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. - t ,,, 'a - A ..... M St . - - EDITOR! A b: PAGE 17 IP H 10 . i-!' V x munm s, '.'"f .-T "r ' " a. j-acasog, no. a, oabkoix x 6uUy,v'8cptiiW IS, IK ' AN INDEPENDENT EWSPAPIR r , ,t y. r , i . i ....... . M 'DO 'WE THINK OF ' THIS? .; , world fair. The former is so immense as actually to be of this influx of visitors, and elsewhere everything; possible Hn the world" -while Sverdmr. the other most recent ex- v i ' 1 ' bewildering and contusing;. I o see what he wants to see is done to attract and retain it . Portland has done much plorer, brought 1ack "a magnificent delineation of that pre- HQW MANY ' RESIDENTS of this ' highly favored visitor must spend weeks, and at the end of that time go in the hotels which it already boasts, but they are not equal vioua great gap in Arctic charts, the unknown regions west J ;2 state and section of country realise and appreciate away after all with a confusion- of ideas' rather than with a to the emergency. There should be others, and there should of El Is mere land." 1 Two other explorers, Zeigler and ' 1 its advantages, its opportunities, its beauties,, the solid and substantial knowledge of the many things which be at least one fine and imposing one. In our judgment no Amundsen, are now In the Arctic regions, one seeking to ' gnanifold bleaaings they enjoy? Comparatively few, we he would like to see and study,. Here they know the cream investment that could be made cotiM be more largely or reach the pole mistakenly, Peary thinks bv way of Fran J i suspect. i wuuiu uc wen tu umu ui una vvueanuaiiy, w ui wwn ji LAfuit iiwe iv. anvw wu iu ils vuuipawicai niurv gcuorsiij Dcnciiciu iU inc wnuic CUV uiau -JUlOuier JOSCI iJina, ana U1S OinCr DJ anOlnCr IDUte. ' ' take note of the marvelous resources all around us, to form nd under the easiest tonditions. ponder upon the difference between our lot and multitudes The work at the grounds is rapidly advancing, and the of other people upon the earth, and to be thankful aye to Portlander who visits them in company with friends from V-rejoice and be exceeding plad that accident or impulse has other parts of the country feels a pardonable pride in what placed; us in this particular portion of the world. . ' he is able to show and m the promise of what is to come in man wno u m gooa neaiin ana idw 10 aa anytning wmcn is now apparent 10 me least ooserving eve. - 1; ; - all, and who lives in Uregon should be glad daily that r- f - . ' m ' 1 " " . BUILDING AN EAST 8IDE SCHOOL. big and well-equipped hotel in Portland. A POSSIBLE . WAY TO , DO1 IT. at k Peary, a pole enthusiast, Intent on raisinar funds for an other expedition, thinks "there is no higher, purer field of international rivalry than the struggle for the north pole. It is one "uninfluenced bv oroaoecta of nun. hv ririmii( THERE are ample city andvstate laws to protect the- colonization, by land lust or politics, l?ie conquest of the public against the noxious weeds which infest the P? i geographical and scientific diideratum."A !:' .- vacant-lots and encroach upon many of the sidewalks We shall not deny that "the conquest of the pole" would of the city. It is not alone that they are unsightly; it ii be a very interesting event, nor that it might be scicntific- not alone that they are an intolerable nuisance to pedestri- ally valuable, though in what respect we have never seen aenniteiy explainer out we disagree with commander i ha is alive, and alive here rather than elsewhere. And he - ifi should refuse to grow old in soul or spirit, or sour, or crusty, SLTIJ : they ,r. . pcitive mene to h. wU-ke?t lawn, acapctthc profusion of useful and beautiful products, the 1 . P.ll. 1 I l . ; ! ? i n wneai neioa ana orcnaras, uic rowenng mountains ana vase here than almost anywhere else to make hUman life com- .wm Vn.T.i Ann7 u.w u7. , ., , y , . . v v, : ... uxore yex.vcpi :un.gws anas, i ms is xrue or ;A paratively easy. and enjoyable; and a misanthrope a chronie tember. . : . . . .i 4 ; -?;-V ., ; ; ? . com plainer, a pessimist, betrays astonishing ingratitude and; ' proves that his lot should have been cast in. some country,' This century may iiot witness the conquest of the north important, it will witness the these vaat regions upon which A least has never yet '. There never was a time in it whole history, when It so South America, of northern .Canada, of Africa, of northern' HTrt Amr-AM . hHiM b tfhnnlJa An t-ntnef htt nrrvmA T.. - ..... . X " 1 t... . . . proves that his lot should have been csst In some country ihe wherewithal n.OW' Wext y ? W W1" jrom a 1 aections pt X" umy unioucnca, D unawcoverea nacu- or some portion of this country-if. there be any auch be buUtd Hsh th C!,ntPr Many ?" wUI her! B? f V "T' .cWbto oi ,uaUimn hundrcdj mi1' t.;ui-- ,m 1. pe Duilt, ana it should not oe a wooden structure. - it snou 4 to investments: others, and verv desirab e acdu isi- liona of human beings. ; ; r . All jt a!. uvual u.wiuaiiaj &w biii.ii iiviuvoi Ximm ... . , J'- ,r 1 . r ai r . a ... hui n uMtiiuaiiK iii.ii iiviuvoi 4 1 t .-.''- auan mnvt fnlla mmml tnAilarM MiiiiMmantl All Af thts . 0 - ... the citiren of the Pacific northwest to r:;: wULJT. rtJ 1 nana an oi ineae people wiii Decnarmeo oy ine;geeii ap- poie; put, wnai xar more nrwiativu of the hleMinn and hounttM V. " ' ,. 7 j 7-r. " " 1. . pearance ot the city, ihat will speak tor itself. Jtfut will conquest of large portions of d upon its inbabitanta, but he ought to km ti,. h.7k -f. W .Z V Tf x P a nign estimate uposj ne we ignt or moaera civuizaxion , ar he would be, on the average, a better ZT'CtrZ ZTuZZJa Tt "tS: . Cii . tt3 7 civic pride ot iu peopief - inosc wno nave come here this dawned.,.....;., ;.. man uvnw nnaer ie lavoraoiecon j u- ,t u- fu u - r p. v.. . ..m:- . . be more charitable, more liberal, iesa " ' m'J U . ( Y a u scu-respeci oi uie peopie is tnererore invoivea uiougn tnatr ; ; ; f A NEW , of broader mind and calmer spirit; AiZVJZlUZr HT w i. It kTI 7 - - r oteem to oe oi vital conseguence mvry direction.;. , ,0. , , - more so working with all "1 ZZZZ w" : " -L a,. Z-r -u! J may oe that ui only solution ot the ditficutty is to make TN THIS ISSUE of The wuibi uucnucii. xnc autnoniira ral Mm with the surrounding conditions. ,Not only ought . be contented and ap So lavishly bestowe be so thankful that man than the average ditions. He should censorious, more kindly and yet not less active even ethers to bring about shall be, and so have a ne ongnt to oe a more moral, upngm, conscientious man -,.-t, .-., A4f K'ti trn thA mnnn! Mim. than one beset . by adverse circumstance "and conditions that .'oC those things in the nature of pubUc improved t ""V " . ...u..., c ..yU.u mcnU it 8hifted along the line, and some of those who will give or show forth much in all ways, so that when visitors u directlr benefited may thus have a chance to help in eome to this region and examine it they may not on y say, footng bi tn emininty fair arrangement in our estf r -1 . mation. -v , f- -, r .-. v ' v.f " rf. . The annual school meeting will not be1 held until next January; but now this high-school question. be met; let us accept DEPARTURE.. the meat and wonderful thinirslhat A'V " I T A v " examples of a few of the pLTwd SrtlnESr Nay Sore- fa",ll?"tt,,;e 5 ff y: " ! ample power to do i pan ana uk rainem. ay, more much to be done in the way of public improvements, and ,1", .,.MmnlUhm rf a B moral, upright, conscientious man .llrfl hMVV Hrmft. hein made utwir the mnnicioal ir. W mpl""" so, and it may prove a abort cut to very desirable end. . ; V v; sttAKwn . rust i i-ut mukxh jkulj. Journal is inaugurated a gen- 1 review of mining districts in the state. Com mencing on the west aide of the Cascades, where min eral resources have been lesa exploited, it will be the pur-, pose to cover the various mineral zones where development has progressed tar, giving aa idea of the work done, mag- nitude of fissures? geological and tnineralogical conditions uva tne oesi men ana women in our xana. . - "To whom much is given, of him much shall be required." IN A RECENT ADDRESS before the International 6e equipment. One purpose is dominant in the departure ' t graphicaJ society, Commander Robert E. Peary, who moTt thorough familiarity in ti mveating world with ; I- tL.. I. i. what CWsimi rs11v Kb anH haa Ann frnt nf th afat'a " FAfft- GROUND IMPRESSIONS. 'L .it. it. TT IS very gratifying indeed to find the Timpression which "d 'm?!rtf I th work ; .ItWdv done at the fair irrminds mikea uoon Pintefl ut Th Joan,al WOuId Plea4ed hcaf ol visitors and tfie conception of the public spirit and en-. , . ;. - J.-T!!., '" ' terprise of the Oregon people which it conveys to their ' , E NEED OF MORE HOTELS. ; niinui. : ah ui muc win ucic iau nativs buiuc . m , -. x . . , eommodationa to meet the temporary exigencies of F . c-. .T r::".' the 1905 fair ia the really serious question of ade- nuwwuKc' uut M,c u,lu,rc,cu- of the recent past the conquest of the Philippines by the vestors indefinitely, and many good operatora are repelled United Statca, the war in South Africa, the war in the Jy mere prejudice based upon irresponsible reports. If orient, the estabushment of the republic of Panama,- the The Journal is able to bring facts to light, and hold them building of the Trans-Siberian railway, the faying of the & th clr cId Kg of conservatism, its mission for the Pacific cable and the invention of wireless telegraphy a miner schteved, for this paper is firmly convinced ....... ... ... " 1 r . . al.i t 2 1 ..til i-a. great events calculated to extend tne world s geographical Icl regmrumg rcgun mmc wm mmv w vuuh aDunoant capital ana acuve enterprise; JAPAN AND THE CORRESPONDENTS. . 'thing about the fair; but it seemed so very far away.thatt whatever impression it left was simply that it was to be local in its character, intended to, exploit ourselves, and - 9WV " uvouv,. w . . , .. .... , . . - . . , n therefore neither more imposing nor dignified than the big qte accommodationa for the transient r people who are w JnP"X , sute fairswhich are. held every year in all -part, of, the .creng Jt-.J hasbeen dir toward the An .f country. But when they note the sire and character of the S lJ,9n YCl 'U n buildings, the enormous grounds, ;the amount - that is heme; spent, and the great results that Achieved, they go away convinced that tn the - trVflone has approached the high mark which the Portland forded ample opportunity for re'ereatiott to hundreds who Nearer approachea to the north pole have been made in' he proposed to do. Now, therefore,' the ar 4eit.; exposition will set ( now go. eisewnerorinc wwi .w7 uic J -Very many of them say that many people In all parts of population is not larger is the lack of hotel accommodations. - J . t f.t . iTi 1 Vu whh mim haw U am a nar with th hat ihat th tne country are simpiy ccsang a roaaonMJie excuse w vuiit r , i i. t J , th Parifir northwest. No other section jaf the countrv ia country affords, but It is not ample to meet all. the require- discovery, if the "pole- should ever be reached, would be couraging outlook to Japanese1 prospects. now appealing to so many people. Indeed, in a sense, it it snents. There have been hundreds of cases of people com worth one-thousandth part its cost But Commander Peary But really the correspondents should look at things from just being "discovered" by many of them, and when its ing here, intending to spend several daya or a week, who, ia an enthusiast search for the north pole has become with the Japanese point of view. Here they are fighting against r . beauties and possibilities are brought home to them it has finding it impossible to secure the hotel accommodations him not only a life work; if he can secure the means, but a an enemy which far overtops them, in resources and men. -for them an irresistible attraction. They note with pleas- they desired, simply took the train elsewhere after spend- passionr and he has at least shown admirable perseverance It waa to them a matter of life and death. If their plans ure that whiia the fair will be unexpectedly large and coverjnfc part of a day here. ... ' .. '. : . and grit in pursuit of his object, having made a nearer ap were made known they would almost inevitably, have been a fine range of . exhibits, it is so compactly built and so This transient trade is peculiarly attrc pole than had hitherto been accomplished, circumvented and beaten. Their only hope was in secrecy admirably arranged that one can see it all to the very best awake city. . It? is liberal and pleasure-loving. It is out for He was gone four years on his last expedition, and returned, and celerity. In the judgment of.the world even the world advantage. The difference in size .between it and the St enjoyment, end, finding it, is willing to pay the price. Every he says, "with the delineation of the northern terminus of Which hungered for war news Japan could not do other Louis exposition is altogether in favor of the Portland line of amusement, many lines of business, feel the effect the Greenland archipelago, the most northerly known land wise than it did with any possible hope of holding Its own. 1 '.;- THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER - By ERNEST COUN1VPN: BINDER-KRIEGLSTEEM IT was at afukdea. mm I ws qsraialnc far aoma provtakna tn an American storr, that X flrat met fact U faca WlU . , a typical Ruaa Ian aoldtor. A maa ct about SS, built mm a oollaga atb lata, with snaanlflMot black fuU baard sad dark axprwlva ayaa, aatarad tha stora sad ta tb ssast trlandlr soaaaar and to th eooatar sad aaked If a h flovid hava s bottls of snbrowka. a ebasp RuacUa whtakr. Tha AnnatUaa said that h eovld, and. aa a handad him tha bottla of ' poMwa, tha soldtar. without saklas tha prloa thraw thra sUver roublas on th oovatar. The Anaaalaa hstutd a moment h prlc at th aubrowka waa two roubles and thea cava him elxty kopeks. With hai On kaowl adff mt th Rosslaa oharaetar ha knew that the soldier would toel aahanMd to aak shout th arte fa th arteaaco of atiunswrs. Th Blbarlaa lifl guard lookad at th txty kopeks and after a moment' thourht Buabad th money toward th storekeeper. Tou may as wU keep the change Uttl father." The Armealaa acted as If h was arastlr -offended, sad replied: "But. my little dov It coats only two roubles and. forty." i The soldier dos wot dole htm sa snswrt ad ItshUnc hie clrasetta, offer us his ess that w may help ursehras. - sly friends two Frenchmen, Who- hav ta th sountry for hm ttms, whlspor to me: "Tsk one, or a wul feel offended," a X follow their advice, sad in rsturh ssk for s'botUe of "Maderts,' which her la-tunM of, war costs thiws roublas. wall th regular price s SO kopaks. With perfect ease, this oommos soldtor o oepts my Itrrltatlos, sad It Is only with dif ficulty that I cm kfla him from seadms; for another bottle. When I ask aim If h In tend to empty his bottle of subrowka, today, bo dontes It smUlnsly. wtth ta words: n am a Russia soldtar," snd as as see that w do not understand him; k adds, "Rus sian soldiws d no drink subsswka, but only WlllS.-, - - ;. r ' Orer th ' wtn - ws soon beeotn fast friends. Th soldier tell us hi nam and speaks of his wtf and child and how tha gTsta had Jt besun to sat ren whan a Uft bom' and how be had reoslred two let Urs from his family, which he presently arodacs from sa Inner pooket and sake per suasion t let th Armenian read to him. as a 1 sorry to ssy that a does not know how to read htmeelf, Th eonunts of th letters toooh htm deply snd sooa th tears roll down bis cheeks aa he- listens to his wlfs's terms of endearment and wish tor hi ssf return, snd when th Armenian has flnlsbsd read me snd aires him back th letter a cannot Mnssr control his emotion, and says, smil 1ns; In an embarrassed man oar throuak his' tears: "And when I now vet down to th Tslu to be shot by th Jsponskls I will fet a mors letters from my little dove. I hop your cxUncls will forgive h plain sol 1 dlr." ' - r - , , Of sours w foraiT htm. fc ' But whan we com out Into th street th soft-hearted, aood-natured fellow draws his bayonet and makes a furious, nine at a passlns; doc, if If to show that his sent- , mentality will not prevent him from per formlna her deeds at th right tlm and place. '. That th oocasion was not " Very well ohosen never ooeurs to this child of nature. - Thus the RuBslsa soldiler la a mixture of 01sT sentimentality and Aslatio brutality) but eves bis peculiar eharacterv makes hire a soldier 'as no other, with th possible ex ception of th Turk. Tie fanaticism, hai lack of criticism, which makes him respond to orders with th automata aotloa f a ma, shin; his ' ladotni table course snd oon tempt of dancer, sad his patience under suf fer! rure and privations of all kind are un arp eased. The auslltles make th Rus sian almost useless fur offenss. for sll ac tive snd Independent sotlon, as b aee In all oppositkm which h cannot ovsreoro In th first sssault sa nnsunaountsbls obsta!. Hs ts, bowevT, ready to sacrifice hw nf ' at all occasions ths most reckless manner. When a dan serous attack ts ta be madev It Is not, as In our army, th offlosr who leads, but th private soldier, who after having mad ths sign of ths orosa, will stop oa a mine to make It ex plod or, aa oa th Kor lets and Varlag; 'throw himself upon an enemy ten times bis strength and dl with a heroism which Is wonderful. - - H haa a great contempt for everybody who Is aot a soldier sad when on guard will -scrutinise with minute oars ths passport of vary civilian whom ha does not know, while he will let a stdlr whom he has never eeen before pass without questioning-' Under no circumstances will he erltlslse the oonunands of his sa perl or officers, but wlU carry them' out to ths letter no matter ' how foolish they may appear to a man with , sound Judcinent. Neither will b loss oour , ace, even If beaten back ten times, and will quietly bear th defeat 'of a campaign of ; years, and wta at last If his officers do net air up ths gam. He nvr growl or com plains If hs must starve, snd when he ones mora -gets something to eat ho esnsldsrs It as a wholly undeserved grace of God, and ap precis te as a child evary kind word spoken -ta him by his officers. Whsn off duty hs Is ss playful as a kitten, and sings and dsnoss outside his tent In ths barracks or. at ' the street, giving himself fully up ta th en joyment wttfc abandon of a ohUd. The many attacks on the Bngttsh and Jap ness press which describe htm as a mon ster of cruelty are exceedingly unjust He Is nvr, crH though .often brutal. Hs hi entirely devoid of th eoM-lov of murder snd torture which Is characteristic of the Japaneae and other Mongolians, but a wounded enemy cannot count on being pitted or nursed by him, and If unob rved ho will kill him with the bayonet or a Mow of th butt of hsj gun to put htm out of misery, but he will never mutllats a corps or enjoy torturing an enemyaa I have seen ths Japan ese soldiers do scores of times, both tn this war and during the war sgslnst fa Boxers. Many Russian officers who have them aeiree served la Che ranks treat then men as If they were their own children and are loved by them la .return with ft tor for which no saerlfte Is too' dear.' ') ' '.: There Is In the Rueeian soldier no false hood, no deceit, no ambition, no dlasati-1 faction with hfa lot but alas on , deeper eenss of duty.' He Is Incapable of deep hatred, and t have -never hoard eas of them threaten or bully a Japanese prlaoner. He returns from an unsuccsssful attack with a smile on his face and smilingly he admits that he has been defeated once more and adding:' wttsehwo (that does not matter) only watt tin father Karonatkla gets at them, then you wlU see tn Japonskls run." Always hopeful, always happy, when wounded In hovpltal fanpatleat to reoovery that he mar ha allowed to go ts the front once more, stnaing or dancing; even when half starved, soaked with rain, numb with cold or almost prostrated with heat,-giving himself up fully to ths enjoyment of th mo ment, without a oars or thought of the mor row, the Russian soldier Is ths military Ideal, ' One sennet help loving aim and hs makes 7 - , friends swiywheio. - V Should Russia soma out of thk) war vie- -torlous, an she undoubtedly wtU, the honor will not belong to her offloers, but to her , private soldiers. I do aot heel tats to say that the pi are Russian soldier, once placed In position. would fight better If th officers would leave : v the defertelV fighting to htm' without" mtf- I ; forlng; H needs to be spurred on to an at- v tack, htN When on the defenstve he wnt not yield aa Ittoh. Jk soldier of this kind would ' be abls to serve far greater tasks when led v.l by IntsUlgent sffiosrs; -his courage would 't never fait . Only the leaders have failed and '', will oonrinue to fall as long as not all Rue- si an officers aavs become gentlemen tba th Russian armlss shall bo Invincible. Give Up Liberally to Secure Protection (Wltr Weumea nt the Seotember auo htseh ass bea written eg th newer f ; railroad corporation ta our polltlr. - It le true that In sway sute oartaln railway mainuis a polltleal staff. With them It la a bueiaa nutter. They eek to protect their property from the as at exactions of ieglelatarea and pub lie off tele la. It must be reamberd that a eertala elase of aolltlelsnB sad legislators im eonauuitly enseavorlng to "trlk" rsllrsada. That la, certain naval get ap anver blUe and demand say for defeating or dropping them. The railroad officials right fire with fire, stoaaetlmes they stop blackmail by gath erlna; wtthla tltetr wa control the power whub shall men attempts st blackmail kamlee. awing thas led Into political eetJvffy Sj e4f efensa sow end then a raUread hsrlae; open its etaff men of goals for entities nverpler it bead aa eefce to catrot with abeolsta away the aHia ef sns sr both of ths part lee witbJa a etate, setting up or pulling wa bm a wlL Doubt 1m n la true hS ta at least wttrd of the us railroad lallueao ka sarammint In the affaire of sae or both of ths sol It torn 1 garues but M hi set dlrestly tkreuek th use f saoney that Uisse rosde oper ate. The paeethe little pink slip of magi charm -la their Instrumentality. Imasins the peivBSiveness of free trana portstlos Is th tribe of politicians whs are aver en th move from towa to town, attesdtne; local and atate oonves tlons ssd Axing up their little schemes. Is many a etate a politician who pays bis -way Is a esrloalty. The railroad pass is on of the potential tt lee of gov ernmeat la eur great snd glorious eons try. .. Twenty years see th manasev of a rreslsenttsl omsipalgn who haa la hand a fun of three or four hundred thousand dollars to defray the expenses of his eperaiione thought himself opulent Oredually the mn required1 by national eomailttess grew snd grew, until, hi Hit, high water mark was reached by the leu htareue A Hanna In hi a auuilps latioa of ths campaign far William Me Klnley. Through Mr. Henna's hands that rear passed a sum falling but little under six millions Of dollars. J ant well aware thai th emeu at has been often gives mscft higher Agurea, reaoa Uie. to some Instances, to fifteen er auteea Bullions af SolUra. W. Basrae Oeekrsa Paid Is the house of represents- - : - ' '"' ' ' - - ttves, lest soring, when his own eaai nslsw sxpenses wars under dlsouesldn, that hs understood that Mr. Hanna had used a total of about fifteen million. But my Information comes from good authority. The actual sum raised and expended by Mr. Hanna was wtthla a few thousand of the sum X have named. There n IHtl doubt that tf H had been deemed neoesaary to osmpas th defeat of William J. Bryan, twice ss snob oould bar been raised. Be great was the slsrm among mea f means over the Sanger which menaced the stan dard of values that all Mr. Haana had to do waa to write down en a slip of paper the amount he thought a bank, a corpor ation, or an individual should pay, and m nearly every Inst no- the aeaigned sum wss promptly cheeked to Oernelhie K. Bliss, the treasurer of the sommlttes. Th largest subscription, I have bees toldV reme from sn Insurance soenpeny, and amounted to fint.oe. ' One railroad company gavs SlOfl.eo. Slight or l railway com pawl re eunecrtbed oae-fnurth ss much each. Probably a hundred or mere bank snd tract onmpentes sent their aback for from 1,0S to SsAMO apiece . i - At th etoes of th earn (Mlgs of lit. -whleh wa by long odds the greatest political contest ever seen In this coun tryMr. Hanna rested from his arduous labors. At th last saomant there came sa orgeat appeal from Mebraafce for another allotment of funds. Tf ' had Ito.eeo more. ' tele replied the chsirmsn of the Republican eommlttee In that staU, "ws would carry Bryaa'e own state for McKlnhnr." Mr. Hanna wanted to help the man who had made such s gallant struggls for the electoral vote of Bryan's home, but hs did not upposs there wae a dollar left hi hi treasury, snd It was too Late to get out snd raise store. - He wss about to wire his refusal, when Secretary Heath re- mafkadi "If tt ts only lack of funds that trou bles you. you need aot stop. Mr. Henna. We have mor than a handrsd thousand dollars en hand." "Whatr. aselalmed Mr. Hanna. "the oampalga at aa end and money etm la ths treasury? I aever heard of such thing. Are you eur" Mr. Heath produced ths boohs to prove his statement, and the Henrasks eom mlttee got the Uf-Ooe they wanted, though they were not ouooessful la carrying th a tat with It. During national samp lens ths books of the treasurer sad manaser are kept In s peculiar wsy. Instead of entertna; aeeounts by name, each socount ts Riven aumoer, an m tnua cameo tnrouen- out th osmpslgn, The key to this le gendary system. Is known to only two ye three trusted msn. snd ths account- ante who keep the books hare not the sit ah test knowledge of what stste cm- mlttss sr etbec orsaaisaUoo or Individ ual stands behind the number. After the oampalga Is over the books are. burned and all the records, except possibly some private memorandum kept by th sunagsr, are wiped out of existence. Suoh a thing mm ths sudltlng of asm palgn expenditures was never knows, so far aa national campaign' ware oon- oerned. Bverrtfalnc Is trusted to the honor of responsible men. and t have never heard that any of the managers of s national oampalga were suspected of betrayal of their trust m say way. Prom ths Hew Torsf Amerloan. "' Warren Ban ford Stone, the man who represented ths elevated railroad em ployes in ths many eonferenees snd who actually prevented the etrika, Is ths ue oeaser of ths Mts P. M. Arthur, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive smgmeors. He hr it years of see, and has bees employed en the Missouri di vision of ths Rock island system for It years. , Hs is soft' of voice, quietly spoken, yet Srm snd el ear -headed, with s legal mind that goes straight to the root of th trouble. . Mm Aghls, and fights hard, whan It Is neoesaary. Bat hm general Idea le of peace. His sol lor. he ear. Is "Let us reaaoa to-ethr." To a ipor tor hs said yssterdar; 1 only Sght when I hav to. 1 follow the golden rule always,' . , . . .t . ... . - 1 , , I h ; : Populiflta Sliort- SigHteJiiiess ' Prom ths Balthnors Haws. Marion Bstler has lolnsd In the ehorm of "Tom" Wstson's ong of pralss for Theodore Rooeerelt. It m, no dofebt, sln oere and very gratlfylag to Republican oampalew aunagsrs. But what do tha Popuiuts hops to get out of It ulti mately? The election of President Roose velt eaa hardly have the effect of Birengtbealn Populleax A crushing de feat Of JudM Xeeker mii1S Aa mam thaa any other thing to break th grip upon their party now held by ths con servative element of Democracy. Judge Parker sosrafall anlltlcallw. it te otutuM come, would be more thaa. likely to re- naoniuii nr. nryas ss a party leader. At all events. It enuM eevtitv ttm mmv aDOrscnblr backward inward tlr Brvma. That would mean that ths natural re cruiting ground for , Tom" Watson would be fenced eft Demoorato with Popultette tendencies would remain In the Democrat lo fold. Popultsta who would aot ears to follow a forlorn hope would en ta nimMnm u tk.v Hmm heretofore when It ehowed 'radical' ten- denclea, Ths Populist party would sis- appear, snd there would be a tendency toward a Democratic mdloal eartw en a conservative Republican party. On th other nana, V Juc.se Parker should win. ths eonservstlv element In Democracy wfuld be entrenched In power, snd the -Democrats with Popsllstlo tendencies would be obliged to find new affiliations, s They would naturally go to Populism, as , they did oa former occasion. Mr. Wat. son's party would be strengthened. He might hope then to ee It become the radical party of the nation, it is evi- dent that Id trying to elect Preeldent Rooeevelt the Popuitethi statesmen sr not looking far ahead. - k . . Prom th Ksnsas City Independent "Surely I can aot be' mletaken," mid the bunos steerer. Thla le Uncle tilas, Joachim's Comers, lan't lit Just let ms carry that carpet bag for you,'' Tea minute later Ihe bunco man Was perspiring like a heme and grunting With every step. .-What la ths world have vsu sot m thla begr he asked. "It welahs a ton" "Meant that It should. return Vmim all, tersely. "Leaded K with bricks a-purpose an put my clean collar aa an extra pair o socks fa my eoat pnokef. Reckon you b mho-bunco net don't get hardly snoagh snsrela to .keen h health good. ' ' V V 'r - i -. : S 1
