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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.
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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.
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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!
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