Editorial Page-of S Joiraal
PORTLAND, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1904
THE OREGON DAI L.Y
AN
C. 8. JACKSON
V Published trtrr evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill strsets, Portland. Oregon.
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f , , OFFICIAL. PAPER OF THU CITY OF PORTLAND
' i JUST A FAINT RAY OF HOPE.
, f HKPwE WILL BE sorrow in the hearts of the elect at
I : AVashington today. There wilj be anguish and
" unavailing regret. There will bo Tailing hopes
- not unmixed with vivid fears of the future. ' ., ' ' .
4 Ai announced in the veracious columns of The journal
"' the gifted and versatile Mr. Jefferson Myers had tendered
to his great and good friend Mr. Harvey W. Scott , the
Republican vice-presidential nomination. Just who
placed it at the command of Mr. Myers to dispose of It
' as he listed we are not permitted to know. Perhaps he
found it lying around loose, it looked good to him and
ith that spontaneous generosity so characteristic of the
man he placed tt where he, thought it would do the most
good. Perhaps pome one high in authority handed it to
him as a gift and asked him to do the best Jie could with
; it. But the real inwardness of the transaction We are
not tyet permitted to, know. All we do know Is that it
was evidently Mr. Jefferson Myers'. to give, otherwise he
wouldn't hare given It, and her, handed it out with no
strings to It. He gave It up cordially, freely, even en
' thuslastically.- He carefully explained to the general pub
lic the motives which prompted him in making the. tender
and to his credit be it said they seemed not merely satis
factory but conclusive. He did all that could be expected
"of him in this concatenation of circumstances and he did
It with royal heartiness that cannot be' too deeply admired.
" As we have Intimated the news of this Important tender
was first given forth to the world through the capacious
columns of the Oregonlan. One" da was allowed for it to
thoroughly soak In. Then comes j!; modest -tittle an
nouncement to this effect? ?s"The editor : regrets ' that he
cannot accept the vice-presidency of Ihe' "United Statest
tendered him by his excellent friend,' Jeff Myers.;; He may
as well now admit that the reason for it is bound to
come out In iime- is that he' has been tendered a higher
'position by' his great, and good friend the Mickey poo of
Japan." " -.--.";;;,;" v'' ..'.""''" "X ;.'
Deftl, yet with a bare suggestion of a receptive spirit,
ho once refuses the kingly crown. Still on the good old
Caeserlan principle Si has yeV two more Tef usals com
ing before the declination may be regarded as final and
Irrevocable.- In Imagination we see a jruerdon-of crepe
, stretching clear, from the White House in Washington to
the ? Tall Tower , In Portland. But we should not too
hastily com to fatal conclusions. Mr. Myers yet remains
to be. heard from; he. may still have other glittering bau
bles to attach to his already attractive offer. He is not
the man to go to market with all his eggs in bne basket.
He finds the Old Party of the Tall ToWer Just a little coy
on the first approach. .That was to be' expected and It
will scarcely disturb the equanimity of an old campaigner
like Mr.;, Jefferson Myers. The Incident Cannot be con
sidered closed until he shall have been heard from at least
- once more, - " ' "
HARD LOT OF RURAL
fTHB RURAL. MAIL CARRIERS are the poorest paid
I ' In the whole range of the government service.
Were It not for the expectation 'that better pay
will ultimately come with the improvement of the service
and a better realization of Its value, men of the stamp
and character of those' now engaged in It would seek other
and more remunerative employments. The government
has so far been exceedingly fortunate in the stamp of men
Becured for this work and the payof the -men should
be placed at -figures which will juatlfy their continuance
'In the service the value of which, has already been dem
onstrated. '. 4 , . ''
At the request of The Journal, James R. Cochran, car
rier No. 2 at Bhedd, Or., has sent In his dally routine. It
is of a piece with the routine of other carriers and em
bodies the valient reasons why the Jb 111 before congress
Increasing the , remuneration of these carriers should be
come a law. "I arise," h lays, "at 4:80 to 5 a. m., ad
cording to the -Time the Overland train comes along to
wake me up and proceed to get my team and wagon ready ,
for the day's trip, which takes about one hour. Then I
go to the postottlce and prepare the mail which takes 30
to 45 minutes, after which I get breakfast. I am .hitched
up and ready to start at 7:30 sharp, with 274 miles to
drive by t p. m." There Bre an average of about 60 stops
to make each trip, leaving flye and a half hours clear for
the road, which is Oregon mud, In some places knee deep
to my team. ; .'. ,- ''. '';. .. ' ?;;;,
"I get . back by hard driving by 2:20 p. m., 15 to 20
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
A Debating Society.
' Portland, Or., Feb. 11. To the Edi
tor of The Journal A great many
young men in Portland would evidently
be proud of the opportunity to improve
their public speaking. Many of them
engaged in various occupations now
.have no opportunity to do so. Why not
get together and organize a debating
Kxicty?
- It is a duty every young man owes to
himself to be able to publicly express
his thoughts. We never know when the
occasion will demand of us a publla
expression. A debating society is the
home for this culture and improvement.
If the young men who are interested
along these lines will write me.. giving
me their address, I will call upon them
and we will lay plans to organize a de
viating society whtc-h will be open to
-very young man who honestly desires
to improve hlmiielf in this art.
HENP.r 8. WESTBROOK.
P. O, Box 409.
A Welcome Visit.
Dufur, Or., Feb. 11, TV the Editor of
The Journal From three to four Inches
f snow fell here yesterday morning, and
it has been snowing since early dawn
this morning, and now at 11 a. m. there
is rully live inches and snowing a regu
lar pour-down. The farmers are happy.
There is a deep feeling of interest
being taken by our people in the war
between Japan and Russia. The Jour
rial is a welcome visitor, as it brings
the latest news.
Our town will soon be metropolitan in
appearance, as it is on the eve of being
lighted with electric lights, With the
coming of the railroad that is promised
to start this way from The Dalles March
1, we feel that the dawn of a new dav is
breaking- .-. T.' .
vnrnrs taxx or sooo ackes.
From the New York Tribune.
- Mr. Whitney's first purchases for his
park - in " the Adirondack, were made
about right years ago, when as a mem
ber of the Hamilton! Park dub he
went into that region to hunt and fish.
)le flut bought the club's holdings,
cleared ' some titles - in litigation and
mada seme improvements, and later hs
Improved every opportunity to extend
his holdings. The park of 86,000 acres
U now ot great value, Scattered over
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INDEPENDENT -NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY-JOURNAL PUBLISHING, CO.
minutes late, cancel my collection mail, money orders, and
feed and water my .horses. I then eat my own dinner.
By that time it. Is S: 30 p. m. After dinner I have my team
and barn to clean, my wagon to oil and put In condition
for the next day's trip. I get through by p. m. That
makes about 12 hours steady business. I have to keep
tourhorses to do the business and look respectable, i' I go
over some roads in Linn county that are a disgrace to civ
ilization,' which are kept out of condition on the old
Arkansaw theory that In winter you can't repair them and
in summer you don't need to. My wife is my substitute;
I can't get a man to take it. I have driven the legs from
under three horses this winter."
And all of this for $600 a year. On the very face of It
It is not only an Imposition, but a crime, of which no
government should be- guilty;
THE PRICE OF A MAN.
DR. GEORGE BR ANDES' description of the Novo
Vremyae (the New Times), one of the most tabid
. anti-Jap Russian newspapers, might very well be
a description of some of our own dally papers, so aptly
does the account fit.
Dr. Brandes states that fJuvorln, one of Its first editors,
made himself notorious by the declaration that the time
had come for journalism to get off Its pedestal and realize
that it was simply a commodity to be bought and sold like
any other marketable article. : In obedience to this view
the Novoe Vremyae drifts with the, wind. ;JTn the shortest
time possible It attacks and defends the same person, gen
erally In Incisive entertaining articles. It is a well-written
journal, but utterly without principle, without faith
or law, end far more read than respected," In a word it
la edited In the Interest of the editor, or what he believes
to be his Interest, and not to serve the public or to ad
vocate any principle.
The best workmen In the world, those who can be
trusted and relied upon, are the men who do their work for
the love of It; the man who respects his work too much to
allow it to subserve base ends or to minister solely to his
greed fcr fame or money. There be those' who believe
every man has his price, or that his work can be bought;
his honor, or whatever you may cair the last citadel of a
man's most sacred eelings, can be stormed If only on
besieges with the right weapon. Men who. have such a
belief are themselves vile and readily bought for a price;
Thejr have.no conception of the sort of men who are not
to be bought, who ask no price better than the inper con
tent with themselves when they have done the right thing,
or sacrificed some material benefit for conscience sake.
NOW IS
PUBLIC EFFORT' should T)e concentrated "until " the
problem of securing permanent Improvements in
the Columbia river has been arranged by congress.
As matters now stand when the present sums available
for thw jetty work at the mouth of the river are expended
at least a year will elapse before another-appropriation
will wTaf rant a continuance of the work. Appropriations
of this character should be continuous in their operations
until the work, itself, .is completed. They should not bo
subjected to the uncertainties which surround ordinary
appropriations. J Each year the estimates of the engineers
should be accepted as a matter of course until the work
contemplated is completed and turned over In satisfactory
form. The public bodies of Portland should not rest con
tent until such time- as this arrangement has been effected
in congress, for in no other way can the improvements be
assured. . - -
' In addition to this a campaign should be -inaugurated in
the line of ' permanent improvements in the channel of
the Columbia river clear to the mouth. The same theory
that is being followed at the mouth should be put in op
eration clear up to Vancouver, Dikes must be built at
Various joints so 'as to.' concentrate the channel of the
river so that it will sweep itself clean.
The Columbia s the key to Portland's future. It is on
this that public thought should be concentrated and it is
in accomplishing what is needed there that every atom of
influence which we possess should be brought to bear.
We' should not wait until such time as we are confronted
with a cessation of all work, but we should look ahead
and anticipate. Herein may be found a great opportunity
for the commercial: bodies of Portland to demonstrate
their usefulness and patriotism and now is the time to get
to work.- 1
CARRIERS. .
it are 64' lakes and many beautiful
camps. .The largest lake is nearly six
miles long and about two wide, with an
elevation of 1,721 reet abovo tide.
There are several islands scattered
through it, and it has pleasant winding
shores, well forested. In clear weather
the main' peaks of the Adlrondacks,' 40
miles away, stand out clearly defined
against the eastern horison. The sur
rounding forests have not been injured
by fire, and the use of the ax has been
careful. The dark foliage of the conif
ers extends in every direction, and Nor
way pines are conspicuous along the laki
and its vicinity. ' .
fVo
S A JTIW EXECUTIVE XAV8X0X.
Washington Correspondence of the New
Tork Times.
The project often advanoed of a new
home for the president in the suburbs of
Washington has been revived. Senator
Foraker has prepared a bill to acquire a
tract on Meridian hill, north of the city,
"for a park or other uses." The real ob
ject, it is admitted, is to secure a site for
an executive mansion.
The property is the square on Six
teenth street hill, opposite the residence
of ex-Senator and Mrs. John B. Hender
son, whose home is well known as Boun
dary Castle. The plot contains about
437,000 square feet..- A sum not exceed
ing 1-750,000 is appropriated by the bill,
and In case the parcels of ground cannot
be obtained by purchase at a price satis
factory to the secretary of the interior,
condemnation proceedings are author
ized.' v." : '..;:
It is understood that plans have been
made for a magnificent mansion. The
square overlooks the whole city and com
mands a view many miles down the: Po
tomac. " ,'. .. -
Mr. Spencer's Bad English.
From the London Chronicle. J- ?-
Twice In the columns of the 'Chronicle
yesterday, a correspondent .writes, might
be. seen what Dr. Hodgson in his "Errors
in the Use of English" exposes as . "a
common error." "I give," says Mr. Her.
bert Spencer in his will, "to Charles
Holme, in remembrance - of his father
having saved my life, the watch," etcj
The word "father" should of course
put Into the genitive "his father's hav
ing saved," eta
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- Tot orte Xloaaa to Avoid.
From the Detroit Free Press.
' The supreme court has made It jplaln
that. the Porto HicanUs an. alien only
when he is indiscreet enough to pro
duce something that competes .with an
Infant ' American industry, -
JOURNAL
JNO. P. CARROLL
THE ACCEPTED TIME.
KB. GOBaCAN'S XAX9 LUCK.
From the New York Sun.
Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman has lost bis
luck. He reappeared In the senate to
collect the dejected members of ihe
Democracy, unite them and formulate a
safe policy. At last, sagacity and
shrewdness. were to prevail in the Demo
cratic party. Mr. Gorman was a wise
manager and an admirable opportunist
He was to do great things for his party,
in' common gratitude the party might
be expected to do great things for him
when the time came.
In three months Mr. Gorman, looked
up to as the protagonist of success, has
failed, lamentably or ludicrously, three
times. He tried to steer the Democrats
from Ciiban reciprocity. They threw
out the pilot He tried to steer them
away from the Panama canal treaty.
They threw out the pilot.
Unlucky in his expeditions into na
tional politics, Mr. Gorman still had
consolations in the Maryland Democracy.
There, at least, he was master. The
Maryland Democracy has Just shown
that he Is no longer master. Instead
of the shadowy and sympathetic person
that he wanted, his Democratic colleague
In the senate is a vigorous, ambitious,
rather Independent man, a Rayner man
every time, and elected in sprte of the
Gorman machine. .
But Mr. Gorman is a hard man to
keep down.
OXUaOV'S , VOUTXCAK BTTXTATZOir.
From the Salem Statesman.
The Woodford-York complication
which has arisen in Medford over the
appointment of a postmaster, being the
latest Of a series of "recommendations"
by our delegation in congress, really
has its amusing aspect. Being off the
same piece of so many other "recom
mendations" that have not materialized,
it begins to look familiar. Nobody in
Ores-on exDects tha a.nnn(ntmnTtt n
'man fortunate enough to secure the rec
ommendation , of the delegation! any
more. At this writing the name of no
one can be recalled who has both been
recommended and appointed, except John
Barrett, and he was appointed before
the. delegation knew it
Helping Them Ont.
From the New York News.
Immediately after the hospitals sent
out a Macedonian cry for 110,000,000 the
tender hearted "L" company began to
drum up business for them. - The
crowded "L" platform is a Short cut to
History of Oregon Celebrated Military Road Land
" V' . . ' Grant ' I i
v U.' R. Kincaid in Eugne Journal.
February 1, 1904, Justice Holmes of
the supreme court at Washington handed
down an opinion deciding the long-pending
case between the United States and
Oregon & California Land company, ' in
volving the title to about 90,000 acres
of land in the, Klamath Indian reserva
tion, valued at perhaps $1,600,000.
Mn July, 1864, through the lnflueno of
Senators Edward D, Baker and James
W.: Nesmith, congress passed an act
granting, to the state of Oregon alter
nate sections ot three- miles wide on
each side of the road to aid in the con
struction of a military wagon road from
Eugene City to the southeastern bound
ary of the state. ,B. J. Pengra was the
mover in the enterprise, having engi
neered the election of both Baker and
Nesmith to the senate.- He had organ
ized a company to build the wagon road.
which was to be the forerunner of a rail
road. He had with him as stockholders
in the company William S. Ladd, Henry,
W. Corbett and other wealthy and In
fluential citizens of Oregon. J, B. Un
derwood was secretary of the company
and'. was a member of the legislature
from Lane county. '
At the session of the legislature in
October, 1S64, , the legislature accepted
the land grant and transferred it to the
Oregon Central Military BOad company.
The company employed Ben Simpson,
Indian agent at Slletz. to build the road
through the" Cascade mountains, r Hs
brought .about ,J0Q IndianB. from : the
reservation and constructed a passable
wagon road across or partly across the
Cascade mountains up the main branch
of the Willamette river, at a cost, as the
company claimed, of nearly . $100,000.
About a jrear later, the writer of this,
with J. B. uaderwood, Jj. I. Williams of
Boseburg, T. D. Edwards, B. J. Pengra
snd two or three others, went up with
Gov. A. C. Gibbs as far as Pine Open
ings, and the governor formally accepted
the road from Eugene to that point
There was never much work done on the
road east of the Cascade mountains, but
Gov. George U Woods certified that the
road had been completed to the south
eastern boundary of the state and ac
cepted It, which gave te company the
right to claim the land. One or more
Republican state conventions afterward
resolved that the road bad never been
built, and demanded that the land should
not be given to the company, and the
Democratic conventions did likewise.
When the railroad was built to Eu
gene in 1870 Pengra made a desperate
effort to carry it up the Willamette val
ley, across the Cascades and over his
land grant to a connection with the
Central pacific at Wlnnemucca, but Ben
Holladay beat him and went south as
far as Koseburg, intending tot cross the
Slsklyous, which was accomplished by
the German ; bondholders , many years
later. -
Pengra made another great effort to j
pbv ncTUB or wamriT.
Intimate ortraltof Great ew-Torkar
as Drawn by "M. A.
From a sketch, 1301, -by Hon. T. P.
O Connor.
Just $0 years of age, clean faced ex
cept f or , a pronounoed moustache-pince-nez
set firm on a determined nose.
clear brown eyes that look direct a nign
forehead with crisp, wiry hair outlining
three sides of a square, such is the first
impression of the face of Mr. W. C
Whitney, the second American to win
the Derby (Mr. Pierre Lorlllard, in 1881,
was the first) and break all records at
the same time. '
Chat with him and he'll not use a su
perfluous, wprd. Quiet, contained, Inter
ested and interesting, full of pleasant
little anecdotes, but never drawn on
business, one pricks the surface only to
find the lawyer and the keen business
man.- Publla affairs are his recreation,
politics his amusement,' horse-racing
bis hobby. By many stairs he has
achieved his position. As secretary of
the navy in Grover Cleveland s admin
istration In 1885 he reorganised the
American navy Just in time for San
tiago and Manila in 1887. As a financier
he holds the highest -rank In New York
city. Insurance companies, theatres,
banks and railroads claim him as a di
rector; bat his real work ithe seising
and holding of the Metropolitan (New
York) . Street tramways, backing them
with hi capital and - counsel is, per
haps, the work of his life next to win
ning the English Derby, which has given
him most satisfaction. t
This man who is Immersed In the big
gest ot commercial enterprises a bril
liant lawyer, astute politician, fearless
and vast financier has had his . ro-
mance and a very pretty and, at the
same time, a very tragic one. His first
marriage was with Miss Payne
daughter of Senator Payne. Senator
Payne as most people know was one
of the first and largest owners oi tnat
huge Standard Oil trust which is now
the richest corporation in the world;
and Mr. Whitney received with his wife a
vast fortune. When she died Mr. Whit
ney remained for some years a widower;
and then he fell violently and hopelessly
In love with a beautiful woman a Miss
May, who had at one time been the
fiancee of that brilliant but somewhat
erratic journalist James Gordon Ben
nett the proprietor of the New York
Herald. -
Mr. Whitney's attachment, which had
lasted for several years, was In the end
successful, and he was married. And
then ' began a second epoch of his life
and hers. . All the romance which had
been absent for some years from the
hard career of the business man and
the politician seemed to have been bom
again, and domestic affection was added
to all the glories and enjoyments. and
possibilities of gigantic wealth. Her
life had had Its disillusions, too, though
she was beautiful and attractive and. a
spoiled child ot natural gifts. And with
yaohts, with a palatial mansion In Fifth
avenue, which had cost at least a mil
lion between decorations and pictures, a
splendid country house, and friends- and
admirers everywhere, it seemed as if
the whole world of joy were open to the
lover of 60 and. the bride that had, after
some hours of bitterness and disillusion,
landed In the safe haven of a tried and
true affection. . '
And one fine day, In the very midst of
a gay party of pleasure, it all came ab
ruptly and terribly to an end. Mrs.
Whitney was riding a spirited horse
with her husband and a party or menas;
they came fa a tunnel bridge lh the road;
she was so absorbed - in conversation
that she did not stoop her head; she
received a blow on the side of the head
and her neck was fractured and almost
broken in two. It vas plain from the
first that she could not live. . But the
American husband often brings Into his
love the .same fearlessness, -contempt of
danger, refusal to be conquered, which
he shows in his business enterprises,
and Mr. Whitney refused to believe that
his wife must die. . And then began, and
was continued for some Weeks, one of
the most, pathetic, pitiful, moving fights
with death that has ever been told.
Doctor after doctor was called In; every
sort -of contrivance was adopted to sus
tain the poor, ptoken neck, There was-
haveanother railroad built over his land
grant after the Oregon & California road
had been completed to a connection with
the Southern Pacific and had been leased
to that company. He induced Collls P,
Huntington, vice-president of that com
pany and one of its chief owners, to go
Into a scheme to 'parallel the Southern
Pacific with a road from Eugene to Wln
nemucca connecting there, for the East,
and for the West at Ban Francisco.
Pengfa secured the right of way up the
east side from Woodburn to Natron, and
the road was actually built as far as
Natron, When Huntington and Stanford,
who had quarreled, made up their dif
ferences and the parallel line over Pen
gra's route was abandoned. This threw
Pengra off his mental balance and he
was committed to the Insane aBylum
for a time, as two other great men of
Oregon had been"Uncle" Jesse' Appier
gate and J, W. Nesmith. After recover
ing from this second great disappoint
ment, a he had done from the first in
1870. he sold his land grant to the Cali
fornia Land company all : except . the
right-of-way strip-for railroad and
that company has recently sold the land
to the Booth-Kelly company,
Several years ago United States Judge
C. B. Bellinger decided that the 00,000
acres claimed in the Klamath Indian res
ervation belonged to the United States,
The supreme court, by one majority, has
reversed BeUingei-8 decision and gives
the land to the California Land company,
now succeeded by the Booth-Kelly com1
pany. Ex-Congressman Rufus Maliory,
who was in congress when the, light over
the railroad route took place between
Ben Holladay and Senator George H.
Williams on the one side, and B. J. Pen
gra and Senator" Henry W, Corbett on
the other side, and who has since been
attorney for the company, is reported in
the Oregonlan a saying that the com
pany has had patents for the land and
paid taxes on "it for many years. How
ever, we understood Mr. Pengra to say,
when he was here a year or more ago
(he has since died), trying to sell his
right of way for a road to Lane county,
through the Cascades; that the company
had never taken out patents, believing
that the acts of congress and the accept
ance and transference of the land by the
state of Oregon was as good or better
than patents, which might be set aside
by the courts, while they would not like
ly try to set aside an act of congress
where no constitutional question could
arise. It is likely that this decision of
the supreme court does not declare pat
ents to the land, as being valid, but
thai the company Is entitled to the land!
so they an now get it patented if they
have not already had it done. There are
about 800,000 acres of land In the entire
grant of land o the Oregon Central Mili
tary Wagon Road company, now owned
by the Booth-Kelly company, the largest
Oregon corporation except the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company of Port
land.' " '4 .';.. v K
a railway journey, the account of which
I remember reading at the time,' which
struck me as the saddest and grimmest
bit of -Irony I had ever perused since I
read Zola's work on Lourdes. ,
It may be remembered that in that
strange and eloquent picture of the pil
grims to the holy waters of ths sacred
well at Lourdes,' there was a young,
enormously rich family Who brought
thither the wife, stricken In her first
youth, with -one of those slow, grackial.
irresistible diseases, heritages ot genera
tions of weaklings and luxury; and who
that has ever read It, will forget the
contrast Zola draws with all his force
between this poor body, slowly ,dlssolv-1
ing into dust, and the priceless silk, tne
cloth-of-gold trappings that surrounded
the dying woman's bed aad carriage and
ambulance. Some such contrast there
was in the railway Journey of Mr. Whit
ney's dying wife. Her husband lord
of millions, Chief director and proprietor
of great railway combinations was
able to command, of course, anything he
liked In the shape of luxurious railway
traveling. , ;
And .then every precaution that human
Ingenuity could suggest that millions
could buy to make a railway Journey
easy, were put t the service of the
dying woman. And there, with her
broken neck propped up with rich pil
lows, with ingenious machinery, in a
carriage that was a palace on wheels,
she was carried from one home to an
otherand front ebbing life to death.
And a few days after this Journey so
grlni in its ironies and contrasts the
struggle was at an end; and death was
the conqueror. .' -
It is a typical story of that great
New World which at last we In Eng
land are beginning to understand, for it
helps to bring into relief that strange,
impressive, potent national character of
America, which has borrowed from the
vast Continent and Its mighty physical
resources and portents some of the
grandeur of primordial passion. The
affections and the matlngs of Americans
often bear the same resemblance to the
serenities of our emotions that the
ocean Jakes of Michigan do to the
tamer beauties of Windermere and
Lough Katrine. v -
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W. J. Nesbltt In Chicago Tribune.
"The hoary head is a crown of glory."
Proverbs xvl.,' 81.
Is the best of life the gold that our
youth is said to hold?. . ' :..-
Is the preface to be chosen, or the story
that is told?
It is better, so it seems, to have, wak
ened from the dreams,
To hava seen the glamour passing, while
it left the truer gleams;
To have learned that always peace gives
our petty cares release,
HuShes all the, Idle clamor, bids the
fretting troubles cease. , ; ;
Better, thus, with folded hands, musing
on ths falling sands,
Than to strive and Btialn and struggle
for at last one understands
That the moving pen of fame write
each hour a newer name, -
And the scroll of all the victors goes
i to feed the fickle flame.
It is best to calmly gaze down the path-
.' ' way of the days
Strewn with withered leaves of laurel,
. lined with myrtles and with bays.
Snows of three score years and ten may
make white the heads of men, .
But the sunshine of the summers spark
les in their smiles again,
And the glory of their years ah, how
1 splendid it appears
When they tell us ot the gladness that
has lurked behind their tears.
Of how time, the silent thief, took the
sorrows that were chief.
Leaving love and light and laughter in
their lifetime's garnered sheaf I
Age the sun rays in the west; ending
of the oll and quest; r-
With the evening: star that beckons on
the rosy road of rest 1 '
While a murmur soft and low brings
thejiongs you love and know
All the Sweet and subtle measures of
' the songs of long ago!
Is the best of life the gold that our
youth is said to hold? . r
Is the preface to be chosen, or the story
that ls-toidt" -
How Wall Street's Battle
Walter Wellman's New York Dispatch
In, the Chicago Record-Herald.
Since the collapse of the antMtoose
velt movement -In. Well street- many
amusing and , interesting stories con
cerning the methods adopted by the big
financiers who were behind It have come
to light. The plan to defeat the nomi
nation Of Mr, Roosevelt at the Chicago
convention did not come. to an end till
about the middle of last month; then it
was that the men who had been pro
moting It were forced to admit they
were beaten, They were beaten simply
because-they found the country would
not respond to their eltorts. At one
time in January they were absolutely
confident ot success. , They believed, in
the Innocence of their Inexperience as
political manipulators, that they had
set in motion the forces which surely
should result in preventing the nomina
tion going to the man in the White
House. All over the country they had
started at work the railroad politicians,
the pass distributers, the legislative
workers . of the corporations. ; These
men had consulted the political bosses
and' at first there seemed to be a little
encouragement. With . the', name of
Hanna to conjure with, and with discon
tent against Roosevelt apparently in
creasing among the politicians in many
places, the New ; York financiers who
were backing .this effort fondly Imag
ined they were assured ct success. - At
a meeting of a board of directors held
In December, E.' H, Harrlman announced
to his fellow directors; . ; '
"Gentlemen, we have that man Ropse
velt beaten. He can't get the nomina
tion.' ; We have it all fixed , up against
him."'" "A- : '' ". .:) r,.:
. Whereupon Mr. Schlff, the head of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., teplledi';'".'';::'.'-.;.
"Just the same, Mr. Harrlman, about
next September we'll all be shouting for
Roosevelt and throwing up our hats for
him ' and subscribing our money to his
campaign fund." "
- It -was not until several weeks later
that Mr. Harrlman was forced to admit
Mr. Schlff was right. Everything fell
to pieces. Jim Blythe reported from
Iowa that there weren't ' enough anti
Roosevelt Republicans in that state to
send as members of an antl-Rposevelt
delegation to, tha Chicago convention.
Dave Thompson and the other railroad
people reported they couldn't do any
thing in Nebraska, so popular was the
president Ta the far west, where Mr.
Harrlman thought he was working up
sentiment against . the president by
means of letters, etc., no actual re
sults followed and every one appeared
to be' for the president. Jim Hill was
not able to do much along the line of
the Great Northern. United States sen
ators, state officials and other public
men whom he thought he had full con
trol of told nim it was absolutely use
less to try to struggle, against Roose
velt's popularity. Plana had been made
to hold Indiana away from 'Roosev elt.
but they were not panning out, There
was a little discontent among the ma
chine leaders in Illinois, but Jong before
It came toa-ShoW-ilown- ihof rlends of
the president had gained the upper
hand, even in the machine Itself. Only
In Ohio did there appear to be a real
and substantial bulwark against the
rush of the Roosevelt movement, and
that had for Its foundation nothing but
the popularity and the great control 'of
Mr. Hanna, Almost no headway at all
was made' in New York, where, con
trary to the hopes of, some of the big
people in the city, Oovernor Odell re
mained loyal to the president and Sen
ator Piatt behaved handsomely. Efforts
were .made in North Carolina through
former 8enator (now Judge) Prltchard,
but the railroad influence in that state
was not strong enough to win away
more than one-quarter of the delegates.
In Texas former Representative Haw
ley was anti-Roosevelt and with railroad
help possibly a third or a half of the
delegation could have been von over.
California could have been divided, and
In the far northwest and mountain
states a few scattering delegates could
have been won here and there.
Even if Senator Hanna had consented
to become a candidate and the Roosevelt
opposition had won everything it had any
reasonable hope to win, it could not
have secured more than one third of all
the delegates, probably not so many. By
the liberal use ot money in the south,
they, might have bought. up enough vqtes
to give them from one-quarter to one
third of the convention, but there -would
have been always the danger that some
of these delegates would not - stay
bought Such things have been known.
With the exception of Ohio, all the
great Republican states would have been
overwhelmingly for Roosevelt. When
Mr. Harrlman and his friends learned
these facts, or the trutlv had been
pounded Into them by their political ad
visors, they saw that the Jig was up.
This was only two, or three weeks ago.
The truth is that men like Harrlman
and Morgan and Jim .Hill, giants In
finance and business, and the organiza
tion of great Industries have shown
themselves to be the rawest of raw
amateurs when it comes to playing the
political game. They do not understand
it at all. They have an Instinctive dis
regard of the greatest force in politics
the power of public opinion. Their
first thought is that if you want any
thing all you have to do is to go out and
buy it and it doesn't matter wnether it
is a railway, or stocks, or terminals,
or delegates, It was a long time before
VAX.ua or oooo ublkt schools.
From the Salem Journal.
, The Salem board of education Is to be
commended for ordering a special elec
tion to add more grades to the publla
schools. - ' - . :
The determination of the people Of Sa
lem to have as good . schools as the
best in the state is a matter of congratu
lation for this city. .
Salem can more easily do that than
any city in the state because of the rela
tively larger number of children that
are In private schools.
At peast one third of the children of
school age In this city are in various
private schools and always will be, in all
probability. v; ; v 1
Parents, who for various reasons, send
their children to private an sectarian
schools to that extent relieve the school
district."".;" " ;,.0..;"-':'i;'''''--'''-w
For this and other reasons Salem can
and ought to have the ) best publio
schools in the state, and from a financial
standpoint It pays to have nothing but
the best . ' -; ",
The value' of good publio Schools lies
in stimulating the pride of the commu
nity in other ways cannot be overesti
mated. ' - , . '
, Hard .to Flck.
Trom the St Louis Globe-Democrat
t New York world's fair commissioners
are in an acrimonious tangle over -the
selection of a hostess for the New York
building. About the only choice a man
may safely make among women Is one
for himself, and even then be sometimes
gets Into hot water. . ..T ;
:. iro&e Kissing Trom the Quota, , '
From the Nashville Banner. ,
A tooth weighing nine pounds has been
found In Ohio. It Is supposed that It
was lost by a mammoth, as President
Roosevelt has a full set - ' .
Against t&9 President Flat-
It dawned upon 'their consciousness that
there is such a thing as publla opinion
and that there are such things as honor
and decency in politics that every man
Is not for. sale, i-They have had a rude
awakening from their dream or their
nightmare and - plenty of observers be
lieve their awakening to a ' realization
of tha fact, that the power of money is
not yet tyrant or dictator In this coun
try, is a mighty; fine thing. L .
i To show how ignorant of politics some
of these really greeat and abl men of
Wall street are, the following story Is
told: At the time when he felt sure
ot beating Roosevelt for the nomination
Mr.- Harrlman was, asked what in his
Opinion would happen at the Chicago
convention if a majority of .the dele
gates should - go there Instructed for
Roosevelt. . i. ' ' .. v.. '.'.,-.
."Why, that won't make any y differ
ence," said Mr. Harrlman, "well beat
him anyhow.' -. " . v,;.; ... ;.-
: "Beat . him despite the fact that he
has a majority of the convention in
structed for him?" ; v .;.': C-.-; v-'y- ' '
J,Certalnly, , There, was one national
Republican convention In. which all the:
delegates were for John Sherman., and
yet he was whipped out and Garfield
was nominated." . '
"Do you feel sure of that, Mr. Harrl
man?" asked his friend. r
; "Yes, that Is true," replied the finan
cier, vwe had a man look It up for us,
and that is the way it happened. In
structions' don't count for anything.'.' ..
"Now listen to 'me, Mr, .Harrlman,"
said the other man. - "I was in that con
vention. I was instructed tor Blaine and
voted fbr him many, many, times, as did
more than 200 other delegates. 1 Over
800 men were instructed for Grant, and
they stood by him from first to last
Instructions do count; in fact they ar
rarely disregarded. You may not know
it, but there is honor In. politics. As
for all the delegates being ror ' Sher
man, he had only 80 votes at most, and
not one of them was for him at heart."
Mr. Harrlman admitted that he was
amazed, though his face showed that
without the need of putting it in words.'
His explanation was that he had heard
something about the 1880 convention,
had instructed one of his men to 'look
it up," and this was the information
which had been given him. Such is the
great financier in politics. . ; :
Mr. Harrlman, by the way. will soon
know' a good deal more about politics
than he knows now. He is going to the
Chicago convention as a delegate from
one of the downtown districts. Instructed
for Roesevelt. .
It is just dawning upon some of the
big men in this city who have been eager
to beat President Roosevelt that others
may be able to play the game of cap
turing delegates and securing control ot
conventions through the employment of
money and organisation. . A few weeks
ago, at a dinner party, lr. Morgan asked
a gentleman who sat near him on who
has had a good dealt o do with politics it
the Republicans were determined as ever
to nominate 'that man RoosevalL." a f
vorlte expression, by' the way, in some
circles over here. Wishing to be diplo
matic, the man addressed replied; "Yes,
there doesn't seem to be any way to stop
It. At any rate, that will be so much
better than the nomination of Hearst
and it the Republicans should drop
Roosevelt, the Democrats would surely
make Hearst their nominee we think
we'll go ahead with Roosevelt"
Mr, Morgan nearly choked, His face
grew red; his eyes almost stood out on
hl cheeks.
"W-wh-wha-a-tr ' he :. gasped: ' ,"H
Hearst H-Hearst? Great God! Do
you mean to say there is the slightest
At.H. ,K. riAMAatlM via will molra
blm its candidate?" '
- "Yea," explained the other man; "he
has a . wonderful organization. He has
managed to get thousands of politicians
on his staff and to fix a large number of
delegates. He haa had the field all to
himself haa not been compelled to face
a strong movement for a popular leader,
as have those who' tried to defeat Mr,
Roosevelt in the Republican party. It
Is barely possible Mr. Hearst may be
able to buy himself the nomination."
Mr. Morgan had nothing to say. For
ntri a. lanr time he sat thlnkina thlnk-
The New Yorker who Is having most
fun out of the failure and discomfiture
ot the anti-Roosevelt financiers is Mr.
Speyer, the banker. . Speyer has front
the very first been a Roosevelt man.
no Biuuu lor me preaiuent wiieq luinum
every other Important man In the street
was using "cuss" words whenever he
had occasion to speak of tha White
House.. Speyer was the only well-known
nanaer or nnancier wno aeciarea in puo
lic when the Northern Securities BUlt
was brought that It was a good thing,
and that. Instead of being an enemy to
business ana prosperity,, tne president
naa avertea an era ui expansion aim
combination and . speculation - which
would have brought the country to one
of the worst panics In Its history.
Epeyer has stuck to it too, and at every
opportunity he has reminded the Roose
phobes of Wall street that in the end
the president was going to- whip them
out and gain the nomination, and that
Wall street would have to support him.
He has backed his Judgment with offers
to wager on every possible point and at
every stage, oi tne game. . it aecms to do
Mr. Speyer's turn to laugh.
QTTiV
STICKS ADDKISSED TO TAZT,
"Unless Answered la VegatiTe," Bars
Writer, Tu 4ttould assign."
Washington Correspondence New York
" , . Sun. i -; ' , -
The first letter received by Secretary
of , War Taft after taking the oath of
office was the following:
"To the Secretary of War: Sir: The
inclosed questions are addressed to your
Conscience as a public officer. 'Unless
you can answer them in the negative
you should Immediately resign. From
"A COMMON OB GARDEN LAWYER."
Inclosed was a patent-medicine ad
vertisement clipped from a newspaper.
Beneath a picture of an insomnia pa-
wciti, won luv juMuwiug queauuns.
"How is your digestion? . Is your
w.u...u. " ..... ,i . Mwa w on yjcv.i juu w
Inconvenience and distress by day and
disturb your rest by night? Does indi
gestion acquaint you with the horrors of
insomnia?" . ' -
The letter was written en official war
department paper, and the handwriting
was that of former Secretary of War
Root. -.
.... Why Jfotf !
From the New York Evening Sun.
Why not leave it to the small boys
of Brooklyn to decide as to whether they
would nrefer to be soanked at
spanked at home? The rubber hose or
tne lamumr supper wnicnT Of course
they ought to remember that no teacher
would think of savins- tn tr M,inri
as he laid on, "this hurts me as much as
it- aoes you, ' tne usual complaint of pa
rents. ...;!,',-.
. Seal Bad X.nok.
From the Taylor (Wis.) Star-News.
- Louie Rabbldeau had bad luck last
week. One of John Lantz' cows chewed
the tall off his horse. -
K the emergency ward.
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