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ft THE MORNING OBEGQyiAN,. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20,. 1QQ2. Jte regmttcm Uta at tht Postoffice at Portland. Oregon. as eecond-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid. In advance) gajjr. Tilth Sunday, per month 3 Dally. Sunday excepted, per year.....-. I W atlr. with Sunday, per fear..- ? 00 Sunday, per year......... ? 00 2J Weekly, per year--..- The Weeky 8 months ............ W TO CitV RnVKfrlKt 2Jiy Per week, delivered. Sunday excepted. 15o er weeic. Ceilvered. Sunday inciuae-i.- POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: 2? 5 ii"pa, Papr. 5 to 28-pbko paper - :. 10 Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication in The Oreeonlan should be addressed lnrarla 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 simply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Eastern Business Office 43. 44. 43. 47. 48. 43 Tribune bulldlne. New York City: 010-11-12 Tilbune building. Chicago: the S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency. Eastern representative. For sale In San Franr- - L,. E. Lee. Pal ac Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 238 Sutter street: F. W. Pitts. 100S Market street: J. K. Cooper Co.. 746 Market street, near th Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry news land; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis street, and N. Wheatley. 813 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. 259 South Spring street, and Oliver & Haines. 05 South Spring street. For sale in Kansas City. Ma. by r. '-secker Cigar Co.. Ninth and "Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 117 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. tS "Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1812 Farnam street: Megeath Stationery Co.. 1303 Farnam street. For sale In Salt Lake bv the Salt Laku News Co.. 77 "West Second South street. . For sale In Minneapolis by K. G. Hearsey & Co.. 24 Third street South. For sale In "Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick; W6-912 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery- Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence street: A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S "WEATHER Occasional rain, with brisk eoutherly winds. YESTERDAY S "WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 40; minimum temperature, 31; pre cipitation, 0.01 Inch. PORTLAND, SATURDAY. DEC. 20. This is a very pretty plea for Philip pine -welfare, formulated by the .House Democrats, who declare their purpose to vote for 25 per cent of the Dingley rates if they can't get free trade. Their pious professions are wholly discredited by the fact that in the closing hours of the last session, ten months ago, they stub bornly refused to co-operate in exactly euch a compromise measure of benefi cence. The earnest efforts of Mitchell and Foraker in tie Senate and by Kep resentatlve Tongue and others in the House, to reduce the 75 per cent duty finally enacted to some reasonable fig ure -were bitterly resisted by the Demo crats of both houses, for no other than the unworthy purpose, frankly assumed, of putting the Republicans In as deepa hole as possible. As the bill would be oppressive anyhow; the worse it was the better it -would suit them. The more votes they would get in last November's elections. When these same patriots come into the court of public opinion now-, therefore, and exploit their high and disinterested patriotism, we shall do them the honor to believe nothing they say. It is disconcerting to see the alleged Opposition constituted of such ignoble material. Oregon has reason to be proud of the fact that Senator Mitch ell and Representative Tongue are in the forefront of battle for liberal treat ment of Philippine trade. Their best ef forts will be directed to stimulate and encourage development of trans-Pacific commerce and to aid the beneficent pur poses of the Administration, the "while that Administration exerts Itself recip rocally to kill the commerce of Oregon by shipping its Philippine- supplies from Seattle and San Francisco. Secretary EHhu Root has either di rected or permitted the utilization of the War Department for unfair and con stant discrimination agalnsi the City of Portland and the State of Oregon. The "War Department has refused to charter vessels from Portland on the ground that they couldn't get Into the river at the very moment they were lying at Portland docks. It has ortlered sup plies shipped to Seattle because there were no vessels at Portland, and then ordered the vessels around to Seattle because the supplies were there. It has never shipped or disembarked troops or supplies here when It could possibly in vent an excuse to ship or disembark them elsewhere. It ships "Washington troops from "Washington ports and Ore gon troops from California or "Washing ton ports. Every bid it receives for transportation or supplies Is so manipu lated in terms or award as to favor Se attle and -discriminate against Portland. The Oregon delegation in Congress, which perjures Its soul on every issue the Administration is Interested in. is spurned with contempt in order to re-. ward George Turner, of Seattle, -who stands up in the Senate of the United States to call McKinley, Roosevelt and Root tyrants, 'liars and murderers. It gets bids on a contract, and nothing changes its desire to please Seattle but its equally strong inclination to favor San Francisco. The "War Department's dispensation of transports and supply contracts has been characterized by no fairness, business ability or reason, but by unfairness, extravagance and favor itism. "Whether this Is the way a "War Department should be run or not, we shall not pretend to say. "We merely state the facts which are susceptible of proof. It Is a striking fact that three bills have been introduced in Congress, al most simultaneously, for alleviating the rigidity of the circulation. There is no doubt "whatever that much larger note Issues could be granted on present se curities with perfect safety. Mr. Fow ler's bill seems to savor strongly of his own peculiar crotchets, and In any event the workability of his plan -will depend almost solely upon the provisions for redemption and retirement of the special issues points on which the press re ports are inadequate. Senator Depew's measure is far more likely to be accept able la these respects, inasmuch as the Senator, who is himself wholly guileless in currency as all other questions of aerloiia import, doubtless has received fcia bill from financiers in New York who know something. The decision of the Republican members to restrict their currency reform efforts to the single proposal of emergency circulation Is in line -with the recommendations made in this paper nearly two years ago, and based .upon the now conceded considera tions that only so could the otherwise insurmountable opposition of the oppo nents of branch banking, Subtreasury jiboUeiimeot, silver recognition, etc., be avoided. It ought certainly to be pos atble to get a simple measure of this ori through- Congress at this short es J sion. An emergency currency, .based on the assets of the banks, including thelr deposlts of bonds, will educate the masses in the1 proper functions of a bank and in the automatic expansion and contraction belonging to every sci entific currency. The law should by all means provide, not only for prompt re tirement, but for the actual redemption of individual banks' notes by the ap proved processes to which dur practice hitherto is almost an utter stranger. "While there 4s nothing severely omin ous in the Iron Trade Review's diag nosis of the market, printed yesterday, the unsatisfactory condition of this basic Industry of our manufacturing" activity is such as to justify uneasiness. Iron has long been established as the trust-S worthy barometer of business, and the Iron Trade Review says that while the steel trust is extend ins its grasp in the . direction of monopoly, pig iron suffers a decline. The Iron Age reports that while on the one hand demand for Iron ex ceeds the supply, and furnace stocks are light, on the other hand importers of foundry Iron have done very little In European markets lately and are hold ing off, to the weakening of values. The Financial Chronicle looks gloomily upon the situation, and seems to depend for relief solely upon "changes in our mon etary laws at the current session of Congress." If reassurance had to de pend on this broken reed, the prospect would be slim indeed. Meanwhile it is instructive to read what the veteran broker, Henry Clews, thinks of the situ ation: " Money continues scarce and high, because credit has been over-expanded. The financial horizon Is not by any means clear, and the long-distance view cali3 for continued prudence. Even In the Interior there are signs of a halt. The Iron trade, though well sold ahead, Is less pressed with orders than a year ago. Prices have been shaded and kept down, perhaps to discourage new competition, and the premiums paid for prompt delivery' have disappeared. Railroad earnings show large gross returns, but the gains are less pronounced and" In creased expenses are manifest In smaller net returns. The coal situation Is proving an em barrassing feature In the situation; not only In the scarcity of an article of prime necessity, but also In the enhanced cost of manufactur ing which it Imposes. Silver is selling at low record prices, throwing an unsettling element into trade with silver-using countries and checking our exports of cotton goods. STUPID SLANDER OP BRITAIN. President Andrews, of Nebraska Uni versity, has broken loose again. In 1896 he was the champion of free silver at 16 to 1, and he has since appeared period ically as the advocate of various "wild cat" social and political opinions. Pres ident Andrews today thinks the Mon roe Doctrine has been "snubbed" and Its prestige lowered because of our non-intervention in the matter of the coercion employed by the allies to make "Venezu ela apologize and pay damages for her arrest and imprisonment of British and German subjects. President Andrews thinks the Administration should have acted exactly as President Cleveland did "under circumstances similar." Under circumstances Identical when the Brit ish government seized Corlnto, In Nica ragua, and "held up" its customs until Nicaragua paid the demands of Great Britain President Cleveland was abso lutely silent, because he knew, what President Andrews does not appear to know, that the Monroe Doctrine simply warns the powers of Europe that any at tempt to extend their domain on thlscon tinent will be regarded as an unfriendly act. Great Britain is at liberty to do as she pleases In the matter of her occupa tion of Egypt; she Is responsible to no body for her continued occupation of that country, save the powers of Europe, with whose approval and in whose in terest Egypt was originally placed un der a foreign protectorate, but Great Britain and Germany both know that any attempt to appropriate the territory of any Souh American State would be at once resented by the United States. Great Britain and Germany are only doing today what we did to Paraguay and what we would do tomorrow to Turkey If it were necessary and the time and opportunity were favorable. Ignorance concerning "what the Mon roe Doctrine Is might fairly be expected of the ordinary American who reads lit tle and seldom thinks straight, but we have the fight to expect a sounder his torical knowledge and more dispassion ate judgment from an educated man who has had the advantage of European travel and has been In swift succession the president of two" colleges. President Andrews always has a live jbat in his brain, whether he undertakes to talk finance or politics. But the silliest and most ignorant word uttered by Andrews is when he says "the British heart is as full of' hate of us as ever it was, and the entire nation Is ever watching for chances to snub us and humble us, and would crush us if it could." An Amer ican of decent intelligence and reading knows that great nations are neither friendly nor hostile because of petty personal prejudice or social likes or po litical hates; Nations are not impulsive schoolboys nor untutored Indians nurs ing a blood feud. Great nations keep the peace or break it In obedience to the dictates of national self-interest From this point of view there Is no nation on earth that has so much to gain by keep ing the peace with the United States as Great Britain, nor is there any nation that has so much to lose by any serious misunderstanding. Great Britain knoWs that the United States Is the best customer she has In the world, and that In event of war be tween Great Britain -and any of the great Continental powers of Europe she would not have a single friend or per manent ally. She knows that the United States, from commercial self-interest, would be compelled to Interfere to save her food export trade with England be ing treated as contraband of war. There is no possible chance of any collision of common interests between Great Britain and' the United States on this continent. Furthermore, the time has never been since the Civil "War when Great Britain manifested any hostility toward Amer ica, and if the powers that be in Great Britain had really been bitterly hostile, Napoleon III would have succeeded In his efforts to obtain recognition for the Southern Confederacy. The British gov ernment refused to join with France even as late as our great defeat of Chancellorsvllle, in May, 1863. Had it recognized the Confederacy in 1.862, our year of unbroken defeat, every nation In Europe( would have done so, save Russia, and Russia could have given us nothing but a very feeble naval support. Germany was at that time more un friendly even than Great Britain, be cause Germany had no confidence in our "greenback" finance and expected us to become bankrupt and fail of success. Had Great Britain joined France In 1862, Germany could not have been, blamed for recognizing the Southern Confeder acy and the cause of the Union would have been lost. We had some strong enemies in Great Britain, but Prince Albert was our friend, and after his death Queen "Vic toria was, and so were the great states men Cobden, Bright and Disraeli; so were many other distinguished English men; and so were the working masses of the great cities and the leaders or the middle classea If we, had cause of com plaint because we had not more friends, the South had cause to complain that our friends were the strongest, for there was no time in the Civil "War when the recognition of the Confederacy by Great Britain would not have carried Germany and France with it, and France was ceaselessly begging Great Britain to join with her In recognition. For some of the hostility of Great Britain we were to blame ourselves through our lawless seizure of Mason and Slidell, and through our reluctance to cut loose from all future recognition of human, slavery. On the whole, no Intelligent reader of modern history can refuse to admit that no nation in Europe has since 1815 wrought us more good and less harm than Great Britain. Our present posi tion under the Monroe Doctrine we owe to the instigation and warning of George Canning. But for Mr. Canning's prompting of President Monroe, the Monroe Doctrine might never have been uttered. Great Britain does not hate us and would no more "crush us if it could" than a sensible man would wring the neck of a goose that laid a golden egg. we are Great Brltain's best cus tomer, her only natural ally in "war or peace. PAYMENT OF INDEMNITY. The President's message to the United States Senate recommending the pay ment of indemnity to the heirs of cer tain Italians killed by a mob In July, 1901, at Erwin, Miss., will probably be acted upon affirmatively, because it is the only decent thing to do In such cases. Of course, the state government of Mississippi ought to pay the Indem nity, but the State of Mississippi, like all the other state governments In . such cases, refuses to give any satisfaction. The United States Government Is riot le gally, liable for this failure of the State of Mississippi, but in all such cases Con gress, on the recommendation of the President, has paid Indemnity as an act of grace. "When the mob in New Or leans wrecked the houses of Spanish res idents In the Crittenden riot of 1851, our Government paid indemnity to the out raged Spaniards. "We paid Indemnity to China because of the anti-Chinese mas sacre at Rock Springs, "Wyoming; we paid indemnity under President Har rison to the heirs of Italians murdered by the mob In Louisiana, and; under President McKinley to the heirs of Ital ians murdered by the mob in Texas. President Harrison, in one of his mes sages, urged the enactment of a law by which such crimes against subjects of a foreign nation could be trled and dis posed of In the Federal Court on pre sentation of the facts by the foreign government making the appeal for jus tice, but the Southern and Northern Democrats defeated its favorable con sideration. In equity and International comity, our Government Is wise to pay indemnity, and- also on the broad grounds of selfish public policy, for if we should refuse to pay indemnity on the ground that under our Federal Con stitution the. General Government was not responsible for the crimes of the people of Louisiana or.any other offend ing state, then the aggrieved foreign powers would proceed to coerce Louisi ana by bombarding New Orleans. Lou isiana would claim protection from the General Government, and we would have an expensive war on our hands to our great moral disgrace and humilia tion before the civilized world. It might not be a very serious matter for Italy to undertake to collect damages by force of arms from Louisiana, but it would be a very serious matter for Great Britain, France, or even Germany, to undertake to coerce Louisiana on our refusal to pay indemnity. So, while the payment of indemnity by our Government in such cases is termed an "act of grace," since we deny our constitutional liability, it is really an act of sound public policy, for'a refusal of redress from both state and National Governments wpuld subject us to a for eign war! If an American citizen should be murdered by the mob in any of the provinces of Italy, whether Lombardy, Venice, Piedmont or Sardinia, our Gov ernment would instantly exact indem nity of the government of the kingdom of Italy. "We should hold Great Britain responsible for the lynching of an Amer ican citizen in Ireland, or France for the murder by a mob of an American, whether he was murdered in Normandy or Brittany, and so with Germany. These powers would admit their liability and would pay Indemnity, and it is not easy for them to understand how the United States Government Is not liable when Louisiana refuses justice. The problem of a pure milk supply for the city is a serious one. A few conscientious dairymen may be doing their best to furnish pure milk, but there Is every reason to believe that cows In a majority of the dairies are stalled and bedded in filth that forbids the possibility of a wholesome "milk sup ply. Then the milkers are careless, and, as judged by the cloudy streaks In the bottom of a quart of milk that has stood for an hour, permit dirty water to drip from their hands Into the milk pall. It may be impossible to correct all of the minor matters that contribute to an Im pure milk supply. Perhaps the sugges tion of Commissioner Bailey ihat cer tificates be issued to dairymen whose dairies have withstood the test of the law, such certificates to be revoked when at any time .they fall below the standard, would be beneficial. "When taken In conjunction with another sug gestion that the names of dairymen who do not meet sanitary requirements be published, the plan could scarcely fall to be productive of good. Having inexpensiveness to commend it, the plan Is at least worth trying. A somewhat stupendous question of finance is Involved in the claims of Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela. If these great powers suc ceed in collecting their claims against the turbulent little republic, will they take the same course with other debtor states In that vicinity? According to a late London dispatch, the attention of bankers and investors of that city, where there are many creditors of Cen tral and South American countries whose accounts are in default both in interest and principal, has been called to the situation. It appears that within the last fifty years London has negotl- ated loans and suppllfed capital for vari ous railway and mining operations in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Co lombia, Venezuela, Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Chile and Peru In most cases the debts were contracted at high rates of interest, which proved,jvery tempting to investors .but which -were followed by a collapse of the enterprises projected and 'failure to keep 'uf the promised paymenta In some instances an' ar rangement wa3 made whereby syndic cates assumed the debts in return for concessions by which they could carry .on a profitable trade. But a great" many claims have never been adjusted. It Is estimated that bankers In London" alone have lostt or- practically so $300,000,000 In such Investments And now the los ers are inquiring? why, if some of these bad debts can be "collected by force of arms, the same process may not be fol lowed In regard to others. The United States Is well out of this muddle, and will, no doubt, take care to keep out by declining to furnish the guarantee desired by Great Britain that Venezuela will comply with the terms of settle ment to be arranged by arbitration. The International sanitary conference of the American Republics urges in a strong resolution that suitable precau tions be taken for'the protection of the laborers on the proposed Isthmian canal from malarial and yellow fever. It is well known that the sickness and mor tality that attends the excavation of canals through a malarious district are great. It is 'urged that an officer In charge of sanitary matters during the construction proposed be made a mem ber of the Canal Commission, with full power in his department to order and cause to be enforced If necessary such sanitary measures as may be deemed prudent There is in this demand of physicians and sanitarians' the keynote to foresight that sees in the ounce of prevention that which is more effica cious than the pound of cure. If the sickness and mortality that have sj far attended excavation of the Panama Ca nal are to be repeated, It may fitly be asked, Of what practical benefit to hu man health and life In an emergency has been the discovery of the microbes of these deadly fevers? The Cree Indians in Montana have made a smallpox epidemic among them pay. Not so the state, however. A quarantine camp was established for them near Havre, where they were con fined and cared for six weeks. At the end of this time all the clothes and bed ding belonging to them were confiscated and burned, and each Indian was given a new suit of clothes, blankets and bed ding, the entire cost to the state being 56000. Think of a band of plains In dians, each one of whom Is clean for the moment and dressed In new clothes! The eight would be well worth traveling miles to see, but, any one desirous of thus gratifying his curiosity will have to hie him swiftly upon his journey, as the renovation of the Crees took place on the 17th Inst, and its effects will soon be lost in the smoke and foul odors of the tepee, the Indulgence in firewater and the noble red man's rooted antip athy to soap and water. The body of Mrsl Grant will be taken to New York City from "Washington to day, after simple funeral services in the Metropolitan Methodist Church, of which she had long been an attendant. Tomorrow morning it will be committed to the tomb on Riverside Drive with military honors befitting the station In life which she held as wife of America's greatest soldier. It was upon the stipu lation that she, when her time came, be allowed to rest by her "husband's side that Mrs. Grant consented to the en tombment of General Grant in New York, she having a decided preference for a grave in Arlington, where so many of his comrades rest. Her stipulation was granted, however, and tomorrow its terms will be fulfilled. The saying that pne side of a story Is good until the-other is told finds verifi cation from day to day in the evidence given before the Coal Commission, now In the Interest of the operators, now of the miners. Fair-minded men arise from the perusal of this testimony each morn ing with a feeling of Indignation and, impatience, to which is added that of honest doubt as to whether any reason able or just settlement of the troubles In this sorely troubled mining district can be reached by the'emlnent men pa tiently diving from day to day after the bottom .facts In this controversy be tween labor and labor and labor and capital. John Beaton, a Missoula boiler-maker, has supreme confidence in the strength of his brawny arms and the staying qualities of his wind. He Is anxious to test these against Champion Jeffries or Bob Fltzslmmons, one or both. Since both pugilists are eager for the fray, the Montana man (or brute) will be given a chance to prove, If he can, that legiti mate labor develops strength and muscle that can stand for six furious rounds the strength developed by scientific ath letic training. There can hardly be but one result to such an encounter, and the friends .of the bold son of Vulcan only hope that he will be knockedout early in the fray, and thus avoid cruel punish ment. The rededlcatlon of St John's Catholic Church at Oregon City last Sunday morning was an occasion of peculiar in terest in thai the services were remi niscent as well as religious. Dr. John McLoughlin of sacred memory donated the lot on which this church stands In 1841, and the little gray structure that has long been a landmark of pioneer times in Oregon City was dedicated five years later. A state has been carved out of a wilderness since then, and, as Is fitting, the old has given place to the new In St John's Church building. Governments an Bill Collectors. New York Evening Post The nature of the claims of England and Germany against Venezuela has not yet been made public. There has been a general assurance that they ,'are not private claims, but those of government against government The policy. of Eng land In respect of private claims was determined long ago. It was decided that she would not become the under writer of investments .of her citizens in other countries. If Englishmen bought the bonds of Mississippi or of Argen tina, and those states defaulted or re pudiated, she would not undertake to collect the money, since such a policy might Involve her In perpetual war. But If Englishmen shduld Invest money In good faith In houses, factories, ships or other property In foreign countries in accordance with the laws thereof, or on the faith of treaties, and if said coun tries should confiscate the property or commit other outrage upon the English Investor, she would make reclamation as a government, but would not necessarily go to war to enforce the claim. This is a sound rule of action, and it has been in timated that Great Britain has pressed no claims upon Venezuela that are not within Its terms. The claims of Germany have not been so clearly' defined. SPIRIT 0E THE NORTHWEST PRESS i Helped to Slake Oregon History. Eugene Register. The death of Solomon Hirsch removes one of the prominent 'characters In the history making epoch of Oregon. They Remember Dewey of Yore. Walla "Walla Union. "With Dewey hovering about, there is not much danger of European countries taking too many liberties along the South American coast The Fnltoniaii Prepossession. To caucus or not to caucus, that seems to be the question. "Whether to unite at once upon the right man, nominate him and end the struggle or refusing stand out and prolong the struggle perhaps elect none and hinder Important legisla tion to'flght and then to lose; aye, there'3 the rub. Our preferences' and. our ambi tions make scrappers of lis all. , Two Wldo-ivs of Great Presidents. Pendleton Tribune. The death of Mrs. Grant leaves but two of the widows of great Presidents who are held in tender memory by the people of this country. Mrs. Grant lived through a long widowhood, and Mrs. Garfield, her intimate friend, and Mrs. McKinley are still among the living. General Grant died In 1SS5 and President Garfield in 1SS1. For nearly 20 years the women who had shared their greatness remaind faithful to their memory. Both were noble women, home-loving and affectionate, but capable of filling the places of high re sponsibilities' that -came to tnein through the greatness of their husbands. "We Extend Our Sympathies. Spokane Spokesman-Review. The Spokesman-Review's special New Year's edition, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the birth of Spokane, will be In the usual newspaper form, and will contain about 40 pages. In many respects it will be the most interesting and valu able publication yet issued from the Spo kane press. It will tell of the struggles of the pioneers, of their small beginnings, of the rapid growth of an empire, and of present day conditions. There will be illustrations showing the. various stages of tho city's existence, including numer ous halftones of photographs taken before the great fire of 18S9. Other pictures will portray tho mines, the farms, the or chards, the forests and the ranges. Many of the articles' will be written by repre sentative citizens. Adverse Vleiv of Judce Hojrne. Salem ' Journal. . The conduct of a Municipal Judge who makes the rounds of the gambling places and then tells the names of his friends or fellow-citizens he saw there is, after all, a question of propriety. Many per sons will say It Is not the proper sphere or du'ty of a person elected to hold a criminal court. The duty of pursuing crime In its haunts would seem to not devolve upon the wearer of the ermine. Pretending to tell whom he saw there and whether such persons were gambling or not, and then getting into the newspapers with his information, first smacks of the sensational and then of self-advertising. If Mr. Hogue had taken the names of the persons and places and gone to the Dis trict Attorney with the information, he would have been In a far more dignified attitude. But summoned by the District Attorney and forced to give the names and places under threat of arrest and jailing of his municipal honor, he is in a very unattractive light and at best can only plead that he was out of his proper place if not worse. The "Wide-Open" Experience. Spokane Chronicle. Chief Sullivan, of Seattle's police force, has been Indulging in a little talk as to conditions in that city; and some of his reflections may be of Interest to Spokane people, who like to know what methods are effective In driving undesirable char acters out of town. Here is a part of his Interview: Yes, things do seem better, but one never knows when It will break out afresh again. I feel that my move In placing plain clothea officers throughout the residence districts has, had something to do with It. At least, I hope It will have tho desired effect. Since gam bling has closed dozens of gambllng-houso hangers-on and general boosters have left tho city. "We always notice that crime is less When that condition of affairs exists. Now that the grand Jury Is soon to be In session there will be more of them leave It's a cinch that there will be no open gambling In Seattle until after, the grand Jury ' finishes its work, and perhaps not then. That's a pointer coming straight from a town that has been "wide open" enough to please the most pronounced advocate of "encouraging people to spend their money," and is now making spasmodic efforts to be half-way decent again. Take it and draw your own conclusions from it; and whatever these may be, let Spo kane take care that the toughs driven out of Seattle shall not be permitted to resume their lawlessness here.. They Ml slit Do That. Dalles Times-Mountaineer. When the people of this state by their votes last June said they preferred T. T. Geer to Colonel C. E. S. "Wood for United States Senator, they know what they were about To say that they did not is cast ing a Berious reflection upon the intelli gence of the Oregon voter. Their vote was an instruction to the Legislature of what they wanted done. "We. do not be lieve they exercised good judgment In recommending Geer for the Senate. In fact we believe It would be a mistake to elect him to that office. Certainly It was a mistake to elect him Governor of Oregon. But the verdict of the people has been rendered. They have said in unmis takable terms that It was their desire that he should be elected to the Senate. Every Democratic member of the Legis lature will unquestionably deem It ' his duty to support Colonel Wood for the Sen ate. Every one of them will heed tho Instructions given him by his constitu ents On the other hand, the Republicans of Orogon voted, for Mr. Geer and there by Instructed the Republican Representa tives In the Legislature to elect him to the Senate. This they will not do. But when they refuse to accede to the will of the people, and by their acts say no Instruction ' which the people may give them will be heeded, they should at least have the decency to repeal, the Mays law. Tacoma Won't Have It. Tacoma Ledger. Considerable amusement has been pro voked by the statement from Portland that the Northern Pacific intended to extend Us lines down the Columbia for the purpose of shipping Its wheat over the bar. The Portland mind was jubilant at the time the statement was made. Some of the ships that had been trying to get away had succeeded after rather less than 40 days of waiting, an achievement regarded there as a veritable triumph. The Northern Pacific has expended mil lions of dollars in the erection of ware houses and the creation of terminals at Tacoma. It has here the best facilities that exist anywhere for handling grain. "Whenever a ship has been loaded it can go to sea. There is no hindrance in the way, no bar, no waiting for .a favoring tide. The ship is already in deep water, and all there is for it to do Is to start That a company so equipped should seek to turn traffic to channels where the handling of it is slow, dangerous and ex pensive is hardly worth consideration. If there could be a scheme for diversion of the Columiba traffic to Puget Sound, it would have at least the element of" com mon sense behind it. Portland fs desper ate, but there 13 no occasion for it to be ridiculous. It is losing its prestige, and, 'of course, is sorry for this, but It is a worthy town, and deserves prosperity. It can. hardly obtain this by the weaving of fairy tales or tha dreaming of dreams. THE CYNIC'S SELF-DECEPTION. 'Kansas City Star. Phillips Brooks once made the kindly criticism of Harvard University that It turned out men who were more afraid lest they believed something untrue than lest they failed to believe some truth. Per haps it la as well that some people are Inclined to be skeptical on all matters. "Buckle used to contend that civilization had its origin in skepticism, and that to the critical, attitude will be due all the progress that the world can hope to make. Yet there Is danger of overdoing the doubting inclination. Many a man who prides himself on his ability to penetrate shams is the dupe of his own skepticism. He has as distorted a view of things as the person who obstinately refuses to see any motives except good ones. The ex tent to which a man may be deceived by his own smartness frequently appears in politics. A professional politician who, as Croker said, Is working for his own pocket all the time, frequently has no conception of the motives of such a man, for in stance, as President Roosevelt "When the President was Police Commissioner of New York a certain' politician In the ad ministration was fighting his efforts for decent government and blocking every move he tried to make. Jacob Rlls hap pened to bo In tho office when a political police officer came in and attempted to curry favor with his chief by urging a raid on a disreputable place, where he had Information that" the enemy would be found that night Rlis did not know the man's errand at the time, but he heard Roosevelt exclaim: "No, sir. I don't fight that way." That police officer would probably have put the man down a "suck er" who should have told him that the Police Commissioner would not seize any opportunity to strike at his opponent. Justin McCarthy tell3 how Disraeli once observed in a conversation with John Bright: "Of course, we are both in poli tics for the glory of it" And when Bright' protested that he was In Parlia ment only because he thought he could do something there for his country, Dis raeli smiled cynically, shook his head and walked away. For all his shrewdness, he could not understand such a character as Brlght's. Voltaire, as was perhaps Inev itable, considering his times, attacked the whole scheme of the church. "What an ad vance Is shown from his attitude to that of the author of "The "Washerwoman's' Song," with its insight into the meaning of Christianity for this woman, at least Of course, there Is a lamentable amount of hypocrisy and selfishness In the world. "Frail children of dust," the hymn runs, "and feeble as frail." But the cynic who observes only the cant Is as infatuated as the irritating dullard who refuses to see any evil Im the world. A newspaper's news columns frequently recount sad In stances of crime and of heartlessness. But that Is because unselfishness and devotion to duty are so common that most cases of the sort have no news value. It is the unusual that attracts people. The person whose mind Is really open and whose in sight Is keen enough to discern the truth may see plenty of little foibles and bits of vanity to smile at; he will 'discover too many exhibitions of selfishness. Yet he will be confronted on every hand with such an amount of genuine honesty, sin cerity and regard for duty that he cannot avoid taking a hopeful view of things. The first rosy beliefs of youth may prove false. A process of disillusionment may be necessary. But this means simply that untrue' values are swept aside, and that the person has acquired sufficient experi ence to see the world as it is. "When this process is complete the man, if he be of the right stuff, will have a surer faith in humanity than before, because it Is grounded not on fantasy, but on fact One of the Best Campaign Stories. "Washington Post "I spoke from the same platform last Autumn with a funny fellow, who told the best story I heard In the campaign," Representative Foster, of Vermont, was telling a group In one of the cozy corners of the House cloakrooms. "It was used' to Illustrate the prevalence of good times for worklngmen. "A man had landed In San Francisco, after extensive travels, mighty close to being 'busted.' He had decided to work rather than starve, and applied .to a freight office forgone of the transconti nental lines for a place as brakeman. The road had a Job waiting for him, and he asked: " 'How much do you pay a month?" " TVe don't pay by the month. " 'How muoh a week?" " 'Don't pay by the week. "We pay brakemen 3 cents a mile.' . "Our 'busted' friend went to work on the first freight train east from 'Frisco. As the locomotive pulled up Into the mountains It moved slower and slower, and the new brakeman, counting the miles, began to be greatly dissatisfied with his job. But before reaching the summit the train broke in two. At the rate of 50 miles an hour the rear end' went backing down the mountain side. " TJon't Jump!' shouted the conductor to the new brakeman. 'Stick to it and don't jump.' " 'Jump!' shouted back the brakeman. Well, I guess I won't jump. "What kind of a fool do you take me for, when I am making $1 60 an hour? " Gave Atvny the System. Chicago Tribune. The father of the large and expensive family had brought a guest home to dine with him. The dinner was in progress. He helped his guest liberally to every thing that was on the table, but before serving the members of the family he glanced at his wife, who made a slight an 4 almost Imperceptible signal to him, In ac cordance with some preconcerted code, and It worked In practice as herein set forth. "Caroline," he said to the eldest daugh ter, "shall I help you to some more of the chicken n. m. k.?" "Just a little, please, papa." "Some of the mashed potatOr-a. y. w.?" "It you please.'' '""With gravy n. m. k.?" "No, thanks. No gravy." "Johnny, will you have some more stewed tomatoes n. m. k.?" "No, thanks." "Some of the mashed turnips a. y. w.?" "If you please." Though the host had repeated these let ters hurriedly and In a lower tone, they had not escaped the attention of the guest. "Pardon me, Mr. Trogson," he said, "but you have excited my curiosity. May I ask what 'a. y. w.' and 'n. m. k.' mean?" "Huh!" spoke up Johnny, "I thought everybody knowed that Them letters mean 'all you want' and 'no more in the kitchen.' " Eskimclodrnma. Anonymous. 'Mid Greenland's polar lco and snow, Where watermelons seldom grow (It's far too cold up there, you know), There dwelt a bold young Eskimo. Beneath the self-same Iceberg's shade. In fur of seal and bear arrayed (Not over cleanly, I'm afraid). There lived a oharmlng Eakanaald. Thro'out the bIi months night they'd spoon (Ah ye of. sage, think what a boon), To stop at ten Is much too soon Beneath the silvery Eskltnoon The hated rival now we seel (You spy the coming tragedy. But I can't help it; don't blame me), An Esklmucher vile was he. He found the lovers there alone. He killed them with his axe of bono. (You see how fierce the tale has grown) The fond pair died with an Eskimoan. Two graves were dug, deep, in the Ice, "Were lined with furs, moth balls and spice; The two were burled In a trice, Quite safo from all the Eekimlee. Now Fldo comes, alas, too latet (I hope It's not Indelicate These little Incidents to state) The Eskimurderer he ate. Upon an Eklmo to sup "Was too much for an Esklpup He died. His Eklmemory Zs thus kept green in versa by me, NOTE AND COMMENT. Good morning! Glad school's :out? Too ' deep for tears the up-to-date woman. After a stroll along the streets one won ders why more mistletoe isn't being soldi Castro swears that he will save his country's honor. He Is keeping it safely in his purse. Even the office boy has dropped hls-late arising, base informing, sad, flagitious, plaguey ways. Seattle Is having a carnival of crime. They use the confetti to throw Into the eyes of the police. An anxious world Is yearning for In formation as. to what Is the swagger thing in Christmas dinners. It. may be confidently predicted that most young women will not hang up open--work hosiery next Wednesday., night- This Is the only season of the year that the boy in knickerbockers feels scornful of his big brother. There are advantages In long stockings. The ordinance on stalls and boxes Is un doubtedly the clearest piece of English ever penned. Nobody need be In any doubt as to the exact meaning of all Its provisions. Another miscarriage of justice In Penn sylvania. Three men attacked, a man playing a street piano and were killed by the musician. The latter has been acquit ted. But the world will respect the three as martyrs. There never was a more striking illus tration of the cheapness of some people's lives than the case of a man who has Just died In New Jersey, after living 30 years as a recluse to satisfy an election bet In all this time he never left the house between sunrise and sunset One wonders what a mind he had to destroy so utterly the boon of life for a punctilio of honor. The will that could enforce human flesh such a repulsive existepce was surely worthy to be expended on a nobfe object Pity and compassion have no place here. Disgust and contempt alone ask for ex pression. Yet even in passionate rejection of this man's vile ideal of honor the thought creeps in of one's own warped view. Too often the Ideal dies and we worship doggedly, perhaps unwittingly, the empty tinsel that veiled a living God once. And thus the respectable scruple, the worthless sentiment of him ,who sold his birthright, takes on a feeble glow; it may be that the dim embers of his heart still threw out a human warmth. "Wha knows? The Press Club benefit was a thing of the delightful past, and the reporter who had let his story go until the last moment in order to enter into a lively discussion as to what the directors should do with all the money was laboring and perspiring in vast endeavor. In the very midst of a vital paragraph there came an imperative call from the desk. He let slip a word and betook himself wearily to the editor's sanctum. This calm person gazed at him tenderly and said: "There's somebody on the 'phone, and I guess they want you." Tho reporter grunted and went and took down tho receiver. ,"HelloJ. Whafr you wan?" . ' ? "Is this Mr. PIkkelforck?" said atfemi nine voice. "Yes." ""Well, I heard your sister talking about you today, and you're just the man to help me out." Now, the reporter didn't recognize the voice, and he dared not ask. It was sweet So he said, very gently, "Yes?"" "I'm out here on Twenty-second street, and the cars have stopped, and I've no carriage, and I've got on a ball gown and slippers. You know. It's raining." The reporter felt In his pocket for the dlmo that he kept as a pocket-piece, but said nothing. The voice went on, "Isn't it horrid?" "It certainly Is," assented the reporter, vigorously. "How can I help you?" "Are you awfully busy?" "Hmmn hmnn well, pretty much so." ""Well, I won't keep you long. I thought maybe I could borrow a 'cuss' word from you. Your sister said " And ho hung up after giving her out right the choicest in his vocabulary. It was just time for the up-Valley train on the narrow gauge to leave Jefferson street and the engineer started out slow ly. People on the platform watched the cars gather headway, and then turned to " go about their various occupations. But attention wa3 Immediately attracted to a Chinaman laden after the manner of his race with divers huge bundles corded arid made up for a long trip. He was running at tho top of his speed and yelling heathen adjurations at the disappearing train. Though the distance between him and his, goal widened every instant he never slackened his pace, and his cries grew ear piercing. Amid a roar of encouragement he sped up the platform with eyes fixed on the tall end of the last car. His foot caught in an up-edged plank, his bundles departed from him and he threw at least four somersaults before alighting. He land ed on his feet, but headed the other way, with his mind made up to catch tho train. The spectators wero amazed to see him hike along in the opposite direction to that which he should have taken. Then a wise man ejaculated: "Dog-gono 'im, ' he doesn't know he turned 'bout-face In the air. Stop im!" They picked him up when he reached the end of the yards and explained to him that the train was gone. He stared up and down the track, reached for his bun dles which kind hands had brought, and gazed at the limpid "Willamette flowing softly by. Then he heard the shrill shriek of the engine's whistle, as It passed tho old water works. It seemed that he un derstood. And a woman who had been down to see her third cousin off to Alrlle picked up her skirt and sniffed': 'Horri ble! Listen to the Chink swear!" Who Im It f Plttsbunr Chronicle-Telegraph. He has hunted mountain lions In the wild and woolly West; Ho has ridden bucking bronchos That's the kind that he likes best He has hunted "yellow" Spaniards, Hunted them with shot and shell; He helsed chase them out of Cuba; He helped send them down to Well. " He's a hunter, he's a statesman. You may take him as you will, He always comes up smiling And ho always fills the. bill. He gets what he goes after. He goes after what he gets; And he leaves to his opponents ' Nothing but sincere regrets. And after next election. If you happen to be there, You wiU see the hunter-statesman Seated in. the White House chair.