Editorial Page of TEe Journal
(
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER II, ItOL
PORTLAND. OREGON,
THE OREGON DAILY
AN
C ft. JACKMM
OFFICIAL
A p.EAL MAN'S TASK.
FHERE IS a feeling that however
I president may have appeared betore trie nomina
tion and. during the campaign that he is not
quite so rigid a standpatter as he has been assumed to
be. For this reason some credence i given to the
rumor that he proposes to call a special session of con
gress immediately after the close of the short session
on March A Mr. Roosevelt cannot fail to feel that the
greatest popular and electoral vote ever given a can
didate had in it something more than a tribute to 'party;
that the result was largely a tribute to him, not pre
cisely for what he has done, but for what it wt ex-
fwsrirH he would do. The moment
presidency on his own account he is his own man as
rttver before, not an heir, so to speak, as he now is, but
an executive in his own proper person, honestly won on
his own merits. His position will therefore be profoundly
strong not alone before the country, but before the
managing men of his party whose power heretofore has
been supreme and who were strong . enough to curb
amy tendency toward radicalism, so called, which even
Mte president himself might be inclined to exhibit.
I Of his own volition he has now placed behind him
any ambition in the line of presidential succession.
Without thatdistraction he is for the first time in a po
sition to consider the future with a cool head, totally
uninfluenced by strictly personal considerations. It 'i
a position which any honest and patriotic man would
delight to occupy. It raises him above reprisals. There
lit nothing further that he wants from the selfish lead
ers or the still more selfish interests which have- ex
ploited the country through the tariff. He may calmly
view the outlook; he may reason out the degree to which
a worse than war tariff has dislocated the relations of
the masses of the people to the government; he may
find, if he will, that under that tariff a very small part
of the population had say 99 per cent of the people
completely at its mercy. Reasoning out these things
as he undoubtedly has already done, he may be in a
. position to act with rigor and firmness.
. Whatever may be true of others it is not at all likely
that President Roosevelt is under any delusions as to
the significance of the recent election. He, least of
all persons, is likely to ascribe that -remarkable result
to the party's stand-pat policy. There are others, how
ever, not necessarily because they believe it to be true
but because they want to believe it, who will ascribe
party success to that very source. The contract which
the president has before him is one that will call for the
highest and best exhibition of his powers. But what
will be the outcome? It is inconceivable that the pro
tected interests will willingly forego the advantages
which they already possess. If the pressure is .suf
ficiently strong they will apparently accede to changes
but the actual changes which such as these are inclined
to make are not at all likely to afford relief. Now it
may be taken for granted that nothing short of a gen
uine revision of the tariff which will afford genuine re
lief will satisfy the people, and this applies quite as
strongly to the Republican as the Democratic masses.
These changes are essential to the integrity of the Re
publican party itself. But it must not be forgotten that
there are very few genuine revisionists on the Repub
lican side in congress. There will be many, no matter
what their pretense, who at heart will he bitterly op
posed to any real concession. They were -found on
both sides of the chamber during "the" Cleveland admin
istration and there was little room for really honest
men and reformers among them. Everybody still re
members that distressing result.
With the handicaps which will he put upon him, how
much better will President Roosevelt be able to do?
That is a question which will soon agitate the coun
try. There are lively times ahead.
THINK THIS OVER, BOYS.
WITH THE USUAL DEDUCTIONS for good
behavior, and eliminating the possibility of
a pardon, young Charles W. Walton will
spend the next 25 years of his life in the Oregon state
penitentiary as ta penalty for holding up and robbing a
car conductor, and for shooting an officer. It is a long
sent once, but under existing conditions none too long.
It is necessary not only that he be punished, but that
his punishment should be sufficiently severe to serve
as a warning and deterrent to other youths who have
started out or who are tempted to start out on a crim
inal career. Years ago the usual sentence in such cases
Was two or three, or not more than six or seven years,
but our judges have wisety, as, we think, concluded that
those mild sentences did not serve the full purpose of
a malefactor's punishment, did not sufficiently protect
ociety, and latterly have been imposing heavy sen
tences in such cases, with' the result that such crimes
are diminishing in proportion to population.
A great many fast youths, boys and young men who
an- viciously and criminally inclined, who dislike to
Work and like bad company, who are only restrained
from theft ami, robbery and assault by fear of punish
ment, wilj read this sentence of young Walton's or wil
WHAT "SJTAJrO VAT" 1
From the Baltimore News.
Do old-time Democrats, or even old
time Republicans Republicans who re
member Oarfleld or Sherman, aay refcl
itc. what the "stand-pat" doctrine means?
Do they realise Into what position Its
adoption puts the Republican party?
Do they realise :hQpeclal significance
It acquires in view of some very recent
Republican hlatory euch as that of the
"Iowa Idea," and that' of Mr. Roosevelt's
own pronouncements on the tariff in the
earlier period of his presidency T It la
fworth while to aay a few words about
these things, on the eve of election day.
tip to a com para, tlvely recent time. It
was the position of most of the weighty
leaders of the Republican party that the
protective tariff was a provision for the
building up of American Industries; a
provision to be applied In such degree as
might, from time to time, seem neces
sary or desirable from the atandpolnt
of the broad general Interests of the na
tion, gome regarded It, doubtleaa, as of
a permanent character, because they
fait that the need of It was likely to be
permanent: others, like Mr. Oarfleld, ex
pressly declared that they stood for a
policy of protection directed toward ulti
mate free trade; It will make some
young Republicans gasp, no doubt, to be
told that Mr. Oarfleld, while one of the
foremost leaders of hie party, was an
honorary member of the Oobden club,
and, so far as we know, so continued to
. the time of his death. His position on
the tariff, to be sure, waa exceptional;
hut whet was net exceptional was the
view that the tariff waa normally sub
ject to change, end especially to lower
ing whenever It was shown that the
public Interest no longer justified the ex
isting rate. This waa not only not ex
c pt tenet, hut was the undisputed posi
tion of practical I r all responsible leaders
of the Rep.rbltcen party,
geese twenty years ago, however, It
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
) and every Sunday morning at
streets, Portland. Oregon
PAPER OF TMI CITY OF PORTLAND
complaisant th
prison bars, to come
not only better, but
Thus, we may
case, by prompt convictions.
THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
he assumes the
THE JOURNAL bids the National Grange a hearty
welcome to Portland, to Oregon, and to the
country will he a new thing under the sun to nearly all
the delegates from the region east of the continental
divide. We are sure that our great natural resources
and the actual accomplishments of the- people of Ore
gon anfj Washington will appeal strongly to the visitors
from other states. Our people desire to be known for
what they are an,d for their achievements and tneir
prospects. So The Journal is more than safe in wel
coming the Patrons of Husbandry to Portland and the
two big states which lie beside the Columbia. The wel
come is freely given. It will be received in the right
spirit.
Fifteen ears ago the National Grange met in Cali
fornia Its only visit till now to the Pacific coast. Then
the grangers were received with open hands and hearts
by all classes of California people. A few of those who
attended the California meeting, will be with us during
the session in this
have no reason, or
unfavorable to Oregon and Washington. Portland and
the Patrons of Husbandry of Oregon and Washington
will treat their visitors right, making their stay pleasant
while it lasts, and their visit one to be remembered for
many years.
sentative body, it
ization of half a million members, and is the unofficial
representative of the great farming industry of the
United. States. Composed of its thirteen officers, its
executive committee, two official representatives from
each state- where the grange has established itself
strongly, and a body of honorary members consisting of
the past officers and former representatives, the National
Grange is not impressive because of numbers; but its
strong men and accomplished women speak for num
bers and represent the power of a compact and well
disciplined organization that has been influential for
good in this country for nearly forty years. Long may
it flourish to be a blessing to farmers and their in
dustry! INVESTMENTS IN PORTLAND.
1IV1V- - - . V .. J . f -
Sweeney is a vary wealthy man. as wealth go es out in
this comparatively new country, and he is also a
shrewd, active, fore-sighted business man. He haa a
good deal of money to invest, and desires to invest some
of it in real estate, the safest sort of an investment, one
in which every chance of serious loss is eliminated. So
he 4ooks about for the best city in this Pacific north
west region in which to make large investments, and
he decides, as several other capitalists have done re
cently, on Portland. Mr. Sweeney's home is in Spokane,
a wonderfully good, progressive and -rapidly growing in
land city, where he also has much property. He likes
Spokane all right, and knows that it has a splendid fu
ture, but he wishes to place some of his wealth in a
still larger city, in the best of the large cities, in the one
that in his Judgment is going to be the greatest of Pa
cific coast cities, and he decide on Portland. Mr.
Sweeney knows Seattle and Tacoma well, of course, and
likes them, and is proud of them as the largest cities
of his state; very likely he has investments in them
also: but he could not overlook Portland; in this strong,
safe basket he will
his golden eggs. His recent investments here amount
to more than half a million dollars, and in a year or two
his holdings here, including improvements, will amount
to more than a million.
Portland welcomes Mr. Sweeney, and men like him,
who thus show their confidence in its future. Such men
do not invest millions In a city without being pretty sure
of that city's future. They have studied it, and their
iudirment in such
that such investments are made will do Portland good in
two ways; it will attract other capitalists to this city,
and it will arouse a greater degree of confidence and
activity on the part of our home capitalists whose faith
in the city is thus confirmed.
tecame evident that an Insidious hut
pervasive change had come about. The
possession of a tariff schedule favoring
any particular Interest came to be re
garded as a vested light by that Inter
est. Not only so, but the doctrine grew
up -among the protected Interests that
"air Injury to one Is the concern of alt;"
In other words, that, when the privileges
of any one Interest ware threatened
with diminution, all the others must
bring pressure to bear to prevent this
from being done. It Is under this sys
tem that we have lived since UtJ. the
year In which the protracted attempt
to reform the tariff "within the party"
came to an Ignominious close In tha de
feat of the recommendatlona of the fa
mous tariff commission. But It was not
until two or three years ago that the
policy of this Iron -elite combination of
the protected Interests was translated
out of the undefined domain of practice
Into the explicit language of avowed
political doctrine For this Is what
"stand pat" means. It means hold on to
all you havs got, gentlemen; the Republi
can party will not let the clamor of
theorists and reformers, whether Re
publican or Democrat, interfere with
your prerogatives. Arid . the stamping
out of the "Iowa Idea," and the subsid
ence of Mr. Roosevelt's liberal tariff
proclivities testify to the completeness
of the stand-patters' hold on the party.
Win nine Vrtesa for Work at Be.
From the Bangor News.
One of the smartest old women In this
part of Maine Is Mrs. Philip Hubbard,
of Palmyra. Mrs. Hubbard Is snd is
tha oldest member of the grange in the
state.
At the recent cattle show and fair
Mrs. Hubbard received several first
premiums for srtlcles of fancy work
which she made herself. In addition to
assuring in the housework, she rinds
time to do considerable plain and fancy
sewing.
JOURNAL
JNO. P. CARROLL
The Journal Building, Fifth
hear of it; such youths will talk it over among them
selves; and perhaps conclude that a criminal career
doesn't pay. Twenty-five years at hard labor behind
out if one lives so long, a middle
aged or elderly man, an ex-convict, forgotten by the
world, and that-is a cold world when he emerges into
it again! No, surely it doesn't pay. An honest life is
far easier, after all.
reasonably suppose many youths of
imperfect morals will ruminate, with the result that
they will desist from following young Walton's example,
as they might have done if he had been but lightly
punished. Long sentences in such cases are best, are
necessary, but they should always be preceded, as in his
great northwest. This city and the surrounding
city. It is to be hoped that they will
even excuse, for making comparisons
Though the National Grange itself is a small reprc
represents a strong and growing organ
ORTLAND is to be congratulated on the invest
ments made and the improvements to be made
mr U Mr PViarl,-s Swffnfv nf Snok.me. Mr.
deposit a considerable proportion of
a matter is unerring. The very fact
From the London Saturday Review.
We cannot find any evidence that the
bureaucracy or the csar or any real
controlling force In Ruaalan life Is tired
of ths wer. The military party la bit
terly hostile to any arrangement with
Japan previous to sn acknowledgment
of defeat by that power, and the mill
tary party In Russia counts for a great
deal more than It does In any other
country In Europe, hardly excepting
Germany.
Bo long as the csar, the bureaucrats
and ths military show no desire to stop
the war wa may safely assume that all
speculstlon ss to terms of peace Is pure
ly futile. What haa happened to Russia
so far IS really only what happened
to ourselves In the earlier stages of the
Transvaal war. Mke ourselves, they
made too light of their enemy, their
arrangements were grossly defsetlve, ss
wars our own, and they now nnd them
selves faced with the necessity of mak
ing efforts which they did not anticipate
at first.
OXRXi J
Philadelphia Dispatch to N. T. Run
Having successfully paswsd an exam
ination before the local United States
steamship Inspectors, Miss Jsne Mor
gan, daughter of Randall Morgan, is
now entitled to rank as a "master mar
iner," and to command, not only her
father's stesm yscht, but even sn ocean
liner, should she so desire. She Is one
of the five women In the world to gain
thla distinction.
Miss Morgan can command her fath
er's yacht Waturua. The yacht la at
Cramps' shlpyarda, being nut of commis
sion, but It Is expected that '"Captain"
Morgan will direct the craft whan it
comes out of Its winter quarters. It
was the ambition to command the Wa
turus that prompted Miss Morgan to
qualify as a master.
, , i
j- Small Change
Only sue weeks mora, girls.
Can Watson out-talk Bryan T
A doubtful city Port Arthur.
Still good weather to Improve.
Think of Addlcka aa .a country saver
No. Mr. Cortelyoa won't publish noth-
Esopus. Esopus?
that name?
Them as haa gets,
for Instance.
Where did ws hear
There's John Hall.
Hasn't J. Henri Watterson recovered
conaclousnesa yet?
Couldn't ths president be Induced to
visit our fslr, too?
Have some nice Oregon fall raspber
ries or strawberries.
Now wljl Dowle try to establish tflon
In Washington City?
The Republican party now haa a
very long string of rope.
Will there be an appropriation for ths
Improvement of Salt river?
The more the president hears of the
returns, the more he is de-llghted.
It should always be remembered in
connection with gambling that It la a le
gal crime
Parker says he will never run for
office again. Debs Isn't saying a word
nor Swallow.
Another corner on turkeys will send
many people to ths hotels and restaur
ants for dinner.
Uncle Adlal Stevenson is now glad
that they did not nominate him for vice
president again.
Tea, Roosevelt Is stronger than his
perty. but the party doesn't seem to
need any beef tea.
Orover Cleveland chuckles to himself
when he thinks how wise he wee to
refuse a nomination.
Men go to saloons because they want
to drink; they do not want to drink be
cause there are saloons.
No weather that la likely to come will
stop improvements In Portland. They
go right on winter snd summsr.
Alton B. Parker ana D-Cedy Merrick
might form a taw partnership Doubt
less they would get some business.
Some eastern Oregon weather sharp
predlcta a terrific storm on Thanksgiv
ing. Well, let er come; we can stand it.
and still be thankful.
Oregon Sidelights
Price of Nswberg property le ad
vancing and considerable Is changing
ban da
Will much of the population of the
dry counties move Into the wet
counties?
From every part of Oregon come re
ports of more crops sown this fall than
ever before. 1
81 let 1 Bay Item In Sheridan Sun:
Rain Is ths topic of the day at the
present writing.
Albany Democrat: Don't worry. Linn
county will have an all right exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark fair.
A new kind of grass that grows 10
feet high and with stalks as big aa
lead pencils near the ground, grows In
Morrow county.
There haa been sn average run of
Sllverslde salmon on Coos bay, while
Coqullle, Umpqua and Sluslaw had a
much larger run than usual.
A Sclo man had a young and valuable
horse that appeared to be ailing, waa
told he had worms, and that tobacco
juice would kill them. It did; also the
horse. ,
Our school haa 110 scholars on the
roll. Rather too many for one teacher
to manage successfully. West Salem
Item In Dallas Itemlser. Well, we
should think so.
The pastor of the Oerman Lutheran
church In Medfqrd publicly announced
that young couples must quit "spoon
ing" therein evenings, or he will pub
lish names. Cruel man!
Forest Q rove man killed, tl wild
In one day. Ha used an auto
matic shotgun, shooting five times, and
aa one big flock came alone; he fired
all five shots st It. killing 16 geeee aa
the result of the five shots. Ths others
were killed one snd two at a shot.
Port Orford Tribune: A couple of
Holy Rollers havs been proselyting at
Florae creek, but from what we hear
their work will be cut short by energetic
action of the people. It is reported
that they will visit Port Orford, and
signs indicate that the boys will give
them a hot old time when they do ar
rive. A Washington county man married a
widow snd deeded her his farm. On
some pretext she got rid of him and
sent for a male friend to eoms and run
the ranch The husband returned, slept
all night with the Interloper, who the
next morning shot and wounded him.
and Is now In jail. Moral: He ware of
vldders of some kinds. Anyway, don't
deed them your farm.
Over 1.000.000 Chinook eggs have been
taken In. ths Coos river hatchery and
the superintendent has no doubt that
he can easily get . 000. 000 eggs, which
la the capacity of the hatchery. He
has made preparations to fertilise sev
eral million more eggs than this num
ber, and will take cars of them out
side of ths hatchery. The Coos river
hatchery has proved to be ens' of the
most successful In the state.
Medford Mall: That "a merciful man
Is merciful to his beast" was exempli
fied on our streets Tuesday. A family
of Immigrants In two wagons passed
through. The first waaron contained
tha usual household Articles, children,
etc . while the second waa mainly oc
cupied by two cows, riding In apparent
comfort. A contrivance had been fixed
up at 'the -rear of ths wagon creating
an Incline plane up which the sntmsls
doubtless were led each morning, after
.tamping for the night.
Holds tke Key to
$2,000,000,000
O. Z. Newmeyer In Chlcag-o Tribune.
The largest financial power in ths
world greater than all the magic
eords "Standard Oil" stand for msy he
said to center about a young man of
. whose control of a nominal value
of 151.000 of stock In a single corpora
tion dominates" Intsreats which affect
f 2.000,000,000 worth of Invested capital.
Not even John D. Rockefeller, Jr..
whose weekly exposition of biblical
texts continue to Interest the secular
and religious world, may be named In
this connection.
As a matter of fact, the atrongest
financial power in the world, apringlng
virtually from a slngls center, Is that
which hsrks back to the owner of 51
000 worth out of the $100,000 capital
stock of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, which not only controls the
issi.ooo.ooo of assets of that company
but represents controlling Investments
In banks and trusts and safe deposit
companies having $90,000,000 of capital
and surplus, snd which. In connection
with the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany of New York, forme a financial
combination of banks and allied Institu
tions which represent a money power
aggregating no leaa than t2.000.000.000.
It has not been generally realised that
the Bqulteble-Morgan-Mutual Life stood
for so much in the financial world, but
least of all has It been appreciated that
ths pivot or fulcrum on which such a
combination rested wss the controlling
Interest In the Equitable Life, a com
pany with only 1 100,000 capital stock,
with $181,000,000 of sssets, and an an
nual Income of $71,000,000, and which,
after paying 7 per cent Interest on its
capital stock, with necessary costs of
operations, additions to surplus and the
like, turns over its surplus to policy
holders.
It was only last week that 14 shares
of Equitable stock were offered for sals
at public auction In New Tork and were
bought In by the owners at $3,000 bid.
$0 times the per value. As the stock
pays only 7 per cent, the return at 13,-
000 for a Jjoo share would be only one
fifth of one per cent.
It would be hard to guesa what would
be bid for a centre! of the Equitable Life
when all It represents Is considered.
Not long ago Its vice-president. James
H. Hyde, son of the founder, was said to
have been offered $15,000,000 tor his
$61,000 of the capital stock Rumor
went so fsr as to sttribute the offer to
both Standard Oil and Oatse interests.
Public curlosltv Inauiraa what It la
that makes this $51,000 of Equitable
Life stock worth so much more than
that sum and who It Is and who are the
business associates on whom rests the
ponderous weight of a responsibility
which hss to do with the operations
of fully $$,000,600,000 of capital.
The reply. In brief, to that the Euulta-
ble forma a most important link in a
chain of financial Institutions, banks,
trust companies, safe deposit snd title
guarantee companies, with a total of
$$0,000,000 of capital and surplus.
Its relation with the Mutual Life In
surance company of New York, of which
Richard A. MeCurdy to the head, are
especially close, and with It controls the
National Bank of Commerce of New
York, one of ths two lsrgest banks In
the country, of which Valentine P. Sny
der to the president, and which has cap
ital, aurplua, and deposits amounting to
$180,000,000. Those two Insurance com
panies end the National Bank of Com
merce form the center of a financial web
Of banks and trust companies at va
rious cities which has assets and de
posits of more than a billion dollars.
Then there are the Intimate relations
sustained with the First National bank
of New York and Ita affiliations, the
bank of which George F. Baker is presi
dent, tne so-calted "Morgan bank."
All of those great banks and the First
National of Chloago, of which James
B. Forgan la president, havs whst may
be called interchangeable directorates.
ana tnc Equitable or Equitable officials
own stock In all of them. In the Mor
gan First National bank is found New
York Life Insurance company Influence
as well, so that the two groups may be
regarded as having an Influence over
fully $2,000,000,000 worth of Invested
capital. In which a dominating Inspira
tion goes back to that $51,000, nominal
value, the controlling Interest of the
Equitable, owned by James H. Hyde,
one of the vice-presidents of the society
and eon of Its founder.
According to published records. Mr.
Hyde Is a member of the board of direc
tors of nearly 60 well known financial
Institutions, among them, aside from
some of those already mentioned, the
Mercantile Trust, Equitable Tryst. Law
yers' Title Insurance and Lawyers' Mort
gage company of New York, the Com
mercial Trust and Franklin National of
Philadelphia; Mercantile Safe Deposit
of New York, the Security Safe Deposit
of Boston and Missouri Safe Deposit
of St Louis. These with the Mercantile
Trust company. United States Mortgage
Trust compsny snd Fifth Avenue Trust
company of New York, the Central
Realty and Bond company. Fidelity
Trust and Olrard Trust company of
Philadelphia, and the Fidelity Trust
company and Union National bank of
Newark; the Union County Trust com
pany of Elisabeth and the Essex County
Trust company of East Orange, are In
cluded In the Bqultable-Mutuel-Bank of
Commerce groups. In addition to which
must be Included the First National
(Morgan-Baker) affiliations, the First
National of Chicago; Chase, Liberty and
Astor National of New York; tha Man
hattan Trust company of New York, and
the New York Life Insurance com
pany. Not only do the $51,000 which control
the Equitable Life dictate its career,
but follow on through other great cor
porations to an extent which makes it,
the possession of Jamss H. Hyde, a
mainspring In what has been called tha
biggest financial combination In tha
world.
If nothing else celled attention to
James H. Hyde, the foregoing story of
ths potentialities he holds In his hands
would do so. It Is well known that he
Is the son of his father, the founder of
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
that hs Inherited the controlling Interest
In Its capital, and that he was naturally
made vice-president of the society, and
thit either the Standard Oil people or
the Oetss crowd, or both, tried to buy
his Equitable stock for $15,000,000. $00
times Its nominal value, and that he ap
preciated the responsibility of his posi
tion well enough to Ignore the proposi
tion. And all this Is told of a young
man of 28. a Harvard graduate of the
class of '98. who la unmarried and haa a
fad for coaching and all that pertains to
French history, literature, snd whatever
else Interests France and ths French
people
In whst may be inferred to be his own
account' of himself, Mr. Hyde, he who
Indirectly wields a wider financial Influ
ence, perhaps, than all thst John D.
Rockefeller stsads for, begins by de
scribing himself asvan ex-prssldent of
the Federation of the Alliance Fran
calae for ths United States, and a hol
der of the coveted red ribbon of the
4 French Legion of Honor, after which
fWloWt a' list of his memberships in
nearly half a hundred corporate direc
torates and la half as many fashionable
clubs. .
Tke Play
A '"symphony" orchestra with a piano,
which takes ths place of a dosen instru
ments. Is. of course, not a symphony
orcheetre. At the same time Pletro
Marino and his It musicians gave Port
land a better concert than It deserved,
a mere handful of the city's music folk
being out ,to hear him.
' The young conductor himself to a
pleasure. In appearance he resembles
Moaart at t. Mualc Is written all over
him. He plays the first violin while
conducting. This would be inexcusable
In a real symphony orchestra, but In
this Instance the leader gives the 1 re
pression that he could not possibly get
apy pleasure out of the evening unless
he held an Instrument in his arms He
la bathed 1b lyric sentiment. It was a
rare pleasure to find In him not only a
finished technique, but a muslclanly
soulfulneas that had much mors to do
with the ovation he received than the
mere quality of nimble fingering. His
solos Included the mammoth, intermina
ble second concerto of WIenlawskl.
which was brilliantly executed, although
the performer worked against the disad
vantage of a piano too far removed from
his Instrument.
The orchestra's work was notable for
precision. The Instrumentation Is not
the finest in the world. Ths reed sec
tion la weak and the brass cannot for a
moment cope wtth the strings, which
wers displayed gloriously rn the Sextette
from "Lucia," ah encore. Which reminds
me that Marino's encores were even
more enjoyable than his fixed program,
although the latter was selected with
rare good taste Ths only time the or
chestra faltered last evening waa In the
"Pilgrim's Chorus." . But then "Tann
hauaer." waa never Intended for that
number of Instruments, and nobody
could expect unreasonable things.
Miss Pauline Sherwood, the soprano of
the evening, gave Chamlnade's "Song of
"Summer," and was heartily encored.
Her middle reglstsr Is soft as velvet,
while some of her upper tones are Just
a trifle metallic But never displeasing
waa the young women's work. She ap
peared to be somewhat embarraaesd
when a huge bunch of flowers went over
to her and she made a move as though
to pass them to Marino, who quietly as
sured her that they were not intended
for him.
Marino's engagement waa for the one
night only. RACE WHITNEY.
2 , .
A ROY AX, I
The great Interest taken in stamp eol -
lectins- by the Prince of Wales, who
possesses a collection valued at some
thing like 120,000, is well known. Con
crete testimony to his royal highness'
enthusiasm for the hobby Is to be found
in k little hook entitled "The Postage
Stamps of Great Britain." by Mr. Fred
J. Melville, which ja just printed In
London.
In. this book a paper by the Prince
of Wales. "Notes on the Postal Ad
hesive Issues of the United Kingdom
During the Present Reign," is printed en
an appendix. Hie royal highness com
mences by explaining that as ths
changes In the postal issues of the
mother country made necessary by the
accession of King Edward have now
been completed, the present would seem
a convenient time to edmptle the history
of the stamps issued by the home au
thorities during the present reign.
Trials were made with three quarter
fece and quarter face portraits of the
king from photographs, hs says; bat his
majesty chose a portrait" executed In
l0f by Herr Em 11 Fuchs. Mr. Fuchs
prepared a special drawing of ths por
trait, if or which the king waa pleased
to erant a sitting. Ths frame and
fborder designs were prepared by Messrs.
I n , w d r?. 1 ...... t. .. ..(-- I ..
ue is nuc m w.,. uimc, m. . . m .in
structions, and from a sketch furnished
by him.
The original skstch and the border
were, then photographed and ths two
prints placed together, a fresh photo
graphic Impression being taken of the
whole. This was submitted to the king,
and was approved by him. The original,
with the king's written approval, is
now in ths prince's stamp collection.
Temporary copper platee were made
to show ths effect, and at this stage
the queen suggested an improvement,
which was effected by reducing the
width of the wreath design.
Ths prince explains why the little
books of stamps recently Issued are
frequently found with Inverted wster
marks. It seems that to facilitate the
binding of ths stamps Into books, half
the stamps on a sheet were printed.
upside down.
"I do not. of course, claim for these
notes ths importance of a philatelic pa
per," says ths prince In conclusion," "but
as alt ths information and dstes given
may be relied upon aa authentic, I hope
that they 'may be of use In saving s
future historian of ths stamps of this
country a not inconsiderable amount of
research and trouble"
rOLI AJTO MO
From the Chicago Trlbuns.
Just honesty. That's all. A psrfectly
simple proposition. A child could see it
But it took a big man to work It.
Just honesty. Thou shslt not steal.
When Moses ssld It , It was already old.
When Folk said it. it was still new. It
runs through autocracy, aristocracy, de
mocracy, and all other forms of govern
ment, and If It doesn't vivify them they
ars deed. The election In Missouri went
to the roots of life
Just honesty. Why should a man who
believes In It be reviled as a revolution
ist? . Beceuse the business msn who
were advancing their Interests In Mis
souri by bribery regarded any change
aa a revolution. They wanted no change.
Thsy were conservatives. Folk wanted
a big change. He was a radical. There
was no telling how far he might go.
If he objected to having business intsr
eats control the legislature by bribery
he might object to having 'them control
It by discrimination In freight rates.
He might get flightier and flightier till
hs was as Insans ss La Follette.
Meanwhile hs gives no Indication of
having anything In mind except -honesty.
Honesty hss elected him Demo
cratic governor of Missouri. The Chl
csgo Tribune (Rep.) Is vsry glad.
OAXTXM TO MM aVCTAIaTXS
From ths Baker City Democrat
The prediction made a few days ago by
The Oregon Journal of Portland, that
General Manager E. E. Catvln of the O.
RAN. Co. was 'tod valuable a man to
be lost to Oregon, Is confirmed by pri
vate advices received In Baker City, and
which have given much satisfaction to
business men here. Mr. Celvln Is a
broad-minded, experienced and success
ful railroad and general business msn.
Hs has only been In charge of ths Ore
gon road since last April, but hea shown
his ability In many instances, and his
work haa dons much toward the develop
ment of the latent resources of the state.
To send him away now, It Is realised,
w.ould be an Injury to ths northwest end
to the Harriman Interests, no matter
hew much they may need a good man at
Ban Franclaco.
Love's
Responsibility
(Br Ella Wheeler Wlleox.)
(Oapyright, ISM, by W. B. Hearst.)
Hew easily we say the word; hew lit
tle we realise what love demands of us.
Unless we always keep In mind the high
est good and the individual rights of the
oreaturee human or animal we claim
to love, then we have no understanding
or the word.
mere ere scores, yee. thousands, of
men who believe they love women, dogs
ana norses.
The truth Is they love to own them.
But they do not love them enouzh to
consider their rights, their needs, and
their happiness their best good.
Love meane care, consideration, fore
sight, tendernees and firmness. It to not
love which tots a child persist In wrong
or selfish habits, rather than to make It
unhappy by correcting those habits. It
to not love which allows a child to
gratify every selfish desire and appetite.
How often do we hear neonle aav. "I
love children; I love animals."
How rarely do we see that love fully
expressed in the treatment of either.
Affection, admiration, pride oh. yes;
but not the careful consideration of the
Individual needs which real love in
cludes.
A woman loved her children and
bought a canary bird for their pleasure.
The entire family went away for a visit
and forgot to leave any provision for
the care of the bird. It died of starva
tion and -loneliness before their return.
Wherever there to s caged bird there
Is usually more or less neglect of Its
comfort. Soiled cages, lack of sunshine,
lack of fresh wster, lack of attention
(which birds as well as human beings
miss), one, or all of these things, may
be found wherever there to a feathered
household pet.
Women who pride themselves upon
their love of horses end their excellent
horsemanship are selfishly thoughtless
In their treatment of the animate. Two
drives behind supposedly well-cared for
horses were ruined for the writer by
the indifference of the woman owner to
the evident discomfort of the gentle,
willing creatures. Investigation in one
case proved that a galled shoulder
caused ths nervousness of ths animal,
and In the other cage a displaced portion
of the harness had rendered every step
a misery.
Women ere proverbially merciless in
the speed and work they require of a
horse
Women who pray for the heathen and
who sigh for the conversion of ths
Uwkole world allow their children to be
Impertinent to servants and to acquire
selfish and exacting habits which help
to keep back the progress of the human
race. Thla la the worst kind of cruelty
to the child.
Women who believe themselves to be
Ideal mothers shadow the lives of thstr
children by giving way to their nerves
and continually talking about their dls-
Women sigh for the wide fields of (use
fulness when there Is an unused margin
about the spheres thsy occupy. It to a
farmer who longs for more land to cul
tivate, while half his domain to going to
weeds.
Thla to woman's century: Let her use
it In doing first the duty nearest end
doing It well. It is greater achieve
ment to create happy home than to
create an epic.
It la a greater achievement to mould a
beautiful character for a child than to
mould immortal forma In statuary.
Tou, air, assure tne you love your
Do you tell her so? Do you talk to
her about the thlnga in which she Is
Interested? Do you take her out with
you for recreation, and do you try. to
give hey the pleasures end the friend
ships which will held to keep her m
touch with he world? '
Or do you simply pay her bills and ex
pect her to find hspplness in religion
and her children?
Have you a dog or a horse? Is your
horse tied in a dark stall where no light
enters, and do you use an over-draw
check, and Is he docked? ,
Thsn do not tell me you love horses
you only love the benefit thsy bring
you.
Is your dog shut In en apart ment slone
day after day without companionship
oia exercise? If so, the only way you can
prove your love for him Is to find him a
good home In the country and give him
away to some one where he can be
properly and humanely cared for,
Self-sacrifice Is one form of love.
And you, msdam. with your great love
for your children and your pets, do you
hurry your little toddling child along
at our side, while you nearly pull Its
arm from the shoulder, and do you tor
ture It with starched clothing-, and do
vou l't Its tender eyes face the glare
of the sfm while you wheel It through
the streets?
That Is not love
Has your bird a foot of space and a
soiled cage to make Its life miserable?
Before you talk about loving anything
or anybody find out what the word
means.
From the New York American.
The vexed litigation over the greet es
tate of ths Countess de Castellane. for
merly Miss Anna Oould, whose husband
has been said for years to have $4,700,
000 of unpaid debts on his hsnds, wss the
subject again recently of a court de
cision. Justice Lacombe signed sn order
authorising Oeotwe J. Oould and Miss
Hslen Oould, receivers of the 00 unless
Income to pay certain lawyers srn an
nual sum for their services. In the legal
affairs of the countess. These payments
are to go back to February 7, 101, end
ere to reimburse the attorneys for thslr
work. John F. Dillon is to recelve$l,600
a yearrCoUdsrt Bros. $8,000, Coudert
Freres of Paris $$,60q. and Charles A.
Oardiner of New York $t,000 a year.
This Is merely another chapter of the
sensational story of the estate which has
been vitiated by the specteeular extrava
gances of Count Bonl, the cost of whose
household has been computed at more
than $l,000,000va year. The countess'
fortune Is generally figured at $18,000,
000 income, eetate end all but such
were the inroads made by the French
man that the Oould family wss com
pelled to take charge of It so thst the
countess would not become a bankrupt
A peculiar development of the sense
of hearing has been discovered as being
the result of ths use of the telephone.
Moat people when using the instrument
hold the receiver to the -left ear be
cause It comes more natural to adjast
the mouthpiece with the right hand.
So It happens that from an extensive
use of the telephone the hearing of the
left ear is sharpened at . the expense
the right. In the majority of eases the
difference between the two is not very
great, but In some persons It Is alarm
lngly so. The sensitive nerves sre So
Irritated by the sound coming directly
on them, and In a tone which la
strange, that It sets up a reaction
which haa a cumulative effect and up
sets them