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The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot -undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 1)35, Tacoma Poatofflce. Eastern Business Office 47. 48, 49 and C9 Tribune building. New York City; 400 "The Rookery," Chicago; the S. C. Beckwlth special agency. Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by J. IC Cooper, 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros.. 30 Sutter street; F. TV. Pitts. 1008 Market street; Foster & Orear, Ferry news stand. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 239 So. Spring Btreet, and Oliver & Haines. 100 So Spring street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street For sale In Omaha by H. C. Shears. 105 N. B.xteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farnam street. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 W. Second South street. For eale in New Orleans by Ernest & Co., Hj Royal street. On file in Washington. D. a. with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & ivendrick. 000-012 Seventh street. them unless he can make something out of them. We always have timorous souls who dread the purchase of tim ber lands by lumbermen, or mineral belts by miners, or arid lands by Irri gation companies. The ideal contem plated by these persons is of a state wherein large capital will conduct Im mense undertakings, Involving chance of great loss, with no other incentive than the reward of the Just beyond the grave. No lands this side of the Happy Hunting Ground will be Improved or bought except for the purpose of mak ing money and with a good chance of it. THE MORNIXCx OREOONIAN, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1901. TODATS WEATHERUnsettled, with oc casional rain; cooler; southerly winds. PORTLAND, WEDXESDAY, FED. 27. It is quite plain that the McKinley Administration does not really favor the Nicaragua Canal. It makes many a pretense, in that behalf, indeed; but such schemes as the ship subsidy are In high favor with the Administration, and a multitude of other influences are encourap-pd In tVmit. ?,,i-.i . 1 less work against the canal. It ought 10 oe possible to get rid of the obsta cles presented by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty; and a simple way would be to let the English Into their own North west Territory through an Alaskan port But this concession will not be made, partly because that would re move diplomatic embarrassments that obstruct the Isthmus canal. So long as the canal is not wanted there are plenty of ways to obstruct it, even while men profess to favor it. It will doubtless confuse some of our deep-browed publicists to learn that Russia's embargo against American imports elicits resentment from Rus sians as well as Americans. Many of us have been brought up in the school of economics which teaches that while It is advantageous to a people to sell, it Is unmitigated calamity to buy. Ger many understands this perfectly, and while it welcomes the purchases we make there, has sedulously pursued the policy of preventing us from selling anything there. In this country we go on substantially the same principle, for while we marshal our forces to con quer the markets of the world, we point with pride to every decline In purchases from abroad. Russia is In some respects a backward nation, and has not yet arrived at th Ampripsn nr German Ideal. Her people labor un der the delusion that the goods they have been getting from America are of some use to them, and they are dis posed to grieve at their prospective deprivation. To their untutored minds it doubtless appears desirable to ob tain American Hour for purposes of subsistence, and American cotton for eclipse of their nakedness. They have fancied that rails and ties shipped Into Vladivostock from Portland facilitated the construction of their trans-Siberian road, and they have fatuously pre ferred houses of American lumber to the alternative of passing their days and nignts m the open air. The hallucina tion that a man can improve his cir cumstances by buying what he has use for need be entertained no longer in Russia than Is required for -flies of the American Economist to be rushed across the water and placed in Russian hands. Of course, the Economist -will not do this Itself, for it regards all for eigners as creatures whom we should despoil by selling to them, the while closing our doors to their proffered sales. The millennium will never be here until we shall sell unlimited quan tities of everything to all the nations, buying nothing whatever of them. A few years of that sort of thing will doubtless reduce them to a condition where they will have no wares to sell. Since the canteen at the post was aban doned, the number of soldiers seen in this place has increased four-fold, and drunkenness has increased in like pro portion. There are already eight sa loons at this nlnpo ntila -. .o.. ,.nn.i.. -- .v. iu iia.j a. jcaijj license of $750, kind more are to be built immediately, while those already there are increasing their number of bartenders. The gross receipts of the canteen at the post averaged about $2500 a month. This expenditure was to a certain ex tent under the control of the offlcers. Nothing stronger than beer could be bought, and a maximum limit was placed on the expenditure of each man. Now the soldier who goes to Highwood on payday is not limited in his expend iture, nor is his liquor confined to beer. Encouragement of the Boers in fur ther resistance to the British is not a suggestion favorable either to human ity or liberty. The Boers in arms have no government behind them, no organ ized support, no state authority. The warfare they are conducting can ac complish nothing, and is but a cnW waste of life. The longer it is persisted In the more surely it will challenge the British to employment of meas ures of increasing harshness. It is as absurd to say that the English are trying to enslave the Boers as that we are trying to enslave the Filipinos. Liberty and humanity would lose by withdrawal of the British from South Africa as they would lose by the with drawal of Americans from the Philip pine Islands. It is idle and absurd for the Boer commanders to strive further against the Inevitable. Tho ma.iA..i liberty for which they are striving is not the liberty of the modern world and it is not best even for the Boers that it should prevail. There Is a proposal before the State of New York for transforming the canals cf the state into mtom-nva steam or electric barges of ten feet draught, at a cost of $55,000,000. It is the greatest of all waterway KPhm00 since the amount of traffic it would control or regulate exceeds that of any region of the world. It is calculated that two canals from Ruffnin t at bany would accommodate the passage of 500,000.000 tons of freight a year; and its control of railroad rates, for all' bulky and heavy freights, would be su preme. The -lake traffic through the Detroit River Is much greater than the ocean shipping of New York. At pres ent the export part of that business is diverted to many ports. A irnnrf h0: r it goes down the St. Lawrence to Mon treal ana Quebec. More of it is divert ed to Baltimore, Philadelnhln .it,h tw- ton, by competition among railroads and the charges of favoritism toward these cities by slhrht dlffprAntinie i rates has frequently been made. With bucn a canal as this plan contemplates, New York City would b hevnn reach of differentials for all time, and .iimepenaent. of railroad freight service to an extent which it has novor i,fln since the trunk lines began operation. Mixed up with their nartlsnn .nt!n. athy to the Administration proposals, a uummenaaDie aesire to save the Philip pines from corrupt exploitation is ap parent in the efforts of Caffery, Hoar and Bacon to amend the Spooner amendment. Too much erniind nvr- tunately. exists for fear that immense schemes of exploitation are entertained by persons and corporations in close touch with the Administration and with Republican leaders in Congress. It is juuiiux-iani mat if such plans have been naae tney should be frustrated. It Is, levertheless, open to ouestlon -n-hotw oie Dest way to do this is to mnintoin :he present anomalous and unsatisfac tory status. Back of the opposition to :he Spooner proposals Is the mistaken iesire to see the Luzon lands possessed md sold by Aguinaldo and his crowd. mis is a foremost object among the Filipino contentions. Thev wnnt t i ain the lands, including those of the iiuonc unurcn and Its friars, sell hem and enjoy the plunder. Now, very one but an anti will admit that t Is far better for our Gnrommont o take these lands, make such pur- -nases oi me unurch as are neces ary, sell them upon demand, and de- ote tne proceeds to public utilities, ust as has been done with the i.hii! omain in this country, than that the Lguinaiao outflt should devote them to own ends. Unnecessary to An ic lso made of the apprehension that lomebody may profit by traffic In the iinas. Common sense should teach us it nobody will buy them or improve EXTERPItlSE GOXE TO SEED. A typical Seattle exploit Is dlslrwofi on the editorial page of the New York Sun of February 22. It appears that some time ago the Sun contained a long discussion of the supplemental bill reported in Congress by the committee on public buildings and grounds. The bill proposed an Increase in expendi tures in a large number of cities throughout the country, and the object of the Sun's article was to point out these various Increases. The cities dis cussed numbered 39, and as Seattle was one of them it received this modest mention: Seattle, for example, gets $100,000 (by direct appropriation In the sundry civil bill); white the supplementary bill we are considering raises the previous limit for Seattle from $00.000 to $750,000. all of which must be voted ui some ruturc time. To the uninstructed this Is a dispas sionate statement of fact; but to the person whose lot in life has been to ob serve the ebullitions and irradiations of the Seattle Intellect, it is a ferocious attack, to be atoned for only by two columns of pure reading matter ex tolling Seattle's greatness and inviting labor and capital there to work and be worked. So it was Instantly appre hended at Seattle, the secretary of whose Chamber of Commerce thus complains to the Sun: I did not see the article, and therefore can not speak so advlnedly as I would like. I have been directed to present to you a abort state ment about Seattle In the hope of correcting any erroneous Impressions that may have been created in your own mind and In the minds of others concerning this live, ambitious young Pacific Coast city. "With this prelude," says the Sun, "our friend the secretary furnishes us nun a statement, not so short, either, designed, as he explains, to let us and our readers 'know how much of a city Seattle is.'" but It doesn't print the advertisement so trustfully submitted Dy jur. becretary. This is almost as heinous an attack on Seattle as was made a year ago by The Oregonlan. It was then asserted in these columns that 40,000 persons would take passage for Alaska within the year at San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. This was prompt ly seized upon and denounced at Se attle as an attack upon that city, for me transparent reason that the asser tion did not Include the further state ment that the bulk of this travel would be embarked at Seattle. The principle Is thus established that any reference to Seattle not Inclusive of the extensive claims it makes for itself Is an attack upon it, justifying reproduction of large quantities of boom literature, always kept in stock by the Chamber of Com merce. It Is evidently a fact with a future that every time a man opens his mouth publicly in a noncommittal way about Seattle he is sure to hear from Mr. Secretary with information by the col umn, page, pamphlet and trainload. Many persons will thus know there Is such a place as Seattle, and some of them doubtless will wish they didn't. Some judges yield to the importunate widow, while others put her out and lock the door. SOUND REASONS FOR, ,A VETO. The political and economic views of Governor Rogers, of Washmgton, are not noted in a general wayVor sound discretion. He, however, advances rea sons in support of his veto of the medi cal bill passed by the Legislature now In session at Olympia that accord with the liberal judgment of mankind, as based upon experience and observation. The purpose of the bill, as defined by Governor Rogers, was to prevent vthe practice of healing as pursued by a class of medical or remedial scientists called "osteopaths," and to deny to sucn practitioners the title of "doctor." The purpose thus defined Is both illib eral and childish. There Is Intelligent difference of opinion upon the subject of medicine, medical schools and med ical practice. Unlike surgery, which may be defined as an exact science, medicine Is, as everybody knows (and none better than doctors), a series of experiments that are not by any means always successful in restoring the sick. It Is very easy to give medicine that will relieve pain, and thus drug the sentinel at the gates of life, but to cure disease by the administration of medicine is altogether a different prop osition. Though not Intended as a temperance lecture or a lecture upon morality or social ethics, portions of this message oi uovernor Rogers may be held to be Instructive upon all of these points. When he says that "one of the great estpossibly the Greatest ovl! nf nnr times is the indiscriminate use of drugs, narcotics and intoxicants," he but states that which all intelligent physicians and druggists know to be a fact, and that the more humane and conscientious among them deplore. When he adds, "This evil threatens the ruin of the race," and cites in evidence that "our Jails, our hospitals and our asylums are filled with degenerates who form only a part of the ever-increasing army of unfortunates infirm of will and purpose," he merely makes, in his official capacity, a statement the truth of which is patent to all. And finally, when he declares that the "nursery is the recruiting ground for this class of 'ne'er do wells,' " he clothes with plain language the fact that has been Illustrated for a genera tion in the sales of cordials, soothing syrups and "quieting drops" of vari ous names but similar, and, indeed, identical in character, that have found their way into the nursery. To decry this evil and arraign It as a fruitful source of moral, physical and social Ills is not to attack any school of physicians. Nor can any be wholly exculpated. Though in medical ethics all decry quackery. In the practice of most physicians narcotics are too fre quently used, while among the more reckless they are recklessly adminis tered. An example of this occurred in this city a few years ago in the death at a so-called opium-cure of a reputa ble young woman from the opium habit, contracted from the use under her " physician's prescription, of mor phine pills for the relief of-facial neu ralgia and Insomnia that followed the birth and loss of her first child. We cannot, as Governor Rogers cites, "suppose that all of truth has become known, or that wisdom will die with us." The rock-ribbed theology of- a past era was based upon this assump tion; how falsely the science of evolu tion and the widening of the human mind have disclosed. Medical theory was similarly based; but while it hxs learned and is continually learning and accepting new truths, its devotees, when they demand an indorsement of their methods by law, to the exclusion of other reasonable methods of treat ing and healing disease, disclose tho weak point in their contention, which men with open minds call prejudice, and which disinterested tolerance looks upon as arrogance. that the United States necessarily took possession of the country In the capa city of sovereign, and had despotic au thority over the territory acquired by treaty. On.Oqtober 31 Jefferson signed the bill which put him in possession of absolute power over the people of Lou isiana. Thus In 1S03, two years after the great political revolution which had turned Federalists out of office, Jeffer son acquiesced with satisfaction in an Interpretation of the Constitution which he himself had formerly declared made "blank naner of It." The truth Is that Jefferson, pulling every string to obtain the Presidency, was a very dif ferent man from Jefferson the states man clothed with responsibility as the Chief Executive of the country. His ablest party leaders did not agree with him that a constitutional amendment was a necessary remedy, but insisted on the power given by the Constitu tion to Congress to admit new states Into the Union without restraining the subject to the territory then constitut ing the United States. CATHOLIC OPPORTUNITY AND DUTY St. Paul Pioneer Press. Further evidence that the question of the return of the Augustinlan. Dominican, Franciscan and Recolleto friars to their parishes is the central and dominating question in the Philippines Is given in a recent interview with Dr. Antonio Regi dor, one of the heads of the Filipino Junta in Europe. The following excerpt gives the kernel of the whole matter: JAPANESE ESTIMATE OF THE ALLIES The hotbed of vice in this city de scribed by Rev. J. E. Snyder as exist ing In the fourteen blocks bounded by Pine, Second, Flanders and Fourth streets, is typical, perhaps, of all cities where lewdness congregates and the lower passions and appetites of man kind seek companionship after their own sort. While it is not possible to purge cities of such plague-spots, It should not b'e and Is not beyond the jiower of those characteristics of civili zation known as decency and social order to check the growth and abolish the more obnoxious and debasing feat ures of such places. There are degrees even In social rottenness, as rtp:rrlhil by the terms bad, worse, worst. To maintain the first or minimum degree of vileness Is Justly held to be within the scope of practical, Intelligent effort. Looking to this end, the work of Rev. J. E. Snyder In the Whltechapel dis trict may well be seconded, not only by the police authorities, and other officers of, the law, but by the moral force of the community. Radical re form designated as "stamping out vice" need not be expected In this festering pool of all humeln uncleanness, but the elimination of; its worst features and the control of the rest are among the pos sibilities of practical endeavor. Clyde Vaughn, the lovesick lad who attempted to take the life of Lulu Jones, at Jefferson, last Fall, by as saulting her With nn nv Vnr.ou ,.. did not reciprocate his affection, was allowed to plead guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, and so got off with a sentence of seven years in the Penitentiary. "A moonstruck, silly lad," he will. It is thought, in that time come to what poor .wits he has and be relatively harmless when released. A weak-minded person with a mania for having his own way is a most unde sirable member of any community. Hence, for the good of all concerned, himself Included, a long term for him in the Penitentiary was desirable. Con sideration for his youth, however, was nem to justify the softening of the indictment from assault with intent to kill to the charge upon which he was convicted, the maximum penalty of which was ten years in. the Peniten tiary. The consideration is one which will be generally shared, since the tend ency of humane people generally Is to treat with relative leniency the mis deeds of youth. It was the lot of Senator JosephI during the late Legislative session to be a hopeless numerical minority of the Multnomah Senatorial delegation. But all reports are that his dignified and fearless demeanor, .maintained from first to last under most trvinir and annoying conditions, compelled the respect or nis colleagues and the admi ration of all his fellow-Senators. It would appear from the record that Dr. Joseph! did not often prevail against the violent desire of his colleagues to give affairs in Portland a turning-over. But the testimony from Salem is that it was wholly their fault, not his. The dangers of their course were clearly and sturdily pointed out by him, and he never wavered from what he con ceived to be the clear line of His nntv If It shall develop that this term closes Dr. Josephl's sen-ice In the Senate, It will be the county's as well as the state's loss. THE DEBATE OVER THE LOUISIANA rUUCIIASE. PROPHECY FULFILLED. The Rev. John Graham Brooks re cently pointed out that the Woman's Christian Temperance Union In destroy ing the Army post canteen has done'a "simply awful thing. It has spoiled a socialistic experiment that was a step In the right direction. These women have applied the abstraction that It Is not good to drink anything spirituous to politics, and raised havoc Every officer will tell you that the canteen has tended to elevate the entire morals of the enlisted men, having by a wise supervision restrained the propensity to excess. The evil thus predicted has rapidly come to pass, and is already in evi dence at Fort Sheridan, the large Army post just north of Chicago. Be tween Chicago and Waukegan there Is but one village where liquor may be obtained, a suburb called Highwood. The story of the debate over the Louisiana purchase, as set forth in Gordy's "History of Political Parties m the United States," makes It clear that its ratification by Congress, for which Jefferson as a strict constructionist deemed a constitutional amendment necessary, was finally made upon the ground that the United States as a sov ereign and independent. nation had a right to acquire territory. The Feder alists opposed the Louisiana purchase on tne ground that the treaty provided for the Incorporation of the Inhabitants of the ceded territory into the Union with all of the privileges of citizens of the United States. The Federaflsts ad mitted that new territory and new sub jects might be obtained by conquest and purchase, but neither the con quest nor the purchase could incorpo rate them Into the Union. United States Senator Nicholson, the leader of the Jeffersonians, argued that the territories were no part of the United States, that they were pos sessions of the United States, and only became integral parts of it when they were admitted into the Union as states. The territories were in the nature of colonies, and might be governed by the American Government as It saw fit without rlgard to the restrictions of the Constitution. Louisiana was a territory purchased by the United States, and might be dis posed of by them at pleasure. It Is in the nature of a colony whose commerce Is regulated without anv refprnnpn n the Constitution. On October 22, 1S03, a bill was introduced in the Senate which provided for taking possession of the territory and for Its temporary govern ment It gave the President of the United States the same power over the territory which had been exercised by the King of Spain until Congress should decide upon a -territorial form of gov--ernment. The leading friends of this bill mnir, tained that there was -no Constitution so far as territories were concerned; The Dutch were very slow to nrm-. clate the value and convenience of the typewriter. The first machines (Amer ican, of course) were Introduced in Am sterdam In 1SS4, but for a number of years little advance was made In Induc ing their use. American typewriters are, however, now In use there In gov ernment offices, public Institutions, asy lums for the blind, lawyers' offices, banks. Insurance companies, mercan tile agencies, and in the offices of some manufacturers. From present Indica tions the demand for these machines will largely Increase durlne the urg ent year. Slow as the Dutch are, they appreciate a good thing when once they can be made to understand It. The situation in Kansas could not well be worse In kind; In degree It may and probably will become worse, ft can scarcely Improve until respect for law among all classes of citizens ic established. A few murders more or less will not affect the outcome. What the people of Kansas need is to have an honest reckoning with themselves and with each other on governmental methods. The assumption of the virtue that is supposed to lie in state prohibi tion, when they have it not, has led to the confusion worse confounded that reigns In business and social circles in the cities of the state. There Is sound 1udirmnf in n ij 'ing English journal's comparison of the relations between the United States and Cuba, as set forth In the SenatP'c res olutions, and Great Britain's relations with the Transvaal, under the conven tion of 1SS4. And there Is point in the English journal's expression of wonder ment how long the United States would submit to any future III treatment of American citizens similar to Mr. Kru ger's maltreatment of British snhWK. and in its ridicule of the idea of our submitting a dispute between the United States and Cuba to the arbitra tion of a foreign power. The danger is not that Christianity or uomucianism is litter than the other, but that Minftter Wu Is talking too much. Aguinaldo is not among the contrib utors to the Commoner, but he may be as soon as located. There are millions of Filipinos today not op posed to American sovereignty over the archi pelago who refuse their nmnnrl lumn.. v... do -not know what the future attitude of the United States la to be toward the friars. . . . Not one Fllljilno will tolerate the continuance of the religious orders In the islands. The ?.U.eSt.Ion ,s oi much more Importance than po litical Independence, for in it finni nr,-i,-i, u is a struggle against practical slavery. At th pre5ent time no friar dare venture into the In terior of the telnnds for fear of losing his life, and the only way he can resume his former occupation is by relying on the armed support of the United States Army. This testimony Is in confirmation of the statement of the situation made In tho Taft Commission's report, and shows what that report carefully emphasized, that the whole question of the return of the friars Is in no sense a religious ques tion. It Is purely a political question, the burning political question of the Philip pines, Upon tho nroner nnlutlnn nf -n-hiv. hangs immediate pacification and all fu ture progress in those Island. There could be no idea more false or more unfortunate than that the recom mendation of the Taft Commission that the friars should not be permitted to re turn was dictated by prejudice, either against the friars or against the Cath olic church. That such misapprehensions exist can only arise from a failure to have read the Taft report or from a de sire to read Into that report things which are not there. That the friars are charged witn certain abuses Is a fact, but the Taft report makes no such charges. So iar as it refers to complaints of the friars. It merely says that there were such complaints, but It expressly savs that the justice or Injustice thereof has noth ing to do with the determination of the question. That report is a plain state- TS.1 1 Jact- U deals wlth tne number or catholics, the number of parishes, the distribution of the friars, the various re ligious orders, the acreage of their vari ous holdings, the part played by them In the government of the Island under the Spanish regime, and other facts that no one disputes. In not one syllable does any anti-Catholic or antl-frlar prejudice ap pear. It merely seeks to show that the hatred of the friars exists, and so far from attributing It tn ImmnmlU.. - ...... th ng of that kind. It attributes it to political and agrarian motives. For ln- aiance. u points out that of the 745 reg ular parishes all. but 150 were adminis tered by the Dominican. Augustinlan and the two Franciscan orders; that the whole Government of Spain, on the testimony of the provincial of the Augustlr.Ians him self, rested on these friars; that they exerted enormous political Influence, and that the autocratic power which each friar curate exercised over the people and civil officials of his parish caused the na tives to blame the friars for whatever of injustice or oppression they suffered; that the insurrections against Soaln began as movements against the friars, and that they were the first to be attacked, and that "all the evidence derived from every source but the friars themselves shows clearly that the feeling of hatred for the friars Is WOll-nlKh universal nml tvrmo- ates all classes." But the report takes ture io pomi out that neither the Jesuits Benedictines. Capuchins or Paulists, the educated orders, to whom other observers attribute all the progress of the Islands In recent years, are the objects of this hatred. Its objects are only the Domin icans, Augustlnlans, Franciscans and Rec ollctos. who were the embodiment of Spanish tyranny and misrule to the native mind. To show the absolute Im partiality of the report. It Is sufficient to quote a few sentences from it: The Philippine people love the Catholic Church. The solemnity and crandpnr of it ceremonies appeal most strongly to their re- ugiou motives, and It may be doubted wheth- .cr mere is any country in the world in which the people have a more profound attachment for their church than this nan. . . . The feeling against the friars Is solely political. The people would Kladlv eelv n minit.ra of the Roman Catholic religion any save those who are to them the embodiment of all In the Spanish rule that was hateful. . . . The question for the prelate and statesman Is not whether the bitter feeling toward the friars Is Justified or not. but whether It exists. It does not seem to us. therefore, to aid In reaching a conclusion to point out that all the civiliza tion found in the Philippines Is due to the friars. Se It so. Ought they on this account to return to their parishes In the face of a deep popular feeling against them? A popular bias or prejudice deep seated In an Ignorant people la not to be disregarded because It cannot stand the test of reason or evldanr r n-nn.i of course, be of much assistance to the Ameri can cause if the Catholic Church were to send among the people American priests with the love of their country that they have always shown and with their clear understanding of civil liberty and conservative popular govern ment; but It la said that such priests are not available for the work. This 13 a question of purely church policy with which we have noinmg to uo. it is enough to say that the political question will be eliminated if the friars are not sent back. In another place the report points out that "the enmity of the people against the American Government caused by the return of the friars would far outweigh any efforts to secure and preserve the allegiance of these people to American sovereignty which might be made by prlests who are still subjects of Spain and who have not the slightest sympathy with the principles of civil liberty which American Government represents." In a word, the return of thi frlnrs -n-nnM ho detrimental to American Interests and to the people of the Philippines. Nor do we believe that the return of the friars Is consistent with the Interests of the Catholic church. If it is a fact that its representative at Manila does favor the return of the friars, does not that ex plain the wholesale conversions to Prot estantism recently reported? The Fili pinos undoubtedly have learned that the Protestant missionaries sympathize with their dislike of the friars, and In their ignorance they may exaggerate the In fluence of these missionaries and of Prot estant sects on American policy. On no other theory can we explain the whole sale movement to Protestantism recently reported of a people who have always been attached to the Catholic church and for whom the Catholic church can do and has done so much. In the llpht Of these COnslclprnHnnn inl others that might be adduced, we venture to say that the Catholic church can. In the face of Protestant competition, only retain Its Influence In the Islands by sub stituting for the friars some of the learned and patriotic priests of the Amer ican church, who have always shown themselves in sympathy with the Ideas of progress and personal liberty which the Taft Commission is working to real ise, uou me uenmi oi wnicn Is laid by the natives at the door of the four religious orders mentioned. And it cannot be too frequently emphasized that the rights and wrongs of these orders have nothing to do with the matter. It Is a political question purely, but it Is one that can only be solved without friction with the aid of the Catholic church. The Pioneer Press does not believe that the American prelacy will be so blind to the Interests of the Catholic church, and it knows that it tvui not De so un-American as to urge a policy which can only lead to a post ponement of peace and contentment and which would be detrimental to American interests. The Catholic church in Amer ica is American in every sense of the word and will be false to Its history and false to itself if it does not urge the substitution of American priests for Spanish friars. The American people want the islands pacified and Americanized. It can best be done by American Catholic priests- New Tork Evening Sun. The Japanese newspapers teem with estimates of the conduct of soldiers of the composite army serving in Uorth China. Robbery, incendiarism, outrage and murder have been committed by the allies. But by the soldiers of what na tions? Japanese correspondents absolve the American troops altogether. They say that the behavior of the American private has been above reproach, except in the matter of tippling, which Is a common fault of armies the world over. The Jap anese explanation of the clean record of the Americans is that they are men of ed ucation and means. The private of the Ninth Infantry, the trooper of the Sixth Cavalry, and the amphibious marines will be amused to learn that they are regarded as men of means perhaps because the American tourist In Japan commands all the luxuries but without doubt the Amer ican private Is better educated and has a higher conception of manhood than the soldiers of any other nation, bar none. We suspect, however, that some credit Is due that Btern disciplinarian, General Chaffee, for the eood conduct of our men. In Japanese estimation the Germans are seconu on the list for steadiness and mor als, their discipline being excellent. It counts against them, though, that a spirit of camaraderie exists between them and the Russians. The British troop3 are placed third, their general character being damaged by pilfering propensities of the East Indians, who. however, do not -mo lest women or kill inoffensive natives. The French have a bad reputation with tho Japanese, but escape the charge of mur der. It is pleaded In their behalf that bushwhacking service in Tonking demor alized them. An unqualified last on the list Is the Russian, who is adjudged gullty of all the crimes in the calendar. The Japanese speak of his deeds with horror, say that he is not amenable to moral re straint, and charge that the offlcers sel dom exercise a restraining Influence over him. The worst offender Is the Cossack. for whom It may be urged that his cal lousness to human suffering and his ten dency to shed blood on slight provocation are attributable to forcefi miHtnrv service going back through many generations. The Russians may retort, however, that the record which the Japanese made in their war with China In li94 afforded so many examples of savagery that it is bad form for them to turn critics now; and that, moreover, they happen to be on their good behavior because they are under the eyes of Europeans. To which the Jap anese may rejoin that in ISM they retali ated on the Chinese for inhuman torture of prisoners; and that. In their desire to embrace civilization, they ought not to be Judffed bv Tast fijrepssps. Thn .Tnnnn. esa have certainly refrained from Infrac tions of the rules of war In the present Chinese campaign, except In one par ticular, wnicn is discreditable or not. ac cording to the point of view; they have stojen wholesale on a perfect system of organization "In the public Interest." they say. At Tung Chau they appropriat ed 1.000,000 yen of rice. At Pekin they looted the treasury of 2,500,000 taels of silver, carrying it off on ponies to the Japanese Jegatlon, in spite of Russian protests and even attempts to prevent the spoliation. It Is noticeable that In associ ation and sympathy a dividing line runs between the allies on one side the Amer icans. British and Japanese; and on the other the Russians, Germans and French. This condition may have some signifi cance for those who speculate upon in ternational problems In the East. NOTE AND COMMENT. Personal Judge Lynch, of Kentucky, was up Indiana way yesterday. "The bear that talks like a boy" U a more fitting name for Russia juat now. If you are bothered with life Insurance agents, Just tell them you expect to go to Kansas to reside. King Alexander, of Servia. has sum moned his cabinet to Konak. The Invi tation sounds tempting. Johann Most, the anarchist, is writing a play. If Johann wants to keep before tho public he had better stick to dynamite. The animals In the circus Mrs. Na tion Is about to join are living In hopo that she will smash all the bars In tho menagerie tent. Tesla might as well put away his In struments. Mars will take no more in terest in the Earth now the Oregon sen atorial fight is over. Tho Banker's Magazine has an article entitled, "What to do with m,- no coin." Why not let our creditors do the worrying about that? The Turkish Minister to Madrid has ro signed becaushe his salary Is unpaid. If ever a diplomat was entitled to a salary It is after serving a term in Madrid. They are going to abolish clgaretta smoking in Delaware. The state is so small that if the practice was continued there would soon be no more air fit to breathe. The flowers that bloom in the Sprins, tra la Are entirely out of the case. For roses don't cost one a thing, tra la. But ten d for enough for a vase. And that is the reason I say and I sing It's off with the llowera that bloom 'in tha Tra la la la la la. tra la la. la la la The flowers that bloom in the Spring. It was In the village justice's court, and tho Incumbent of the office had fined an Indian for intoxication. The fine was duly paid, and the justice was reaching for his overcoat. "Hoi" on," said the Indian, "me want receipt." "What In the world do you want a re ceipt for?" said the squire. "Well, bimeby, Injun die ago to the Great Father up there. Great Father say. 'John Joe, have you bin ,good Injun an' paid all your debt3?" "I say 'Yes.' "Then he say: "Show merecelpt. I have no receipt. I got to go all the way down to hell to find Squire Martin to get that receipt." They've discovered up in London that the war Is nearly done. And that soon the Transvaal country for old England will be -won. The "sclentlllc thoroughness" with which tho war Is planned Is something, so the British say. the Boers cannot withstand. "With higher mathematics they can quickly demonstrate That they will start the wind-up oiow, and end it while you wait. The Democratic Opportunity. New York Evening Post. The Democratic Senators are to be com mended for the vigor and spirit they have thrown into the nntl-subsldy fight, and, with the assistance of eight or 10 Repub licans, have forced the abandonment of nicht sessions. Senntor Jones of Arkan sas, made the right kind of speech on Wednesdav nlchr. As for thn InlnultoKs subsidy bill, he gave notice that he and nis ireinus woum light It day and night to the end of the session, and would re quire the supporters of It to have a quo rum on hand ail the time. Mr. Jones Was ablv seconded hv Spnntors TVllpr Clay, Bacon, Turner and Berry. A good deal of time was consumed by Republi cans also, especially by Chandler and Nel son, who did not speak on the subsidy bill at all. but used un tlmp. nnd thus gave the avowed opponents of the measure a cnance to rest. The remarks of Sen ator Aldrlch during this night session ought to encourage the Democrats to keep up the fight, and were perhaps In tended to do so. "We understand per fectly well," he said, "that you can kill this bill. There Is no question about that. If Senators sitting on the other side of the chamber desire to take the responsibility, they can kill every meas ure now before Congress under the rules of the Senate," etc. That was a notable hint: "Don't nail his ears to the pump." We persume that Senator Jones under stood It. We hope that he and his col leagues will appreciate the situation and see that here Is an opportunity to pull themselves together and make their party Strom? oncp more bv rendprlnrr o rp.il service to the country a service which the Independent voters throuRhout the country wm not ran to remember in the time to come. Two Sides to the Senator. Chicago Times-Herald. There Is a good deal of hypocrisy In the United States Senate. With a bar down stairs, and no rule against having bottles In their committee-rooms, some of our statesmen nevertheless did their best to Inject Into the Army bill a clause forbidding the importation of liquors into tho Philippine Islands. Many of the Dem ocratic Senators, anxious to lead their Republican brethren Into a trap, did all In their power to encourage the majority to adopt this amendment. After the move had been defeated, one of the leaders on the Democratic side sent this note to one of the leaders on the Republican side: "I have stayed In my seat so long try ing to force this prohibition amendment through that I am thirsty. Lot's go down and get a drink." And down they went, a whole party of prohibitionists. And while they know In London 3ust how long tne war can last. And show with flgure3 that the Boers are woe fully outclassed, A little chap they call Dewet Is calmly mak ing hay And capturing a corps or two of British every day. It's not In reason, don't you knor; the bloom ing thing Is wrong. But, Just the same. It's going on. and going right along-. "The scientific thoroughness" tihat Kitchener will use , To wind the present struggle Up, of course can never lose; But whllo. with science aiding Mm. and every art of war At his command. It still must make that fierce commander sore To have Dewet, without & sign, of science or of art. i Just head him eff on every mcx-ch, before ho getaastnrt. t PliEASAXTRIES OF PARAjGRAIHERS Dawson says tho prettiest sewing machine he ever saw was 17 years old. with short sleeves, low-neck dress, and gaiter boots. Tit-Bits. Pitting Them. Caller Where Is your mam ma. Ethel? Ethel (who has been watching the preparations of cherry pie) Why, she's out In the kitchen unbuttoning a lot of cherries. Philadelphia Press. Art. "Why do you think he to artistic?" "He uses envelopes made of rough paper llko that they use for wrapping around groceries, and so near like his ink In color that you can hardly see the writing." Chicago Times-Herald. An Awful Reckoning. Jerold Tou are going the pace tnat Kins, oiu chap: There's only one end to this sort of thing, you know! Har old W-Whasshat? Jerold Some elrl 'will be marrying you to reform, you, old chap; de pend upon It! Puck. Noblesse Oblige. "What are you staring at, Nellie?" "Oh, please, ma'am, with your hair like that and your diamonds, you do look so like Lady Plantaganet Gingham that I waa own maid to! Are you any relation, ma'am?" "No at least, no near relation. But you can have that pink silk shirtwaist of mine, Nel lie." Life. It Is Ilnninn Xatnre. Salem Journal. The Corbett people were too generous. They gave their case away by allowing the ways and means committee to be or ganized against them. When the Weston Normal School trot no.irlv sznmn in th general appropriation bill. It was only nat ural that the Senate hold It un until thov had scared Proebstel and Thomson of Umatilla Into the Mitchell column at the last moment. Probability Is they had them secured before the measure was al lowed to pass the Fulton Senate. That Is nnlv r.iiTTifin nntitrp Tf voti clp vrmr ona. my a club, he must not be blamed for using it. t Mr. Corbett After the Election. Salem Statesman. Of all the Corbett men who were seen at the passenger station on Sunday even ing before the departure of the train for Portland. Mr. Corbett himself was the mrnt cheerful, lovlnl and fTnn.noturoi He had a pleasant smile and word for all acquaintances, and a stranger would nev er have supposed that he had just passed through an unsuccessful Senatorial strug gle of 40 days. Mr. Corbett possesses sev eral elements of greatness. An Objectionable System. Salem Statesman. If there was any citizen of Oregon out sloe of the political "heelers" who was not In favor of changing the manner of electing United States Senators, so that it might be done by direct vote of the people, he has changed his mind. The re sult of the late session has destroyed all desire to see another Legislature handle the question. In Love With the World. Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. I. I'm Just in love with the world for lo, A face comes back from, the long ago! A beautiful face. With the old-time grace A face I have sighed for and died for so! (For many a death may a dreamer die Ere the last death comes, with a. chill, blind eky.) II. ai,r tho -n-nr-lrl'B thn same? I sea The hHls near heaven, where tha light falls free The holy hills. And tha slnsrlnir rills? ... But a face in a dream comes baclcto me! (How many deaths I have died I know But this Is the face I have sighed for ao!) HI. Is It any wonder the Wintry way Seems bright with the gleams and i the dreams of May? That the throats of blrd3 Have a thrill of words Sweeter than ever the lips could say? The deaths I have died Into dreamland trn- The world God love it! singing so! IV. Singing! The light's In the loneliest place! Singing! The rivers in melody race! The centuries seem Like a dream in a dream And God made the world 'for a beautiful face! ' The deaths I have died! . . . Let them drift to the past There In light in the world: It Is morning at last! The way was not weary, or darkened, or long: There was ever above It a halo of Song; I knew In the Night, God would speak to the Light. And tho rough way would lead where 'the white roses throng. Masters! What matter the deaths we hava died. If Love, like an Angel's, at last at our side? VL Stay with me in glory be with me in grace, Beautiful dream of a beautiful face! Life is fadln; afar Like the light of a star: Hold it fast to the last In Love's tender em brace! Looking not to a bright east, or shadowy west Let us live, then, for Love, till we sleep on his breast! m