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THE MOBNING OREGON J AN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1902. Entered at the Postofllce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class mitter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION- RATES. Br Mall (postage prepaid. In Advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month $ 85 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year.... 7 50 Dally, with Sunday, per year 9 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 50 The Weekly. 3 months CO To City Subscribers Daily, per -week, delivered, Sunday excepted. 15c Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 14-page paper.. i... .....lc 14 to 28-page paper 2c Foreign Yates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The prisonian ebould be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed elmply"Tbe Oregonlan." Eastern Business Office. 43. 44. 45, 47, 48, 49 Tribune building. 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C, by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 900-912 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series, Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Fair, with dense smoke; northwest to southwest winds. YESTERDAY S WEATHER Maximum tem jperature, 82; minimum temperature, 72; pre cipitation, none. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. IS. HOLLOW COMPLIMENTS. President Roosevelt must be a far duller and less sincere man than we think he is, If he accepts the congrat ulations of "Washington and Utah Re publicans at anything more than the pitiful price they are worth. While lauding him to the skies, they cover his purposes with contempt. We assume that when the President pleads for gen erous treatment of Cuba he means what he says; we take it for granted that he asks for reciprocity with the island, not in order to earn an empty show of cheap noise and excited acclaim in a parti san convention, but because he is deeply interested in the cause for which he pleads. These Tacoma and Ogden utterances are like the action of the Pennsylvania Democrats, who eulogized Bryan as "our matchless leader" and voted down indorsement of the Chicago and St. Louis platforms. They are like the de cision of the Judge who should compli ment the prosecution oh its able ora tory and then instruct the Jury to bring in a verdict for the defense. These poli ticians for office only and for no princi ple whatever virtually say to the Pres ident: We sncut for you, but we cover your policies with contempt We are for you, but we spit upon all you hold dear. We glory in your sincerity and courage, but for ourselves we have no sympathy with your proposals and our courage is unequal to an apparent dis approval of the little whipper-snappers who have stood up in Congress to defy you on a moral issue. There is a homely old saying, "Love me. love my dog" which means, being interpreted. If you are my friend you will not Insult what I hold dear. It is a principle of friendship that means a deal to every manly man and womanly woman. In any other sort of friendship there Is nothing but hypocrisy and the keenest of affronts. The hostile deeds of -these protesting friends of the Pres ident speak louder than their flatter ing worda CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY. The so-called "loop the loop" exhibi tion that has been given at the Carnival belongs to the class of entertainments that should be prohibited by law as con trary to sound public policy. The rider of the wheel puts his life in peril as the price of success, and even when he es capes with his life he' is in great danger of severe bodily injury. No such form of entertainment should ever be per mitted, since it seems Impossible to se cure the rider from injury in event of accident. In many parts of the country the managers of state and county fairs have abandoned balloon ascensions as part of the means to draw a crowd, on the ground that frightful accidents fre quently take place, resulting in the death of the aeronaut or his compan ions In the balloon voyage. No scien tific or useful purpose is served by the voyage of a balloon, and in this coun try nine out of ten balloonlsts have been killed. The influence of such exhibitions Is bad upon the boys who witness it They are educated to believe that a man has a moral right to follow a call ing at deadly risk of his life for no other purpose than to amuse idle, thoughtless spectators for a money re ward. The necessities of the world's life by sea and land have created many pur suits which Involve considerable peril of life and limb. River, ocean and land steam transportation; the military pro fession, are familiar illustrations of such vocations. The perils and hard ships experienced by travelers and voy agers in exploration of new and strange lands; the exposure of physicians to contagion or infection In their profes sional efforts to care for the sick in great epidemics of dangerous diseases, are also illustrations of risk of life that are justified by the supreme pressure of the public weal. But public entertain ments which involve deadly risk to hu man life through some extraordinary performance are contrary to sound pub lic policy and should be forbidden be cause it is an immoral act for any man needlessly -and uselessly to risk his life for money or the gratification of foolish vanity, and the public authorities should not legally sanction such im moral proceedings as legitimate form of public entertainment. It provokes imi tation and valuable lives are lost in an utterly useless and barren proceeding. Blondln repeatedly walked a cable stretched across the rapids of Niagara River Just below the old suspension bridge In 1S66. and once' carried a man on his back In a -basket, and the same feat was performed by one Leslie. Such exhibitions should never be per mitted, as they are in spirit and moral ity no better than deliberate self-de struction. Attempts at suicide are pun ished severely by the law in Massachu setts and several other states, and reck less trifling with one's life by putting it at deadly risk to make a holiday Is equally culpable. No man's life Is his own to risk reck lessly for v public entertainment. Prize fighting Is forbidden by law in nearly all our states, although prizefighting Is not nearly so deadly an amusement as ballooning. There is no dispute as to the evil influence of prizefighting, and yet it seems to us that all public exhi bitions that involve undue risk to life or limb should be prohibited? They stand for a barren waste of life and bod ily vigor, and for an Immoral Influ ence upon the average crowd 'of spec tators. No man should be allowed to follow a calling which stands for a cynical contempt of so sacred a gift and trust as his life. If It be a moral outrage for man or woman to sell the body to degradation, is It not a moral outrage to risk life Itself for a handful of six pences and the applause of a silly crowd that shudders as It cheers? MISTAKES OP BEVERIDGE. While there Is a great deal that Is good and commendable In Senator Bev erldge's speech at Ogden, Its economic passages are based upon an utterly er roneous conception of trade. His con tentions are such that If the Democratic party had not destroyed the popular confidence it enjoyed ten years ago Bev erldge and those who think with him would put the Republican party out of power for an Indefinite time. Mr. Beverldge Is a fine orator, per haps as well equipped as to rhetorical grace and platform accomplishments as any man In American public life. His tribute to President Roosevelt is happy and entirely sound; for It Is the public sense of the President's sound heart and righteous purposes that give him his tremendous popularity, not only among the masses, but even among those who grieve at the frequent superficiality of his thinking and perceive the hopeless ness of many of his plans. Mr. Bever ldge is exceedingly effective, also, in his presentation of the National finances and the growth of the country under Republican rule. The record is in evi dence, and while ridicule may assail the Implied ascription of good crops and American inventive genius to party aus pices, the fact remains that natural benefits have not been frustrated by mismanagement, and every thinking man knows that present prosperity Is attributable to o'ur espousal of the gold standard as much as to any other single cause. But on the subject of foreign "markets Mr. Beverldge Is'slpiply Indefensible. He says distinctly that freer Ingress for foreign goods does not open foreign markets to American goods. Theory and experience alike demonstrate his error. Tariff discrimination has been defended on the plea of the home mar ket, and the plea has been allowed. But when tariff discrimination Is pressed Into service as the open, sesame for for eign markets, It is time to protest. We have been told all these years that the United States must stand by pro tection, because the home market is the main thing. When we got to Great Britain's situation and wanted a world commerce, then free trade would be our proper course. Senator Beverldge says that the need of the United States for the twentieth century Is new markets for American products; yet he proposes to go after them with the same old blun derbuss of tariff hostility. His motto Is vinegar for flies. He cannot see how Great Britain, opening her ports to the trade of the world, has thereby become the great supply depot of the globe. He looks upon trade ast something you have to go out after with a gun, whereas the native promptings of hu manity can always be depended upon to rush In with orders where the facilities to buy and sell are inviting. Reciprocity as Senator Beverldge con ceives it, as Kasson negotiates It, and as the Republican party In Congres3 juggles with it, is totally false in concep tion, because It is not an invitation, but a club. Ostensibly for freer trade, it Is In purpose predatory, belligerent, retal iatory. It is Impossible to build up trade through a system of sharp bar gaining with one country after another, offending ten to every one you favor with special and discriminating privi leges. Our heaviest customer is Great Britain; and it Is simply barbaric to propose to put a high tariff on her man ufactures while giving special rates to France and Germany. The discrimina tion that lies behind our reciprocity programme is the explanation of its fail ure hitherto and its nrobable failure hereafter. One reason why Mr. Beverldge and so many others are led into this erroneous conception of trade is that they miscon ceive the function of government Itself. The need of American Industry Is for eign markets. But it is not the business of the Government at Washington to supply them. It Is the Government's business to reduce Its own Interference with trade and productive Industry to the minimum. It should give every man under the flag, high or low, the largest possible play for the exercise of his tal ents, industry and thrift. But it is no part of the Government's mission to harness up the machinery of govern ment and go out and get foreign mar kets for any man, however humble, or any corporation, however powerful. 1 Every tariff on Imports is a tax on ex ports. The duties on Chinese silks and Manila hemp and Japanese matting and East Indian sugar are paid by the Ore gon farmer In that much less price for his flour. Imposed through that much higher charge for ocean" tonnage. We can tell Senator "Beverldge and the other Republican leaders why they harp so loudly and continuously upon the reciprocity humbug. It is because they realize the pressing necessity and duty of tariff reform, but they are not permitted to reform the tariff In the honest, straightforward way, because they are too much beholden to and dom inated by the great protected corpora tiona The tariff should come" off from iron and steel, salt and paper, shoes and machinery, steel rails and tin-plate. Instead of this, every reciprocity treaty that has been negotiated confers special privileges on our great protected cor porations that no longer need protec tion. It Is time the Republican party directed some of Its attention to the con suming masses instead of the great surplus-exporting corporations. Considerable mystery attaches to the recent heavy buying of Missouri Pacific stock in Wall street On one hand it is alleged that the Pennsylvania Railroad is getting control of the main Gould property, and on the other the activity Is said to be caused by heavy Inside buying, which would mean that the Goulda are strengthening their hold upon It The latter Is the more proba ble theory, because a movement from the outside resulting in the transfer of nearly half the total shares of the cor poration would almost surely have brought higher prices than have been quoted. And it Is not likely that the Goulds are parting with so essential a part of their railroad holdings. THE FIRES AND THEIR OBVIOUS LESSON. Fire has been a most efficient assist ant to the farmer In clearing his land of refuse timber, stumps, roots and brush. Without the employment of that agency It would have been Impractica ble to put under the plow vast areas of fertile lands In the Willamette Valley and in the foothills of the Cascade and Coast Range Mountains. But Its power as a servant Is no less than its power as a master, and when given control as it has been in the last few days its de structlveness knows no limit except the supply of combustible material. Ma terial is not wanting and only a drench ing rain will render It incombustible. Unfortunately ' there is no present indi cation of rain, and there Is little to do except guard against the setting of more fires, while the course of those now burning Is awaited with anxious inter est Reports received from various points In Oregon and Washington show that the loss caused by the burning of fences, barns and dwellings will be great Yet the danger most to be feared Is not the destruction of property in the settled portion of these two states. Losses of this kind must be small compared with the enormous devastation and ruin that will follow If the fire once gets a start In the great forests of Jthe Cascade and Coast Range Mountains. The millions of acres of whitened tree trunks that have stood for fifty years as the ghosts of mighty firs that once grew along the western slope of the Coast Range. from Tillamook south to the Yaqulna show what awful consequences may follow when a fire has once gained headway under favorable conditions. The forests of the Nehalem, the Santlam, the Mc Kenzle, the Upper Willamette, the Rogue and the Umpqua contain a wealth the extent of which has not yet been comprehended. Yet all these for ests, together with those north of the Columbia, seem threatened with de struction by fire. Such a result of the fires now raging In every part of West ern Oregon and Washington, would be the greatest calamity that has ever be fallen the Pacific Northwest. While the damage is yet undeter mined, one can but feel that those who have been guilty of negligence In start ing the fires should be brought Immedi ately to answer for their offense. The laws of the state are particularly strin gent regarding the setting of fires; and the protection of our forest resources de mands that these be strictly enforced, even when the loss has been compara tively light People must learn that when they set fires, on their own land but under conditions which permit the fire to extend to the lands of another, they violate the criminal laws and are liable to punishment. Let a few of those who are criminally careless be punished, and the wanton disregard of the property rights of others will cease. The purpose of the law is not to punish offenders after our extensive forests have been destroyed, but to prevent that destruction by punishing those who start fires of lesser magnitude. The farmer who starts a fire to clear his land Is to be commended. If he has taken precautions to protect the rights of others. Residents of this and the ad Joining state on the north would will ingly endure the inconvenience of smoke and falling ashes if the discomfort is necessary for the enlarging of our pro ducing area. But the setting of fires under the conditions which have pre vailed In most instances is as unwise and as vicious as it Is unnecessary. Back In the mountains the fires have had their beginning In the smoldering coals of campflres. According to the reports of the forest reserve officials, the forest patrolmen have been com pelled year after year to put out fires that have been left by hunters or tour ists. If they would arrest and secure the conviction of a few of the offenders, they would not only lighten their own labors, but would do more than they ever have done toward the permanent pro tection of our forests. ' ON ITS BEAM ENDS. The remarkable showing made by the license Republican nominee for Gover nor of Vermont in last week's election can only be taken as proof positive that the farce of prohibition Is- at length fully apprehended In that state, and may look forward to Its Inevitable abol ishment" in no far distant future. The prohibitory liquor law and Its history In Vermont have recently been made the subject of editorial review and crit icism by the New York Evening Post, the Springfield. Republican, the Boston Herald, the Philadelphia Press and the New York Sun, and these intelligent journals, representing various shades of political opinion, all agree In the vicious and demoralizing consequences of pro hibition. The New York Evening Post points out that the present very wide spread and deep-seated discontent with the liquor law In Vermont Is due to the nature of the law, which violates the fundamental rights of citizenship, pro motes perjury, demoralizes juries and prosecuting officers, corrupts magis trates and constables, burdens the counties with heavy costs, and in towns of any size completely fails to stop the sale of drink. The original prohibitory law authorized constables to enter dwellings or other places without war rant and seize liquors found there. It commanded persons arrested for being drunk to disclose under oath .the name of the person from whom they obtained the liquor and empowered any Justice of the Peace to commit to jail a prisoner who refused to disclose it The Post points out that these provis ions cannot be reconciled with the con stitution of Vermont, which provides that "the people have a right to hold, themselves, their houses, papers and possessions free from search or seiz ure," forbids warrants unsupported by oath or not directed to a particular officer to make search, or directing the seizure of persons or property not par ticularly described. Such a law con flicts with the article of the Constitu tion of the United States forbidding un reasonable searches and regulating warrants, and with the article prescrib ing the method of criminal prosecutions. Under the original prohibitory statute a complaint need allege only that the respondent 60ld liquor "at divers times," and It was not necessary to speclfy"the kind or quantity of liquor, "nqf the na ture, date or place of the offense." Under this statute enormous fines were imposed; Inquisitorial methods of trial employed. Inferior courts were enabled to Imprison citizens for Indefi nite periods; paid spies and informers were Introduced; heavy penalties for failure tox exhibit due zeal were inflicted upon officers of the state. Offenders, who possessed property were reduced to poverty. In one instance an Impecuni ous offender was sentenced at the age of 67 to pay flne3 completely beyond his ability or be Imprisoned for nearly fifty yeara These cumulative sentences not" seldom forced humane Governors to par don the convict. The fanatical sup porters of the law. enraged at the re fusal of juries to convict, broke through all constitutional restraints and passed a law authorizing atiy constable to stop men and women in the highway and search their persons whenever he "sus i peeled" that they had any alcoholic Intoxicant In their possession, and 'finally In direct defiance of the consti tution, they abolished the right of trial by jury by the prostitution of the Court of Chancery. Every place where liquor was unlawfully sold was declared a nuisance, to befabated by a proceeding brought by the attorney for the state, or by the Chancellor, of his own motion. That officer Is now directed by statute to proceed, with or without affidavits, against such persons and places as "he thinks fit, or on such complaints as he regards a3 satisfactory. "General repu tation" Is declared by law to be pre sumptive evidence of a nuisance, and the maintenance of the nuisance is to be enjoined as a contempt of court The Chancellor may bring anybody he pleases before him without indictment or specific complaint, enjoin him, fine him not less than $500 for contempt, and commit him to jail. And all this may be done under the prohibitory law in face of the constitu tional provisions that in all prosecutions for criminal offenses the accused has a right to be tried by an impartial jury of his peers, without whose unanimpus consent he cannot .be found guilty. If any - person sells, furnishes or gives away or possesses with Intent to sell or give away Intoxicating liquors In viola tion of the law, he may be fined upon the first conviction notjnore than 5100 nor less than ?5, and may also be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Upon the second and each subse quent conviction the fine Is not more than $200 and not less than $10, and he may be Imprisoned not less than cne month nor more than one year. A per- son who becomes an Illegal seller of liquors may be fined on first conviction $100; on the second $200, and on the third conviction he also may be Imprisoned not less than four nor more than twelve ponths. This Is the kind of liquor law which has prevailed for fifty years In Vermont, and against which there Is ' today a violent revolt. Such a law could never have been retained long by the people of the state after It had proved Us viclousness but for the fact that the popular body of the Vermont Legislature Is elected under the "town" system of representation. A small mountain town of thirty voters elects one Representative, the City of Burling ton, with 3500 voters, and a population of 18.000, elects but one. The disposition to regard the Lewis and Clank corporation as a sort of gen eral promotion society seems to be strong In several quartera Some con ceive it to be an agency for advertis ing the Industrial greatness of the great West, and some think it-jnlght be used to advantage In helping local real es tate. This view is not entirely confined to Portland; Indeed, Portland has been obliged to combat the spirit that would localize the Lewis and Clark celebra tion and drag the corporation into in dorsing various movements foreign to Its purpose and entirely outside the scope of its authority. We have bodies working for the general advancement of the community such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Manufacturers' Association. It Is proper enough for them to dip into any thing that promises benefit to Portland's Interests. But the Lewis and Clark cor poration Is not free to mix in matters not connected directly with the Lewis and Clark celebration. Miscellaneous indorsements or general promotion ef forts should no more be expected from It than from the O. R. & N. or North ern Pacific boards of directors, or the Common Council. If every advertising "scheme and every excursion enterprise must demand the attention of the Lewis and Clark directors, they will have small time for carrying on a proper celebration of a great historical event The great public could save the Lewis and Clark authorities considerable an noyance and loss of time by recognizing the proper limits of this movement. It has a particular object in view, and has no right to go Into other fields, however worthy they may be. The conviction of A. L. Beldlng, the murderer of his wife, mother-in-law and a man whose offense consisted In the fact that he was a friend of the family, was a foregone conclusion. Insanity, except as thatl plea may be made to apply to any revengeful man fired with liquor, could not be made to stand In this case. On the contrary, the delib erate purpose of a determined homicide was witnessed in his language and ac tions both before and after the tragedy. The law has but one province In such a case a fair, open and unbiased trial, and, upon conviction, the prompt ad ministration of penalty. The Kingston (Jamaica) Dally Gleaner utterly denies that there Is any substan tial public sentiment on that Island In favor of annexation to the United States. It says that the demnad for annexation Is merely an expression of discontent on account of the lack of attention which the West India colonists receive from the home government. The Brit ish application for renewal of the pend ing reciprocity treaties, announced In this morning's dispatches, is an indica tion that their prayers have reached the throne. While the railroad combiners have been busy with the Wall-street end of the transportation business, the railroad operatives have been organizing a new union In the West that is now said to be preparing to demand an advance In pay. If the two forces show that they have reached a stage of development that will admit of peaceable settlement of differences, it will be much to the credit of both. The public will have small patience with combinations that shall simply Increase the disaster of a collis ion. Our news columns this morning be tray the sad havoc wrought by the fires that are raging about Portland In every direction. Telegraph operators are fight ing fire and hundreds of poles are burr ing and wires are down everywhere. Portland has not been so nearly Isolated from the outside world for ten years. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Aa Is Often the Case. Forest Grove Times. Senator Boeth, of Lane County, denies that he is a candidate for United States Senator. He says the announcement that he was came from an enemy and not a friend. Speed the Parting, Etc. North Yamhill Herald. It Is reported that Judge Bird has bousht an interest In a grocery store In Portland. The Judge has failed, both in business and politics, In Yamhill County; but perhaps he may succeed better in the metropolis. Consent of the Governed in Klickitat Goldendale Sentinel. The Prosser Record seems to think that any part of a county can secede and set up a new bailiwick with only the vote of the seceding territory. Before the town of Prosser becomes a county seat several people up there will know more than they do at present about such matters, for they'll have plenty of time to learn. Hope Springs Eternal. Skamokawa Eagle. The Northern Pacific Company has tak en charge of the Oregon & "Washington Railway, the line running from Kalama to Vancouver. Now what she wants to do Is to continue the line down the north side of the Columbia to Ilwaco, and from present indications that Is what she in tends to do. Interesting Baptist Relic. McMInnvllle Telephone Register. In his traveling over the mate, Rev. W. H. Latourette Is picking up matters of historical interest to the college and to his denomination. One of hla latest finds is a copy of the proceedings of the Cen tral Baptist Association held at Dallas In 1S61 41 years ago. The report on the col lege Is signed by Henry Warren, .secretary of the board -of trustees. It also contains many other familiar names, a prominent one being A. J. Hunsakcr. "Pension-Sharif Lmrycra." Harrlsburg Bulletin. The" Indian War veterans hereabout are very much interested and very Jubilant over the prospect of obtaining their long delayed pension. They are grateful to Congressman Tongue for his successful effort In pushing the bill through Con gress, for his forethought In protecting them from the rapacity of pension-shark lawyers, and for his disinterested meth od of seeing to the presentation of their claims without cost to them. Office SeekluK the Man. Aberdeen Bulletin. It 1b understood that the friends of Colonel John J. Carney, of the Herald, are urging him to allow his name to go before the Democratic Convention as a candidate for Justice of the Peace for Aberdeen. The Colonel's keen sense of Justice, coupled with the enticing perquis ite of $100 per month, will no doubt Impel him to accede to the wishes of his friends and sacrifice himself upon the altar of Democracy. "Where battles are to be fought, though defeat Is certain, the Colo nel is the man to enter the fight with all the enthusiasm of a prospective victor. Kerr and Promising; Fraternity. Astoria News. The Chop Sueys Is a new organization of "bloods" among the Astoria young men. It Is a social organization. "White highbinders" Is what one young man called the mysterious organization that has suddenly sprung Into existence. They have a gold button badge with black center and Chinese letters thereon. CoU onel A. R. Carruthers, late of Kentucky, Is gr.and high muck-a-muck, and Major P. B. Sovey is grand scribe. Will Cole and George Ralston are. members of the cabinet The rank and file number about 10, and they are a very exclusive set. ex citing the envy of many young Astoria bloods who have not been "tipped the wink." Bon Voyage to Representative Both. Rilnler Gazette. Hon. Martin Both left Rainier Sunday night for Portland, where he was Joined Monday by. M. Ellis, one of Rainier g best business men. From Portland they will Journey together by way of Hamburg to Beirut, the former home of Mr. Ellis. From there they will visit Damascus and Jerusalem. Mr. Ellis will visit his aged parents, while Mr. Both will return to Germany, and after a brief visit with rel atives in the Fatherland will return home In time for the'session of the Oregon Leg islature, of which body he was elected a member. The Gazette Joins the many friends here In wishing the gentleman -a pleasant journey and a safe return home. Impression of Governor McBride. Mossy Rock Recorder. Governor McBride may be a first-rate good Governor, but he Is too dictatorial. With an appointive railroad commission he would virtually be monarch of all ho surveys. This Is the great and principal argument against the appointive commis sion Idea. It puts too much power in the hands of one man the Governor. An elective commission could do at least as much good, and would not be dependent upon the whim of any man. An elective commission could not be depended upon, however, by political grafters to do their bidding, and consequently Is not In de mand by them. As for us, we rather trust the people of the state to elect good men on the commission than to trust a crafty politician's appointive power. Charges of Journalistic 'Corruption. Eugene Register. It Is to be regretted that the standard of Journalism must continually bo low ered by the class of editors who cannot read in the mission of newspaperdom a higher sense of duty and obligation than that of continually being on tap for some sort of a graft. "The laborer Is worthy of his hire" class of publications are a menace to legitimate Journalism and are responsible for the prevalent opinion that every Journalist has his price. It Is true that the papers of Oregon that have a stantlng In the state are of a class that are highly patriotic and stand by their respective parties during political cam paigns from a sense of duty that has no marketable price and that Is nonpurchas able. During the last campaign several unscrupulous journals of the state con tinually asserted that Furnish was spend ing thousands of dollars to secure his elec tion as Governor, but we have yet to And a single paper that received from Mr. Furnish, directly or Indirectly, a single dollar for supporting his candidacy. ' Trouble Brewing: for Poor Lo. Yakima Herald. It Is time the people of this city wero petitioning the Government for proper of ficials to handle the white men who carry on the traffic of selling whisky to the In dians. This should be attended to before fair time, when the Indians come to the city by the thousands and are apt to cause considerable trouble. There are white men In th's city, It is said, who are now making It a regular business to sell whisky to Indians. While not all of the Indians are drinkers of "fire water," there are a great many young bucks who are bad in every sense of the word, and when under the Influ ence of whisky they are as hard to control aa a bolt of lightning. Since doing away with the United States Deputy Marshal here the Illicit traffic has Increased ten fold, and the debauchery that Is now going on among the Yaklmas Is alarming. The Indians have their meeting places, and the bootlegger Is always on hand with his little "bottle of alcohol to exchange for double Its retail cost. Some of the drunk en Indians are arrested in this place, but invariably they go to the reservation and make "Rome howl," as though the ''days of their forefathers had returned. GOOD FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT! Marquise de Fontenoy. Mrs. Roosevelt's action In declining to meet Grand Duke Boris of Russia, and in leaving her husband to entertain him alone at Oyster Bay Thursday last, will commend Itself to sensible people both at home and abroad. It Is a course which has been adopted In the past In many capitals In Europe In order to denote dis approval on the part of the highest In the land of the behavior of some royal or, imperial visitor. With the exception of the late King of the Sandwich Islands, every Prince of the blood who has visited the United States has borne himself with a certain amount of dignity and has manifested a regard for the prejudices for the conventionali ties and for the views of the people whose hospitality he was enjoying. This has not been the case with Grand Duke Boris and while some of the stories which have been printed about him may be somewhat exaggerated, there Is no doubt that from the time of his arrival at San Francisco until the moment when he called upon the President of the United States at Oyfter Bay, he behaved In a manner that implied a complete absence of any respect for the American people or for their opinion concerning him. KIs Indiscretions of one kind and an other, while open to criticism at any time, became trebly reprehensible In view of the fact that he was traveling as a Russian Grand Duke, and as such In the fiercest glare of publicity, and his action while at a New York theater In Ignoring the Governor of the State of New York, who was In a neighboring box. In order to devoto himself to women of the chorus, was merely one example of the utter "sans facon" with which he has behaved throughout his stay In this country, just as If there were no necessity In his eyes for observing any of the conventionalities of life here in Amerjca, where "nothing mattered." That Mrs. Roosevelt's absence from the luncheon given by the President for the Grand Duke was a rebuke, and a well mcrltcd one, cannot be denied, and In spite of all thajt Is said to the contrary, she left before he arrived and only returned after his departure, thus Indicating both that she did not wish to meet him and that the President was not anxious for her to receive tho Grand Duke. It Is a rebuke such as the one to which King Ed ward, when Prince of Wales, subjected King Milan rhen the latter wns In Lon don, receiving h!a call, but giving him no opportunity of meeting the Princess. The Grand Duke Boris' uncle, the late Czar, was far more drastic. For when the Duke of Orleans came to St. Peters burg In the train of a famous prima don na, with whom his name was associated at the time, and rendered himself con spicuous by his devotion to her, he was not only Ignored by the court and the Im perial family, but ordered to leave the opera-house one night when the late Czar and the Czarina were present, and com manded by the police to leave the country on the following day. While this, of course, was an extreme measure, which created a great sensation at the time, and has no parallel save the case when the King of Slam Insisted upon the late Duke of Sutherland leaving Bang kok on account of his moral shortcom ings, It Is a usual practice for European courts to Ignore altogether foreign vis itors of royal and Imperial rank whose be havior Is such as to Indicate that they have more regard for tnelr own Ideas of amusement than for the good opinion of the people of the country In which they happen to be, and the Grand Duke Boris may consider himself lucky In having re ceived any recognition whatsoever on the part of President Roosevelt. Washington's Fortune. From the Richmond Dispatch. Whether Washington can be put Into the envied category of millionaires no one can assert positively. According to the late Paul Leicester Ford, whose work. "The True George Washington." has received wide -recognition, "the Father of His Country," when he died, was worth $530,000. This fortune did not Include his wlfe'3 property, but. neverthe less. It made him one of the wealthiest Americans of his time. Ford adds: "And It Is to be questioned If a fortune was ever more honestly acquired or more thoroughly deserved." John Adams, however, probably would have differed with Ford on this point, had the two ever come together. In one of his recurrent moods of bitterness and jealousy toward Washington Adams asked: "Would Washington have ever been commander of the Revolutionary Army or President of the United States If he had not married the rich widow of Mr. Custls?" According to Mr. Ford. It seems that he would, for he had achieved colonial military fame .before his marriage. That tho Widow Custls was a desirable "party" Is not to be denied, however, as her part of the Custls property equalled "15,000 acres of land, a good part of It adjoining the City of Williamsburg; sev eral lots In the said city; between two and three hundred negroes, and about eight or ten thousand pounds upon bond," estimated at the time at about twenty thousand pounds In all. Thl3 property was further Increased on the death of Patsy Custls, In 1773, by a half of her fortune, which added ten thousand pounds to the sum. PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT. Bishop Potter, of New York, announces that he will have nothing more to do with the set tlement of the coal Btrlke. which moves the Washington Post to Inqulro: "Can It be that the good man is going to turn his attention to religion?" Several women in Texas are making a suc cess of ranching. One of them Is Mrs. Pauline Whitman, who owns a ranch of 200,000 acres In the Panhandle. There she raises 15,000 cattle annually, using only 20 cowboys for their handling, and successfully competing in the market with the kings of the cattle trade. Henri d'Almeras has written a book full of anecdotes about Frenchmen of genius, their failure and success. One thing they have all had in common a capacity for hard work. He instances Bourget. who, as a young man, used to get up at 3 and work till 7. Then he gave lessons all day long, and In the evening ho was at his desk again, writing till late at night. A number of Dotrolt saloon-keepers have evinced a desire to contribute liberally toward the Christian Endeavor Convention expense fund. President Mohn, of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, said to an Interviewer: "We ought to be Interested In every large con vention that comes here, no matter what It Is. The whole city Is benefited by such a gather Ins, and we will get our share of the business which it brings in." By all accounts. Grand Duke Boris was a spectacular feature of the horse show In New port the day he attended that function. The rather kaleidoscopic costume of His Royal Highness Included a suit In large gray plaids, a lemon-colored shirt and silver gray tie; tan shoes, a white and tan belt, fastened by a showy gold buckle, and a white straw hat trimmed with light blue. A Jeweled snake, curled In three glittering coils, formed his ring, arid tho much-wrltten-about bracelet was in evidence whenever he gesticulated with his left arm. Pillsbury. the American chess expert. Is called the greatest "second" chess match play er in the world. He has tho habit of generally finishing second In a match. If Lasker Is en tered Pillsbury will be second to him. but If Lasker Is not entered Pillsbury, who, barring Lasker, ought to bo first, will continue to end second to some player of tho second class. He has thus been second In more matches than any other expert. Only once did he take first place, and that was in his first International contest. It Is perhaps well that President Roosevelt was not accompanied by a photographer when he went hunting in Corbln Park. While on that expedition the President wore a hunting suit belonging to Senator Proctor, of Vermont. Now, the Senator is six feet and a couple of Inches to spare, with Abe Lincoln arms and legs, and how In the world the President was ever able to fire a gun without his sleeves catching In the hammer, or how he was able to get around at all without tho superfluous trousers legs getting under his heels, is a mys tery. Besides, tht. President Is a good bit plumper than the Termont statesman, and If he drew a deep breath In his pursuit of boars the damage must have been considerable. A snap shot of the Chief Magistrate la that get up would be worth money. NOTE AND COMMENT. How about an anti-smoke ordinance? "No, thank you. Old Prob," said Ore gon, "no smoke this time. Let's drink, ant please you." The strange thing is that the Navy actu ally found a battle-ship the Wisconsin to send to Panama. Wooden gunboats are the regular thing for actual service -the battle-ships are skylarking around the fashionable ports of Europe. In commenting on the expressed Inten tion of Miss Stone to return to missionary work on the Turkish frontier, the Rich mond Times says that the Bulgarian brigands will not give her a cordial wel-' come, "as they have been officially noti fied that she must furnish her own ran som this time." Life In Denmark moves easily. A dally paper In Copenhagen suspended publica tion this Summer from June until Sep tember, "so as to enable its staff to enjy a suitable holiday." What the subscribers thought of this generous arrangement we are not Informed. The official executioner of Toklo died re cently. His death was curious In Itself, and, considering his profession, was little short of remarkable. He w;s crossing a railway track near Tokio, when he was run down by a fast express. The body was found by the track with the head as neatly decapitated as any which had been cut oft by the official executioner himself. Otherwise there was not a mark on the body. Speaking of centenaries reminds us that the early years of 'this century will be j full of Important ones. Besides those of Hugo and Dumas, which have occurred In 19C2. there will soon arrive the annlver- sarlcs of Bulwcr-Lytton (1503), Beacons field (1904). Hawthorne (1901). Whitticr (1007). Longfellow (1007). Holmes (1000), Poe (19C9). Gautler (1011) and Dickens (1012). Two minor centenaries belonging to 1002 are those of Hugh Miller and "L. E. L." The late Senator McMillan, of Michigan, used to tell about a green Irishman em ployed on his country place near Detroit. He had a severe attack of malarial fever, and tho Senator sent him a box of five grain capsules of quinine. Upon the oc casion of his next visit to the farm tho Senator called on Pat and asked him If he received the medicine all right. "Yes, sor," said Pat. "and It cured me, too, but It was a lot of trouble to dig the medicine out of those little shells." The New York Sun, discussing the prac tical operation of a plan for treating the trust question by a Constitutional amend ment, shows that under the most favor able conditions the earliest date at which Congress could be brought to sanction such an amendment would be March, 1003. Then there is no probability of the states acting effectively on the subject earlier than the latter portion of 1S06. There would thus be no opportunity to legislate under the amendment before 1907, and the probability is that there would be longer delay than this, if anything were ever achieved In this way. A South Sea Islander said of his race, "As soon as we open our mouths a He is born." The Chinese acknowledge without .shame the same of themselves. It may be true among Western nations that "the affairs of life hinge upon confidence." but In the East, and especially In China, they hinge upon suspicion. There are few Chi nese who attach any Importance to keep ing an engagement. Most of them are like the man who, being accused of having broken his promise, replied that It was of no consequence, as he could make another just as good. The Chinese say that one should never refuse a request In an ab rupt manner; on the contrary, he should grant It In form, although with no inten tion to do so In substance. "Put him oft till tomorrow, and then another tomorrow; thus you comfort his heart." they say. Up-to-Date Synonyms. Ton can pay me ln slmoleons or plunks; If you want to touch me simply pull my leg; I'd as soon be up against It aa to get it In tho neck. I'd as well be on tho bum as have to beg. If It's off with you, you're certain to be It. If you blink your peepers you must close your lamps; Nobody does a thing to you when you are sent to grass. If you make me tired, you're apt to give ma cramps. If you're dotty or you're off, you must have wheels; Every four-tlme-wlnner's sure to get tha cream: You're a mug, or mark, or cove, or guy, or bloke. Just as you please. That 13 right, straight goods, and also It's no dream. You can pipe me off or merely size me up; If you're sloppy, you are lushed or orelde; If you're on the water-wagon you must put tho shutters up, You can brace or bone me. Just as you aecldp. It you won't pull down your vest, then take a brace: If you want to drop me. simply cut me out: Try to tumble or to savvy or get next or bo put wise. Or you'll never twig what this Is all about An Alile-Boclled Llnr. Seattle Post Intelligencer. The Washington Republicans most wisely avoided any reference to the at tempt to raise an Issue between the Pres ident and Congress. Thero is no such Issue. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS "A speculator!" "Yes: samo thing. He's getting married on nothing at all." Detroit Free Press. Of a'l sad words of tongue or pen. the sad dest are these: "An empty bin!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. He She holds her age well, doesn't she? She Yes. She doesn't look a day older than she says she is. Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Homer What do you think of my new gown? Mrs. Nextdoor Oh. It's perfectly love ly. Only las tweek I bought our cook a dress of the same piece of goods. Chicago Datly News. "You officeholders," sneered tho man who was vainly trying to be one, "don't die very often, do you?" "No," replied the man who was enc, as he smiled benignly, "only once." Philadel phia Press. Worthless Husband Going to leave me, are you. Moll? Didn't you take me for batter or worse? Long-Suffering Wife Yes. but you are absolutely the worst. I didn't take you for that. Chicago Tribune. "Genius." quoted Smuthers. "is an infinite capacity for taking pains." "Then," remarked Smlthers, "old Groanache must be a geniu3. Ho gets every ailment he hears any ono else has." Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. "What are your hands for, Willie?" she asked, reprovingly. He looked at them thought fully, as If ln doubt. Then suddenly a glad smile Illumined his face. "To get dirty and be washed," he answered. Chicago Evening Post. "You say you have a new idca'for a story?" "Yes." "Something original ln plot?" "Well." I hadn't thought much about the plot. But I have an advertising scheme that will make a fortune for any book." Washington Star. "What ever became of that prehistoric man who was dug up in Kansas about two months ago?" asked the Individual who reads the pa pers. "He Is being worked up into prehistoric novels," explains the man who keeps pace with literary progress. Baltimore American.