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DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
PORTLAND, Jan. 11. S P. SL Maximum
temperature. 57: minimum temperature, 43;
height of rier at 11 A. M., 9.1; change in the
poet 24 hours, 0.7: precipitation today, 0.03;
precipitation from September 1, ISOt (wet sea
sobI, to date, 17.43; average, 23.02; deficiency,
WEATHER SYNOPSIS.
In the storm's center off the -coast there has
not been a great change during the past 12
hours. Much rain has fallen In all portions of
Txrth state. Saow is falling in Eastern Ore
con. Gales on the coast, ranging from 36 to 4J
nrtles an hour, are in progress. There is every
Indication for continued threatening weather
und rain.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 21 hours
tending at midnight January 12:
For Western Oregon, Washington and North
ern Idaho Rain and nearly stationary temper
ature; frebh southerly winds, with southerly
S&tes on the coast.
For Eastern Oregon Rain or snow and warm
er, with light southerly winds.
For Southern Idaho Talr weather and sta
tionary temperature, with light variable winds.
For Portland Rain and nearly stationary
temperature, with fresh southerly winds.
B. S. PAGUE. Local Forecast Official.
PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JAN. 12.
SPECIAL FEATURES TOMORROW.
Continuation of Bret Harte's new story of the
civil war, "Clarence." Illustrated.
"Drove Back," a short story by the well-known
noieltst, Clark (fcusselL.
A letter by "Bab" on society women and their
characteristics and character.
The "Youth's Department" contains a story,
"A Medal of Honor," by General O. O. How
ard; "Pirate Blackbeard." a story of the sea.
by Howard Pjle. and a continuation of "Lit
tle Mr. Thimbleflnger."
The "Woman's Department" has an Interesting
letter on masquerade and fancy-dress ball cos
tumes; another on tlie proper corset to wear
for the French figure; one on visiting cards,
and a valuable article on women gymnasts.
Prank Carpenter's letter on the official life and
customs of the Coreans will be found intense
ly interesting.
"Social Happenings" will contain a chronicle
of boclal events for the past week in Portland
and vicinity.
!An article on Trinity church and Us wealth, of
groat interest in View of the discussion of
taxation of church property.
The Ees of Russia" Is an article on the police
tip-kmage of the czar's empire.
A SENTIMENTAL PROJECT.
The' sentimental notion that it is
possible to abolish war often has found
utterance both in Europe and America.
One of the most recent essays in this
line is an article contributed to an
American magazine by the well-known
scholar. Max Muller. He bases his
argument on the influence that the
United States and Great Britain might
exert upon the world if they should
really set about it He stoutly main
tains that together they could put an
end to war between nations. They
have only to say to the rest of the
'world: "Before you unllmber your
guns for the settlement of any .Interna-,
tional dispute, you must first submit
your cause to the arbitrament of an in
ternational tribunal. The nation which
refuses to do that, preferring rather to
declare Avar, will incur the combined
hostility of the two great English
speaking nations."
But, in fact, the two great English
speaking nations are quite as likely
to have violent differences between
themselves as any other nations of the
world. Twice already they have been
at war, and a third time war was
averted only because we had our hands
full, and could not fight Great Britain
while we were fighting our own rebel
lious states. Truth is, there is standing
cause of war between the United States
and Great Britain, in the acuteness
of their commercial rivalries, which
will be intensified more and more as
time goes on. We are just as likely
to require the intervention of the other
nations to keep peace between us as
they are to need our influence to keep
the peace between them.
"War is to nations what the ordinary
moans of justice are to single societies.
It is clear that nothing can banish it
from the world, which does not also
banish international justice from
the world. They who say otherwise
can scarcely impose even on them
selves. When diplomacy has failed,
war is the sole means of obtaining
redress among nations; and nations, in
their own suits, fulfill the functions
both of advocate and judge. This right
they will not surrender, for surrender
of it would be inconsistent with their
autonomy and freedom. The analogy
of man in society, and of the state in
the family of nations, doe3 not hold in
the main principle; because man ceases
to be a judge in his own cause as soon
t as he emerges from a state of nature,
while the state or nation, must be a
judge in its own cause, and prepared
to maintain its contention, or be will
ing to exist by the sufferance of ene
mies, and to find refuge in its own in
significance. "War is more likely to be banished
from the world by the fear of nations
to make appeal to modern enginery of
destruction, than by an effort to exert
the influence of a sentimental alliance
in the direction of peace. It is appar
ent now that the great nations are
afraid to pro to war, and will not, if
they can without humiliation avoid it
Nevertheless, war again one day will
break forth, and not unlikely between
the United States and Great Britain,
because, as this country shall develop
Its Industrial, commercial and mari
time power, the conflict of interests
between it and the other great indus
trial, commercial and maritime power
of the world will deepen in severity,
and offer numerous causes of war,
which can hardly be averted, because
neither will be disposed to forego an ad
vantage. Man struggles with man In
competition and rivalry; he is a fight
ing animal, and no believer in the doc
trine of non-resistence. Competition and
rivalry of ns tions in all ages have fur
nished causes of war, and competition
and rivalry are not likely' to be less
severe hereafter than they have been
heretofore. In future tame they will
be more severe, probably, between the
two great English-speaking nations
than between any others in the world.
Senator Vest's compromise currency
bill is a poor makeshift of free silver
and flat money. Instead of taking the
government out of the banking bus
iness, it would plunge it In deeper
than. eyer. by substituting: a new Issue
of notes, closely resembling the treas
ury notes of 1890 the most dangerous
of all our piebald currency for legal
tenders and silver certificates. It
would destroy the national banking
system, shake profoundly the founda
tions of the money standard and
threaten the country with the silver
basis, the provisions for maintaining
the parity of value of the metals being
weak, futile and Inadequate. The bill
may do for consumption of rural Mis
souri, but it is not worthy the serious
consideration of the United States senate.
ENGLAND, RUSSIA AND CHINA.
The recent stir at Shanghai and the
assembling of British and Russian
ships at Chee-Foo seems to grow out
of apprehension that Japan, in the ex
ultation and excitement of her recent
victories, would seek to transcend the
limits of conquest marked out for her
by those powers in the understanding
reported early this year.
By this understanding, it is said
England and Russia agreed that no
warlike operations shall be permitted
In any of the approaches to Shanghai,
including the north and south entrances
to the Yangtse river, and that warlike
operations are held to include the pas
sage of a hostile fleet through these en
trances. The decision of the two pow
ers was conveyed to the Japanese gov
ernment, and was at first accepted
by them. Soon after the first Japanese
victories, the mikado's ministers began
to complain of the arrangement, on the
ground that the Shanghai arsenal was
still at work supplying Chinese troops
with arms, and they threatened to re
nounce and withdraw from the agree
ment. Though they were advised that
this would not be permitted, it was
feared that the third Japanese army
was destined for Nanking, and British
and Russian Squadrons were ordered
to Chee-Foo. The order to Admiral
Freemantle to resist by force passage- cf
a Japanese fleet up the Yang-tse-Kiang
river was part of the same warning
demonstration.
Apparently the Anglo-Russian agree
ment goes no farther than limitation
of Japanese conquests to Northern
China. It is easy to understand how
these two powers, whose interests are
opposed everywhere else, could unite
on this point England already is firm
ly seated in the treaty ports south of
the Yang-tse-Kiang, and desires to
preserve the status quo there. Even
if the empire falls to pieces, she will
try to keep the southern provinces
intact, under their viceroys and her
protection. Russia is comparatively
indifferent as to the southern provinces,
and the objects she has to gain in the
north will be advanced by breaking up
the empire, large tracts of which, on
her Siberian border, might fall to her
in the final settlement She might well
agree with England to keep Japan out
of the southern provinces while giv
ing her full swing in the north.
England would be glad to put a stop
to Japanese conquest in the north also.
It is not long since Lord Rosebery de
clared that Great Britain will not con
template with composure the over
throw of the central government of
China, "with all the disastrous conse
quences that it would entail upon the
civilized, world." There would be no
disastrous consequences, of course, ex
cept to British trade. It would be bet
ter for China herself, and for all the
rest of the world, if the rule of senseless
barbarism, backed by British commer
cial greed, were superseded by an en
lightened, modern government, such
as Japan would set up at Peking. It is
clear that Lord Rosebery is not sup
ported in this view by Russia, and
that interference with the advance of
the Japanese armies will be confined to
the sonth.
A PLEDGE OP EARNESTNESS.
A reformer whose zeal extends to
his pocket is a rare specimen of the
genus to which he belongs. This is true
from the ordinary temperance reformer,
who waxes eloquent upon occasion in
support of a resolution on the absolute
necessity of establishing a temperance
journal in his state, but fails, when the
resolution is adopted and the stock list
circulated, to register his name, up to
Senator Peffer. of suffering Kansas,
who never was known to back his ap
peals for aid to poor down-trodden
farmers in any more substantial or
generous way than by sending out
seeds from the department of agricul
ture under his frank.
An exception to this general rule is
noted, however, in the case of Represen
tative Phillips, of Pennsylvania, who
has expressed a willingness to pay
5250,000 out of his own pocket to meet
the expense of a labor commission if
congress will authorize the creation of
such commission, in accordance with
the terms of a bill which lie has pre
sented. This pledge of earnestness in
the cause has drawn such attention to
the proposed bill that a special sub
committee of the house labor commit
tee has been appointed to consider its
terms.
The bill authorizes the appointment
by the president of five commissioners
representing organized labor,- five rep
resenting agriculture, and five repre
senting business, each group of five
to, choose two additional members,
making twenty-one in all. The com
mission thus raised is to meet in "Wash
ington and elect its officers, and each
group is to have the services of a law
yer and secretary. It shall be the duty
of this body to investigate questions re
lating to immigration, to labor, to ag
riculture, and to business, and to
recommend to congress such legisla
tion as it may deem best upon those
subjects, the primary object being to
secure such laws as "will harmonize
conflicting interests and secure justice
to the laborer, the employer, the pro
ducer, and the consumer."
The magnitude of this proposed un
dertaking is even more overwhelming
than the munificence of its projector.
A quarter of a million dollars, indeed,
melts Into insignificance when pitted
against the possible fees of special
commission lawyers and secretaries, not
to mention the special salaries of the
commissioners themselves, and the ex
penses of the special investigations
provided for "In any part of the United
States when deemed necessary." The
Intent of the measure is good, and the
generosity that attends it is of munifi
cent proportions, but the millenium is
yet afar off and commissions are com
missions, with but human powers.
As a pledgei of earnestness in the
cause championed, Mr. Phillips' propo
sition does him credit Inasmuch, how
ever, as it proposes to endow an un
wieldy committee with superhuman
powers it will hardly meet the approval
of practical -members of congress, who,
if not endowed with an extraordinary
degree of intelligence, have at least
learned to take men as they find them,
and not try to legislate for an ideal
constituency.
VALUE OP "WATERWAYS.
It has become quite common to speak
disparagingly of canals, and to say that
they are out of date, and have been
completely superseded by the railroads.
The Erie canal is cited as an example
of this, and attention is called to the
fact that it is a tax upon the revenues
of the state and carries but a smail
proportion of the freight crossing New
York from west to east The proposi
tion to spend a large sum of money in
widening and deepening it and render
ing it capable of passing sea-going
vessels, without breaking bulk, is op
posed by those sections of the state not
directly served by it and its connect
ing waterways. The Buffalo Express
has compiled statistics to show the
wonderful influence of water transpor
tation upon the growth of the region
served by it in the state of New Yorlc
It shows that 87 per cent of the taxes
of the state are paid by the counties
touched by natural and artificial water
ways. The increase in state tax in
those counties during the past seven
years has been $1,285,000, while coun
ties having no waterways have made
an increase of only 557,000. These sta
tistics are extremely simple, but unan
swerable as to the value of waterways,
even in these days of railroads.
The chief value ofcanals and natural
waterways, or a combination of them,
such as forms the water route from
Chicago to New York, by way of the
lakes, Erie canal and Hudson river,
and such as will be the Columbia river,
the Cascades canal and the ship rail
way at The Dalles, i3 their regulation
of transportation charges by railroads,
rather than the actual amount of traf
fic done on them. It has often been ob
jected to the improvement of the Co
lumbia, that the railroads would still
carry the bulk of the freight, just as
the railroads do in New York in com
petition with the Erie canal, but this
is immaterial. If the railroads carry
freight along the Columbia river so
cheaply and supply such conveniences
that the river, canal and ship railway
cannot compete with them, it matters
not if the river is not disturbed by a
single wheel, and the rails of the ship
railway rust for want of use. It may
safely be said that the greatest single
factor in the marvelous progress made
by this country has been the water
ways. Until the railroads came they
were the arteries of travel and com
merce, and population and wealth in
creased the most rapidly in the regions
served by them. When railroad sys
tems developed, wherever they came in
direct competition with the waterways
the immediate effect was to reduce
transportation rates to the lowest pos
sible notch, and increase the conven
iences and facilities of handling traffic.
The most noticeable example of this
is the route between Chicago and New
York, where the minimum of rates is
conjoined with the the maximum of fa
culties for handling traffic. The history
of that region would be repeated, in a
measure, in the Columbia basin by the
introduction of a complete water route
between the interior and the points
where commerce meets the sea. It
would increase population and wealth
at both ends of the route, as well as
along its entire length, and lead to
a great increase of the railroad facili
ties enjoyed by the entire region af
fected by it. Aside from the project
so to increase the capacity of the Erie
canal as to admit of the passage into
the lakes of laden vessels and light
draught .ships of war from the ocean,
the advantages of which are almost
national in their scope, the people of
New York would do well to keep that
canal perpetually in a condition to
exert a regulating influence upon the
railroads, and the people of the Co
lumbia basin would do equally well to
create and maintain the same kind of
aninfluence.
The Corvallis Times, published at a
place where the state maintains one
of its favored high schools, contends
against the proposal to make a reason
able charge for tuition, saying: "Extra
expense placed upon students would
debar many from acquiring the knowl
edge the institution offers and a com
mendable ambition craves. The plan
The Oregonian and the self-constituted
Salem committee propose, both in prin
ciple and in fact, shuts out those who
struggle with poverty from acquiring
knowledge and reserves an education
for those only who are fortunate
enough to be able to pay for it It is
not in keeping with a generous Amer
ican spirit" Is it forgotten, then, that
the "struggle with poverty" did not
prevent the men of the past from "ac
quiring knowledge," or keep down those
who made these United States of Amer
ica? That five-sixths of all who have
done important things made their own
way in the world, and got their edu
cation through their own exertions?
That Oregon is so full of examples of
this kind that scarcely an exception
can be noted? The state cannot be
really a helper. The more It does for
the individual, the more, as a rule, it
weakens his powers and makes him
a dependent Men cannot be coddled
into efficiency and dandled into for
tune. The true "American spirit" is
precisely the opposite of that which' ap
peals to the state for that which the
individual can do and ought to do for
himself. The examples of the .past
show the proper spirit for the present
age.
it win not De strange u newspaper
correspondents are excluded from the
Japanese army hereafter. Until the
fall of Port Arthur, they were treated
with a courtesy and liberality never
equaled by a civilized nation in time
of war. This courtesy they repaid by
treatment no civilized nation would
endure. The excesses into which the
Japanese naturally fell after marching
into Port Arthur over the headless and
mutilated bodies of their fellow-soldiers-,
tortured and murdered while prisoners,
were swollen and colored after the fash
Ion of a penny dreadful reporter, and
the army was held up by its favored
guests to the execration of the civilized
world. The initiative in this policy
was taken by the correspondent of an
American paper, notoriously regard
less of truth in the manufacture of sen
sations. There was no policy in Mr.
Creelman's magnificent exaggeration,
only greed to sell papers. His British
associates were either loo decent or
too stupid to imitate him, apparently,
until they got orders from London to
make the most of the Japanese excesses
for political effect. Since then dis
patches to London papers begin to
drip with gore. That is, a newspaper
of a nation traditionally friendly to
Japan has shown the press of the na
tion most hostile to her how to rouse
public opinion against her in Europe
by a form of enterprise too common in
America, which differs little from will
ful lying. Mr. Creelman seems well
qualified for a place in Gresham's department
It Is a pity that the educational inter
ests of the state cannot be free from
selfish intrigue. The appointment of
McElroy to the so-called chair of En
glish literature in the state university
has the marks of a "deal," of which
more is likely to appear. McElroy's
qualifications for the place are of the
slenderest possible character; and it is
known by those who are acquainted
with the affairs of the school that at
present there is really no use for the
department. What Influence was it
that provided this "roost" for McElroy
upon his retirement from office? The
action of the trustees ought to be re
scinded before it goes into effect. But
there is a rumor of a new move .in the
general deal, through rearrangement
of the board of trustees on the first day
of the legislative session, just before
the new governor goes into office. The
scheme, if carried out, would give Eu
gene five of the nine regents, and make
it virtually a local high school for
Eugene, to be supported by the taxpay
ers of the state. The truth is, there
should be no taxation of the people for
support of the upper schools, whether
called state university, agricultural col
lege, normal schools, or what not. The
special taxes for their support ought to
be cut off; no more appropriations
ought to be made, and the law forbid
ding charges for tuition should be re
pealed. The state has no right to sup
port local high schools at favored
points by general taxation.
The Ministerial Association of Port
land has sent The Oregonian a request
not to print the church notices on Sun
day, but to print them on Saturday.
The Oregonian will comply with the re
quest not to print them on Sunday, on
which day it has printed them rather
than Saturday because it was conven
ient to do so; and, as the' service has
been rendered gratis. The Oregonian
thought it might as well consult Its
own convenience in the matter. In
other cities payment Is required for
publication of church notices, whether
published on Saturday or Sunday. In
San Francisco the newspapers make
the special rate of 50 cents for each
notice, but no notice is allowed to ex
ceed five lines, without additional
charge. A few of the churches of that
city publish their notices on Saturday,
but most of them publish on Sunday,
paying the same rate on either day.
The Oregonian will insert church no
tices on Saturdays for 25 cents each,
limited to five lines, with 5 cents ad
ditional for each line in excess of five
lines. When space is called for in The
Oregonian, and time and conditions
dictated, a charge must be made
though to all churches and charitable
societies a very low rate is offered.
Governor Altgeld's message Is like
Debs' diatribe against Judge Woods
the futile snarl of a defeated revolution
ist Altgeld was an accomplice in the
crime against the state and society for
which Debs goes to jail, and it would
be just to shut them up together. The
state of Illinois rendered Its verdict in
the case of Altgeld last November.
The result of the election renders harm
less a revolutionary proclamation that
might have been dangerous to public
order six months ago.
The first meeting of the committee
on ways and means is not encouraging.
No disposition was shown 'to take up
revenue legislation, in spite of the des
perate straits in which the treasury
finds itself. This was to be expected
from Mr. Wilson's committee. The
only wonder is that he does not propose
to reduce the revenue further by put
ting coal and iron en the free list It
is pleasant to remember that Wilson
has only about seven weeks more in
congress.
It is probable that this congress will
pay no attention to the recomendation
of the president that one of the Ha
waiian islands be given to Great Britain
for a cable station. What the answer
of the next house is likely to be is
indicated by the remark of Mr. Hitt
that the United States would better
give a subsidy to an American company
to lay a cable to Honolulu. That prob
ably will be done within three years.
They who are making so much fuss
about the return of Senator Dolph to
look after; his re-election, instead of
sticking to his seat at Washington,
will soon get over it; and two years
hence when Senator Mitchell comes
home on the same errand they will
express high approbation.
The gold reserve has fallen to $77,000.
000, and more coin is going abroad to
day. It is extremely doubtful if the
stock in the treasury will last even till
March 4.
Probably the president has 'not said
that he would call an extra session
early in March, but he will have to do
It all the same.
PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOLT.
President Eliot, of Harvard, has sailed
for Egypt. He goes to rest, and will stay
three months.
The architect of the Woman's building
of the cotton states exposition In Atlanta,
Ga., is Miss Elise Mercur, of Pittsburg.
The Revue de Paris is printing the lit
erary remains of Guy de Maupassant, con
sisting of the fragments of two novels,
extremely cynical in tone.
Dr. F. Buchanan Whyte, who died in
Perth, Scotland, a few days ago, was one
of the greatest Scottish botanists and
geologists. He gave names to many
mountain flowers.
Lord Rosebery, the English premier, is
a great student of the Bible. In a speech
which he made a short time ago he
quoted the Bible seven times, Shakes
peare twice and Aristotle once.
Harry Westcott of Bridgeton, N. J.,
who has been for two or three seasons a
member of the life-saving stations of
Cape May and Atlantic City, has saved
43 lives. He has received a large number
of valuable presents and gold medals in
recognition of his heroism.
In the case of the poet Heine the fate is
reversed of Homer, who was claimed by
so many cities after his death. Heine's
native city, Dusseldorf, has declined a
gift of his statue, and so has Mainz, where
he lived for a time. The poet was too
sharp a critic of Germany to be easily for
given. Timothy Dwight, president of Yale, Is
put down in Webster's International dic
tionary as an "educationalist." Charles
Eliot, president ot Harvard, is classed
as an "educator." And now curious peo
ple are anxious to know what the fine dis
tinction is and what advantage, If any,
the one has over the other.
George M. Stearns, the famous Boston
lawyer, who died last week, was a typical
Yankee, and it was a common thing to
say that to listen to Stearns in court was
as good as going to a circus. His grand
father was Charles Stearns, who wa3 so
conscientious In his ideas of duty that he
refused the presidency of Harvard college
to remain pastor, of a Unitarian parish at
$400 a year.
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PERTINENT DISCISSION.
It Pertains In General to the Election
of n. Senator.
The Dalles Chronicle.
"Man never is, but always wants to be,"
and this truism is made perfectly plain
and apt In the present wild scramble to
get the country on a silver basis. It may
be possible the country will be better,
that times will be better, If the change is
made, but we do not believe such will be
the case. We do not pretend to be a
prophet or to be able to peer into the fu
ture and tell what effect the change of
monetary system by a nation of 70,000,000
of people will have on the world. We
know that today, under our present sys
tem, every dollar of the country's money.
whether gold or silver or paper, Is worth
51. We know that in countries where the
silver is coined as it is proposed to be
coined here the dollars are not of equal
value, but that the silver dollar Is worth
only its bullion value, and not a cent more.
We believe, therefore, that the cause
w.hich has produced such effects in other
countries will produce the same effect
here. What we have in the shape of a
financial policy mty not be perfect, but at
least we know what it is.
Our sliver friends are much in the condi
tion of those wounded Japanese on the
warships after a recent battle, whom the
physicians found hopelessly wounded. The
poor fellows raised their heads and opened
their mouths, with implicit faith in the
skill of the physicians, only to receive a
drop of hydrocyanic acid and death.
Arlington Record.
We want it understood that we ask no
favors of Mr. Dolph and expect nothing if
he Is te-elected. Men become so Infatu
ated with self and so desirous of self
aggrandizement that they lose sight of
principle and base exerything on their
success. The republican party and the
principles underlying It are certainly para
mount to the success or defeat of any In
dividual for the senate. We-say to all re
publicans and lovers of the right, Turn a
cold shoulder to him who would have you
support him regardless of the fundamental
principles of the party he claims to repre
sent We concede that Mr. Dolph is cold
blooded, that he Is not one of the boys;
but, on the other hand, there are a great
many men in Oregon who look at things
as Mr. Dolph does, whose votes will be
necessary to carry the next election. We
have no confidence In the honesty or in
tegrity of a republican who will, knowing
all the facts, endeavor to defeat him for
the senate whom the people, whether of
choice or necessity, have chosen.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer:
We have always considered Mr. C. S.
Jackson, of the East Oregonian, fair and
honest in the expression of his views,
although extremely eccentric in some of
his opinions on public questions. In an
article in Monday's paper on an open
river, after stating the benefits that will
accrue to the Inland Empire after the
obstructions to navigation have been re
moved, he makes use of a style that Is
very similar to the manner In which some
lawyers manage cases before a police
court, and which is not countenanced by
the profession. The following is a quota
tion: "Knowing and feeling these things, the
East Oregonian would be glad to see
elected at Salem a man as United States
senator who would devote his energies
toward the early completion of this great
public enterprise. It would like to see a
man secure the office that would think
more of results and the interests of the
masses than of the profits and the spoils
of the office and the interests of the man
ipulating Individuals and ambitious
schemers. Such a man would very likely
look upon the speedy completion of an
open river as the thing to be accom
plished. He would feel the need of doing
something for the people and the coun
try." Mr. Jackson knows as well as any one
that there were never as bright prospects
for the river to be opened as at present.
Tho jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river is nearly completed. In less than
two years the locks at the Cascades will
be finished, and the ship railway from
this point to Celllo Is inaugurated. What
more could be done we cannot imagine,
and neither can Mr. Jackson, if he will be
honest in the matter. This is all balderdash
about a man from Eastern Oregon being
wanted in the United States senate. A
new man in the upper branch of the na
tional legislature would handicap Oregon
in anything she may need, and Mr. Dolph
has done everything for this portion of
the state that has been requested of him.
Including forfeiture of the Wallula-Port-land
land grant, appropriations for im
provement of the river, etc. Mr. Dolph
has proved himself a friend to the best
interests of the people, and has done more
toward opening the Columbia river to the
"working, producing people" than any
man who has represented this state In
Washington. This demagogism about
"parasites," "plutocracy," etc., has be
come monotonous. It Is used by politi
cians to accomplish party ends.
Mr. Jackson is a democrat, holds a po
sition under a democratic administration,
and, under a populist's cloak, does ex
cellent work for his party. His opposi
tion to Mr. Dolph is because he is a re
publican, and In his defeat he expects to
see the disintegration of the party In Ore
gon. But this will not be accomplished.
The republicans of Oregon need Mr. Dolph
in the United States senate, and he will
be re-elected to the position by the leg
islature that convenes in Salem next
Monday.
Tardy Justice in AInskn.
Sitka Alaskan.
It will be 13 months tomorrow since one
of the prisoners now confined In the Sitka
jail was first incarcerated. He was ar
rested for petit larceny and Imprisoned
to await trial, and now, when a court is
in session, on one, we are informed, ap
peared against him, and he will, of course,
bo released on the return of the marshal.
The constitution of the United States guar
antees a speedy trial to the citizens within
her borders, yet here in Alaska they with
hold the necessary appropriations to hold
court, while her subjects are, in conse
quence of this negligence on the part of
the government, kept In prison.
'Flat'' WordH.
The Dalles Chronicle.
The Oregonian yesterday makes the as
sertion that the Hon. Jonathan Bourne
Is tho head and front of the silver move
ment In this state, and we believe it is per
fectly correct in its assertion. In speak
ing of Mr. Bourne's abilities as a poli
tician and manager, it further says that
Bourne supplies the phrases and argu
ments usei by his puppets furnishing
the "sesquipedalian words of hazy mean
ing." The word "sesquipedalian" is off
particularly happy choice in the connec
tion, since It denotes the giving to words,
as Mr. Bourne would to silver, a measure
much larger than belongs to them.
AGAIN THE TAX.
Mr. Bnckninn Objects to the Assump
tion of Mr. lloyd.
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (To the Editor.)
In this morning's Issue of your paper Mr.
Thomas Boyd makes what I suppose he
calls an argument against taxation of
church property. He states something
about our government being a Christian
government something about the presi
dent and "Sundays excepted." First, I
want to know what makes or constitutes
the Christian religion? Is it a belief in
God? If so, every person in the universe
is a Christian. Second, Is Jesus Christ
mentioned in the constitution of the Uni
ted States? If I read the Bible correctly
it is "Christ and him crucified," that
makes the Christian religion. Third,
What has "Sundays excepted" to do with
the Christian religion? Sundays have
nothing to do with the Christian religion.
Sunday Is not merely the Christian Sab
bath. AH nations and classes of people
have their Sabbath. Does the reverend
brother have the presumption to state that
the observance of Sunday makes us a
Christian nation? If he will look up his
Bible he will find that Sunday Is not the
Christian Sabbath. In fact Christ, the
teacher and founder of said religion, never
kept or observed any day as Sabbath.
The Sabbath Is of old Jewish origin. A
day of rest is required by the human sys
tem. "Six days shalt thou labor, and the
seventh shalt thou abstain from all
labor." Does the reverend brother keep
this commandment? No. He earns enough
on that day to keep him In idleness the
rest of the week.
He goes on to state about certain "patri
otic societies," which he says are organ
ized for the purpose of hampering the
Catholic church; that said societies are
mostly Protestant I would like to know
his authority for such statements. If I
am at all informed on the subject they
are in no way sectarian, and, In fact, they
discourage all such doctrines the Catholic
or no other denomination or religious
sect being mentioned therein, their object
being rather to discourage the predomina
tion of any one sect or class of sects to
the detriment of the community at large.
In regard to the taxation of church
schools and colleges, I will state that such
are conducted for the purpose of gain, a
tuition being charged for the privilege of
attending them. They receive all of the
protection of the law without helping In
its maintenance. It costs just as much
for the protection of property which be
longs to such schools as it does the same
amount of property of an Individual, and
why should the property of the individual
be doubly taxed for the maintenance of
such schools, when he receives no benefit
therefrom? Such schools are intended for
the higher education of the youth, and if
the parents are too "high-toned" to send
their children to the public school until
they acquire a good common-school edu
cation, they acquire such education in
church schools. I think that people so
"up in the world" should pay for extra
privileges, and if they want such higher
education it is proper that they pay for
such in a degree adequate to make such
school able to support itself, instead of
being supported by the public.
He also gives figures which show that
there Is in this state exempt from taxa
tion church property to the value of near
ly 53,000,000; that Catholics own only about
one-tenth of this property, or 5300,000, that
being about 510 per capita for Catholics
in the state; that the Protestants own
about 52,700.000, or about 570 per capita for
Protestants in the state. It looks as
though the time has arrived for those
"patriotic societies" to leave the Catholics
and for a time turn their attention to the
Protestant monopoly.
For the benefit of Brother Boyd and
Christians in general, I will state an inci
dent which occurred not long since in a
suburb of Portland. Some of the leading
citizens of this little "burg" applied to a
property-holder for an acre of land upon
which to erect a schoolhouse, also an acre
on which to build a church. The property
owner agreed to give the acre for school
purposes, but said that the church never
gave him anything and he could not see
why he should give to the church. The
result was that they said if they "couldn't
have the church they wouldn't have the
school." So the inhabitants of this sub
urb have to go about two miles to school.
Such Is the Christian spirit as displayed
by the actions of most of the people of
that persuasion today.
A. H. BUCKMAN.
ONLY ONE CLOSE SEASON.
ST. HELENS, Jan. 8. (To the Editor.)
Having fished for salmon on the Co
lumbia for the past ten years, allow me
to present my experience on the much
discussed salmon protection question,
alongside of Fish and Game Warden
McGulre's theories. I have followed fish
ing In the past, as I expect to do in the
future, for obtaining a livelihood, and am
certainly as much interested as Mr. Mc
Gulre (who never gave the question a
thought until he was selected by Gov
ernor Pennoyer to fill the office he now
holds), In securing legislation that will
be effective and beneficial to the salmon
Interests.
The great obstacle encountered hereto
fore that has prevented the proper sal
mon legislation has been the blind the
ories and fallacious arguments put forth
by those who consulted only their own
greed and interests, and not the real facts
as they exist The views advanced by Mr.
Joseph Paquet in your valuable paper,
some days ago. In my opinion, are the
most logical, and were they embodied in
a law, would afford abundant protection
to the salmon Industry, at least for the
present I agree with him that we should
have but one close season during the
year, and that should be at such time as
the majority of the salmon spawn and
of sufficient length to allow this process
to go on uninterrupted. Those who have
made the salmon question a study, and
reason unbiased, are unanimous in the
opinion that that time is in the latter
part of the summer and through the
fall; so it follows that if we had an
absolute close season from the first or
the middle of July to the first or middle
of October, we would accomplish at one
stroke the result that we desire. Fur
ther: It would so simplify the law as to
make any violations thereof more easily
punished and would allow us fishermen
to devote our time to other pursuits for
a considerable portion of the year, which
under the present law we cannot and
which cause many fishermen to totally dis
regard the short close seasons we now
have, and fish, as you might say, the en
tire year.
Of course, I am aware that a close sea
son, as I have indicated, would meet
with a storm of opposition from a certain
class of Individuals who make and have
made thousands of dollars yearly from
the handling of salmon In various forms
for market, a large part of which is tak
en during the time I have set forth as
a close season, but I am still further
aware of the fact that individuals will
have to make sacrifices for the public
good In this case, as they have been
compelled to do in numerous other in
stances, and that if they are not com
pelled to do so now, there will be no
necessity for doing so in a few years
more.
In addition to the above, I think it
would be wise for our legislature to make
a close season on the Willamette, and
all the smaller streams flowing Into the
Columbia, the entire year; so that natural
and artificial propagation would go on
and could be carried on without any mo
lestation whatever. Perhaps it would be
well to allow parties whose land borders
on these streams to take wha fish they
might want for private consumption,
which, I think, under the supervision of
a diligent and capable game warden,
could be made to work sat'sfactorily.
S. O. JiSr-'RY.
. SEWS OP 'THE NORTHWEST.
Oregon.
S. A. Lowell has been reappointed city
attorney of Pendleton.
The total loss from fires in Pendleton
the past six months was 512,100.
Newberg papers call attention to the
bad condition of the sidewalks in that
town.
A movement on foot to Introduce elec
tric light into Newberg promises to be
successful.
A series of hand-ball contests has been
arranged by the students of the state
university, at Eugene.
Rumors that the woollen mills at Dallas
were soon to be operated again appear
to be without foundation.
The Eugene city council has granted
the right-of-way for a side-track to tho
proposed box and basket factory.
The farmers in the vicinity of Cress
well have 1000 bushels ot choice potatoes
which they find no market for, and are
feeding them to stock.
A game of association football was
played at Fossil, New Year's day. be
tween elevens representing the United
States and Great Britain and her colo
nies. The Americans won by 3 to 2.
William Galloway, president of the state
board of agriculture, has appointed the
following three members of the board as
a committee on programme: Jeff Myers,
Z. F. Moody and J. H. Albert; also D.
H. Looney. to fill a vacancy on the speed
programme.
The line of the proposed division of Linn
county, which Is being worked up by the
people of Brownsville and elsewhere,
comes within six miles of Lebanon. It
runs from the summit of the Cascade
mountains to the Willamette river, and
includes the towns of Brownsville, Har
risburg, Halsey, Shedd and several smaller
towns.
In the revised Woodburn charter, rati
fied at a mas3 meeting, women are given
the right of petition upon the saloon
question, also the right of vote on all
municipal laws, provided that at a regu
lar election the women received a ma
jority of all the legal votes granting them,
the right of franchise. The question of
constitutionality has been raised.
Pendleton young men have organized
a football club, with Claud Ingalls, pres
ident; George Hartman, secretary, and
Henry Raynor, treasurer. Among those
most enthusiastic are: Fred Clarke, Fred
Nolf, Robert Bond, Bert Sams. Robert
Sams, Robin Fletcher, George H. Carr,
Charles Kidder, Arthur Hicks, Roy Rlt
ner, Will Ingram, Dean Shull, George
Hartman, George Halgh, Claud Ingalls.
Harry Raynor, Robert Wrenn, and Frank
Welch.
A petition Is being circulated In Pen
dleton which asks for a special enac
ment by congress granting a pension tor
Mrs. McKay, widow of the late Dr. W. C.
McKay, for his services to the govern
ment during the Indian war, at which
time he officiated in the capacity of gov
ernment scout, a class of service that
has not yet been recognized in the be
stowal of pensions. The paper has been
generally signed, and among other sig
natures are found the names of every
veteran who is a resident of this city.
A form of cruelty to animals very com
mon in Oregon has met with deserved
punishment in Yamhill county. Frank
Stickler, of North Yamhill, was taken
to McMlnnville from Newburg, Tues
day, by Constable W. T. Macy, and
placed In the hands of Sheriff Hender
son to serve a sentence of 20 days in jail
In lieu of a fine of 540 assessed by the jus
tice court. Stickler went to Newberg
two weeks ago, and fastening his horse
In a shed, left it without food for sev
eral days, the animal dying soon after
being found.
Wnsliinprton.
The Puget Sound Poultry Club will open
Its first annual show .at Seattle, Monday.
A Canadian-American club ha3 been or
ganized at Tacoma, with G. L. McKay,
president; R. H. Minons, secretary; John
McLean, treasurer.
Forty bachelors of Walla Walla have
organized a boarding-club. They will
have a French cook, colored waiters, and
will spend 53500 In furnishing the club.
The Puget Sound & Alaska Fish Com
pany has been organized In Seattle, for
canning and smoking fish, and canning
oysters shipped from the East in barrels.
A man who has been sounding in the
bay at Tacoma thinks he has located the
Northern Pacific safe, and wants to sell
his information to the company for 5200.
A diver will be sent down before the deal
is made.
Dr. Emil Borles is being sued at Se
attle for not paying 550 for portrait and
biography in "Julian Hawthorne's His
tory of Washington," Thus does the his
tory of "Julian Hawthorne's History of
Oregon" repeat itself.
Two boys of New Whatcom started for
Portland, Monday, without parental con
sent. They were stopped at Mount Ver
non, and sent home, and will probably be
sent to the reform school. Toss and Bren
neman are their names.
The 34 flour mills of the state turned
out 1,500,000 barrels of flour, of which 600,
000 barrels were exported. The total daily
capacity of the mills Is 7500 barrels, the
largest being the Puget Sound mill, at
Tacoma, 850 barrels, and the Centennial
mill, at Spokane, 700 barrels.
The Snoqualime Falls Electric Power
Company, organized to transmit electrical
energy from the falls of the Snoqualime
river to Seattle and other points, has is-
sued a prospectus showing the nature
of the enterprise. The capital stock is
52,000,000, and 51,000,000 ot bonds is author
ized. The height of the falls is 268 feet,
and the theoretical energy Is 51,607 horse
power. It is proposed to transmit to Se
attle 5000 power-house.
The prohibitionists and temperance
workers of Washington have laid plans
to secure the passage of a local option
law at the meeting of the next legis
lature. This is the outcome ot a confer
ence of temperance people, held in Se
attle recently. Representatives were
present from all over the state, and tho
matter was thoroughly discussed. It was
decided to attempt such legislation as
might be reasonably expected from the.
new legislature. The possibility of gaining
absolute state prohibition was abandoned
for the present, and a local option scheme
adopted.
PARAGRAPHERS' PLEASANTRIES.
She I'm going right home to mother.
He Well, that's better than bringing
mother right home to us. Syracuse Post.
Whenever we eat cranberries we con
clude that we havo found another woman
who doesn't know how to cook them.
Atchison Globe.
Kind lady Here is your breakfast; now,
can you make any return? Weary Waggs
Yes'm; along about May I'll be back
this way; an I'll not forget you. Chica
go Inter Ocean.
Ada I don't believe in short engage
ments. Marry in haste, you know, and
repent at leisure. Ida Yes, but in long
engagements the leisure may come before
the ceremony, and the repentance may be
on the wrong side. Puck.
She (at the dinner) I think our hostess
is the most perfect lady I ever saw. He
Yes; but I notice she made one hreal
early in the evening. She She always
does that It puts her guests more at
their ease. New York Herald.
"Sue, is yer goin ter the Christmas
shindig?" "No; a washpot fell on my
foot, an I kain't dance!" "Well, you km
talk, kain't you?" "No; my feller's so
jealous, he'd have the hydrophoby if a
dog barked at me." Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Youngwed The fellow you sent up
here to work said It was in the agree
ment that he was to be treated like a
man. Youngwed Humph! What did yo-i
do? Mrs. Youngwed Sent oit c 1
J bought him the beer twice. Buffalo Cour
ier.