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If I can help people. 1 11 do It by giving them a chance to help themselves; and If I can uplift or Inspire, let It be by example, Inference and suggestion rather than by injunction and dictation. Elbert Hubbard. COLLAPSE OF THE SHIP' PING TRUST. One of the most significant events of the year ia the collapse pf the shipping trust. The big, water-logged corporation has finally sunk of its own weight. The brief, prelim inary Investigation of Its affairs, which haa ' resulted in forcing the trust into receivers' hands, haa disclosed the grossest misman - , agement and an utter disregard by the dl- v rectors of the Interests of the security hold- .ers. The following comment by the Judge before whom application for receivers was made tells the story: ' ' ; "It would appear that the directors of the company have abdicated their powers, and the company Is drifting along without any ' guidance. Not only are the directors not : striving to relieve the company from em barrassments, but they are advising the stockholders to submit to numerous extor . tlons to procure present funds and threat ' f enlng foreclosure to those stockholders who . refuse to relinquish the security of their : mortgages. These people are entitled to the . protection of the court and that protection can only be had by the interference of the court and the appointment of a receiver." It was notorious, when the shipping trust ; was formed, that Its capitalization was far In excess of the actual value of the assets Charles M. Schwab, the steel trust mag nate, was one of the promoters and he seized the opportunity to unload upon the new cor poratlon a steel plant valued at 17,500,000, for the enormous price of $30,000,000. This . was but a sample of the methods employed . in financing the new monopoly. An enor mous volume of so-called securities was then placed upon the market and the public was persuasively invited to buy. But the market was already glutted with ."undigested securities" as Mr. Morgan has termed the watered stocks and bonds of the Industrial trusts, and the public declined to Invest. The millionaire promoters of the new trust found to their dismay that the - crop of "suckers" had suddenly played out. i Morgan, Schwab, et al. were in the un pleasant predicament of being forced to as sume themselves the burden which they had intended, to fling upon the long-suffering public. The final result is not surprising. The- one gratifying- f eatureof the Inevitable crash Is that the number of small investors Involved is comparatively small. The great bulk of the securities Is still in the hands of the men who originated the trust and who are directly responsible for its collapse. They will receive little sympathy from the public. It will be strange indeed h the bankruptcy of the shipping- trust la not followed by other financial crashes even more sensational and disastrous. The squeezing out of the water fnay be deferred, but it will inevltubly come at last. believe that an Inquiry into the methods pursued in the Land Office would be fruitful of results. The smothered scandals of that bureau should be mercilessly exposed If there is any real desire on the President's part to rout out the rascals who have been using public office merely for the purpose of despoiling the people. WHERE WILL THE SCAN DAL STOP? Eastern papers are now calling attention to the persiwtent rumors that the wholesale corruption recently , discovered in the Post office Department Is not confined to that branch of the government service. As yet these rumors have not taken the form of definite and specific charges of wrongdoing, but they are fully as well defined as the in sinuation which were current against the Postofflce Department fortwo-years before the present investigation was begun. The Treasury Department, It is alleged, i. honeycombed with Irregularities, and !t Is freely charged that the enormous Influence of this" branch of the government has been freely .used to aid certain favored banks in the Eastern money centers. The Interior , department, which haa charge of the Pen- aJaa., Bureau, the Indian Bureau, the Patent Office, the General Land Office and other minor bureaus, has not been thoroughly in vestigated for several years, though serious charges have been made against a number of officials especially In the Land Office and the Indian Bureau. ' If President Roosevelt has an eye single to the purification of the government service, and If he faas the courage with which -he is accredited, he should' not stop with the in vestigation of the Postofflce Department? THE TARIFF ISSUE IN IOWA. The efforts of the Iowa Republicans to agree upon an emasculated tariff plank, suf ficiently meaningless to be unobjectionable to both the friends and opponents of tariff revision, is in marked contrast to he bold, decided stand taken y the Democrats of the same state a week ago. In their platform the Democrats unequivocally denounced the present tariff as "the creator of countless unearned fortunes, and the Shelter of huge combinations of capital organised as trusts." and they declared that "to the end that the evils connected with the growth of trusts may be eliminated we call for the removal of the tariff from all trust-made goods, and demand that all tariff schedules be adjusted with a flew to tariff for revenue only." This Is a plain straightforward declaration of principle upon the great issue of the com ing campaign. It remains to be seen whether the Republicans of Iowa will dis play equal courage and equal candor. To dodge the issue is virtually to declare in favor of a perpetuation of the present tariff, which is a tariff for monopoly only. One of Portland's great needs is an Emer gency Hospital. It Is doubtful whether an other city of equal size in the country is without such provision for "first aid to the injured." The police station should be equipped with a receiving hospital where In stant medical attention can be given to per sons whose condition or circumstances ren der it difficult to remove them at once to private institutions. Liz, a big elephant at Coney Island, was visited by the stork last week and became the mother of twins. The baby elephants, which weighed respectively 150 and 156 pounds, were named Shamrock III and Re liance, but three quarters of an hour after their arrival Reliance died. Believers in omens may find in this a portent as to the outcome of the races for tl) America cup. Sir Thomas Llpton has shown himself a good .loser, and if Shamrock III should suc ceed in lifting the cup we can learn how to demean ourselves by recalling the manner in which the gallant Irishman has borne his past reverses. New York Times: Postrnaster-General Payne stands before the public In a bad light today. It depends upon himself whether he shall be put In a better light. Ht is not personally Implicated In the irregularities and misdoings. The country will be thankful for that. But he has been guilty of serious errors of judgment, and he has spoken of the disclosures in his department In a tone, at first of Jesting1 lightness, and lately of complacent satisfaction at the ending of the business, which must lead thinking per sons to conclude that he by no means appreciates the gravity of the scandal. It was in the worst possible taste for him to say that "the charge of Mr. Tulloch Is In its essence against President McKinley and Postmaster-General Smith," and that "Presi dent McKlnley la no longer living, and Postmaster-General" Smith, who carried out President McKinley's policy, has answered for himself." ...... The Springfield Union: By allowing the President to appoint a man who haa tha confidence of the people, Mr. Payne can aid the President. By holding on he can hinder him In the estimation of the people. It is a duty that he owes Mr. Roosevet, who has stood loyally by him. New Tork Tribune: The solicitude which some of the Washington dispatches at tribute to Postmaster-General Payne for the fame of President McKlnley seems un necessary. If any one wished to attack the memory of the lata President he might bo expected to make Just that suggestion that "the charge of Mr. Tulloch Is in its es sence against President McKlnley and Postmaster-General Smith." ' Of course the Postmaster-General has no such thought, but the suggestion attributed to him may be interpreted as a hint that the lines of inquiry Indicated by Mr. Tulloch should not be further followed, lest they reflect upon President McKlnley. Even If that were to be the result of an investigation, it should still be Mr. Payne's sole concern to unearth whatever was improper In the department, punish all wrongdoers who had not secured immunity under the statute of limitations, and expose them to public repro bation as a warning for the future, even if there were no possibility any longer of criminal prosecutions. It is not a question of delving Into the records of a former admin istration, but of following to the end, no matter where they lead, the present clews to wrongdoing, and of not permitting the chase after rascals whom study of the Tulloch charges might possibly bring In view to be stopped by the Invocation of a great name. New York World: Responsibility for frauds and abuses In the Postofflce Depart ment rests primarily upon the head of that department. For a month and a half Postmaster-General Payne suppressed the report of Gen. Brtstow, showing beyond question the existence of gross irregularities and (rauds In the department. To suppression he added detraction characterising the sustained charges as "hot air," "glittering generalities," "nothing but words." When ordered by the President to make public this report he sought to throw the blame for the offenses upon the dead McKlnley and his Postmaster-General. In the meantime the affairs of the department under his own management have been so scandalously bad that eight of his chief subordinates have been either removed, permitted to resign under fire or indicted for defrauding the government, leaving four of the divisions headless. If Mr. Payne knew of these scandals and sought to "hush them up" he Is morally as bad as the detected rascals. If he did not know how his department was being worked for "graft" and spoils he is Incapable for the responsible post which he holds. In either case Mr. Payne Is the "man at the top," and he should be made to go unless the President wishes himself to assume the responsibility for the greatest scandal ever developed in the Postofflce Department. St. Louis Post Dispatch: Postmaster-General Payne has shown his utter unfitness for his high trust and lost the confidence even of his own partisan friends. The depart ment is full of rottenness and a clean sweep is demanded. Nothing short of the com plete exposure and punishment of the rascals, a radical change and a re-organization will satisfy the country, Chicago Dally News: Everybody knows that the Postofflce Department at Wash ington has been used for political purposes by national administrations past and present. The one expert politician who is a member of President Roosevelt's cabinet Is Henry C. Payne, Postmaster-General. Why? Because the Postofflce Department has been regarded even by President Roosevelt as a mighty machine with which to gratify and reward the political workers of the Re publican party. Because that department was expected, to do something more than render good service to the people in collecting, transporting and delivering, the mails. Because It was run In a way pleasing to the great forces which control the votes cast for Republican candidates at elections which carry primaries and manage conventions. It is time to be honest'about this whole business. The Postofflce Department has been run too largely for polltclal effect. Not one administration alone, but many, have offended In 'this regard. The nauseating rascalities which have been disclosed of late could not have gone on except for the lax methods and the demoralizing in fluences which have sprung up from the political seed sown in that department de llberately and with the full knowledge of the responsible officials of the government. Chance did not make Henry C. Payne, vice-chairman of the Republican national committee, the Postmaster-General. Chance did not make Perry S. Heath, secretary of the Republican national committee, whose Influence in the department has been victous to an extraordinary degree, an important factor In postal affairs. It Is dishonest, ridic ulous, to pretend that the dishonesty and demoralization in the Postofflce Department "just happened." That department has been used deliberately for unworthy purposes. The administration is being punished as It richly deserves for permitting partisan poll tics to run riot in a great and important branch of the government. Washington Times: H. II. Rand, the Postmaster-General's private secretary, must be taken care of in some way or other. He is represented, upon the authority of Mr. Payne, as being engaged in conducting an "Investigation." Of whom, or what, does not appear. This is decidedly novel a man himself under investigation, Investigating some one else. But nothing that Mr. Payne does surprises us. Anything to beat the govern ment and to take care of "friends." If Mr. Rand cannot be paid as "assistant superintendent of the division of salaries and allowances," because he doesn't perform the work, and because of certain inhibitions of the law why, we can "detail" him upon the order of the Postmaster-General to conduct a "special Investigation." Truly, Mr. Payne's mind is wonderfully fertile! New York World: A morning paper has a long editorial on "The Duty of Mr. Payne." Two words will define it: "Get out!" Wall Street Journal: , The announcement by the president of the Lewis and Clark Fair that no woman who was not a holder .of Exposition stock would be eligible to appointment as a lady commls sloner was a surprise, and to some aspirants, a disappointment as well. However, as the president very kindly pointed out' a modest amount of Urns and money would remove this obstacle. . ' ,-v : ' ..',-'a-vI' Among those earliest mentioned as able io fill the position with grace and dignity was Mrs. J. B. Montgomery, of this city, who Is one of-.ths two women residing" west, of the Rockies on the Board of Lady Managers for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mrs. Montgomery received her. appoint ment In March,. 1103, and since then has at tended four meetings of the board, some times crossing the continent to do so, ter It is regarded as an Imperative duty on the part of every member of the board to be present at each meeting. The first time this body of representative women met an objection was raised to the name "Board of Lady Managers." "We prefer to be called women managers,' they, declared. Mrs. Montgomery rose. She Is the only woman on the board who can claim Missouri as her native state. She was born In Springfield, and her father, John 8. Phelps, represented his commonwealth In Congress for 18 years, and was Governor of Missouri four years. ' "Ladles," she said, "do you not. remember that this board was created by an act of Congress, and we, as members of this board were appointed under an act of Congress? This being the case, further discussion re gardlng a change of name is needless and vain. We are lady managers, and must so remain. Even the President himself cannot modify an act of Congress." Perhaps no woman better qualified to serve the public In the capacity of manager for the St Louis Exposition could have been found in this part of the world, at least. Birth, education, social prominence, ability and ex perience alike fit her for the able discharge of the duties of a position which is by no means a sinecure. In answer to the question, "Do you. repre sent Oregon on the Board of Lady Man agers?" she said, "We,, as members of that board, are national representatives, yet, if I may be said to stand for any locality, it Is the West, Oregon and Washington." , But in reality, Mrs. Montgomery repre sents the whole Northwest from Mt. SRasta to Bering Sea. From the wave-washed shores of Clatsop to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. "It Is like going home," she remarked with a smile, "to return to St. Louis." Four years of her early girlhood were spent In that city In school, in the Convent of the Visitation. Afterward she was a year in Mile. Roethan's school on Twenty-fifth , street. New York. In less than a twelvemonth from the time she left school she was married, to James B. ' .4' . Mrs. J. B. Montgomery. Montgomery of Philadelphia, who at the age of 22, had edited the Pittsburg Post. In 1870 Mr. Montgomery brought his young wife to Portland 'and at once fell In love with the country. The following winter was spent In Olympla, but In April of the next year they returned to Portland and purchased a home on the corner of Seventh andsMadlaon street which Mrs. Montgomery, now widowed, s owns. - , As her husband was always a promlnen figure In the commercial life of the city, so she has been a leader in society and closely identified with philanthropic interests. though she disclaims this. "I have alwava been too busy," she declares. Mrs. Montgomery Is a woman after Presi dent Roosevelt's own heart. Mother of seven children and still young and attractive, handsome woman with dark eyes, a fine figure and graciously kind manner, she is cer tainly a charming and able representative of the women of the West. With other mem bers of the Board of Lady Managers, she was present at the dedication ceremonies at St. Louis on the first of April this spring. Of her five daughters, the youngest is now New York, the eldest is visiting in Ger many, and one, Mrs. Walter Burrell, Is a resident of Portland. The older children were educated in Europe, in France and Berlin, Mrs. Montgomery having spent five years abroad for this purpose. Her wide acquaintance In diplomatic circles and her prominence as a Daughter of the Revolution make her appointment particularly appro priate. It is to be hoped that the Lewis and Clark Commission will not fail to profit by the experience which she will have gained in her present .capacity. TWO KIN.D8 OF PEOPLE. (By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.) There are two kinds of people on earth today, Just two kinds of people, no more, I say, Not the sinner and saint, for tls well un derstood, The good are half bad and the bad are half good. Not the rich and the poor, for to count man's wealth, You must first know the state of his con science and pelf. Not the humble and proud, for In life's little span, Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man. Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years, v Bring each man his laughter, and each roan his tears. No! the two kinds of people on earth mean, w Are the people who lift, and the people who Notwithstanding the general exoneration of Postmaster- General Payne from personal complicity in the scandals that have been disclosed, there is a loud call for his retirement from the cabinet. This call comes from quarters that are, In large measure, free from partisan motive, and that appear to be an expression of enlightened public sentiment. The Wall Street Journal Joins In this call, t be lieves that Mr. Payne should retire voluntarily, thus relieving the President from a position which must be becoming embarrassing to him. But If he does not retire of his owh accord, the Wall Street Journal is firmly of the opinion that President Roosevelt should request him to resign. In saying this the Wall Street Jpurnal speaks as a friend of the administration. Even If the Iowa Republicans succeed In eliminating from their convention all con troversy over the tariff question, they may not be equally successful in keeping the is sue out of the national campaign next year. An Eastern exchange observes that to be candidate for the vice-presidency Is get ting to be almost as much'of a distinction as to have one's name in the city directory. It would be rather awkward if Russia should retaliate by protesting against the negro lynchlngs which have lately become so frequent in the United States. A "TEMPLE OF DIVORCE." So long ago as 1250 the wife of a Japanese regent obtained from the government permission to rescue w omen from the hands of cruel, husbands. The means she took were very simple. A new sect of Buddhism known as the Zen was Just then being formed. In the temple of the Zen a sanctuary was established for fleeing wives. When they wished separation or divorce from their husbands they could claim protection under the wing of the temple. Once' across the threshold, government officials would not be allowed to interfere, still less the furious husbands. This "Temple of Divorce" was supreme umpire on matters of matrimonial dis agreement. The practice of the "privilege of the temple" was maintained for over 650 years in fact, up to the beginning of the present reign. Wherever you go you will find the world's masses Are always divided in Just these two classes, And oddly enough you will And, too, I wean, There is only one lifter to twenty who lean And which class are you, are you easing the load, Of over-taxed lifters who toll down the road, Or are you a leaner, who let others bear Your portion of worry, and labor, and care? Thre is one advantage about the collapse of a big trust. It gives this country the pleasure of a visit from J. Pierpont Morgan.' The President will spend the summer at the seashore In the hope of recovering from his recent vacation trip to. the West. The popular impression that July is one of the summer months seems to be a fallacy. King Peter Harveyized. should have his new crown The people of Oregon have strong reason to Statesman Church What an awful oad-looklng hat Flatbush wears now! Don't you remember how natty 'he used to look? Gotham Oh, didn't you hear about it? He's come into a lot of money. Yonkers KILLED THE GOOSE. When the old doctor went off on his vacation he left his practice In charge of his son. who had but a few patients of his own. On his return the old man found the young doctor quite unhappy. Inquiries revealed the fact that business was very bad; there was nothing doing. "But, surely!" exclaimed the astonished old doctor, "you must still have that cranky rich fossil around the Corner to look after!" "No; I cured him three days after you left home." "What? You darned fool! Why, I sent you through college on that case!" New York Press. THE 8 EC RET OF SUCCESS. "What have you ever done to deserve the confidence of your fellow Citizens?" asked the man of severe ideals. "Not much, I'm afraid," said Senator Sorghum, remorsefully. "Aren't you afraid of being displaced?" "No. They .sent a man to this position some time ago who failed to give satisfaction. Then they sent another who was Vorse. Then they sent me, and they Say I'm still worse, but they are afraid to take any more chances." Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, the author, is to present to Bowdoln " College, Me., a window in memory of her father, Dr. Theodore Herman Jewett, -who was graduated from the college In the class of 1834. The,Vindow is to be placed In the west end of Memorial Hall. , Dr. Jewett died In September," 1876. HAS FIVE CAPITALS. Here is a common geography mistake cor rected; "The educators of the Indian territory should endeavor to educate the various school-book publishing companies in regard to the capitals of the Indian country," re cently, said Tarns Blxby, chairman of the Dawes commission. "Every geopfaphy pub lished has Tahlequah as the capital of the Indian territory. The maps of the territory in these geographies show scarcely any other towns. But Tahlequah Is always played up In heavy black letters, with the star representing the capital. It is about time that authors of geopraphies knew something of the geography , of the Indian country, and the educators here ought to draw their attention to the inaccuracies of the text books on geography. As a matter of fact, the Indian "territory proper has no capital, as it is not a regu larly organized territory. It Is simply the Indian territory. . . . The seat of government is Muskogeel Each of the five civilized tribes, however, has a capital. Tahleqtftih is the capital of 4he Cherokee nation, Okmulgee of the Creek na tion, Tishomingo of the Chickasaw nation, Wewoka of the Seminole nation, and Tuska homa of. the Choctaw nation. It sometimes happens that a man's blunt ness Is due to his sharpness. v "STEAMBOAT BILL." (By Henry S. Westbrook.) Main 4-0 and 9-4-0 are closely related when Central Is busy and things are going wrong. Another similarity, both numbers have a Bill. But the two Bills areSio more alike than black and white. 9-4- Bill Is young, handsome, impulsive and the husband of a pretty young wife. Plain 4-0 Bill Is an easy-going, ugly, premature, premature-bald-headed bashful bachelor, who never thought of marriage, much less of having some anrfeMc voice call him sweet names over the telephone. Mrs. 9-4-0 Bill takes down her receiver. "Number V asks Central. "9-4-0. please." Central frowns and switches her to Main 4-0. 4-0 Bill, the steamboat bachelor billing clerk, drops a bunch of shipping receipts and takes hold of "his desk phone. , "Hello." "Hello. Bill, this you?" "lesL said Bill,: Jooking excited. - "Now darling, you are not angry wl me, are you? I am so sorry, Bill, but it w not all my fault, was It dear?" "But say don't," stammered Bill, losing consciousness. Never mind him, Bill, he shall not come between us. We won't quarrel over him, will we dear? You know darling, I love you with all my heart!'.' "Well hold on you have" pleaded Bill. "I know it, BU. I ought not spent $40 so recklessly. But I will work over my old hat and wearmy old gown to make up for it. You are not angry with your Patsy, are you dear?" "4-0," answered Bill, losing hia breath. "What?" , "4-0." repeated Bill. "Are you not Cashier Bill?" "No, I'm Just Steamboat Bill." "You disgraceful bugbear, prying Into other people's business, are you? Just tne mischievous simpleton mat you ar You ought to be put In jail or . the asylur with that flossy central girl for a companion. Never you mind, my husband shall be in formed of your ungentlemahly conduct." "For the love of Brutus!" exclaimed Bill, as he glanced round,, blushing, and saw that mouse, Jiad. heard the conversation. 'Tor the- love of Brutus! I'd hate to be penned ud In the asvlum with a wnmnn no)niiv - - . w one like her; and, I guess they are all alike." 4 into I '"'Li ion. v j..Jw.:-iri "THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ORDER The newspaper press derives Its liberty and Its prosperity from a social organization based upon law. Commanding as It does the readiest means of securing -pibllcity and owing Its very existence: to popular con fidence r.lr its rectitude," It errs grleveousiv and It rrs dangerously when for any reason fails to Inculcate obedience to" law and respect for the rights of others. Chicago Chronicle. ' 1 ! , v., , . The man whose reputation for veracity is unimpeachable can UewKh Impunity. -,- lenPOI A i i -p j-j'Ir --t'. ' 5 7