THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21. 1909.
THE THREE GREATEST -MEN' OF
MODERN
HISTORY
Frederic Harrison $ Notatle View, of tie
(Krom h
OXWIS,
of GeorWastinjiton, LorJ Chatham 'and- Frederick tie Great These Men
iter of th great 'chln of 'lakes on th north,', irregular and Meulpped mllltla ' whirl "Tlila was th flrat 'great
en JVere Contemporaries in Middle of tlie Eighteenth Century
Stuff Correspondent.) William Pitt ami war minister of th great chln of lakes-oil th north, irregular ami l)r)ulpTt mllltla which "Tlila wan th flrat great aerv'c to Ittme blockade and long marches, storm- tng and condemning the eatabllahni.-t,
.' at vhmt -tlv Oeorge II. Iu . wm acting entirely byjiar forta along Ohio and the Ml- hud llttla.of.an army except personal America, which jtiatlflea our remeni- Ing parties both by sea and land th - of that national independence on win :(
ri'D. Sl.-rinai Hiiiai raln nail, ma In mnMrl wll h. nlaalnnl v.u.va l..r ruoiaeaalon of ciHirii " ' - - hrance (if t'liutliutn avan nn thla rlM achemea of . Chatham ara on a ecal her own mind waa Irrevocably act an,.
Unity of women, the American the king's colonial fallow subjects, !- the innutha and coast line of the Mia- "Mainly from these riiottra th condl- that la rniierrMtnd to the memory of more elaborate Uian any of Frederick refused to allow thai aha had -anything
clrclo of tha Lyceum club, got fore anv idea of rebellion o- separation fisalppl nnd the Motillo rivers. Spain, -Hon of the Jtrltlsh colonies In 1758 waa Washington. For the details uf thla .or of W ashlngton Indeed they aurpaaa to forgive him and aba mourned for
, , ..- iii, maa. had enterod the mind of any colonist, though far weaker than Uritsln or disastrous. Their ' detached ami lllman- atiiHnduua achievement 1 muat refer In area even those of Napoleon :id him as a father of her people.'
OIIC Ol inn greaica- living a la.raa WiihlnlM ln.l.,1 waa urvln, Wa.... ... fl lu In ftMnrlria. uira.l uillllnna 1st I,. -. Lr ll.rnnall the villi lu tan a-...-a lit lauiVa nalthar of In Kna-llah hlatOrv pan Only ba Cnm- "On tha flraL dir at thai aaaal.io nf
lers of English,-Frederlo Ilarrl- nio v,ry campaign whlrh Pitt had Central America and the richIslands ID. ring wrought around them, by the or- . which were limimt. I regret to hv, when pared with those -of Cromwell which 17i4. Chatham moved In tha holla's of
on. to celebrate Washington's birthday planned and organised; and the great th Uulf. - , - ganlsed atrategv of the French generals I wrom my little, sketch of Chatham.' were on a smaller and leaa euccesaful h'rda to withdraw hrltlati troopa from
e... iLm .1,1, .Llrh 'hiii city of Plltaburg beara wllijeaa today to -When Tltt bH iime inlnlater at lnat,, Imd ended In drfeHt and ruin. UeorRO life. The book I have Juat cited will acale. ' ' Moaton. lit denounced tha plan of tl
rur mem wun an guareaa wiiji n - (hn m,.., atrategy by which tho! br tha popular voice and hla own Iran- Waehlngton aaved the ieimmn,'of Bra I- Klve you a true Inalght Into tha mar- "I turn now to tha aecond point whera lg to tag America. Thla country.' I
pot Appeared ,ln print, none of tn KngllHh aUttntunan drove out the French anendont elovuenoa. In' aplte of tha Jetl dork'a force. Hradrlock waa ' out ' tu veloua knowledge Into man and thing the. Vnlied Btatea owea to Chatham a aald. Jhaa no right uader heaven to tan
don newapapera being 'repreaen ted.. Ti nnj planlml our race, and language over ouay of , arlatocratlo factloim and tho v plecea. Oawego on lyiko Oolurlo waa that Pitt poaaeaaed. Into Ida Indnfatlg- deep debt o( reverem-e and affactlon America.' When the famoua rlul about
.,,,, , irr.t that vane the continent from the great lukea to feara of b hortlle monaich, the-eondl- captured. New, York, Pennsylvania, able power of work and concentration, 1 meau hla heroin efforta to atem tn-he tea cnaata took place In Horn on hr-
auureaa wag of Burn inirrrai inet , - the ' mouth of the JUlMalnalppt. tlon of BnglHnd and of the UrIUah col- WaryUnd and Virginia wre harried by Into his grasp of detalU and Ills vsc- torrent of folly and 'Injustice of tha bor. he made a, good aiea-h denouncing
isorreapondont' Obtained the' original Tiio necond work wh very different, onlea waa .Indeed dark and omlnoua. Auvage . Indians iTl)ldl.'t by France tloal wlmlom. foresight and canlloi,, Drltlsh crown and government and to the ten tax as contrary to the principle
. tm ua in
gain, 'when
i.r i, 1 1 1 i. .v, I'M r iv nun (Mini -I nia la vary ' fl, riarani niniira iiri 11 ina, via wirn ana u hiHanma
Thwe of the greatest men In all king, mo longer In office or In power, had magnificent navsl buses m Tnw were Jealous and hoMlle. disorganised Secretary of State ' with Colonial Oov- from that of the triumphant statesman pot only In arms, but In art also. It
modern history." "aid'. Mt, llgrrlsoji. no longer In health of hodv or tn peace Breton on the Bt, Iawrence river, Iakes and disheartened by a long series of rrnorn and MIMtry and Naval Commia- we bave been omtemplstlng. ISO longer
Ifiiien. , , , . nitjiirrn in ,ni-rii-n.
76, Wllllnm Pitt b- nusplces of tlm Natlo
manuaoi'lpt from Mr, Harrison' and pre- No longer William Pltr. but Karl of Prance held tha dominant portion, for and on all sides the Krltlsh 'colonies which mnke him tha peer of Frederick defend the just claims of tha American of Justice and civil polley."
,.;, i,,.iih, i s . Chatham, no longer the dominant, mln- aha could sweep right round our colonies seitmed about to pnss under the prao- and' of Washington. The book Is the colonies to self-government and free- not Tar distant.' he sal it . i
aenin it nre wun. , k ... , later, of a A'lctorloua government and over a. line of at least J 600 miles. Hho tlcal domlnatinn of the French. Thev CorresiMiiulence of William Pitt When dom. This la a very different plctur America may vie, with the
, -,a-,n.reiM tnirnthar' lii tha of ndnd, without f ol Iowotb.. or nope, or Champlalrt' and Ontario and she. had disasters -and dispute. . , . aloners In America, edited under the In power, but. without followers or par-
WCI COniemporariea nr il, a,.l, nf a araal man hint. n I .l.,.- li,la., Mnn. "In IWnmlur -n icilll..,. Dill K. u....,l,... ,e ,l. K.'al..nul U.u.l.lv n tVe Iv.1 ilmntl wlthnnt "rrlanrta nr Ii-Iti
middle of the rnlghteenth century s and ut.t, and th mark of hostility and treal. Frontenaoi Uuciuesne, IJt.' Fran- enma practically prime inlnlnter with Colonial Dames of America by Gertrude Ctiathani, for some 10 years, stoutly re.
each 'of them waa tha founder, or tha scorn to hla sovereign, and hla-peers, cols on the Ohio, mid others. She had .nlmoat . absolute authorltv for wf and BHwyn Klmhalle. t vols. svo. New York, aimed the oppiesslve policy of George
creator of his own ' country countries Clmthain, In his decrepit old age, fought the vast range of Canada and tlie wholo diplomacy 'and within four years he Mucnilllsn compnnv. 1906.' Kead these III nnd lord North. '
which' are now tlio moat powfrful of on alone in prophetic passion against Mississippi valley f on the nrthwet,. bad made. one. of . the most mrvelons ' U7 letters of 11 1 1 If you desire to "The atory baa been often told and
modern states. ' - . ' . i the crimes 'of Ills tyrant msster, in and she led and subsidized the Indian' revolutions in all modem history. Ureat understand how a great man thinks out, I do not think It has ever been summed
These three mon of creative genius defense or the -just rignts or nis conn- tribes, wver tho bound lewa area. l nc riritain naa expunciivi into a world em- pinna and orders a vast ana orgsnio up in woras more eloquent man tnose
and commanding character . towered trymen In America, In denouncing it aa French fortresses .were far superior' to plre and the whole of tho North Amerl- scheme which createi
aoove all their contemporaries and ex- 'civil war' a til curao and rum- ot nis the British., France had superi soldiers can .continent had bn tiecured in cf-
erclsed in their prime a truly Imperial country; And in defense of an op- end a hero of genlua ln the Marquis of feet to the' Englixli men and tonguo.
authority. They Wore all associated pressed and calumniated people of three Montcalm. And lier colonial-territories t'spe Breton and the great port and
with each other in, Joint efforts and In tuitions, he died at last in the midst were not detm-hed and Independent, but fortress of' Ixmlshourg were taken,
personal admiration. All three wera of the disasters he hail foreseen. -And under tho direct control of ' an-abso- Quebec .-was captured and' th two
heroes, patriot, and martyrs to duty In yet. to me and I think to you this iut monarch. , .' ' -. ( French and Kngllsp;- heroes fell almost
tho service of humanity and civil laatlon, second career of his utter failure as It "The British colonies lay on a long side by side. .Then Montreal fell and
All wore, great In war: but never so seemed to be to those who Heard hint and narrow seaboard In breadth never the control of all Camilla noon followed,
great :is . amid
abandonment. Y'
wore, they were
a mlgnty nation.
"Another rimay based on contcmpor
nri' doi'iiments In our own record office
l"bv Hubert Hall, the learned director
of the Koval Historical society. Hla
paper is tci be found In the American
Hletorlcal Review of l01.
For the politics and the strategy noble panegyric:
With
of one who la at once an experienced 'd arbitrary power.
statesman and a brilliant historian
Sir George Trei-elyan a former secre
tary for Ireland, the nephew of Mac
au lay of a family wnlrn for at least
three generations have aerved the state.
In Trevelyan's monumental h1tory of
the American Revolution, I read this
is an established fact that the principal
towns of America are learned and po-f
lite, and understand the constitution of
the empire aa well aa the noble lorda
who are now In of floe.
'"The cause of America was the can sa
of all Irishmen, Catholic and Protestant,
and of all true Liberals in Knglsnd
I. e. of every man who la not a friend
J n cologiats. wera
defeat, disaster and and saw him carrlvd out to die Is truly more than' 800 mllea from the Atlantic therFrench forts along the Ohio and Jlie -this uinaslng epoch, we may turn to
fet groat In war aa all, the grandest, the purest, the most he- westward, and In New England' hardly lakes became .English. Fort Duqucsite another hook, England and the Heveu cept
greatest tif all In their roio. 'To me and I think to you Chat- 200 mllea across. They were continti-. became Pittsburg and with It the Years' War.' a study of combined strHt-eiia
. 'a . a . t la a II l a,l Ba . a a .. A. a.. m M . m . . .a a. - - T-.11.. l. -a.lv. am 11 ft. t aaalfl a. .
th nroud heart, his swift per-
ption, and his capacious intellect
tnanri Knew America, anil
eriorts t0 bring war tO a ClOe ana to nillll wun lll mcaeu nmun nwa.n-ii oua nnil not spreaa over SUCH vam sna, ruraniomi ill ine wemeril pinillS. ry tills W"""1"1 -., iiri, nm lie n nn auuwu inn iwru ujr i,, ii" ii m
fnmi4 a ,i,ieni,Va neaea trrederlek the fUnnel ataaserlna through speech In aenarnta areas as the French colonies, marvelous series of combined strokes mans and plans. 2 vole, svo, Longmans, her In return. ' He had done more for dilation and settlement
Great created the kingdom of Prussia, support of Franklin and Washington but, on tho other hand, they were dl- within four years It was finally de- lo7. lit re we shall find In conjunc- her than any ruler had dona for any posed. He said In
uia aiiv in that nrii waa William Pitt, a ii.l ihn tiatriots oi , their lima. is a ilrian- inln 11 uelf rnverneil and not verv elded if I mnv reneat vordt.olmv own tlon wun lapiain naanan a -pea ruwrr country since William tha Mllent aavea wnre minisier I would
uur nnmirymfn, ana ir we persisted tn
treating them aa aliens and foes, tha'
oonsmuences wera. Incalculable. It' waa "
civil war." - v .
"What words of wisdom and of proph
etic genlua! , -
Chatham was In close touch With
Frgnklin, the envoy to England and
France of the United States. He boldly
Introduced him intt tha hmi ne
he loved defended him there whea attacked, and
bill of reeon
that he nrn-
parllament. 'If, I
not hesitate , to
Lord Chatham, who created the British grander man than Pitt, the organiser cordial groups, with hardly, any com- which I am proud to find quoted by a scientific account of the vast com- and made Holland; and she repaid him call Franklin a man whom all Kuropa
empire. George Washington was 'tho of victory, tne lerrmie war minister, mon American patriotism or. sense or an, American woman in a book issued Dinaiion 01 muiiary buu '"' wun a true loyany. wnen ine evti osy "T " . "i '"""i lor. nig Knowledge
Tather of the ureat American common- wno announcea a nrw unimyn 111 rwu fellow citiaensnin wun eacn omer.- iney ov me colonial uames or America egy 1111 unuwiu r1"111 came, 11 waa 10 i niuiim inn na iao """.7'"" ""
wealth, the early strugglea of which dispatch nerore. wnom ppain ana were loyal subjects, of ' King . ueorgo
against tyranny were heartily supported France trembled, whose return jto pbw- and regarded Britain as their ' natur
bv "Chalhum. .. cr . foreign statesmen prayed heaven to home and their lawful head and Tiro
"Chatham was In a sense the link be-'avert. - -r " M. : tector. Instead of the regular -'troopa
tween Frederick and Washington who "I proceed to deal with the flrat cart, 0f King Uuls, the British colonies, fur
had no direct relations with each other, and to show how Pitt gave, the North Ohamost-iar4r-arerrdefended--r
The connection of Chatham T and "Wash- American continent lo, our race and , '
lngton was . continuous and real. Tho tongue, . ' ' ,
relation of Chatham to the American . 'For a whole generation before tho
commonwealth Is Indeed twofold. He accession of Pitt to power a fierce but
gave the American continent to our intermittent struggle had been carried
Saxon race, and not to the Latin tongue on between the three great maritime
or name; and he nobly strove to free powtrs of Britain, Franco and Spain,
1 tha Cnlted States from her tyranny of for the trade and domination ofthe vast
the Hrltlsh king. Today Is the annl- North American continent. Commerce
versary of Washington,- and so it is In those days of exclusive trade under
met to couple the name of the father the national flag meant the possession
. of the United Ptates with that of the Of colonies. And the three western pow-
grcat Englishman who drove French ers of Europe held the American soil
alid1 Spaniards from that continent, and in an equal propiirtion, France on the
fought most resolutely to rescue our north and extreme west. England on
Transatlantic fellow cltlsens from the the Atlantic seaboard as far as the
prejudices and the follies of a besotted Alleghany mountains, and Spain tn Flor-
sovereign and his misguided ministers. Ida and the West India islands on the
"Tho work of Pitt in respect to Amer- south. Of the three France held tha
lea Is twofold; and I shall seek to great strategical advantage of enclrcl-
kecp them quite -distinct and to treat ing the British colonies by her posses-
them in duo order. In the first place, alon of Cape Breton, Acadia, Canada and
It was finally decided that' the Eng- us the measure of Chatham a genlua. for the good offices which might avert ; Oh. that Chatham could have .re
lish language, common law, llteratura When we consider the enormous rang an appeal to arms. When hostilities irieved his health! ..His magnlftoertt
nnd bfood should be settled on the cOn- of theae expeditions o4r the face of had broken out. she fixed on him her outbursts of patriotism and genius were
tlnent of America from the Atlantic to tlie planet, the multiplicity and varie'.y hopes for an honorable peaca. And only In the occasional hours of rellet
the Pacific from tho Arctic ocean to of them, their combination of natural when he died In the very act Of con- from his cruel and paralysing malady.'
the-nulf of" Mexico.1 - - - armaments by sea and by land, of mar- fesslng her wrongs, though of repudiat- Had Chatham been able to return to
power, to oreaa down the foolish obsti
nacy of King George and his vixiers
If he COUld have brnnrhl In Ou.lr.
w!!t ".'J?. co,uld n4ve a settlement
With Franklin and Waahinatnn knn.
different would the history of the elgh-
HOW " RIGHT OF WAY"
SUCCEEDED I
w
UEN a novel remains for six
years on the list of tha "beat
tellers" there must be merit
In that novel. Novels coma
and go, they are read and then
forgotten, most of them, but occasional-
I
WHAT THE INHERITANCE
TAX MEANS
N PROPOSING a tax on Inheritance Two per cent on any excess of an
President Taft U followina one of vaiueo. at izuuo passing to untie,
1 resident lart is iouowmg one 01 nun. npp,lew niece or (,nea, geacendant
me policies or rremurni nwacicn, or tnest relations.
announced In that strenuous execu
tive's message of April 14, 190.
Tho tax has been suggested by both
President Roosevelt and President Taft
to apply only in case it shall be found
necessary to raise enough revenue for
the national government's needs In some
way apart from customs and internal
revenue duties.' In the light of a pros
pective deficit in national 'revenues
On all estates passing to other heirs
3 per cent ror estates valued between
$500 and $10,000; four per cent on ail
estates valued between $10,000. and $20.
000; five per cent on all estates valued
between $20,000 and $60,000; six per
cent on all estates valued at more than
$b0.000.
The application of this law In Illinois
has resulted In tlfe collection of taxes
on personal property In many cases
111 iinuuiini 11, . ..in , - . - - . , -
thero seems a need of some change "r.r ' 1 i"?.", "
... , ... iv, taxes durum lifetime. Personal oron-
and Tso "both the new , Resident and 'con-' 't&."mUl!L "Tr" IV,
trreaa are ink In r honefullv to taxation lnois; the laws are not enforced and
o the fortunes of the dead wxation obablv rannot bc enforced under ex
it Is rfoth In new for the aovernment latlng conditions. An honest scheduler
tf tho ITnitedStates to ImtwwTt of P1 property is penalised for his
when, tfi' the' language of President
Kosevelt, "the makers of the constitu
tion were alive snfl at tho head of af
fairs," such a ta was laid. It was
graduated precisely as the proposed tax
may be, small for those of little for
tune, large for those who had acquired
much. Exceptions were made for close
kin. asi It Is proposed in all modern
inheritance laws to make exceptions. A
like tax was Imposed by the act of July
1. 1862. for the needs of the civil war.
In 1898 the Spanish war revenue act
nrovided for an Inheritance tax on any
sum over $10,000, and this act was de
clared valid by the supreme court of
tlie law; as in other states there is
need of a thorough remodeling of tha
statutes governing taxation. With such
remodeling the state may either depend
more largely on. the taxation of property
at the death of its owner than hereto
fore or may abandon such taxation In
favor of more equitable taxation dur
ing tho lifetime of the owner, leaving
to the national government the heavy
taxation proposed at death.
Song of the Worklngman.
I sing the joy of unbroken sleep with
itrah character drawing or jrierre
and'His People." and has written a viv
id, vital novel of today in which ha
has depicted life aa he has seen It snd
has contrasted the modern civilisation
nd tha evniclam of "society" with
the simple faith and the simple good.
the moon in the cloudiena akiea:
1 lurru vaiiu i, r viic "iiu, . ,,,. , u , b . - . .. . - - .
the United States on the ground that it tne watch and ward that the dim
was not a direct tax, dui an impost,
which was held both constitutional and
valid.
There are precedents, then, for the
proposed national taxation of inherit
ances. But a new element comes. In
where the dual government of the
1 Tilted States is considered. Thirty
five of the 45 states now have inherit
ance taxation as a means of state rev
enue within i their limits. Any. trial
bv the national government of 11 law to
tax inherited fortunes will bring into
conflict the national and state powers.
The hint of such a contest is contained
in the resolution that has been intro
duced in the Cowiectlcut general as
sembly, protostingmgainst any attempt
of the national government to levy an
Inheritance tax on the ground that It Is
the state's due and not the nation's.
The lawmakers of the. United States
Instinctively turn to he experience of
the old world in considering an Inherit
ance tax. Nearly all the states of con
tinental Europe have had such a tax
in operation for years and seem in no
way incnnea to aoanaon 11. wrcm rn
tain, by the finance act of 1907, may tax
stars keep and the night wind's
crooning signs;
I sing the joy of waking day with
the rested limbs astir.
The nerves strained tight for another
. fray a full day's work for her.
Oh, a well worth fame la the game
with fate on the open field of
life!
A royal game for a man's estate and
the love of a loyal wife!
I sing the song of the morning scena,
the smile and the word of cheer.
Then the rack and the rub of the dull
routine of a man's grim duty
here. ,
'Tls a weary day with the sun o'erhead
and the slow hours dragging by.
But a man must toil for his dally
bread In tlie marts where his tal
v ents lie.
A man must sweat for the boon of rest
and strive for the hour of bliss
From the morning hour on a woman's
breast to the evening's welcome
kiss.
ductlon.
nil rauilll vitv luui ui , M5 ..,,. 1
J maximum limit, the Tdeath duties" run
sing the song of the whole week's
work and the pay day's livening
'.nlng from one per crint on an estate of v. known
$500 to Z6 per cent on an estate running no shirk snd the nerve that has
held Its grip.
a man must bow and a man mast
above $15,000,000 In value. These duties
form a large part of the national rev-
rnue or Britain rrom direct taxation,
n this connection it Is Interesting to
note- that the direct taxes in Britain
amount to 62. 8 per cent of the total
revenue and that In the United States
there have been no direct taxes since
1S&8, W hen they amounted to only $166.
The total revenue of Great Britain for
the year 1967-8 was about $780,000,000
and that for the United States in the
same year was $6,00.000.000.
Oh.
bend to the lash of an honest
need
To enjoy the peace of the hard week's
end and tho rest that Is rest in
deed! LURANA W. SHELDON In N. T. Times.
Things and Ideas.
Mr. Edison follows E. H. Harrlman In
expressing through the Yale News a
The lesson Of the forerolntt fl Cures is. .lla-htlna- nnlnlnn nt enllaa-a jMtncatlnn
If the United States is to follow the , f ff,1r. it. ......
example of older nations, that direct for men of affairs. He aaya.
wnat tna country neeas now is tne
practical, skilled engineer who Is cap-
taxes must become a larger part of the
nation a revenue In future tnan in
former years. But aside from the his- - An,j anvthinar In too or 40rt
torlcal aide of the matter, the Inherit- able or doing anything. In 300 or on
ance tax Is strongly urged bv . Presl- years, when the country Is settled and
dent Taft. as It was urged by President commercialism Is diminished, thera will
Roosevelt as being Just and economical- be time for the literary man. At pres-
ly saurid. In this, connection the ones- eilf we-Want engineers. Industrial men.
tlon arises how national and state taxa- good businesslike managers and ral!-
tlon under the Inheritance principle road men."
may be reconciled. If the nation is lo There la In this, as in 'most such
tax Inheritances, must not the tax laws statements, an element, of truth. One
of the several states be recast T good engineer may be worth more to
In Illinois estates have -been taxed the country than a doaen third rata
sine the Inforcement of the act of Writers or 100 ahyster lawyers.
15. which has been upheld by the But the Idea of postponing llterar
United 8 tales supreme court. It should and scholarly effort for "IU or 400
be said hre that the principle of the years." while the country grows up
Inheritance tax has "been sustained fa tha notion of a one sided man. ab-
clearly and Oennllely several times by sorbed tn practical detatla. .The coun-
tha court of last resort In thla country,
as the principle or the gradnated in
come tax haa been denied. Without f
constitutional amendment a national In
come tax Is not to be looked for, unless
trv. will never be "settled: oommer-
riallsm will never be "diminished:" th
time will never coma when the men of
the nation may relax their efforts snd
sit down as if at the close of a day's
tha supreme court shall reverse itself, work to enjoy the arte at leisure. For
such a nation It would be a day'a end
In bitter truth.
Mr. Edison and many like mm see in
arm eedlnar of verv rare occurrence.
The state, tt has been held In a number
of cases that have reached the blchest
federal court, has a rirht to Impose aa reverse the course of human progress.
equitable Inheritance tax. Invention does not smooth the way for
Muat state innenianre tax laws be re- the ideal, laeaa 00 ciear in roaui ror
pealed In the event that the nation s practical men and make them poaaibl.
legislators shall ehooae to Impose a tax No Inventor could have done for Franc
on eat a tea t in; sjuretion la one mat ana ror Kurop wnat vouaire 01a. int
must be decided br' the lawyer. -4at great material development - of Italy
crie -thing la certain dtmhia taxation: In and Germany followed and did not pre-
this as Ir other matters will not be neda the Intellectual revival f Oev
poacjble. Either the nation or the atat rasa and Italian genius ard Ita dero
wlll take the re vena a from eataWs. tlon to polite- I freedom. Our own re
riKtuMe taxation will not be pormttted publk- waa not established for material
1 er couatenasced by any court iu the reason, but for an Ideal of liberty,
land. - - Name tha greatest tnen of all time and
1 you will hav In the list no engineer
Under th Illinois law all properly of or Inventor, aa such, bat tho who hav
tet cdewta. real and t-.ronal. nara th by Umistus or pen appealed to men a
folfcnwina tax- t Use stale:
One per rent on the "clear m -ket
lue" of all fmnertT ta cea of 2.
raSf tn father, iwetHnr, fernthtr.
alat.r. ruaHawd. wife, child, wife or
Wnw Vif tn n-r th rmeaand f th
daughter, or lineal arcndaat.
aotil.. or who la t We field or forum
bare lad great popular movement a.
There la always to ni"n danger r
netlaa-tlng thovrht for things. tdeaa
for ma-h Inerv J.' theory t dietloii
that arrvte thla dan-r a consis
tent with national well being.
teenth centurv hav been. Reitain -...1
the United States would hav been in
brotherhood and alliance In a harmony
which It haa needed nearly a century
and a half to cement. It was not to be.
Again. Chatham told the lords that'
the resolutions snd addresses of con
gress st Philadelphia, 'for solidity Of
reasoning, force of sagacity, and wis-,.
ly comes one that takes such a hold on 6 ot conoJ"".lon ""der such a compll
tne popular fancy that for year. ... $ WVftnTOi SMS-
sales continue .to increasa until at last The colonists,' he .thundered, 'are our
it comes to be Tcnown as a real classic, cpmpatrlota. I trust that free. men. In
In this class Is Sir Oilbert Parker'a n nd do . not desire to see $.000,000
greatest novel, "The Right of Way." "i1"""- slaves in America." .
Ha per & Brother, the publishers, re- . fj" took a step of extraordinary an
port that the sales of this book hava dacity and sacrifice. His eldest son
exceeded 600.000 copies, and still there nl ,hr. Lord Pitt, was In th military
. , 1 .1 a naa, service. Chatham tmA i.k.n Ma -
IS no leBar-nuis in inn utniauu. n " " . . . . . " " ' e
edition or the novel nas just oeen pud- "', V " " atari 01 nis;
llshed. msde necessary by the western fw" friend. General Carleton. wbowaa
tdur of the company presenting th dra- L" ommandi ,n Massachusetts. . Chal-
" . ,C. .tnn, a Mimnanv nam was IntenseW nrnnH nr hla Kaia
headed bv Guy Standing and Theodore Jnf Proud of the army In which he had
Roberts, as Charley Steele and Jo Por- l?;"" ,of cerl. wwdt t all of tha
tugais, which will soon be aeen in thla QPJlorhm0'V ""d J'f country.
Pitv ?nt J?c?u,d. not br to think of hla
For many years Sir Gilbert Parker l??'1"" unholy war. In 177(1
has. been .recogn.xed a. th. gjeatest M.tHIt es J1.
modern delineator 01 in rntrKii,! m ii - ,V, ami
the French Canadian "habitant.1 Can- L"d.,'fn"M"n.-oL?0Idier ."d Politicians
ada has been his as India Is Kipling's. VoDlnlon with
s. Egypt Is Hltchen.' and th. Ken- tiuan"'
of the tin
turkv mountains are jonn ru.
and wrote to the general that from his
fixed opinion with renH tm th. :
No flnuance of the unhappy war with our
. , 1 . , lih.Klf.nl'' IV ..w,. nUU irtlLB OT A Hltr M Ma wilt
l Pkrker know, "m, and in no novel wUd.naw hl ".n "om Vuch a ZnuZ.
:Sffe annddrteht"uriVoKmeLOrd
fRhH 'y . ln Ri?? ?..T;- "We can Imaa-lne .hat en,.,...
wm e cnariev meeie, inn iii,,mm - j...--------a-.
cvn
r
vS cal Sunken lawyer a the pr n- -- ' dtr. what a WttSefinS;
&rluiTJriioTr. the oVr " --thav.J ..n for a former minister
characters are. none tne less c.e.r.y j - "J?,,"."" t"ue"",r.,"
the dramatic vereiun. ....e. , ,,.,--..--"'.?:"
a of -mualmp
drawn, and in
.Toe Portua-als. , I
with that or. Bteeie. , Mlne trial. Durin our nh-
Is - Th Bight or way lnlhn" African colony, who had given help, ad
reached th highest point in nis c vice and lara-a alle. e Vii rf-iU
ind "The'Seat. of the Mighty - and the t7tn tlit hi. twS VSI
serving with the British army. My
friend suffered In silence. He had nof
the passionate indignation which nerved
Chatham to sacrifice his son.
"Before the war became declared.
Chatham In 1774 had written to th
sheriff id London. What Infatuation
" Kr 1 " A,. iMn.;M crueny 10 accelerate ma sad mo
Canadian village In tha wilderness. roent of war. Every step In America, of
Sir Gilbert himself has said that The our government, seems calculated to
Right of Way" is his best atory and drlve thA Americans Into open reslst
marks the height of his endeavor to ance vaiy hoping to crush the spirit
deolct th. characters of .hla native of liberty in that vast continent at one
country. Having reached this point, successful blow; but millions must
he announces he will writ, no mora 01 perish there before th seeds of freedom
Canada. . . ' . will cease to grow and spread In si
In the dramatic version of the play favorable a soil; and In the meantime
Eugene W. Presbrey has put the prin- devoted England herself must sins:
clpal charactera on the stag, with a under the ruins of her own foolish and
fidelity that is unusual, although it inhuman' system of destruction. I fear
has been necessary to change in some the bond between us and America will
nortions the detail of the story in order be cut off forever"
to make it consistent for dramatic pro- "Has that bond been cut off forever?
trik.intf Scene From Ih Riglit cf Vay"
Tour presence here today- alvea th
answer no! But It haa -taken nearly a.,
century and a half to rejoin the links
In the chain that bind together the-Anglo-Saxon
race. But time does jus
tic at last to the honest and the trus
tor all that disappear in neglect and in
gratitude. ' There is a pathetic monu
ment of Chatham still standing in its
defacement and decay which, seems to
m an emblem of his heroic souL .
"There stands still in Charleston tha
classical monument, erected to William
Pitt by the commons of South Caro
lina In 18. The Inscription record
that tt was raised In grateful memory
of his services to America' and they k
add that 'time shall sooner destroy thn
. marble statue' of the hero than tt shall;,
erase from their minds just sense of his
patriotic virtues.'
"The statue stands still erect, but It
Is defaced and mutilated, for a British)
fleet bombarding Charleston struck tt t.
-with cannon balls and carried away th
outstretched arms of the figure. What -an
emblem of a great life! One hundred
and forty yeara ago the commons of,,
an American state expressed in marble .
their grateful memory of an English '
. statesman. His own countrymen In a
spirit of Infatuated tyranny mutilate
that figure just as they ooposd and
maligned him in hla life. 'But now at
last Americana and Englishmen join
hands in two continents to rehears, the.
mernorv of the patriotism and the- vir
tues of their two national her '
Waehlngton and Chatham aa the twe -creators
of their respective states and
certainly th. two greatest men ot their
nation and their age."
- '
Our National Military School. :
From th Boston Transcript. "
This 4s an age of specialisation and,
West POInt specialises with th rest of
th world. It is emphatically a great "
military training school pur and aim-:
pi. It may even be called a great mil
itary uhlveraity. . Aa euch It haa fol
lowed th course of other American uni
versities (n steadily raising dmlsatoa
requirements. Lass than a generation .
ago a bor who bad a nnamr Khonl .
diploma might reasonably romt mi
passing tb ntranc xajnrnation. To- e
'day only those who nave qualified
tbemlva in studies ordinarily -aued
In high schools ar ntli led to ap
proach West Point with a Ilk degree
of eonfldene. Oa th whol It seem
to u that th proapect f th Balliurr
academy falfllling th pgrpo f Its
r re tlon I Improved by -th tacreaa
lo atrlngewcy of requirsments. .
WRJwsJt s) Pau-alW-l-f-rom
th Ptilladelphta Telegraph
la a. 11 th ti la lory f tb fcaanaa rar
th conduct ef.thls Ballon la Ha relaturi
te Cu ia a oniau axamrie of f-ai'-lag
good wliL O- asay look vala 1r
a parallel Instaac whr a twr hav
Inc oetc take po n f a connirv
by fore of arm ea SHtri!v .
?iaan4 the dcatio f Its t ,.'' ia
or iovmset a4 their ,. ,
mvat aa free and Indeptxtent fao, .
nr can a not Her u-h a laan- r f
a roue forterr he found r. wt---t
vpon ere aianal failure f tl.e r
slants to rule ibemeiltei. I;, -..r
which libera I 1 tae-n f-nea f" --
monareHiaal erpren r
palkrnllv In tne wet f to--' -ruin
thev ra)ht t.i-i ("
af are--aaing a aetucd Uir.t I
far a!f-rui.