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Thursday. - i:ovEnj;sa 1 3, jlci: f
PORTLAND. OREGON,
THE 5 REGON DAILY
An
C.JACKfON
I rMeoed mtiW ( xcept Sunday m4 Sunday morning at
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. XT IS TO LAUGH. : , "
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OCNCILMAN ZIMMERMAN'S
om county officer, presumably snenri vvora.
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. r-iil vina t.-xTX. from me
v" ii.inHu fantun iuwi haa provoked Inextinguishable
i " laurhter In this community, Tha people of Portland havei
en getting" quite wise 1n tb pftst few year. JiThey hav
learned to know' when a publlo offtclal la really doing
Ni his duty and when he la only making" a,, pretena of doing
'''.'it. There la hone s Innocent tbat ha doe not know
i the opportunities" offered to Sheriff Word when hw went
Into offtjft, K' h I consented to Ignore, the lawa aa
' " they havebeen Ignored.; to hare permitted continuance
'"A of ihe policy of a. wide-open town, he could have retired
I A t the nd of his term with ' well lined wallet. In an
r enterprise of Jhat sort the Chinese
j. rreasv Incident and .nothing more;
,r' hav cqme from the white men who' ao largely profit by
r, , wide-open town, and who expected to? make . enormous
''"; sum of money durlrtg the- fair next year. j; A S
. it The people know-theae things and they realise that the
" only stumbling block In, the ja-ayj la, and.-has been, the
sheriff. They know that he haa tried to do bla duty as
he saw It,, and that In doing, so he has offended many
beneficiaries of the' graft. Some of them friends, and
during the- campaign his hearty supporter. But .In Jthe
. ,4. proaecutlon of the duties which fell to him they know and
th public" knows that Word haa recognised neither friend
' ' nor foe; that he haaBlmpiystood upon the tawwlthout
I y,-reference" to who might - be" Injured or benefited by Its
ftiforcement " ' . : ... ' ,' -V'
: , .Knowing this they. realise that
jmust have meant much' to many people, altogether out
A; aide the amount of money openly contributed to the pub
' lie funds. This money somebody must have got and
. rumor la noti all idle in Indicating who they ar4 In
cases of this kind .very much more Is known than can
- always "be proven; Indeed, where the
-hands it la. Impossible to hide it. If an offtclal wanted
V to be subsidised, if he wanted to make everything he
'; could, out of his office, as too many officiate In the past
: ihave plainly wanted to do, he would not worry very much
about the petty larceny graft, that would come to him
.... from fanTan game. wnue ne wouia
looking even that, he would go after
' " of the graft and get Into relatione
whose profits could not fail to be
-next year,: If the town were wide
V In properly sympathetic! attitude,
the past. ..: d -';':;."-.,""; -'' '
" Life Is altogether-too serious a matter to most people;
' 5 "lt too often lacks th leaven of humor. This great truth
Mr. Zimmerman undoubtedly realised whence sprung his
'- fantan Joke. It Is. however,' one of those cases in which
. if you laugh the world laughs with you and If you fall to
" 4ugh the , world 'laughs at you. We Jeel ' assured that
jir. Zimmerman wiH hasten to get in an; early laugh to
:: ivold the second alternative, f " . '. ? -
" 'MEN WHO QUlT"WORKINQ. ,
; -.tr z ; I"..'-sv-v .. . s,-,
CHICAOQ man, - 70' year old, who? has heen ;! fn
business there since hi youth, and has amassed
-a comfortable 'fortune, on deciding to retire and
'i spend his few remaining years In recreation, said: "I
,;ra not leaving because of -any Infirmity of body or mind.
My brain is keenea than it used to be and I am in the
. . best of health. But I have .worked -long enough, and
' propose- to enjoy life differently." . '- -'t ' : j- r-.
' Here speaks a sensible young-old man. When he went
; to work In 1811 for Armour A Co. that firm employed IS
people; now it employs many thousands. For forty-three
, - years this- man. haa done his dally work, not becoming
, a multlmlllionairer,' but gaining a competence, and rising
;i gradually-in business Importance. . ..-..-.-...-...-..
Some men would have spent, their ,,r" better, many
. worse. ; He did no great things, yet lived tlean, cheer
ful, comfortable- life, until he Is 70. and while yet young
'i; In everything but years, he says he will quit work, and
let aome other man do "the work, he has so long done,
v while he spends his closing years in traveling or other
4' forms of recreation, " '
1. , In this matter of quitting or continuing one's life work
v as long aa the faculties last, every man must decide for
- himself; no one is a proper object of criticism If, like
ilRussey-fiagehe remains in" jthe harness until h. drops;
yet we like to see an Ad or-etderlygndrell-to-do man
do as this Chicago man haa done. '' it seems as if he were
.1 taking a better and more philosophical view of life, andl
getting more out of it, and contributing perbap eome
" - what fttwe to the happiness or benefit of other than If
' be kept digging away until be could work no longer.
Y A fargreater proportion of men, we think, are doing
s, this than waa formerly the case." One can find many
of them In every considerable city, and several in most
' smaller towns. When a man has plenty, why strive for
more 7 Why not quit and take life easy 7 But some men
- are so constituted that they are miserable If not at work,
-Tand each is entitled 4o enjoy life the-beet he ean. '
PUBLICITY FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDS.1
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AT NOT the time come when
will be given to the expenses -eft national cam
paign? Some state haver law requiring candl-
i dates -for office to make a statement under oath of their
V campaign expenses, and It is believed that politics has
become somewhat cleaner In consequence.7 . r- .J. . 1
I j ; Of course, undrr our system Denominating and electing
r president a good deal of money is required for legitl
' ' mate' expenses of a campaign. Literature Is to be dis
tributed In great quantities, halls are to be hired, speakers
expenses are often lald, and tome of them are paid
. besides, canvassers of th voter must also be paid, and
there may be other proper expense. But it I the common
opinion that a good deal of money has been used In past
campaign for Improper and illegal purposes; and that
; certain heavy contributors to campaign funds expected
' to and did. receive benefits In legislation or admlnlstra
' tlon Inimical to th Interest of the people and th wel
fare of the republic In- brief, it Is
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. that a campaign fund Is largely a sack of boodle. Per
hap this Idea la to an extent erroneous. Possibly Mr.
' Cortelyou . and, Mr. Taggart are above resorting to any
t improper, means; but, If so, what good objection qould
. sxa xmsUOAHOsT Mornxum. :'
' ' s prom the Jacksonville Serttlnel.
The great Irrigation lake which Is-to
i'K rreated in Bear creek alley, midway
' between Ashland and Talent ! quite
'' rertain to be the beginning of an Irrl
' irsttoa aretem that will embrace the
entire wast half of Bear creek vslley.
prom this lake a eanal will be run along
-the bsee of the hills br- Jacksonville
and lermiruitln in th Willow Sprlnas
dtwlrirt. Klnrss reservoirs would be
rttnatrnrtaif In Ihe valley of th ven
ous streams thtl w be crossed, whluh
INDIFENDINT N xSfAr
PUPLISHED BY JOURNAL - PUBUSHINQ
OFFICIAL , PAPER OF THt CITY "OF PORTLAND
dence? "' -y'
There la a great
solemn- charge tnai
palgn contributions
propritiw. -
right to know the
of . the contributors'
a trust or great
or to the people
Publicity is a
seek to do evll,llke
be well to have a
would have been , a
the real aturr wouia
how much money
from? ;v'..; ..;'. '
- pleased with the
fit the'
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the wide-open policy
Of course the
to shin abroad,
secret Is in so many
time shouldeye?
of export wheat,
will far outnumber
slderatlon. While
were any. truth in
necessarily be dearer,
npi oe aoove over
It is well that -
the wholesale end
their products;
with the "big -fellows'
though it may be
nent thing would
enormous, particularly
open and authorities
but however that
as they have been in
with the price of
A voter mar
In It reasonable
stand It
. War news from'
complete publicity
to the supreme
doomed, though
longer than he
popularly supposed
formality of pleading.
Include Witntr. Colman. Orlflln, Jack
lud'e'Ws
son and Walker creeks, as well as In the
larger gulches that would afford a re'
serve. kuppJy . f -water with - which te
feed the canal during the latter part Of
the summer'. This irrigation system
will take a targe sum of money to han
dle It. and even after the main reservoir
Is built In Bear creek it may be several
years be for the canal Is extended so
far aa Jacksonville and the auxiliary
reservoirs ar constructed, but It I
one of the factors In th Hevelopment
ef the asrlrultural resources of this
valley that la sure t com so soon as
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JOURNAL
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Th Journal Building. Ftt and TiwMl
they make to taking the publlo frankly Into their confl
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deal of talk Just now about the cam
of certain capitalistic and in some
Instances -Jnonopollstlo combinations.., popularly called
trusts.' Hints and even assertions, ' and charges " and
counter charges, axe being made, and the people' have .a
truth of these matter, and to Judge
probable objects -and purposes. If
railroad subscribes a large' amount, then
it will be well to watch JustF bow that corporation is
treated by the government, what if any favors it receives
more than are accorded to one that did not-contribute.
generally. . V ..; " '. .
partial remedy for many evils. Men who
to work in the dark. Might It not
federal law requiring the iignt to ie
turned on our political campaigns, and let us know Just
is spent, what for, and where it comes
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DUTY ON AND PRICE OF WHEATL ,-
The American farmers,' who are this year recelv" ":
ing the highest average price that they have realised' j
for their wheat lnce the early 'lOs. wlU -be- much
efforts of the Democrats to have H
'" th tariff on whea removed.' Oregonian.
THE Inference 'intended to be drawn from this re
mark ta, presumably that the duty on wheat bene
. " id.' farmmr tiv InrrAaalnr tttm erica. - Scarcely
farmer by Increasing the price.
nyh!gh protection organ would state . this dlrectlyor
it is too" absurd a statement to make outrigni, dui in
hint Is-thus' thrown out' to have what effect ft may in
the minds of such farmers as do not atop to reason a
little upon the proposition.
duty on -wheat cannot increase the price,
a long aa th American farmer have a surplus, of wheat
and do nbrimMrFahy. ' AndeveflTtf"the
ctnne when American Import instead
"the interest of ' the consumer, who
th wheat raisers, are entitled to con
adding to the farmer's .profit, if there
th theory,, the poor man's loaf would
farmers should receive & fair pricefor
it 'is well-when they re prosperous
doubted if "dollar wheat" a' perma
be beneficial to. the country at large
may be, the tariff has nothing to do
wheat"
believe In the principle of protection, and
Application, Intelligently and patriotic
ally-though in operation the principle ha been-greatly
abused; but the intelligence of the average farmer should
not be-affronted by even -hintingto hlnrthat""the high
price of wheat Is due to the dutjH, that cereaL It Is
a shiun and a! delusion, and farmer ought so to under
HOW .CONDITIONS BIAS THE JUDGMENT.
fnPEyrEWPOINT-off a war 'correspondent must aT;
r; I , ?2l Ways be considered in weighing hi news. 1 In
" respect 'to broad, salient, features this' nicety of
proportion is unnecessary,' but when he commences to
write of "horrible condition in th commissariat," or
"perfect organisation of the quartermaster department"
the reader should know where the newspaper man ha
fed. It will be noted that most of the corps with the
Russian armies find th 'soldiers brave,' accomplishing
unprecedented feat and well provided on the .field, while
those partaking of - Japanese subsistence duplicate the
eulogle for their hosts. : Occasionally some correspondent
who ha evidently not been properly pampered at the
officers' mes find the common soldier starving, neglected
when ' wounded and ready for Insubordination. A space-
pressed writer theji bursts forth with aharrowlng state
ment of heartiessness among the officers, caroualng and
drinking champagne few feet., from a reeking car of
mutilated men, and imposing wanton burdens upon th
patient fighter. -
the orient,' If preserved for period
and compared carefully,' Illustrates these fantasies of . the
writers Thertudnt find It ncessary to Judge slowly,
and only after extensive reading. With 'all the world,
which desires fact and the-privilege of forming Us-own
conclusions, tke student: yearn for the day when' news
paper "will instruct 1 correspondents 16 " report actual
occurrences, and defer everything in the nature of opin
ions. 4 Newspaper writers ar but human, and are in
fluenced by environment. ; Should a correspondent happen
upon m. scene of peculiar gruesomeness, where wounded
Seemed neglected, he Is too prone to voice the impulse born
therewilhout .knowing the exigencies ,tnat may 'excuse
the- Apparent neglect. So if he la made a good fellow b i
th commander, natural- gratitude will tinge his report of
the hosts's work, and vice versa. Give us plain facts, with
whatever sidelights possible, and let the unbiased reader
Judge. " ...,-'"' . '
ONE LEGAL TRICK THAT FAILED.
HERE Is no limit to the audacity of criminal law
yer. In California, for example, a Chinaman la
under sentence of death for murdering another
Chinaman. But the murderer had some money, and hired
a lawyer, who took a curious course to make a pretense
of earning his feerHewent to an appellate court on the
allegation that It did not affirmatively appear ( that the
murdered . man wa a human being that so far aa the
record showed he might have been dog, or a sheep, or
a, cat ' ; '-, ".'-;".''.. . ;
On this piece of sharp practice the case ha been carried
court of the United State, which, after
gravely considering the lawyer' remarkable "defense,
upheld, the cdhvlctlon and' affirmed the verdict and Judg
ment So unless the Ingenious attorney can get a re
hearing,' or study up some' new- scheme, ; his client Is
he will have lived a- good many months
ought to.- ' ' . ,
But while the. courts in tills case decided against a
preposterous legal technicality,,. It may be a .well for
district attorneys after - this, in drawing indictments for
murder, to allege specifically that th victim was a
genu homo, a well as to see that he goes through th
land become, more valuable and - the
needs ef a large population make. It nec
essary to force the productive capacity
oi the tana to tfte greatest possible limit
r:rr " .' roUtlsal Strategy. . . ,
J"rom th Chicago Tribune,
"I see drover Cleveland la going to
makf only one political Speech this
year. Why la thatT"
"Well, If Parker la elected he ran In
sist that his speech did it. and if Par.
ker's defeated he ran rail back on the
assertion that It was because be didn't
make more speeches.", -j
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..-Small J
Ckange'
' Make H ItO.OOtt next year.. ,
Probably Parker woutdJt TJireach. ,
etrpTir1s-yet-ktly-Joubilr-
r ltus have peace and pumpkin pi.
- Hello,- Seattle, canou-honestly
It? ...... '.a-
- Senator .Mitchell 4s feeling
tired. , :. ;
llttle
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. Why. of course, the fair will be
Sucoiss, ' : ., . '..
Port Arthur seems to be in favor of a
late falL ;. .........c
It won't' seem so important a week
from now. ... , .
O ' yes, the politician are all
farmers friends. -
the
Rak up the leaves,
ful as a fertiliser.
They ar use-
Polltlcal sophistry la, one of the easi
est tricks on earth., v ,
President Roosevelt might have been
somewhat mors thankful. '
Russia is another nation that ap
parently deserves no navy.
An "accident" la usually a misnomer.
Careless, folly Is a better term. .- -
Evidently' there will be. no lack .of
Republican candidate for governor. -
That Battle fleet appear to be a Sort
of naval orphan, with-no place to go.
It must be 'a -poor creature -indeed
who oan And nothing .to he thankful
Ed Wright seem to b having a
hard thn electing Mead over In Wash-
tngton... - !
Those figures, 110,080. may be a little
toe high Just yet, but' w will soon
make them true.
- Now that ou' genial ' friend. Senator
Mitchell, haa explained everything thta
side of Mara let the band play.
O. what An old, 'stale sound that piece
of political claptrap, "protection to
American labor and industry," haa.
A lot of consumers ar hard at work
trying to fill a proper portion of thetr
dinner pans wiin potatoes mes uaya.
-If we' are to believe all th political
predictions we read, we will have to add
a lot or vote to ine electoral coiiege.
. The president's Thanksgiving procla
mation indicates that he haa an idea of
competing with Emperor William as a
preacher. -- - , - - . f. . - , ; - . .
Now, really. carf""a rather ordinary
man, earn f 76.000 or f 100.000 a year aa
railroad president? The answer 1 easy;
he doesn't . -- , .. , .
Could It be possible that Colonel
Hofer waa In anywise mistaken in 1894?
If so. could It not 'be possible that he
might tn the slightest possible aegree
be-mistake in 180 T . - f
"A' Philadelphia editor has. been aked
"What la lovet" by a woman of that
city. What a queer woman to sup
pose that any editor knows the answer
to this question better man a woman.
Football weather eure to com.- ,
New sawmill in Klamath Fallal .
Have you built any good roads T ,
'Everybody preparing for the fair.
No frost on Oregon pumpkin yet.
Poultry show la Corvalll next week.
Wheat hauling will continue till snow
files. .-: . - r
Irri icon's
be built
new schoolbouse will soon
Country people ar busy preparing for
winter. - "1 -
1 Catholics will build school and church
at Klamath Fall
Better apples than anywhere In "Grant
county, they claim. . , '.'..,,
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. Th prohibition campaign Is warm
over in Tillamook eotinty,
tfo state haa a greater varlety-of fin
products to show thsn Oregon.
. Rogue river apples are almost if not
quit equal to th Hood River product.
. Jackson. "Douglas and Josephine coun
ties constitute very nearly an earthly
paradise. . , , . ,
The output of the salmon hatcheries
will be much less than usual, or than is
desirable.. ..... . . . ... .
Having cider and Straws, as well as
pumpkins and other good- things. Ore
gon will enjoy a genuine Thanksgiving:
The Bank of Ashland of the heaviest
taxpayer In Jackson county $SJ,0l. A
large list of cltlsens pay on $1,000 or
over. . . ......... ;'.",,,
, .. ) ".. .....
Corvailts Oasette: A dosen or more
fish hides, each of. which would be
. .-
ampie covering xor an ox. wwi on im
CAE. express car yeeterday. They
were taken from baby whale, and were
exceedingly tough.
Ashland Tidings;. Ashland people have
expended or have contracted to expend
during the current season I2S.000 la the
construction of cement sidewalk This
la a record to be proud of even In the
metropolis of. southern Oregon-.x--
evseBs-Bsj- -
Tlllamoek Headlight: . It looks as
though the water commission, in placing
th bonded Indebtedness at 131.000 for
a new water system has come down to
good business -sens And even that
amount I a pretty big load for Tilla
mook City to carry If th city doe not
make more progress than It has ths last
few years. " - " - i.
', -Kalamath Republican; This .'year's
crop of apples and fruit, has been the
largest and best ever known in Klamath
county. And the display of apples
grown In Klamath county which can be
seen at the Promotion eluhrooma, we be
lieve can hardly be equaled anywhere
In Oregon. Nearly all of the fruit and
vegetablee have been grown on dry land.
Without Irrigation, . .
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Oregon Si Jeliglits
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Carlisle Y .
: Philippine 1 View
Prom the Baltimore News. '
In-Mr Carlisle' very able speech-at
Carneai hall on Friday night, he made,
in connection with the Philippines issue,
one point which we bold to be of the
most vital character. Speaking of the
Democratic platform ledge, to make the
promise of . Philippine inoepenaence at
once, Mr. Carlisle, after giving as one
reason for doing so the beneficial effect
which h felt it would have upon the peo
ple of the Islands, continued aa follows:
The other reason la one which vitally)
affects our own peace and prosperity and
our national character aa free republlo.
And it Is sufficient, of Itself, In my
opinion, to. Justify the position w take.
Such a promise would be an announce
ment to our own people and to th world
at Urge that the predatory policy of ex
panslon over the .seas ha ' been aban
doned (applause) and that we have re
turned to the, Ideals ox tne tamers ot
the Renubllo and to the peaceful and un
selfish course that has made us so great
and ao powerful among the natlona of the
eartn. oucn a promise, mmu u uw
faith, would be worth more to the peo
ple of thla country than the possession
and trade of aU the islands between the
pole. .- . -.
Republican, advocates, who. like Bee re- i
tary Taft seek to belittle the difference
between such an attitude toward the
Phil limine .Question . aa that of juose
Parker and the Democratlo Party on the
Unahand and that of President Roosevelt
and the Republican party on tne otner
are guilty of the very sin which they are
most In tba habit or cnarging upon, mur
adver-BTlea. - The Democrats, they say,
ar superficial In tbelr treatment of the
question they have not lookea into tne
details, they cannot specify the particular
feature of th policy they would pursue,
they cannot put their finger on the spot
wber their course would - differ from
that now being pursued. And it all looks
very plausible upon a euperf total view.
Superficiality does not consist In absence
of detail, nor la thoroughness insured by
any amount of correctness in particulars.
A man may be a good statistician, a good
financier, even a good administrator, and
yet not see th real thing whleh underlies
all that he la dealing with, and 'which
wlU persist after all his dealing with It
are past and over. And. on th other
hand, a man may have the root of the
matter without entering upon the wilder
ness of particulars which, to b sure, he
will have to deal with When he take
charge of affairs, but which have no real
bearing on the central Issue Involved.
The difference of attltudethat would
be Involved tn a distinct recognition that
Phlltpplne Independence was to be the
ultimate goal of 'our endeavors would be
effective to promote that -end. even If not
a Simla specific change were mad in
th Immediate future in " our govern
mental dealing with the Philippines. It
would be sure to b effectlven the first '
place, on general principle on th prin
ciple that a difference In the moral as
pect of a situation does make a differ
ence . In Its actual ' development It
would be effective.- moreover, In at least
on speClflo material effect tbat could
not fall to make itself felt at once In th
checking of all tendenciea to regard the
natural -resource-- ana opportunities 01
the Islands aa legitimate spoil for Amer
ican capitalists, counting on - unlimited
protection In their galna by the prac
tically sure prospect of permanent Amer
ican possession. Again, the .evident fact
that the whole history of our connection
With Cuba -had its character determined
by the promise ef -the Teller reeolotloa i
sufficient to mdicate the possible potency
of such promise. And finally, there
comes In th point so forcibly and im
pressively made by Mr. Carlisle the p
sage we have., quoted. - He la right -in
saying that this alona would "Justify th
position we have taken." it u no mere
modification of this or that particular In
our. treatment of the Philippine tbat is
wanted; it is not with Republican claims.
however Just of - good - administrative
work In the islands that the quarrel
lies. Th great thing to be sought la that
w set our facea away from the quest
of colonial dominion - and exploitation.
not only that we may remedy what fa
wrong, in the Philippine, but also that
w may be assured against the danger of
going farther along the un-American
road we traveled when we seised them..
WSA A oo:
xs.
(From Story ef Northern Pacific Cor
ner Case, In New Tork Times.)
"Is It not a fact" asked the lawyer
for the defense, "that certain short spec
ulators got in between you and J. P.
Morgan ' A Co. and sold much of the
stock short while you were competing
for' the control?" . i. .
"They must have to produce a cor.
ner," replied Mr. Kahn. "It waa th
abort sellers who produced the corner."
Asked what a corner waa he defined
the term aa follows:
"A corner is the result of a struggle
between two interest working against
each other to secure and deliver atock
which they cannot obtain. A comer can
be caused by taking off - the market
LUSTO DJ URmir un uiw miwi
s which the short '.seller need to
delivery."- ' i - - ' .
stocks
make
a mrosJsiaxT.
: v From th Ashland Tiding
A . baby guerilla occupying a seat in
th chair car and -apparently enjoying
the right of a first -class passenger,
was the novel sight witnessed on the
north bound .overland train Tuesday af
ternoon. Mr. Guerilla, who la but fif
teen months old, was not traveling en
tirely alone, but .waa "under the care
of a Mr Wilson. He was clothed tn
an ample dress and a flowing veil en
veloped his head, leaving nothing vis
ible but a saturnine face. In one of
hla hands or pawa-Vaa clasped a tin
cup from which he was drinking milk.
The youngster was brought to this
country from his native Africa when
three months old, and despite the ut
most care in his education, la already
developing some of the treacherous In
stincts of his ancestors. , -
' .' SATS JOtaT 9. m. 9B.
' From the New. Tork Herald.
"I ' suppose a very small majority
of the people of th world think Tor
themselves. I suppose there are few
of ua who form ou opinions ourselves.
I suppose that if om on were to- ask
us why . we are Baptist - or - Presby
tertana or whatever other denomination
we happen to be, we would have to. eon
fees that it waa all due to th influence
of our parenta. . And o - It is with
reference to our politic! views. How
many men take th time or the pains to
gtve a thought to the political - situa
tion this year to determine which side
It Is beet for them to' stand for? I sup
pose most of . us form our '"opinions
or, rather, have them formed for us by
those to whom we look up and In whom
we have confidence."
John t. Rockefeller, Jr., expressed
ineae opinions lsst night in- n hours
talk before members of the Young
People's society of the -Ptfth avenue
Baptist church, which include nearly
all hla bible class. . 'The Power of
Personal Influence'' was the" subject of
the address of the meeting , '
CarnegieV View
From the New Tork World.
Andr-w frrte'a attention was
called to the fact that gooda of Ameri
can manufacture were frequently sola
can manufacture .were ""7"' ""JHollMd
Reaper in the foreign markets than - , h0M ,h0 tawfttUy
There 1 no doubt." be nswreo.
"that h imrif Aurht to be reformed.
and there Is no doubt that th Repub
llcana will attend to that finally. I hav
advocated th reduction of the duty pn
steel rails, but I would pot approve vi
any further reduction.
"If I were president I ehouia revise
the tariff. Wa should" take the dutlea
off such Industrie as do not need pro
tection and place, them upon industries
that do need it" , , - .. . . ' M
"Do vou think the Filipino should
hav independence?" ha waa asked.
"Certainly I do. They ought to ne
free, and why not? 'The American
people believe ao, too. I don't think
Roosevelt is quit rlxht there : ana
where be ought, to be on that point
i stana by Root ecno vmi
says. To hav their .indepenaenoe
would be a' great blessing for the Fili
pinos, but a still greater blessing -for
the American public Th Filipino wlU
be free. W matter what party opposes
it Th president need watcnin on
that point" - ,
Do you think there is aanger in mili
tarism?". ' .
I think thara la a treat deal of dan
ger in it and I am utterly opposed to
it . I am apposed to- th military spirit''
When Informed that the president naa
directed the calling, of another peace
congress -Mr. Carnegie aald:
"I hav grave doubt a to th d
vtaablllty of another gathering of that
character at-the present time. 'Thla Is
not a favorable moment when two great
nation a re trying to detroy ach other.
I doubt if Japan and Russia would Join
In such a .movement"- '
UTS Tg, 0OOXXBS. ;
dob Women Told Pay S Attention
to Baking and Xelp Zmprov World.
Old fashioned mince pies and. the
'cookies ilk mother used to make" ar
doomed to extlnotlon If the advlc of
fered bv Mra. Sarah Piatt Decker, presi
dent ef th National Federation of Wo
man' clubs. Is followed by tba.siupwo
men of Englewood. '
Hereafter the small oy wllL be re
galed on baker' cookie. Cruller a day
old from th grooery store wul take tbe
place of the hot soft doughnuts fished
from the gissllng lard on baking day.
The spicy aroma from the kitchen will
no longer make blra long ror tne looin
sorae delicaclea of the even. Mother
will be away, "living the larger life."
"Is It worth while," aaka Mra Decker,
"to wear our Uvea out baking cookie
for the little mouth?"" Oiv th boy
baker's cookies. They never will know
the difference. We are capable of being
much more than mother . Isn't it much
better for us to have Wholesome refresh
ment outside our homes? There is some
thing more vital In- life for us than
bending over a rolling pin all day to fill
little Johnny up with sugared cookie
Baker1 a cookies are good enough, ; for
him." - -
The talk waa given before SOU women
at th new Maaonio temple, 7S West
worth avenue. Music and reception sup-
Nemented the program, -. ....
... A,.i I.. I- -tit.
01?ViIW f V., iw m wm,. "
Mr Dec ker said they should look on
the home a men do. They should not
devote their hearts and minds tb ..the
petty detail, cf the fireside. ' Household-
affairs war not tber ewy interests in
Ufa There. Waa something better than
making embroidery, which should soop
be relegated to the garret
'The women who have worked for
centers ot Intellectual culture,-who hav
worked, to establish Juvenile court and
advocated purity la politic" shs said,
"do they aver bother about custard plea?
Haven't they something more of conse
quence to- do than gossip bout tbelr
neighbors?-Do tkey over bore you by
talking about .Johnny and the time be
had the meaalee? Do they tell you how
long they kept him in the dark room,
what the dotor aald, and how the case
compared with Jane's attack? , ,
"Do they aver annoy you with a chro
nological " account of the last servant
girl s misdemeanors? No. The woman
club are an antidote for such a narrow,
selfish, outlook,"
The mission of women, the speaker
declared, wa to bring light into the
world. They muat - "no ' longer be the
vine which twine around the rugged
oak." "Women today," ahe said, "should
be the peers of sensible, wise men."
Children, Mrs. Decker compared to
plants, saying the less mother brooded
over them the sooner they would blos
som out "You do not croon over a
plant" ah said, 'land keep It indoors out
of th light Tou set it in th window
and let it blossom in th sun. Children
are like plant You should do ths same
with them."
A better condition of matrimony wa
to. be brought about by. woman's club.
A an example th speaker compared th
condition of th spinster It years ago
with that of "th splendid army of a in
gle women today."
"In the old days It wa Anything for
change, ahe aald. The life of the old
maid waa ao uninteresting that she wel
comed any chance which offered her
husband. Women today 'are more dis
criminating. They can afford, to wait
until at last Prince Charming comes."
Mrs. Decker congratulated the Engle
wood club on it policy of maintaining
aa unlimited membership. 8b satirised
ths "excluslveness" of certain circles
she had known that boasted of II mem
bers. Shs pointed out the- advantage
that might result by accepting women
not recognised aa 'leaders of society."
"The working-man's wife." he said,
"could ' receive many benefits by being
sdmltted to a club. Membership would
entirely change her home life." ,
-The club pin,-. Mrs. Decker declared,
was a better introduction even-than
church membership. She cited example
of women who had belonged to tbe same
congregation' for years only to meet st
last under the banner of a woman'
Club. - - -i , . .: : , . ; , .
- tn MOBOAsf coAT-or-AJUtsy:
J. Plerpont "Morgan is gifted with
great deal more of humor than is gen--
erany Known, not Jong ago, while In
London, he. was Introduced to a woman
who made aome pretensions to peeraga
"Pardon me." aald the woman, haughtily,
"to which Morgans do you belong?" "Oh,
we are an independent branch," replied
Mr. Morgan, aiyly, "but we date back to
the Norman kings." "Ah, . then you
hav a coat-of-armsT" Mr. Morgan dug
down into his pocket and brought forth
a shining H0 gold ptec "This,"- he
said, "la our coat-of-arme j a few Other
families"' have adopted the aame em
blem. But" he continued confidentially,
"we are gathering them in a fast as
possible." . . j. ,
- i -
A STlo sew "Probl-."
,' ' From th Boston Transcript.
Some ' unemployed mathematician
phrslclat has figured out that the rivers
of the world pour cubic : miles of
water Into the various oceans every day.
It would be nice to have aome dis
engaged chemist explain where 11 the
salt to go With It comes from.
, Kegistratorvi
in New York
i
atjssae
ssiasesajsajsaJs
register and ao become Qualified to vote
don that the total registration of this .
city would have .been. .almost exactly
700,000. A little more than 11.000 re
fused to register, provided the estimate
0t the increase in the city In popula- .
tlon over 10 la - approximately cor
veet. vA presumption based upod ex
perience la that the city ts .increasing .
at th rat of g per cent in each preat-.
dentlal term, so that It has been as
sumed that the population of New York '
cUy today IS not far from MOO.OOO. ,:.
' Almost everyone i who fond of"
Analysing pre-election figure and I ao--.
customed to make canvasses based en
actual eount or estimate ha been ax- -plorlng
by ' districts- th registration
figure of this year. - They ar -eomple)
except that -there la further reglatra
tlon possible Juat ' before electron, for. ,
those .whose - Qualifications - for ' the
suffrage db not mature" until the ev :
of electtcn. Formerly if waa a favor--.
He intellectual and political paatlm '
for the .mathematical minds of either
party to search registration figure and
to discover If possible the story that
waa concealed in them. The late Cot
George Bliss. had an eapecial gift for
work of this kind, rejoicing in it a
some professors of pure mathematical
ar absorbed in that abstract duty, And
Colonel Bliss waa able to take the rer
latrawon figure and indue from them, -a
fairly accurate forecast of .the vot-
ing lu New York city,
' But If Colonel Bliss were hare: today
he would find, great difficulty In makln
a forecast of that -kind, since, the con
dition have-changed greatly within the .
last'l9or It year In his time New
York JCity ' grew , apparently . almost .In
aCcorftanoe with , geometrio rule, and' -there
were not many changes In the dis
tricts where home prevailed, ao that
th standards year . after year : war -practically
th earn Y But ' th recent
development of rapid transit, the .build- '
ing .of the Brooklyn bridges,-, and -sew
pec tally th mighty expansion .of - th-
business ortlon-of th city eo thst It
I not Confined as formerly, but reaches
out here and than until blocked by Cen- ,
tral park la th center and by the Bar- ,
lem river upon the west side, although
not upon th east make it impracti
cable to. do. more than guess at the
story that la in th registration figures.
-Moreover, except to gratify the lm
pulslve curiosity of th community and
that natural yearning for a good fore
cast of an election,-and in addition to)
serve the purpose of th campaign com
mittee, it la bf no. great consequence
whether the real atretic a shows .any-thin -that
may be welcomed by either party.
We shall know soon enough what th
result of the election is to be, and aald
from th opportunity printed Hat glv
of dlscoveringIfwenf,otT-o-those
who hav registered illegally, th
registration i qf little importance td
campaign managers. -.. - --. . -.,
But th registration doe show several
thinge hV ar of conaequene. to th -
community. First of alt It put an end
Jo the gossip that. New York-t-o ab
sorbed ,by business -or- so confident of?
th result that many ef the ettisen who .
have . the quallfloatlon iOf votavsckav '
no Intention of .ualng th rranehlee. -W '
hav been tald alno the oampmlgn be
gan, that apathy and -indlffereac -pre ;
valt but ther la no apathy or indiffer
ence, when U-fncltlsen qualified
to vote if they register, only about .
000, and that number 1 eatlmated, ef
the entire .700,000- have refused to make ,
their qualification good In law.- We are
therefor going to have a very full vote, -end
recent non-partisan - tavestlgationa.
for they have been carried en- Jointly "
by Republican - and Democratic . inspec
tors, have served to purify The registrar
tlon Hat or. to prevent much contem
plated frauds ,
It haa been axiomatic In the politic
of thla state, at least sine th civil .
war, that a full registration. - other
being equal, points to 4 full Republican
vota -For it haa been assumed that-ln,
the larger eitiea the Democracy alway
see to It that It voter are registered, -whereas
the Republican are aometlme .
negligent This assumption may be true
of what 1 called tb regular party vote
on either side, but it doe not take any
account of th Independent vot or that
east by men whose party bonds ar very "
weak. Nevertheless, if there b a full
registration not only In New York city, '
but throughout th state, it I a reason
able Inference that th RepuUlcana will
reeelve their fun party'- vote and -th
Democrats will be likewise supported.
Tbe full party vote In that portion off
New York state that I beyond th city
I normally a Republican majority 1 in '
excess of 100,000. -. Thau canvassers ar
sure that this- year that majority will
be In excess of 180.000. If it is. It will
he Imposslbl for the Democracy of New
York city-to offset It by any plurality:.
It may aeoure. ',
Another lesson that la discovered In
this registration Is gratifying te ,the
civic pride of the city. For this regis
tration - show that not - by - spasmodic) -leaps
and bound but by a steady, nor-
mat growth, the city population Is in
creasing, snd Increasing at a rat
which, if maintained for six years more,
will give a population for the entire city
of approximately four mllllona. More- .
ever, the growth, except in one portion
of the city, average fairly well every- '
where within Its boundaries. There la
no section that is growing at ths' ex
pense of any other. Brooklyn reaches
out farther and farther toward the sea,
nd those remoter suburb whloh to- .
gether make up the western-end of Long
Island ar gaining a proportionate share "
of the increase. That great city whjch
is the Borough of the Bronx 1s within a
few years to hsve a population of BOO,.
000, numbered, nevertheless, among the
cltlsens of New Tork city.
The advance of business, however, es
pecially below Twenty-third street and
along the rapid transit line, pushes
With Inevitable pressure those who hav
long lived there away, and In many
ease they seek th remoter portions of
the city or even reach' to the suburbs.,
Suburban New York-is growing with
great rapidity, and if the poputatlop'of ;
the entire metropolitan district, so
called, were numbered as that of on
homogeneous community, as It really
la. It would found to be -wot far from
1,000,000. , f, ,, .... -'jwsi. - ',
: ' 1 - ''
' non'i ookbt sow T2szax.a.
' Encke's comet Is now visible.' knd by
the end of November' Should be distin
guishable with , the .naked eye in the ab...
senCe of the moon. On November t It ,
will be a few degree northeast of Beta
Pega, traveling rapidly to th south
west nd by th first week, of Decem
ber will be near the bright star Alpha
Aqulla. Encke's is considered the mostw
Interesting of all comets, a It-la an at- ,
tractive object In a telescope. It re
volves sround ths sunxln 1,201 days, and
haa been observed In thirty of its re
turns since its first discovery by Me-
4 chain In 17M.. ' , ...', . ,
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