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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
John n. Mitchell.

The death of Senator Mitchell of Oregon
leads to many reflections, and will be the
theme of great deal of comment.
First consideration of all relates to the
case against him in connection with the
land frauds. That of course comes to an
end. Speculate. however, as one may and
as hts friends will. about the result Of the
appeal he had taken from the verdict Of
guilty, the fact will remain that he was
convicted after fair trial in the state
where his personal and political influence
had long been very considerable. and with
his interests In court in the hands of some
of the abiest lawyers In the country. And
sentiment generally throughout the United
States had ratified the findings of the
jury. Further contest In the higher trib-
uual to which appeal had been taken
might have developed some interesting
points, but they would probably have been
technical and out of the grasp of the public.
1t is altogether unlikely that even had the
findings of the trial court been reversed
Mr.. Mitchell would have profited in the
public estimation.
For 1t is to be stated that this exposure
revived other and older things in the mans
life which now told heavily against him.
His past had some ugly spots on it. In
bitter controversy. But in his bold and
masterful way Mr.. Mitchell had met the
record, confessed it's truth, and for his
own purposes put it down. The people Of
Oregon, knowing all. had forgiven all. and
repeatedly honored him with their conf
dence and their commission in the highest
of our legislative tribunals.
One thing, however, points to another
and leads to another in this world, and
when this later charge affecting the sena-
tors official and professional reputation
was lodged and sustained in court the
earlier charges affecting his private life
found voice again, and together they over
whelmed him
He had some strong points-courage of
the grosser sort, ability. industry, and the
power of concentration. His address was
agreeable, and many of his eminent col
leagues liked him. But at seventy his long
day has closed in profound and pathetic
gloom, and the lesson of it all is so plain
that he who runs may read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

stimulation. Some of the riders were dosed
with cocaine to Kill the pain OF their inces-
SAINT wheeling, and others with other drugs
to revive their tagging vitality. At the end
some of these riders went temporarily CRAZY
and the public was at last actually shocked
into demanding reform. The legislature
passed a law prohibiting the exhibition of a
rider for more than twelve hours In q single
day, and to meet this condition the team sys-
tenn was devised, which robbed the so-called
sport of what little merit it possessed as ..
test of individual skill. For with teams, the
failure Of one member will compel his part
ner to retire, however fresh and f1t he may
be. But despite this condition the enter
prise has apparently prospered annually
just as heavily as ever. The truth IL. there
are enough people Ia the metropolitan dis
trict who have acquired the habit OF being
entertained, by whatever novelty or dis
gushing spectacle may be provided, that any
enterprise that shocks the finer sensifhlitles
Is certain to draw a crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
The Six-Day Racers.

Tonight will end the six-day bicycle race
which has been New York's special means
of entertainment during the current week.
1t has attracted large crowds of spectators,
many of whom have remained for hours
watching the ceaseless grind of the tagged
contestants around the saucer-shaped track.
So heavy has been the patronage, despite
the lack of novelty and the utter lack of
interesting features, that the management
raised the price of admission during the
week. and still the crowds poured into Madi-
son Square Garden. What is the fascina-
tion7 The men do not ride remarkably
fast. No records are broken. There are
no feats of particular agility and not even
any grave danger of accidents, although
occasionally rider takes tumble and now
and then bone is broken It Is a stupid.
senseless performance OF the most profess
sional character, and the dear gullibie pub
lie fights for chance to pay the shot
Some have averred that the spectators are
literally hypnotized by the constant eircing
of the riders around the track. The atmos-
phere is dead and smoke filed The sounds
are deafering, what with band music and
cheering by the more frenzied of the VIC
TINS of this extraordinary disease. Stiu.
hundreds sit and sit and sit and watch the
steady pace making of the leader, the oc-
casionai spurts for advantage, the painful
efforts of the laggards to catch up with the
procession.
Some years ago the practice was to put
men on the track and permit them to ride
their wheels as they pleased at any hours
during the SIX days Of the messt The result
was scandalous exhibition OF fatigue and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
MutinY in Manchuria.

Shocking suggestions come flltering out
of the far east that the Russian government
has dallied too long with the problem OF
what to do with the troops In Manchuria
Despite the censorship over all news from
Asia, and the telegraphic difficulties due tc
the strike, a report has reached Warsaw
from Hardin to the effect that the mutinous
soldiers are killing their officers. and that
the troops are pillaging and Staying the
Chinese residents. Probably If truth were
told the army is in wretched condition
as regards food and shelter. The re-
bellious spirit of the men in the ranks is
likely TO be the result of three Influences,
the lack Of decent accommodations and
provisions, their Impotence at being held
uselessly in Asia, and their sympathy with
the revolutionary movement at home. From
all three motives a desperately mutinous
disposition Is apt to arise. and 1t would not
be surprising to learn some day that the
Russian troops in Manchuria have enacted
one of the bloodiest tragedies in history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
The Senate Minoritv.

The democrats of the Senate took wise
action yesterday in re-electing Mr.. German
as their leader. His qualifications for the
post were not impaired by his defeat at
home last month. and he should prove as
useful as before in suggestions aS~to par
liamentary procedure. His talents lie In
the direction of cutting out work for the
minority in the body of which he has long
been a member and for the greater part
of the time a member of the minority. With
Mr. German as adviser and men Of the
debating ability of Mr. Bailey to tackle the
opposition in discussion, the democrats.
though few In number and none too closely
agreed, should in the main make the ses-
sion at least interesting for the majority,
and give some shape to their partys issues
for next years congressional campaigns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
The Corey Case

Most surprising and gratifying is the en-
phatc rebuke which Is being administered
to the president OF the steel trust for his
conduct in his domestic relations, There
was ample ground for expecting that his
alleged faithlessness to his marriage vows
the close Identification of his name with
that of popular comic opera actress and
the preparations for divorce would cause
merely a brief sensation and O. little ner-
sonal embarrassment and then would be
followed by forgetfulness Divorces of a
peculiarly obnoxious character have been
topics for public discussion many scores of
times. and society has condoned the faults
OF the guilty and accepted the prompt re-
marriage of the divorced person with
scarcely qualm. Indeed, the outburst of
indignation In the circles close to the Corey
family has sounded distinctly new note
In American high life. note that may
mean much to our social safeguards.
In this case the mans social associates
: have formally notified him that IL he di-
vorces his wife he will be ostracised. That
Is good That Is the way the guilty natri-
moniai failures should be treated. Further.
ths mans own father has repudiated him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
A Contumacious Witness.

Financier Ryan may find that he bought
more than he expected when he took young
Mr.. Hyde's Equitable insurance stock off
his hands. In refusing yesterday to answer
certain questions relative to the negotia-
lions between himself and E. n. Hartman
for a division Of the Hyde stock between
them, Mr.. Ryan rendered himself liable to
prosecution under a statute which gives a
legislative Investigating committee power to
punish by fine or Imprisonment any witness
who declines to answer a material or proper
question. There has been so much frank
testimony, disclosing such startling condi-
lions. that Mr.. Ryan's unwillingness to re-
ply TO the queries OF Inquisitor Hughes
stands out in surprising contrast. The sus-
picion is at once aroused that there must
be something extremely sensational behind
the cloak of his silence. or else he fears TO
Involve Mr.. Hartman in way to elicit re-
prisals In other fields
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
PoStponennent.

OF all sad words the saddest known
Are not the sentimental plant
That tells of youthful fandes flown
The things that might have been and
amt
This Is the phrase which most doth daze
My mind and leave me sore perplexed.
AS on the printed page 1 gaze:
ITO be continued in our next"
Ills not alone on fctton's page
This solemn message 1 discern.
When legislators grave engage
To help the world look up and learn
What promise CLEANS In all their schemes
To elevate this world SO vexedl
Then comes the Weakening from my dreams
ITO be continued in our next"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Bank Notes in Stringency.
from the New York Tribune.

LIom the New YORK Tr1bune.
For many years there has been need in
this country of a more elastic currency. /,
is now suggested by the Secretary that pro-
vision be made for an additional govern
ment guaranteed note circulation, equal to
so per cent of a banks bond secured cir
eulation, on new notes not to be secured by
bonds. but to be subject to a tax of or &
per cent In the event of additional circu-
lation of this sort notes would not be issued
until interest rates exceeded that percent
age. Secretary Shaw in his suggestions
does not go beyond the limit of conserva-
tive banking principles, while he proposes
many reforms which, II adopted, Will serve
to increase the efficiency OF the national
Treasury Department in promoting healthy
financial conditions In this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

and his uncle, through whom he gained
his start In business. has followed suit.
That Is well. It adds an unusual emphasis
to the protest against such conduct Final
Iy. the mans business associates. the mag
mates of the steel trust, have begun pro-
ceedIngs looking to his custer, as one UNIT
to serve at the head of so important a cor
poration. That Is perhaps best of all 1t
proves that even corporations. which are
alleged to have no hearts, have at least a
sense of moral propriety.
Much good must flow from this agitation.
It sets a standard of personal conduct
which. IL observed approximately, will Inn
prove social conditions decidedly. 1t proves.
too, that the day is past when a man can
conceal his vicious conduct. Men live In
the open nowadays. In proportion to 4,eir
business prominence, their standing as gro
fessionals. as merchants as financiers. as
manufacturers. they are exposed to sharp
observation and severe criticism when they
fall from grace. The white light beats
upon them and 1t is reassuring when such
case as this occurs to prove that the
world strongly dlsapproves the moral laxity
which is brought to view by this means.
With more wisely framed divorce laws,
uniform in their character and application.
there would be less disposition to seek relief
in the courts from marital strains or dis
comforts or the consequences of inffdelity.
The public sentiment in favor of such a
reform is steadily growing. as the absurdi-
ties OF the present lack OF system are dis
closed by repeated instances. If coupled
with this desire for q more harmonious and
effective regulation of marriage and divorce
there appears a strong sentiment of dis
approval of all such conduct as that of the
steel president, there will indeed be
reason to hope for the rehabilitation of the
institution of marriage, which In some quar-
tiers has plainly fallen into bad ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Impure Food.
ne New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
The wholesale poisonings to which every
city dweller is doomed in these days OF
prepared foods-the antiseptic soaked meat,
the tubercle-infected or formalin-contain-
ing milk, the sewage-favored drinking wa
ter-are almost discouraging in their
ubiquity. Apparently every food product
capable of sophistication is SO treated. Such
gratuitous additions copper sulphate to
canned peas and aniline dyes to canned to-
matoes, for no other purpose than that OF
improving their appearance, are common
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
"Gilded Society"
From the Baltimore Sun.

FrOui the BAItIu1Ufe Dun.
The puzzling question will arise however,
why such large sums of money should be
paid for recognition in the book. Why
should not each family in the Four Hundred
get out It's own book and provide a more
elaborate history of its social affairs? For
$10.0OO-the price alleged to have been paid
by more than one subscriber to the volume
under eonsideratfon-an edition de luxe
might be published by each member of
gilded society and g. copy sent to every
other member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
An Early Experience.

why don't you go in and fight the rail-
roads?"
II tried 1t once" said Senator Sorghum.
"a railroad had killed a cow that belonged
to my father and 1 went out determined to
whip the engineer. But when / saw that
locomotive bearing down on me, with sew
eral tons of machinery and all the steam 1t
needed. did what 1 am going to do now.
I side-stepped."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
DiplomaticaIly Expressed.

Il am afraid you are absolutely gov
erned by your wife,"
NO." answered Mr.. Meekton, who had
been reading the foreign news. I'm not
absolutely governed by her. But I must
admit that 1 am very much within her
sphere of influence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Time works many changes. and it is pos
sible that some of the men now celebrated
as reformers will themselves mature as po-
litical bosses. 1t would be no more remark
able than the transformation now going on
of practical politicians into ardent reform
ers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Mr.. Ryan said he bought James II.
Hyde's insurance stock in order to prevent
panic. The corporation that cannot show
a fine assortment of benevolent motives
has an exceedingly poor lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

1t Is publicly announced that the con-
cessions to Turkey ara nero conciiiatory
formalities which have no substantial Sig
niflcance. But, fortunately. the sultan
prides himself on not reading the news
papers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Midshipman Merwether's mother wrote
him that she was content with his conduct,
and that sort of an opinion will go long
way against any number of official find
ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Getting Acquainted.

The youthful congressman looked round;
His manner seemed a little dazed,
AS he remarked with grief profound,
81 wonder If I'm being hazed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

TIN order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence, letters TO THE sTAR
should not be Addressed to any individual
connected with the ofscs, but simply to
THE STAR, or to this EDITORIAL or 1ust-
moss Departments, according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
SHOOTING STARS.
Accepting a Suggestion.

what would you do IL the people Of your
state We're to clamor for your resignation?
'Id profit by the hint answered Senator
Sorghum, land keep closer eye than ever
on the legislature"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Iowa's Advice to China.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
China had better establish the little red
school house system In the big empire IL
she desires to have her citizens admitted to
the United States. It will be more effective
than boycott on American trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben. II doesn'
b'lieve half O. what 1 hears bout desc
finance folks; an other times 1 doesn'
blieve I hears half o what dey's up to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

The patriotic hope exists that Congress
on it's adjournment will have earned the
bouquets which Speaker Cannon denied 1t
on the opening day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

The czar objects to NJ. Whites resfgna-
ton. AS an autocrat he holds him in Office
until he Is ready to dismiss him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

1t is a well-known fact that a bill may
be introduced In Congress without any
hope of it's getting very well acquainted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Many members of Congress will have to
DO some hard studying during the Christ
mas holidays in order to master all the
questions that are coming up before them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

Mr. Carnegie must regret a tendency on
the part of his bright young men to SOW
their wild cats a little late In life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Hard Lines.
From the Minnea

From the Minneapolis journal.
Some Of the eastern universities have
decided to become mere institutions OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

BY paying government employees just be-
fore Christmas Uncle Sam will help to dis
appoint some of the money lenders who
expect a special holiday harvest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Tale of a Kansas Shirt.
From the lola ReSLstel

A shirt went through the Parsons laundry
last week with two diamond studs In the
bosom. and the owner got them back. This
Is the most remarkable shirt tale in Kan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

After all, better a kid congressman than
a has-been statesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Like the Busy Little Bees.

From the Memphis News-scimitar
The McCurdys can console themselves
with the reflection that they improved each
shining hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
The Way They View It.

FROM the Los Angeles hefald-
Congress meets today. But the country
has been fully warned and Is prepared for
the worst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
Editor

THE STAR has q regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation Of the other WASH
ington dai1iss. AZ q News and Adver-
tisdns Medium IL has NO competitor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-03-01
Real Frenzied Finanea

The president Of the national bank a,
AIithetin sat In his private office. m.
door opened ard John ID. Rockefeller w..
ushered In.
"Good morning." said the presiden,
"whst can I do for youf"
81 want to borrow ss2.50.p ren,,..
Rockefeller.
ION what securityf"
"Stsndsrd Oii," was the reply.
The president OF the BANK shook 81.
head. "Not good enough" he sala
firmly adding, "piease don't bang tha
door as you go ont"
A few minutes later a yelled woms,
entered the Office of the president.
~ want to borrow 81 500. 900" she wbi..
pered.
Shave you any security7n asked thu
president. "Merely as a matter Of form
assure you," he FASTENED to add, "a ~
thought he detected signs OF weepIn,
behind his visitors veil.
"Oh, do you want securityf" asked thu
woman. "Give me piece of paper ands
PEN"
She wrote few words and presented
the paper to the president.
"Ah, Carnegie's note for IS .0oo, 0OO!n he
exclaimed. Are you sure the signature
is genuinef"
"Sure," responded the mysterlou,
stranger, didn't you see me write it?"
Certainly, certainly. A million and
quarter, think you said. Nothing mora
to-dsy? NOT Glad to obiige you a, any
time. Good-day; don't forget the
number
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-03-01
RANK OF SAINTE-BEUVE.
He Was the Foremost Critic of the
Nineteenth Century.

If we might credit Goethe 70 the
eighteenth century few of those cola
petent TO judge would hesitate to call
Sainte- Beuve the foremost critic of the
nineteenth century. The qualifications
of d critic of the highest rank are four
fold. First. he must have insight-aca-
men, the essential gift of the critical
faculty-and this Sainte Beuve possess
ed abundantly. Second. he must have
an abundant scholarship,
knowledge of many things, so that he
may compare one thing with another,
comparison being a chief necessity of
criticism - and Sainte- Beuve had an
equipment unapproached by other writ
ers of his century, and his erudition
was rs wide as it was deep, for he not
only knew many things, but he also
knew all about each one of them.
Third. the critic must have disinter-
estedness, he must love veracity for
its own sake, he must insist on setting
forth the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, and here was
SainteBeuve's standard of honor, that
as critic he refused TO be swayed by
any of the social appeals to which most
critics are only too ready to yield. He
had a rigid independence, a sturdy in
dividuality. a resolute freedom from
party bias, although he is not always
absolutely devoid of personal prejudice.
And, in the fourth place. a critic needs
sympathy. or at least he must have
enough of ii 10 enable him to under
stand and to appreciate men and wo-
men wholly unlike himself, and sym
patty Sainte Beuve had, although his
share of this quality is not SO full per-
kaps as his share of the other three
qualifications for his great Office.
He is the foremost critic of his CEN
fury in the body and substance of his
work. His contribution to literature
looks big on the library shelves-some
threescore volumes, more or less, all
solidly documented, all alive with the
play of his keen intelligence and all H.
Illuminated by his intellectual integrity.
A thin book of poems and q stillborn
novel must not be neglected, for In
them it is possible to perceive the rea-
son for Sainte- Beuve's occasional
lapses from justice in his estimate of
some of the poets and novelists of his
own time and of his own language
Brander Matthews in Century.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-03-01
Took Them For Lunaties.

A. well known aeronaut, In company
with others. made an unexpected de-
scent in the ground Of lunatic asy
ium- The porter knew nothing Of their
novel arrival and refused to allow them
to drive away. He didn't exactly tell
them they were lunatics, but tactfully
implied as much. He pointed out that
as he had not passed them In as Wis
itors they were not entitled to go out
as visitors. But" said the aeronaut,
1--WE came by balloon" "Ah," said the
porter. eying them with amused COM
passion, 81 thought So" And 1t was
some time before he could be persuad-
ed that story he had heard 50 often
before WAS for once quite true.-Lon-
don Globe.