PORTLAND, OREGON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1904'
T H E OREGON D A I L.Y JOURNAL.
, , . , ' AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER t
C S. JACKSON
'Published every' evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building. , Fifth
i OFFICIAL, PAPER OP THB CITY OP
WHY SHOULD THE FAIR
"E ARB IX RECEIPT of -what
calling a very peculiar communication In favor
ol closing the Lewla and Clark fair on Sundays.
It favors Sunday closing because that should literally be ft
day of Test to men who work. We want to give our vis
itors, it says, the very, best impression of our civic right
fcousness. We .could never hope to do this if we main
tained hawking and trafficking at the fair on Sundays,
hence not only to maintain our standing with visitors, but
1 to most largely benefit our own workers who cannot have
their days of rest abridged, the fair should be kept closed.
Suppose we closed the fair on Sundays and suppose we
pointed this out to our visitors with pride and satisfaction
as evidence of our civic righteousness and then suppose
our visitors should turn upon; us and, say, "All of this is,
very good as far as it goes and demonstrates precisely
what you say, but are you not really straining at a gnat
and swallowing a camel? We were down In your city this
morning at a time when many of your eltlsens were hurry
ing to church and we saw the saloons wide open for busi
ness. We were even told,; that the gambling houses were
running In full blast. We likewise noticed in the afternoon
that matinees were in progress in the theatres and, that
crowds were fairly thronging about the entrances. We ob-'
served, too, that the theatres were In full blast in the even
ing. It their occurred to- us to ask wherein' you could .
cjalm a high degree of civic righteousness when you al-'
lowed without protest this, saloons, gambling houses and
theatres to keep open on Sundays while you Insisted that
the exposition be closed? We were also tempted to'ask
whether or not you have a sort of sliding scale of civic
morality In this town, whether you Imagine, that opening
the fair on Sundays is more immoral than opening the
saloon, gambling and Stheatrest If you did we were In
clined to ask for specifications. For ourselves we believe
your fair to be the yfvy greatest educative Influence that
the Northwest has ever seen. We do not believe In a Sun
day midway, neither do we care to. see any hawking or
huckstering going" on In the fair.1 But we are here under
big expense. Every' day counts with us and as such
chances for education come to us but seldom, we want to
see as much as we can In the time at our disposal. We
believe that you belittle the whole enterprise when you say
that It Is, Immoral, that Its great works of art and skill
titid Industry are such as would contaminate the people on
that one particular day of the week. This is particularly
true while you maintain saloons,) gambling houses and
theatres in full operation and offer these to visitors and
residents as attractive and elevating ways in which to
spend their Sundays, while you close the exposition where,
In our Judgment, they could much more profitably and
morally spend the day," : '
Who can say that there would be no Justification for
this sharp distinction and the reproc-f which went with it?
Bo far as theworkers of the city gbT they find their rest In
recreation and change of scene and duty rather than in
loafing without occupation. There is notions of them who
would not ' be benefited by a 4ay at' the" fair. It is well
. enough .to say Jhere in not jan ; employ er.Jn the city "who
would begrudge a day off to his employe to see the fair.
But Sunday Is tTe"employeT"day and"n6t the employer's.
On that day he is his own man. He takes the day at no
loss to himself. It is a day when he could take his whole
family to the fair at very little cost and see it to the great
est advantage. He would have 20 such days at his dis
posal. In half of them he could not only see much and
learn much, but If "ha were following 'up some special
branch of study, he could get in that time more informa
tion than in a year's time spent under any other ordinary
conditions, In this matter The Journal speaks for and
represents the masses of the people who have the fewest
opportunities and who must make the very best of those
which come their way. People such as these cannot afford
to lose many days for the mere pleasure of sightseeing. It
their days of enforced idleness were added to the fist of fair
days there is not' a man in the city who could not with bis
family see the fair to the very best advantage and profit.
The general benefit that' would accrue is practically beyond
estimation, v v ' .: ,
RUSSIA'S UNENVIABLE POSITION.
RUSSIA claims that Japan lsseeklng to impose
heavy sacrifices upon Russia, deprive her. of her
"position In China and cut off Korea from her en
tirely. ' --V ".. "'.'-" "
As a matter of fact the original proposition of Japan
was the very reasonable and Just one that Russia and
Japan should take the mutual obligation to respect the' In
dependence and territorial Integrity of Korea and China,
(secondly, that Japan would undertake to recognize tbe
special Interests of Russia in Manchuria, while Russia
would recognize the special interests of Japan In Korea.
Thirdly, Japan would . bind herself not to Infringe the
commercial rights and immunities which, In virtue of
existing treaties, Russia possesses in Korea, if Russia would
tnter Into the same '-engagement In respect to Japan's
commercial rights and immunities in China.
- In reply Russia refused under any circumstances to
discuss Manchuria with Japan, or to recognize the special
interests of Japan in Korea, save as regards the peninsular
portion of the country, reserving for Itself practically the
whole of the continental zone of Korea.
Japan has set an example of fair minded generosity and
' of honesty In her dealings with other nations, beside which
Russia's dark and devious ways look darker still.
The Novy Krai. Admiral Alexleff's newspaper, Is quoted
by the London Times as stating, that Manchuria will never
be urrendered, ignoring entirely the clear and many times
reiterated promises which Russia has made to the con
, trary. This psper emphatically states that Manchuria In
Russian "without explaining by what process known to ln-
COtOMXX. WATTZXSOK DSOXXBZS.
X Will Wo Be a Party to the Deifies
, tloa of Mr. Bryan.
-j" From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Bryan lays down his ultimatum.
The party must first re-enact the plat
forms of 1896 and 1900. Then it must
select a nominee of Mr. Bryan's approv
ing, if not his choosing-, Mr. Bryan hav
ing blacklisted each and every Democrat
who has shown any vitality or carried
any election the last four or five years.
Finally the party tnusreccept no money
for its campaign expenses from the
'tommoft enemy," the common enemy be
ing each and every one who has any
money to spare. , This Is the faith pure
and simple. , In a free country. In a
Country ruled, or supposed to be ruled,
by public opinion, parties, being merely
i ns expressions of the popular will, must
needs on occasion to revise their lines,
All parties have done this. - The Demo
crat lo . party in particular has
cften ; done It What, for exam
ple, would have been thought , of
he Democrat! platform of 186 repeat
ing the Democratic platform of 18(4.
which declared the' wsr "a failurer
Wht would hve been thought of the
platform of 1876. f that of 1189, e
peeling the greenback declaration of the
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ternational law that large portion of the dominions of
the Son of 1 Heaven have been transferred - without-that
monarch's consent, to bla friend and protector, the czah"
' The Russia csar is immersed in the study of spiritual
ism. Ever since' he was made to believe that he saw the
spirit of his grandfather Alexander III, he, has been a Arm
believer in and student , of the manifestations' of spiritual
ists. . He counts for but little as he Is w;eak and vacillat
ing, and is becoming the object of contempt to his more
intelligent subjects . as he has long been to those im
mediately surrounding him. It Is significant 'that many
we cannot help
of the leading provincial Russian Journals oppose, openly
and vigorously, jth$ annexation of, Manchuria and even de
mand that it should be restored to its rightful owners.
This with, many other things, proves that Russia is not
at peace with itself.
There are. labor
encounters Just Uo
though for the time
Finns and Poles against Russianlzation; threatening mur
murs among the people against German! In i Russia,' and
the Bulgarians, always ready If given a chance to set the
flame of war alight In the Balkans. v ' ' V - t ;
Add to these that
the working base to Sustain a , prolonged conflict; .that
the scattered barbarous and semi -barbarous tribes which
she has subdued on
rise in rebellion, at any time; and that she has no efficient
and trustworthy coaling stations for Russian warships,
whilst Japan is at home in reach of a plentiful supply; and
you have, plenty of reasons" why Russia should be glad to
temporize until she can gather herself for a more effective
spring.;. .. i .. . .'.
But Just here comes the natural revenges of her de
ceitful policy. No nation can or will accept the utterance
of any Muscovite statesman. Promises are made to be
broken. An international treaty with Russia is not worth
the papef on which it is written to bind Russians. A truce
Is' simply a prelude to encroachment. A delay. Is prelim
inary to an advance, and the advance is certain to be
stealthy and utterly at variance with the letter and spirit
of promises by which delay will be secured.
, THE IROQUOIS THEATRE VERDICT. '
NEVER Jn the history, of .the theatrical business has
such a combination of circumstances conspired to
. bring about a calamity as in the case of the Iro
quois theatre fire in Chicago, Starting in at the very be
ginning, the building was not what it pretended to be and
it did not contain the character and quality of material
It was rashly assumed to contain. Officially it damna the
whole city administration. There was laxness from top to
bottom, iaxness not only so far as it applied to the Iro
quois theatre, but to every other theatre in the city.
There were laws on the statute book but no one ever en
forced them. The aldermen closed their eyes because they
accepted favors n the shape of passes from the theatres.
The building ; Inspectors were not out searching for
trouble.; They took what they were told as gospel truth
and never sought to square It by the exact facts. The fire
marshals took surface indications for realities and passed
conditions which
nant denunciation.
felt jio responsibility
occurred to them that a panic or fire was a possible even
tuality. They paid no heed to the exits except to close
and lock most of those which should have been open. They
were not" on' hand during the performances and betrayed
no Interest or concern except in the size of the box office
receipts. They made hardly any provision against, putting
out fires on the stage and such Implements as were at
hand, scarcely anybody could locate and fewer still were
able to operate. There had never been a fire drill and
nobody had been
of sn emergency.
who were not of the
the event of trouble.
dutrWithrTillhcfactrTio
was raised. Few
whit less important,
house in the hands
lar is taken in and
ticular about exits,
collections of rubbish,
likely to be better paid, better drilled and in every way
more competent and responsible than. they have been in
the past. All of this Is moving in the right direction and
the work should not cease in a single city In the country
until such time as every theatre is rendered as safe as it
Is possible to make it. ,
It is not likely that the mayor of Chicago or many of
those Indicted with him will be made to suffer at the hands
of the law. Each one Is but a link in the chain which led
up to the calamity each bearing a degree of moral guilt,
though' it is possible that some may be shown to bear a
well-defined degree of legal' guilt as well. But whatever
may be done in this respect, the object lesson has been one
of such horror that It has made a deep and lasting im
pression upon the people of the- whole country and every
theatre will be'safer in consequence of it. The price paid
was a frightful one, but In the respect of added .safety to
the theatres It is not without compensation.
platform of 1168? In like manner, after
two successive, overwhelming defeats -the
second even greater than the first
what must be the effect of the platform
makers of 104 taking their inspiration
and their cue rather from the platform
of 1896 and 1900,, than from those let
us say of 1892 and 1884, on which de
cisive victories were svon?
Times change and men change with
them. Issues change and voters change
With them. The Democrat party needs
votes. On the lines of 1896 and 1900 it
lost ' them. Whenever it has revised
those lines It has gained them. In spite
of all these lessons, are we to continue
to accept Mr. Bryan as our only MosesT
To take the word and the law solely
out -of his mouth, and under threat of
the abandonment of truth; to enact over
again the wretched chapter of accident
and disaster, while, with our eyes wide
Open, we travel the same old road to
ruin? - .: . '
Is free silver, at the ratio of 16 to 1.
the only weapon with which Democracy
may smite plutocracy? Is populism, so
cialism, fuslonlsm the only recourse of
the people against the money power?
Do absolute centralisation and the man
on horseback that Is t say, the broncoH
busting, would-be man on Horseback-
involve no other issue than an incident
of currency, which should never in thd
JNO. P. CARROLL
and Yamhill streets. Portland. Oregon.
PORTLAND
riots, Jewish persecutions and bloody
rife .In Armenia, -the ever present,
forcibly repressed Rebellion of the
Russia is too great a distance from
her way to" Manchuria are willing :to
should, have demanded their most Indig
The owners and managers apparently
whatever. It never seems to have
instructed in the steps to take in case
Most of the employes were cheap men
stamp to show up to advantage In
Thus from top to bottom everything conspired to bring
about the calamity. Everybody failed at every point to
recognize his responsibility, to obey the law or to do his
that the awful holocaust occurred once the Are was
started, but that anybody, escaped after the alarm of fire
calamities have ever so startled the
country asJhls and from very fewL we venture to Jiope
and predict, will more good flow. It has given public
officials a new sense of their responsibilities and a new
respect for the ordinances. It will give, what Is not a
to the theatre managers, an added
sense of the personal responsibility which rests upon
them for the welfare of the men, women and children In
their audiences. They will be less Inclined to leave the
of Inferior employes once the last dol
counted. They will be more par
about fire apparatus, about dangerous
and the men who surround them are
first place have been set up as the test of
any man's Democracy! And finally, lest
we be d d must we fall down and
worship Mr. Bryan, with all his manifest
limitations and imperfections as the
greatest general, the loftiest statesman
and the purest patriot who has adorned
American politics since the formation of
parties? -1
To our . mind, all this seems the very
embodiment of political blasphemy, the
very essence of worldly absurdity, and
we refuse to be a party to it.
I ' ": . ' - 1 " ' - ' t
'' Xe and San.
From the New Tork World. -"I
will read a statement made by Dan
iel Webster, Mr. President, of which I
approve," said Senator Lodge, in his
spech today.
"He approve!", said half a dosen sen
ators on. the other side of the chamber.
"Good Lord, wouldn't Daniel be glad if
he could but know!"
"Wheels ) revested xt'
v From the Albany Demoorat
The Democrat man once heard George
Francis Train boast that he would live
to be 2D0 years old and now he has
Just dropped off at only 74, Too many
wheels in his head no doubt prevented
the 20 mark.
Letters From
Wants" the Pair Opened Sundays.
.Portland, Jan. 13. To, the Editor of
The Journal: Since the "Sunday ques
tion" in connection "with the Lewis and
Clark fair is agitating , the -minds oi
many (The Journal not excepted) I beg,
as a subscriber to your newsy 'paper,
space to look at the question in a deeper
and more clear light than has-'hltherto
been done, with the result that facts
and reason will show that there is no
excuse whatever for closing the Lewis
and Clark fair on Sunday. -.tfjn-'
The editor will please excuse me for
being positive and emphatlo in my as
sertions, but what is the use of . discus
sing so important a subject in a half
hearted and half-truth way?
"We will first , notice Mr. Lleper, the
field secretary, of the "Sabbath associa
tion," as set forth In The . Journal of
January 22. Th's gentleman -certainly
has very little faith, in the Bible au
thority on the" subject and therefore
asks all those who would have the fair
closed on Sunday to write to their sena
tor or congressman asking him to sup
port the Hawley-Platt amendment, and
he would, have the bill before the senate
wnicn provides for an appropriation, or
12,260,000 to fail to pass unless the
gates of the fair be closed on Sunday.
In other words, he opposes the greatest
and best good for the. Northwest all
because he is afraid s the fair wlll .be
crowded on '. Sunday and the churches
will be empty. In time past the church
people used to' pray to Clod when they
wanted ;.' some great blessing like the
saving the life of President McKinley,
or the late pope, but in this case he ad
vises immediate request of our repre
sentatives. irt', ; ,f
, Just two more .., remarks on Mr.
Lleper's letter; lie refers (o Sunday as
the, "Sabbath" and as the "Lord's day," '
when he certainly knows better, since
there are no such references made to it
in the New Testament. Now what do
the churches claim for Sunday sacred
ness? This, via, that Jesus rose from
the grave on Sunday and also ascended
to Heaven on the same 'day, and the
custom of the disciples to "lay by"
money on the first day for the .needful
brethren, and the passage in Rev. 1:10,
where John stys, "I was in the spirit
on the Lord s day." Now the latter
refers to a day yet future, a day of
1,000 years, or the mlllenlum, and Is
In many places referred to as such. He
was conveyed away mentally to .ue fu
ture Lord's day, .which Paul In mind
was conveyed to and saw things of glory
that they could not describe, as may be
seen from Rev. 4:2, 2d Cor. 121 -4, Acts
22:17. The duty of the disciples to set
aside a certain amount of money as the
first, obligation of the beginning of a
new week could not possibly have any
connection with the common practice of
collections in the churches of today.
This practice of the disciples was to re
lieve famine-stricken brethren at Jeru
salem and was not a part of the Holy
day 'obligation.
Again, it cannot be proven, from the
New Testament that Jesus rose from
the grave on 8unday. The nearest to it
is that his friends went to the tomb
early on Sunday morning and some as
early as Saturday evening, but Jesus
was already gone, and of course if he
did not rise on Sunday, neither did he
ascend to Heaven on Easter Sunday.
Besides, it would be impossible for him
to rise on Sunday, if he was killed and
buried on the previous Friday, for his
own words preclude; such an Idea.""'
Because it Is impossible for three
days and three nights to take place from
Friday at 6 p. m. to Sunday a. m.. we
think we can prove Jesus was crucified
on Wednesday and rose on Saturday
evening. But to our subject. There is
one other passage, Acts 20:7, but since
the original shows that the disciples
were already gathered on the Sabbath
(1. e. seventh day) and as Paul was
to depart the next day, the meeting con
tinued until the next day, all through
the night, with no thought of Sunday
holiness.
Now, since It is only a human practice
to regard Sunday as sacred, and since
there Is no New Testament authority
for such, snd as one man's opinion is as
good as another, then should not he who
wishes to attend the fair on Sunday be
permitted to Uo so? What harm can he
do by attending? If he and his family's
morals' will be hurt at the fair on Bun
day, then surely it would not be fit for
snyone to attend on a week day, and if
ther be a Sunday law and It la brought
about to close the fair on Sunday, then
why not close every place of amusement
orf Sunday, and especially low dive.
This Sunday law, as well as the gamb
ling law, la purely human, and there la
absolutely no aense In the ministers
shouting "close the fair on Sunday." It
is up to the state or the mayor to see
to the enforcement of state, and city
laws. The minister's duty is fully set
forth in the statement and determina
tion Of Paul. "for I determined not to
know anything among you save Jesus
Christ, and hi mcruclfied," 1st Cor., 2:2.
and If the clergy of the Northwest win
attend strictly to that they will have
enough to do without straiplng at gnats
and swallowing camels.
Now In conclusion I would think that
any man or woman or family that was
respectful on any other day of the weea
will surely be so dn ' Sunday, even if
they should visit the fair, and If the
fair is. to be an unfit place to. visit on
Sunday, then we had better have no fair,
n nnv and all who are not In a habit
of going to church on Sunday are not
likely to do so on the few Sundays tnai
the fair will last, just because tne gates
are cioied and a sign reads "Lord's day,
church meetings at so and such places."
Br all means let us have the fair open
on Sunday, and 1f there be any likeli
hood of it closing, let us all write to
our senators asking them to oppose the
Hawley-Platt amendment, but not to
forget to work hard for the $2,250,000
anDronrlntlon. for since the fair is a
wordly tnattsr in every sense, we may
av the church is not in It and Is en
tirely out of place in trying to retard
it. If there be those who want it
closed and do nat want to go, then let
them go to church; but let them grant
ABOUT 1KB MOOH.
Most superstitions relating to the
moon have to do with the weather. Be
sides, there is the superstition that
sleeping in the moonlight, especially if
the moon'be full, induces Insanity. - By
the word "lunacy" this belief Is ex
pressed. Farmers believe that the moon
exercises a certain influence over vege
tation, and that beans should.be planted
when the moon is light and potatoes
when it Is dark. Many believe that a
change in the weather .will f come at
about the time that there is a change in
the moon. Professor Pickering points
out that since the moon changes every
7H days,, every change in the weather
must come within four days of a change
In the moon. i - - - ?
As seen by different persons the else
of the moon varies from that of a cart
wheel to a sliver dollar. To many it
seems about a foot in diameter,- from
which Professor TSpung concludes that
to the average man the distance of the
surface of the sky is about 110 feet.
It is certain, that artists represent the
moon much too large in slse in their
paintings. Occasionally they represent
It in evening scenes with the horns
turned ' downward Instead of upward,
whereas they, must always point away,
the People
the same rights "to others to do as they
please in a purely harmless matter.
JAMES M. LEVEL.
Opposes Sunday Opening f the Pair.
Portland. Jan. 25. To the Editor of
The ; Journal First " let me commend
your action in opening your columns
for the pros and cons relative 4o the
opening of the Lewis and Clark expo
sition buildings on Sundays. vf r '
This is a question for serious thought
before we open the gates too wide.
: ' If nothing but good would come by
Sunday opening then no one could rea
sonably remonstrate, but that evil will
result Is admitted - by , all .candid per
sons, -'j . '
The argument that the good will coun
terbalance the evil is weak and will die
unless very carefully ''' nursed, y It is
safely assumed that but few evil things
have some good, connected therewith. A
thief 7 steals and Clothes himself with
the .proceeds. A murderer kills bis fel-
tAwman aft1 .n. a llf nf YnntntlAn
and toll.- A son slyly poisons a rich rel
ative" and all, his heirs are his imme"
diate beneflcaries. and so on through the
whole decalogue of crime these things
are put under, the ban .of the law be
cause of their nature they are evIL A
silk hat and broadcloth suit with gold
headed cane and gold eye-glasses, are
no Justification for theft when the Jury
weighs the act in the light of the law.
Because neighbor A was not affable does
not clear Mr. B for taking his life.
Because - Mrs. Llghtcheck Is hard up
does not clear her husband for the mur
der of his rich uncle.: The whole busi
ness is condemned because in the -light
of good government one word is suf
ficient to cover it all evil. The man
who depends on his daily wages tor the
necessities and comforts of life may
find it more to his convenience to at
tend the fair on Sunday than any of the
other six days of the week,- but will he
not be made tha worse by violating one
of his highest, keenest instinots of right
and good Judgment in doing so? I ven
ture to say that no man can do tne
fair" on Sunday and feel prepared to as
sume his duties on Monday.
If the laborer does his duty to his em
ployer for six days in the week he will
need all and each of the 20 Sundays
of the exposition for his usual rest and
quiet It has been the standard of good
American cltlsenship to keep intact a
day for moral and physical betterment.
The exposition is not of that nature that
one of the fundamental principles of our
good government should be openly vio
lated for Its successful maintenance.
If so let the fair out and let us main
tain good government. There Is not a
laborer In this great city but who can
get one or more days off from his em
ployers In which to attend the exposi
tion. The contention is useless and is
a severe thrust at the vitals of a whole
some commonwealth. The chief benefit
to be derived from the exposition is the
future, development of this great North
west country, and not the temporary
pleasure in viewing the exhibits or so
cial contact while doing so. The one
who sees no further-than his day of
pleasure on' the exposition grounds for
good to be derived from the vast amount
ofmoney-to be expended in perfecting
the enterprise is cross-eyed and short
sighted. We want to show to the world
the great resources of the country, the
grand ' couhtry traversed by these two
noble and brave men in whose memory
we celebrate " " :
While we are doing this we want to
show the world we have as . high a
standard -of citisenshtp ' maintained in
civic righteousness as can be found any
where. We have good soli and much
to spare. We have a climate safe and
delightful. We have air as free and
pure as heaven. We have water as
clear as crystal and fresh as the morn
ing dew, y - -
These things are all attractive and
are inviting, but if, when the higher,
better class of American cltixens come
among us and see we are violating the
noblest principles of Christian America
to show our goods, it will surely work
a reaction against the very object we
wish to obtain. The world's opinion of
Portland and Oregon cannot but be held
at a low estimate should It view a
scene of hawking, of traffic of busi
ness hurry and things wide open, when
the Instincts of a higher moral diet
tates there should be reverence, quiet
and rest There is such a thing as too
much of good thing's. We expect the
exposition-- bea- gvaii& -thingfer-tnls
Northwest country. We want to make
it the very best we can. We want it to
be appreciated the very most possible.
Nothing disgusts more than a con
tinual crowding. A day's cessation each
week of the great-activities of the ex
position will make appetite and add
flavor to' the thing that can be made ex
tremely disgusting by overcrowding. -
The thousands of clerks, gatekeepers,
employers and employes, railroad men,
streetcar men and other servants of tha
public are surely -worth a consideration
In the matter. I see no direct good to
be derived from a Sunday opening, much
evil must follow. If we want, to at
tract the best class of people to our
midst we must have a moral standard
that vouchsafes to them snd their chil
dren a certain moral security. It we
want gamblers, confidence men. shar
pers, libertines, drunkards and the like
class all we have to do is to make it
easy for them' and we will have them
in great abundance.
Sunday opening or Sunday closing will
have very much to do with impressing
the world of Portland's moral standard.
We who will remain here after the fair
closes cannot afford to let down the bars.
B. J. KELLY.
. A Presidential Ticket.
Portland, Jan. -36. To the Editor of
The Journal: As the naming of presi
dential tickets seems to be in order,
allow me to suggest a pair of winners:
Fob president. Hon. W. R. Hearst
of New York. For vice-president, Hon.
Career Harrison, Chicago's great mayor.
This ticket would be a. sure winner,
and. ought to meet the approval of all
classes. ,.
A LINN COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
from the sun. The true angular size of
the moon is about half a degree,' so
that it can always be concealed behind a
lead pencil held at arm's length. '
Probably -even in prehistoric times
men have noticed the face of the "man
in the moon." Plutarch noticed it, and
even wrote a whole book about the face
In the moon. But besides this many
other objects are supposed to be visible.
The dark markings on the surface are
likened by the Chinese to a monkey
pounding rice. In India they are said
to resemble a rabbit To the Persians
they seem like the earth's oceans and
continents reflected as in a mirror. ,
. Tost like Men.
" From the Philadelphia Ledger.
. Lobsters cannot be persuaded to grow
up peaceably .together. If , a : dosen
newly-hatched specimens are put into
an aquarium, within a few days there
will be only one a large, fat. and prom
ising youngster, He has eaten all the
rest. -
- Out of Date.
From the Philadelphia Record. ,
Some people are Just about as much
use in the world as a last year's cal
endar. : f. . "". L :. r
And Still the Goblin Hanna Will Catch Hkn If Me
Don't Watch Out
From the Ne-tv York World,
- Friends of the administration, have
suddenly decided to assume the aggres
sive in the fight for delegates to the na
tional convention in Chicago. - They be
lieve they have waited long enough, and
Are going to combat the efforts which
they are now convinced will be made to
prevent instructions for the president
with a view of defeating him In conven
tion by a stampede to some other repub
lican, There is to be lively fighting, not
only in Ohio, where Senator Foraker is.
laying his plans for a campaign, for the
president and against Senator Hanna,
but in New York, Indiana. Illinois, and
Kentucky, where the nomination idea
seems to be gaining ground rapidly.
The -news from New York verifying
the reports spread in Washington, that
New York Vould not Instruct for the
president caused '.a positive uneasiness
among the advisers of Mr. Roosevelt,
What steps will be taken in New York
is by no means clear as yet But some
thing must be done at the proper time
to acquaint Senator Piatt and Governor
Odel with the belief of the administra
tion that New York is either for or
against the president, and that if it is
for him it will Instruct every delegate
to vote at Chicago for Roosevelt ,
The news from Kentucky that Repre
sentative Hunter was conducting a
Hanna propaganda in the blue grass re
gion caused such alarm that John W.
Yerkes, commissioner of internal rev
enues and' member for that state of the
national committee, left for Louisville
tonight to round up delegates for the ad
ministration. Mr. Yerkes has been writ
ing letters to every Republican of prom
inence in the state urging him to support
the president but he felt the situation
was sufficiently serious to require' his
personal attention. He will have the
support of former Governor ' Bradley,
but he will be compelled to combat a
strong Hanna sentiment in the State. .
Senator Hanna was the first Repub
lican politician who ever took Kentucky
Republicans seriously, and ha made an
effort In 1896 which carried the state for
the McKinley ticket So long as Sen
ator Hanna remains passive and gives
the impression that he does not want the
nomination- there is a chance . that the
state will go for Roosevelt, but it is be
lieved here if Hanna should announce
his candidacy he would get every dele
gate in Kentucky.
The Tennessee situation Is also to be
grappled with by the administration.
H. Clay Evans, consul general at -London,
left for that state tonight and it is
said - he will supplement the efforts
which have been made by Colonel
Brownlow, national committeeman from
that state; to hurry the state committee
to call state convention and have In
structions adopted for the president
The rampant Hanna sentiment in In
diana has led several members of con
gress from that state to write letters
to' all their constituents of prominence
urging them to get the local forces in
line for the president This movement
Is general throughout the state, and is
deemed hecrssary In view of the great
boom Hann has had there during the
last six weks.
It is said that there is some hitch
about the early convention In Massa
chusetts. , Objection has been made by
some of the men whose loyalty Is sus
pected by friends of the administration
to. aV early convention. -They say there
is i no use pledging delegates thus early
in order to insure their voting for the
president, and If they are going to de
IPOOBXB UKXI BASXBAX.X
That Is Why Xe Xs larea Hundred and
fifty Thousand Dollars Ahead Vow,
From the Chicago Journal,,
Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin
Is devoted to baseball, but there are few
men who have turned a single ball game
to account to the tune of three-quarters
of a million dollars. But that's what
he did once. As he tells It, he was sit
ting on a fence. In the little New Eng
land town where he spends his summers,
watching a game, when fortune came to
him in the disguise of a shabby man
with a hard luck story. Ordinarily the
senator would not have had time to lis
ten to the hard-luck plea, but as ha could
watch the game and listen simultan
eously, he told the man to fire away."
The stranger said he was passing
through town and wanted to Interest the
senator, in his capacity of lawyer, in the
case of his sister, who was living in ab
ject, poverty in , Boston With several
children dependent on her and no means
for support. He went on to explain that
his sister had married- a barkeeper of
that city, and that her husband had been
very successful and had finally become
Interested in a number of hotels and that
he was a millionaire. With his change
of fortunes he had taken to dissipation,
and finally had abandoned his family
and was living with another women who
claimed to be his wife. --
Senator Spooner listened, but con
fessed he was not much Impressed with
the story. The stranger said neither he
por his sister had any money, to pay a
lawyer, but that they were anxious to
have Senstor Spooner look after the case,
and urged that he take It on a contin
gent fee, which would be half of what
he could get for the abandoned ' wife.
The senator remsrked that he would see
about it and took the address of the
woman In Boston, who was said to be
deserted, and thought little more about
it c'
It chanced,' however, that Senator
Spooner was in Boston a short time
after this, and, discovering that there
was to be a good ball game In the af
ternoon, decided to stay over until the
day following. ' This resulted - in his
having the early part of the afternoon
on his hands, snd. remembering the ad
dress and the hard luck story, hs de
cided to satisfy his curiosity by a visit
to the woman. He found her, in the
greatest poverty as described, and saw
evidences to confirm the allegation! of
the stranger.
On his way home hs stopped in Chi
cago and enlisted . the services of a
lawyer friend there to look up the hus
band, whom he now heard had recently
died. In his Interview with the wife she
assured him that all she wanted was a
bare living, enough-to keep -off want
from herself and children. In a day or
two he had a telegram from the Chicago
attorney saying to come at onoe, that all
the statements made were true, and that
a settlement ought to be attempted at
once, i ..;'J; ' v;'.'i-i - r1 -
A trip was made to Boston. Wife No.
2, who had inherited the fortune,
learned with amasement of the existence
of a previous wife and her lawyers were
equally astonished. , But the evidence
was plentiful and a brief investigation
led to a settlement by which the 83,000,
000 estate for that is what it scheduled
was equally divided.
And Senator Spooner took as his fee.
$760,000. ' -
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She Wouldn't Be Surprised. :
From the Chicago News.
When a bachelor tells a married
woman how happy he Is she wouldn't
be surprised to see him go the way of
Ananias. . - .'
sert they will do so whether they are
Instructed early or late,
There will also be great activity dur
ing the next few days among the presi
dent's friends in Illinois. They are pre
paring to test 'the strength and extent
of the Hanna sentiment in that state as
well as in some of the others in the
Northwest. -. :"'' -
"The president's friends -are parttcu-
larly indignant at the work which they
say ia being done by James J. Hill in
the way of undermining him in Minne-
ma xfuuiai ana Montana,
v The New York World prints a tele
gram from Albany, N. Y.. stating that if
"Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammsny
hall, -can carry out his plans the 7s
voters from New York In the Demo
cratic national convention next July will
be cast on the first ballot for Mayor
Oeorge B.! McClellan ' for president."
1 In another column appears a Chi
cago ' dispatch ' frdm a staff correspon
dent . which affirms that Mr. : Murphy
believes Mr. Cleveland can be elected,
and adds that this sentiment is growing
rapidly In the West, so that it is now
said the ex-president could carry Illi-
noia aa well aa New Ynrku The Chlruro
telegram adds: L , "
"While in Chicago 14 days ago Mr.
Hanna made .no secret of his opposition
to the president He spoke openly to a
large number of people on the subject,
saying , that the business men of the
country feared Mr. Roosevelt and : had
lost confidence in him. -
"It is not so much the. attacks upon
trusts as the uncertainty as to. which.
way tuv 4'OBluv,1,- a ivawvaa fiicim aicr
going to shoot next, that have alarmed
the Western rich men of the Hanna
class. One of them said to the World
correspondent that the Industrial world
wanted assurance when it went to sleep
that it would not awake to find a finan
cial or political revolution stirred up
overnight by the president. :
"Mr. Hanna has not refrained from
Joining in these - sentiments. He, has
spoken them to Mr., Roosevelt so that
he could not be accused of talking be
hind the president's back . . r
"New York. Pittsburg, Cleveland and
Chicago are tha centers of Hanna'a
strength. ; Indianapolis has suddenly
shown a surprising hostility to Mr.
Roosevelt Detroit has begun to get
lukewarm. A month ago the talk, of
Hanna was ridiculed in the Widdie West;
today It is the leading topic of political
la (DUDOIVIII, '.. i-' ' . ' f
"The most important piece of infor
mation that has reached the practical
politicians is the freely circulated re
port that the rich men of Chicago have
notified Mr. Hanna. that they will not
contribute to a Roosevelt campaign fund.
This has resulted in a peculiar situation.
It is booming Cleveland and Hanna side
by side. It has led one of -the most
powerful state leaders to. declarer v "We
could carry Illinois for Mr. Cleveland
against Mr. Roosevelt, but not against
Mr. Hanna."
"Investigation in the various middle
states, however, has led . to the con
clusion among national leaders that In
diana Is surely Republican for either
Roosevelt or Hanna. Ohio , is counted
tor -the Republican nominee since Tom
Johnson's disastrous campaign last au
tumn. Michigan is rabid for Roosevelt,
and the recent appearance of the Hanna
boom in Detroit has aroused in the ranks
such , heated talk about traitors that
One of the Republican leaders said to
me worm correaponaom;.
, If , Mr. Hanna were nominated no
one could foretell what Michigan . Re
publicans would do. Even , murder
would not satisfy them."' - ; .,
Advice . to the Lovelorn
by azATixci lAiariX
Dear Miss Fairfax There is a girl in
the same house where I am living with
whom I am deeply in love. -1 have not
told her so, but show to her In every way
that I love her, and she knows it She
does not care very much about me, be
cause when I say anything about tha
subject she never answers me in such a
way as , to give me an opportunity to
tell her of my love for her. I take her
to the theatre and please her In every
way. ANXIOUS.
A man should make, a way to tell a
girl that he loves her if he really means
i. xi you see mat tne giri aoes not
care about you I would advise you not
to force your attentions on hr.
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young
gemieman or zu ana nave Deen seep
ing company with a young lady 10
months my junior. I loved that young
lady very much, but I found out last
week that she was secretly engaged.
Kindly advlae me whether I should ask
her to come back to me, or shall I leave
her to go on her own way? P. O. B. ,
I would certainly ask her for an ex
planation. It seems very wrong of her
to have encouraged you If she had any
idea you eared for her in mors than a
friendly way. ) a
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young man
II years old and am in love with a young
lady nearly two years 'my Junior. Now
I have ssked her to marry me, but she
Insists upon waiting for a few year.
At present she is working in a hospitsl
and earning f 10 a month, while I am get
ting $6 per week. Don't you think this
is enough to get married on? - C. K.
The young lady is very wise, as you
are both young. Perhaps if you watt a
year or two your financial circumstances
will Improve. The salary you mention
is not a very large ens to marry on.
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young lady.
It years of age, In love with a young
man 20 years of age. He loves me very
much and I love him.' He has had some
trouble in the house with his folks and
relatives, sa they areagalnst me. and he
doesn't know what tb do. He likes to
please his mother and he likes to please
me. -:V- :.:. ,.: .'. E. F.
I think the young man is the one to
decide that question. Has his mother
any particular reason to dislike you, or
is it a mistaken idea on her part?
s OOBDOV'tJ BAJTX VOX XV DOUBT,
;. '- ,'...;..' :.- ." ' -
Frbm the Atlanta Constitution
Sines' the death of General Gordon
his war record has been tha theme of
universal comment, wnicn , nas given
rise to a question as to Just what his
legal rank was at the fall of the Confederacy...'-.
V'H '.' "i-' .,
l.Thls question ! answered by the la
mented Gordon himself in a letter lie
wrote in 1899. This letter, was M'tol-
lOWS:. '. -M .-,'. -::'.,,
Homer. 111.. Oct. 33, 1(91. My Dear
Major: Yours of the 17tb has been for
warded .to me on my lecture tour.-.;
I was Informod by General Brecken
ridge, secretary qf war, while my corps
was at Petersburg, that I had been made
a lieutenant-general. .
Like a great many other cases at that
period of the wsr, my commission never
reached tnn. , I was, however, accorded
the rank and assignment, but was wait
ing for my eommtsaton to the last before
signing officially as lieutenant-general
J. B. OORDON,
Major 8. A. Cunningham, Nashville,
Tenn., Editor of Confederate Veteran,
I-.