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of lib 1 Mwticii ' PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY,-JANUARY 18. 1904 tonal Page THE OREGON DAILY. AN C. S. JACKSON " "' 111 ," . " -,. - . ; ... ,, t . Published every evening fexctpt Sunday) at The Journal Building, S5Ifth , 9FF1CIAL, PAPER OP THE CITY OP, NOW FOR THE MANUAL SCHOOL, "4 HERE certainly Is no reasonable atrninst the Hit orODerty-owners 'I' thev show such willingness to JL the support of the public schools as they did, fit the an nual meeting held last week! It was the very most, pot the; least, asked for which these gentlemen favored; and if there is to be much improvement , in the, school bulldv lugs this year; somapew ones and 'many additions, the credit of it must largely go to men such as. these, who, owning much, are willing to contribute much to improve the-educational facimiei of Portland. Indeed, if it were not for their active : and' even aggressive support, the, minimum. -Apt th.-nalnium, favored" by the school bog-rd would have been .voted.; 1 On the question o bonds the feeling seem to' be that we should pay as we go that Is, whatever is considered necessary for the oiaintenace pt-the schools; and gchool bullrings for one year should, be met by the titxes of that, year. But 1n the event that nny of the existing butld- ' Jngs In, the populous sections-should be replaced by finer structures t of more permanent material, thn the cost should. berjrnetjy the tosuance of bohda, as that is mani festly burdeW" Wch "the future should ' share with the present 'j!---4.t,..;h ; p But rpioaillshW'.'oacft:; again ' tp ,l,w'kJ back to its original prrltlon manual train ing schwl tfcpubi orBf;iari'-j- PUhlic school system. "In the whole ' rnge'. t ' jftirpt loiow of; no addition which would All a more keenly felt want or contribute bo largely and so widely to the practical education of the boys and girls of Portland, "its Influence would be felt not alone aftef the stage when the pupil reached (he man ual training school, tut. long before for It readies; out .to the pupils in the lower grades and gives them preliminary training in.lhe'way m;wMch' they ajet'tA gS after they have reached the manual training school, Hence the im jtortance of jetting; it Installed as early as rpmsslbtft go, that' alt the pupils may begin to receive Its benefits at the earliest possible moment, J"-r x t . . t . ,, , f- ',; . THL HOLDUP BUSINESS. INCE December 1 twenty-five holdups have been re r ported lathe Portland newspapers."? According to fb, 3 men held up. they have during thlB time lost a total of $2S6.6"c-j Thlf would piean an average of 1MI ffW each job.. A there 'are 'usually two men to each holdup, (PJ arr they, probably work on an even division of the spoJlsxcach man' oRleach- Jott would get, an average-of $5.73. As there were only twenty-five Jobs lq forty-nine days,, and as, furthermore, no particular pal,r has probably had, a wpnopoly. of , the business, as a money-making en, terprlse holding up people In Portland does not payjverv mufch.; better thaTjptculag tn "vyalt Street';5 J It, may.i pf ourse bS "d; wltl mucli truth that, the profession is attended with little or no danger, so far as interference of the police Is concerned i but, on1 the other hand,; there Is; alay t,he jppsBlbilUjt of waking up, tli wrong passenger,' of stumbling upon a, Tartar Instep Pt a n. ' easy; ylctlii'f n(d ' iettlAg great ' deal more than was bargained' for, and lii, -very much more unpleasant, wis. j But, thai aside, the principle to which $U modern business enterprise 'must. square is, V'Does it pay Tv Applying this tt, tba Jioldiip;bu8lnef;U not" a ttefjni; success and no ambitious man-with the ordinary I craylns ' f pr, yen simple food could hope to"5 m'ake a livelihood at it. The very best he could dp would be to regard It simply as n avocation to which to devote his odd moments anl such niomepU si he required , touch'pf high ilfW ; But it back of it he had no serious vocation or jiq dependent income, there is jn u. nouijn.ip. arouse, prp; fep-slonal. pride or to stir enthusiasm, and scarcely apys thing beyond the temporary excitement to entice one from the staid 'and humdrum methods of acquiring bread sand butter which 'custom sanctions 'and the laws approve.' A BLUNDER THAT IS ALMOST A CRIME." - PRESIDENT' ROOSEVELT'S .. tool more to build up the political fortunes of Mark . Hahna thanall other Influencee combined ' They kre rapidly pptfalng the Impression that unless the agile Mark is safely tied to "their chariot-Wheel the outlook for ; :;''-v :. - : " Oivef Vp tfnbUsMag Honse Is aa Aa , ; thoe aad a fooiety Kaa. ' r ' 'trom the Philadelphia;! JUdger,5 j ' ' Anthony J, Iffexel Biddle, son of Ed ward Bid die. grasdson of,the lata A- J Drexel, prominent tn Philadelphia eoclaj (circles, a fellow bf the royal geograpb- - leal society and head of the brexel Bld illa Press, is making preparations, ac cording to his counsel,, J. Hlbbs Buck man, to retire from the' pubUshtng busi jiecs. Active work at bis place of busi ness, at 418 Locust street, was stopped Sbout six weeks ago, Mr.' Blddla became ft publisher la 14J3, at which tune h ed ited the Philadelphia Sunday Graphic 'rom 1186 to 1891 he wai a stockholder in the JDrwtcl BJdde & Bradley Publish--ng comt)aay..' Since tbea lie has been bead of the Drxl Biddle Press, which for a time published the People.', a sor f lety weekly, whj,ch did ot h?ve a long ,' i-xlstence.i.; ,t;t.i ss Mr. jblddlq'f own printing house pub lished ll bl hooka. Ma 1191 ha wrote ?'A Dual Role and Other, Storlea." '.'AU A round Athletics" and "An Allegory and Three Kssays." Two years later he wrote -The 'Froggy Valryi Book.' whikih1 wad followed by the "Second Froggy Fairy Hook," "Shanty town Sketches," "Word ror Word and Letter .for Lstier," "A Biographical Romance" and a two-volume work on the "Land of the Wine." . ' At his publishing house are thousands f.f dollars' worth of plates and a well quipj4 lant-T riAa ; nvritorif of the I looks Imjitockv. at, the; plant and at the binderies shows that, of about 80 differ pnt publications, them are more than lf. tteo coploa which rhav-f not been sold. Home of these are illustrated and bound jit extra cloth. . Not only is Mr. Biddle an author, but he has won renpwa a athlete and jias achieved some prominence as a tioxcr. He has entertained and is an admirer of Bob FiUsinjinons, formerly titavy weight champion' 'of the world, whose book. "Physical Culture and Self J i-f ense," tie publishea. Borne coplpS Of this book are still unsold. Mr. Biddle (nce gate, a banquet in FHzsUnmohs' jipno, at which many fcoclety" persons Isere present. . . In the Pen and Pencil club are two pictures presented by Mr. tjlddle. pne of - his favorite bulldog Puucfa and the other Of himself In In fighting trunks. Be neath the dog are the words, "This Is i-iincn,? and beneath the other, "This Js Tony." It Is said that Mr, Biddle paid jsu vedorf to fight him. and, as las been ijid, he atweiys won. r' ' : Whet) A. J. Druel died, in 1 80S, it was Ihim4 thatilia .W.leXt I l,0flB.Ofll ao INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. jno. p. Carroll TRAINING f ' cause of complaint of the city -when contribute , toward and elsewhere, which other source of in 1 V friends are doiig that - the interest - we go - o..Mt, Biddle. The latter, on June 11, liS5, married Miss Cordelia Rundell Brad ley, dauirhter of Charles Bradley pf PUtsburg, , 5 . ; ; be vATtraAX T Fromvthe Minneapolis Journal. t Mark Twain has been telling iow to be a Jecturer,' "Do'njt try to 'tearai' bk says, "start in Just as yOu are. Let your hands stay where they iare iB your t breeches- - fiockets. When Cable and' I went on the lecture stage fp thought it was necessary to make grace ful genuflections to drive in our points; so we hired a teacBer of elocution at f IS a day to show Us how to work arro and hand effectively. I got so I could make beautiful gestures, but was SO byay thinking about them that I forgot what I wanted to say." V il , Nothing is so tiresome as a man with a' flow of words who Is all the time waving- two large red-claws arbund In the sir. It distracts attention end lh gracef uller it is done the worse Ut looks. f you've got anything to sq& gy it; if you haven't,' Shut up. We've au eeen orators that we longef tp se tt)e nre department squirt on. Xfi BEST ALIBI. From the New -Tork World. "The ! way theee Bepubllcans .shift around on this Panama business reminds me of a trial I attended once down Je qouth Carolina' raid Senator Tillman; "'The prisoner was being", tried fp berglary. The learned : counsel tor; tpe defense built up arid proved an alibi if a succession of witnesses who could npi be impeached. : The prisoner was acj quit'ted. .; U f .-.f " i-!'f ' y ' "After the trial the friends of the prisoner crowded around the lawyef and congratulated him The ludge cam down too. He ald, That was an ex ceilent alibi you proved."-? " 'Yea, said the lawyer; S.T thou ngtt pretty well Of it It was easily thf best of the four that were offered 19 me.'" . ,;.,";. .j'-vv ? ' ! ! . 'i ,' ,. s; ranama'y Beselute Seflanoe. t V From the Chicago News. ; Seeing that Uncle Sam would have to do most of the fighting;, Panama stands resolute and undaunted before the grlni spectre of war. ' ' i '" . , TJhe "Tital "Diffloulty. : 1 Vi From the Detroit News. 1 Much political , difficulty arises from the fact that the Issuer that' seem most likely to unite all factions Interest ""-tF1 f- f-'t'. . I". I ; ' ? JOURNAL ,.., , . ; . " ' -. " ; , and Tamhlll streets Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND , Roosevelt is dangerous,: if not actually hopeless.. They are therefore making of him, theblggesVtoaortnrthe pp? luteal puddle and giving him an exaggerated consequence which is reacting Upon Roosevelt's own candidacy. ( As a matter of fact, Hanna is an important element In Republican politics, but he Is not of overshadowing con sequence. "With the death of McKinley the scepter passed into other hands, "and th it Hanna's oyrn lippe of aucf cession to the presidency. ' Since that day - Roosevelt has built up his own fences and strengthened his own hand the best he knew how. So far as he could he tied to himself the blf 'Republican polltlpians, and, while he has helped himself much, circumstances have helped him stlU more, He is in such a position and has placed himself In such relations that the Republican party can no longer Ignore' his claim. Jf thawere -deentied. ossible, ' Hann and his frieqds' Would long ago have been playing a very different game'rrom that which "they are iiow playing. The tone and talk of the pjutocratlc elements in New Tork at heart oppose Roosevelt, would be ucn more anuniaiory ;.aua, nerewouio. pe a. ring xo it that would' be Qnmlstakable. But aa a 'm'attef of tact they know it is impossible to defeat Roosevelt for the nomlna? tlon or, It possible, they would win a victory which wouUJ cpt tbemymote. pearly thai it; would f hlm. As to thif fclectlpn, that- another "ipaUejf;wtich! will come up in lti regular order, and there Is nothing "rioW under discussion bute pnjlnatlon. ' . - ' ' '' ' ; ; I'Kooseveifii fool friends belike, Jilm ,lrilhe public estima tlon. .t They put tixrt in, th attjtude p( hysterically chaslnj a prle which hehas In his grasp, and in giving exaggei) ated consequence to a man who, while still a leader. Is no longer the autocrat of the Republican party. ! HE CONSCIENTIOUS STUDENT of events who faithfully follow thf tangle; "of telegtaph stories sent out by the Associated Press on the dispute between Russia and JaDan speedily finds himself going south With a rush that takes away his breath. The still more eonsclenttoua studen who iwoul( endeavor to rec oncile that dreadful hodge-podge the,,rvdUnents. of eensft, who would try to get" ronsecutiv tralp of eane expres sions trom the Involved, complicated and contradictor mew. .wpuld VpprJ tt $'rfl&pi$ttktb l'terst to the medical specialist and of regret to his friends. In the whole hMo$r ot like if has ever before been seen.' The duplex dream editor of the Associated Press U working overtn New, profk,' and his ble 4-a-week aaslstant is pawing;, the' pale auH with his serviceable hands In the endeaior'to' extract ideas and newjj from, Ws copious wealth, of hairVi. p , s f ; ' On the yery same day one oiay read n the ame column that there is to' be wstrieute that'. Jhpre J )p. .be war, but not so sure; that there is not to be war; that there might, could or Voufd be war; that the gladiators are ready for the spring; that they re only practicing' gymnastics; that the war doge are and are" ridt snarling in Prance and England; tliat th car s serf echlng tor Warm blood, and apparently nothing less wJH saURfy htm; that ; he vie - determined on poace at any cost, j And so It f oe- n jday by te,;t ra perfect nightmare Of speculation and misinformation that Cotf ' iit;Ue )"iot, table tolls, giving rise to the suspicion that it la ground out bf huge rsausage machine through muscular effort and w' no ld tfpn tie !understandngi Speaking p? ftntlquated machines In this progressive coum tryi eurely nothing ever eVolved could enter the class of the Associated. Presf-H" ; From ''Theodore ; Roosevelt, the jDitiaen" by Jacob A. Rels,v now running i1 the pHtlopH, Roosevelt lal(:','I the same; Vpy If i an admirable thing to have clean Btreetstndead, iV;ian essential ' thing to have" themj but 'it would be a better thing q have our schools large enough to give ample accommodation to all should-bt, pupils, and to provide them with proper playgrounds." ' "Inconsistent Is be who hatb, not-faith in the medicine, he pre8cribeth.'NewBpaprdom. ' - 1 v. 'Agantle hltftp Harvey Scott,' ambassador extraordi nary; from the Lefts and Clark fair IP the cpngrewj of the Vnjted ptatesj ' The JournaJ desires tp call, attention to Ma forbearance. There U not a word in the paper today about "beautiful snow."' ! t f rmnoir batsb biu. A . pelf-Sdflpfcted ifaa Afttv Twenty flae Teem' latprtsoameat. . What President Grant made possible, President Rooseyelt bis now accom plished in giving freedom to Pphralm Clark, alias WllUaot. Smith, last of the mutineers of the Jefferson Borden. Old sailor men told Clark's singular story la the Naval Toung Men's Christian Asso ciation building In Brooklyn. ' For 28 years Clark has languished in the Maine state' prisop. The men who went Jo , Jail , g a " niorchant aallpr,', ;f years old, now. on hie own declara tion, both a skilled surveyor and a capable- cabinetmaker. ' Phyaloally, be de clares he never felt better In bis life. -'Whatever adventures, my youth led me. lotp,'v said CJark; to a reporter. ,,' baye paid tha;penalty; but I have never ot,hppe, a j j studied navigation and surveying, and also cablnetmaklng. 1 now go back into the world a better man tn 'every way than Whert I left it." : Sensational was : the mutiny on the jrefferson Borden." She Was a schooner. Twenty-nine years ago, off the toast of Maine the crew mutinied. Murder was committed. Clark; George Miller and Willises aieWfWereiar rested; "Clarkapd Milled were aetected 1t4 KaUewi. ?1SW, wholes a,JJriHh subject, was sentenfied . to I JOiyeari' imprisonment the friends 6f he .condemned men thought the sentence was harsh and un just Labor organisations as well as private friends fought fdr the oonimu tatlon of the sentence. Clark's 'Sister, by her pleading before President Grant, caved Clark and Miller ' trom the gal idwsv"1 Then sentenced to prison tor life, Clark began to educate hlmselW neves, as he says, losing hope. , The seamen's union took up his case eight years ago. Now the union, through President Roosevelt, has gained the old sailor's release. Clark wept like a child as. ha stepped into freedom. i '. Unlucky was the fate of the Jefferson Borden. After the mutiny she went te Scotland and was nearly wrecked. When he came back sailors would not sign on her. She became a hoodoo ship, t In desiieratloa her owners sent ber to Port land to be refitted and renamed. ; As the Arcana aha sailed away one morning 21 years &xo, with Captain Humes on her quarterdeck, and Capt, William Steven? on pf Portland in her pilot-house. ; She never - returned, Her' bones lie In the bay of Fundy. AU that remains of her former crew is Ephralm Clark, who 38 year ago was condemned to die. Letters From Another Member of th rale prey Ass ;Nf ;i - ,.;; V family. :.';!'.; Z . J: ;, 'i " 1 Portland Jan.-18. To the Editor of The Journal Harry' Thurston Peck Who has recently brought upon himself the contemptuous anathema of Henry Wat terson is scarcely worthy that gentle man's distinguished notice. It , Is the same creature (call him not a man) who was so desirous of establishing an "aris tocracy ofculture,-who-should il'drive in harness the hewers of wood and draw ers of water." - It la he whose attacks upon womankind and " more especially the worklngwoman, has made him av ob ject, of contempt among decent people. in a series or articles for "Maids and Mothers," a professor claims that "Man Is the finest noblest and the moBt god like figure of the world In which we live." . . Man as distinguished from woman. not the race. Furthermore, "He has the physical power to work hla will and this alone Is a lasting badge of his superiority; while h has also the moral traits that are fitted to direct and exercise this physical power in the beet and most efflolenti way for the5 welfare of the world. ' it is he and foot woman in whom is uurn mv iiivunuv Ui iTVO-imnueu u9n tioe, the - love of unsullied truth, the capacity tor large minded generosity and for ! clvlo devotion J' . i s ' In proof of his "large minded gene rosity, v he aaya that the economically Independent 'woman lav without excep tion,' immoral. VVShe i must win at a rrigntrui cost tne opportunities wnicn men alone ' have ' It In ' their power to give.1 f i . . "Tne economically inde pendent ' woman - leads an emotional, morbid i life," 'plunged into; a ; bath of tepid sentiment Or sickly. sensuallty.'V ; It la' ulte aikisly tha-,tl?ls specimen of j the , VFtnest, 5,noblest,., etc.'; , had. : a sweetly feminine, cllngtpg vine nonen tity with llttjle heart and less brains for a mother. Otherwise he would have been trounced enough in his early youth to eradicate some of his matchless self: conceit and made to imbibe some respect for his maternal ancestor. Certainly he holds her, or her ? memory, ' in alight esteem, else he eould heVef have penned the crowning Idiocy 'and lndaeeny con tained In his agreement ' With Balsac that,' "Wpmah'a virtue is man's greatest Invention," , and added, "If it were , not for the, conventions established by man for her safety and .'to' shield her from the temptations to which her weak, emo tional nature would otherwise inevita bly, succumb,' she would prefer many lovers to one husband and eschew all marriage.". So muph for 'Harry T. Peck.'-., ;.v"; " ";y ' From the Oregoman we nave, n tn "an' increasing number of American srlrls aaree with Sapho's declaration that ehe would prefer to be a man's mistress rather than his wife." ' No one distnites that men,-generally speaking, have more brute strength than woman. A aula has more brute strength than a man, yet we do not escribe any especial .superiority to him on that ac count :' f- iv.-f't."-.; J '..",' ' Oenerosltv. love of truth and justice are human attributes. They are usually Inculcated in us by a severe course pi training, f We have yet to see a mapl? testation, ot Hum la the little savages we all are, male or female, early enough to prove that they are Inborn , rather than acquired. 'Women are quite human, as men are; good or bad, .-weak or strong, wise or unwise, Just as men ar,e. We Inherit strength ' or weakbeps, ; physical, men tal and moral equally from either . Or bpth; or we may occasionauy see a case Of atavism, like that of Peck and; his followers,:- when - the child- resemble neither parent but goes back, tP bl chlmpansee ancestors for his character istics. In , either case men Inherit ' ss much from the female as the male aide of their ancestry.' Their early training is nearly always received from the mother. Her Impress Is the earlier and stays with-him the. longest ' ' t ' There are, unfortunately, some very weak women, as well js men, in th world; - weak mentally and morally. When these women are thrown upon their , own resources, ; poorly equipped, aa most, of them are, for the attempt to support themselves and, perhaps, oth ers, they are apt to seize upon the easiest methods, just a men of the same sort do. Many f ni;, young j'giry w6&e shoulders sre too weak for the burden placed upph them, seeing her youth pass ing without an: opportunity to enjoy it as all young creatures crave for pleast ure, snatches at the only kind, of pleas ure within her reach, not .kppwlng the cost,, . Some who, have not the excuse, of extreme youth, yet losing the!t accus turned support and feeling Unable Or uawlUIng to cope, w$th harder circum stances then they have hitherto known, take the easier downward path, perhaps too miserable toearereertainirnot, wis enough t foree the end. Tor thesrj and such as these (who have their pro totypes in men "who sell themselve?; for place or gain in Other directions), no right thinking person can have eught but pity. U la not our province to judge or condemn; "What's ' done we partly may cpmpute, we knjtf not what's resisted." .-! ",. "' ' . ' It is no new thing for women, to be "economically Independent", Of men, . e., to make their own llvjng. ', -Duripg , the. plvU , war thousands Of women, north and south, ploughed the fields, sowed, reaped and threshed the grain, spun, wove and made with their own hands clothes for those at home and for those In, the field, scarcely taking Ume from their labors to weP t Ot their dea, m Thousands of them af tor the war, widowed or orphaned, continued the bus iness ot father ot husband, P sought in new fields employment by which they might earn a support for the children end . helpless aged whpse jfole aupport they . were,..; "-, . No baser slander wa ever perpetrated than that the majority bf self-supporting women are Immoral, " ! There are thousand of women today all over the union who have proven their ability to care for themselves and their dependents honorably, asking no favor gave the privilege of .working; self-respecting hard-working, Independent wo men, who ' wpuld rather die than 1 sell their soula to clothe their Oodles i women who; when the necessity arises, ' step Huietl5rrforwardnd"wUllngly -assume the-place ot. breadwinner, makhignp capital of their griefs, accepting' noth ing tbeydo .riot earp" -. Such falsehoods as are contained in Peck's statement and the Oregontan editorial could only" feme from men who ; associate , solely , with., the ,baet ort of women. Knowing no other, their conclude there is ho other. They have hot even the grace, to conceal their ooa tempt f or : the . poor creature . whos guilt they share, truest sign that they see themselves nilrrpredt In their chosen companion.'. . '' .' t ,,' V;-.r":;S ., The silly outcry at the abatement ot matrimony end falling off of the birth rate claims ,nb sensible person's atten tion; ,It ia far better: that; men and women who wish to shirk the responsi bility of fatfe,r end motherhood should be allowed to do so. They are unfit for it i'There are far tod many unwelcome, uncared for 'children ow. ' . . ; n in ;. But there are and there always will be wives who marry for love and moth ers ' Who bring forth children with ' re joicing; , whose tshlldreo "ertsf toeH her blessed, ajid whooe works pralsa her within the gates.'' "She is the woman the People who breeds strong men. self-respecting, honorable wom,en; In a word, the Ideal citlaen. There has never been a dearth of such as her kind else humanity would be far lower than -It ia. , ' To Harry Thurston Peck and hTs fol lowers, traducers - of : women,-, defamers of the toiler, creatures ,wko deserve to do ciassea wun mat. somewnai less ''noble and godlike figure," the hyena, we can only say "It is well for humanity that there are few of ypur kind."i ss rolltlcal Prospect and Candidates. 1 Portland, Jan. 14. -To the Editor of The Journal Now. that the Middle West has divided the "Convention honore be tween' its two greatest cities and "the squadron commander have voiced their orders at "harmony dinners'' and "love feasts,"' the average American looks on silently,' but suspiciously at political combinations likely to be sprung upon htm from these two conclaves. As far as the issue of Chicago is con cerned, w are morally certain that Theodore Roosevelt will, be nominated. And while it may he an accepted tact that certain Wall-street interest would welcome hla retirement, there are other powerful -interests identified 'with . hi canal policy and looking tor large con struction contracts - which will easily checkmate the more noisy but less Influ ential orowd. : Wall street goes more la the direction of rapidly acquiring than slowly saving money. Hence the quick fortunes which will spring from digging the canal will intensify that gambling instinct into militant partisanship In be half of the man whose policy square with their requirement " The .rallrPad interests . being.' fixed .' on ', saving what Hiey nave, ana proueimg laejr . ponqea indebtedness,' may. originate A some .re? slatance ..among. American investors to Theodore Booeyelt,,, but -Vthej! refard theiif eecuritles worth the , iuvestment. regardleea of competition and wlH be. of no vital force : in overcoming the im petuous pro-panel tnovernent headed by Roosevelt. lienc we may let Mr. Hanna rest in conspicuous retirement and see what the "Democratic possibili ties presentJ ? ."' yfl" ... i The same financial interests that would welcome Hanna" are .-adroitly dragging Cleveland from his Soman re treat They figure On a solid South, with its present 151 votes in" the alee toral college; Nw Tork, J9; Illinois fiTj Indiana, 15; Maryland, g or 240 votes. This is one vote abPvelhenecessary re qulrement " Hut there i nothing in the political makeup, of Illinois' to Juatlfy the expectation that Mr. Cleveland could overcome the malignant hatred enter tained for him by .It 100,000 Bryan ynr pathlsers. And this body of voters, 're garding Mr. Cleveland in the light of a traitor,' would between the two choose Roosevelt. Mr. Cleveland la therefore an impossibility, i a , ,.. I first heard of Parker aa a presiden tial possibility in a conversation with Jefferson Levy in New York last win ter. Mr. Levy, aside from owning Mon tlcellb and being a political protege of Richard Croker, is a man ot vast wealth, excellent Social qualities and! superb proselytising capacities. ''He had made a tour of the country, planted the Par ker banner everywhere and convinced m that Parker was the cBoto of Tammany; although he never alluded to that or ganbation' in our ' interview. ' This wa the beginning of the Parker boom. While it may be admitted that for all political purposea Me. Parker-would be more ac ceptable to the organised pemocra,cy than Cleveland. hla lack ot attitude on ujr (iuuhu qtueanoB - impairs i popu larity with the people and renders, Wall street skeptical of hi fitness. He might reuin many of the- Bryan states and carry Illinois, but With beverldg as a running mate With Roosevelt be would lose the West, Indiana' and .New Tort and be defeated. Mr. Olney stand top close to the shadow of Cleveland to re veal his full desirability te the average Democrat' And as hi attitude upon the Panama coup d'etat may e lcvte blm ae a moralist, it invitee political slaugh ter in New York, and this, in hi case, la equivalent to defeat -i i . , ' Mr.' Gorman is a Democratic Hanna. Railroad and coal : interest would fee) friendly toward bun. : But the same interests which will nominate Roosevelt will defeat 6ormen. He may be con ceded the "solid South' Maryland, West Virginia, ' Indiana, - Colorado, Illinois, Delaware, Montana,; Nevada, South Da kota and - Nebraska, and still lack six votes In the electoral college. - But nei ther Illinois, Nebraska. Indiana nor any of the four silver states can be safely counted Gormaoized, and even giving him ' New Yofk, .' Maasachunett v and Rhode Island, without these he would still be defeated. ' Again. Mr. Gorman has injured bis candidacy by fa Is alto gether to refined manipulation of canal matters. While It may be good railway diplomacy to obstruct the ratification of the canal treaty, it Is dangerous parti scouting, and would furnish Mr. Rooae vel additional campaign thunder. Th canal ia popular. Ahd While we may ret serve our preference for Nicaragua, as well ss our morel indorsement of the Colombian-Panama . lmbrolglo, we er more likely to congratulat than blame th president tor the very splendor ot bis daring achiyement Hence Mr. Gorman may, be. considered tabled'.. ," ' Now,, it may be observed that . the "money power" in this pountry ha, lost Us political grasp. It no longer. I con centrated In the big cities. The rural West is emancipated from it interme diating control. Labor is organised into a eighty trust tor aelf-defenst against the organised wealth of th big cltie. t Ita ranks nuipbep oyer J,000,JOJ voters ( It treasury la f ulL , It reveres Bryan; believes in hi doctrlpeani has so distributed this powerful vote in Nw York, 'Illinois, Indiana - and lswhr that it . will - control the fate of the sutea, Thia organisation, has been con tending for a principle which" possesses almost religious significance to them. Remembering the calamity in 188. they have quietly amassed a fortune, and ac quired an independence, It not g domi nation, over the employer which relieve them? ot further' fear of intimidation. Tbey resent, lb their heart the many insulting editorial aimed at thai Idol bUt eay nothing. ; t They, are awaiting their opportunity. And it will come this fall,' Mi. Bryan will hpt be a can didate. But knowing the l desires : of labor, 'he will hv much te say In se lecting on who , favors f their propa ganda. -These may be briefly stated as public ownership of pubtlo utilities, com pulsory arbitration ' and the i right ; Of labor to delegate authority ' m all it contractual relatione.' v; iA h i r j . jr The man Who r more than all others lends .potency to these doctrines is W. R: Hearst. With the' first doctrine he elected Carter Harrison mayor of Chi cago In 'one 'Of tthe'' most ' spectaculat campaign ot modern times.; HeckA ripdhi bwn .district in' New York by the largest majority ever given a can didate: ; He elected; the' labor mayor of pan Frknclscb. " He ;brbk the backbone of the "coal strike in' jPennsylvanla anf forced the administration to, Interoedt in Vbehalf of " labor, ; Ife has been, ' in deed, sp consistence 'champion ipt 'pr ganlsed labor that ho on would care to contest the field 'with bun short pf Mitchell h,lmself,; Hardly a labor; or ganization In the union has not indorsed him. 8o itj is wise policy in Democratic News, Gossip and Speculation Frcm the National Capital , (Whliifton Burem of The Jouriul.) Washington, P. C, Jan. ll.There is evidence ot serious purpose on the part of Secretary Cortelyou of the depart ment of commerce and labor to push more actively than heretofore the work of the bureau of corporations. For making inquiries by this bureau, which are necessary to reach that publicity of corporate atrair that the law content plates, money is needed. Lack of ade quete funds has hampered the work Of the bureau, 'Accordingly Secretary Cor telyou has asked for a special appropria tion for this work of $30,000. to be In cluded in the general deficiency bill; If there 1 opposition in congress to this Item it will be interpreted as an effort through the influence of corporations doing interstate business to tie the band of this bureau. .".'!- i t It is worth recalling that It la tho duty of the bureau of corporations to Investigate the business of all corpora tions engaged in interstate or foreign Commerce. . This data 1 to be reported to the president and nucn portions as he may direct are to be made public The work ot the 'bureau thus far has been largely legal and preliminary. Sec retary Cortelyou says if proper means are made available the results will be far-reaching.. In order that lnvestlga ttons already begun may be completed a liberal addition to the present appro priation should be granted. Secretary Cortelyou also announces that the pow-4 era of the bureau will .not be used to toe Injury of any legitimate enterprise. The publicity sought la Intended only to ex pose corporate privilege that breed un fair dealing, dishonesty and corruption. It 1 pot designed to disclose trade se cret, the fruits ot Individual thrift and initiative to " competitors. 01 tq Invade any private rights. No further . legUlatlOn f to regulate trusts Will be asked fronv this congress by the. secretary of the . department of commerce and labor, lit Is felt that the efficacy of legislation granted ' by the last congress . should be fairly tested, especially in the extension of the work begun by the bureau. ' The work of the bureau thus far has incurred no oppo sition, tits inquiries have met. with prompt - responses.-- But the inquiries hay related only to the laws ot , the various state, methods of taxation, ef fect of industrial combinations upon price And similar subjects. It remains to be seen! what' the response 'will be when' the inquiries are pushed a de gree further- But the officials of the department do- not-anticipate anjL set riou trouble and are of the opinion that all of the Information desired wil be forthcoming, ,;',:.,.! s.ip-? -..a With the conclusion of the hearing before the house committee on terri torles pa the several ftatehood bill now before congress, the frlenda of atate? hool are very hopeful that favorable ac tion, will be secured during the present session.- Five etateboad; pills are pend ing; Delegate Wilson's granting aepe rate statehood to ArUona;, Delegatd Rodey's a second, and granting sepa rate statehood to New Mexico; Delegate McGulre',' a third, granting separate statehood to' Oklahoma, with the pro vision that congress may at any time attach any part or all of the Indian Ter ritory tp the state of Oklahoma;' Repre sentative Stephens ot Texas has a fourth bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Terf ritoty. aa a single state, anq Represen tative Moon ot Tennessee has a fifth con ferring, full territorial rights on . the Indian. Territory; fhe name of it his bill provides, shall be the Territory of Jefferson. ' The advocates ot statehood bills have departed from the practice ot previous 'congrssse nd will not join fortune in ah onjnlou bill, .which here? tofore has been a favorable method of procedure. Rut the supporters.' of the measures - are working - in entire har mony.1 ' They assert the belief that the Opposition in the senate. Which pre vented -a vote at the leet session has in a large measure melted away and that np serious obstacles 'will be placed in the way of statehood In either branch Of congress, ' ITiIs optimistic view IS not shared by those ' who have sought ' to Obtain' expression from members of the senate relative to possible action by that body. The members of the senate com-i mlttee on territories seem to be strongly antagonistic to separate statehood as it Was presented in thS Tth" congress, ana Individual members, Beverldge, Burn ham, Dillingham,' end' others Will op pose alt separate 'statehood ' "projects. Senator Quay who conducted tne fight for statehood in the last congress-is absolutely silent' Oh the question now. At a recent conference between him and President Roosevelt, it is said, the state hood bills were discussed, but it this is so Senator Quay has not seen fit ' to take any lone into hie confidence rela tive to the reult ot his talk. The prop osition 'to 'combine A rlaona' and New Mexico for admission' as one state ahd Oklahoma and : Indian Territory1 as "An other, meets "with "Universal opposition from citliens of these -terVltortes and from their delegate la congress.- It if certain, propositions of this kind will be rejected? continuance of territorial form of government being considered prefer able to the consolidation as proposed. All ot th Washington newspaper men who made the tour ot the Rocky moun tain region lest aummer have beea re membered by Mr. J. B. Perrlne, proprietor- of the Shoshone Falls stage line. He has sent to all of the newspaper men an annual pas over his line good for the year 1904. Possibly none of the boys will "be -able to ? make-us of toe transportation, but all will appreciate the' courtesy.. -i-.-. sv-'ivn'i'' In view of the impending- Russian Japanese war much Interest centers in Korea, ' the bone Sf contention between council tp rscognlie the significance ot this tact , upon th pplltlcal cdmplexloti of, such states aa New York, Illinois.' In-, diana, Maryland and West Virginia. With, tbelr 9$, votes in the .elctorkl , , college and 00,000. labor, votes. ', ! 1 ' Ms. Hearst lias consistently advoceted the panel, ; He is' the only; man except Bryan who could .reclaim the five silver producing states. , He would carry. Call; fornia and "Washihgton. " He believes In compelling th general goverperopt, to surrender) the public, domain to. state control,, and this would gve him WyP-f mlng and perhaps Oregon. , Bo, that w may concede htm t least two. of thl labor -states Illinois and Indiana (42)1 the Ave silver states, Colorado, Montana; Utah.- Idaho, Nevada; (17), , In. Califor nia and South Dakota, uppn personal an1 buslncsa grounds, wber?, labor again controls the balanoe of power, he may be allowed. 11 more.- n Washington and Wyoming ha would obtain I more through the operation of similar Influ ences. And with the olid South, IS 1, and Maryland, I, w arrive at a total of 240, or A ' majority .of : one,: which would Insure his election, j ,t . . : -.. Then, again, the stupendous labor vote of New York and -West Virginia -looks Hearstwlee with' : it . additional votes, While Nebraska,' not altogether lost to Democracy, increases the possibilities to 64. Hence, ; if ' W Place California, Washington,' South Dakota, Indiana, Idaho, Utah and' Wyoming, in the Re- ?ubllcan column abor may' easily elect learst Vlth a solid dosen majority. t will thus be Seen, -that Mr: Hearst presonts formidable crinslderotlorts for bpth' political parties" You can't laugh such a gentleman down. 'The forces be the two powers. According to a state ment just issued by the department of commerce and - labor .. bureau ' Korean . commerce amount to about f 15,000,000 per annum. Imports amount to about $10,000,000 and exports to about $5, 000,000. American products, both man ufactured and otherwise, are very popu lar in , Korea, but the very large pro portion reach, that country through China and Japan, and the direct trade Of the United State with Korea Is very small. In 1807 the exports from the United States to Korea were S500 in value;. In 1808, 1128,000; in 1902. 121. 000, and tor the 11 months ending with November, 1903, $200,919, indicating that , for the entire calendar year 1902 the total export from the United 'States to Korea will amount to about $400,000. Even this rapid growth does not show by any means the entire value of mer chandise trom the United States enter ing Korea. As above indicated, many of these articles from the United States consumed in Korea- are sent first into Japan or China and from those coun tries shipped Into Korea. The vSlue of American petroleum consumed in Korea in 1901 Is state at over $300,000; ma chinery and uppuea, $250,000(j electrical , goods and lumber, $230,000. The area of Korea is B2.000 square miles, ahd the population , is variously estimated t from eight to rflxteen roJJUons. ;,;,iV;:' ' A protest which for intensity mighf be styled an uproar, goes up from ?0,. 000 clerks working in government de partments here, who have been required to add one-half hour each day to the J" hours of labor heretofore required. The extra half hour interferes seriously with the pleasure and comfort ot the clerks.' IC bens them from baseball games, mat. lnees, i afternoon cpnetrta, nd makes , them late to dinner. The extra half hour's labor imposes a hardship likely to change the jpoUtlcal complexlqn , of the enure force. r All are now against the present administration, and all are - particularly vehement against Represent tatlve - Hemenway, , enairman : or me house committee- on appropriations, at whose instance th extra half hour was imposed. " Mr. Hemenway, is not dis turbed, and saya . of the matter: "In my opinion It is a. reform which should have been begun year ago, The law re quires that hot less than seven hour shall constitute a day ' work in the department. -Instead of working seven hours heretofore, th clerks have aetu ally been, working only" f" hours, and certainly they have no. right: to com plain against a law which has been upon the statute books for yer, ana wnicn th head ot the departments have been lenient enough not to enforce for a long time. ; Government clerks are not aa a rule, overworked, and, seven hours' labot Is no hardship.-; , The, working day in business and commercial house i from one tp two hour longer. In my opinion Uncle' Sam treats hi employee fairly he Is not a hard taskmaster. Frorrj practically all of the departments hav come requests for an Increase In the ap propriation for clerk . hire, owing te, the growth of business ot these depart-; menta, and the committee ' almply thought that they ought to get elong with the clerks which they now have' ' Th1argest-gu in the army le a new experimental it-inch - cannon, recently ; successfully 'tried at Sandy Hook. A photograph of the giant piece of ord inance Is In the office of General Cro sier, chief of Ordnance, the designer of the gun, and It never fall, to attract the attention of callers at his of rice.- An , odd feature of the photograph I the fact that IT men were standing or sit ting on the gun when the picture was taken. "The range of the gun is esti mated to bS 21 miles.- The trajectory is so great that if Mount Blanc were piled on top of Pike's peak a Shot from this gun would'.clea 'both. ). Ths ' weapoa ; throws a projeotile ; weighing t 2,$7 pounds.. . The shell itself , is 6 feet 4 inches In length and nns a penetrating power "1n " steel at the mussie of 42 Inches, --- - . . In the future the' United States mints at' Denver.' Philadelphia and San Fran cisco re to, furnish the money for the country. A Subcommittee of the bouse committee on appropriations has decided to recommend the abolishment of th; mint t New Orleans at It mint, and it continuance ss ad assay office. With the ending Ot the present fiscal year the mint will tP clpsed. ', . ! , v,Pr'of. , Willi ' Moore, chief of the Weather bureau, wa before ths house committee, pn agriculture a few .days ago, asking for An increase in the ap propriation fore conducting the weather ' bureau for the next nscai year, jrrprea aor. Moor was asked, by e member or. the committee - What percentage of the foreoaats made by, his bureau within the past year were- incorrect. "Only if .per' cent' we' the reply. - ''How about to day n asked Chairman Wadswerth, Th weather card, hung in the room, read: "Partly cloudy and falling temperature" As th members read the forecast, the sun stream brightly through the com, mlttee-rOom windows,-and a glance at the melting snow and ice on the streets showed that the temperature was rising Instead Of falling., - The forecast for that day was 'put down as one more in the Hat of weather bureau failures. The weather ' bureau ' service desires to es tablish, eight additional stations during the coming year, these to be at Provi dence, R. I.; Hartford, Conn.; Honolulu, H. I.; Sitka, Alaska; jdadlaon, Wis.; Du- rango, Col.; RoBweli, Si. m., ana one n Illinois. The total appropriation asked . for is $1,800,000,. " , hind him sr too heavy to oppose with the light artillery ot ridicule. He has been, too successful Jn every undertaking to'prpvoke any ether "feeling than that of insecurity to rivals. And he Is too serious an advocate of popular reforms to be injured by calumny or ignored on ' account" ol youth.'- Wi R. -M'QARRT. -"St Waated-iA': Confederate 'U: 2 Pottland, Ijafti 8--To the Edltoi of The Journal: The entertainment com mittee haying in charge the Elks' bene fit, to be given kt the Marquam Grand bit the evening of the 29th' of this month. Sre badly la heed of a Confed erate flag, to be used In the tftif York Herald's $1,000 prise play. They would feel 'Under obligations for; the kindly, loan of lam. Kindly address Elks' En tertainment Committee,' Marquam Orand Theatre; City. v'.Ka.,.v3 "!.;, : ' r" ; basbib's -rouTzoAii coimssircx. yv frera th New York World. v . , "W bd an exciting political cam- palgn out In my country,1' said Repre sentative Victor Murdock - pf -Kansas. '.'One ot the candidates, for office was a young, chap who had been a barber and who attempted to debate with 4 Populist on the Issues of the day. , "'How about imperialism T howled the Populist 'How about imperialism V ' " Well, said the barber,, confidently, !I have alway thought they were more becoming to certain Styles ot beauty than a goatee.' " . .. . , ? ty. .i in .;I ,. 1,1 :':f$ Under the Xose. ,The worst ;, thing ' yebout'i President TOrsiAi'Ale' AMAMlnaa let (-hAi m.. i ae av-vovfotr. -viiqiuicsj m iiiai )IIVaT. VA I II C 11) adrnlt it o-jly, in prtvate. ; . . .."''; '"''1i' v .,..', '";'' ; : A i