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n moral In all this that the rising
generation will do well to heed.
This man has missed the laurel be-
cause Of his diseased passion for
drink. His years have flown by
without that application so essential
to the building Of strong fire of
genius from the tiny flame that was
started by the hand of God.
We write of this in sorrow, and
were 1t not for the valuable lesson
that this life failure teaches would
never draw the veil of forgetfulness
from the reeling form that was once
the abode of poetic genius. We
speak of this now because right here
in our midst are young men Of abil-
ity, possibly of genius, who foolish
ly imagine that the muse can draw
inspiration from the wine cup. No
greater error everf astened itself up
OH the mind of youth. The poetry
that draws its being from the cup
can not endure. Whatever Simpson
has written of enduring worth came
from his brain when 1t was not be-
fuddled with strong drink. He
drew his inspiration for the beauti-
full poem In question from the sooth-
ing voice of nature, and the quality
of his later verse has deteriorated In
direct proportion to the increased
hours of revelry and moody mus
ings over what might have been.
The poem that stands rs Simp-
sons masterpiece was written many
years ago, when its author was little
more than boy. 1t was born upon
a peerlesslmorning in early summer,
as the writer stood upon the banks
of the quiet river, and In fancy
saw II future of fame and usefulness.
Nothing that he mas since written
has approached 1t in melody and
pathos.
Simpson foolishly adopted Poe as
his guide and model, just as Poe had
taken Byron. The evil influence
of passionate nature is here plainly
seen nearly century later, and in
scenes far distant from the land of
its origin. What powerful object
lesson here for the rising genera
tion. hat might nave been,
what would have been, had this ma.
tive son of the Golden West taken
Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes or
Tennyson as his guides instead of
Byron, Poe and Prentice!
Onward ever, lovely river, gently flow
ing to the sea,
Time that mars us,
Mains md scars us,
Leaves no trace or trench on thee.
, 1890-12-25
MODERN J1CR CADEiS.

Too many Jack Cadcs are comm G
to the front these days-too many
philanthropists with an eye upon
the public property and the public
treasury-fellows of common
brotherhood with the historical
leader of the English insurrection
who was going to abolish poverty
and give every one of his followers
plenty Of good ale and beef, and
plenty of warm rniment-and all at
the expense of the public purse.
Chief of these modern Jack Cades
is Senator Stanford, who has u heart
that bleeds for the poor farmers,
and who, having done n banking
business with his own capital upon
the usual rates, now comes forward
with most generous proposal to
loan the farmers money at 2 per
cent. His own money? Oh, no
the governments millions. This
and illustrious example
has set the brains of innumerable
small fry phiIanthropists to buzzing
out schemes ard hobbies whereby
the government Is to support the
people and private enterprise Is to
become II thing of the past.
This disposition to open wide the
public treasures has degenerated
Into demand for pretty nearly
everything. The government is to
, 1890-12-25

Sta IE RAILROADS.

Colonel Patrick Henry Winston
should go to Georgia and learn all
about the railroad owned by that
state.
when the lease of the state road
by the Louisville Il Nashville was
announced, says the Atlanta Con.
stitution, "the people of Georgia,
from one end of the state to the
other, rejoiced in the fact" The
Constitution now comes out in a
double-leaded editorial warning the
people that their interests are being
endangered by aneglectu upon the part
of the Legislature to jump at the new
lease. From this article 1t is learned
that the road has been leased In the
past, and resumably this was done
because the people grew weary of
operating a railroad of their own.
The line has now gotten before the
Legislature, and it appears that two
railroad companies are warning over
its possession.
Some such scene would almost
certainly follow the building of a
state road from Eastern Washington
to Puget sound. 1t would probably
bankrupt the state and hundreds of
farmers, and would wind up by be-
ing leased or sold to one of the great
transcontinental companies for Il
tenth of its cost.
The principle involved in the
proposition is all wrong. The gov
ernment should either own all the
roads or none. 1t Is not its function
to build railroads and haul freight
and passengers at less than fair
rate Of compensation, and since it
possesses the undisputed right to
compel the railroads to do this SER
vice at a reasonable rate, wherein
lies the necessity of wasting $l5,-
600. 900 or $40, 900, 900 in order to ruin
the state and spite the railroads?
We surely do not expect to ask the
railroads to work for us at rates less
than reasonable.
, 1890-12-25
NEGATIVE WARFARE.

In this mornings REVIEW Mr..
Andrew Redmond goes long dis
tance out of the way to drive n sneer
at the Christian religion. His as
sumptions are quite as strained as
his parallel. The government has
not the faintest desire to interfere
with the religious belief of any class
Of people so long as the practice of
that belief does not carry violation
of the laws of the land nor threaten
outrages against the life and proper
ty of other people.
The Indians were gathering in
large numbers, and their actions
betokened II bloody uprising against
the scattered settlements They
came in war paint and feathers aud
bore deadly arms in their hands.
Many of them had long ago become
notorious for the bloody character
of past deeds of violence. These
Indians are the wards of the gov
ernment, and the United State is
responsible for their good behavior.
In the event of depredations at their
hands the sufferers have a legal
claim against the government for
all damages sustained. In view OF
these facts it Is remarkable that an
American citizen can be found who
will cody take the authorities to
task for protecting the settlers, the
government and even the Indians
themselves.
Mr.. Redmond seems to be one of
an intolerant class Of people who IN
sist upon finding fault, no matter
what course the government may
pursue. He is evidently displeased
because this is a land OF religious
tolerance, and at the same time
critical because the law will not al
low crimes to be enacted in the
name of religion. IDferenrially he
takes the position that because the
people o: bygone generations per-
mitted the preparation Of acts of re-
ligious intolerance, the people of the
pres ut should be bound to the dead
past by fetters of consistency, and
SIiOuiu lJtiiiiiI stNtlu tilOuSuUu
painted demons to make, without
interruption, all their preparations
for terrible massacre.
When one contemplates the in
tolerant and bigoted character of
much Of the opposition to Christian
ity there no longer exists ground
for surprise that religion, with all
its barnacles of folly and superstl-
ton, stands like rock against the
shock of intidelity and skepticism.
Christianity, in spite OF its perver-
sions and human weaknesses, will
endure until something better shall
come to take its place. 1t can not
be successfully combatted by mega
tive opposition--that is II system OF
warfare that would throw over
board the kernel of true religion
because it is surrounded by husks of
human follies when nothing but an
empty kernel of dark skepticism is
offered in its stead.
Christianity is strengthened by
onslaughts like that made by Mr..
Redmond. 1t is surprising that he
and his fellows can not see the
pOint
, 1890-12-25
,SLA VERY IN OREGON

When Senator Eustis was putting
his long Hypothetical question to
Senator Dolph regarding the Chi
nesc and the negroes, tho Oregon
senator might very properly have re-
piled. In language so often quoted by
the democrats, that sit is con-
diton, not theory, that confronts
us" What Senator Dolph might
or might not do under suppositl-
tious circumstances had nothing
to do with the case. The question
under discussion Is real one--wh ut
the Southern people have actually
done under actual circumstances
1t is fact, as cited by Senators
Vest and Morgan. that the con-titu.
tion of the state Of Oregon contains
n section limiting the power of suf-
fragc to whites, but that relic of
slavery days and notification was
placed there by Southern sympa-
thizers and copperheads, many
years ago, when Oregon was balanc-
ing Between freedom and slavery.
The early immigration to the state
was largely from the slave state of
Missouri, and almost entirely of
Southern lineage. The democratic
party wrote the very clauses which
senators hold aloft to con-
demnatlon. The moral could not
be palmer. These men of the South
are quick to condemn the founda-
ton stones of their own party when
ignorant of the fact that their own
party wrote the Objectionable laws.
They are plensed to point the finger
of scorn NJ this relic of slavery W hen
ignorant of its paternity, The won.
der is that Senator Dolph neglected
to roll this stone back upon their
heads, where 1t really belonged,
However, looking at the question
, 1890-12-25

Of tho passage of the Lodge bill en-
tirely aside from this consideration,
we return to the evident view that
the enactment of this law would
have tendency to cement the solid
south In stronger bonds, without mt
all strengthening ,he position of the
republican party at the North. The
Northern people have heard 30 much
about the war that their power OF
concentration upon the subject has
become diminished. Right or
wrong, the cold fact remains that
the Northern voters are not wrapped
up In the political rights of the ne
groes, whereas the Southern people
are terribly In earnest in their deter
mination to maintain the political
supremacy of the white race. Agi-
tate this question of socelled federal
interference, and what Is the result?
The negro suffers, the old elm bers of
the war are famed into new
flame, and the North goes right
along aud attends to its business.
President Harrison looks at this
question from the standpoint of IA
soldier, but the North has grown
away from the memories of the war,
and the people can not SEQ these
things through the same glasses
On the other hand the South has
made less progress. Immigration
there has been light; the men who
fought for slavery, or their children,
retain the old homesteads. Their
conception of Northern sentiment
Is formed by what they read of the
proceedings of congress-. Unfortu.
nately they conclude that as con-
gress Is disturbed over this question
the people of the North share that
disturbance. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The ques-
tion is little discussed among the
Northern people. The newspapers
contain an occasional editorial upon
the matter, but the people are not
concerned in the least,
, 1890-12-25

sire than Mr.. Clagett, and was evil
IDENTIFY glad enough to be the second
choice of the combination.
While there Is an even chance yet
for the North to draw senator,
one that will prove something more
than nominal honor OF two or
three mont tbs, the fact remains that
o surrender has been made of the
claims Of the panhandle. The North
has lost the pledge of the party plat
form, which promised her some
thing more than u rattle.
To the REVIEW 1t seems that Mr..
Clagett comes out Of the conflict In
better form than Mr.. Mcconnell.
He has lost and he has won; the
latter has won, and he may. lose.
IL the North had stood firmly by
the promise of the platform she
would, in all probability, have won
her point OF contention, for the
South would not have dared to vio-
late that high and honorable
pledge. That was clearly the view
tuut was tuhtl py MI SioSc'e "hu
his friends. II was gallant,
manly position, and 1t is pity that
it has failed to win.
However, the deed IL done, and
nothing remains but to pull straws,
or shake dice, or play seven-up for
the choice of the remaining sena-
torial toga. If Mr. Mcconnell Is
lucky the North will have u sena-
tor; If he is unlucky at games of
hazard, the pledge Of the platform
will go for naught.
At all events the deadlock Is
broken, and demoralizing in
fluence is removed from the legisla-
ture. There is room for congratula-
tion upon that point. Protracted
senatorial fights are productive of
neglect of other legislative
business, and often of vicl-
Gus log-rolling propositions. 1t
is well for Idaho that in the
present emergency the threatened
deadlock has been broken. The
Legislature can now get down to
business, and there is plenty Of it
for transaction,
, 1890-12-25
Little Emily, then wherein shall
we find the distinction?
THE !" cor VIE PoIT"


Under the title of "Old Memories"
the "Colvilie Poit" sends the RE-
VIEW II half a score of verses which
are strikingly unique and carve out
new ipath in literature. "Pleso
correct all mistakes, he writes In n
foot note. 81 simply send the di-
vine afilatus, which is born in n
man, whereas spoilers is made. II
you like this l will send you some
more" Thanks, awfully, but
really this viii prove enough for
eight or ten years.
This sweet singer of the Colvllle
valley mourns through half dozen
stanzas because the past has slipped
by like creased pig at Fourth of
July celebration, and presumably
because he neglected to buy corner
lots in Colvillc or Kettle Falls. He
lays his melancholy, though, TO the
failure of the little brides TO come
and sing In the old cotton wood tree
and let the north wind ruffle their
feathers. He Is likewise sad because
he moved in "our mellow so
green" and hay Is not as high as 1t
was during the severe weather last
winter. Furthermore, the fence is
torn down, and the brlndle COW has
got corraled in the pouhd.
This pathetic singer from Colville
Is specific, If not subtle and analyti-
cal The cottonwood tree in ques-
ton, which has lost its leaves and
has nothing but last years bird
nests to remind the ''polt that
this is pretty nearly ammo domini
1891, Stands by the old milkhouse
behind the hotel" That is excru-
ciatingly mournful. 1t is indeed
tough when the good old times
glide away, and third-class hotel
jams its dirty backyard right up
against the old landmarks we love
so dearly. The general public can
more fully appreciate the nature of
the calamity, now that 1t has been
informed that n hotel has jumped
the old mans claim. The back
yard of the average third-rate hotel
Is about the worst thing that one
could imagine, and when IL desc
crates spot rich in pleasant men,
cries we do not blame the poetic
soul of the contributor for lifting up
this direful lament.
The "Colville Poit" need expect
no sympathy from the energetic
people of Washington. He runs
down our soft italian climate in
shameful manner, and talks about
going away to some banana belt,
where there twill bee no winters
blast to kill the green leevs." Fool
ish old man! He apparently has
not learned that the boom In South
ern California has collapsed.
, 1890-12-25
LESSON or THE PANIC.

1t has become an axiom that the
country needs an occasional panic
to clear up the financial horizon and
bring better times. There is q good
deal of truth and good deal of nom
sense in that.
The country has often noted that
better times tread quickly upon the
heels of panic. Why7 Because q
stringency forces an enlargement of
the circulating medium. The panic
itself Is brought upon the country
by an inadequate supply of money
and credit. The business of the
country expands too rapidly for the
expansion of the means of conduct
ing that business, and whether this
expansion is speculative or whole
some, the result is pretty much the
same.
Take the recent panic rs an en-
ample in point. The country was
suddenly brought face to face with
the knowledge that it was short of
money. This shortage crippled the
banks, depositors became nervous,
and a great deal Of money was with
drawn from circulation. Tho gov
eminent was forced to relieve the
stringency, and has adopted nuner-
Gus expedients for the relief of the
situation. 1t will go on adding
to the circulating medium, in one
way and another, by and by con-
fldence will be restored, the boarded
money will be brought out, and an
era of good times will follow. Then
Will come the danger of another or
reactionary panic. The prices of all
products have been forced down to
the measure of the visible supply of
money. They are hard times prices.
When gold begins to roll in from
Europe, and the boarded coin is
brought out, there will be plenty of
money, possibly too much under
the circumstances. Prices will adj
vance sharply, and there IL danger
that an era of speculation may fol-
low. In other words, the hungry
or famishing man will probably
founder himself.
1t was not necessary that the
panic should have been forced upon
the country to bring this era of
better times, this sudden change of
temperature and severe trial of the
financial temper OF the country. III
the government had needed the
impending danger six months or
year ago, and had given the country
the fresh money it Is now forcing
out, the growing feeling Of alarm
would have been overcome, money
would not have been Withdrawn
from circulation, and the financial
pulse would not now he going by
fits and starts. The drain from
Europe, caused by the throwing
back OF American securities, could
not well have been predicted or
averted. But the prevailing feeling
of mistrust, so apparent long before
the crash of the Barings, could
have been overcome, and the pres
ent severe tension so modified that
the furry would not have assumed
the proportions of a disastsr.
, 1890-12-25
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UNDER JYHIJH FLAGp

The Atlanta Constitution, one OF
the most earnest advocates OF free
coinage in all the land, has not yet
determined whether Grover Cleve-
land has been converted TO the cause
of silver, 1t frankly declares that
unless its old.time leader ''slumps
away from Wall street influences"
he Will have to take back seat he
fore the next democratic national
convection; "thut 1t would be idle to
ask the democrats TO nominate n
monometallist rs their candidate"
This sort of talk sounds very brave
aud pretty, but IL will not tempt
Grover Cleveland to open his mouth
in an oracuiar manner upon the sill
yer question. He knows "a trick
worth two of that. Men Live Scna.
tor Vest can circulate around among
the democratic and alliance hosts
and speak for the conversion of
Grover, but the cunning fox will he
caught in no silver cul-de.sac this
far ahead of the nominating con-
vention.
The game Is amusingly transpar-
ent. The masses are given to un-
derstand that Mr.. Cleveland Is oil
right toward silver; that, as the Con
stitution puts 1t, he knew very little
about finance when he went into the
White house, and that whereas he
was but "a few moons ago the great
mogul of the gold men of Wall
street, he now stands ready to pose
ns the Moses that will lead the silver
hosts out of the wilderness. All of
that commits Mr.. Cleveland to moth
ing, and in no wise alienates the
support OF Wall street. In the
meantime many things may occur
to relieve him of the painful task
of eating crow from silver platter.
The republicans may pass free coin
age legislation, as pointed out by the
san Francisco Examiner, or give
the country halfway legislation
that VIII bring an era of good times
when the old stockings are brought
out and relieved of their golden con-
tents, and the flow Of gold from
Europe does its share toward reiiev-
Ing the existing stringency. The
Farmers Alliance may go to
pieces, and the influence of
Wall street may regain It's
old.time vigor In either OF
those events Mr.. Cleveland would
not feel called upon to do the great.
est acrobatic act that modern poll
tics has ever seen, He would re-
affirm his well-known declarations
upon the subject and be bully boy
with Wall street, just as he was In
the days gone by when he sent in
messages to congress.
In the meantime the New York
sun is sticking all sorts of needles
into the pachydermous cuticle of
''the stuffed prophet Of Williams
street." the Chicago Herald and the
sheets are ranting agai nst
free coinage, the Atlanta Constitu-
ton is standing gallantly by its old
, 1890-12-25

ONE LIFEr,S WARNING.
A reader of the REVIEW writes:

~ ItuueT Oh the REVIEW WTlteS.
To-day | read for the tllousandth
time and with fresh interest Sam Simp-
sons poem on the Beautiful William
otte.' The more it is studied the more
frequently will arise such queries as
these WHY is this man NOT great
poet? What alien mental strain Is IL
that holds him out OF the reach of the
laurel? Does lie not possess genius,
poetic insight and the thagorean
secret of musical harmony2 Has this
charioteer, with steods that seem fed in
the meadows of Apollo, become web
footed and dishear,ened along the banks
of the Willamette?
The melancholy life story of the
poet, Simpson, is well known to
nearly every pioneer from the Sis
kiyous to the Olvlnpics but it has
been long while since his erst.
while brilliant and always erratic
genius has startled the lovers of
beautiful native literature with any
production approaching in melody
or depth the products of his more
youthful brain, and the newer
Washington hardly knows his name.
One familiar with the evil intlu-
ence that has wrecked the life of
this native-born singer of the Pacific
Northwest can quickly and unerr-
ingly answer the foregoing queries.
True, his steeds were fed and watered
in the meadows of Apollo, but the
lamp of his genius was dimlned by
the curse Of strong drink. There is
, 1890-12-25
STILL LIVES.

Let us not deludc ourselves with
the hope that blgotry and intoler-
ance faded from the earth with the
passing away Of the Puritans. The
old spirit of intolerance lives still In
the breasts of countless thousands,
changed, perhaps, In its form and
mode of application, softened some
what by the influence of time and
the restraining power of broader ed
ucation, but still existent to domi-
neer over a tolerant world.
Who has not wept ut the pathetic
story of Little Emily In Dickens
''David Copperfield?' and who that
has read 1t can say that 1t failed to
leave upon their hearts and minds
an ineffaceable influence for good?
The wrongs of that pure-minded
girl have brought tears to the eyes
of millions, and have taught those
same millions to detest and despise
the seducer of pure womanhood.
The world could better spare all the
sermons that have been written
y Not thoA W tobC WIG iiihtti-
less story of that simple life.
Yet republisher of "David Cop
perfield" has expunged the story of
Little Emily because of its "impro-
prieties." This Is in part a display
of idiocv and in part an assertion of
intolerance. The Puritans declared
that all should worship as they
worshiped, and to save a perishing
soul from hell fire they frequently
tortured to death the object of their
pious solicitude. This is the same
old spirit in another guise. The
sanctimonious publisher is shocked
by the pathetic story of Little
Emily, and he resolves that the rest
of the world shall not read II. This
reminds one of the young woman
who resigned her situation as proof
reader because the publishing house
gave her the proofs of Bret Harte's
"Luck of Roaring Camp"
A great many excellent peo-
Pile will read this and will
quite properly exclaim against
80 absurd display of false
modesty, and yet they possess the
same intolerant spirit in another
form. That is, they have resolved
that their neighbors do not know
what is best for them TO drink, and
ergo, they want laws exacted to
compel them not to drink this bev.
ersge or that. They like tea, or
lemonade, or cocoa, and those
drinks agree with their stomachs.
Therefore they ought TO agree with
everybody's stomach. The Puritan
cut out n straight and narrow path
for the soul, whereas these modern
Puritans propose to legislate for the
body's needs. If their neighbors
persist in drinking wine or beer,
instead of tea or coffee, why pass
laws to compel them to conform to
their tastes. 1t Is all for their
good. Therefore, resolved, that
we have a right to compel our
neighbor to forego one stimulant
that we dislike and content himself
with another simulant that
chances TO suit our taste"
If this Is not identical with the
spirit that expunged the story OF