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TODAY'S TVEATHER Occasional rain;
brisk and possibly high southerly winds.
precious rascal not only embezzled post
ofllce funds which he squandered on
the racetrack, but he ran away with a
giddy young woman, leaving his wife
and children to misery and disgrace.
It Is not enough that this offender,
apprehended at San Francisco in his
flight from New York, should figure in
sensational illustrated yarns on San
Francisco's first pages; but he must
point, a moral, which that virtuous
press is quick to grasp. There is no
condemnation of the young man's of
fense that were a deduction too obvi
ous and simple for yellow Journalism.
The culpable party to the affair is the
official who licensed the New York race
track where the thief and absconder lost
his money. The responsible offender Is
thereupon held up to reprobation, and
by an easy transition the blame Is par
tially shifted to the San Francisco offi
cials who have also licensed racetracks
in the vicinity of the Bay. We com
mend this reasoning to our casuists who
attribute sin not to the sinner, but to
the dealer In the Implements of per
nicious sport and to those implements
themselves. The moral tendency of
their teaching may be accurately judged
by the source of parallel doctrine in
the Puritanic pages of San Francisco
journalism.
and an American' soldier, outside of the
proper performance of his duty, ought
not to be robbed of any of the funda
mental social rights that are enjoyed by j
other men.
The assertion that a railroad com
pany Is able to exact and secure total
abstinence from its employes, except
during their hours of duty. Is absurd.
Sobriety is1 exacted of a soldier; but
total abstinence cannot be exacted of
him or of any other man who Is al
lowed the right of social freedom dur
ing the hours he is off duty. The rail
road employe spends his "off duty"
hours with his family; the soldier
spends his In the soldiers' club, where
he ought to Ire permitted an opportu
nity for decent recreation under the eye
and control of his officers. But this op
portunity has been taken from him by
the "billy-goat" totalabst-lnence icon
oclasts, and now, thanks to their pretty
sweet wit, the soldier seeks and finds
the saloon in its worst form within easy
call of the garrison post, with its dis
mantled canteen.
PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 11
Grievous fears are entertained for the
losses that lumber interests will sustain
because of the Hoar amendment to the
Spooner clause of the Army bill. They
are, it appears, well founded. Plans
have been matured for extensive tim
ber development In the islands, and
they must now be given over, for Con
gress declines to give the Administra
tion free hand in disposal of the Phil
ippine lands. Yet the fact remains that
Congress Is right and the lumbermen
are wrong. "Imperialism" as a snare
for votes Is a fraud of the first water,
but Imperialism as opposed to rightful
and just expansion Is a real danger,
which must be fought off Incessantly.
"We cannot abandon the Philippines, but
we must not work them as a crown col
ony on the French or Spanish plan or
on the English plan of 150 years ago.
The reply to "antl-lmperiallsm" is our
declaration of benevolent purposes, but
how shall that reply stand In the opin
ion of mankind if we give those pur
poses the He by predatory acts? The
Philippine forests are not for spoliation
by our lumber syndicates. They are
to be held In trust by us for the Phil
ippine people. It is of small concern
how our forest destroyers regard this
blow to their hopes. All the precious
woods and sparkling gems and rich har
vests of the tropics are not worth the
betrayal of a sacred trust.
Perhaps the gravest danger that con
fronts us In the Cuban problem Is along
this very line. At all hazards we must
maintain the pledge we made to Cuba
and the profession we made to the
world. The purpose of making Cuba
independent was ill-advised and in its
origin thoroughly demagogic; but It was
formed and It was declared in the face
of all mankind. "We can assume that
Europe acted upon that profession at
any rate we have no right to assume
that it did not so act It Is a serious
thing, as earnest thinkers are pointing
out, for a people to be led Into thinking
that fidelity to a pledge is not worth
worrying about. How the average man
looks at that sort of thing is revealed
in Kipling's t)oem on "the bear that
walks like a man." It is unnecessary
to minimize the cost of keeping our
pledge to Cuba Difficulties are many
and great. The island Itself is likely
to witness many another turbulent
scene, and not the least probable of
eventualities is a war for us with some
European power. Great Britain's expe
rience with the Transvaal, under Glad
stone's mistaken lenience, shows us
what to expect, but it does not encour
age us to break a promise. Great Brit
ain maintained the agrepd status till
the Boers declared war. "We shall have
to do the same. We could get out of
the trouble by repudiating the obliga
tion, but we must not. The price Is too
high.
BURY THE HATCHET.
The Oregonian's "Washington corre
spondent Is doubtless well-advised when
he says that the Interests of Oregon will
be advanced In Congress if Senators
Simon and Mitchell can agree upon a
harmonious division of the committee
places now accruing to them. Other
wise, points of vantage may be occu
pied by Senators from other states. Tho
suggestion is one which might be acted
upon with profit to all concerned.
Nor is this the only matter about
which Oregon's delegation in Congress
ought at length to abandon strife and
live in harmony. For ten years now a
bitter controversy has been raging in
the Republican party of Oregon. With
out great interest in the personal as
pects of the quarrel which set In at
the primaries of 1890, the rank and file
of the party eventually felt compelled
to take sides, because of the money
question. Senator Dolph stood for gold
while Senator Mitchell went over to
silver; and while their quarrel was on
most accounts to be deprecated, yet
when the effort was made to commit
the Republican party of Oregon to free
coinage of silver, men who understood
the money question and men who knew
what financial dishonor boded to indus
try and business, felt constrained to re
sist that effort to the death, however
much they might have disliked Dolph
or admired Mitchell.
The exigency of that time has passed
away. Two National campaigns have
been fought with the gold standard as
a Republican battle-icry, and two suc
cessive Republican Congresses have en
acted gold-standard laws. We are all
gold men now. We don't have to make
a fight to keep free-coinage men off
platform committees or Congressional
and Legislative tickets. We need well
equipped men at Washington, and we
need men who have .sense enough to
spend their time and energy attending
to their duties and not waste It all in
destroying each other's Influence.
That Is to say, the war Is over, so
let us have peace. Nobody expects, of
course, that Senators Simon and Mitch
ell will join their opposing camps.
Doubtless there is little disposition on
either side to do this, and If there were,
the camps themselves, when It comes
to practical politics, are almost If not
quite Irreconcilable. But what is ex
pected, and what may reasonably be in
sisted on. Is that the fierce hostility that
has so long Impaired our usefulness,
discredited our manners and menaced
our morals, shall be abated. The per
secution and excluslvencss of machines,
whether of Simon or Mitchell, should,
in particular, be superseded by a broad
policy comprehending representative
Republicans, old and young. Mr. Si
mon's congratulatory telegrarn upon
Mr. Mitchell's election, and his subse
quent polite attentions in the Senate,
are moves in the right direction. They
are likely to be received in the same
spirit. Mr. Mitchell has had four years
In which to reflect upon the conse
quences that sometimes flow from too
spirited engagements.
AX AUTOMATIC CURRENCY.
Currency theorists and currency con
ditions in the United States are grad
ually getting together. That Is, as the
Idealists are learning what is practical,
popular understanding Is rising towards
the plane where a scientific system
would be workable. Of the desirability
of an automatic currency, once condi
tions are ready for It, there need be no
doubt, for such a one in action may
be seen no farther away than across
the Canadian border. There such, phe
nomena as scant supply In time of in
creased need or Its opposite, familiar
here, are. unknown. The New York
Journal of Commerce has tabulated the
recent rise and fall of Canada's average
circulation for four months at the be
ginning and end of each year, thus:
Gain, Loss,
Pr. ct. Pr. ct.
Jan.-April, 1S9S ....$35.G52,345 10.00
Sept--Dec. 1SD8 41.305.870 10.1
Jan.-April, 1S99 37,555.257 0.00
Sept.-Dec.. 1690 47.527.3S1 20.8
Jan -April. lf00 -12.GS5.GG0
Sept.-Dec, 1990.... 01,572,840 20.82
part, except so far as we may choose
independently to grant It was not
worth while to chill the present friend
liness between the two countries when
there was really nothing of practical
consequence at stake.
It Is true that Great Britain In inter
national equity has a right to expect
some concessions in shape of seaport of
entry on our Alaskan waters for her
Klondike district, but this was a mat
ter that would have "been considered
with far better results separately from
the Nicaragua question. The refusal to
accept the amended treaty has only
served to Irritate the friends of the
Nicaragua Canal and make them un
friendly to any arrangement that Great
Britain may propose for future settle
ment of outstanding International In
terests. Senator Morgan will carry
enough American jingoes with him not
only abruptly to abrogate the Clayton
Bulwer treaty but he will be able In the
future to stall the settlement of the
questions connected with the Alaskan
boundary dispute. Great Britain ought
to have been practical enough to see
that in the amended treaty she really
gave away nothing that she could pos
sibly retain and utilize to her advan
tage, while by her acceptance of the
amended treaty she did not disturb that
mood of friendliness whose existence is
necessary to secure" a prompt and gen
erous settlement of the Alaska boun
dary dispute, including the" concession
of a seaport to the British Klondike
district.
Great Britain has foolishly refused to
concede something which she really
does not possess the power to prevent.
and she has risked the loss of her pres
ent friendly understanding with our
Government; she has furnished the
American jingoes in the Senate with a
fresh pretext for demagogic rant against
the foreign policy of England toward
America. Building a political bonfire
on the belly of John Bull Is always the
last refuge of a superannuated Ameri
can demagogue or a youthful Irish
American statesman.
The maximum was reached In Octo
ber, the statement nt the end of that
month showing a circulation of I53.19S,
777, an Increase over the previous Win
ter of nearly twenty-five per cent. At
that time the circulation was a little
more than eighty per cent of the cap
ital of the banks, but as the crop-moving
season was past the circulation de
creased thereafter. .
With us, however, there Is an entirely
different story. Instead of these ups
and downs, accurately responsive to the
needs of trade, our circulation Is com
paratively rigid, and once expanded Is
practically impossible of opportune re
tirement. The circulation of our Na
tional banks, with the changes, as com
puted above for the Canadian banks,
was as follows:
Gain, Loss,
Pr. ct. Pr. ct
1.8
Jan.-Aprll, 1S9S..
Sept.-Dec., 1898..
Jan.-April, 1899..
Sept.-Dec, 1899..
Jan.-Aprll, 1900..
Sept. -Dec, 1900..
Jan. 31. 1901
..$220,214,201
.. 230,278.893
.. 243,000.227
.. 244,139,534
.. 2G.1.244.CGS
.. 334.135.b8S
.. 340,821,871
4.4
3.0
7.8
20.0
3.8
OS
The law makes It very difficult for us
to retire bank notes, and impossible to
retire them in any considerable quan
tity speedily. The Canadian banks will
retire during the Winter about ten per
cent of the circulation they had out
during the Autumn. -If our National!
banks did the same thing they would
retire something, over $33,000,000. But.
the National bank statements show an
actual increase in circulation, respon
sive to the activity In last Autumn's
trade. Aso soon as notes become abun
dant, they pile up In New York, lack
lucrative use, encourage speculation-
and menace the Treasury. Nothing'
else Is possible to any great extent un-i
der a bond-secured currency. .
Many brains which are racking their
convolutions for a name for the 1905
fair show a tendency to forget the
primal purpose of the celebration. We
started out to commemorate the expedi
tion of Lewis and Clark, upon which,
and Captain Gray's discovery, the
United States established its right to
the Pacifio Northwest territory. We
need to bear In mind now and all the
time that the centennial celebration of
Lewis and Clark's exploration is the
foundation on which we are to work.
If our ambition prompts us to build
up a Pacific or Oriental exposition on
this basis, we, may see fit to do it. But
the smaller purpose must not be lost
In the larger, because, if so, both will
fall. The Northwest has united with
us for a centennial celebration of Lewis
and Clark's achievement. This vast
Northwest may be relied upon to supply
Impetus and prestige to the enterprise,
and only Its co-operation guarantees
success. Therefore, whatever name
shall be adopted, it seems highly nec
essary that the title shall carry direct
and not slight suggestion of the Lewis
rind Clark centennial.
Pacific College has won the Oregon In
tercollegiate oratorical contest again.
It defeated the University oft Oregon
despite the latter receives support from
th,e state and Is supposed to be the
best Institution In 6regon. The victo
ries which the "little" colleges have
won in debate and oratory go to Indi
cate that awards in intellectual con
tests do not necessarily follrfw state ap
propriations, although those of athletic
competitions may dc so. But the argu
ment for state support of higher edu
cation Is said to have nothing In com
mon with Intellectual contests.
WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON.
The Republicans of this section seem to be
dissatisfied with the election of Mitchell be
cause he advocated free silver at one time.
But pray tell, where Is there a Republican of
National repute that hasn't done the same
thing? Elkton Correspondent.
National repute is hardly anything mbre
than notoriety. Croker, of National re
pute, advocates boss Iniquity. Jim Jef
fries, of National repute, advocates the
manly art. Mark Hanna, of National re
pute, abets the subsidy graft Carrie Na
tion, of National repute, encourages an
archy. If fallacy is proof of statesman
ship, integrity or wisdom, here we have
four very honorable citizens. If the free
silver mania was a compliment to any
body's Intelligence, why I3 it not now?
If we want to extol a man, we forget
his follies. So, if we want to extol Sen
ator Mitchell, we need to forget his er
rors. But, although we can very often
extol a man, we cannot always compli
ment him.
One of the best measures that could have been
enacted by the Legislature would have been
that no new law be enacted for 10 jeara. We
have too much law. Just as the people begin
to understand the laws, a change Is made, and
the average voters doea not know where he is
at. Prlnevllle Review.
Never too much law for the lawyer,
gentle friend. Besides, law Is a mysteri
ous force with which people must not be
too well acquainted. Whenever a voter
does not know "where he 1b at" that Is
his Ideal situation the situation which
was generously designed for him by his
wise lawyer. No more legislation for 10
years would remove the necessity of Leg
islatures, which is unthinkable, since
they are our greatest blessing.
If the City of Portland can't raise the
money to establish woolen mills, we feel like
pasMng round the hat, for we have been read
ing In the Portland newspapers for the past
four years about prospective woolen mills to
be established there. What's the trouble,
anyway cold feet7 With all Portland's boat
ed wealth and advantages, there Is u. certain
amount pf mossbacklsm there which retards
Its manufacturing growth. TVe get an at
tack of the jlmjams every time we read about
.the proposed Portland woolen mills. Tilla
mook Headlight.
Be gentle, neighbor. Remember, you
need a railroad, and will be able to reduce
the temperature of your "pedal extremi
ties several degrees by helping It along.
From a view of the military part of the In
auguration parade, the beholder could have
Imagined himself present at the triumphal
coronation of King Edward of Great Britain,
instead of the inauguration of William Mc
Klnley as President. Eugene Guard.
Why such disparagement? King Ed
ward's coronation was as nothing com
pared with that of Mark Hanna. Our
Democratic compatriots looked at McKIn
ley for a crown, but since they forgot
Mark they did not see It If they must
harp on empire and Imperialism, they
should do it, at least, in the proper man
ner. The talented city editor of the Register
ought to study up a little on his Latin. Here
Is what he says this morning: "Old Sol, the
luminary, was full and etajed out all last
night.' Eugene Guard.
"Old Sol" stays out all the time, both
night and day, and is always full. The
Register talent Is not going to waste.
Besides, lots of Sols, In a plenary condi
tion, stay out all night, so that, even If
the Register man was In the aphelion
of his imagination, he was Htlll In the
perihelion of propriety.
There seems to be some fear lest the Senator,
In gratitude to his Democratic allies, may
feel constrained to divide up the loaves and
fishes among the heathen. Salem Journal.
Sweet Journal, you open our eyes to
something of which we never had
dreamed. We never supposed the Demo
crats stood In for such a contemptible
thing as pelf. We 'Imagined they sacri
ficed themsolves for their constituents
and for principle. We are painfully
shocked at your Insinuation, and averse
to receiving it
HERE'S ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
From the Russian and German pro
grammes in China every right-minded
man will turn with aversion, and with
gratitude that Secretary Hay has sp.
far ordered our own course in happy
contrast to the duplicity and greed that
have Intensified, as they originally
aroused, Chinese resentment, now
standing across the paths both of diplo
macy and trade. Germany is accumu
lating grudges for some bloody tomor
row of vengeaence, and Russia is pre
paring to exhibit the allied powers the
same disregard of professions she has
so long and successfully employed with
Great Britain. There are reason and
justice behind the demands of Europe
for satisfaction, and behind the move
ment of Western civilization for peace
ful subjugation of the Chinese Empire
to modern methods of consumption and
production. But In most of Europe'3
operations in China this basis of rea
son and Justice Is forgotten and pushed
aside in a scramble for advantage that
respects neither the rights of China nor
good faith between the powers. The
ends to be served in China are to up
lift Its Inhabitants through civilization
which will secure liberty to the indi
vidual and multiply his capacity both
to earn and to enjoy. The dynasty that
prevents this is of small concern. But
the method employed defeats Its end.
Peaceful development will benefit Chi
na; but It Is preposterous to pretend
that this end Is advanced with the pres
ent operations. The United States can
not dissent from such procedure in
terms too vigorous or explicit
The sensitive moral nature of San
Francisco Is again assailed by the ap
pearance there of a dissolute and crim
inal young man from New York. This
THE ABOLITION OF THE GAXTEEX.
The soldier's riot at Highwood, near
Fort Sheridan, on Friday last, was due
entirely to the abolition of the canteen.
The kind of logic employed by anti-canteen
evangelists Is Illustrated by the
following extract from the Boston
Watchman:
After alt is said about this canteen busi
ness, the fact remains that a great rallwav
company can exact and secure total abstinence
in its employes. There is no sound reason
why the United States soldier should not be re
quired to be a total abstainer; and there Is
nc reason why the Federal authorities should
not abolish all drinking places within many
miles of most Army posts.
A railroad exacts and secures total
abstinence in Its employes mly so long
as they .are on duty. No railroad com
pany dogs Its employes to their homes
to discover whether they are always
total abstainers from wine or beer at
their family dinner or during their home
life. So In the Army under the old
regime total abstinence was enforced
during hours of duty. No canteen ac
companied an army on the march dur
ing a campaign; the soldier on duty was"
one man; the soldier off duty In the
rooms of the soldiers' club was another
man; the same rule of business was en
forced against a soldier that Is practi
cally enforced, neither more nor less,
against the employes of a railroad; they
are not expected to drink on duty.
The anti-canteen evangelists are so
sand-blind with prejudice that they can
not see that there is no identity be
tween the railway conductor and engi
neer and the soldier; for, while the
conductor and engineer are the execu
tive officers "and brains of their train,
the soldiers are not the executive offi
cers and brains of the army. The anti
canteen evangelists do not, because they
cannot, prohibit the use of beer and
wine by the officers, who are really the
responsible executive brains of the
army. These officers may drink with
out limit at their club when off duty,
while the enlisted men, the mere dumb
cogs of the military machine, cannot
have their beer within the army post
but must drink wherever they can find
it. So these stupid prohibitionists, un-
1 tausrht by their gross failure to enforce
the farce of prohibition without the
army, undertake to enforce It within
the army, with the result that the sol
diers who are denied a chance to drink
beer decently within the garrison, now
drink beer to Indecent excess without
the garrison. The best way to keep a
man a man is to treat him like a man,
XO XEW TREATY PROBABLE.
If It be true that Great Britain has no
Intention of modifying the Clayton-Bul-wer
treaty without a satisfactory quid
pro quo; that the British Foreign Office
holds the treaty in full force on the
ground that, "treaties cannot be abro
gated without the consent of both con
tracting parties," then nothing Is more
certain than the prompt abrogation of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty at the "next
meeting of Congress. The majority of
the Influential leaders In both parties
In Congress are strong in condemnation
of the Clayton-BUlwer treaty as the
most serious mistake In our diplomatic
history, and agree with Secretary Fre
llnghuysen's contention that "It Is void
able at the option of the United States
because of Its violation by Great Brit
ain," a contention that was supported
at the time and has recently been reas
serted In a published letter by ex
United States Senator Edmunds. This
view of Senator Edmunds was Indorsed
by William M. Evarts and by all the
leading lawyers of the United States
Senate In 1882-1SS4, when Secretary Fre
llnghuysen's contention was uttered.
It Is a matter for regret that Great
Britain did not accept the amended
treaty, for the tone of the debate over
Its passage indicated clearly that no new
arrangement would be accepted by the
Senate. The next move will be the
prompt abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty. " Treaties have been repeat
edly abrogated on short notice without
regard to the question of consent of
both the contracting parties, as was the
Black Sea clause of the Treaty of Paris,
which, ratified In 1S5C, was abrogated
by Russia in 1S70-71. The tone as
sumed by United States Senator Mor
gan In his advocacy of the prompt ab
rogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
Is not Just or courteous to a friendly
power, nevertheless It probably repre
sents the feeling of two-thirds of the
Senate. The only effect of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty was to delay final
action upon the Nicaragua Canal bill,
and Great Britain's refusal to accept
the amended treaty left us just where
we 'were when we began.
We could have promptly abrogated the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. With difficulty
we ratified the amended Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty, and Its rejection finds ub
with nothing whatever accomplished so
far as removing the diplomatic obstacle
of a treaty that never ought to have
been negotiated, but has long ago sur
vived its usefulness, and become void
able by Great Britain's repeated viola
tions of Its conditions. The friends of
the Nicaragua Canal will not be con
tent to lose any more time seeking to"
come to a friendly arrangement with
Great Britain; they will now cut the
Gordian knot which they have failed to
untie, by promptly moving forHhe ab
rogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty."
Great Britain had practically nothing
to lose and everything to gain by ac-,
ceptlng the amended Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty will be made without
any concessions or conditions on our
The Oriental liner Olympla, arriving
at Tacoma last week, brought, In addi
tion to her eastbound freight, 628 pack
ages of merchandise for Tacoma and
5992 packages for Portland. And yet
Tacoma indignantly r denies that Port
land supplies the bulk of the In-bound
business for her trans-Pacific line. In
cidentally it might be mentioned that
Portland's patriotic merchants and Im
porters are still wrestling with the
problem as to why the Puget Sound cit
ies show such gains In Oriental trade.
The Daly school law, which was
passed at the recent session of the Leg
Islature, did not carry an emergency
clause, and will not go Into effect until
May. A mistake was made in the local
news of The Oregonlan yesterday In the
statement that " today's election for
School Director in Portland would bo
governed by the section of the act pre
scribing new qualifications for voters.
The election will be held under section
1 of the act of October 15, 1S9S, which
is published elsewhere.
Ex-Senators Carter of Montana,
Thurston of Nebraska, Lindsay of Ken
tucky and McBride of Oregon have
been taken In out of the cold with a
promptness that testifies to the kind
ness of heart of the Nation's Chief
Magistrate. Each of these Senators be
fore realizing that he waB out of a job
was appointed United States Commis
sioner of the St. Louis Exposition and
will draw ?5000 . year with the title
from the appropriation fund.
George C. Brownell going East with Senator
Mitchell causes speculation as to what would
happen to Oregon if these two gentlemen would
perish In a trainwreck. Salem Journal.
This would be a calamity. Indeed, for
never moro would Oregon have a Senator.
Mr. Brownell Is the only man of Oregon
who can nominate a Senator, and there
fore he Is our dearest prize.
It Is funny how many original Mitchell men
can now be found. The rush for tho band
wagon is almost a stampede. The lates-.
comer yells the loudest. Baker City Republi
can. Yet wo Imagine there are some monkey
ing with the band wagon who don't know
how to play a horn. For all such there
will not be enough offices, despite their
zeal.
The Oregonlan takes too seriously the inti
mation of the La Grande Chronicle that coy
ote farming Is likely to become an Important
Industry in Eastern Oregon under the new
scalp bounty law. The Dalles Chronicle.
Not at all too seriously. The coyote
question needs serious consideration,
which even spirits of levity should give.
Now that the smoke of the battle has cleared
away, many are asking what did- the Legisla
ture do. Lebanon Criterion.
Did 40 days and 40 nights. Did every
thing and everybody. Did a great deal
more than was expected. What more
could have been expected than was not
expected?
A Southern Oregon paper says the Salem
hog ls a mere shoat compared with the Port
land hog. Albany Dernocrat
But how about the Albany, Linn County,
hog? The genus Is not unknown up that
way, either. A little while ago It was
roaming about trying to steal a part of
Lane County.
The substantial growth, that Is, the
home growth, of a city is shown by
the increased construction of Its school
buildings. Thus gauged, the growth of
Baker City Is of a very gratifying char
acter, since a contract has been let for
the construction of a brick schoolhouse
to cost 515,000 the third of its kind In
that city.
The new pure food law provides that
consumers no longer shall exercise their
common sense In selection of food. It
provides for Inspectors to do it for them.
In this age of superlative civilization
perhaps it Is better for high thinking
that people take their minds off lowly
matters such as eating.
The Oregon Legislature has reduced
the weight of the bushel from thirty
six to thirty-two pounds. Our Bryan
ltePopocratlc friends should explain
why the new bushel is not worth as
much as the old. Is the government
fiat not worth four pounds?
Although the new Portland charter Is
still being debated, no good comes of,
the dispute. The reason is that the
Governor vetoed the charter. If this
has ndt occurred to the disputants they
need not forget it
A new Fish Commissioner has been
appointed. He will probably be care
ful not to antagonize the Clatsop dynasty.
Oil has been discovered near Eugene.
We hope It is not the unction of natural
gas.
Since Portia Knight, who has sued the
Duke of Manchester for breach of prom
ise. Is not from Yamhill County, and
since Yamhill County beats the world,
explanations are due from "old Yam
hill."
That two kinds of crazy creatures can
not get along well together Is proved by
the news that since the Legislature ad
journed bedbugs have been moving back
to Salem.
An Inland Oregon editor, in a labored
essay, tells us what a beautiful woman Is.
He has her down to such a fine point
that It Is evident his marital troubles
have not been insignificant.
An eagle was captured down In Colum
bia County the other day which actually
was not "the largest ever seen there,"
for It had no dimensions "from tip to
tip."
An Astoria barkeeper serves a cock
tall called the "Carrie Nation smash." It
is better even than knock-out drops.
A girl of The Dalles who served 30 con
secutive Sunday dinners at last succeeded.
They eat Sunday dinner with the old
folks now.
A Salem woman does not bolster her
hair up pompadour any more. Her pet
terrier smelled a rat.
The Silver Republican party of Idaho is
formally departed of this life. These func
tions are never proper unless formal.
Ranges in Eastern Oregon will be al
lotted among sheepherders. Anybody who
wants what he wants should muscularlze
his pull.
Even If barbers are so weary Saturday
night that they have to stay In bed all
day Sunday, yet they do not complain.
Neither do they complain because salaries
are being reduced in consequence of the
Sunday law. They are getting their day
of rest, and that Is what they wanted.
Baker City will build a $15,000 school
house. Baker is increasing not only In
wisdom, but in many other ways.
The Rogue River Choral Union has had
an oratorio at Grant's Pass. Although
the music was sweet it was not the sweet
est thing that ever happened, because the
feminine members of the chorus cannot
be discounted for the sake of the music.
Sumpter (Or.) American.
The Oregonlan asks for a brief, expres
sive, comprehensive and appropriate name
for Oregon's proposed great fair In 1905.
The American suggests the following
name as not violating any of the men
tioned conditions: "The Oregon-Oriental
Universal Fair."
No presumption is meant by the sug
gestion, it being merely In line with the
privileges of every citizen of Oregon, and
1b prompted solely by a deep Interest In
the proposed enterprise. Its rejection will
cause no offense to anyone. Some reasons
In favor of the appropriateness of the title
may be given.
The first great London Exposition of 1851
grew out of the fertile brain of Queen
"Victoria's husband, the Prince Consort. He
was a very accomplished scholar and a
mnn of general attainment and superior
artistic tastes. The suggestion of his,
made at a meeting of the Society of Arts,
was directed mainly to the lines in which
he was particularly interested, viz., the
application of science and art to the
manufacturing Industries. An exhibition
or exposition of such manifestations, to
gether with cognate interests, and dis
plays of art, would foster scientific re
search and insure progress, hence the
terms exposition or exhibition were ap
propriately adopted.
Coming to America's first successful ef
fort In this direction, the mind naturally
turns to the Philadelphia Centennial Ex
position of 1875, which was properly
named, because It commemorated fit
tingly, too the 100th anniversary of
American Independence. The New Orleans
Cotton Exposition followed, at New Or
leans. In 1S85. and then the Chicago
World's Fair and Four Hundredth Anni
versary of the Discovery of America by
Columbus, in 1S93-94. The long name was
soon dropped, and In the public mind it
was simply the Chicago World's Fair;
yet all knew perfectly well what great
historical event it was created to cele
brate. Now St. Louis is to have a great cele
bration in 1903, in honor of the 100th anni
versary of the purchase of the Louisiana
Territory by Thomas Jefferson from Nn
poleon Bonaparte, in 1S03: and the enter
prise Is generally termed the St. Louis
World's Fair. But as it was with Chica
go, every one knows the true spirit and
purport of the St. Louis fair, although
the style of the enterprise Is not over
burdened with verbiage, which, as The
Oregonlan intimates, invariably has a
weakening effect.
The Oregon enterprise differs materially
from the Centennial Exposition and from
the Chicago Fair, which are past, and the
St Louis Exposition, which is to come, in
that it will occur practically at tidewater,
whereas those mentioned are all inland
ports. The New Orleans fair was at tide
water, but. through lack of preparation
and breadth of scope, it was a failure.
The Midwinter Fair of San Francisco,
which was at best but a dim reflection
of the Chicago World's Fair, will not be
considered In this connection.
It will, consequently, be observed that
there have been two potent factors in de
ciding the names of the expositions and
fairs mentioned: First, the events which
they commemorate or celebrate, and, sec
ond, the location, -constituting the area
on which the great events were celebrated
or carried out. Now, as to the style men
tioned for Oregon's fair.
"The Oregon-Oriental Universal Fair"
It is not too long, and Is not void of sug
gestions indicating its great .scope and
purport. Some might wish to substitute
"Portland" for "Oregon," but where only
one can be used, "Oregon" Is unques
tionably the right name. Portland will
get the benefit and realize the "proof of
the pudding in the eating." "Oriental"
not only suggests that the fair will have
many strong world features from Asia,
but that our Federal Government will ask
all Oriental countries to enter extensively
Into the enterprise and lay a broad foun
dation for future commerce. In addition.
this would say to the world that the
greatest event which has ever happened
In the industrial line Is to take place on
the shores of the Pacific; and It is to bo a
commercial highway, enabling all Orien
tal peoples to heartily participate. "Uni
versal" suggests that here will be the
best and latest experiment of friendly
rivalry In the peaceful arts, of all the
world, both civilized and barbarian.
There were powerful reasons, largely
local In their nature, which influenced
other expositions. Here on the western
edge of the American Continent, with the
boundless Pacific, on one side and all of
America, with her advanced life for the
masses, and 80,000,000 of people on the oth
er, is to be the remarkable commingling
of the nations, the experiment of the
ages, the crowning effort of the world s
civilization.
While Philadelphia emphasized patriot
ism and nationality and Chicago marked
an era of great progress and the growth
of brotherly love among the peoples of the
earth, and St. Louis will rejoice over the
fact that the Mississippi Valley was saved
to the United States by Thomas Jefferson,
yet Oregon's celebration will be on still
broader and higher lines. Here Is to be
the trystlng-place. as It were, for the
representatives of the powers of the earth.
Here Influences are to be generated which
are to enter the mass of multiplied mill
ions of humanity inhabiting Asia and the
Orient, and teach them how to live teach
them how to walk on the higher plane
of human existence, whether It be called
Buddhism. Christianity or brotherly love.
Hence, the title to designate such an
event may not inappropriately be "The
Oregon-Oriental Universal Fair."
Such a fair so managed as to reach up
to Its highest possibilities would set in
fluences to work which, in all probability.
might double the present population of
Portland In 10 years after the close of
the exposition. It is to the Interest of
every Inhabitant of Oregon to have Port
land become a great metropolis. It would
Increase the comforts and reduce the
cost of daily living. It would build a
New York for the Northwest, and the
Pacific Ocean would become the highway
of the greatest volume of commerce the
world has ever known to be tributary to
any one port
We are the greatest producer In the
world of practically all the articles which
man must have for dally sustenance and
comfort. We produce more of provisions
and bread-stuffs for food than any other
nation; we produce more of cotton for
clothing: more of iron ore and copper for
use in manufacturing; more of coal for
heating and use In the domestic arts and
Industries; more of petroleum for light;
have better manufacturing facilities;
more ingenious machinery and skilled
workmen than any other nation, and a
more effective railway system for trans
porting these commodities, natural and
manufactured, to the water's edge, and
a great ocean on each side to float them
to every part of the world.
We have all the articles that the world
requires for dally use. gOur rivals, though
numerous, have not the facilities of pro
duction which we possess; but if we deal
fairly by our customers, why may we not
then continue to lead, and why should
there be any possible failure in our con
tinuing to lead the world In International
commerce? Portland is America's natural
gateway to the Orient.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
There ought to be' no difficulty In float
ing the stock of the cork trust ,
The Texas cyclone can scarcely hope to
do anything with Mrs. Nation's record.
Bryan is making an Eastern trip sans
speeches. He will have difficulty estab
lishing his identity.
If King Edward "feels unable to run his
empire, he should remember that Richard
Croker is close at hand.
That $23,OCO,000 check of J. P. Morgan's
was worth more per word than one of
Rudyard Kipling's poems.
Denmark will have to mark those isl
ands down if she expects to find a cus
tomer on this side of the Atlantic.
Perhaps after the Cubans see General
Miles In full regalia they will feel dif
ferently about wanting their Independence.
Joaquin Miller has gone to Texas to
live. Their elements expressed their sen
timents regarding his action on Satur
day. If Senator Mitchell can discover the
Oregon kibosh any place around Wash
ington he will do his state a. service that
amounts to something.
In Missouri an egg has been discovered
bearing the legend. "Prepare, for the end
Is near." The advice was evidently in
tended for the occupant of the shell, but
was written on the Inside by mistake.
At various times the municipal corpora
tion or Liverpool nas obtained powers,
from Parliament to borrow sums (amount
ing altogether to $2,000 000 for the demoli
tion and Improvement of property found
to be unsanitary. This large amount has
already been expended, with the excep
tion of about $35,000. The number of houses
which have thus far been demolished by
the Municipal Council as unfit for hab
itation is 65C0. Liverpool has now In
course of erection 1S3 houses for the poor.
There Is an application before the Liver
pool Local Government Board for permis
sion to borrow $267,500 to build 20S such
houses.
.Colonel Plumer, who made such splen
did efforts to relieve Mafeking from the
north with his wholly Inadequate force.
Is a very quiet mannered, courteous gen
tleman. He invariably wears a well
screwed in eyeglass and he gives his or
ders In the form of requests in much ijhe
same tone as a sympathetic dentist might
use to a patient in the chair. "Sergeant!
You see that cloud of dust on the right?
Try a little pompom please. Thank you,
that Is very nice; Just a little more,
please a little to the right. Thank you!"
"Ask Mr. A., please, to try the 15-pound-
ers on the low kopje to the right." Tho
eyeglass never drops, even under the hot
test fire.
There is a very bright little girl In De
troit whose mother Is now trying to teach
her that she can use her tongue with
both truth and diplomacy. This Is a dif
ficult task, as the child does a great deal
of reasoning for herself, and has the
straightforward logic of an unprejudiced
mind. A certain incident led up to this
training.
The father had a high-salaried position
In a leading factory. The institution was
absorbed by a trust and the father thrown
out of employment In the heat of his
wrath he repeatedly declared that all
trust and monopoly magnates were rob
bers and thloves', and the little daughter
Implicitly believed him. He happens to
be one of those rare men whom, it Is very
difficult to replace, and he was offered his
former position. But, being shrewd and
knowing his own worth, he was not to be
had except for some stock in addition to
his salary-
So he became part of the trust, but did
not understand why the little daughter
looked at him so doubtlngly and was
more conservative In the bestowal of her
caresses. One evening there was com
pany at the house, and the host became
Involved In a heated political debate with
a peppery guest The former made a
statement which the latter flatly denied.
"Why, my dear man," laughed the host,
"you don't mean to call me a liar?"
"No, he don't," declared the little one,
as sha sprang In front of the visitor and
glared at him with flaming eyes, "and I
won't have It My papa Is a robber and a
thief, but he Is no liar!" ,
Explanation as above was soon secured
from the child, and the hilarity following
the expose was the Joy of the evening.
PLEASANTRIES OF PAUAGItAPHERS
A Sure Sl?n. "I am certain that Mlnnlo
Intends to marry Frank." "What makea
you so certain?" "I heard her scolding him
for sending her such valuable presents."
Harlem Life.
Widower (introducing middle-aged and
wealthy fiancee) Come here, children, and
give this lady a ki-s. This is the new mam
ma I promised to bring ou. Little Tommy
But. papa, she Isn't new. Tlt-Blts.
Interchange of Confidence. "And now. mr
boy. don't have anv iecrets from your father.
What are your college debts? Don't be afraid
to tell me the sum total, to the last cent' "I
won't, father. The whole amount Is ?r327 50."
"I thank you for your confidence, my boy,
and I will bo equally frank. You may pay
those debts thebest way you can." Chicago
Tribune.
A Literal Impression. "Some of your pun
ishments are very peculiar." said the stranger
in Asia. "Do jou think so?" responded the
Chinese statesman distantly. "Yes: take, for
instance, all this nonsenso about yellow Jack
ets and peacock feathers, and self-inflicted
,n, "Some of your modes of censure
lmprew me as peculiar, too." was the grave
reply: "for instance, that strange practice of
humiliating an offlciil who offends by taking
him before a tribunal and whitewashing him."
Washington Star.
Victim of n. Delunlon.
Chicago Tribune.
"I have always thought I would like
to live in Washington City."
"What for?"
"What for? 80 I could be In dally
touch with the country's great men."
"Say, If j'ou want to cherish the Idea
that the country sends its great men to
Washington; old fellow, don't go there."
The Fornlen Graveyard.
May Rapley McNabb In Boston Transcript
No costly granite marks the graes.
No fresh-cut flowers grace.
No new-made footprints In the clay, '
To tell a well-loved place;
Only a few old, tottering stones
Grown weary with the years.
With faded letters worn and dim,
But more with rain than tears.
Acres a grave with sunken breast
A timid wild rose creep.
Who knows but 'neath Its perfumed leaves
A pltjlng heart It keeps!
Sometimes a wild bird rests upon
A crumbling rock and 3lngs;
Who knows but from a pitying heart
That tender note he brings?
Here lies a gravo so short and small,
'Twould touch a mother's heart;
Within some breast at some sweet time
It held a larger part.
And here around a faded name,
Are green and clinging vines;
Who knows with what a pitying touch
The tender Ivy twines?
And here's a long anO narrow gravo,
With naught to mark the place
Except a blue forget-me-not.
That lifts Its dainty face;
But who can say it blooms less fair
Upon the pauper's bed
Than where yon tottering stone Is seen
Above his neighbor's head?
The wind blows sadly through the pines;
Alone. It seems to sigh.
Forgotten, whisper low the leaves
That rustlo softly by.
But aht we do not need to He
Beneath a stone to be
Forgotten and alone; perhaps
They live In memory.
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