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PORTLAND, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 0." 1 9 03 1 TftE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, -i,-' "'-"J- AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER " THE TRACTION LESSON WHICH NEW YORK -' : '-"' v LEARNED - ' ! " , - "; JUDGE PARKER'S ADVANCED OPINION SUSTAINED ' BY THE SUPREME COURT, I- C. S. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill treat" Portland. Oregon. .,. , ; r OFFICIAL, PAPER OF THB CITY OF' PORTLAND ' ' ' THE JO URINAL'S PLATFORM A Trinity ol Events "Which Would fflalte or Portland ' the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast. First Deepen the Columbia river bar. Second Open the Columbia river to unim " peded navigation at and above The Dalles. . Third Dig an Isthmian canal A COMING COMMERCIAL - THERET IS A' TOWN called" Lewiston In the Pan- - I; handle of Idaho, at the confluence of the Clear water and Snake, that It would Veople of Portland to keep In plain view. That' town Is destined to be a -very considerable metropolis for as rich a section of partially-developed country as the western sun shines on. Wheat, fruit, livestock, ylneyards; they are all J nt the beginning of 'their development, but the results al ' ready achieved are. simply bewildering, considering the drawbacks incidental to 'practical 'Isolation. . The town Itself is made up of the right 'sort of peopled i They thor- : -"I""" grL.."7 -TV 'T-J 77 "hopeey' What It gets of the surrounding country needs iiollemonstfaTIon. Tor . im ? ,.J is self evident. But they arefulJo,nergy, grit and de termination, and the time Is not fat1 distant when simply through the development of the tributary country' they will - find themselves a rival of Spokane that is not to be de pined. This does not mean that Spokane will be thrust aside In Its own territory, but In the territory tributary to Lewiston the latter town Is. destined to take care of its own business and, wltft development" which It Is scarcely conceivable can be will take a conspicuous place among the ' centers. ' - ' , ., The nafural outlet for. this greatj section, as well as the profitable outlet, 18 through Portland water level in this direction and the .difficult mountain climbing in. the other, settle this question naturally. In the evolution "of things there are few centers with which It behooves us to be In closer touch. It would mean much .'fon'ortland, 'but It would mean even more for Lewiston and Its tributary country. It is 'a matter, which will bear official Investigation and exploitation. Portland should do Its part In helping to Solve the difficulties which surround Lewiston, for.' In accomplishing that, it will do more at a stroke for the development of the Inland empire than In any other one way that can be suggested. The deeper bar at the mouth of the river and the open upper river would largely solve the problem, but direct railroad communication added to these would settle the matter for all tlmb, ' " ,' " " It Is In accomplishing things Such as these that Portland Insures Its preeminence, and there la not lacking that pro found Incentive to human endeavor that In helping them we are helping ourselves. PORTLAND'S SUPREMACY .FORTIFIED, w "TAHE VISIT of Mr. Harrlman bad the further good re? I suit: of assuring the continued pre-eminence of .; Portland as the grain and flour market of the Pa cific coast.'. Even before his visit it was the' great shlp- ping, center for these products,' but with the. .assurances 1 then given It became possible, to make enormous extensions in the flour-manUfacturlng business which, under con tinued untoward conditions, would necessarily have been made in the Sound country even though Portland' capital backed the enterprises. . In consequence Portland flouring mills will be Increased barrels a day, making them double the mills on the coast,-and bringing the mills owned by this Portland company a day, . One may see from this the possibilities ahead of Portland end the opportunity to make of it a genuine rival of tlfe great Minnesota mills. We have- the country back of us TXSOT WXZX HOT TZQKT. S Xs Wining to FHoaUJSM at Any ' :, : ;; Cost. Washington Special, In the . New Tork , World. There will be' no break between the president and Senator Hanna because of llnnna's opposition to the confirmation of Gen. Leonard Wood, or for .any other reason now apparent. - . - ' ThejpresideottUistandianythlng flanna doea if it U not openly humiliat ing. Mr. Roosevelt is eating humble pie. lie wants Hanna. and lie lntenda to keep ' him if soft words and conciliatory ac tions will prevail. . ; : : The Wood opposition is not considered by the president. He does not look on . Hanna's part in the campaign against Wood as anything directed toward the ' White House, and rather admires Hanna for standing by his friend Rathbone, whatever the president's ideas of Rath .. bone may be. 1 -- The president ' think Perry Heath should retire from the secretaryship, of the Republican National committee, and h thinks Hanna should ask Heath to ' ftlre, because he knows Heath will not retire until Hanna asks him or tells hlra to. - ' ,.'... :' ''' . ; - i If Hanna does not ask Heath to retire the president will not make any great outcry. . He Is not trying to fight with Hanna. Ills opinion-is that any little tllxturbancea in the Republican .party there may be around the country are due . to Hanna's desire to stamp it on tbe mind or the president that he Is the power and the "king-maker.'' Hanna likes that sort of reputation, (he president thinks. He Is willing " Humui should nave It, and he is also willing to have Hanna use him as the subject of his operations. .Indeed, he is anxious. Hanna . could not pick s fight with Theodore Roosevelt If he tried. . The president hac said every day for a month that he and Hanna have a per lect understanding. He reiterated thai lUtement today to a dosen men with Wlim he talked. ' ' . , : '-, ' .r Roovelt will be nominated for presl - dnt by the .Republicans, and Hanna knows It The., disturbances In New York and, Ohio and Indiana In the.Ror publican party, wlli pot stop that pro ? f ram, nor-will-, ani'thtng 4(la-rbut aom inost miraculous poytical contingency. ; And HannaiWil) b iri the band wagon if the president has to take a pack rope . and cinch hlra' to the front seat. . t Following this determination the ' president today asked Senator Hanna over to the White House. Hanna went at o VI oik tonight, and the two r. newed the ' protestatlopa "and fellcita tione. Hnna ' remained ' two' hours. hrn he came sway he said he had spent a very pleasant, evening. That is all hOAKiuld say. .: ;: There Uypo douht that they dtscifBsed th Hath cUioda, concerning . which PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. to do the business now. When .the demand Increases the scope ' of that country may be enlarged through better transportation facilities. . W have' the market which we can reach, easier and cheaper than any competitor r Here Is a combination which absolutely r ihsures'ltrfp; J ' " With the natural advantages which are ours, ft depends upon ourselves to make of Portland the great metropolis of the whole Pacific coast.' The natural advantages are altogether with ' us. ' The products of the great country back of us would, with unimpeded navigation,, flow" here as naturally as the water which how drains through, the re-, gion. All that s "needed to do the business is a well-organized Push club, fully alive to Portland's Interests. ) CENTER. w MERE so be weH for thfc that it is placed now In'progress and retarded, Lewiston Inland commercial to the tea. The EACH I F PRESIDENT General Wood grave good service. ; If friendship he owes the capacity of the fFom MOO to 4,600 size of any of the capacity of all the up to 12,000 barrels ' both sides In which Hanna has some, Set Idea .along the line that It was not good polltios for the president to go out of his way to at tack the secretary Of the Republican National, committee. The president was complaisant He said he did not think Heath should serve", but if all the others wanted him he would say no more until the conven tion next June, at any rate. . ' Hanna Is grumpy about thla feature of the president's manoeuvres, but the nresldentislmpltwouldn'tf!KbtHe poured all the oil available on the trou bled waters, the same being a simile for Hanna. . After the oil pouring they re newed the felicitations and protestation again. A.. r They are scared at the White House scared and nervous but Hanna won't get away if there are nets and -bird limi enough to hold him. " ; t ' imr BEKX2TD TXB ICXXXS. "Listener," In Boston . Transcript. lt is always fascinating to peep be hind the scenes, whether at the theatre or in a newspaper office. There, is a glimpse lot both stage and sanctum at once. In a - casual private letter t a friend in Bostonnot a journalist Mr, William Winter, the Jfew York Tribune critic, writes: ''":.' ' "On November 22 I came to Phila delphia and remained there over Mon day night to see Irving.. 1 saw again his marvelous acting in 'Waterloo' and 'The Bells." He is a wonder, and" the more I see of his acting (which I have followed and atudted for 2 years), tho more I am convinced that In the poetic interpretation of human nature and the imaginative Ideal," through the medium of dramatic art, he has never had an enuai. You will oon see him. ; and I need not counsel you to attend every! performance .that he gives. There is nobody else on the stage who comes within a thousand miles of him! I was absent recently five days, which Is flUlte a results for 'me; - The Work this season has neen.very naro or eise f. am conscious of Anno Domini. But the example of Irving has given me new courage, and that la. what it is to bs a real leader of roenV ': There is a. convincing judgment fon you, awn mieMhat was never . intenaeu for puDlic prHiTNAnd who has a better right to deliver such a' judgment tlia'n William Winter? : , . , , t . Speakiag of TaroaU. From the Atlanta Journal. -Emperor William's throat is about as expensive to 'Germany aa Mme. Paul's is to America. . . Chonld Xave Had lrefreaee. ' From" the Chicago News. ' .. ' Esau was foolish to swap-his birth right for a-metis of pottage If lie .could have traded It for breakfast food. . JNO. P, CARROLL STLL FAR APART. much of the so-called news is specula tion, so much of it gossip, so much of it de lusive rumors sent out through the back stairs of the foreign offices, and so very little of it genuine, it Is Idle to waste .much time In speculating -upon the outcome of the negotiations now In progress between Russia and Japan. ' , In selt defense Japan must bring things to a head as speedily as It can. It must secure definite results from Us negotiations. It can hot accept vague promises of future concessions, nor cart It permit itself to be deluded by false It must get o-clcarly-.specifkally - .,u..u "i if beyond the possibility of dispute and It mtJBt d 80' substantial in Its character as to give Japan a definite and sufficiently broad footing on the mainland that It may hope to raise a barrier ot sufficient strength to save Itself from the preponderating Influence andaggresslons of Russia. ' ; . . ' Russia, on the other , hand, Is" In reality indisposed to make any concessions to Japan. - It Is playing a game of finesse against Orientals who are masters of that If they are masters of. any game. It is playing for delay. The longer the negotiations are delayed the inore Russia has to hope for and the more Japan has td fear. 'And so the affair strings out to lengths -that are , irritating to the Japanese and which forthe present promise little comfort to them In the ultimate offer of settlement. '; v v The world at large "can. therefore, do little but idly speculate, though it is quite apparent, notwithstanding the negotiations In progress, that a basis of settlement Is still praclcally as far as ever from being reached, arid the pos sibility of an armed conflict Is by no means yet removed. . FOR HIS FRIENDS. ROOSEVELT on the ground of personal friendship sticks to Gen. Leonard Wood despite all op position he should have no fault to find with Senator Marcus Aureliua Henna" if that gifted statesman sticks to his own friends, Rathbone and the agile Perry 'Heath. That in doing so Hanna necessarily runs counter to the president's Ill-advised determination $o put Wood, in the way to speedily get to the head Of the army should in nowise alter the case, if a man is a friend he ought to go the' limit, whatever that may be, and from this standpoint there can be no reasonable criticism of either of the emi nent men -who. are now so strenuously upholding the ban ner of friendship, - . ,' " ' '- - " ' The -criticism comes, that Is the legitimate criticism, from the well-founded belief that through the promotion of injustice is being done in the army and a false standard raised through which those who seek promotion will be -brought to realise that the way to adileve the,r ambition is -rather through cultivating; the powers at Washington than to honestly earn it through the president owes a ..duty, to private a still higher duty to the exalted offioe which, he fills. In the common estimation that duty tran scends all others. Jn this Instance the president subordi nates public duty to private feeling. For this the well seasoned Hanna has no fault to find' with him. But It is only through a fight on Wood that his besmirched friend, Rathbone, ; can( hope for even "a left-banded vindication, therefore the struggle Is a matter of private friendship on public policy must necessarily suffer. TO BB TBZSD TOM EXBSBT, And This la the rrooedure Vndar Which Trial W1U Be Oondnotad. ' From the New Tork Tribune. In a trial for heresy in the Methodist Episcopal church, which is exceedingly rare, the proceedings take place in the conference of which the accused person is a member. -Prof. Borden P. Bowne of Boston University, who is charged with heresy, is a member of the New Tork Easrconferehce of the Methodist church. or wnicn Brooklyn 4s the principal part un that account the chargea will be con sldered at the meeting of the conference next April, if it Is decided to press them. Rev, Dr. Charles 8. Wing, Dresldllig eioer or tne new rorK East conference, saia recently; . .. . , ' , 'Cases of this kind are so rare in the history of Methodism as to be almost without precedent In the event of trial; the conference appoints from 12 to IS it its members, who will hear the testf mony and find thewerdict The bishop appoints the presiding member of tho committee. The accused person may appear by counsel, and the decision la submitted to the conference. "In the event of a verdict of guilty be ing returned, the accused person has left to him' two appeals. First, to the Judiciary conference of 21 members, se leeted from various conferences, which considers only the legal aspects of the case. . Each conference has a committee of seven members, known as "'triers of appeals," and the 21 are taken from, the "triers of appeals" of a number of con ferences. If the decision of this Is ad yerse, there is a final appeal to the gen eral conference. This . Is exceedingly rare, as tne nrst conference usually set tles all matters upon which differences arise. . ;.. .-. , ... "ii the conference votes to have a trial, it will be held In the manner de scribed. -. . Prof. ' Bowne joined our conference In 1878,' when he decided to become a clergyman, 'as it was necessary, to Join an annual council. . I regard -Prof. Bowne as one of the. most able men- in the church. The trial. If ltvshould be held, would not : affect his position in Boston University, as he is not a mem ber of the theological faculty, but would affect only his membership in' the coun cil." -.. ' A; ,-! - The - New -Torlt Kast , conference , In-, eludes ' all the Methodist Episcopal' churches of Long 'Island, Manhattan east of the Bowery and Third avenue, Westchester county along Long Island aound and the major part of Connecticut The session next April Will meet at Simpson Memorial church,-ln .Brooklyn. .".:.;;.- .A. Sineere rrotasl- ' ' From the Washington, Btaft 1 ' "Don't you suspect that this sensa tional preacher uses religion. as a cloak?" - "Worse than thaf answered the coh' servatlye clergyman, "he uses it as a clrcua tent," -.' . ' T . .' - V ' , George E. .Hooker in Chicago' Record- iierald.. New Tork. like Chicago, has been ac customed to accept, without Investigar tlon, the claim of Its; transportation companies that they were giving the largest measure of r ; accommodation which It was practicable to give under the circumstances. A year Sgo this month, however, the New York Mer chants association which has hereto fore" been active ia . many matters, of public Interest -determined to find out whether the . Irtau fferable rowd I ng -on the elevated and Surface lines of Man hattan was really necessary, or whether it was .due. to . motives ot - ''business economy"., and to a lack of 'energy and enterprise on tho part of the managing authorities. . ' The association first amiealed to the state railroad Commission.' and finally succeeded " In moving that negligent body to issue orders to the Manhattan Ele vated Railway company to procure and operate more cars and to maintain In creased service ' during ' the non-ruSh hours. These orders, although only par tially complied with,1 resulted in ma terial Improvement, but the association decided to pursue the general matter farther. It accordingly called a public meeting on the subject and at that meeting af strong committee was ap pointed to conduct an Inquiry concern ing ",car and vehicular travel over con gested streets," concerning ,'the i ele vated railroad service" and concerning th sanitary, conditions relative to both." , Accordingly - "'a corps of ob servers was organised and put to work, an office room waa secured and the necessary office . - forpe, including axaugMsmenasmplflyea. The object was to find out what "im provement bf the present Conditions" was practicable not through new enter priaes, but simply by working existing lines in a more enterprising and liberal fashion. ,-The report, of the committee appeared a few weeks agd. and its con clusions -must prove astonishing; for New Tork.r They carry a pregnant sug gestion, too, that similar inquiry might bring out similar conclusions for thla city. - The committee finds (1) that with proper regulation of stops and of ve hicular traffic and with the adoption of power brakes, the number of cars oper ated on Broadway , in . the rush hours could be . Increased some where from 11 to '22 per cent. and. the average speed raised from 6.62 to 8 miles per hour; (2) that by substituting modern-sized cars seating 2 passengers for those in use which seat 28 or 36 passengers, the number of seats on that line during rush hours could be Increased "more than TO per cent"; (3) that by . improvements which are thus practicable at any. time. "tho -carrying capacity" of the Broad way line during the rush hours could bo Increased "about 85 per cent." This is certainly a remarkable declara tion to be made concerning a street car line commonly supposed to have real ised the highest possible attainment In carrying capacity, and one on which the crowded conditions had been endured as something unavoidable. Having reached this result in respect to the "most difficult" line, the commit tee finds that still worse crowding ac tually exists on other lines, where there Is no such Congestion of cars or ot tramo as on Broadway. ' It finds, foe the rush hours, "that 'whereas the average nuraper of . persons .--staad lag .n the Broadway cars was 19 per cent of tho whole number,' the: average on Lexing' toq avenue was 31 per cent and on Mad ison avenue it was 16 per cent" , lu other words, the - number of cars on those lines was deliberately reduced until the accommodations were ' con siderably worse than on the Broadway line. ; ' - ... , y . ... i Passing then to the less Important lines, which -are likewise regularly THB BOSTB 07 COVTElTTIOtf. What Zt Is That Keeps Kanna and the President Apart.,' Raymond's Washington Special in the Chicago Tribune. Senator Hanna has decided not to bo chairman of the national Republican committee during the next campaign and has so notified President Roosevelt They were in conference at the White House until nearly midnight, and while neither one of the two great leaders of the Republican party would make any definite statement - it was ascer tained upon good authority that Senator Hanna had at last decided to step down and out Whether he will resign at thes meeting of the., committee next . week or remain at his post until after the next convention assembles has .not yet been determined.' . The probability is, however, that he .will follow out . the work of the national committee, make all the preliminary arrangements for. the convention, call the big gathering to gether, and then step aside. ' This would be the natural course, as the new com mittee will elect its own chairman. - v Senator Hanna Is not even a member of the present committee and his re tirement Will not embarrass the ma chinery of the party in any way, al though, of course, every one regrets the Immense loss of his services. Senator Hanna's health is the ostensi ble and perhaps even the real reason for his retirement - For weeks and months President Roosevelt and his in timate political friends have united in doing everything ' possible to Induce Senator Hanna to remain at the post which he filled with such extraordinary success V during two presidential cam paigns. I" ;.,''..;.. , , . Stories afloat tonight are to the effect that Perry 8. Heath and Maj.-Oen. Leonard Wood have between them be come Important factors In determining Senator Hanna not to attempt the man agement of another campaign. - The president it is said, believes that the former assistant postmaster-gone;! should resign as secretary of tbe na tional Republican committee on account of the reflections upon him In the Brts tow report. Sena tor. Hanna, on the other hand. Is believed to take the ground that Heath, like Rathbone in Cuba, was made the victim of the per sonal envy of the. fourth assistant postmaster-general. ,'-,"--"'" '',-' It Is Rathbone who Is pressing the charges most vigorously agalnst'Maj. Oen. Wood, and Senator Hanna's belief irt Rathbone's innocence and- loyaltyls well' understood. - ,' ' ? : h i . , President Roosevelt Is quite as Strong a frien'd of Maj.-Oen. Wood, and insists on his confirmation by the senate unless he is, clearly proved .guilty of acts which will justify, -his removal from the army by court-martlnl proceedings. ; With the president sustaining Wood and Brlstcw and Senator Hanna loyally sticking by his old friends, Rathbone and Heath, It waa evident tha the Ohio, senator and the president could not well walk along the same' path. When Sena tor Hanna returned from New Tosk-Jtls friends said he was annoyed excessively ot certain recent poll leal developments, which are supposed to have been the re port on Heath and the positive declara tion f the , prealdant i, that he Would stand tz .Wood and exert the Influence crowded to a greater or less extent even in the sparsely settled Bronx district the committee finds that "the remedy llwr-w holly within the power of -iha railroad companies, and involves no. en gineering or other technical difficulties;" it is "simply to Increase the number vt cars Jn service until the needs of the traveling public shall be fully pro vided for." "Such accommodations,-' declares the committee, 'should be re quired of the company." , ; ; The fifteen horse , car lines, too- mostly ; . subordinate, cross-town lines which are still awaiting conversion to electricity, and some of whlch"are to be converted soon,- are found to be -"in nearly every case ; . In bad or der." The company falls to keep these lines up to a defensible' standard even as horse, car lines. s - Finally, as if effectually to "clinch" the inference of deliberate understafftng, the committee finds that on the Unus whero the suffering'. Is meat extreme during the tush-hours, "the number of cars, operated during the nonrush hours is largely decreased, apparently with the object Of securing the maximum earning capacity.: of each car without due regard for the comfort of the trav eling public;" This fact is held to con clusively' "disprove the assertion .that all the cars It is possible to operate are kept 4n service during the,Vhoieay..'" It was -' the Merchants' association which issued about three years ago an elaborate and convincing report on New YOrk s water supply,- and helped thus to defeat the. attempted - Ramapo .steal. The present report of this association, comprising ,216? pages, with numerous tables -and charts, is a carefully pre pared document whloh cannot be dlsre garded; and TO main point although, it discusses many other matters affecting the New, Tork transit question is the one here set forth, vls., that the. com pany; operating , the . surface lines of Manhattan has entirely failed to bring reasonable . energy and i enterprise .to bear, with a view of meeting the public need for transportation. . wirtle making enormous profits, and While having Its "finances Becured" by, franchises run ning for periods ranging from 60 to (99 years, It has deliberately, undersuppllcd Its service on both the chief and th3 subordinate lines. . The "reorganixatlon of plants', f toolj place in New York half a dttf en years ago, but that did not "solve the ques tion." Indeed, the supply of facilities has probably been less adequate to the demand since than it waa before reor ganization. The public need haa been exploited Instead of satisfied and that because to scrimp the 'service Is much more profitable than to supply the wants on a liberal scale, , This New Tork Inquiry carries . a moral for Chicago.. It has been repeat edly contended here that, pending "fran chise, negotiations" which have been in the 'foreground for years, and whose durations no - man can. tell the car service might be materially Increased, on the basis of .the present plants and without prejudice to their future reor ganization that more, and better cars could and should be put In Use, and that by this obvious expedient the disgrace ful, not to say Insufferable, crowding could be materially If not substantially relieved. . It is unquestionably true that the service has been and is deliberately scrimped on the less and probably on the most important lines, and during the nonrush s well 'aa the Tush hours. This is done, too, for "business reasons," not from 'any"englneerhig"or operating necessity.- Yet neither ths local trans portation committee nor the city ad ministration has ever even investigated this situation with a. View of relief, ; Must some unofficial body; take the aubject in hand in Chicago also, and in sist that, pending the anticipated but ever receding "settlement of the traction question." - reasonable improvements should and shall be made in equipping and operating the. existing facilities? of the administration in behalf of hit favorite . general. ' Some few people' who heard late 'to night of the-. conference at' the White House have assumed that it means the beginning of an active campaign for thej presidency on th part of Senator Hanna. This, Is far from the truth, be cause thC'senator has repeatedly de clared to many- different people that If any man at this-. late day should take the nomination away from - President Roosevelt the result would be a split in the party of sufficient proportions to in sure overwhelming Republican, defeat at the next election. ' :. . . zorxTs or a i-ahovb boho. From the New Tork Sun. V The death Of Heart Pease Dank s, at Philadelphia, the other day recalls the history of his most popular song, "Sil ver Threads 'Among the Gold." This songtaccordIngta-anold f rlend'-of Danks Tom" . Moore, was composed about 4870, and was published in 1873 by Charles H. Harris. It sprang Into popularity at once and had a sale of more , than 100,000 fcoples. Danks was Often credited Ss Z having Written the words as well as the music,' but the real author of the words was Ebeii E. Rex ford. At first Danks was unable to pro cure a market for the song, and, la sheer disappointment, thrust it Into a bureau drawer. One day he came across .the manuscript snd submitted It to Harris, who realized its merits and published it Mr. Moore says that Danks received only $60 for it, dividing the money with Rexford. -The song became popular In a night and was used by all, the well known minstrel troupes throughout the country. Harris made a fortune out of it. It Is said ; that Mrs. Rexford's mother Inspired the song. .'She had lux urious golden hair as a girl, and as she grew older it became sprinkled with grey," Rexford wrote a number of other songs, but none of theni ever' attained the ; popularity that " "Silver Threads Among the Gold" did. . Tbe song lias been copyrighted again and Is still sel ling. . ' GENERAL rWELJVB WTFB. i Gen. J. B. Gordon tells in his recently published autobiography the romance of gruff old General Ewell of the confeder ate army. In his early manhood he had been disappointed in a love affair. When he was promoted to the rank of major general he evidenced the constancy of his affectlona by placing upon his staff the son of the woman whoriLJie JLad loved InTiIs youth. , Tha- fates decreed that Ewell should be shot in battle and become the object of, tender nursing bj this lady, who had been for many years a widow Mrs. Brown-Her gentle min istrations soothed his weary 4'eks . of suffering and a marriage ensded. Ewell never seemed to realize,, however, that her; marriage to him had .changed her name, for he proudly presented' her to his friends as "my wife.. Mrs. Brown. Lsk."- - -. -' A Vreeedeat, , . - Washington Star. 'A-number of prominent' people are anxious to. establish the.cuatora of rising to-the. feet when "The Star Spangled Banner" Is played? We ought to show the fine old patriotic poem as much re spect aa we do the seventh Inning, James "Creelman in New Tork World. ,;iThe wideepread movement '-; In the Democratic v party - to, fiominatel Chief Judge Parker- f or-presldent lends a serij l ous political interest to the decision of the United" States supreme court uphold ing the Kansas; law regulating labor on public works, , which supports .the most vigorous dlwsentiug opinloh written by Judge Parker since his elevattoh to the bench of the court of appeals. This de cision is all the more significant. when Its bearing lonii,lh -laborquestion-i-fl.l growing political issue is considered.. Judge Parker held in case of Rogers against Oolcr, as to'a contract to regu late "end grade a street for the city ot Newi York, that; the 'state had, a right to compel a contractor to pay the pre vailing rate of wages on work done for the state or for any subdivision of the state, such -as ' a city. " His. colleagues voted him down and held that the "pre vailing rate of wages statute" waa un constitutional; that "it in effect imposes a penalty upon the exercise by the city or by the contractor of the right to agree with their ' employes 'upon : the terms and conditions of . the employ ment." i Injils dissenting opinion Judge Parker Ba.ur . - ' ' . . "Who denies the; power of the legis lature to fix the rate ot compensation for the. mayor, the controller, the po lice commissioner, the clerk, the at tendant and .the messeiiterT If any one does I have not-heard of him.' Why may it not then fix the rate of com pensation of the engineer in, charge ot its heating and ventilating apparatus, its . "Skilled mechanics - or ' its street sweepers? Where lrf the constitution is to be found the provision that 'So dis crTminateS'-niStween the ' classes into which the public service is divided, as to allow .the aeglslature ; to provide cer tainty, and stability of compensation as to the one and denies a similar power s to the other? '. . .. , . ,- "The authority of the state is Supreme In every part of it, and in all of the public uhuertakipgs the state is the proprietor. For convenience of local administration the1 state has been -divided , Into municipalities, in each of which there may be found local officers exercising a certain measure of author ity, but in that which they do they are but - the agents of the state, without power to do a single act beyond the boundary set by the state acting through Us legislature. . : . - . ;.- . "The provision in the contract pro viding, in effect that he the contractor should pay the going wages would, of BHOBT rZBSOITAXi 8T0BXE8. When Bcrlah Wilklns,. who. is now the proprietor of the Washington frost was in congress from Ohio, he waa also president of a national bank. , lie was ordered aay by his physician for a rest and went to a village In Georgia, where he knew nobody and where nobody knew him, and nobody apparently cared to. lie eat around the hotel' for two weeks.' - Then Jie decided to go back to Washington. ' " He found he did not have enough money to pay his hotel bill and rail road fare. He did not care to make a ch,eck ao he walked over to the little bank on the public aquare and told the aged banker who he, was. saying he de- sired JLo.mala a..draft. fpr. .100. ea, the bank of which he was president. "I don't know you," said the banker, "but you can make the draft and if the bank honors it J will , give you the money.'' ;....;'' ,-V---;v-.- :'-' ' "I can't wait that long. Wilklns re plied,; ,; "I Want tbe money now.' ;' ; -"'Identify yourself," said the" banker. Mr. WllklnjShowed tha banker his name aa president of the Ohio bank In the bank directory and produced some letters. -.-I-;-..'"..- .:,;.- . . "That's all right," said tha banker, "but I oanjt let you .have the money on such an identification." !. ; ..",. Wilklns argued.. The banker was ob durate. . Finally, after an hour"a talk, the banker softened and said: "Let me see the tag on your shirt. If the Ini tials are, right I'Jl ; cash, the draft" Wilklns opened his waiBtcoat The let ters "J P B." loomed red and distinct on. the tag. :."-. ) t ; ; . He had on one of half a dozen shirts his shlrtraaker had sold him for - cost because 'the man for whom they .were made didn't take them. ' ,-.. , ,t . . , i , J . ; .;; ; -r5Df TBCB OTIS. '-'''. U Arthur Stringer in MeClure's. I have thrown the throttle open and am - teartng down His track; ' I have thrown it out td full speed and no hand can hold me back! ,.- - ; 'Tls my arm controls the engine, though anorner owna ine ran, .- t But "for onceTraTIn the open and the . yard lights pass and pale! , , ,.;'? " . . ' . '; v. . J- .('-v.- ;.- Green lights! Red lights! He hashling His signals outl -Caution here! Danger ho! -And what's ', the man about! ' : ... 'Tls true he owns the Engine, to do as he - has done; .; . BUt' how about the Final Word when he ends the run? 1 , . "', ;; -vi. - :-.'k '-':;V'L" So from stdtng on to junction-poln'c now I shall have my day; ' ... -; I have stopped to read no orders, but I ; take the right of way. Down the open grade- I thunder and around the curve I awing,' . i-' For my hand is on the throttle and my heart shall have Its fling!. , LIghtHost! Life lostl JFlag, O fiag the others back! " '- ; Switch ths wreck!" Ditch .the -wreck! Dare any block His track?' v - . There creeps Into tne Terminal' the man . 'who had his day, ;i ' - . But I wonder, O my soul, just what his ' " aott wlll say! '" s,' . ,' A HAW Or XBAX. HEBYB. From the 'New Tdrk -World. 'fA -"Speaking about' nerve," ' said ' Gon, Charles : Dick of Ohio, "this man ' 'Joe' Miller, secretary of the "National Brew ers" Association has more of it-, than any other man on -cartn. iie- comes xrom Olilo. nnil T knn v. ' . ' ' ' V ' "When President McKlnley who knew Miller .very ' well, , wrote his message to congress adyocating the repeal of a portion Tof the war taxea" Miller' went up to see blm about the tax of a, dollar A barrel on beer. j . t ;, 'nir.' President, he "said," liow much do you . recommend the war taxes shall be redqdiM.?! , , ' .'.,' ; " 1'hlt'ty-flve million'' dollari.' - the president replied. v . , . "I wish you would make It seventy millions Miller said. ..' ... . "What forr .' - " ' " Why, that extra thirty-five .millions would all go to help the brewers.' ".'But, Joe,'-President ; McKlnley, gn swered, the message Is all wtitteik It sUnds at thirty-five million.' - . . " 'I ; understand ajl that.'- Miller re plied, liut ft jyould ,pnly take a scratch of the pen to -.make it seventy millions instead of .thirty-five v millions, and think of the good It would do mc' t , I course. Interfere with his liberty to hire t men tor lower wages, . So a provlston that be must use a ' certain brand of cement whloh is no better and costs , morethan other brandswould Interfere -with his liberty to buy first-class ce ment at a lower price than the brand named. - ? ; . But It Is Interfered ' with only because he assenti to the pro prietor's wishes and contracts that ic shall be so, and hence his liberty la' not Interfered with st all within, the mean- -Ing of the constitution." . . In spit of , this reasoning, the court " of appeals -disagreed, with Judge Parker Uj held the statute and the contract to be unconstitutional. -The opinion Just uttered by the su preme court of the United States in the Kansas case bears out Judge Parker's argument ; regarding the ; power of a state to fix the terms of employment upon putlic Tyork, Justice Harlan, who wrote the opinion of the court declares that all the municipalities of a state are the creaturea of, the state; that work , for them is of a publia character and does not infringe on the personal liberty of any one. In dealing with the ques tion from the Standpoint of publia pol- ' Icy Justice Harian sald: ; . ; "If It be contended to be "the right of every one -tojispoaeofhUv Jabor i upon such terms as he deems best as un doubtedly it is and that to make It a criminal offense, for ,a contractor for public work to permit, or require his em ploye, to perform' labor upon that" work in; excess of eight hours each day la In. derogation of the liberty of .employe and employer, 1c Is a sufficient answer that no one is entitled of absolute right and aa a part of his liberty to perform ; labor for the state; and no contractor ior DUQiiaworii can fxciise i vmiau of his lawful agreement with the state by doing that which the. statute of the state under whlcli.he proceeds distinctly forbids him to do. . , "So, , also. If it be said that a statu to like the one before us Is mischievous in Its tendencies, the answer Is that the responsibility therefor reits upon legis lators, not, upon the courts." . ).: . It is expected that , the court of ap peals will .presently 'make another far reaching decision respecting the police powers of the state over employe and employer. The owner of a bakery was convicted of having violated the penal statute forbidding the employment of any person in certain specified kinds ot labor i for more than JJ.0 hours a week. This was tha first conviction under that law. It la contended that it is a health law rather .than an economlo law. Tho case is before the court of appeals;' and lawyers are looking forward to a de cision with great interest Advice to the Lovelorn ' BT BXATAICI FAIKTAX. , Dear Miss Fairfax: Noting your ad vice to' other young men in regard t their love affairs, take this opportunity of appealing to you in my trouble. Have , been keeping company with a young lady of 19 for almost two yer-s. Neither being of a "gushy" nature our friendship has been sincere and true, wunoui raucn snow or reeling, she ac cording to her actions preferring ray company to tost or other . men- and I finding my chief pleasure in her society. She is of a sweet Christian nature and Lher - lnteree - red; me -of the-drmklng curse when it had gotten, the best. of me. Her mterest in my work spurred me en until I have reached a point, whore a successful career Is in vlew.i My age is 21. and I earn $15 salary, per week, beatdes a commission. Now. do you think I am warranted in asklnr ner that all important question? She y has not been used to luxury, although having all the comforta .of life. Do you think -X could support her on my salary? I love her too much to have to deny her anything or subject her to s hardship, though her influence - would . undoubtedly help me toward attaining success. This Is presuming that she . should -say "yes." but then . boys can guess sometimes. Hops to hear your opinion soon, and It 'this letter Is too " long, use only a portion of It- ; f ;' " V;",.'. , ' Xi, ' S " ; - J, f (J. ' " I think you show excellent taste and that you are quite right irt asking the " girl to marry you but aa you are. both eo young I would advise you to watt until your agea and salary are a little bit larger before you marry. Be en gaged for a year and oy that time per hapa you will have a larger salary, aa -11$ a week is a pretty smalt allowance for two people. ' My Dear Miss Fairfax: V I am a young lady 18 years old and am keeping com- bany With . vnunir man tton ,.m Ta you think It Is proper for him to o to n mi inwwrwmin am mourning the loss of my father? ; ANXIOUS. It Is quite proper for him to go out but If he cares for yotf,, it would be more unselfish of him If he stayed home v with you. At the same time you will,' be less selfish If you urge him to go. ( My Dear MIsa Fairfax: I am a young lady working at telephone operating and hava fullen in love with a young man In one of the business houses here by the kind wsy he talka to me over the -wire. He Is always promising to take me to the theatre- or out driving,, and sending mr "boxes of candy, but he never ful fills his promises. , :v ; i - -y,; I know him by sight, but he "never speaks to me on the street when I meet hint Do you.'thlnk'l ought to bellcve. him and wait till he' becomes formally acquainted, with me. or should I invite him to call at ray houso some evening? ii . . DOLLT M'GILL. v No, If! were you, I would put no faith in a man who never fulfills his promises; be merely amuses himself by talking to you over the telephone. Most certainly, do not Invite him to call. If be wants to meet you he will find some One to Introduce him. Do not be fool sh about this, but take ray advice like ' a good little girl. " Portland,, Or.', Dec. S." !' I90J. Dear ' Miss Fairfax: I am a young man of 19 and In love with a young lady of 18. We are very much In love with each other nd want to marry .but her folka oh- ' jecf We bave planned an elopement gnd do you think we are doing right? V "':;-' ' - s ':' ' CLTttS FLATT. ' ' urn wu ruling; v IUKO UP the DUrt,- dens of married life. Tour swocthoart'e parents re right in not , giving their , consents Walt until you are older and remember everything comes to those ' who wait even1 common sense and' sometimes happiness. - Vi '- ! ' Xefleetiona f Bachelor. .... ' . i . one man can leaf a woman to thought, but, thousand cannot make her think. . A man can be very; comfortable In any "kind of chair if ho Is sure every body also wants It . ' A Twoman's Idea of b choice seat at . . the opera is where what happens on the stage cannot possibly interfere with her chance to soe anything else ,, V Generally it Is the man that leaves rubbish on bis Sidewalk to trip up people that d a the railroads for. their lack-' of consideration for the public 7