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it. , . Editorial Pag J. .' 0 C'j L-l JOL.'L PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNSAY, CCTOEZR 16, 1901 THE OREGON-SUNDAY JOURNAL . , AN INDIPINDtNT HIWIFAPH X 3f I t 9.MCXMM PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBUSHINO Ca JNO. P. CAMOU. PROHIBITION AND LOCAL OPTION. court t 3 PUBLISH EtIIWBERI In this bm tb eourteoue totter sddi 1 to ae by lhweldent Newell of th Ongoi eHsie Prohibition eJIkuscs and eoenmend Ha pcrassi to U of oar readers. It I otoer ud unlmpessioned statement of the mm from th standpoint of the Prohibitionists, It mekas plainly eat their point oC view and th mattves which influenced tbm la favoring county rather than precinct arosuMtlon. On the general subject ha holds that ths only ' way ta educate "public eeodrnent through a political - campaign: that If a majority abould rule on a proetnct vote tt abouM rata on a county vote; thai tha county hi tha amallest unit of sehSgoVernment whlla than to no such Malt an a precinct: K states accept pollota distasteful tn than ao should counties; .precinct patltlona Involve a areet amonnt of labor which only a raw would be abla or Miitna to eerform and tf elections wara aa limited tha ' saloon man would eolonlav thoee small districts and thus ' Mmi . bonoat expression of tha will of tha local rotors. Tha Journal Is of tboaa who believe In making tha bast . of conditions aa they extol, rathar than to wait without results for ideal conditions which snay never arrive, it ta L aheoiutelr certain, for exam pi a, that ft Tory small par- eentage of tha people of Multnomah county will formally vote to Impose prohibition on tha county; tt is equally csr ' tain that a large majority of tha voter la certain pre cioou would vote for- prohlbltloa In those districts. It la true that under the rather unequal law adopted at the laat election while tha baele nay be ft county vote and while tha law may fafl to carry In the county, at will navertheleas in the precincts which five tt ft majority, which tor that purpose seems to be "unit" enough; But tt is seldom wise tor an IndlvlduaJ or party to coercion even when there to power to back tt. for sooner or later tt will be re- - isiwhMinam the verv attomnt to coaroa the county as a whole may result In pretodietag ft toajorlty In all the precincts who, while not prohlMUoeUsto, are firm believers hi preset aocl option, and In this way even that which might otherwise be gained vUl be tost, t - In MM tha ProfaibWonUta oast ta this state eM votes: . m MM LITT votes, to ISM MSI votes, rour years later there to no vote recorded. In ltOt thera wara 1IM votes cast for president, and la IMS MM votes foe ovemor. ' The total vote cast to IMS was M.MS and Governor Cham berlain won on the narrow plurality of t7t with 41,117 yotea to his favor,. It should be evident, therefore, that what carried at tha last state election was local option, not prohibition. If majority rule applies In all other dl , reotloos, tf the Prohibitionists are confessedly so willing : to apply tt In states whore It to extremely distasteful to a " large proportion of tha- people, then why should tt not have been applied in this ease and the Initiative left with the local optlonlste who In reality won the victory? -s ... - - On ail avirarqueetionsTjfbsotBte-TliiH to net the eono4y ' but the Individual. From that real unit tt proceeds to f the family and thence to the neighborhood, which to the I precinct. The impelling motive with tha Individual .ta a case of this kind to to protect his family. If the saloon to 3 - uadealrabla la tola neighborhood or precinct, as tt usually A to, ha proceeds to root tt out. This does not Imply1 that ! these people care aotbing tor the good-of their neighbors. They are really acting far tha good of themselves and their immediate neighbors and giving precisely the same i prlvUeo to those who eleewbere aaptra to enjoy UV Ani J, aetf nreaervatlon. which si famffy preaorvatloa In -this 'ta 4 staaee. to the- worthy actuating motive., ; ; & "", A good safe majority of the people of tha state were iosutber in the last election cordially areed on precinct f local option. Was H .wise to have to Am anything to rand a them asunder? Bvery atop hi advance to gained by oom ) promise and concession: It to rarely that any man gats all I and piselsely all that he wants, la practical affairs tt to ftooounted a wise man wha takes what ha oan pet for bis first effort, Itoowlng that If ha oontlnues tong enough he . may get more, perhaps all that he ertgtnally contended for. M It U this theory, without which no advance could ha made L by Individuals or states that, la our Judgment, should have been applied to this Issue, Immediately there would have . been acme results. The law' In operation would have worked admirably and Its Introduction ' evstt In ft few iss- .molest precincts la ft county would bar aa abject lesson to the people of ether precincts who suffered far the same res anna It would gala the pebUo good will and eoafldenoe. thoa making tt easier to extend the principle, and tt would hare the tremendous moral effect of Immediately raising the standard of the existing saloons for, with such weapon ta their hands and such ft feeling among the peo ple, those whs avaratepped tha bounds would realise that they were simply Inviting destruction to their business. Was It wise to have Imperilled even a modest victory? toolated from tall lines of all United States territory, has four deliverers to eight, and wtU soon be shipping over the wumpter Valley, Nevada, Calif ore la Oregon, Co lumbia gouthern or Corvallte et jcaatera the produce of a great state. Columbia's tatters at The Dalles have a pre scribed existence at last, and the time may be measured when they must fall from Inland empire commerce. The world sends larger1 vessels to Portland than aver before and takes away greater cargoes. Riotous streams are being harnessed- to man's work both oast and west of tha Cas cades, and lMe will find a half dosen pretentious water power and electric transmission plants building.- Oregon has cause tsxrejolca. Her balance of trade this year wlU exceed ail records of the past. Tha world knows the auto, and people as never before. Population will grew ta the next decade oik a aoaJe bewildering to the con servative, for tha fruit .of achievement to In the hand of pregraaa and an awakened people are putting tha vim of latent energies Into their effort.' THB POOLROOM VETO. TBS APPARENT INTENTION of ft majority of tha city council to reopen -tha peolnoome-raieee once mors tha auestlen whether public gambling to to be permitted la Portland. The absurdity of the pretense that tb city needs ths revenue to be derived from Hennaing the poolrooms baa been clearly shows by Mayor. Will lama veto sausage. That pretense waa tha shallow excuse sf men whose real purpose was not to relievo tha financial neossBltles of the city, but to allow the gamblers to re oume bustosas. Tb excuse may have sufficed to win tha tU-eonsldered votes of one or two members of the council. who were not In the cabal, ut they can-wr longer be j blinded to the fact that tha real motive of tha promoters of the ordinance was not public hut private tntereet. When tha mayora veto comes up for consideration next Wednesday, the real teens, will be, not whether the city shell or shall not receive the trifling revenue to be derived from licensing tb poolrooms, but whether Portland to to be ones more-a wide-open town. No member of the coun cil oan dodge or evade thai toaua. The opening of the pool rooms Is but tha preliminary for tha resumptlea sf busi ness by every gambling Joint la the city. It IS th plain purpose of the friends of public gdmbUng to create a revulsion of feeling against the enforcement of the ahtl-gambllng laws. It waa with tha deliberate In tention of mjurlngr tha business of wholesale and retail dealera In liquors and cigars that the nlcklerln-the-slot card machines were euppresaed, ths expectation being that the men engaged In these eeeupailona would be driven. Into gWarA with the gambling ring. There had been no pub lic protest against the card machines and no demand for their suppression, for they cannot be considered as ob- Jeotteuhble as the ordinary gambling devices. Ths eiissrejelQS tt thsss eaahiace wauld be of O A GREAT YEAR FOR OREGON. , 1 fUBOON IS KIPB tor a harvest festival this faD, sr rather a mora comprehensive expression of gratl tiA m tha amllM tiT ibmiIIt. A avAsroua, re spensfvs people nava evoTflowtn; hearts. Their succsas to deolcted In everv branch of Industry. Fisherman or farmer, merchant or miner, stockman or transportation manager, the story reads silk. Oregon people, are enjoy ing tha fruits of pronounced -suooees. How quickly the spirit of enthusiasm would kindle before the thanksgiving program Is apparent la the serenity with which a cheerful people bear the burdens of the great work for next year. Nature never falls Us Oregon children. Drouth and flood heiress others, whlla the Oregon farmer reaps and sows with clocklike regularity. But production has de gress of excellence here. This year to expressed only by ths superlative; whether la Malheur, Umatilla, Baker, Wasos Marios, Lane, linn, Yamhill or Douglas. , Wheat an the uplands of eastern Oregon was bountiful whHe the v$ market ceo wetted th dollar mark Into ft anion with the . bueheL Hops west of ths Cascades were Above the stand ard ta quality and quantity, and coaxed double eagles to ths yard owners at the heart-breaking sac of as cents per pound. Prunes ware bountiful and high .priced, ap- plea opened ft new channel to wealth, Hood River etraw- I eirrlts and frutt said they earns from tMt-t-IMvanaera toad, Malheur fanners out Una to tea tons of alfalfa per era. Coos and Tillamook dairymen made eowa pay for themselves In a season, and Rogue river ran through a fairyland lane of peach srohards where the yellow Mush waa aeon tned, " - . - :' - Columbia fate into th lap of her children toads of aUvered beaut lee from the deep, and the lone fisherman won far his season's catch as high as I2.M0. forests fell before -the woodman's axe and freighted ataamshlp and trailing freigntcara, giving to the lumbermaa profit he never enjoyed before. Miners went deeper la guest of gaM, returned with snore precious burdens than they aver knew, and delivered nature's rifled treasure to Oregon ameltars, giving aneesjragement and hope to th delver be thought never to find here. Wool Is high and sold readily, white snuttea from Oregon's ranges mad it saarhet at will. Oregon eatt)e this year wear tha world's bloc ribbon and wall heat to not high, no atockmsa has tost on bis drives, - w - ..;-, '. . New empires bars been enfolding within the state, new gtertos unmasking at the touch of envelopment.. Mora than on million acres of fertile land that rested sullenly beneath Its grep-green sagebrush mantis, has been brought wtrhui the pal of preen lee, and to being rapidly reclaimed iiu uses, Oregon's fonaldabto southeast, that most ''.;;..:-.-;;:'.;,;:-;:v,, -.v i parattvaly little Importance to the general public, were tt not. a move in tha canning .game which the gamblers are playing. As such to responsibility for tt should be clearly placed. Saloonkeepers and elgsrdealers who have been the victims of ths edict against ths card machines bavs suffered severely tn thetr' business and many of them are complaining bitterly. It si the effort of the advocates of a wide open town" to direct the complaints, which they thameilvse have ca4sod against th friends; of tow and. decency. ' -J -- v . i ; Tb public has a right to demand that those bushwhack tag methode Shall be abandoned and that ths fight shall b made in the open. Let the councilman who are la league with the gamblers shew thetr colore. Instead f anas king In the guise of reformers. The Issue ooncerns every citizen of Portland and every on has the right to know tha attitude of his representative la the council. A city election to not far distant and th voters will then have opportunity to declare and to enforce their wllL th utmost eoonomy, to live upon th latter half of their lives and rear thee dependent upon them. Meet men must hav work as long as they are weU abla to work, or tha oonaecjuenees will be to darkly direful to bo oom pro bonded or coolly contemplated. - Tot this fad started by tb big corporations Is having vogue everywhere. The churches want none 4ut young, stylish preachers; ths aid doctors and lawyera are becoming out of date; even tb old adage Is being revised to readt , 'Toung ami for war and eeuneel - - . . -i la many places young men are best . Thar are plenty of places for the right kind of young man. ' But tf man are to be called old at I or 4s, or W. then there must be pieces for the old men too, or els something tn ths social and economic, machinery must give way, As th Chicago Tribune remarks: The proscription of workers for a other reason than that ,tbey are over U would be as heartless sa It would be short-sighted. It would provoke a spirit of fierce resentment among all who hav crossed that "deadline," as well as among thoee who are noertng It and sss near at hand the day when they will be thrown contemptuously aside like squ eased lemons. Almost tha wholecommnnlty would rebel against audi aa Infamous sdhst.". v R' ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENT." - -- 'fa- " t I'.-.S'-' KPRE8KNTATIVB GAINS of Tennesss ha, been making a historical study of tha question of on term for presidents, and baa discovered, or rather reminded people wh hav. forgotten, thai this was a live queetlon In the convention that framed the constitution and has been under discussion frequently sine. Wash ington was inclined to-ret Ira at the end of hie first term, because, as be said. It waa mere tn keeping with the people's Idea of their liberty and safety." He only re malned In the office the second term because there seemed to be an overpowering demand for his services, and, as everybody knows, he refused a third term. Jefferson favored making presidents Ineligible for Je- t lection, at ths time the oouotltution was under dtsoueetoa, and In spits of his own acceptance of a aeoond term he reiterated this opinion, as lata as lilt, He Justified sh own acceptance of a second term by an. exouee that any president might snake- to vindicate hie course during his first term. But on this proposition, as on come others. Jefferson seems, to hav changed hi ground aomewhat, for he la quoted as saying la U0hat while he waa at first la favor of a single term of seven years, be had con cluded that ssrvtos for eight years with ths power to re move at the end of tha first four by popular rots was about the right policy. ' Jackson urged la several messages la songrosa that the presidents should be reetricted to a single terra, although ha aleo seivad two teiiue- probably, also, to vindicate himself. Clay advocated single tona and tn tha cam paign of Ilea both he and Polk war committed to this It was quit ft live question then and afterward. and la fact no president was re-elected from Jackson to Lincoln. After tb war Senator Benjamin W. Wad offerrd a raaolutloa for a ocsurdtuUoaval asaendment confining the president to on term, and speaking to support of It eeldi yi believe It ha been vary rare that we aave been able to elect a president of tb Unttd States wh has not been tempted to us th vast powers intrusted to him according to Mo own opiahme to advance Ma re-election-" . Bo th question of a single tong for tb preetdeot 64 by n means a aaw one. v ? I FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL PORTLAND. T IB ArS to say that Improved streets and sidewalks hav done mora for Portland la tb last three years thaa all other elemente combine. Ia no other re spect waa there greater need tor Improvement. Ia at directions th conditions war shameful and showed a dis tressing lack of pubtio spirit. Thea aa though moved by a simultaneous impulse th work began and la the enures of a single-yea really enormous amount of money was spent. Bat the spending of tt has been abundantly jus tified. Not all that need or ehooid be has been done but we at least have tb aatlafactloa odbnowtng that a start has been made ta the right direction. " Th mora on sees of tb northwest and th more be Tcsllsss Its natural beauties aa oninnered with other less favored sections, the more ha to ooavtnssd that Port land can be mad th most beautiful city of them It to even now beautiful city, posssssfng advantages that are unique,- and a charm that la entirely Its own. But tt oan be mads Incomparably tb most beautiful dty 00 the coast The start made ta this direction, when all Is said and dona, to not a vary great one. Much, for the time de voted to tt, bar been done with tha streets and sidewalks, but after alt It to only a beginning. Very much snor etlU remains to be done, No on should rest content until there to a osment sidewalk ta front of every lot oa tb west side of ths dty and every street should show permanent improvement that to worth while.. In a torger way we should take up tb question of our public parks.- None of them eeoslvea th attention tt requires. Thsv la quite as true of City park aa any of tha others. Muck has been dons to Improve City park but neither Its roadways aor its lawns have 'ever bean brought up to a high standard and until able to dons It wUjk look unkempt and unflnlahed. As for the Other parka they gat llttto or ao cars and are not a source of arid to any genuln well-wisher of tb city. ' ; :r, . , ..... As are bavs heretofore pointed out, each property-owner and renter can In bis way help along the. general scheme by doing what h can to make his own premises reach a reasonable standard of attractiveness. With th world's fair leas thaa sight snontho off, every eittsen should east about to And waya ta which be can contribute to tb good impreeslon which K ta hoped th eJty will make upon all vial tors. Tb average cttisen aeed not do a great deal but If sack does a little th aggregate will be highly pleasing ta the general res oil and th benefit will be unqueetion- seen-1 1 , , Awl cctgiiy--3r Tranaportatton- AN ABSURD AGE DEADLINE. rTHB DISCRIMINATION of soma large employers of I labor, particularly several great corporations. - - against men past mlddls lit, and In soma Instance against men not yet positively youthful, baa run to an extrems that Is absotutsly absurd, and that haa aroused aa indignant and proper protest by ths press of the country. Th Baltimore News recently told of two men thus de barred from employment who knew not which way to turn for a livelihood. . On was barely 10, and yet perfectly sound ami capable, but having been "let out" during ft brief slack time; was refused re-employment because of his age,' Another In like circumstances wss on ths sunny aid of tt,- but he was cursed with whit hair, which though tt did not make him a day older or an atom lose competent, was taken everywhere as an evidence of old age, and employers would do a more than look at bis "frosty pew" before rejecting ate application. ( Th Carnegie steel company, a large factor ta the steel trust, gav notice recently that ta certain departments no men ver U years old would be employed. Tot Mr, Car negie made nearly all his great fortune after he bad passed that age, and doubtless would reseat an Imputation that he to even yet too aid to be eervioeable if he were obliged aaw to earn his ltvtag. Th Pennsylvania Railroad company has gone farther and discharged a large number of capable, faithful em ployes because they were over not' 76, or IB, or IB or even 4B, but II, and haa announced that In some of Its activities do new men over 11 will be employed. It aeeds ao argument to prove that this dleorlminatloa la not only sonsslsss. age and capability being th only points of consideration, but heartless, cruet and hostile to the interests and the very existence of society at well. The theory to entertained by some that these corporations t are taking the step not because men ever M, or even 41 or elder, cannot do as good work as younger men. but as another effective mama of crippling and breaking up labor aniens. Most of tb workman of mlddls sgs or older are union men; younaar men and rout he who do not belong to unions, or wh caa be more easily ssversd from their al legiance to them, are dealredi promoters of this theory believe. - , . -. f - - - - " - ; - Th fact to that ths average man of 41 or over, to many kind of labor, to mora veins ble than thv man 90 years younger, Ther are place where th younger men are preferable, but ther are plenty of proper places for ths older men alss What a man of 41 may possibly hav lost In strength, or agility, or mobility, or physical vitality, he frequently If not usually mora thaa balances la matured Judgment, caution, absenor of diverting Inter eats, and realisation of the necessity of his faithfulness, ' - Th notion that a man's usefulness as a laborer ta almost , say vocation Is over, or seriously tmnslrod, at ths age of IB, or vea el, Is aa absurdity o astounding and put Into practical operation oa a large eeale, as to being dons, sq directly inimical to th welfare of society, that It deserves to be vigorously vombatted and earnestly condemned aa the press quite generally to doing. Thee great corporations must be allowed wide Istttud In the management df their business, but la earrytng this policy to the extent Indicated they ere striking ft blow at ths very vitals sf society, and are Inviting a grsater de gree of pablio control of them then has yet been proposed or considered. If their example should be followed gen orally, what would become of men after they hav passed middle life, and their families? Most of them, scarcely any of thea wh are employes, can saw up enough, with "Holland." . la Chicago Record-Herald. Recently eOsM-ofS-cial aanouneement was made of the purpose Immediately to eleotrify a ooneiderable portion -of the Long Island railway system, which Is an .adopted child of the Pennsylvania. In addition there esjae official not toe of the opening of aa electric railway la Hol laed,- etretohia free Amsterdam, -some IB miles beyond and penetrating moat of the sukurbea reglea. TnLa Dutch el c trio railway' repreeenta an Invest ment of American capital. almost aU of it coming from Boetoa. It la new, certain that Ore are upon the eve of a revolutloa ta transporta tion, urban, suburban and rural, whloh within a tew years may be as colossal as was ths development of the steam rail road la the middle of the laat century. Intimations come from BngUnd that, a proposition to equip ell of the great subeervtoe eleotrio system with alter nating current motors is being con sidered seriously. It to not generally known that within a year or so eome 10 or It eleotrio railways la tha TJhlted Btatae have bees equipped with thic new mechanism. In New Tcrk state aa eleo trio railway la under operation from Schenectady to Ballston ftpa, seme IB miles, upon whloh the el ta matte cur rent motor to employed, with results which far eurpaas the expectations of the Investors. . From New Tor city, Boston and far away Italy there eome emasing stories f the Increase la passenger business 'fthla a rear upon railways employing the third rail aystem. In Italy the In crease was phenomenal. A Use known se the Milan Vareee carried In the first six memhs of this year a much larger number of passengers thea It did In the entire year of ltoa, when the Hoe was operated by eteam. If the increase is maintained throughout the year this line will have carried ,000.00e paeeengere In 1004, whereas It carried only a little la excess of 0,000,000 la 1100. Whea apparatus was Brat perfected for the otlilsatloa of the electric cur rent for transportation purpoeee. It waa found ta he eractlcable to make use only of the ed-eaUed direct or continues cur rent. The reasons are somewhat techni cal and could be adequately explained to a layman only by a somewhat lengthy aad detailed description. It is sufficient to say that It was found impracticable to use a higher prseeure thaa BOO volte, at least upon overhead trolley ' system. Safety, certainty and eoonomy therefore oompeled the reetrtctlon. of electric equipment to light eervlce suoh aa that of the street cere. Per heavier eervloe It waa found necessary to perfeot differ ent apparatus, and It was because of the demand for heavier service that whet to called the third rail conductor There waa no doubt of the efncleacy of ifee third rait Its capacity for heavy sevlcs haa been demonstrate oa the New York elevated and eome of the branch lines of the New Havea and one or two other railroad systems. But the third rail offere the ever-present danger associated with a very highly charged conductor, which ft Is Impossible to in sulate, gome of -the most expert elec tricians have beea aetonlshed that seri ous disasters already have act occurred. At the time of the tunnel accident la this city Mr. Weetlnghouse pointed cut In a pubtle communication how greatly the catastrophe would have been increased had the exposed third rail beea used by the New Tork Central at that time instead of etccm nectrictaae, of ceo roe, realised that the Ideal aystem would be one whloh made tt poeelMe to utilise the single phase, alternating current motor. Not long after the first trolley line was equipped and elmcot eelnoideatelly with the ftret eetabllshmsnt el the third rail for heavy traffic, electrical engineers were Intensely- abeorbeS in a study of the problem of how to control the alter nating current so that It could be made available for transportation purposes. In the United gtatee It remained for on of the fore meet of electrical engineers, air. Lam me of Pittsburg, ectoelly to dis cover bow, by some slight eons tractive changes la apparatus already la use, the alternating current could be employed. Whea he aad hie associates had per fected this apparatus It wee at oace per- oslTsd by the scientific electricians sa well as by thoee engaged In the commer cial applieatlea of electricity that a very greet step bad beea taken In the direc tion of the universal electrification of tiaaeportatlon, - While the expense of originally pro ducing the direct or eoatlooous electric current and the alternating currents le practically the same, nevertheless ths cost of Installing an alternating current plant le very much less thaa a direct . A Bl oa a' iProm th Indianapolis eenrtneL A reader of the Chicago Bxamlner. who assumed that ths United fitetee senate would have a Republican ma jority for four years yet, wrote to the Bxamlner to ask what ft Democratic president ecu Id do to curb the trust. And he Is answered la this wisst He might aet a few Republican sea- store together quietly aad talk to them like thiol Senators and tanlaent talesmen: 1 The chief among yoe Aid rich is the father-in-law of Rockefeller's eoa. I em aware that he and many .ethers of you are vitally interested la a great deal of legislation which you Ingeni ously slip through your legislative body. I knew that your distinguished mem bership baa a, vital Interest la every pleos of wholesale corpora t km rascality that goes on la this country. I am going after that rascality sad X am going to get tt I em going) to have the right kntd or attorney-general I'll keep changing him until I get the right hind end he will have the right eort ef assistants. I was put here by the people of th United i La tee and I think mere of their will thaa of senatorial dignity. The people went ths trusts curbed and the tariff changed to do away with trust breeding. I propose to seethat the people bavs what they want. I advise you polite gentlsmen to be very careful bow you uea your plscee to defeat the people's will. . . Of oourse, I stay end shall stay strictly . within oosstltuilonel Unite. But I'll try to show you that the con stitution has s few claueee In favor of public hoaeety, end that tt wee net designed as an Instrument tc defeat the wlU of the majority. X think 11 coarince you ft. fact recently overlooked that the constitu tion favors government of the people not by the trusts or by corrupt sena tors. - . My particular teak aa executive Is enforcement of the laws. . I'll try to Interest you to the way 111 enforce the laws that declare trusts criminal organisations. ,,- . . I advlee yos to go back to the senate and regulate your votes according to the will ef the people and net according to the mtereete ef the eorporaUoaa that send and keep you here. Aad thsa It to pointed eat that a firm aad determined Democrat is preet- dsnt, backed up by the people, could make the trusts and the hireling sena tors who support them look insig nificant It Is recalled In the seme article that Andrew Jeckson, when he wsa la the right, succeeded In accom plishing his end. The United States bank m his day wae a tresnendouo force, but 'y the Bismol," he shewed It that a president ef the United gtatee, with justice en hie side, waa auperlor to ell the combined dishon esty that could he arrayed against him. Judge Parker, when elected and Inaugu rated, will be supported by the people od this country. They know that he has the courage to do what should be done and they vlll stand by him. If the senate attempt! to put 1 tee If la the way 1 wlU be to Its shame. torrent pleat, and, furthermorft the ooet ef operating Is lees by as much aa 10 per cent, with tha use. of the alternat ing current motors there to a ooneider able saving ta the ooet of distributing mains ana eonauetore, because very high voltages oan be utilised. Sub-stations are much fewer tn number, aad ta addi tion they are smaller aad cheaper la first s Howie ii It to practically certain that the trolley and thlra-reU system saw to use la the long run will discard their present plants and re-equlp with alternating motors. Whereas it to unquestioned that the great majority of new electric roads wlthla a short time will be equipped with alternating motors, one of the ad vantages le that It is possible to see the overhead trolley. The trolley has been perfected, strengthened aad 1a one sense slmplifled. One ef the great aroblema which the New Tork Central people have met la plan sing for the Grand Central station haa been . the queetlon ef ewltchee. Where there are many switches R to especially difficult to rn- ataU with comparative safety the third rail, but If the alternating current motor were used the third rail could be die carded, and the wonder to whether the New Tork Central aad the Pennsylvania will act turn to the alternating current system. The New Tork Central end other rail- reads within a radius of 100 miles from Niagara falls are able to produce electric power ae cheaply that it le presumable the greatest electrification within the next four or five years will take place there. ZS New awiglead tt to the peouueo ef President Mellon ef the New Havea system that much ef the water power of the Hoesatoaio and Connecti cut rivers and eome ef the water powers of eastern Connection and Mas sachusetts will be employed epeedlly la the creation ef electric energy for many electric railroads now operated or la course of eoastruetloa , between New Tork aad Boston. To laymen the Interest Ina feature ef this capture ef the alternating current for traneportatloa purpoeee le that it justifies the great achievers la the world of electrical development la predicting confidently that we have lust entered the true ege of electricity and that men svsa wen aovancea m miaoto lire win live to see a gigantic revolution la the methods of transportation. - ' 4 Prom ths New Tork Press. A woman has a herd time convincing herself of all. the things shs soavlnoee her hue band. ... tram th Philadelphia Ledger. The commercial Journals report that truotursl Ire le at the lowest point la four yea re. Oe toj we ssa't burn It la the kitchen range, , fOTBIMBg. ' Prom the Chicago Tribune. ' ' The worst bankruptcy Is to loss heart. A stiff neck is often found ander ft Jeliy-Uke heed, . It'e a waste ef energy to spur ft rock ing horse. The beet Way to silence osasoloaes is to ebey .lt . ; .4 Filling the hands wlU got stop the ache ht tha heart People wh hops for th best do saoet to seeureJt Berth's herveet cams from; seed thrown out to die, . gelf-ooncelt it news nothing mors elo quent thaa aa echo, A good man la guided store by self reproach than by reproof. t The religion that scatters Sunshine ta never, wholly Bsoonshtne," ,., The trouble with little sins to that they never etay that way. Count your mercies as you do your money end you will never be see. It is love that enlarges the least deed and self that shrinks the greatest Tell our children white lice end they WlU soon head you sack the other color. It's n Use praying for peace wbsa you are -tickling the business end ef a mule. When the preacher's heart le full ef salary hie sersioa Is likely to be short ea ealt. , He Is likely to have the meet relfgloa who allows others tb largest liberty la religion. They wh let thetr feelings govern thetr faith generally tot their greed govern their gifte. ftome men think: they are not saying anything pointed unless they are tab- Ding another. Many mea run ao hard to win the oaks life offere aa a prise that they shake out all their teeth lea before they How " tlic Gro wtli of the Idea WiUAboluhWar T ay Sara Saves.) - ' . . (Oayyrlskt. ISO. WW., SsareLk HI feeling Is growing sjnoagther delesates that this will be a con- , ference whose words art 11 be lot lowed ap by deeds of the gravest ' and meet beneficial Import is aU. men- , kind. gome European parlUmoatorlaas, wh have found it Impossible to Induce the ' United gtates to enter Into an arbitra tlea treaty with their particular nation, : begin to behove that waea the United States ecu la such a matter It will do It ; thoroughly, first by formulating a treaty fit to be a model and then by concluding v such a treaty wit all actions ins tea of with only few, , - It to proposed t have the conference , stand for several things of the greatest practical impart to ell nations, the. moot Important of which is the sosvening of. a conference similar to the conference at The Hague, whloh gave birth to tba eeurt of the """a - . . The delegates to this conference to be empowered to negotiate arbitration treat lee with every nation represented there. And no nation' beliur left out ss was done at The Hague coafersnos), and to oonalderv the creation ef s permanent congress of nations to supplement The Hague court la which -each nation would have due rear mentation. v - Having some late existence, and having acquired gome furiscietioa. It la certain that the authority .of both the oonsrese and eeurt of nations wUl grow In favor with the people and la power. And In due time will relets nations to each other as our states are. Certainly practical" mea will not undertake to cause war be tween nations to cease la any war at once, or at any time la any ether than as wars between States have baan aarmU nated, t o- by rightly relaOna thsse to each ether. The relation of nations to each ether today - oonatltutea an International aaaiady liable at any moment , break out la war. ..---... The relation ef our states to aaah erfna Is harmonious and perpetually so, be cause we have grown eut of the dlaaor of arbitrary aetloa whloh oooceras others ae well as ourselves, . Whet-en Aaaeslaaay dessands Is absolute eontroi of what con cerns himself alone, and due voice la what concerns him aad ethers. And that Principle applied to the affairs ef hu manity wlU work out harmony and mu tual service to the xurthaat Mmit human intercourse. And It Is ths Braetlaal aonllaartAB this principle to an ever widening area that the real statesman devotee hie ea orgies. The fonaatloa of every federal of suoceeafuUy applying this principle. And this has beea accomplished ea a grand scale since the foraoatioo of the United fttatee funushsd the type for suoh combined political bodies. v A little mere thaa one hundred rears ago there was not a single state in the- wona such as those which compose our ualon. Their birth ta America. aione has been almost one a year since the deetara- non Of Am ariose iadepensanqs. They twrw BivuiMa loemecives S01O JUVaaaOlBtC eovevatgntlea la Ine 1 1 ten ess tof- fas"" unites states. . - , Ia, Borope else the seme h ,1 beea going .oa. The kingdoms of Oer- many, once sovereign end-periodically at war with each . other, have formed themselves bite a federal awvernment similar to ours. The same is true of the' kingdoms of Italy. Within the British empire two suoh federations here been organised Canada and the Australian commonwealth. Everywhere this political praosse to ta operation. But, the federal structure to no sooner crystal Used la various parts of the world thaa the men of science oast theee compound bodies Into one great world-wlds cauldron, and the earns thing ' has to be done over again ea a world wide scale. The oomoletloa of the PhlllD pine cable is ea Illustration of this. It enabled President RooesveltJo send cablegram around the world la IS min utes. What to to be the outoome of' making all nations such does neighbors r Bvldently theee Independent bodies must work out some basis far aeaeeful : and helpful lateroouree, ae contiguous Independent states did la all parts of the world before all nations beoame next door neighbors. It requires no sreohet to foresee the ultimate outcome. . The Question sm, what am ha hrudlMlle done today to hasten ths things that are essential to the welfare of mankind r Of course everybody has long recognised . that the United States beare Ute came re lation to the nations of the world that the ocean does to all ths rivera. Ail rivers flow Into the ocean, and are there made one. All races have poured their people la to the United gtatee and here they have become one. And this Is the chief lntarnatienal slswineanee of aur nation. . . . . , . It demonstrates what all nationalities ia do when made one br a nominal system whloh provides aa authority coextensive with every set ef substantial In tercets, aad due voice la every author ity for all who are concerned la tha things which fall within its jurisdiction. tfut aa the delegates traverse our coun try aa eye-vritaeases of these things they haveea more vivid realisation ef thle recognised fact. The American members of ths party are gaining a livelier sense of their realisation to the smUoas from whom our people have come. - It le being reoegnlaed oa all sides more clearly that the Bt Louis conference la unique hi the world's history. and big with opportunities. This International parliament has met before where the world . was , esnmblsd, demonstrating commercially their mutual Interdepend ence Indeed, tt was bora at Paris dur ing ths i exposition of 1190. But It never assembled before In a nation where the delegates from every ' nation find their own compatriots constituting a substan tial part ef ths population of the nation. Bvery delegate to this conference finds' himself among hie owe people. Whea It convenes at St. Louis It will be the can- , tennlal ef the transfer of -the heart of America to the United gtetss. M0 years after Henry the Qreet of Fraaoe con ceived the Mea ' ef a political system ooextsaatve with France's wildest com, msreial eottvliy and uniting all nations la a world-wide republle, perfectly organ As practical meat charged with the wel fare of their several nations, the dele gates to this conference will endeavor to make the meeting at at Louis worthy of the occasion by this practical move toward the ultimate realisation of the political hopes ef every aatloa, the hope on which every Cation la founded. namely, ths realisation of the blessings of peace for ourselves and for our pos terity, act ut a vletonary way, but by actually organising Institutions Which In due time will bring about the desired result as our forefathers organised the U suae staie xor uiti purpose. . ; ... would Be Quite Vp to Bato, Walter What style will you hav your egge, madawi T Mr Parvenu Th latest atria at oourssl ? . r reeeb It, , - - . i. , , r- . ..... . , - I - I . r.
