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J There are some manners and
Customs that belong to human
'nature, and will always be found
Everywhere. It la said of this or
that custom that It is Greek,
'floman, or barbarous; for my
lart, I say that tt la human, and
that men coatrlve and Invent It
Wherever the' need for It arises.
'Joubert.
aide of those floated through Morgan's
firm aniount to $780,600,000, and rail
road Btocks and bonds, not yet wholly
assimilated by the public, add $406,
000,0(10 more, making a total of $1,840,
500,000. This does not include many
new Issues Milch ore soon to be
floated, such as the $250,000,000 of new
bonds provided for by the conversion
scheme of the 8teel Trust.
It is easy to see why Mr. Morgnn
should be an optimist and should seek
to discourage all suggestions that hard
times may be uhead and that the
public should beware of investments
in the Inflated securities offered on
Wall Street's bargain counter. The
stocks and bonds which he and his
assolates have on hand must be mar
keted. The success of their gigantic
sohemes depends upon the continued
absorption by the public of these high
priced securities. This is what Mr.
Morgan would term digestion.
Huch colossal fortunes as Mr. Mor
gan's are largely, the result of soiling
securities to the public at inflated
values. The supply is inexhaustible,
and the only cause for fear from the
Morgan standpoint Is that the appe
tite of the public may finally become
satiated. When that time comes, there
will be trouble.
The digestive powers of the Amer
ican people have been pretty severely
taxed during he past three or four
yearn. They hove i probably already
overtaxed their capacity and any pru
dent physician would advise a brief
period of fasting. The two billions
of undigested securities which Mr.
Morgan is anxious to cram down their
fhrOafs might well wait until a nor
mal appetite returns.
skill nor courage, and was probably
due to "an understanding with the
enemy." This throws a Hood of light
upon that famous naval battle. Ne
doubt there was a similar understand
ing at Sunt In go, as well. It Is rather
mortifying to find that they were
nothing but sham fights after all.
District Attorney Folk of St. Louis
has uneurthed more boodllng, this
time in the Missouri legislature. When
he gets through with his own state,
It might be well for him to take a
swing around the circle and do a little
housecleufilng ' In Othfr parts of v the
L'nlon.
It is gratifying to be assured that
Yellowstone Park Is again to be
thrown open to the public after the
President's exclusive occupancy of It
Is concluded. Plain American citizens
will lie permitted to enter It once more
as soon as Roosevelt leaves.
Now that the great railway merger
has been declared illegal, it only re
mains for the attorneys for Jim Hill
and Plerpcmt Morgan to Invent some
method of accomplishing the consoli
dation without violating the law.
JtET MR. HERMANN EXPLAIN.
ilt will be difficult to convince any
reasonable person that Blnger Her
mann was not dismissed from the
Cotnmlsalonershlp of the General Land
Office under two Indictments:
For Incompetency.
For conduct unworthy an Officer of
tha government
Tha statements authorized by the
administration ainoe Mr. Hermann left
Washington are proof evident that his
business methods were Inadequate to
tha proper handling of the affairs of
the Important department which was
In hla charge. His successor, Com
missioner Richards, has effected rad
ical Improvement, although he has
been incumbent only a trifle more than
two months.
However embarrassing the allega
tion of Incompetency may be, it is
Incomparably more mortifying, or
would be to most men of normal eth
ical conceptions, to rest under the as
persion of having committed acts that
were not consistent with the high
duty entrusted to him.
Prior to Mr. Hermann's nomination
for Congress by the First District, no
word of explanation came from him,
nor eny from his friends, as to the
underlying causes that led up to his
dismissal. Accused of gross misman
agement, charged with culpable con
duct, he has permitted the allegations
to pass unchallenged.
Often, this is good policy, even for
a guilty man. But, in the present
instance, the people want to know
just why he was dismissed. They
naturally want an explanation. Mr.
Hermann Is a candidate for the peo
ple's suffrages. He aspires to be re
tained In public office, the air of which
he has breathed for a quarter of a
century. He proposes that the people
of Oregon invest him with the robes
of authority to stand in the Congress
and speak, for them on public issues.
What manner of man Is it who thus
aspires? What account can he give
of his most recent stewardship? Has
he been faithful? Has he been com
petent? Was he or was he not guilty
of crass ignorance and gross miscon
duct? These questions are pertinent at this
time. They must be answered. If
" Mr. Hermann has been unjustly ac
cused, then let the accused man stand
forth In the dignity of Injured Inno
cency and hurl back into the teeth of
his detractors the defense of one
.Whose official life may safely be dis
cussed by himself.
If Mr. Hermann has been unright
eously attacked by his own Republi
can associates, then let him say why
and how. If he has deserved what has
come to him, in the form of charges,
then let the lash of public condemna
tion be laid on his back. Such lash
cannot be too sharply wielded.
THOSE UNDIGESTED SECURITIES.
J. Plerpont Morgan does not often
apeak for publication and in this he
shows good sense. His recent remarks
about the financial condition of the
.." country and the mass of "undigested
securities" which the public must as
, sirnilate in order to assure a contin
uance of good times would better have
been left unsaid. He has accomp
lished little except to arouse general
discussion of a topic which can only
excite popular distrust of the influ
ences which Mr. Morgan conspicu
ously represents.
The public naturally inquires as to
the nature and amount of thc$e undi
gested securities, to which Mr. Mor
gan refers, and it Is scarcely reassur
ing to be told that they probably ag
gregate at the present time almost
two billions of dollars. Even in these
days of " enormous capitalization and
unprecedented expansion of business
the total Is an appalling one.
, Nevertheless this is the estimate of
careful Judges, based of course upon
the par value of the securities, which
In many Instances is still far above
the market quotations. Of these two
billions of undigested securities about
one-third, or to be exact, $655,000,000,
were Issued by the firm of J. p. Mor
gan ft Co. Industrial securities out j
IS THE CZAR FEELING HIS WAY?
Two Interesting news items from
the Old World make their appearance
simultaneously, but this Is probably
a mere coincidence. Nevetheiess tne
subject of each may have an impor
tant bearing Upon a political possibil
ity which has recurred many times In
late years on the horizon of interna
tional affairs.
A report current In Pekln Is to the
effect that the Chinese government has
been Informed that numerous parties
of French and, Russians, ostensibly on
voyages of exploration, have pene
trated Into the interior of Thibet, the
forbidden country, and that the In
habitants of that country are prepar
ing to offer an armed resistance to
their further progress. From Con
stantinople comes the news that the
Sultan and his ministry have become
greatly alarmed over the prospects of
serious complications with Russia as
the result of the recent assassination
of M. St. Cherblna, the Russian consul
at Mltrovltsa, In European Turkey.
While Thibet is not, like Afghanis
tan, a neutral boundary between Brit
ish and Russian domain in the Fast,
it is in dangerous proximity to the
country which each power has re
garded as a bulwark of defense against
the other, and any act on the part of
the Muscovites which might be Inter
preted as an attempt tp establish Ini
tial rights In Thibet could not fall to
be looked upon by Great Britain as a
menace to her Interests to the south.
Both Russia and Great Britain have
been watching that frontier with Jeal
ousy and suspicion for years. Russia
has already secured a tremendous ad
vantage through the construction of
the Trans-Siberian railroad. With a
foothold in the mysterious mountain
empire which his subjects are now
reported to be traversing in the pur
suit of scientific or- geographical
knowledge, the Caar would be In a
position to perform a coup which
would leave the British government
with little power to resist the advance
southward of its greatest rival in the
East.
If the Czar should make certain im
perative demands Upon the Sultan at
this Juncture and find ft necessary to
back' them up with a show of force,
there Is the possibility, however mea
gre, that the nauseating Turkish
question may finally be solved after
all these years of intrigue. Should It
transpire that the Czar has designs
.upon Thibet, Russian Interference in
Turkey might prove a most desirable
feature of the programme. The pre
text for such a step may be at hand.
Whether the "'exploring party" in
Thibet is an Indication of ulteriof de
signs on the part of Russia or not will
soon appear.
THE TALK OF THE DAY
We are told that nn eminent Parisian
chef weeps for the days that are no
more, when the great of the earth knew
how to dine. "Your King Edward was
a customer of mine; but what do you
think he preferred? The simplest dishes.
And Leopold of Belgium" Coslmlrs
dark eyes bluzod with scorn "soup and
a slice of beef. Alas, is that a dinner
for a king?"
And what would Casimlr say to the
tastes of untitled and uncrowned mon
arch of America to Senator Hanna
and his favorite corned-beef hash?
It Is said that tha late Mr. Osgood.
who represented Harper & Bros in
.ondon, used to make hash the feature
of his lunches to which publishers,
artists, literary men, were invited. Mash
whs a novelty, a luxury to them, and
they ate so greedily of it that there was
no need of providing any other substan
tlal dish.
(From The Journal.)
sosrirrsnro wboko om-
WEEU.
Has 'the 'city und county govern
ment of -Portland in conducted in
a manner that justifies the taxpuy
era of this city in saying that they
have received their proper returns
for taxes paid ?
Most ef 'the taxpayers say "no."
Mos( Of the taxwtters say "yes."
Can and will the merchants, the
Chamber of t'omnu-ree, the Board of
Trade, In fact any or all of tho com
mercial organizations of Portland an
swer these questions? Hero they
are:
Why 'has Portend ftn inadequate
police force It ims only half the
men required?
Why has Portland the worst
streets of any city of equal Blze on
the Pacific Coast .
Why has Portland's Fire Depart
ment been obliged to run short hand
ed? Why is 'the city sewer system a
wreck?
Why are its bridges a wreck?
Why has it no improved public
parks?
, Why has it Insufficient money with
whleh to buy sufficient numbers of
street lights?
Why has it a city Jail that Is a
disgrace? I
Why has it an -indent court house?
Why has It n..t a rlty receiving
hospital and - .i ch of trained sur
geons like other itles of even 10,000
Inhabitants?
Why Is there only one police sta
tion? "
Last, but most Important, why Is
the tax rate so imkIi when the yclty
and county is Kiting nothing in re
turn? Something should be done, and
that something i isriit soon, to find
out what has Income of the funds
of this city and county.
There may nt lc dishonesty in
volved, but there Is wretched znaa
agsmeat, er a leak somewhere.
OMBTHnro wbowo toicsirams,
' CBBanrx.Y.
The merchants,, he Chamber of
Commerce, the Board of Trade, in
fact all the live business men and
commercial organisations of Port
hind eould answer 'these -questions,
but some of them would not be
willing to. ,
Inadequate Police and Fire De
partment forces, worst streets of
any City on the Pacific Coast, bad
sewer system, rotten bridges, un
improved parks, poor lights, dis
graceful Jail, antediluvian court
house, unsuitable city receiving hos
pital and an exhorbltant tax rate.
ut them all together and what do
they represent?
4 cm mxrw oh virairirjnBss&ixB
rnrcxrx.BB in taxpayers
ajub sespovubu).
(T0SSIPJdFdUTl(3
S ft k
me iton. Albert J. Beverldge appar
ently takes about the same view of the
mayoralty contest In' Indianapolis that
the Hon. Joseph Benson f'oraker does of
tho battle now waging In Cincinnati be
tween Mayor Fleisohmann and the Hon.
M. K. Ingalls. Ho regards the outcome
as ono of national significance, as Sen
ator ForSker considers the result in
Cincinnati one of far-reaching effect
upon tho Republican party.
, These two statesmen, ao accustomed to
dealing with great problems, ere unable
to limit their endeavors to a mere local
campaign, and even In a contest where
tho issues Involved concern the paving
of streets, the construction of sewers,
1 1 1 .1 ttnaotmMtil " ? miintnlnal mvii tut Iniifl
for public sufety and public health, they DCCDOCratS Most Comt to an Ufl-
s-v in mo i rnuii n uiuuiriuuuB rurui
upon the election of a President of the
infill
10 R
Cut politics out of city affairs.
elect only successful business men
to manage -the business of the busi
ness city of Portland. Until the tax
payers, property owners and busi
ness people realise the real situa
tion, we will continue to have In our
beautiful city, bad streets, rotten'
bridges, foul smelling Jails, and al
most a bankrupt town, where we
Should have a handsome, prosper
ous metropolitan city.
Fred T. Merrill.
White Says It Is the
Paramount Question.
THE OLD WORLD
'Medical Talk" assures us that no one
Is In "the least particle of danger or
catching smallpox who eats a little let
tuee every day It Is a thous
and tlmtyt better than vaccination." Is
this true? We know If you sow lettuce
seed In the form of the name of your
sweetheart, and If the lettuce grows
well, you will win her love. Further
more. It Is an established fact that If
you are desirous of children you should
not hove too much lettuce in your gar
den.
Maxim Oorky's latest play, "In low
est Depths," which was produced at
Moscow, deals with scenes at a night
refuge. Among the inmates are a baron
who has just undergone a sentence ff
hard labor, a drunken actor, a thief by
heredity, a telegraph clerk who has tin
dergone a long sentence for murder.
They all live up to their characters in
the refusre: "The thief continues to
steal; the ex-asassin swindles at cards;
the drunken actor drinks on the pro
ceeds, and the baron gets drunk on the
others' earnings. The thief Is honored
above all the others because he aeuulrea
money so easily."
A little old man named Luke turns up.
He is good and simple. He has known
all forms of sin and suffering. He gives
hope Of a better life to these wretched
inmates, he awakens humanity In them.
"Then Luke departs, and the inmates
of the shelter feel that they can no long
er go on living as before, and each
strives to find some way of escape. The
drunken actor Commits suicide. The
baron, the thief, and the ex-assassin go
on drinking, but they now drink 'to the
health of man.' Luke has communicated
a ray of hope, a germ of ealvatVm, to
them; they realize what they might have
been. But not one Of them 'IS actually
saved. Gorky's main Idea seems to be
the prevalence of sentiment over reason.
Th leflrned man seeks truth and Jus
tice, but finds It not, whereas the plain,
simple man arrives at It instinctively.
The reality of life, however, carmot be
rei-ast all at once, nor evil eliminated.
But good Ik original, and is found at the
bottom of nil men; evil is the result of
u weakness of will. AVI11 can do every
thing if it be properly guided, ami even
tually leads to truth, goodness, and Jus
tice. Evil Is no less real. Reality Is
the outcome of those two tendencies."
The little town of Mutual, Ohio,
held an election last week under a
nevf municipal code, and only one
voter in the town realized that a
Mayor was to be elected. This soli
tary voter wrote on his ballot the
name of his choice for Mayor, who,
the lawyers say. is undoubtedly elect
ed, no other candidates having ap
peared. The Mayor-elect will have no
trouble In distributing his patronage,
for his solitary 'supporter should be
entitled to anything he wants to
ask for.
The re-election of Carter Harrison
as Mayor of Chicago is generally re
garded as a victory for the principle
of municipal ownership of treet rail
ways and other public utilities. Mayor
Harrison's positive stand on this ques
tion undoubtedly secured his victory,
and the public will await with keen
Interest the fulfillment of his prom
ises. San Francisco seems also on
the point of acquiring one of Its street
railways and the , experiment of city
ownership in these two large cities
will be closely observed.
If there is anybody In Portland en
terprising enough to put up a big
hotel, now Is the time for him to come
forward. "Front" is the word.
A German admiral, Pluddeman, has
published the opinion that Dewey's
victory at Manila required neither
LEAD PRODUCTION ON INCREASE.
If lead should remain at the
present Quotations there seems no
reason to doubt that the production
this year of the metal will reach record
brenklng figures. The lead mining in
dustry In the United Btates may be said
to embrace a wide area. Lend Is found
in the majority of the so-called mining
states, ,nnd where the ore Is not found
in large quantities it is usually present
as a by-product. Comparatively little
lead is found In California, Oregon, Ari
zona, Nevada, South Dakota, Washing
ton and Alaska. Tho largest lead pro
ducing territories outside tho Coeur
d'Alenes district in Idaho are Colorado,
Utah. Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin and
Illinois. The gatn In tho lead ore pro
duction of Colorado and Utah since 1897
la nearly 100 per cent In each state.
In the Joplin-Galena district of Mis
souri and Kansas lead and sine are
rarely found alone. In the output zlno
predominates. Lead, as distinguished
from the zinc product, is treated at Jop
lln and the surrounding refineries In
stead of beinff shipped to the Kansas
gas smelters or to the zinc works In
Illinois and Wisconsin. The ore has
been found at all depths, and in fact,
there Is not uniformity of ho deposits.
In some properties the ore has been en
countered at the grass roots, and again
on others not until a depth of several
hundred feet was reached was the ore
formation -struck.
The Increased demand for lead, which
has been generally felt for the last few
years, led to the formation last year of
the National Lead Company. This com
pany absorbed many of the producers
in tho West; and Is credited with hav
ing a working agreement with the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining Company.
The latest section of the United States
to show iargeTlead deposits is in Owen
County, Ky. Whether this section Is
destined to become a large producer no
one can as yet tell.
Politicians are awaiting with "inter
est bordering on alarm" the reception
which will be 'given to eX-Prealdent
Cleveland In St. Louis April 30. But
the politicians are the only ones who are
worrying. The man who carried the
State of Missouri three times for the
presidency will be shown distinguished
consideration. Kansas City Times.
Robert of Bourbon. ex-Sovereign Duke
of Parma, is receiving congratulations
on the birth of his twentieth child, a
daughter, the eldest of ids numerous
progeny, tho late Princess Ferdinand of
Bulgaria having been born as far back
as in 1 170. Princess Ferdinand is. I be
lieve, the only one of his children who
Is dead. At any rate there are 19 of
them now living, the eldest. Princess
Louise, being 81 years of age Eight of
them were born of his first union with
Princess Marie of Naples, while the re
maining II are the offspring of his sec
ond wife, the Infante Maria Antonla of
Portugal, sister of the legitimist pre
tender to the throne of Portugal, as well
as of Archduchess Marie Therese or
Austria, and of the Crown Princess of
Luxemburg.
The Duke of .Parma reigned for a few
years as a minor over the former Duchy
of Parma, in Northern Italy that is,
from the time of the assassination of
his disreputable father. King Charles
HI., until the annexation of his do
minions by Victor Kmmanuel, and their
incorporation In the kingdom of United
Italy.
The assassins of Puke Charles III.
died In this country, one Of them In a
public hospital at Philadelphia, and no
attempt was made by the Parma au
thorities to prerent their escape, or to
seeure their extraction and punishment.
so evil was ttie life of their victim, and
so anxious were both his family and the
Parma authorities to avoid lifting the
veil with which certain phases of his
existence Were fortunately shrouded.
Matters nre going on from bad to
worse at Athens, where the King and
his heir are In open conflict with the
new cabinet. The constitution provides
that the cabinet shall submit no measure
to the legislature without having pre
viously informed the sovereign of its
character. It has neglected to do this
In no less than fwur instances, among
others In the ease of the bill destined
to deprive the Crown Prince, or Dlado-
kos, of the supreme command of the
army. Investing the c&ntrol thereof once
more, as well as Its administration, In
the hands of the Minister of War, thus
rendering It again an Instrument of
party polities.
'
King Leopold is Just at present the
object or tlv most bitter denunciations
In the Belgian parliament, owing to his
attempt to secure legislation authorizing
the savings Kinks of the country to In
vest in the Chinese schemes of which
ho is the active promoter and chief.
If these schemes come to grief it will,
therefore, he Hie poor and working
classes In IMuiijm who will pay tha .
piper, instead of the King. Since the:
public denun. lation of the Congo hor-
rors, for wlii ii-he ts so wrgeiy respon
sible, he has tired of the surname of
"Leopold, the African," and now hank
ers after the sobriquet of "Leopold, the
Asiatic."
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria seems to
have Inherited more than any other of
the descendants of King Louis Philippe
of France, his grandfather's fondness
for double di aling and Intrigue. For, al
though he has posed until quite re
cently as tin vassal in all -but name, of
the Czar, and as entirely subservient to
his wishes, and as devoted body and
soul to Rus-la. it has been discovered
by the latter1 s agents that the Prince is
Just tit pres. nt in the most active and
confidential en respondence with the Sul
tan, havlns withdrawn from Sofia to his
country place at EUxInogradapparent
ly with the object of attracting less at
tention to (lie coming and golog of spe
cial messet isors. ,
Now. Ku.islu, together with Austria
and England, is engaged In bringing
pressure to bear upon the Porte to com
pel it to introduce the promised reforms
Into Macedonia, and thus remove the
"ralaon d'etr-" for the lmpemiinB Insur
rection. In fact, the relations between
the three preat powers in question and
tho Turkish government are the re
verse of cordial just at present, owing
to the threats addressed by them to the
Sultan, In order to' compel hlm to live
up to his promises about Macedonia,
and thus avert a revolution which might
precipitate a full-fledged European war.
The disemery, therefore, that Prince
Ferdinand is In secret and nctive corre
spondence with the Sultan, 1a, to say the
least, suspicious and calculated to create
doubts at St. Petersburg as to the sin
cerity of his professions of loyalty and
devotion to the Czar. His grandfather,
King Louis Philippe, lost his French
throne precisely on account of his In
ability to refrain from double dealing,
and because, having forfeited "the confi
dence of everyone in turn, nobody
would trust him any longer. It will bo
the same way with Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, whom the late Emperor of
Russia was always Wont to denounce as
a prince without even a vestige of honor
or the slightest regard for his plighted
word.
The situation at Sofia Is, Indeed, com
plicated just at present The Danef
f
cabinet, which, like old Zankof. the
president of the national legislature, is
completely Russophile. Insists on com
plete obedience to the Czar's commands
that Bulgaria should abstain from en
couraging agitation In Macedonia until
the Sultan has proved his inability or
disinclination to carry out the projected
reforms. These views were not, how
ever, shared by Gen. Paprikoff. the min
ister of War. the Intimate friend of the
Prince, and looked upon as his personal
representative In all recent cabinets.
Paprikoff Is a Macedonian at heart,
and eager for armed action in Mace
donia. He recently demanded an in
crease of 13,000,000 In the war estimates
on the ground that in view of the mili
tary preparations by Turkey and by
Bervla it was absolutely necessary that
the Bulgarian army should be prepared
for all eventualities. The cabinet de
clined to consent to any such sum being
devoted to armaments at the ' present
moment, declaring In the first plRce that
the finances of the nation were. In such
desperate condition that It would pre
cipitate bankruptcy, while the voting of
any such sum at this Juncture wpuld
constitute a flagrant defiance of the
Czar and of the other two powers who
had insisted on Bulgaria abstaining for
the present from any encouragement to
the Macedonian agitation. Thereupon
the minister of war resigned. But the
Prince continues to profess the utmost
affection and Intimacy for the general.
The position or the Prtnr-e. It must he
confessed. Is one of much difficulty. He
is expected to obey the peremptory com
mands of the Czar. Theoretically he
should be absolutely loyal and devoted
to the Sultan, who Is his suzerain
far as Bulgaria is concerned, and hi
sovereign with regard to the Eastern
ft ou men an portion of his dominions. Hi
principality is bankrupt. He Is under
the ban of the church, having been sub
Jccted to the penalty of minor excom
munlcation by the Pope and debarred
from the sacraments for violating hi
pledged word in causing his eldest boy
to be converted from Catholicism to the
Orthodox Greek rite, and he is threat
ened with assassination by the leaders
of the Macedonian revolutionary move
ment unless he plays their game and
favors them and their policy. Thanks
to Oen. Paprikoff his army Is wholly
Macedonian in Its sympathies, a large
portion of the officers and men being
Macedonians.
Add to this that he Is keenly ambl
tlous to add Macedonia to his domln
ions, -and to proclaim himself King of
Greater Bulgaria, and it will be seen
that the condition of affairs is, to say
the least, complicated, and that the
Prince Js very far from being a free
agent. He is in much tne same p red lea
ment as Napoleon III., whose life was
in constant danger at the hands of the
Italian carbonari, owing to his neglect
to fulfill his promises made to the lead
ers of the movement to wh!ch thtey be
Longed. If at any moment Prince Ferdi
nand 'appears to the Macedonian revolu
tlonlsts to be playing them false, his
assassination ' will speedily follow at
their hands, and he knows It.
OAXDEITS EST PARIS.
Besides the great open space there are
squares, planted with trees and flowers.
In .every district of the city. Borne of
them are -so small that they do not figure
on the maps of Paris, as, for Instance,
the Square 4e la Trinite, which, limit
ed in Size as it Is, can, nevertheless, boast
of plots of grass, flowers, trees and a
fine drinking fountain. Another such
spot Is the garden In which stands the
Musee Galliera; In fact, similar squares
are scattered all Over Paris and its su
burbs, providing room near home for
children to indulge in the healthy occu-'
patlon of making sand castles and other
such pastimes. The newly arranged
Cours-la-Rclne consists of a continuous
series of shady pathways bordered by
flower beds, extending alongside the river
from the Pont de la Concorde to the
Pont de I'Alma. It has also been decided
to transform the Champ de Mars into
a garden, so as to form a continuation
of the Jardlns du Trocadero, with the
Seine flowing between. All this is evi
dence Of a Axed determination to beau
tify tha oity, and it also shows to what
extent Paris Is prepared to go for its
luxuries. It must, however, be remarked
that no outlays could be more democratic
In character than the expenditure in
curred upon public pdrks and gardens,
and that. If these outlays help to make
Paris a paradise for the f6relgners who
visit it and spend money in it, they are
of immediate and permanent benefit to
the mass of the population. Architec
tural Record.
ho Btouca: or a bioht.
The sporting raporter Is the fellow
for. mixed and poetic metaphors when
the editors let him loose. See what he
telegraphed about the trial trip of the
new Shamrock: "It was an Inspiring
Sight to Tsee the challenger, keen thor
oughbred of tha seas, running fleetly as
some equine prototype under the snaffle.
She fairly ate the water." Isn't that a
dandy? A real "equine prototype" eat
ing water is no slouch of a slghU Hart-
wholo country next year, and are able to
discover In the outcome of a mayoralty
campaign forebodings of good or 111 to
the tariff, the trusts and a dosen and
one questions with which Congress and
the Executive have to deal.
Senator Beverldge presided over the
convention whleh renominated the Hon.
Charles A. Bookwalter for mayor of In
dianapolis. He succeeded In routing the
Fairbanks forces, who desired another
man, and In tho exultation of victory the
Junior senator delivered a somewhat re
markable speech. It was a good speech.
far everyone who ever heard the bril
liant young Hoosler statesman knows
thut he never makes any other kind, but
It was. to say the least somewhat pe
culiar under the circumstances.
Had It been delivered at the Repub
lican national convention after the Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt or some, other had
been nominated for the Presidency, It
would have been heralded as a great ef
fort and no doubt printed far and wide
throughout the country. It might have
been the sounding of the keynote of the
campaign, for it dealt with all the great
national questions of the day. The Sen
ator told what had been done during
the Administrations of the late President
McKlnley and President Roosevelt, and
what Congress had accomplished, of
Cuban reciprocity, of the building of the
Isthmian canal, of the glory of the
flag, of peace and order In the Philip
pines established by the Republican
party, In short, of almost everything ex
cept matters pertaining to the local
contest for mayor of Indianapolis. It
must have reminded some of those who
heard it of the Speech once delivered
by the late Roseoe Conkllng In support
of James A. Garfield for the Presidency,
In which he never once mentioned the
name of the candidate.
Concerning the speech, the "Indianap
olis News" Is moved to say:
We conclude from a careful readlrfg
of the speech of Senator Beverldge that
If the Hon. Charles A. Bookwalter Is not
elected mayor next October the Monroe
doctrine will be overthrown, the open
door will be slammed shut in China, the
antl-imperlallsts and Agulnaldo will
wrest the Philippines from us, the Ger
man Emperor will seize the Danish West
Indies, the gold standard will be abol
ished, and William Jennings Bryan will
be elected President next year. There
was In the speech the merest mention of
Bookwalter and of the present city ad
ministration." The Lorlmer-Durborow Congress elec
tion contest is playing a lively second
to the Harrison-Stewart mayoralty fight
In Chicago, and is demanding a share
of public attention. The Hon. "Billy"
Lorlmer is having a hard time to get
back to Congress. On the faoe of the
returns he received a majority of ap
proximately 1,000 votes, and the certifi
cate of election was issued to hlm, but
his opponent, who is also a former mem
ber of the House, brought contest, and
the fight is now even more fierce than
it was before election day.
Mr. Durborow charged frauds, and de
manded a recount Of the ballots. An
Injunction was asked for by Lorlmer
to prevent the election commissioners
from reeanvasslng the returns. Judge
Hanecy granted It, and the ballots were
ordered to be destroyed. The" Demo
crats, however, took tho matter before
another Judge, who said that file bal
lots should be recounted, and, backed
up by a guard of 275 of the biggest
policemen on Chicago's force, the com
missioners went to the city hall and
took possession of the votes, and Judge
Hanecy's injunction was brushed aside
as If it were no Ynore than a discarded
scrap of paper.
The matter has not been settled
dcrstanding to Try to Forget
Petty Differences.
Bam White, chairman of the Demo-
eratlo State Central Committee, at
Albany convention, voiced the sentlm
of the people of his political persuasion
in an appeal to the party to attack the
living Issues of today and forget the dif
ferences of the post He said, In part:
The Democ ratio Party.
The Democratic party has for more
than a dozen years been torn asunder
by warring factions, internal dissensions,
useless bickerings, criminations and re
criminations. The time has come fur
plain speaking, for It is a condition thut
confronts us and not a theory. Let us
reason together on tho best method of
putting our house in order against the
coming of the day of responsibilities;
for surely is the day of the overthrow
of unconstitutional and special privi
lege rule near at hand
Tread Toward Tariff Beviaion.
The tendency of the times toward t
in revision is a sure Indication or
is to come. Those who control
dlctato the platforms and policies of
opposition are the very men who
reaping the unearned benefits of th
tariff. Thev will never nermlt the re
formation of the tariff If they can pre
vent it, and the people can expect no
relief from tariff burdens until they
rise in their might, appealing to the liv
ing principles of true Democracy.
It is not true that the Demoeratlo
party Is without Issues. It meeds to but
step once more on the old platform of its
fundamental principles, and appeal to
the safe, sound and conservative busi
ness element; to the. element which pro
duces something, has something and is
someining; to tnat element Known as
the "middle classes," the commercial
element, the property element, the think
ing, working, patriotic element; In short,
the plain people, who ask but for the
protection guaranteed under the Consti
tution the protection of life, liberty und
property.
Between Extremes.
Let our party take the great middle
ground between all extremes, appealing
to American Individualism, self-sustaining
and self-supporting manhood, giving
all possible encouragement to those en
gaged In the acquisition of property and
wealth by honest labor, Intelligence and
industry; and guaranteeing all protec
tion possible in the peaceful enjoyment
of the fruits of such labor and Individ
ual effort, and the party will then save
this nation from drifting away from the
ancient moorings of the Constitution
into dangerous and unknown seas.
Strike at the Trusts.
I do not mean to say that all tariff
duties should be removed, for It is nec
essary to have a revenue to pay the run
ning expenses of the government but
ail duties should be removed from mo
nopoly and trust-manufactured articles.
Out of the eternal principles of Dem
ocracy can and should bo constructed In
1904 a platform broad, strong and Dem
ocratic enough to hold every Democrat
in- this country, and one, too, which will
restore to us the lost confidence of that
class of citizens who own their own
homes, their own farms and their own
business; in other words, that class
known as the great middle class of our
citizens.
Democracy's Hope.
Though the night may have been dark
for Democracy, though the storm of pas
sion may have driven It Into strange and
unknown seas, though it may have been
almost stranded upon the hidden rocks,
though Its crew may have been torn by
mutiny and dissension, yet as the storm
tossed mariner turns to his compass to
guide him into a harbor of safety, so
midst all its dangers and perils, Dem
ocracy has but to turn to the Constitu
tion as its compass to guide it once more
into familiar seas of success, prosperity
and happiness.
The time Is ripe for the Temocratio
nartv. with its vast history Of conserva
tism, to declare and demand that life.
tkfl
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however, as a truce has been declared liberty and property shall be protected
and agreed to by both sides until April
10 in order that the trouble may be
averted until after the municipal elec
tion. tho vote by which the
New Hampshire house of representa
tives passed the license bill shows that
135 republicans and 83 Democrats voted
for the bill, while 70 Republicans and
14 Democrats , voted against it. Of the
olty members' 121 voted for the bill to 8
against, while the town members stood
97 affirmative to 76 negative. In re
sponse to a general popular demand, the
bill lias been amended so as to give
local option to the cities as well as the
towns.
THE ALEXANDER COIiTTMN.
The young King of Italy is a good
Judge of art, and on his visit' to the Czar
was struck by nothing so much as the
Alexander column before the winter pal
ace In St. Petersburg. His own capital
possesses the famous Trajan and An
tonine pillars, besides 16 great Egyp
tian monoliths shaped hundreds of years
before jttdses was born; but the Alexan
der column Is the largest single stone
ever cut and polished by human hands.
It Is said that when Alexander I entered
Paris with the allied sovereigns, as a
victor, he looked up at the Vendoma col
umn, bearing Napoleon on high. .' 1
"God forbid!" the young Emperor ex
claimed, "that I should ever occupy so
giddy a place! No man. is worthy of it
To me it seems profane. I have learned
the littleness of even the greatest of
mankind."
After his death his brother, Nicholas I,
remembering his words, decided to erect
a unique monument to his memory. He
gave orders tnat a shaft 84 feet long
should be cut from the granite rok.
impossible as the feat seemed, it was
more than accomplished. From the moun
tain was cleared a stone 100 feet long.
which tha literal-minded quarrymaster
quickly reduced to the required length.
An eye-witness says that Victor Emman
uel III of Italy looked at the magnificent
shaft wistfully. Rome Is building a huge
monument to his grandfather. Will it,
when finished, bear comparison with that
great shaft topped by its bronze figure
f religion, erected to the memory of the
Czar who was great enough to be hum
ble? Art Amateur.
THE GREAT BOCIAI. DETERRENT.
Publicity Is today the great social de
terrent from social crimes. Men and
women who would risk the law and who
have no fear of the disgrace of a divorce
court, soon over, hesitate when the head
lines over another's secret sin. remind
them of the pillory "on Which the news
paper today lifts those by : whom of
fenses come, raising them before a
million readers, naked, bare and dis
graced, suffering worse from publicity
than the penalties of slow, halting and
uncertain law.- Philadelphia Press.
and preserved. That the government
shall not interrere in private business
affairs of the people. That paternalism
has no place in our system of govern
ment. That all laws shall be vigorously
enforced for the protection of all classes,
rich and poor alike. That all combina
tions of capital or individuals, in re
straint of trade, are contrary to publio
policy and inimical to the preservation
of the republic Let the party demand
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none. Let it facilitate competition
by a removal of unjust tariffs, and by
Mill ''ft HI iU L. CI L . V IU V. v.., kj . , j . "
nopolles. Combinations of capital have
become a menace to our institutions, an
nnnosed to these, and as a natural out
growth of them, are the combinations of
labor. The most difficult question be
fore the American people for solution
today is that presented by the two op
posing factions, combined capital ana
combined labor. The Democratic princi
ples of Individual right and individual
liberty affords the only solution.
Party of Progress
The Democratic party must be a party
of progress. It cannot, and ought not,
to survive as a mere party of negation
and opposition. It must propose some
thing and do something. It must de
mand that all questions of governmental
policy 'be settled in accordance with the
spirit of the Constitution and the Dec
laration of Independence.
U should not thresh over last yeara
straw, but should turn Its attention to
the ever-living present.
No matter what differences of opinion
may have disturbed the harmony ftf
i jern Ol I U L I O i:uum nn mm ..I. ...... j
o.nniliiii' nn matter if MOTtlO Of US Wer
-Gold Bugs" and some of us were "Silver
Bugs." No matter u some oi
in favor of the retention of the PhMP
nH anma were ooDOBed. These
questions are not now before the Amer
ican people for settlement. They have
been eliminated; theyare behind us. Let
us not look back. Let the dead past
bury is dead. Let us live In the living
preseilt, looking -onward into the future,
leaders in the march of progress.
A Great Opportunity.
Tho Democratic party has a great op
portunity. Will it grasp it, or will It
continue to hover over the dead ashea
of the past? Has it had enough of dis
sension strife, humiliation and defeat?
Does it still wish to pursue the suicidal
policy of kicklrjg against the pricks? Let
the Democratic party in its next national
platform declare itself In unmistakable
terms against paternalism and central
ized power, trusts and monopolies, and
reckless extravagance and un-American
tendencies. Let it go forth to do battle
once more aft a ra-unlted party, against
class legislation, Extravagance Jind mis-'
rule; and so surely as the night follows
the day, the millions of people In this
land who bfclieve in progress, commercial
freedom, commercial expansion, in tariff
revision, in Just and equal taxation, in
the abolition of trusts, in equal rights
to all and special privileges to none, in
the preteeyoif and preservation of In
dividual rights and opportunities, the
Declaration of independence and the
Constitution of the United States, In re
publican institutions, and a broad Amer
icanism which knows no North, ''n.
South, no East, no West, no rich,' no
poor, will rally to the support of the
standard and sweep the party into power,
to the end that it may save and preserve
the ever-living principles of Thomas Jet
ferson and the Democratic party.