PORTLAND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1903
THE. OREOON DAILY JOURNAL,
- -' ' A,N INDEPENDENT" NEWSPAPER ,',. v ,
C 8. JACKSON
published every craning (except Sunday
OFFICIAL, PAPEtt-OF THB CITV OF
THE JOURNAL'S PLiATFORM
ATrinity ol Events Which Wqp.Id Make of Portland
the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast
" ' FirsH-Deepen the Columbia river bar.
Second Open the Columbia river to unim
peded navigation at and above The Dalles.
':' ThirdDig an Isthmian canal
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONCE AGAIN.
' ShERE IS a general feeling that the public schools
I ' of "'Portland are not. fully abreast of -the public
, schools of the "progressive cities of ' the West.
They do nothlngn the department of kindergartens or
manual training schools. There are no open playgrounds
and the, substitute basements have evoked the vigorous
criticism and protest of every Intelligent person who has
investigated them.- Many, of the schools are antiquated
and few If any of them have. inviting interiors which make
them so attractive in other cities. Under the existing law
it is almost impossible to effect reforms through the me-
. fliunl of jjecUphs and the only hope of jt-aeatr-people-ls-to
accomplish what they can under the pressure of public
opinion, which will not be denied. Thatthe schools da
not fully, meet the reaulrements is nroven. 'as welfas
largely caused, by the lack of public interest in them. It
is demonstrated too by the sturdy growth of the private
schools to which those who can afford to do so, either
because of lack of accommodations or ,qr the reason the
standard la .higher. .'. are . in. increasing
their children for, a primary education. ' The Journal
strenuously, holds that if the public school standard Is
maintained there is no room iri any community for lower
Igrade private schools and when they thrive and flourish,
It is indisputable evidence Uhat tHe public schools are
failing in their highest mission. So far as the high school
is concerned, it is of consequence to a comparatively small
percentage of the pupils who ; rely' upon ? the public
schools for an education. The great majority of the child
i-en quit school when they are ready to enter the high
school. ;j. Therefore the really vital work of the schools
must be-done In the lower grades, for upon', the educa
tion there received the vast majority of the pupils must
depend. - ' '
, The work of the public, schools has been a source of
more than pride to the, American people; it Is an invest
ment which everyone willingly pays no .matter what the
cost. . To put the means of acquiring a fundamental
education within the reach of every child however, poor
is the ambition of every American community. In many
Western states even the school books are furnished With
out cost to the pupils on the, principle, that by placing all
the citizens on an equality' the pride -of lhe poorest ' cbUdj
will not be hurt and -the; means or AequliW ,rv educa
tion will be placed still closer within lls , ttMuA'f v .:tf f at
" Judged by such high standards, it
Portland, has very ; little t,o brag of in the way: of pro
viding free education.;; But when certain . conditions ; or
phortcomings are realized the battle for bettering them: is
half won, and the sentiment in 'favor of higher stand
ards, broader work and an amplified curriculum ia the
public schools-la now so strong that apparently very little
is left to be desired. First we -have had reports of the
sanitary conditions of the schools and their shortcom
ings in the way of open air recesses;, then we have had
public statements from some of the school authorities
Fhowlng a realization of manifest shortcomings and today
we have the report of the Taxpayers' league which care
fully, considers the financial possibilities among other
things. . ' r r :
; "From them all 1t Is clear that "the time has come for
the people of Portland to act. Just how to act and what
to do are the questions. The matter of a manual train
ing school should receive .careful attention. It is true
4hat such an institution now exists, in this city. It is
conducted under the, Linlelligent auspices of .the Young
Men's Christian association and maintained through the
generosity of Portland's public spirited citizens. It fills
a need here, which its great success has emphasized,
but it only makes all the clearer the necessity for a
manual training school as part of the public school sys
tem. ., , : ...
The work ahead is heavy and as the purpose should be
to build for the future, the future should be drawn upon
to pay part of the cost. This means that there should be
a bond issue running through a period of years, Then,
it seems to us, the building of the system should be begun
from the bottom. The broad general plan should be
f greed upon and it should embrace as little as may be
of a temporary and makeshift nature; The schools, at
.least the more important ones, should be built of some
material other than wood.' They should be permanent In
their character and "brought up to the very hlghest-etand-ards
of architecture as applied to public school buildings.
Within reasonable bounds Portland should not be afraid to
'spend money freely on its public schools, but it should
demand in return for the money spent the best of results.
It should notbe forgotten that Portland is growing. at a
rapid rate and that if its people are true to themselves It
is destined to become the greatest city on the. pacific
coast. Few cities are more rarely fortunate in location,
or In the superb productiveness of the vast country nati
urally tributary to it. This will be made to count in
finitely more in the' future than In vthe past and what
ever we propose to do of a permanent character should
-be powerfully influenced ;. by these facta. In no, respect
"should they get mofe intelligent consideration than in
xjtt.e, but OK XT I
Central Punston Beady and Eager to
" Undertake a Big Contract.
' James A. LeRoy in 8. P. Argonaut.
Oen. Frederick Funston has figured In
a good many stories, true and untrue,
ut there is one that Governor Taft tells
on him whlqh has never yet found Us
way into type. -.
' Lata In 1 801 both Oovernor Taft and
Ooherar FunBtou were patients at the
same time In the Pirnt Reserve military
liosnlinl at Manila. The latter was- in a
very fair sftue of eonvalasoence from, a"hi
operation for appendicitis, when Uov
rnor. Taft was brought into the sur
gical Ward for an Intestinal operation.
A.- few days after the operatloa' th'ere
fra suddenly one morning before 7
o'clock" the - sharpest earthquake ,hock
iliat Manila has suffered under Ameri
can -: occupation. . .. It lasted : unusually
ong. too over 40 seconds. In fact.. The
old tlrst Reserve hospital is not the
finest of the rather poor, public bulld-j
inss Spain loft In Manila, and consid
ering its crumbling condition.- the best
OiUig that can be said for it is that.
ir Ik only a .one-story affair. 'At ,tlie
' tlmt trc-mors of tha shock evtrybodyv In
voluntarily, rushod mora or less clothed
(rum the littl feouis of the narrow of
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUPLISHINO CO.
at The Journal Building, riftlt and
whatever related to the public schools of the future and
on this question there should be, an awakening along the
whole line that "Will place Portland, where It properly be
longs, in the ! very forefront of educational endeavor; in
the whole country. ,"''",' 'h.-rfi 'rriT'V 'Tf'itT"
. BREAKERS AHEAD FOR ROOSEVELT.
'T HERE IS NO substantial difference of opirion' that
J , . if matters are relatively In the same condition next
June that they are now, president Roosevelt" will
be nominated for president by acclamation. This is true,
notwithstanding the': plainly manifested aversion to him
shown in powerful quarters which contributed so iargely
to the election of his predecessor in the presidential chair.
But at the same time, that the president has. a fight before
hiro from the day of the nomination until the day oi the
election he perhap more than anybody fully appreciates.
' There have been signs pt antagonism in New York which
have long been apparent. The hollow truce, which seems
to have been patched up with the Piatt machine appar
ently guarantees little. The New York Bun and Harper's
Weekly, w;hlch have been financed by the Morgan syn
dicate, among others of their class have, shown little love
for Roosevelt Within the past; few days, they, have in
stituted a campaign against Governor Odell which is as
ryjrulent. and audaciously phrased 4 anything well could
be. They are overlTOkmgJiiopportttnlty-to-thnist trinrtf e
Into the vitals of the president and it is said on high
Republican authority that the coercive tactics which they
worked wtth such fatal effect upoa Bryan, and which were1
then;tirged and widely applauded by the Republican press;
will next year be renewed on the same line to encompass
the defeat of Roosevelt. The president has the enormous
advantage of having, been tried, so the people at large are
in a position to make an independent estimate of his capa
bilities and gauge the chances of dangers that might fol
low in' the wake of his precipitate and Ill-advised public
actions. It will, therefore, not be possible to arouse that
feeling of profound, apprehension which was the chief
agency in. encompassing Bryan's defeat. - At the same
time it, is only reasonable to believe, and it seems to be
expected as" a matter of 'course at Washington, that these
influences against the. president will make themselves felt
through many devious agencies. The statement that
wages sre to be reduced in many manufacturing centers on.
the first of the year, the Rockefeller syndicate's, individual
announcement affecting 150,000 men in the steel trust
alone, Judging the future by the jast, is but preliminary to
lh solemn statements solemnly reiterated that the busi
ness interests fear , the election of Roosevelt which' will
unsettle confidence and cripple business enterprises. The
Rockefeller fuel and Iron company is now engaged . In a
great struggle with its coal miners In Colorado and -New
Mexico, while other labor troubles are invited by the action-of
the steel trust. ',.' .'5 ; " ' :
v History. i destined to repeat Itself with peculiar varia
tions the coming year. , Eight years ago and four , year
ago the Democratic . party was fought on precisely the
same ground! that the. Republican party, insofar as Presi-
dent Roosevelt represents it, may be' fought in the coming
election. ,' t Will not do to underestimate the power of the
combination which opposes the president; it sounds the
numbers sending
will be seen that
first real note of
Through, its announcement there is added a new element
to the coming campaign which will vastly increase It in
public interest and lend to it elements of picturesqueness,
if not actual danger, wfilch otherwise might-be lacking.
--What will the Democratic party do under the, circum
stances? ' - :
A RE THE building contractors of Portland rjeally (ji
terested in averting labor troubles In Portland for
the next few years? H"ave the condition, of the
past few years, when the possibility of strikes as always
Imminent, been '.; perfectly i satisfactory to them " and do
those conditions leave nothing to be desired ?
We have frequently heard complaints from the master
builders over what they were pleased to call unnecessary
strikes; we have heard them declaim against heavy losses
caused by these strikes and bemoan the fact that not only
was the building business , temporarily demoralized, but
that.imany investors were scared off by the outlook; thus
retarding the growth of the. city.
"In this emergency it seemed to- The Journal that any
thing which could.be done to avoid strikes In the future,
promote public confidence end give investors the guaran
tees which they reasonably required, was a long step in
the direction of the public, good. It was for this reason it
was proposed that the contractors and men enter into an
agreement binding for a year, under the terms of which it
would be Impossible to have strikes, ' The agreement was
to be on the lines of those between the employers and
printing trades which have long been In force to the great
advantage of all concerned. The building trades took up
the idea with much spirit and enthusiasm and in consid
eration. oOhefactJhat within the next two years it woujd
be necessary to finish the .exposition" buildings voluntarily
suggested that the term of the contract be extended to em
brace .two years. "'' '! r -
For several months a committee has been at work to
secure the co-operation of the builders but apparently it
has made very little progress. - The-builders seem in no
wise inclined to treat on any such basis .and appear to
manifest toward it a feeling of complete Indifference,
Hence 1H that we have asked whether or not the
builders really desired to maintain amicable "relations with
the men,' for, .falling to come to an understanding with
them, Jn th( event that trouble should ensue -say next
summer, surely those who stood In the way of an amicable
agreement and none others would be to blame for it and
would be forced to assume the responsibility. " .
'.-,,':.
ficers' 'ward Into thearea. iQeneral
Funsion emerged from his room to find
that the honpltal stewards, like all the
rest, had taken refuge in the free air.
One glance showed lilm that Governor
Taft's room, next his, had thus hastily
been abandoned. Throwing up his arms
in signal, he called back the hospital at
tendants to the tune of a very emphatic
kind of English the sort most readily
understood In such emergencies. Before
yet the last quake had come he was
rushing into Governor Taft's room, say
ing: "Well, I guess we'll have to carry
vou out of hcr a-overnor." .
-. AlAhat the six-footed governor, who
even then carried on his massive frame
over 2S0 pounds of flesh, saw to back up
this statement was the diminutive
Funs ton, who could just look' over the
foot of-hls- bed. Sprlous as the occa
sion' was, and earnest as the general
was, the governor could not - resist a
laugh as he pointed out to his rescuer
that the task was no light one. But
he afterward said: VDo you know,'-
believa "RSnston . would have lugged me
out somehow,- If the earthquake hadn't
stopped as It did,' even though the stew
ards hadn't followed him In. He looked
mightily as If he meant It." . -
' V pigbt Sort of Dlr! .
The Cincinnati girl who married a
JNO. P. CARROLL
Yamhill streets, Portland, Orsgaa.
PORTLAND ,
warning that there are breakers ahead.
THE BUILDERS' YEARLY CONTRACT.
poor young man who thought her poor
also and then Informed him after mar
riage that she Is worth 1500,000 seems
to be of the good old American variety
of girl who was not in the market for
counts of no account. .
TBXXES' BIO XOKB.
. New Tork Special
Charles T. Yerkes has bought from
the 'heirs of the K. B. Downing estate
the dwelling at 80 Fifth avenue.. The
house, which stands on a lot 40xio,
adjoins Mr, Yerkes' residence at the
southeast comer of Fifth avenue and
Sixty-eighth street. Mr, Yerkes Intends
to remove the four-story brown-stone
front dwelling now oh the, lot and ex
tend his residence over . the additional'
40-feet 'frontage. When; this has been
done the Yerkes residence will be ono
of the largest In Fifth avenue, coverini;
100 feet, facing-Central park, fid ex
tending back 167 -feet along Sixty-eighth
street The Downing house is known to
have been held at $400,000. .
: go Outside Dyspepsia.
' ' rtwm the Chicago Tribune'. V ;
Kotwlthstandlng the reputed weakness
of Mr, Rockefeller's stomach, he seldoht
has any trouble la digesting ms securl
tlos., , ,
A CONGRESSIONAL MOViT
Raymond's Washington Special in Chi
. cagO' Tribune.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin
he's taken long step forward Jil' the
direction of strengthening the hands of
the Interstate commerce commission so
that it may be possible to regulate the
rates Cf railroads in the interest of the
publicX i Ki: ,s:,:''.rf l-fe'vi -ii
In a bill introduced in the house today
Mr. Cooper proposes to give the commis
sion authority to fix rates, at least tem
porarily,! until overruled by the courts.
The necessity of such a reform in the
administration . of, the interstate com
merce law- becdme apparent in less Jtjian
a year after that desirable in easui-e was
put on the statute books. This defect
in the original law has provtfn abs-
lutely fatal to any real regulation of
real railroad ratesT I ' .-;'-.
For years and' years the commission
itself and a number, of . . congressional
committees' have reported that the inter
state commerce law as originally passed
failed entirely to1 glve-tbe commission
power to enforce reasonable rates. . It
could only ; declare the rates to be un
reasonable and It could enforce this rul
ing only after years of tedious litigation,
during which the original business con
ditions generally 'disappeared and en
entirely, different commercial 'situation
was developed. ' Congress has been deaf
to all these appeals and there IS no Im
mediate prospect of a change.
Representative Cooper's ' bill serves,
however, to call-attention. once -more
to.- the - extraordinary spectacle of a
great government commission manned
with high-priced officials and supplied
with several rooms' full of clerks, but
without the slightest statutory power to
make its decisions felt. ; In some of its
penal sections the interstate commerce
law lsa aecldedTCheek upoir theratl
roads, but the commission never yet
amounted to anything, and it will not be
of any benefit to the people until the
mode of proceeding under the law is re
versed entirely. ..i," .'.'' '
The difficulty is one not foreseen by
Senator Cullom, the author of the Inter
state - commerce law, ' but it was dis
covered almost at once, and congress
t 1 .... nV.ni,,
p?o.dTng a-mS thText,
law the Interstate commerce commls
slon can declare any particular rate,
either for freighter passenger, to be un
reasonable, but It cannot fix a reasonable
rate. Great difficulty lies In the fact
that after a rate has been declared un
reasonable by the commission-the rail
roads have the right of appeal to the
courts. Fending a decision of that ap
peal the original rate stands, V
In practice this limitation- onutne
power of tho commission absolutely de
stroyed all its power. For instanoe, the
commission may declare tjiat 20 cents
per 100 pounds on some commodity Is
unreasonable i The railroads appeal 'to
the courts, and after perhaps two or
three years the courts may sustain the
commission and decide 'the rate was un
reasonable. Thereupon tho : railroads
make a new schedule, reducing the rates
perhaps a quarter of a -cent per 100
pounds. This makes an entirely new
issue, ou which a new appeal to -the
courts can be made. - '''.."-,-",..
It will readily be seen there Is no
limit to the amount of time which .can
be consumed; la reaching a reasonable
rate. What Is sought and what is neces-
X.O, DEUBA VATTZI
Shs Elses Out of the Mist of Tears and
Cheerfully Displays Herself.
Amy Leslie in Chicago News.
;For a few minutes the somewhat em-,i
barrassed audience gathered at the Au
ditorium to take pari in Patti's expen
sive but amusing requiem, rose to emo
tional appreciation -thathe greatest
diva the best part of cwo centuries has
produced was bowing skittishly and
kicking up her saucy heels In response
to subdued applause for certain agreeable
warbllnga, then the people waved their
fans and handkerchiefs, ' murmured
smothered bravos and in themost cordial
way said good-bye to Adelina FattL
" It was not a large gathering, though
the galleries wept to overflowing with
students and curiosity-seekers. For the
no,t part the boxes were entirely de
serted or filled : with parents solemnly
chaperoning tnelr offspring" that they
might, look upon. the. stunning remains
of the goddess who, had ruled classic
song for 60 years. 1 Not that Pattl Is
In any sense a nice, comfortable old
lady on the Shady side of 0. On the
contrary, she is 'frisky and has a waist
like a debutante and pretty shoulders
and an Inspiring pompadour and certain
audacity of apparel most bewltchingly
up to fashionable requirements. And,
though it was like driving nails in- ft
tombstone, by concentration, and clever
manipulation of "the tie that binds"
Pattl had . the audience cheering her
just for the. exhibition of herself before
she finished her many bows, though the
enthusiast had nothing to do with her
art, her ' voice or her - present attitude,
but came into thG hearts of people who
had ben taught to listen with awe to
the sound of her melodious name.'
Over - the ' gathering there . was a
mantling gloom, as f regret ought to be
silently expressed, though the funereal
atmosphere was altogether Inexplicable;
as there ' was nobody to "be ' pitted ; or
condoled nor anybody sorry; certainly
not the little, smartly gowned, chipper
woman who placidly wrestled with ven
erable ballads and operatic arias (trans
posed into unrecognizable keys) . and
smiled, vivaciously the . while, ; The
voice, of course, is not thare,. such a
contradiction to natural demands. would
be absurd, but some Of that method is
Intact and with a dotJghtful Spirit akin
to that Inspiring a. valiant old brigand,
Adelina Fattl carried off her outrageous
risk of humiliating parade with not only
aplomb' but gay charm and much , vi
tality!' "Vol che supete" .barely ; re
ceived sufficient recognition for an en
core, but after some coaxing the audi
ence awoke to the fact that the diva
must bo seen If pot heard and they were
rewarded ' by ."Chantez', Chantes. Mai
Belle," which made everybody wish she
wouldn't chant Then came "Robin
Adair," with all the old archery sadly
grotesque, but very .wonderful consider
ing the artist's years. Altogether she
is very wonderful considering her year,
for they have left exceedingly few traces
In their generous flight above her gifted
throat. .'-."
- Perhaps the most pathetic, as wen as
the most marvelous performance, , was
Patti's "Jewel Song" of 1903.' Just as
soon as wo can forget that we shall for
give her everything.' After the Faust
resuscitation . she sung ,. "There's No
Place Like Home," and a great many
present thought so, too, and went there
swiftly Others, tho majority, stayed
and begged for another look at her In
her sweeping laces' and ' Jewels, though
they : .received, instead et a .look, a
brilliantly giddy execution f "Comln'
Through the. Rye." Amazing lri -its vi
tality and rather coarse and noisy In Its
delivery, the song woke up the house
and an ovation, a little shy but sincere,
followed. ' She seemed to like It all and
be unaware of the utter lock, of .dignity
or-gratitude in her position or the com
mon decencywhlch ought tj have, de
terred her 'fromtthla irreverent kind of
Tconociasm. " However, 'perhaps most
anybody would-crash r few pretty Idols
at-f 3,000 a crash, particularly if the
FOR FAIR RAILROAD RATES
sary for ; the success of the interstate
commerce commission is to reverse thin
practice and allow the commission to
fix a reasonable rate which shall stand
until overturned by the federal courts. ' '
This substantially is what Is proposed
In the Cooper bill Introduced today. If
it could be passed, df which there Is no
Immediate prospect, it would force, the
lowering Of railroad rates at once, 'and
after that they would be kept on a basts
Which; would be fair to the public and
to the railroads,- Instead of being profit
able only, to the latter,' as is now the
case. .. Mr. .Cooper's -bill provides that
lenygejiexal.jorderJeclBrlngBBeQlfladl
passenger or freight rate discriminating
or- unreasonable,or.: arty ; orders fixing
fates which are. issued after a fair hear
ing, hall become operative ' within SO
days, or within 60 days if the railroad
Interested asks for a review of the case.
It is provided that all these orders may
be' modified or suspended at any time
by the commission after a proper hear
ing, and the circuit courts of the United
States are given full,, authority to re
view all the facts" and declde-what rates
are or are not reasonable:.' The orders
of the commission can be set aside by
the circuit courts, and the railroad com
panies are given the right of appeal as
4' matter of course to the - supreme court
of the United States.. The meat of the
Cooper bill lies in tha fact that during
the pendency of an appeal the order of
the commission is binding upon the rail
roads, instead of the opposite -being true,
as under the existing law. : , '.-..
: There An an :. undoubted majority of
both parties in the senate and house
entirely favorable to this reform.
Nevertheless the prospect of the pas
sage of such a bill at the present time
Is -unfortunately alight. , When Senator
Cullom retired from the chairmanship
of the Interstate commerce commission
to sit at the head of the table in the
great foreign relations committee, the
Interstate commerce commission and
tha law which created it fell Into un
friendly hands, ; Senator Elklns of West
Virginia, who succeeded Senator Cul
lom, Is closely associated with the coal,
Iron and .railway monopolies to busy
interstate 1 commerce commission as
against the railroads. The senator is
an entirely upright man, aaevery one
knows, but he looks at all these qups
tlons from the corporation, standpoint
and so far has blocked every possible
effort to put this necessary reform into
operation. , .
The Cooper bill could ' readily be
passed In the bouse, where there is a
healthy sentiment in favor of such a
measure,- but it would get no, further
than the big pigeon-hole in the senate
committee on interstate commerce,
where it would repose side by slde.wlth
a dozen similar bills, all nicely tied Ub
in red tape. Ther$ would be an end to
the coal monopoly, to the "Standard ( OH
monopoly, and to a number of other big
trusts if the interstate commerce com
mission could .pnly fix reasonable rates
and enforce, thejfii until orderea to make
a change by the courts. Railroad and
other monopolies fully understand this
tact, and It is for this reason that bill
like that Introduced by Mr. Cooper
could never get out of the senate com
mittee even when Senator Cullom, an
undoubted friend of reform, was Its
chairmah. -
hammer is presented when' the Idol . Is
over 80 years old, and Pattl. has always
been under the Impression that she be
longed entirely to, herself. After 41ils
she certainly shall, , , .
DOES WOT HELP THE POOB MAB.
' From the Bend Bulletin. '
Efforts of' the general land office to
restrict public land business to the land
district does not have the effect of help
ing tho poor man. Your wealthy land
seekers, timber syndicates, etc., transact
their business at the district land office
almost Invariably. They have the money
to-pay the expenses and they want to
know definitely the action of the land of
ficials. -The poor man, who cahnrt spare
the time and-money necessary for a trip
to a distant land office, executes his ap
plication and proofs before local officers.
To deny him this privilege Is largely to
deprive him of the power of asserting
his land rights. 'Thie the land sharks
like to see, for they are seldom hampered
by poverty. But there ought to be
closer scrutiny of the work of these
outside officials, who ought to be under
bond for the faithful discharge of their
duties. The 'public is , very easily im
posed upon In land business. .. Reform
phpuld come by making the service bet
ter, not by abolishing the. convenience
we now have. - ... -: . -,-;
SEDUCED 720 ACBE9.
., From the. Bend Bulletin.
4, The- Columbia Southern Irrigation
company's segregation has been reduced
by 720 acres, which was rejected by the
Washington authorities on the ground
that It was timber land rather than des
ert. Of this 720 acres rejected from the
company's segregation W. A Laldlaw,
manager of the company, ' Immediately
made application for 160 acres and T.
A. Rutherford, . the company's , book
keeper, applied for another quarter section,-leaving
-400 acres epenrln-sectlons
2. 3 and 11,17-11. The timber is neither
heavy nor of. good quality, however, and
the demand for it is not eager. This re
jection of 720 acres from the company's
segregation necessitated the making of
a new contrafct4 with the state., which
has how gone to Washington with.thf
amended segregation list, and it Is ex
pected all will be approved in due time, i
in i i i"i i I. i ,. . ' t
rXOOKlK 701 WEEK , OZ VETTED
. PBAYEB. 'r v -: ' '
. The Evangelical Alliance has issued
its invitation ' and . program for "the
week of united and universal prayer,"
from January 1 to 10 inclusive. "Ex
lstlng conditions," it declares, "call for
a renewed and world-wide appeal to tin
throne of heavenly . grace;' nations are
in commotion: races are at varlan'e;
classes angrily contend, and false re
ligions dream of new conquests." The
program sets aside -Sunday, JamTafy 3,
for sermons on "The Kingdom of God
and the Conditions of Its Triumphant
Advance"; Monday, . January 4, "The
Warrant, the Privilege. Jhe Power of
Prayer"! Tuesday, "The Church of
Christ"; Wednesday, "All Nations and
JjPeopla"i Thursday, '"Missions, Home
and Foreign"; Friday, ''The Family" and
"The. School"; " Saturday, "The Kn
thronement of Christ on Earth"; Sun
day, eermons,' The llly Spirit, God's
Free Gift.";. '. ,. , ", . 1 , .
BOW TBET DO XT XB SINGAPORE.
From the 8tralls Budget, October 28.
.-, Shortly before 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the pony attached to a private
gharry occupied by , Chinese ; towkays
bolted out of Flniayson Green into Cecil
sjtreet, and before the syce could stop
the. animal the gharry had collided with
and smashed three jlnriklshas in the
shrt distance of half . a' block. " '. Th
final rlklsha that was smashed gf)t en
tangled in the off hind wheel of the
gharry and was dragged along' for about
40 yards, acting as a ..heavy brake all
the time and - eventually stopping the
runaway.- , . '
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REFUSED PLEDGES TO
x ' . WALL STREET '
Walter -Weilman's -Washington Dispatch
In the Chicago Record-Herald. ,
President Roosevelt , has refused td
Tiiaae terms or peace with the trust ana
railway corporation leaders of New York.
They approached' tha president with an
offer to withdraw their opposition to, him
if ha would give them certain assurances
as to his future course,' The'presldent de
clined point blank. "' '-...: ;' vv :v .-.
Angered by this' rejection of their prof
fers if -peaces and the failure of their
plan fo tie the hasds of the presfdeiit for
tne ruture, tne Dig financiers titarted a
test desperat6TmoVement designed to
bring Senator Hanna forward as candi
date for the Republican nomination for
President This, too, has failed. -; Mr.
Hanna is not willing to become a. candi
date with the backing of Wall street and
the support of the Illy whites of the
South. v i
These Important disclosures, which I am
able'to make on the highest authority,
explain ; much that as been going on
ebove. and beneath the surface during
the last month,? They explain Senator
Hanna's visit to New York city last
week and the week before and the con
ferences held there between himself and
a number of the biggest corporation men
of .Wall street, thejte conferences being
sought, -not' by the senator; but ' by the
financiers. They explain the sudden re
vival of the so-called Hanna' boom here
In, the West . They explain the appear
ance of - hundreds of letters in the Far
West Inquiring If there had not been a
turn of public sentiment against ' Presi
dent" Roosevelt In that section, y ; ' . ,
Virtually all of the! .opposition , to .Presi
dent Roosevelt's, nomination can. now bo
traced directly to. Wall street. It does
not originate Jn public sentiment nor ln
WashlfigtoirmoTiB-he represenfanvea
of the people, nor with Sertator Hanna.
The Ohio senator refuses to be used as
the tool of Walt street in Its scheme to
defeat the president and to disrupt, the
Republican party.
Three or four weeks, ago 'President
Roosevelt was approached by a repre
sentative of the great Interests, such as
the ,-Rockefelier-Gould combination, t J,
-Flerpont-Mofgan, E. II-Harrlman and
James J. Hill. : This representative
wanted to ascertain If an amicable un
derstanding could not, be arrived at He
said the men for whom he spoke were
anxious as to the future of commerce
and finance In tho, United States. They
had no fear of anything the president
might do during tho coming year, say
ing -frankly that they thought the presi
dent would feel constrained to adopt a
conservative policy till after, the presi
dential -clectionr-- What they were par
tlcularly anxious about,, he explained,
was the course of the president after he
had acquired Irla second term end the
restraining Influences of the need of go
ing before the bar of public opinion at
the polls had. been removed. , Was it not
possible for the president, to' give the
New York men some assurances as to
his policies during his second admin
istration? Could he not give a pledge
that nothing should , be done which
would destroy business - confldence-p-a
promise to abstain from action at home
of abroad which might have a' disas
trous effect upon the commercial world 7
. President Roosevelt's v reply - .""' this
Significant proposal : was characteristic
of the man.. It weuld not be proper to
gtve the actual - words of the reply In
quotation marks, but the . substance
thereof can be, stated -with, great accuracy.-'
The president "replied - that! he
did. not know exactly what was meant
by the question. If it meant that he
was to give a promise to the effect that
he should not forward the interests of
the United States in Its foreign rela
tions as occasion arose, - he certainly
could not give any such pledge as that
which had been suggested. He would
not tie his hands by any general prom
ise. r. lie should go on just. at he .had
been going,- doing hls duty a lie saw
it. If the question .meant that, as to
prosecution of trusts, or unlawful l;om
bl nations, he should bind himself to do
nothing in the future, he most certainly
could not assent to such a proposal. lie
was not .going out with e club in 'his
hands trying to smash every domina
tion which bore the name of trust. Just
as he had prosecuted the Northern Se
curities company he might find it nec
essary to prosecute other companies, in
case the final decision . .of the courts
proves to be,. favorable to the govern
ment. Just as he 'used federal troops
to- suppress labor lawlessness In Ari
zona, so he would use troops anywhere
occasion might Imperatively demand.
"And .finally," said the president, "as to
pledges not to upset the business pros
perity of the country, :- if any such
pledges are necessary as a condition to
my re-election, I am not fit to be re
elected at all. I decline to give, any
pledges."- ; : .' v) , v
: Moreover, the president had the fore-;
going conversation in mind and wished
DEBTS OP THE "400."
: From the New Yorker.
At least one of the Newport grocers
has carried out his threat to sue and It
is the name of J. Edward Addlcks that
has been made public, with a bill of
l260haLJias-J-UJi.to--OverTayear:A
sorry time. !nd?ed, do these Newport
tradespeople have. They claim that the
millionaires order royally and that their
orders to leave the house are quite as
royal when a collector ctfl is, It is Im
possible to get beyond the maids and
bytlers, and anything more overbearing
than the nverage Newport butler or
maid would be Impossible to find. But
there Will come a day when the harassed
tradespeople' will make a stand and will
refuse to be swindled j by : people who
have not ' the smallest feeling of re
sponsibility. It Is said that were the
names of all' the people printed who,
owe for their breakfast food Itrwould
be a list closely resembling ; the box
holders of the Metropolitan Opera house.
CZ.EYEZ.AVD ABD COLOMBIA. "
.From the Washington Star. ,
.'What then, la tha urogram? Is Mr.
Cleveland to accept as an attorney a
retainer and come .here to' , fight the
treaty With Panama when it is returned
for ratification'? Or will he,' in a letter,
nivini to this annial. out the seal' of
his disapproval on all that the president
and Secretary Hay have done? Or will
these Colombians join in tne enorx 10
nniiifv Mr. Cleveland's easily nullified
letter as to the next year's presidential
race and throw tnemseives pussiunaiciy
into an American political campaign?
n'hn.a a -a atlrrina' limes, full Of sur
prises and complex situations, and par
ticulars are in oraer. . ' , . ;
"T Bteel Prices Ksre n4 Abroad,
From, the Chicago Tribune. ,; ' '::
The Maryland Steel company has re
eelved the contract and will begin Wor,k
at' once' upon the steel rails, for' the
Hamadle du Hedjaz railroad, which will
run from JifelrUt, op the .Mediterranean
coast of Turkish Asia Minur, to Mecca'
The rails will be laid down at Beirut at
122.88 a ton, although they,are.tne same
rails that ere sold to American r0""
at $28 a ton on, board the cars at -the
factory. It is fuir to assume that at the
lower price the company manes a smaii
profit, v," ". .- ; .. : -
to serve notice upon all who are inter
ested when he wrote as follows .in hi
annual message: - '-.,, . ; ; s -
' "There shall be no backward step. If
in the workings of the laws it proves
desirable that they shall at any point
be i expanded, or: -amplified, the:' amend
ment can be made es its desirability is
Shown. ' Meanwhile tliey are "being ad
ministered with Judgment, but with in
sistence upqn - obedience to .them, and
this need has been exemplified In. signal
fashion by the events of . the past year.'
! When1 the 'Intermediary betwetn the
corporations and, the president -returned
to; New York after his conversation
With the president,' there was Indigna
tion In Wall street. Mr. Roosevelt had
declined their proffers of peace; ' he had
refused to give them any assurances of
good conduct -and of letting up on the
trusts during-. his second . term, They
would teach him a lesson. ; They would
show him their power,
i An effort to revive the Hanna talk at'
Once followed. 1 It broke .out in many
parts of the country.. First It appeared
In one, spot arid then In another. Soon
Mr.," Hanna - went to 'New York, ,.' and
while there was sought ; out by the
corporation ' leaders. , He was urged to
become a candidate! He was', told that
it was his duty to save the Republican
party. This man Roosevelt could nevrv
be re-elected. ..The business' world was
afraid of him. t No one knew when, the
country was td be - Involved. In war
through the love f this young man for
a chance to display his military prowess
and , to gratify hia inordinate love for
martial activity. No one could 1 tell
when ; he was going to start another
Northern-fidcnrlt i ea. eult-and-adiLtO-Ula
work of wrecking business . confidence.
Roosevelt could not come within 100.
000 votes of carrying New York, they
told Mr. Hanna, while he, Mr. Hanna,
could carry the state with ease, It
Hanna would consent to become a can
didate he could have the support of all
the big corporations and of virtually
all of the business interests of the country.-
Mr. Haflna was led up to the moun
tain top and : promised everything in
TBlgtrr. But he-dldnot-yleldTf-He-under-
stood the situation far better , than his
tempters. ; ,
Simultaneously with ' this attempt to
make a presidential - candidate out of
Senator Hanna the New York people set
ntheH 4- It Inrvs in winl Inn TV It a I m Ta
vine tt141s3s 411 iltutlUlli M lit II . ilCW
York organ, after - having ' been quite
decent toward the president for a short
time, suddenly broke out 1n-more violent
attack than anything that had been done
before, s Weekly papers controlled by
members of the - anti-Roosevelt syndi
cate redoubled the savagery o!f their
comments upon " the administration.
Word was passed all along the line to
"hit Roosevelt" And In response to
these orders' manufacturers or business
men ; who- applied to " their banks for
loans were told; that ' It was not,, con
sidered' a- good time to put out large
sums of money, as no one was able to
foresee what President Roosevelt was
going to do. He might wreck the coun
try any morning before breakfast.
Men from the West report that they
have seen the trail of this New "fork
influence put in their section. The big
banks have heard from New York that
there can be na real prosperity as long
as Roosevelt Is In the White House.
They repeat it, half - wonderlngly. to
their-customers. These customers,, who
have pot perceived any such alarming
signs, 'ask one another If it is true that
the president Is an unsafe man to have
at the head Of the government. ,
' 'In this way a current of distrust and
timidity has been injected Into the chan
nels of finance and commerce throughout
a large part of the country. Probably
hot one man In 50 who hears a little of
,thls sort- of talk at his bank or bis club
realizes that It all had its origin in New
York, and that It Is directly the product
of the big men there- who are frying to
defeat tho president.
This Is the trust method of fighting.
This Is the manner in which the great
corporations show their power. Through
the official of their huge organizations,
through their banks and banking connec
tlons.'-and. more than all, through the
timidity 'and sensitiveness of the minds
of men as to everything which has a
bearing upon, business and prosperity,
they scatter tho noxious seeds of dis
trust. -That this deliberately planned and
effectively manipulated campaign has
produced an influence upon the public
mind Is undeniable, and this Influence
Is reflected In the letters which reach
public men in Washington from their
constituents. President Roosevelt and
his friends are well aware of the char
acter 1 of the campaign that has been
waged against the occupant of the White
House. But they say they do not be
lieve the Judgment and level-headed
common sense of ' the American people
cpn befupset by such methods.
Advice to the Lovelorn
'-:,J: BY BE4TWCE f AlgFAX.
i Dear Miss Fairfax 1 am a young lady
company with a widower three years
my senior. He seems a very nice young
man and seems to think a great deal of
me, I do not really love him, but I do
loVe his two children. 'Kindly give me
your advice whether to, -marry him or
Dot.;' ;i' ; ANXl.OCS.
jjo noi marry a man you ao pot Ioe.
If you thoroughly respect him it may
be that In time you will grow to love
Mm. Respect Is an excellent cornerstone
for love. Walt a while before deciding
for or against him. '
. wear miss rairFax i am a young lady
20 years old and have been keeping com
pany wth a young man of 28 for . the
past tyear. My parents are against me
DnlnV HlfVl Vllm' nan Via Umm ktAaJ'
position , and floes not llvs with his "
parents. I was Introduced to a young
man three months ago. He Is a travel
ing salesman and seems to think a great
deal of me,, but when I speak of him to
the young mun I go with he makes such
awful threats and says that no one will
get me but him. . '
Dear. Miss Fairfax,' do you think I
ought , to give htm up, as my parents
stated, and go with the other young man. .
as he says he dearly loves me?
- ; JANE. HATHAWAY.
No. 210 Sixth ' avenue. , '
parlson between the two men; the travel-.
Ing.man would be much the wiser choice,
as he at least Is not Idle. Be very sure
of yourself befpre you make any choice. -
' Dear; Miss Fairfax Please tell me If
It is right for a young man to furnish a
young . lady with a gown when he Invites
her t a dress ball? ; Pleann answer me lu
your paper as soon as you can. . ..:
- - , CONSTANT READER.
, 1U. Is not customary for a 'man to give
a girl presents of clothes. ' It -would be
much.'botter for her to wear a gown of
Ijer own even it It Is not quits as fine'
as thd'ona he would give her,
Whea one wdnvin says that another is
clever,., she means that she ts either
homely or unamlable, Chicago News.
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