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; 7- Page of iiio JbnrnJ PORTLAND OREGON, ' ' j V M VVTDXZSDAY, " OCTOBER If, 1904. Editorial - I T HE, OREGON DAILY 4. JACKMM THK LOCAL OPTION rTHEF art two dlrere ways of ' I ant ton ouMtloi among these disposed to tne pnncipn. um poiat of (M radical prooJWtlooist whs t who will accept not bloc abort of the wneie met even I though starvation threatens aad who wool by bare ma J Jorlty vm force his medicine down the nnwUHng threats i of those who cordially disagreed with him. His aim Is legalised prohibition; ho eanaot sew and will not accept 3 anything short of It. Drink baa worked frightful havoc, U ' hM born tho oause of mere ertroe, sorrow, Ma and mff srlng i than aO bther Influences combined. Measured by mora moMr It haa levied a fearful tax upon every oommunlty m rhaUHalalng nenitamiaetae, poor kwusas, asylums, re j formetorica refugee with all their attendant nooeeeories- 4 Thlp being pot alena tnio bvt self-evident bo argues that thoro Is but ens way to moot H and that la to accept no j compromloo with tho domon ram bvt utsratty to wipe It off tho fang of tho earth. - f Now, H thoro was no tntormodlato stage between tho 7 baying and tho doing, tho pcofeeslonel prohibitionists, m ! Rood of being In a relaUvely Insignificant mlnect wovm i Immodlototy. becomo ovorwholmUig majority. Bot thoro m a fatal IntannodlaM otaco. Praottoal roformora I who accopt ihingi as thoy aro and who havo dlaoovorod ' from oxpartonco that puMto atntlmant lo an ortn atrongor i factor 1b a ropubllo than law, roaltoo that no sofa and por- t manant progroai nan bo mado In any dlroettoo unlom It -vMto with tho ondoraemont of pobtle oontlmont. rrom ' their pout of rtsw paMlo oonUmont moot bo odueatod aa I all thooo dlapntod publte nootlona so that whoa a law If put to operation H will moot with tho cordial approbation and good will nf the poopfe To tho mlnda of such as Umbo V thoro aro many reforms which they would llkar to aoo ln i augnratod bat conditions ar sneh thoy roallso It Is Impeo olble to accomplish all thoy doatro. Therefore they accopt what thoy can aot and more steadily forward from that J ountago point to something better. Not an nor aoarly all A of thooo go to the oamo lengths In a eons Idorat Ion of the prohibition question. Tho decided aaajortty aro not pro J hlbltkmbiu at all exoept to too degree that rt hi preosod by the term local option. Thoy believe In the principle of ; majority.-rule and thereby believe that every residential S precinct should have the right by a majority vote to say , whether or net a saloon shall be maintained with la that 4 precinct. ' Thoy mini the rotating of sateens on suburban districts against tho strongly sxprssssd disapproval of tho presidents and recall eome flagrant oaass la and about Portland, others who believe and practice temperance ' themselves favor maintaining an alliance with such as thooo -for they reallas that tho help thus secured WlU lead to bettor regulation of the saloon and questions Incident to , It hi all parts of the city. Oa the ether hand they feel that to press the prohibition question at this time and above all things to attempt to secure snap Judgment under the local option law rsoshtly adopted support of a very Urge class new thoroughly favorable to precinct local option and end disastrously to the general 1caus and the elevation of the moral tone of the ootn i m unity which would go with It . -v- - - y-t-': jp' The Journal thoroughly agrees with ths sentiment that ? k would be well to take a reasonable and practical view of the whole matter. It does not favor from any stand f point any attempt to ride roughshod over the sentiments of J the people or the use of the law as a eoMct of coercion. To force a county veto which would render legally "dry" many precincts opposed to prohibition would simply pro i mote ill will and react against the whole principle upon 7 which such laws should be booed. , It la far better to move ) along the line of least resistance, to carry the movement I Into those districts In which It Is most welcome, to grant there the relist which every one desires, rather than to y i violently fly In the face of public sentiment and by aosk . tag to take snap Judgment lose the opportunity long sought , to put In operation a good and desirable law when that law a Is reasonably, sanely and practically administered. ' ANOTHER SERIOUS 8HEEP PROBLEM PREDATORY shoe hands In this statr amtltuts one of the meet sertcus menaoaa to permanent prce - perlty of stock sections. Those sections bordering general driving routes suffer severely each year. Lake Klamath, Wasoo, Morrow, Oraat and Malheur counties are m the path of traffic, and their local Interests, both sheep and cattle, feet with keener loss ths Inroads of herds sent annually to market. - Buyers of mutton grass their purchases In the early sea son oa Interior. ranges, gradually working dowa toward ths market as the season advancea. In the osursv of this Journey, one such herd wiB destroy a large amount, of erasing land that Is used by stockmen living near that sec tion. When grass la gene, the predatory band pomes to I another spot, denudes another resident's range, and re I peats until a rati Into is reached and shipment Is made to ths market. As a rule such herders have no oompune- tleus about local rights or interests. After their devests tkm, ths resident of any section visited Is driven to the I Inconvenience and Ices of having his stock wander far. and perhape scatter. - - - . People of Lake Klamath and Malheur have been pecul iarly Injured thus, and are agitating remedial legialatlon. They would have predatory bands restrained, licensed or : regulated In such manner that they do not wreak destrue- Uon upon established Interests. Back of their contention for such discrimination Is the fact that ths northern hand 1 rummaging for Lake county grass through the- summer ? bears no tat burden In that county, e hares In no lecal de . velopment work, and yet Is permitted to consume and ( Octroy resources to a most Injurious manner. Relief Is not so clear aa positive Injury. Sheep must be' driven to market, and sny effort to retard driving might develop mto serious difficulties. Unlike the railway cross ' Ing a county, sheep have no track subject to tax. What . ever system is adopted must be on the basis at selling or . " 1 Prom tae SToekivn Kagla When AaterksjM etroll about the , hnntl toraai the first thing that mt .i pusses tbo.M is the fact that mocb dig ging has ben required to remove the u ' pertnousnbeui sell. Aa, Helkmetls, nine I eatles north of Cairo, a gigantic obollsh : thai stood la the enter of shot eltr of M.eoe.eoe lahabltaats new has Hs base tl ' feet voder the top of e plowed field. A visitor goes down la a eert of well to ssc It. Trsjsn's foroai at Rome h IS feel - lower than the surrounding otreeta. No Vwty kuows what the base of. the Sphinx Is like. This sound vsrv Strang about . Karoos or Afrtm, but en uwlsent hat burp In New York recently Is far ' . more eurloss. The VawsereMt fas" IS eeiy ht Hs fhurib enr ration. gwventr 7ra aae 1 'ommodors Cornelius VanderMH wsa the owner of a "psrlaueer." or at host, - - thet fsi i -tec psnets from Stolen hrtand to uetierf. rite regular fare was "two PUBU3HRD BY JOURNAL POBLISHINQ Ca v - Jtawu and every Sunday "irsing at Portland, ongw. OmCMt FAPfR 0 TrU CITY Or QUESTION. sravsi. Psrhans looking tM ar at the lecsl non-resident stock, farerebly Mtnainsd within ns h - abhors compromise. M' misrepresentations only resource as a I T SEEMS quits corns from case on trial would alienate the continue such work that whenever a too tired to carry work cannot keep train, but look at holding that they all 7 Then, there there would be na Almost sublime never to place the D OUBTLRSS bits, or oents In the eaeney af today. The 'pertsussi- traffic was the baste of tho Vaaderbilt fortune. The Battery gld not extend so far Into ths bay as It goes today.. Workmen eusevathig for tho tun nel to Brooklyn exposed the landing stage et which the Vaaderbilt ferry sc poslted Its pa near. The oak piles were hi place. It was It feet under the ? resent level of the Bat t err' surfsee. hs see well, the trees and alf the bau ties of the modern place have been added since those days. What is the use of seeding exploring parties to die la Cyprus or at ths site of ancient Trey, whea we are getting eld oorselvssf . ft msaUy Is. - Prom ths Nsw York Herald. The superintendent of schools m Cleveland, a, says that Cicero and De moetheoss are eclipsed Wy ear modern oral or a Not "eclipsed." prsfeor. "Beaten te a puts;' or "framled te a fin- J OURN A L The Journal Bufldmg, FB end T . ORTtAWO leasing the range, and range leasing as suggested by oer taln stockmen a few years ago did not- meet general s- counties could adont a license tax for proportioned by the length of time such bounds. This see me the most feasible soJuUon, although man? stock Interests favor excluding predatory bands from their ranges entirely. Some definite suggestion on this subject Is expected when stockmen get In closer touch, which Is assured as a result OS national stock association work. FAIRBANKS AS A CAMPAIGNER. B. FAIRBANKS will doubtless be greatly relieved when ths campaign Is over, and he can refrain from repeating the flatulent platitudes and state of facts and conditions which, are his campaigner. It la a problem wnetner such a man la really sincere In repeating these claptrap excuses for argument, or whether he Justifies It on the ground that It Is customary. He presumably supposes that a considerable mopsrtlon of the people are Ignorant enough to believe him. and that another large fraction are as Imbedded in partytsm that they are Indifferent to ail misstatements and sophistries. So. though he never ex hibits a a park of ariginaUty. nor ventures a halrsbreadth out of the rut of routine partisan persiflage, he expects the sheep will all follow the bell he wears, rusty and cracked though It be. " In one place he talks of Democratic free trade, though ho knewa that the Democrats do not propose free trade at all. In another place he alludes to the late Senator Henna aa the greatest man America ever produeed--end tnthls we may believe him sincere. Later, be pretended that the Re publican party had been and would be opposed to the "bad" trusts; but did not go on to explain that no trusts, however much they plunder the people, are bad If they subscribe enough to the Republican campaign fund. Roosevelt four years ago, as a candidate for vice-president, was at least an Interesting campaigner; he broke out of the rut; he was sincere and had high Ideals somewhat obscured el nee. we fear. Uqole Joe Cannon Is an extreme partisan, but bs nag a style that interests hearera even V they do not believe him. Bo other- speakers somewhat atone for their partisan fabrications and political claptrap by displays of eloquence, or wit, or humor, or sentiment but not so Fairbanks. Hs simply reiterates the orthodox rot an the dead level of lukewarm mediocrity. , It would he a libel oft the Intelligence of the American people la suppose "ha had gained any votes by his cam paigning tour. . , -i " : ' HOW TO PREVENT RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. appropriate that thai decision should a Philadelphia court. Evidence In the was produced that a freight train crew. Including the engineer, had been en duty'.eonslnuously for S3 hours when the accident that was -the source of the trial happened, and the Judge held that no man should unless In flns physical condition, and railroad employe finds himself becoming en his work well, hhi duty Is to quit, even though hs knows he will loss his position by so doing. . Truly, an engineer who through exhaustion from over awake should not attempt to handle a the alternative placed before him loss of work, 'and perhaps consequent starvation for hhi family. This Judge could see the engineer's fault com mitted under the pressure of necessity's terrible tempta tion, but bis Judicial eve seems to have been Mind to the fault, that ought to be a crime, of the engineer's ear ploy ers who required him to work Ii hours without rest.. But since this Judge could not see In this direction, he should have followed out his theory to Ms logical concm eloa, and so made railroad wrecks forever Impossible. For the real offense was the desire and determination of engineers to hold their Jobs, and since this wilful dis position on their part Is doubtless ineradicable, their real error Is In holding or . accepting ouch Jobs at oil. They must obey ordem or lose their Jobs, and the court saye they must disobey orders: why not simplify matters by must not accept such employment at being no more engtnsers to run trains, more railroad wrecks. Is the logic of a court aredetermlned blame for such disasters whore It really DESTROYING VHK DEVIL. many of those who will see, or hear, or read about the psifwmanoss of the Chiaess to night la which their representative of the devil. or the evil in human nature, will be vanquished and de stroyed, will smile, and some may scoff, at this heathenish ceremony. But why should their symbolistic rites aot be entitled to respect, or consideration, as well as those of Christ lane? Philosophically, after all. the enlightened Christian and the "heathen Chinee agree In this: Evil dwells In men, and the Important thing Is to get rid of H. They must agree further, that this cannot he done com pletely, effectually. Ths devil keeps coming back. The fight must be kept up Every year the Chinese find an evil god to destroy. Every year the Christian churches reiterate their call for help to fight the battles of the Lord against the mighty devil. Perhaps the Chinese1 depend too much oa the ceremony, tho symbolism, but might they not retort that mare formalities constitute a great part of the white races' religion T It Is not nscissary to turn heathen, nor to put Chris tlanltr on an Intellectual or moral level with paganism, to find food for useful reflection, and to learn a lessen that though as old as human history needs re-learn mg every day. A teacher whose words are made part of the Bible thus taught H: "Resist the devil, and he wM. flee from thee. Cease to da evil, and learn to do welir scBsssxaxsmsssxaeexsa; Prom the Belthuore Herald. : ' Miss Lola La Pollette, the daughter of the governor of Wisconsin, goes en ths stare this falL' A lfadiaon woman esM of her the other day: "Miss La Vol tot te has a ready and rather ceuethj wtt. "At a msetlae that we held here for a charitable purpose, Mies T Polletts was one of thoso who passed through ths audience with plates for contributions. A rich mlser-sst In a rear seat alone, end when Miss La Pollette extended her plats to him. he said grimly: "I have nothing nothing ' - "The young girl knew the man .was wealthy, and with a little smile, oho mid;' Take something, fheni this cdlletr tlop you know Is for tho poor.' " . OoMen Rule lines lived up to his profusions and gave away two-thirds Of his property before he died. j . Small Change j Wynne wins temporarily , , ' Doctors looking pUaoast football. , Over worked ths term ueme time.' The fall goods of the weather gods aro begUoIng te arrive. , Now 1a the time to givg ths overcoat a different sort of seek. goon you may hear some people begin tn mal ihut (ha rata. i i hi i Well. If Bockefeller Is going te own ust ws will have lets of company) . How oan Boosevslt bs beaten, with Dowle and Mra Woodcock for him? . .Governor Garvin of Rhode Island has exhibitee symptoms or Tomtaggarticius. At least Grandpa Davis Is not as old an most of Unfile Chauscey DepeWa Jokes. . , Tho India summer may be over, but Indian blankets over a person are com fortable. rf - . - - . Preo speech In our island possessions Is tolerated only when It burrahe for Roosevelt. But the man of So discharged on ee- count of old age Is mat eligible to run for preoldent. . - . . According to Judge Parkera pictures. be is still 'able to obey the photogra pher's order lo look pleasant. , Hay Irwlfi'a latest song Is. Taint No Use Levin' That Way." But doubt lees she knows plenty of other ways. Perhaps It would be well to poetpono tho whirlwind campaign awhile. A high pressure of hot air Is not easily main tained for even a month, . , Mrs. Pat Campbell disoovered that wearlne a low-necked dress on the street attracted the attention of people whom she oonaiders low rubeerseeka, Port Arthur cannot held out beyond December I. Port Arthur is supplied with plenty of prevtoione and ammuni tion for a year. . Take your choice. . , Still the trust magnatee are more powerful than the government's tnter stats commerce eommtoslon, and won't answer questions nnless they ohooes to do so, - . , . gome Republican eanspatgners can find no better verbal occupation than netting up a free trade scars crow of their own manufacture and giving It a tongue lashing, , Haror Harrison of Chicago Is quoted as saying that Illinois wll go Demo cratic by a large majority, hut politi cians aro not expected to express their real belief In making predictions. . A New Jersey child lives chiefly en dirt, which It ests as other children do agreeable food, if it were a boy instead of a girl. It might bs supposed that It was preparing to becomo a politic laa. Candldate Fairbanks says that this country never produced a better man than the late Senator Hanas. . This la a natural visw for Fairbanks to take; besides, be mlsht have been thinking Juat then of eampalan contributions. The Republican rally on the 1st. when Senators Fairbanks and Dolliver ad dressed tho people of the state en the political Issues, was perhaps the most notable event that aver transpired in ths sate. Arlington Record. "Per haps this Is Intended as a Joke. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Portland. Oct. 1J. To the Editor of The Journal. The battle lo one that is bis with the fate of nations. But even should victory bo with the Japs, It will by no moans bs decisive. Russia de clares her determination to conquer Japan at whatever coat of life and treasure. The question arises, will the civilised world submit to her dictation t It must certainly, if Its Interests wore not put in Jeopardy. Russia seeks te monop olise China, and shut out commerce; but China la too great in territory and in re sources for other nations to asQuiesoo. On the contrary. Japan aims to spsn China to trade and civilisation, and of all people shs lo best adapted to tnio task. Hence her cause Is the cause of the stvtlised world at larae. In flahtlng her ewa battles, abe flgbta for Juatioe aad the rights of man. In this coatentlOB, does aot Japan oc cupy, with, respeeet to Manchuria, ths position the United States did with re gard to Mexico, when France sought to foist upon her a foreign potentate If our country wee right then, Japan must be riant now. Shs has plenty of men to send to the battlefield, aad bravely have they sustained their coun try's honor, but shs Is poor In this world's goods, and possibly Russia mey wear her out unleoo other nations In tervene. The time will doubtless eome when peace congresses will cause nations at war to deetst from further destruction. even when nothing lo at stake but hu manity; but 1f that time Is not now, self-interest must compel the world to take this matter up, and demand that Russia shall evacuate Manchuria, where she never hsd any right and which shs solemnly promised to leave. M. S. O Rig WOLD. Prom the Nsw York Press, Chicago's alleged success la employing men aa servants is not credited here by any one of tho several guilde which nave undertaken to solve one of ths most perpisxlng problems of tho day. for It Is patent to every woman that no other department In the household le so vexatious and try ins. The wotnen'a do mestic guild in tho western city In sists that It haa found troussred serv ants able end willing to do general housework, and In that Is Included the dutlee of the chambermaldV-the kitchen drudge, tho cook, the waaberwomaa and the seamstress. A high-class, good-tempered maa chambermaid la New Tors would be a novelty, and a man dress maker running tho sewing machine, cut ting, fitting and basting might suit some sections of Chicago, but very few porta of New York. The estimable iKtuseksopsrs who have mage the inno vation In the west propose that these bifurcated servitors shall bs oleaa shaven and wear a funny little apron like a freemason, so that they will not be mistaken for a butler or the coach man. Notwithstanding ths apparent ab surdity of tho proposition, six msn are now engaged IS domestic service In Cht mm and. aa thv ssv In tha aaw. are V O. A S." clean, orderly and sober) J f. FEUD AMONG Ufc R, Curtis In Chlesee Reoerd-Horold. The hm d Quarters of the board of lady nmnagera has been a storm center. Just us M was at the Chicago exposition, al though the disturbance haa not boon so greaty The board la very much smaller, eons let ing of only shout one-fourth es many es that of 11 years ago, and the dlsoeaetona havo been diminished ac cordingly. It is eosapossd of ladles ot the his best eharacier. culture and eoelafi position, who individually ass amiable, gentle end refined, but collectively, as In the Daughters of the Amerloaa Revo lutton and other bodice, their rivalries. Jealousies and conflicting opinions have oaused almost continual turmoil and have resulted in scenes of which the particlpaatc should be ashamed. The trouble .has been chiefly due te the anx iety of every lady manager to do her share to make tho fair a ouocses, and to a d iff eS ace of Opinion as to what her aha re should be. Mrs. Daniel Manning, the chairman, who, aa you all knew, le a woman -of great ability and knows how things ought to be dona has performed her part with shareeterlsUfl arses, courage and determination and has never been unwil ling te assume responsibility. Some of her oelleeguso feel that she has assumed toe much and that they eould have per formed her duties much better than she. Tho exhlhltore have a club for mutual an joy men t aad for promoting good fool ing, and they have given several enter tainments. Including a minstrel anew. Among the songs la the program was one with this refrain: Oh' Mrs. Manning;' , i:. . . They say you're planning All by yourself to run this show. The lady managers have had a tsrrtbls time with their secretaries and other eubordtnatsa The flrst' lady who held that office waa a member of tho board and after several months of warfare was removed f rem the position for tho same cause that often happens In divorce cases Incompatibility of temperament. I understand that she considers herself tho victim of Injustice, revenge and Jealousy, and has endeavored to secure her restoration to Office through the In tervention of tho courts, but haa been compelled to abandon her attempts at sslf-vindication Her suoeessor resigned because Mrs. Mans Ing s private secre tary attempted to boas her and usurped her authority and prerogatives, end she hss given tho newspapers considerable entertaining reading. The p recent sec retary has been promoted from the cler ical rank a and le said to be more amena ble to discipline. It Is unfortunately true, and tho reason for K la one of those things that no fellow can And out that there has been more bickering and trouble within tho little circle of lady managers than In all the rest of the exposition oonmmed. The recent "unpleasantness, which has been the moot serious of the season, grew out of the appointment of jurors. Under tho rules of the organisation the WANT OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY tBy Bile Wheeler Wilcox.) ; tCesrrtsftt, ISM, by W. S. Uearet.) ' An American eittsen, but a foreigner by birth, a matt of education and re finement and until recently suae ess ful la his undertakings, gnally encountered misfortune. Being something of a philosopher, tho man has been taking Inventory of his mental Im pre aa lone. He oaysi "My bad luck baa taught ms many things. First bow strong le a prejudice against foreigners; second, how absolutely void of any sympathy or Christian feeling are the relations of employer and -employe; third, how and why the ohureh la losing its bold upon people.' Then ho proceeds to say: "When' I was rich I always did mybeet to help tho church, so when 1 became troubled and distressed I turned toward R as a matter of course for sym pathy and enooursgemsbt This waa my experience: When 1 ceased to pay my subscription to the church Its man ner to mo became patronising; when I ashed my clergyman to assist ms In finding any kind of Work hs promised to do so; sift when I appealed to him for a third time after eight months of vain effort to re-establish myself) he indifferently offered mo It, which I re fused. Two letters which t wrote him remained unanswered. What I wanted from this roprooeatatfvo of God was not money it waa work or a word of encouragement X got neither. Instead. I felt myself, if not a suspicious, at least a tlreeomo . character to him. My faith, does not depend upon clergyman or priest But X ask you what might be the effect ' of such conduct upon tho minds of slmnls people to whom tho church and ohureh people are tho same thing. When tbey receive so little help and encouragement la the hour of need, and yet see church assoclstlons of every kind and denomination rushing In to Jails and prisons in sn effort to convert and comfort the Inmatee. what oan they think savs that the church is a etoak of hyaoorloyr - - It is not to be wondered at that my xmAftpy Washington Correspondence N. T. Bun. There are more necrose in the city of Washington than In any other etty of the union. According to the census of 100 ths District af Columbia, oo-sxtsn- slvs with the city of Washington, then contained more negroes than sny county In the United States. Slnoe then one county has probably passed Washing ton, -but Washington still losde among ths cities. - In Washington ths negroee com prise. however, less than one-third of the total population, while In ft southern coun- tleo and one southern city they form at least three-fourths, of the total popula tion. The excess of negroes over wniteo Is greatest In Issaquena county, Mtooni with more than it negroee to each whits per eon. But in Issaquena county there were in 1M only .771 oogroeo, whtle to tho Diet riot of Colombia there were more than M.tvO. .. . There Is no prospect that ths census figures of 1110 will cause Washington te lose Its position at ths city having the largest negro population In every other city whooo negro pope lot Ion le anywhere near that of the capital the rate of Increase among those of African descent w hlber than It lo In Washing ton, but even in these slrcumstaneeo there eaa hardly be a change in the relative position of this city. Baltimore, the moot populous southern city, with sOS,M7 Inhabitants, nearly double the population of Washington, contained 7t,f negroes In Iteo. while Washington, with 1TS.3I4 Inhabitants. contained 11.701 sogrneo. Thus Balti more was second. The third city on the list Is New Orleans, with 77, Tl 4 no ma out of a total population of 104. This Is a surprurtng a bow tog, for New Orleans Is la the region generally fleolgneted aa the black belt while Washington, la severs ..hundred miles north of It The city of Memphis, Tesa, contained nmmo oairrRm. washsxgeaa, snd Bet m the - Beutb. FAIR MANAGERS board Of-lady managers la authorised to .nMin mm. Mn.Kr af the Jury Of awards one for every group that la AludM artlaies manufactured entirely or la cart br women and Mrs. Manning mat la the names of perfectly oonueesnt and estimable women. Ths axpoaltion authoritlee, however, declined to aeoept them becauss they have not been con firmed by the board. Tho rules say that tho board shall appoint, and the seieotiou wsa Mrs. Manning's Individual set. It haa bean allsared. and. I believe, ad mitted, that the president obooted to u bra it ting her llet to her associates for fear It migth not be approved, and It la reported that nearly every one of the lady managers baa long lists of friends whom she would Hko to have appointed. Mm Manning claims that she has tho authority to appoint, aad there haa been a deadlock, until now nearly all of tho juries are finishing their work without assistance from the lady maneaers. Some time aae the exposition authori ties referred the matter to the national commission and sx-8anator Carter or Montana, tho president of that body, ap- nolnted Private John Allan pf Missis sippi to arbitrate and settle tho dispute. Mr. Carter immediately left for Montana ana has ant bssn seen bore olnoa. Pri vate John Alios, however, like the faith ful Casablanca, has remained en tne burning deck sod has listened to state ments and arguments on both atdse and has Anally sustained the expoeltloa au thorities. Ho decides that tho rules and regulations require tho lady Jurors to bs appointed by the board of lady managers and not by thsir president, and thersfore her nominations must be eoonrmoa De fers they aro oom potest He admonlohoa all who ore eonoemed that they cannot be too careful la this matter, for any false Stop may effect tho legality of all of the awards and a dlasatisflea ex hibitor might undo all of tho work of tho juries by shewing that the loprooon tativea of the woman's hoard were la formally appelated. Unoa this deofanon Mrs. Manning has been compelled to call her board together to eonnrm the nominations, and every body la admiring- Private Allen for the courage ho has displayed. It at feared. however, that his nervous system nan been permanently affected. la plaoo of tho buoyant Joyeue air which is so fa miliar to his friends, hs now goes about with a dejected and forlorn appearance. He takes very little Interest la what If going on around him, his eyes have a vacant sure and bis manner is ab atraotod and melancholy. Private Allen Uluotratea bio eorpert- once, aa Is euotomary with him. by a story. Hs says that see of his neighbors in Tupelo Miss., wss sooosing oa ute stoeo of bis store one day when a stranger rode up, dismounted aad re- eueated bun te held his horse. 'I'm not la tho busmees or nsmtng bosses,' suM the storekeeper. Indignant ly, and resumed hie slumber. "WaaL" eatd the stranger, t aost reckon you oil would object to my pase- in this halter Strap around your leg. corraepondent has heosms something af a pessimist, and that hie idea of re ligion should divorce Itself la a groat measure from ohureh associations end organisations. I knew a good clergy man who endeavored for more than a year to In pi rest some member ad hie large and wealthy oongregation to be half of a fallen young man woe waa making a desperate effort to go bask to honest paths and become a raspeeUbls, self-euDDortlnr eltlaon. Not one of those avowed followers af the gontls Christ would reach out a hand to the poor, repentant sinner end give him a trial In buslnssa. Friends anally earns to the rooouo of the young man (who m today one of the most no ble, uaoslflsh and honorable of men), but It was not through his own Shurch that help wee given htm. Nevertheless, many nobis and chari table deeds are done by. church organi sations and individual a and their ohars tlss are beyond enumeration. It la a misfortune, however, that It seems the tendency of human nature. to foal more sympathy and offer more assistance to the man In a prison or oa a sickbed than to ths man who is making aa effort to ksep out of both. Tho majority of individual aa well as organised bodies, seem to love an in valid or a alnnor far more than a healthy body, struggling to live an hon orable, industrious life. Ws are all mors Inclined to gtvs money to mendi cants and beggars than to spend the same amount on tho peddlers who come to our doors with small wares to sslL Wo take more time and trouble te send reading matter and condiments to prisons sod hospitals than In looking after the mental and phyaloal welfare of the poorjy-paki glrle and boys bot tling with the hardships of life to shops, factorioe and kitchens. But It hi es pee tally reprehensible whoa a "man of Ood" falls to cheer, aid end encourage a member of his shurch, and tt is to be hoped the experience of the foreign-born American eltlaon la aot a typical la itos only 4,tl asarooa, but as Washington, Baltimore end Nsw Orisons smbreoe the entire counties In wblea thoy are situated, anotner comparison betwsen them and Memphis may be given by considering ths figures for Shelby eounty, of which Memphis la tho oounty seat. The total ' population of Shelby eounty m 100 was lit. 6M, and ths negroes numbered 14,771. This com parison places Shelby county second on ths list with Ml fewer negroes than tho District of Colombia: In Memphts clty the white population outnumbered the negro by S.4T0, but In Shelby coumy, including Memphis, ths negroes outnumbered the whites by II.. la percentages of the races Memphis stands flrst among tho greatest proportionate negro population, with 4,1.1 per cent of residents of' black blood; Washington being second with 1.1 per cent; New Orleans third, with 17.1 per cent! Louisville fourth, with lt.l per cent end Baltimore fifth, with only 1M per cent .,, ii ii S mil if- ' , qvbbs cass o a uma. ' From the Mow York Frees. ' This from a lawyer: "I havo been called la to settle a peculiar esse, x owed kf tie. and owe day wrote a letter Inclosing a check for the amount put s stamp on If. and wss en the way to the postorSoe to skaA rl when, he met M There had been soma foorfhg over the indebtedness, and M proceeded to abuse X for not paying him. His offensive language caused X te show the letter and say: 'I hsvs e cheek for you In this envelope, and waa about te post It but since you are so blackguardly 1 shall destroy It and let you welt for your money.' with that he tors open tho eealed letter, exhibited tho check, and then reduced It te bite. M le prose cuting X for earn paring with the Sit Ma on the ground that ths letter, being sealed, stamped and addressed- to him. wag hie pre party. onsV should no4 Aavs been opened by X, He lo gyine to carry the malt it to the baited Stat see court" 1 lorcTbrdeiights j ejsxexexsKgsxmnnB I Athena la to have a produce sxohsaga Hamey eoaaty cattle sxarket yet bad. 'Lots of trout Coos river. . are being; riught In. Many Oregon towns report no vacant houses.' , Antelope Commercial . Slnb : bad si ' Tedisa' night") Ths asw St. rleieaa hotel will be one ! of the best la the country. , , Willamette valley streams were, aevea so low, but they Will rise aooa. . ,; ' wsseospossnsBj People around P return have not leal all faith yet in the all well there. Arlington received ll.eot for the rail ' road right of way through that town. Having assured a broom factory.. Rose burg expects to eweop la some others.' , The country men around North Powder ' are working- for a free rural delivery route . A fine horse hung himself In a railroad trestle near Albany, but suicidal intent is sot suspected. - . t i(. , f '. . Prom a le-eere patoh a Dalles man gathered ll.ood melons In a week, weigh -. ing from IS to M pounds each. v There is li,oov,to idle money id they' three Astoria banks. - , . , A Dayton maa raised over too bushels ' of poaohog on ono acre of land. .Ho lo feeding his large crop of prunes to hie -. ,-. - , ' --' A Mt Angel woman who was helping dig a well fell Into It down It feel "Jl Moral: well digging m outside wonwaa sphere. - , ... Through two accidents Samuel I vis eg Sllverton hltlo kas lost the eight of both eyes. A splinter from aa. iron wedaw oaused the total bltadosaa. ' Along the rtdge west of Pilot Book, -M farms have bssn opened In about one year past open lag up to settlement g - district that haa hitherto -been an ua broken sheep range. , , The editor of the Toledo Leader haa ' a big purse made out of a cream colored beaver skin, presented to him, and la more anxious than ever for subecribom . to pay up, eo be will have aoaMthtng ta putja it ... . - - - After walking about It miles, tear- Ing bis trousers on barb wire fences and. shooting away 11.00 worth of ammuni tion, a Marlon county man finally obot a pheasant when the wife of the man . on whooo land K fell appeared and .took -the bird heme with her. - A Gilliam county man with no expert ; knowledge of tuber propagation has pre. . duoed a new variety of potato, tho pro duct of one hill belnoT seven monster ', tubers, all as similar an so many sa and measuring UxIHat Inches. The t aggregation alt grow from one "eye" and ) were attached to the earns stalk, Thelg eomblned weight as 14 pouads, Sunday aight a had mas wtttt a big gun and. a Jag. who gave his name as "Texas Charlie,1 and loudly proclaimed that he was a d Bon-of-e-gun,r and flourished a 41-eallber Colt's revolver in a very ears! ess manner. In proof of hie , assertion, entered several rooms at the Rainier Grand and disturbing tho pesos- ful slumbers of the roomers by press ing ths sold mussls of his gun to their upper Hp, ordered them te get up and drink wltk him, It le needless to nay that all readily compiled with his "gen- ' tlemanly" request Tho Palace hotsi gueete ware next called upon and soon ' a motley crowd were Imbibing freely L under the persuasive power of the "W gun." But by this time the marshal waked up and took the festive Texan to) the BBOtBBOyaiT From Collier's Weekly. Whether or not another msn Is pat np thoro Is a eonsldoraMo dement th tho atalwart group which, taking as their motto "Anything to beat La Follette. will threw their vetee to Peck. If by eddlng to tho Democ ratio vote thoy sue ossd In beating Le FoUette the Republi can national ticket may well be swamped In the backwash. Kven though La Pol lette carry the state, tt may well be that Parker will still got tho electoral vote. Whatever happens thoro le golnc to be a big stunt vote in Wisconsin this fall; silent as odd' steel Is stlsnt Demo orate and Bepublleano alike wiB slash, but the Repwbiiesne are likely to out Rooeevelt more than the Democrats will cut Parker. In any combination of events the odds dure en Let FoUetu to carry tho state. If there were no Republican factional fight en. Wisconsin would go heavily for Roosevelt for be la very popular here, particularly with the Germane, while Parker Is little more then a name, which the Bryan Demierats sasootats with other aamoa, none too aavory 4a their nostrils. But with the utter indiffer ence to the national Issues that prevails, with ths ordinary party lines Inex tricably ta noted, with a strong and bit-, tsrly incensed silent veto on each side, wltb n probable Socialist Democrat vote of S6.400 drawing largely from the fta publloana and with the two Republican fact lens whetting their blades and utter ing contingent threats, Wisconsin must for the present, be lifted out of the eafe Republican column and ranked among the decidedly doubtful states. w--sjaaaemanwsfcSBMmssaaef ' " A CjABxaTBV MMMT1M. , v s From the Brooklyn Eagle. There was a cabinet meeting en Taos-: day. When George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Q rover cteveianu ana other presidents held cabinet meetings, while running for re-oieetion, tney eonsiaeresl publto business only. They regarded themselvee In the cabtaot as public of ficers, carrying on tho government for all tho people and. Incidentally, for both nartlos. No "onairman- or any national or stats campaign committee meet with them, and with their constitutional ad visers In cabinet meetings. The consti tutional fact er. et most, the deeent fiction, that they wore publlo servants, whsn officially gathered, attending ta publto business alone, was observed. But now rt is sot so. At tho oabtnet meeting oa Tuesday tblo is the report: "Statsmente of Re publican apathy by Chairman Oorteryoa formed the ehior topto at tae oaninst meeting today. Letters were read, from state chairmen te Mr. Cortelyou, who also told his personal Investigations in different eta tee. Hs said that the -apathy was due more -to evor-confldonoe and to lack of interest than te any un friendliness toward the president, This Idea was a ha ted by Mr. Rooeevelt Ways to Inject enthusiasm into his. campaign were discussed. An alarm was sent out " to state and district leaders. Mr. Cor telyou will spread ths alarm broadeasO i r.
