
ing animosity into a flame and the
world will be fortunate if the outcome
is nothing more serious than a large
expenditure of strong language in
every European newspaper and parlia
ment. No wonder the Reichstag begs
him to talk no more.
The resignation, seemingly forced, of
Secretary Metcalf, points to the be
lief that the "Pinafore" hero's rule,
"Stick close to your desk and never
go to sea, and some day you'll be ruler
of the Queen's navee," s no longc-r a
safe one to follow. The experience of
the inexperienced Secretary snows
that, unless an official has other quali
fications than a lawyer's, he is some
what out of place as the ruler of a
navy. Secretary Metcalf is a'good cit
izen and loyal to his party, but his ig
norance of the work that was part of
his position was so painfully apparent
in his manipulation of the Pacific fleet
that it has been a surprise to many
that he was not relieved from duty
long ago. Portland, which suffered
through the Secretary's ignorance, will
hope that his successor is sufficiently
familiar with maritime matters to
know that a twenty-four-foot battle
ship does not draw any more water
than a twenty-six-foot merchantman.
The Governor of British Honduras
has arrived at Victoria for the pur
pose of looking over a large surplus
stock of Hindus who have been caus
ing all sorts of labor troubles in the
province for many months past. It is
believed that these strange people
from the Far East cart be made use
ful on the Central American planta
tions, and an effort will be made to in
duce them to migrate to the warmer
climate. If the effort is successful, it
will relieve British Columbia of an
embarrassing predicament. The Hin
dus, unlike the Japanese, are British
subjects, and, if old "Storrrialong
John" should fail to protect them in
this part of his possessions, their
brethren in far-away India might take
revenge by reducing the British pop
ulation at the old home of these wan
derers who are not warmly welcomed
at any Pacific Coast port.
It is useless to say that the law of
Oregon does not attempt to compel the
members of the Legislature to vote in
a certain way for Senator. It does
that very thing. It "instructs" them
"to vote for and elect the candidates
who receive the highest number of
votes at our general elections." This
is the very language of the law, which
was enacted by the initiative method
last June. It supersedes Statement
One; it undertakes to make it obliga
tory upon every member of the Legis
lature those who didn't take that
"pledge," as well as those who did to
vote for particular candidates for the
Senate, and for no others Statement
One, of the primary law, superseded
by this statute, is no longer of force
or effect. This statute annihilated
every pledge, and has substituted a
mandate of its own. Is it to be
obeyed?
If the loungers in the San Fran
Cisco courtroom had been searched for '
pistols they had no right to have, the
Heney shooting would not have oc
curred. Many others would not hap
pen if citizens suspected of carrying
concealed weapons were searched
every day, as they should be.
The Yaquina Railroad appears to
have run $1156.06 behind after pay
ing running expenses, taxes and in
terest on $1,410,000 bonds. That's a
pretty good record for a railroad that
some years ago sold for $100,000 cash.
It's what Wall street would call "a
juicy melon."
Laying aside all buncombe, members
of the Legislature are supposed to
serve the people's best interests and
all Republicans know that the rea
sonable way to serve those Interests at
Washington is to elect a Republican
United States Senator.
Perhaps the tariff commission will
agree that the duty on foreign titles
should be Increased. This Is the only
imported article on which there will
be unanimity of opinion.
If the people of San Francisco had
unitedly taken up Heney's fight
against the Ruef thieves and sent the
lawbreakers to speedy punishment,
this latest crime would not have oc
curred. From this time forward the per
centage column in the bank clearings
statement is likely to furnish hebdom
adal business cheei
Once again there is Imperial infor
mation that the Chinese Emperor is
dead. Once Is enough In this country,
but not In China.
So far there has been no revision of
the tariff downward. But it might be
done if the Democratic party would
consent.
Mr. Bryan was not so sorely disap
pointed as the Democratic patriots in
Oregon who hoped for pie.
Thirty cents a pound for turkey
doesn't seem high If you don't Intend
to )iave turkey.
Up to the hour of going to press
Emperor Wilhelm hadn't talked back
any to speak of
TOPICAL VERSE
The Bill.
Philadelphia .Bulletin.
If life's a stage, this early bill.
This mundane muss.
Is what they term in vaudeville
"Continuous."
We climb and struggle out of debt
And gayly then
We set ourselves to work and get
Back In again..
We're not, when we one fiddler pay,
Forthwith immune.
Another straight begins to play
Another tune.
We cannot show our grace or skill
In Just one song. ,
For we are playing in a bill
That runneth long.
Ballnde m the Usual Delay
Chicago News.
She may at times show lots of speed.
Move round at quite a lively rate
On some occasions. Yes, indeed,
She hits up a 2:40 gait.
But if she falls to keep a date
On time, the reason you may guess
It's one. too, that's most adequate:
She has to take the time to dress.
You show her that there's presiing
need
A bargain sale of hats ornate,
Or ribbons, and It's well agreed.
The way she hustles round is great
But don't from that anticipate
She'll fix and fuss a moment less,
Preparing for a It airs of state.
She has to take the time to dress.
I know I never could succeed.
However I might agitate
Myself and her and storm or plead.
In hurrying my.own dear mate.
She lias to get her hat on straight.
Or. curl or smooth some stubborn
tress.
We miss our train, as sure as fate.
She has to take the time to dress.
L'ENVOI. '
She has to take the time to dress.
Young man, it's certain you'll be late.
Your soul in patience, pray, possess.
Although, of course, you hate to wait.
She has to take the time to dress.
A Lullaby.
Amy Churchill in Llpplncott's.
The sunbeams are kissing each othaaT
good-night;
Hush, thee, my little one. hush.
The flowers are closing their peepers
up tight;
Hush, thee, my little one, hutm.
Now draw close the shutters across ths
blue eyes;
The loved queen of Nodland awaits her
sweet prize.
And fairies standy ready to carry thee
o'er
The meadows that stretch to the far
silent shore.
Hush, thee, my little one, hush.
The golden head, nestles on mother's
warm breast:
Baby is almost asleep.
A wee little bird flutters home to its
nest;
Baby is f.lmost asleep.
How gently, how fast, fall the deep
twilight shades!
O'er sea and o'er, land, o'er hills and
o'er glades!
How softly the moon sheds "its silvery
, beams
On slumberland's walls and Its cities of
dreams!
Baby is fast, fast asleep.
The Cloalng; Year.
F. W. Bo'urdillon.
Faster than petals fall on -windy days
From ruined roses,
Hope after hope falls fluttering, and
decays
Ere the year closes.
For little hopes, that open but to die.
And little pleasures
Divide the long sad year that labors by.
Into short measures.
Yea, let them go! our day-lived hopes
are not
The life we cherish;
Love lives, till disappointments are
forgot,
And sorrows perish.
On withered boughs, where still the old
leaf clings.
New leaves come never:
And in the' heart, where hope hangs
faded, springs
No new endeavor.
Wbrn You Were Young.
John Randolph Sudman in Appleton's.
Old Age, in the firelight's ruddy gleam
At dying day,
You 'smile, amused at Love's young
dream
And foolish way.
And yet, grayheadj, you'd fain repeat
The song that's sung.
For ah! this foolisji love was sweet.
When you were young.
You scoff at his Impassioned eyes,
And burning speech
Of hopes and dreams beyond the skies.
Far out of reae.i.
And yet, grayheads. you'ti fain recall
Fond words that rung.
For ah! this foolish love was all.
When you were young.
L'Amour Fait Peur.
Florence Earle Coates in Independent.
A coward is man, yet a hero.
Whose will overmasters his fear
Till peril no longer appals him.
And danger itself groweth dear.
Poised and strong, asking no interven
tion. He hazards the rock and the shoal;
Only one thing halts his pretension
Love frightens the soul.
Self-disclpllned, slowly but surely,
Disaster accustomed to brave.
He makes a companion of sorrow.
Nor falters at threat of the grave;
Nay, often would hold it at nearer
Approach a beneficent goal
But, ah! with the thought of one dearer.
Love frightens the soul!
The Pnulc in Africa,
Puck.
In the jungles deep where the were
wolves creep.
And the pterodactyls nest,
Where is built the iair of the untamed
bear.
There's a sort of vague unrest;
For the news has blown from the lion's
throne
To the haunt of the crocodile.
That a dead game sport Theodore, for
short
Will arriva In a little while.
In the humble cot of the hlppopot-
Amus there Is deepest gloom;
And the. better half of the tall giraffe
Wails loud at the signs of doom:
In the noisome brake the constrictor
snake
No longer is fierce and bold,
For the tidings .head of the ruthless
Ted
Are making its tlood run cold.
Alai for the ant and trie elephant. -
The gnu and the bumble bee!
And alas for the stoat and bewhls
kered goat.
And the rnat and the chimpanzee!
For a deadlier death than their native
.heath
Will take each beast and bird!
And their dying yawp will but awall
the crop
Of yarns at a dollar a wordl
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