PORTLAND, OREGON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 0." 1 9 03
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TftE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
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THE TRACTION LESSON WHICH NEW YORK
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JUDGE PARKER'S ADVANCED OPINION SUSTAINED
' BY THE SUPREME COURT,
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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
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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. ; ' -
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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. ' ,-..
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.;; ; -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
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