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The Orcgonn does not buy poems or storlea from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solicita tion. 3so ettmps ohould toe Inclosed for this Durpoee. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 335, Taooma. Postoffiee. Eastern Business Oflice The "Tribune build ing, JNew Tork City;, "The Rookery' Chicago; the S. C. Beckwlth special agency. New Tork. For sale In San Francisco by J. X. Cooper, 740 Market street, near the Palaoo Hotel, and t Goldsmith Bros . 230 Sutter street For sale 4n Oilcago by the P. O. JCews Co., SVI Dearborn street. TOPAT'S WETHER. Fair and warmer; grinds mostly northerly. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1900 1CASB FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY. The dire extremity Into which' an un feeling fate has thrust a certain candi date for the Brjesldency calls for the slgh of sympathy if not the tear of !plty. Few causes of such high -and holy pretensions have ever been made to look quite so distressed and embar rassed. Why has Providence, accred ited with tempering the wind to the tehorn lanib, left this Knight of the Rue ful Countenance naked to his pitiless 2?idversarles? A ponderous discussion has been go ing: on for some time as to -what Bryan "will do for silver If he becomes Presi dent. Mr. Schurz has told in two long betters whathe- thinks Bryan would do, and Secretary Gage has maintained a contrary view with equal skill and persistence. Chairman Jones and DBourke Cockran, Also, have participated learnedly in the discussion. Then it occurred to some unfeeling wretch to ask Bryan himself. It was argued that no ope should know better1 than he whether he would order "coin" obliga tions paid in gold or silver, and tlfat we needn't burst in ignorance when the Icnowledge was obtainable at first hand. Newspaper men were sent to interview him, but he "declined to be inter viewed." He respected the feelings of the silver men ,too much to say he would pay'the obligations in gold, and he valued the good opinion of the gold men too highly to say he would pay them In silver. His embarrassment J was obvious, and a humane opponent would have recognized and respected! it. Yet a day does not pass but some unfeeling Republican demands to know what Bryan would do as regards sil ver. This is cruelty to candidates. There ought to be a law against it. When a. man is up a stump for an issue, he has to grab the first thing handy, "Consent of the governed" was promising, but the consequences of its application in the South has so obvi ously disastrous a bearing on the Dem ocratic electoral vote that the Republi can press has become hilarious upon It to the point of rudeness. Can't a candidate's feelings be respected? Even the South is" turning upon its standard bearer. "There is no Southern white man," says the Memphis Scimitar, "who does not in his heart repudiate that 'consent of the governed humbug, so far as it concerns any other race ,than the Caucasian, or who will agree that any -colored race is capable of self- government." The- Scimitar declares that this is its own belief, ""and, there fore, it is consistent In approving the governing of the Philippines and of this country by wbite men, regardless of ma jorities or the 'consent of the governed.' " The adaptability of this utterance to make the apostle of "consent" look foolish in his stronghold could not pos sibly be increased. The South evident ly knows what danger there is of "con cent" being enforced if Bryan gets in. But it might -be less brutal in the disclosure. Some Republican paper is sure to take the thing up and press it relentlessly home. A fool friend is about as humiliating as an open enemy. The specter of "imperialism" and "militarism" is a first-class asset in the Bryanlte oratorical stock. How It swells and threatens and terrifies! How It corrugates the orator's brow and transfixes his hearers with gloom! Now Is it the part of Christian charity to turn the pages of history and bring to light other such ogres that have had their day and dropped to rest? The scare over President Jackson, who was clubbed "King Andrew the First" and pictured with crown and scepter tram pling on the Constitution, and after ward Te-elected with 216 electoral votes; the usurping ambition of Lincoln, upon whose election in 1864 we were to "sit down amid the ruins of the Republic"; the militarism that was to come in with the elevation of Grant to the Presidency all these things are now revived to make the specter of "imperialism" look ridiculous. This, also, is hard papers. Tammany Hall must have known, or at least should have known, that the doctrine that all trusts are Republican would have to serve as a leading battle-cry in the Bryanlte campaign of 1900. Yet its principal men -unblush-ingly formed the ice trust and put up prices on the sick and poor of the City f New York, just in time for their t. Ion to give the lie to their candi date's pretensions, and prick one of the biggest and rosiest bubbles he had blown for the delectation of rear-platform audiences. As if in collusion with Tammany the Republican speakers and papers Immediately begin to ex ploit this embarrassment of the Dem ocratic nominee, and pester him with questions that discover neither pity nor relenting. Can a. man be put In a hole this way "with nobody to cry mercy? Suppose a man said in 1896 that lour years more of the gold standard would bankrupt the farmers and ruin every debtormust his words be dragged up to confute his prophetic powers today on another subject? Suppose a man lias trained with Altgeld, Tillman and i Jones for four years does that prevent ilm from putting Carlisle and Caffery In his Cabinet if he wants to? Suppose '' he has sworn eternal destruction to the gold standard does that prevent him from going back on silver, once he Is elected? Suppose he talks silver at the "West, "consent" at the East, and trusts at the South can't a man adapt his bait to the fish he is out for? Suppose he does appeal to passion and prejudice what is a man to do when he hasn't any sensible arguments to offer? With prosperity giving the lie to his prophe cies of four years ago, with history hooting down his dread omens of "im perialism," with the South solid against "consent" and giving him its electoral vote through Its very denial, with Dem ocrats in trusts up to their neck where is the poor man to turn, we should like to ask, without subjecting himself to the ridicule of friend and foe? If the embarrassing position of nom inee had been forced on Bryan, it would be different. But the painful char acter of his case Is intensified by the fact that he has been after it, horse, foot and dragoons, ever since the elec tion of 1896. Time would fall to tell of the forced marches he has made into New York ami Maryland, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky, every time a marplot against his supremacy showed his head. The platforms must be what he sug gests, the men who are to do things must be those he picks out, and they must do everything exactly his way. It is superfluous to point out the re finement of cruelty, therefore, in show ing up to Bryan the frailties of Bryan ism. He is in a very deep and precip itous hole, where escape is impossible from his relentless pursuers with sharp sticks, crushing boulders and boiling oil. He is entitled to the active interest of humane societies. He should plead the law against cruel and unusual punishment. COMPLETION OF THE YAMHILL LOCK. The extension of navigation on the Yamhill River, through the completion and opening to traffic of the lock con structed by the Government at La Fay ette, signalizes at once the passing of the old and the introduction of a new era in the lntercommerciai life of a sec tion of the state better Tcnown perhaps in pioneer life than any other except the immediate vlclnltyof Salem and Oregon City. The construction of this lock was a dream of far-away years; the completion a realization which but relatively few of the dreamers of a third or half a century ago have lived to witness. The people of Yamhill County early settlers and their de scendantshave always been loyal to their section. Its beauty has been en joyed, its productive capacity has been recognized, its social and educational advantages extolled, and as a rallying polnt in the endeavor of many citizens whose names have become prominent in the history and development of a great state, "Old Yamhill" has become of more than local fame. Like other sections of the state, it has suffered from lack of transportation facilities, and, like other sections, drained by a semi-navigable waterway, vits people have always been intensely loyal to their river and firm in the opinion that they were entitled to the consideration of the Government for its improvement. The demand for this consideration was made through representatives in Congress, who received the votes of Yamhill County farmers upon direct promises made to present and urge this claim In that body for many years be fore an appropriation for this improve ment was worked into the river and harbor bill. Other delays followed; postponing the long-lodked-for day when the products of a rich farming section could be shipped at McMlnn ville and way stations below on the Yamhill River and run through to Port land without reshlpment or delay. Waiting patience it could scarcely be called has at length been rewarded? and from this time forward "boats win run the year round between Portland and McMlnnville," with plenty of water to Insure quick and safe transit of freight. The Government has done its part, the part demanded. The construction and equipment of the lock at La Fay ette seem to be without defect, and to answer perfectly their purpose. It now remains for the producers of the "sec tion favored to profit by the saving in freight rates which the movement of staple agricultural products by water to the deep sea, or transcontinental ship ping port, permits, and, with proper boating equipment and system, insures. Production should be stimulated by this Improvement in waterway transporta tion. The wheat, hop and hay area of Yamhill County should be increased to an extent that will Insure continu ous and enlarged river traffic, while the railroads will still find profitable traffic in the quicker movement to mar ket necessary for the more perishable products of diversified agriculture, and the passenger traffic which no water way equipment can satisfy. AX INCOME TAX. Bryan, in his Topeka speech, declared for the Income tax, and he now reiter ates this demand in his letter. He re minds the Populists that it is only by co-operation with the Democratic party that they can hope to effect this im position of the odious, discriminating income tax, or overturn the Supreme Court as at present constituted, with a view to procuring a reversal of the decision that declared the Income tax unconstitutional. In the Forum for February, 1897, United States Senator David B. H11L denounced the demand for an income tax in the Chicago plat form of 1896 as one of the causes of Bryan's defeat Among other things Mr. Hill said this of the Income tax: This tax had never before been approved in a Democratic platform, .and,, had never been tolerated by the country, except as a tempo rary expedient in time of war. Tet this plat form proposed to fasten it upon the Nation In a time of profound peace as a part of its permanent fiscal policy. It is an unjust, incuisitorlal and sectional tax. It is a tax upon thrift, industry and brains, and not upon wealth per se. It Is a direct tax. and when not leIed upon the states according to their ropulation, as required by the Constitution, cannot fce Jovled a, all. It -was re-nirded in many quarters as an in defensible measure of confiscation, pressed by tho lmrro Ident or impecunious states, as against the thrifty, progressive and wealthy ones. It was urged by every political ad venturer, ismoramus and demagogue in the country. The demand therefor was part and parcel of the same unseemly clamor con cerning the alleced interests of "the masses against the classes" of which so much was heard In the recent campaign. This income tax is part of the Bryan platform and programme of 1900, and Bryan, in his letter of acceptance, now notifies his supporters that this tax can be imposed only by means of his elec tion and general Democratic success at the polls next November. The income tax was proved to be in practice a sec tional tax, for the records in the office of the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue show that while the whole amount of the tax, as "returned to that depart- ment, for all. the spates, under Je lawj declared unconstitutional by the Sur preme Court, was $15,943,746, there" was returned from the states which, voted for Bryan in 1898 only" the sum of $1,880,201. New York's share was twice as much as all these Bryanlte states, being one-quarter of the whole tax, and yet Bryan reiterates his demand for an Income tax, which in practice would prove sectional extortion. It is urged that England had levied a war tax on incomes from 1803 to 1816; that the Income tax was revived In 1842, and has been renewed from year to year for more than fifty years, yield ing some $90,000,000 in the years 1898-99. But this English tax on incomes is not Identical with our discriminating In come tax. Incomes of 150 are alto gether exempt from taxation. On In comes of from 150 to 400, an abate ment of 160 Is allowed; and on Incomes of 400 to 500, an abatement of 150; 500 to 600, an abatement of 120; 600 to 700, of 70. As a consequence of these abatements and exemptions, a tax of 8d In the pound Is graduated on incomes below 700 by an easy pro gression from complete exemption on Incomes below 150 to an amount equivalent to a tax of "8 1-3 per cent on the total lncome? where the Income is above 700. The purpose of the, English Income tax Is not to impose an Income tax on incomes of $750, deeming that amount necessary for the bare necessary food, clothing and shelter of a family; neither does the English income tax seek to fine a man excessively for-the crime of being thrifty, pushing and intelligent, So It does not attempt, as our income tax law did, to enact a class tax under which the masses shall be entirely ex empt. THE TRUTH OP HISTORY. At Its recent National grand, ericamp ment at Chicago, the G. A. R. de nounced the unfairness of Southern school histories. The criticism of the G. A R. is well founded, but the school histories at the North are open to se vere criticism, not because they are partisan, but because they are non-committal and emasculated, both In senti ment and fact. One of the great publishing-houses of New Tork City dropped Lincoln's "Gettysburg" speech from one of Its school readers because It had been persuaded that the presence of this speech injured the sale of this school book at the South, As a matter of fact, the great book companies of the country have catered to the surviv ing "copperheads" at the North and irreconcllables of the South so obsequi ously that the school histories North or South are worthless. The school his tory vat the South is a partisan falsifi cation and sectional He, while the school history at the North has been accurate ly described as "pallid historical pabu lum Intended to meet all emergencies of school-board criticism." The native born Southern school histories are more respectable in their partisan and sec tional hate than the Northern school histories prepared by great book com panies, which, in the contemptible spirit of greedy commercialism, are as abject publishers today as they were before the war, when Harpers were the pub lishers of expurgated school books for Southern circulation. Yet It is doubtful If these stupid school histories, North and South, can do much harm so long as the leading statesmen of the North and South speak the truth a3 to the facts of the Civil War on both sides. Last week ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert spoke at Portsmouth, N. H., on "Kearsarge Day," words of patriotism so broad-minded that a stranger to our history could not have divined from ex-Secretary Herbert's speech that he fwas a General of the Southern Confed eracy that sent forth the cruiser Ala bama to prey upon the commerce of the North. Among other noble things ex Secretary Herbert said was this: As. we are not dreaming, we are rejoicing over realities, rejoicing that though our con test was bitter and bloody our reconciliation Ja hearty and complete, rejoicing that it has been given us to witness at last that "more perfect union" which the fathers dreamed of in the preamble to our Constitution, but never lived to see. These were the words of a man who helped to make the short-lived but heroic history of the Southern Confeder acy. Now the real future leaders of public opinion at the North and the South will not be men of narrow parti san brain. They will be men of the caliber of Secretary Long, of Massachu setts, and Secretary Herbert, of Ala bama; men too big and too brave to lie. The men of brains who will hereafter lead the public opinion of the North and the South will not resort to scrub school histories for their facts or their logTc, General Joseph E. Johnston, Generals Beauregard, Longstreet, Hood and Vice-President Stephens have written out and published their memoirs; Gen erals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Cox have published their military mem oirs; and comparison between these narratives of honorable soldiers will bring the reader to a fair conclusion as to the facts. As to the argument, that went down at Appomattox. The direct issue of principle between the two forces was the alleged right of seces sion. Slavery got Into the Issue be cause the Confederacy based its system of government and society on slavery as a "corner-stone." It is useless for the South to attempt to justify or extenuate Its old errors of action and opinion by argument. The secession of the cotton states In Janu ary and February, 1861, was neithei right nor politic nor necessary, and the subsequent secession of the border states was absolutely absurd from a practical, utilitarian point of view. The frantic foollschool histories of the South, and the emasculated school histories of the North, will not do any serious harm, because the leadlng'mlnds, South an'd North, will read Joe Johnston, Hood, Beauregard, Longstreet, Ste phens, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Cox, and treat the school histories with contempt. Local, provincial-prejudice will work mischief for years to come at theBouth and the North, but the big men of both sections will accept the gafcifry of the Civil War as told by the gsens or tne men who made It rather than its story as told by the pens of those who shrank from Its perils or were too young to Tcnow its dangers. The Eastern States are growing rap idly, as well as the Western ones. Cen sus returns for complete states have not yet been published, but the fact Is shown clearly by the statistics of the cities as announced. The population of the eleven leading cities of Massachu setts has been announced, and shows a gain ranging from -53.52 per cent In Som ervllle to 25.07 In Boston." This is much above the average gain in population throughout the country, and probably orfcVtt m otTOT-atro trtHMtrfl-i I. Atft&e This growth of the Eastern StateB has been continuous, The census of 18501 showed that Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts ,had gained more during the decade from 1880 to 1890 pro portionately than- had Illinois, -Indiana, Ohio or Iowa. And perhaps ihis same result will be shown bjthe present cen sus. "Vermont, Malne'ahd New Hamp-. shire wllhshow little 'if any gain; as was the case ten years ago, but' there are other Western States besides Nevada that wilt show as small a percentage. This" Is" because the growth In the East Is due to the larger proportion vof man ufacturing cities and towns. As in the case of Massachusetts, these have made enormous gains, greater than those of the agricultural towns of the West. In Massachusetts the twelfth census shows ten cities with more than 60,000 popula tion, which is twice as many as were shown at the census taken ten years ago. The center of population, never theless, Is shifting westward, but it is a slow process, the estimated westward movement having been but twenty miles during the last decade. The relatively small number of con victs in 'the 'State Prison at thlB time Is said to be due to the abolishment of the fee system for the compensation of District Attorneys and certain county officers. It is not shown, however, that society is the loser through this condi tion of affairs, while It, Is generally un derstood that taxpayers are gainers thereby The charge, If true, Is a se vere reflection upon the official honesty of the-constabulary and prosecuting of ficers of the several counties, who ate sworn to vigilance in the discharge of their duties after a full knowledge of the remuneration that they are to re ceive for their services. Official activ ity of the pernicious type is held by this showing to be engendered by the fee system, an Influence that is at least as likely to militate against justice aB to uphold it, and to act as' a menace rather than a protection to community Interests. The-state has no desire to push the convict, list beyond the point demanded by justice and public safety. The statement In explanation of the un usually small number of convicts now doing time, in the Penitentiary may therefore be regarded as a valid argu ment against a continuation of the fee system, unless it can be shown that the larger the convict list the more orderly and safe the community life of the tate. A mild sensation was recently created in speculative circles of a certain order in Chicago by the declaration of Pro fessor Starr that we are gradually changing into Indians. This declara tion is based on the measurements of the faces of a number of people who have high cheek bones and long facial development. The theory Is that when any race has colonized another region, as the Europeans the tropics, their de scendants in future generations assume the characteristics of the natives. This will be regarded as a rather Insufficient basis for so startllnga conclusion. Few people will dive into' the dim possibil ity far enough to lose sleep in wonder ing whether or not we shall return to the copper color of the aborigines and find our chief recreation in sun dances. The prqspect Is not sufficiently Immi nent -to be very alarming. "Q If further prddtwef e needed' of "the' aavaniage" oi aiver3ineo..agricuuure over a one-crop sp,ecal.ty7t.t.he2renoj;ts.Df earnings or Northwestern xallroads this Fall would supply It. The great wheat growing stages of the interior became alarmed early in the season over reports of injury to the grain crop, and the stocks bi certain railroads took a' pan icky tone for a time. But they now find triat the one-crop slavery had passed away, and so easily that the change had not been noticed. When the grain shortage came this .time it was found that there were plenty of other prod ucts to take the place of the grain that had failed And all the. great interests dependent op-the prosperity of agricul ture are 'steadied and supported by this fortunate discovery. The China situation Is evidently in an unsettled state. The powers are evi dently waiting for something to turn up, and such expectations are generally realized. The only power that really seems to know just what.lt wants to do is Russia, and Russia Is in a position fo get about what she wants. That Is, to begin jiwith, Manchuria, and for the rest shewill prefer the status quo until her resources are improved and her op portunity Is at hand. Delay and Inde cision, mutual jealousy and misunder standings, pour water on her wheel. "Abraham Lincoln and Bryan! Abra ham Lincoln and Altgeld! To associate these names together as allies in a com mon cause aye, to pronounce them to gether in the same breath is not only a fraud, it is ja, sacrilege." So said Carl Schurz, speaking at Peoria In 1896, and what was true then is true now, hav ing gained emphasis with the passing years' If the extreme statements of mine owners as to" the heavy emoluments of miners are correct, one Is tempted to wonder how they came to strike, any how. A long strike Is a painful and realistic affair to be undertaken with out any actual grievance. A fruitful source of Inaction in the Chinese Imbroglio la the election season In both Britain and America. Politics is a great discourager. of decision, and that is one of the inconveniences of popular government. The question still is, Does Bryan know as much about imperialism Tn 1900 as he knew about the gold stand ard in 1896? J- Hanna Always Arbitrated. New York Commercial Advertiser. Senator Hanna's frank declaration in favor of arbitration for labor troubles takes special meaning from the character of the man. It must be accepted as sin cere, because ho has acted on It In his business, for the candidly confessed -reason that ho has found it profitable. No man Is less under the dominion of senti ment than Senator Hanna. He is our most perfected type of the business man in politics, and the polltclan in business. In both capacities he favors arbitration as a preventative of social friction and economic waste. Ho counts its money value to his business as he might count that of an election carried for his ptary. He found it cheaper through a term of years to recognize labor unlolns in his coal mines and work out disputes with them through arbitration than to endure the" waste jand loss of strikes. This is 'the pblicy, whether announced as a theory or not, of the sagacious men who control the. only anthracite mnes not yet drawn into the strike. If arbitration ever gets general acceptance as a means of pre venting or ending labor troubles. It will be because capitalists and employers be come wnvinceg xmi it is souna business j policy, that It pays. This la precisely the ground On .which compulsory arbitration was 'established by law In New Zealand. Henry Lloyd's book- puts an end to all mystery about that. The majority of em ployers wanted it, to coerce the minority to Join them in putting an end to the Intolerable loss and waste of strikes. Doubtless, If the details of the legislation were known. It would be found that pub lic men like Mr. Hanna had large part In putting the law through. NEW TARIFF PROMISED. Nevr Schedules Preparing for the Philippine IiilandH. New York Journal of Commerce. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. A revision of the tariff imposed upon Imports into the Philippine Islands will probably be an nounced within a month or two. Tho special commission appointed by the War Department to study the subject has made its report to the Philippine Com mission, and the entire subject is now before Chief Commissioner TafL and his associates. A copy of the new tariff proposed by the special commission has not yet been received at the War Depart ment, but the hints given in the cable from the Philippine Commission mndo public today indicate that a more liberal policy will be followed than in the old Spanish tariff. The action of the Philip pine Commission will not be final, but fur ther changes will be made at the War De partment If the report of the commission is not sufficiently progressive. Colonel Clarence R, EdwardSi Chief of tho Insu lar Division of the War Department, who recommended the appointment of the tar iff board at Manila, suggested at the time that the duties on fruits,, canned goods, cheap cottons, and other neces saries of life be materially reduced. He also suggested that the complications of. the old Spanish tariff be gotten rid of as far as possible. The Spanish tarlfT, in addition to the duties regularly set forth In the schedules, contained various special charges, known to European finance as surtaxes, which were sometimes cleverly manipulated by the Spanish officers for the benefit of thedr friends. Colonel Edwards suggested the abolition of these surtaxes, and it is expected that thls recommendation will be adopted. The now Philippine tariff will not dis criminate directly In favor of exports from the United States, but will be uni form against all nations. The War De partment feels bound, not only by the treaty with Spain, but by the public policy adopted by tho Administration in the Orient, to make no exemptions from im port duties in favor of goods from the United States. It is possible, however, to promote trade with this country by putting low duties upon those articles which are largely exported and In which the United States are the most efficient producers. This may not bo consciously dono in all coses by the Philippine Tariff Commission, but would naturally result from the fact that these articles Include the leading necessaries of consumption and those used in processes of production. It la probable also that special attention has been called to such articles by com munications from the exporters in this country. The work of putting the tariffs of the dependencies upon a scientific basis is admitted to be far from complete. The old Spanish tariffs were the result of so much manipulation, both to permit per sonal favoritism and to meet tho pressing fiscal, needs of the local treasuries, and were so complicated that It has been dif ficult giving them a sufficient degree of simplicity and harmony when they have, been the basis of the new schedules; It ,has not seemed desirable, on the other hand, to wipe out the Spanish tariffs, which had some adaptation to local needs, and substitute so elaborate a mechanism of taxation as the Dlngley law. ;iA revision of the Cuban tariff next year mignt be predicted, it judo, wero to re Mnn YM3ua 4Vt. Atinvnm . ! TTi wtJ 7v" ulZ CTLZiZvrZ"., W4VIC3- fXUD iiOH Willi TV A41W4A TIW41. Jl.hW effect on Juno 15 last, embodied some improvements over the first tariff pro mulgated by the United States, but main tained high duties' upon cheap cottons and other necessaries of life. It was dis tinctly provided that the rates should remain in force for a year, in order to obviate uncertainty and enable Importers to anticipate their needs. The provision for the Importation of railway material, which seemed at first to be skillfully drawn In favor of certain syndicates, was given such a liberal Interpretation by the War Department as practically to permit the Importation of railway material by any one operating any sort of a railway. Manufacturing machinery enters Cuba at an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent, ,ond agricultural machinery at 10 per cent- rates which are not likely to be material ly changed In case It lies with the United States to make another revision. These rates were Intended to encourage the in dustrial development of the island, but have not yot accomplished much In this direction. American capital seems to hesitate to embark In permanent enter prices while the political future of Cuba Is so uncertain. It. is known here from trustworthy sources that the conserva tive classes in Cuba would welcome a continuance of American control, and that if this should be guaranteed there ap pears to be little doubt that capital would flow into the island and important agri cultural and manufacturing projects be set on foot Thus far such capital has been attracted only to electric and steam railways, -whose projectors evidently count 'upon their ability to make money, however uncertain may bo the monetary standard or the sanctity of business con tracts under Cuban law. Altgeld for attorney General. Chicago Times-Herald. In Mr. Bryan's letter of acceptance, Just before he declares that If elected "I shall recommend such additional legisla tion as may be necessary to dissolve every private monopoly which does busi ness outside of the state of Its origin," he makes this threat: I shall select an Attorney-General who will without fear or favor enforce existing- laws. We call this a threat because in a let ter from James Matlock Scovel In The Phlladelphlan we find this' warning. I shall vote for Mr. McKlnley. .... because "William J. Bryan has promised to pack the Supreme Court against civilization and make Altgeld Attorney-General of tho United States. Imagine John P. Altgeld In control of the legal machinery of the Republic. And yet that Is a part of the programme of the man who ba$ agreed to place a Cab inet position and all the Federal patron age of New York at the disposal of Richard Croker. M After the Stormy Weather. Saturday Evening Post.. It's after the stormy weather camp's still and tho flehtinff done;' And we're closer thank God! together, in the joy o the battle won. Under the flae united friendly as friends may be Tho man who marched with Sherman and the man who followed Lee. It3 after the stormy weather. Seo now where the skies bend blue, And light tho stars of tho flaff that waves splendidly over you! The battle-thunders have died away the folds of the flar float frcp. And fainter now are the echoes of tho guns from oyer sea. After the stormy weather! Peace op th plain and hills; No crimson drops on the daisies, no red on tho rippled rills, Only one thought for the country: '"Waves the flaz from shore to shore; Wrongs righted, and, love united, wo are brothers forevermore!' One thought! Let tho sea winds wing It over the echoing deep! Ono thousht! . Let the rivers sing It where the dreaming valleys sleep! . Thrilled, to the stars in music; after the rough ways trod. We are all at home in tho country under the smile of God. FRANK L STANTON. BRYAN'S REAFFIRMATION OF16TO1 New York Herald. Is Mr. Bryan the Democratic party? His opponents assert that he is and in his letter of acceptance he furnishes a basis for their assertion. Iterating his declaration in favor of the free coinage of silver, he declares that the Republican party now, "for the first time openly abandons Its advocacy of the double standard," wheTeas he claims "the Democratic party remains its stead fast advocate.-" In view of the strenuous efforts made at Kansas City to dodge the free coinage Issue and to omit it from the platform It would be ludicrous to claim that the party represented by that convention was "steadfast!' in advocating that mis chievous and rejected heresy. Mr. Bryan, however, refused to learn or forget, and by his persistence triumphed over a majority of the delegates and se cured the Insertion of the plank. There fore, when he talks of "the Democratic party" being the steadfast advocate of freo coinage he obviously If unconscious ly makes known his conviction that he Is the party. Recognizing the fact that about 32 pounds of silver in any" part of the civ ilized woTld now exchanges for one pound of gold, all the governments decline to open their mints for the coinage of 16 pounds of the white metal Into the equiv alent of a pound of the yellow metal. The time when that ratio of 16 to 1 ex pressed the relative actual value of the metals has passed, and the nations of I the earth perceive it. There are Intelligent persons who be lieve that if the great commercial coun tries wero to enter into an agreement for coining silver at a common ratio an Increased volume of It might be put Into circulation, but there is no possibility at this time of any such experiment be ing tried; and even these so-called bl metalllsts admit that It would be Insanity for any one nation alone to open Its mints to the free coinage of all the silver in the world Into coins stamped at twice their instlnslc value and made a legal tender for payment of debts at their nominal or face value. Since anybody under such an arrange ment could have his bullion or spoons stamped Into "dollars" these would be worth no more than the bullion, and the creditor compelled to accept such "dol lars" would be cheated. In other words, Mr. Bryan's scheme means repudiation. Directly there was any chance of free coinage lenders would begin to bargain for repayments In gold, and If the mints were actually opend merchants would make one price for their goods In gold and another price where the payment was to be in silver. The result would be, to begin with, tho ruin of creditors, a commercial panic, and the derangement of all Interests until business could be readjusted to the silver standard, for the gold would Inevitably leave the country and we should be not on "a double standard" but on a silver basis, and with the white metal alone in circulation. Every business man everybody who has studied the question knows that this would happen as certainly as effect nust follow cause. And yet Mr. Bryan In his letter of acceptance again advocates free coinage at 16 to 1 by this country Inde pendently of other nations, and demands "an American financial system made by the American people for themselves." He might aswell denounce.the multiplication .table In use by the""rest'of th'e world and demand "an American arithmetical sys tern made by the American people for themselves," In which twice 1 shall make 4 instead of 2. The country after the preliminary panic and destruction would survive and do business with the rest of the world by a process of incessantly converting the American silver 4 Into the gold 2 of the nations with which we conduct our foreign trade, amounting In the last fiscal year to upward of J2.000, 000,000. As a result of Mr. Bryan's scheme we should have ruin to begin with, and after that the privilege of doing business with perpetual difficulty and loss, with an Inefficient and constantly fluctuating medium of exchange. By their protracted flirtations with the silver question even the Philadelphia platform of last June squinting at free coinage by international agreement the Republicans have justly incurred the comments of the Democratic candidate in his letter of acceptance. Moreover, the currency bill passed last Spring needlessly redeeming Government bonds on a 24 per cent basis and extending them to 30 years on a 2 per cent basis for that Is precisely what the transac tion amounts to,1, with the reduction of per cent in the tax on notes based on the new bonds is by no means a ful fillment of the pledge to reform the cur rency. Its apparent purpose and actual effect has been to stimulate the Issue of bank notes', for which there was no de mand, and produce artificially easy cred its. Still the Republicans are squarely committed to the maintenance of the gold standard, and therefore, despite this Jug gling with the note Issues In the Interests of a special class, their position on the financial question must be supported by all thinking men, as against Mr. Bryan's proposition to pull the props from under our entire system and precipitate repudi ation and ruin. MEN AND WOMEN. An Investigator has learned that of the re markable number of deaths by drowning so far this season not less than 80 per cent of the victims were ignorant of tho art of swim ming. Russian girls have a peculiar way of learn ing their matrimonial prospects. A number of Klrls take off their rings and conceal them In a shallow basket of corn: partake of the com, and the owner of the first ring uncov ered will bo the first to enter matrimqny. Under orders from tho Interior Department hundreds of miles of wire fence are bing taken down In Oklahoma, and cattlemen who put up the fence without any authority what ever are makinr loud complaint. The fence saved them a handsome sum In cowboy hire. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has established a school at Berkeley for tho young women of the Uni versity of California. It Is called "The Acad emy of Lost Arts." and gives Instruction in sewing and other domestic occupations. Twenty cents an hour will be paid for plain sewing, but as the skill of the worker in creases the amount of pay will Increase. The Duke of Sutherland has been asked to accept the office of first vice-president of the "Sober Scot Society," which is to be known In the future as the "Scottish Self-Control Society." The object of tha organization is to oppose treating with liquors and "nipping." Tho Earl of Glasgow and Lord Torplschen are already among the other rice-presidents. Thoush Leonard "Wood holds a volunteer commission as Brigadier-General, enjoys that title and holds the high position of Civil and Military Governor of Cuba, in the regular Artny ho ha3 only his old rank, an Assist ant Surgeon, ranking as Captain, and If be low SO other officers In the medical corps, only tho head of which, General Sternberg, holds a rank as hlsh as General Wood's vol unteer rank. Abdul Hamid does not like the bicycle. It tempts his faithful subjects to gather In crowds to witness races, and wherever there U a Turklih crowd the Sultan scents conspiracy. He does not liko the telerraph or the tele phone, because they enable Inquisitive people to communicate freely over considerable dis tances, and the essence of government in Turkey is to keep everything quiet and every body Jo the dark. .' NOrE AND COMMENT., i j Cleveland is almost as quiet as Bryan Is the reverae. Returns from Galveston indicate that the disaster was almost as destructive, as a Kentucky feud. ' Uncle Paul Kruger will wake up Tpne of these days to And that the British have slightly the situation in the Tfcdw vaal well In hand. A Massachusetts man declined an office that pays I12.0C0 a year. It Is not knoWrt whether he was taken to an asyluna or a private sanitarium. A man was mobbed in New York the. other day for looking liko Joaquin Mir ier. What horrible fate would overtake- a man who resembled Alfred Austin? Reports from Chicago say that Alt gelt is in danger of losing his voice. That 13 the first cheerful news that .has come out of Chicago since the census. Emperor' William has got an autompbllo that will run 60 miles an hour. 'Ho will do well to confine Its perigrinatlons to. his own country, where he Is his own Chief of Police. If many of Bryan's speeches are com mitted to phonograph records and sprung; In after years posterity will feel justified In quoting Shakespeare to the effect that the evil that men do lives after them. The dog-poisoner Is still at his work of destruction. Four dogs, all cocker span iels, have been poisoned since last Wednesday, within a short distance of the corner of Park and Yamhill stxeetsv They were all dogs of exemplary habits and one of them was a puppy of only four' months, who had never been on tho streets and had never done any harm. , The owners of the foully murdered dogs'1, would like to know the color of the poisoner's hnlr. Sporadic cases of poison ing have happened In other parts of tho city and it appears that generally the good dogs are the victims. There are however, no bad dogs; only some are better than others. I was waiting for my breakfast in a chop Joint down the street. And was reading while the waiter brought tha wherewithal to eat; I was looklnsr through a paper which? I found, - upon a choir. ' And wondered why tt)e news all had a strange familiar air; I saw an Intimation of a threatened war with Spain. And thought it strange we'd have to lick that battered state again; I marveled while the learned speech of soma geat man I read. Who, I had thought, for three long years waa quite completely dead. The caper said McKinler was somewhat op posed to war, A statement which it struck ma I had seen, somewhere before; And other thlnz were In It, which appeared so very cueer. That I bean to 'wonder 1C I'd been asleep a year. I looked that paper over, and I looked it through and through. And used lomc deep blue language when the date line came In view, For ail the "news" I'd been surprised so very much to know, Had been set up and left tho press In June. four years ago. In traveling the Journey of life people, meet, keep company for a time, part, travel In different directions till finally their paths cross, perhaps run in the same direction for a little, then again divert, again to cross, till If a chart of their pathways could be seen It would have much the appearance, of the rabbit trails through a down East thicket of birch sprouts in the Winter. Some 27 years ago two draymen named Dong and "Wing formed a partnership In Portland. Long was the strongest dray man In the city and had tho best pull ing horse. Wing was also a powerful man and had the largest whislters of any man in the city. When at worJc he wore these rolled up In sort of chignon under his chin, but on Sundays .he wore them, flowing and allowed the wind to blow through them at will. After a time they parted company and for over a quarter of a century, have not seen each other. The other day Wing drifted in from Alaska looking a little older than he used to and wear ing his whiskers shorter. He called on the firm from whom he used to buy oata and hay and had a chat over old times, and wondered what had become of his: old partner, the strong Long. Hardly had he gone out of the store before Long wasr blown In. 'He had been la Texas. New and old Mexico, and wore a long gray' beard, and used a cane In walking, "for that he had need of it." He chatted awhile and asked after his old partner, and on being told that he had just gone out of the store, started out to look for him. Wing heard that Long was looking for him and started to look for Long, and they have been searching for each other for a week without having met. Just when their paths will cross remains to be seen, but they have been advised to stand on some prominent street corner and wait for each , other and if they do this they are not likely to meet soon. PLEASANTRIES OP PAltAGlIAMIEItS The Dashing Explorer. Polar Kvplorer What shall I call my new book? A Dash, for the Pole?" Publisher No: coll It' "A Dash for the Lecture Platform." Baltimore American. A Test. Edith (to Ethel, who has Just re turned from Europe) Oh. Ethel, were you seasick? Ethel Seasick! Why. Edith. I went into the stateroom and sat down on my beat hat and I didn't care. Life.5 Hopeful Outlook. "Tho weather man's nu merous promises of rain havo failed." re marked Mrs. Snaggs. "Well, he can mako plenty of other promises Ju-Jt as good." added Mr. Snagjs. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Ethel When a man talks nil by hinnelf, what is that called? Mamma Why. that's called a "monologue." Ethel Oh I I see. When tho cats set to talklnr on the baclc fence, that's a "catalogue"," isn't It? Phila delphia Record. The Minister I'm sorry tae hear. Jock, that you're all on strike down at the auld town. I'm surprised at ye. Dinnajre ken that tha Apostle Paul says. "Servjnts, obey your mas ters ln.all thinss"? The Elder-Aye. I ken. but that's just where me and the- Apostla Paul differs. Moonshine. Befflnnlnjc of iHe End. Chlcaco Times-Herald. HE. I do not sl;h for vast estates. Nor treasures others claim; I do not mourn because the fates Deny me wealth and fame. I have to toll on steadily ' To meet our monthly bills, But what is lack of wealth to met. Your love my hope fulfills I v And what care I for talents that Would spread my fame .abroad? You're 'mUtress of our little flat. And I die thanks to God I SHE. I do not mourn because I gava My heart to you, my dearj And I am glad to skimp and tavo And be the mistress here! Your lavo Is more than fame to mo. To rest within .your arras Is sweeter far than wealth cpUId bo, With all Its silded charms": . I hear your footstep in the hall. My heart leaps out to you i But. dearest, money, after all. Would coma In handy, tool . tj