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- . . 1 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903. to (Drjejgotticm Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. Orrron. as second-class matter. REYIEED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall (postage prepaid. In advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month... fa.K Dally. Sunday excepted, per year. 7.50 Dally, with Sunday, per year.. 9.00 Sunday, per year 2.00 The Weekly, per year 1.60 The Weekly. 3 months 60 To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday excepted.ISc Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lncluded.SOc POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 11-page paper - lc It to 2S-page paper.. 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly Editor The Orrgonlsn." not to the name or any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscription or to any business matter ahould be addressed simply 'The Oresonian." 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. 41. 43. 47. 4S. 49 Tribune building. New Tork City: 510-11-li Tribune butldlnc. Chlcaco; the S. C Deckwlth Special Agency. Eastern re rresentatlre. For sale in San Francisco by L. E. Lee. Pal ace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros., S36 Sutter street: F. W. Pitts, 100S Market street: J. K. Cooper Co., 748 Market street, near the Palace Hotel: Foster & Orear. Ferry news stand: Frank Scott. SO Ellis street, and N. Wheatley. 813 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 208 South Sprlnc street, and Oliver & liaises, SOS South Sprlnc street. For sale In Kansas City, Mo., by Hlekseeker Clear Co.. Ninth and Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street, and Charles Mac Donald. S3 Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1011 Farnam street: Megeath Stationery Co., 1303 Famam street. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South street. For sale in Washington. D. C. by the Ehbett House news stand. For sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 000-812 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book and Stationery Co., Fifteenth and Lawrence streets: A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Rain, with southeast erly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 68; minimum temperature. 37: pre cipitation, none. . PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEB. 21. ELECTION' OF MIL FDLTOX. Mr. .Fulton's election was to be ex pected, as the outcome of a situation that has existed since the contest In the legislature began. He would have been elected the first week but for the fact that the delegation from Multno mah could net join In his support. This unwillingness on the part of Multno mah has had Its causes In conditions that need not now be rehearsed. It .would tend to no good result to state why the sentiment of Multnomah has been practically unanimous In opposi tion to Mr. Fulton. Let us deal with the present and future. Removal of the grounds of this opposition Is a work now to be left in Mr. Fulton's own hands: and The Oregonlan bespeaks for him fair treatment and generous con sideration, from all the people of Ore gon, and especially of Multnomah County and of the City of Portland. The new Senator Is a man of good ability and of honorable character. To his open and generous nature the many firm .friendships that bind others to him are due. Naturally he and his support ers will regard his success In reaching the position for which he has tolled so long as a great triumph. Let The Ore gonlan bespeak kindness and good-will toward them while they indulge the Ju bilation natural to such an occasion. Then let It say further that on their side a duty lies. Through a very complete turn in the political affairs of the state, both Sena tors, within two years, have been chosen out of one element or section of the party, which hitherto, for a consid erable time, had not been favored. Over these affairs there have been many di visions and much strife; and what The Oregonlan would say today Is, that it would be well for those now so com pletely in the ascendant In the Repub lican party of Oregon, so entirely In control, and direction of its present or ganization and action, to remember that such tenure of power as they pos sess depends very much on the Judg ment with which the power Isf used. The main troubles that beset a party are those which grow out of an infirmity of disposition to press personal advantage and factional opportunity to the utmost together with, the tendency to forgetful aess that "there are others," in all such affairs. Since the name of the editor of this journal appeared yesterday in the bal loting of the Joint assembly, he con ceives that the present is a suitable time, and here a proper place, to make a brief statement. Mr. Scott has not been a candidate for the position; he has not sought It, expected. It, nor even desired it. He has asked no member of the Legislature to vote for him, nor any one else to support him. He has done absolutely nothing to bring "In fluence" in his behalf, from any quar ter. He Is engaged in a business of some Importance, Is under necessity of attending, to It, and could ill afford to neglect it, or to sacrifice It to politics and public duties. And not to esteem too lightly the honor and dignity of a seat In the United States Senates-he cannot suppose that his position here, aa a factor in the affairs of Oregon, Is less important or influential than such position as he might gain in that august body would be. Had he desired to sit in the Senate he would have employed all proper means' In his power to gain the seat. Months ago he would have put himself in communication with members of the Legislature, and with others Influential In various parts of the state. In a word, had he wanted the position, he would have- made effort to get it; since he Is sot weak enough to suppose -that a result can be had in the absence of the effort necessary to reach it. He has felt, throughout, that he could not afford to make the sacrifices it would" require, and he Is gratified rather than disappointed that the Leg islature has not called upon him to make them. He couldn't, Indeed, have been insensible to the honor, nor felt at liberty to decline It, had It come to him as an offering from the state; nor, on the other hand, could he ever over look or be forgetful of the fact that great duties, heavy responsibilities, must go with It, together with the busi ness and financial sacrifices to which he 'would be subjected. Of the National capital he knows something enough to know what It Is to do the work of Ore gon there, and at what expense of every kind of effort It must be done. Of the relativity and just proportions of .things he has arrived, as he thinks--stace he Is no longer young at some just estimate; and a suggestion that -once might have kindled his Imagina tion or awakened his ambition he can sow dismiss with indifference and even with frigidity. Multnomah wanted to use his name, and did so. He solicited nothing; and with one-half the mem bers, even of his own county, he has no personal acquaintance. Several of them he never met. The people of Multnomah, though they have not been favorable to the candidacy of Mr. Fulton, and have caused their opposition to be reflected through the action of their members of the Legislature, should now never theless permit it to be recalled to their attention that Mr. Pulton has at all times spoken and written In favor of all measures and propositions looking to me lurinerance or. me commercial in terests of Portland Including plans and proposals for Improvement of the river between Portland and Astoria; and The Oregonlan has no doubt that Mr. Fulton will fully redeem these pledges In the Senate. PORT OP PORTLAND'S XEW DEAL. The port of Portland Is entitled to congratulate itself upon the Legisla ture's action in creating a new commis sion. Without reflection upon the old board. It remains that the new one promises better results. The elements of conflict, long preventing the best re sults, have been eliminated by summary removal of the discordant members. The pre-eminent ability of the old board has been retained, with obvious gain from the standpoint of experience. It is, unfortunately, true that the heavy shipping interests which com bined self-interest with public spirit so efficaciously some years ago ore not di rectly represented on the new commis sion. But their counsel and desires will get recognition from the new commis sion, perhaps in the full measure to which they are entitled. Its personnel comprises business sense and prudence and men who take pride in having the work they do succeed. The selection of Captain Pease is a proper recognition of the special knowledge bf the pilots, and Captain Spencer represents practi cal navigation Just as Mr. Swigert does engineering. However, when all is said and done, the commission will be on trial. Poli tics has come nigh ruining it, and poli tics must be worked out of it if it is ever to be of any service commensurate with Its cost. If the channels of the river are to be made the sport of fac tional politics, we might as well close up the commission and trust to the pon derous machinery and precarious appro priations of the Federal Government. FEBRUARY IX OREGOX. Lest our friends, the Dakotans, who passed through Portland Thursday, af ter tarrying a few hours, may get mixed on the calendar, we will follow them with the statement that the weather to which they were treated while here was not June weather, but plain Oregon February weather. To be sure, we sometimes have storms in Feb ruary, and there is even the record of a "cold snap" in February a few years ago that nipped the rosebuds and brought sundry ambitious Spring flow ers to an untimely end; but that was the exception that proves the rule which declares that February in the Willam ette Valley Is a genial, sunny. Spring like month. Proof of this assertion, if proof is needed after the climatic dem onstration of the past two weeks, can be furnished direct from memory by any Oregon pioneer. One recalls the fact that In February, 1869, peach trees were In full bloom In sunny orchards and that children played with, their bare feet in the warm dust of the county roads. Another tells of garden ing during the days of a February far ther away, "all day long in his ehirt sleeves," while still another remembers a year In which "gardenp needed rain In February, but had to wait until March to get It." Of course, there are other records wherein storms play a disagreeable part, but the fact remains that Febru ary in Oregon is usually a most satis factory month to all except the chronic weather growler. The present month Is especially so, since, while bright and genial, it still is cold enough to keep vegetation in check and Insure against danger to the fruit crop from a too early expansion of buds. That Is to say. It Is February not April season able, bright and pleasant, without a hint of overdoing that will bring disas ter to vegetation later on. An Oregon February withal, the story of whose mildness the people In the same lati tude on the Atlantic Coast regard with Incredulity as they look abroad over a snowclad landscape swept by bitter winds. To the questioning of these as to whether we ever have a cold, snowy February In Oregon, we can respond truthfully as we did to our late visit ors, the North Dakotans, "Well, hardly ever." ALL RIGHT FOR THE EXPOSITIOX. There is much encouragement in the present status of the Lewis and Clark Exposition project. The $300,000 we started out fifteen months ago to raise for a Lewis and Clark celebration has grown to near $900,000 without going be yond the borders of our own state. The Interest of other states, which was then regarded as dimly possible, has sur passed all expectations, and Is a very tangible resource of the enterprise. It has spread far beyond the confines of Old Oregon. It has gone across the sea and Sown the coast from far Cathay to Ceylon's Isle. It has gone around the world and the nations ore glad to have a chance to participate in this celebra tion. For the most part the Legislatures of the Western States recognize the im portance of the Lewis and Clark Ex position and show a neighborly disposi tion respecting It California proposes to spend 40,000 in adapting the St Louis display for service here, including the erection of a building to cost $30,000. The State of Washington may cut down its appropriation at this session to $50, 000. with the understanding that an ade quate sum will be added by the next Legislature. North Dakota proposes $30,000, Missouri $50,000, Utah $10,000, "Montana $2500 and Wyoming and Idaho each $35,000 for exhibits at both St. Louis and Portland. Nebraska and Colorado show on active Interest in the matter, but it Is not yet known what sums they expect to appropriate for representation at the 1905 Fair. This early recognition of the Exposi tion is not, of course, final. The St Louis Fair, which was first planned to take place two years before the Lewis and Clark celebration and will certainly be a year in advance of ours, is only Just now engaging the attention of the State Legislatures. All things consid ered, our work Is at least a .year more advanced than that of S,t Louis. The promptness of the response for the Lewis and Clark Fair is cause for grat ification, and it Is no small help to the ultimate success of the celebration. Most of the Legislatures regard pres ent appropriations as largely prelimi nary. In every state there will be an other session before the opening of the Lewis and Clark Fair, and It seems to be quite generally conceded that addi tional appropriations will then be made for special features that may be-deemed desirable and for maintenance. The whole enterprise Is a matter of develop ment, and It may safely be assumed that the Interest of the states will In crease as the magnitude and purpose of the Exposition unfold. In an Import ant sense it Is linked with the great St Louis Fair. This is fortunate for both, and it will prove of benefit to the coun try. Oregon has herself set the exam ple of giving Joint recognition to the two great celebrations, and while the preparations for the 1905 Fair are In progress here we shall be making a dis play at St Louts. All's well to date, and the prospect Is promising. A 3IIXORITY REVOLUTION. The advent of the anniversary of Washington's birthday recalls the fact that he was the leader of a revolution that stood for the will of a numerical minority of the people of the American colonlea This Is at least the Judgment of John Adams, who said that the American Revolution was victorious through the efforts of a few very able men of large property and Influence In the great colonies of Massachusetts, Virginia and the Carolinas. At the out break of. the struggle conservative peo ple of all social grades were loyalists. Contentment with the old order of things was the normal state, and men had to be converted to revolutionary views rather than to the loyalist posi tion. The Delanceys, of New Tork, were Tories because their enemies, the Livingstons, had become Whigs. The hostility of the Otlses to Governor Ber nard, In Massachusetts; aided the Revo lutionary party. In allowing the elec tion of delegates to the Continental Congress to" go against them by neg lect the Tories lost their last political opportunity. In the election of dele gates to the second Continental Con gress very small proportions of the peo ple turned out to vote in Pennsylvania. In some districts not a hundredth part of the voters were present In North Carolina ten of the thirty-four counties of the state sent no representatives to the convention called for the purpose of appointing delegates to the second Con tinental Congress. In some of the dis tricts the Representatives were chosen by not a twentieth part of the people. In Georgia the .loyalist Influence was so strong that only five' out of twelve parishes sent representatives to a pro vincial convention which met for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Continental Congress. In Queens County, New York, not six persons met for the purpose of choosing delegates to the convention which was to appoint delegates to the Continental Congress. Even when the loyalists car ried the districts of Long Island by heavy majorities, delegates were sent by the patriots, who, by outside sup port, secured admission to the conven tion. The New York delegation to the Philadelphia Congress felt restrained by the consciousness that they repre sented only a minority. In 1768 Samuel Adams, of Massachusetts, probably stood alone In the belief that America must become independent Washington was not sure that the war was to be for Independence when he took com mand at Cambridge. In 1775 Jefferson denied that armies had been raised with a desire of separation from Eng land. Franklin was willing to pledge his private fortune to compensate the East India Company for its losses through the Boston Tea Party. Near the close of 1775 a delegate to the Con tinental Congress said that he had heard with horror of persons In Amer ica who wished to break off with Great Britain. The leading responsible states men of America were slow to advocate the doctrine of Independence until the Winter of 1775-76. Among the agencies which told most powerfully for Inde pendence of America was the publica tion of Polne's "Common Sense." John Adams many years after our independ ence had been won said that in the early part of 1776 New York and Penn sylvania were so nearly divided that if New England on the one side and Vir ginia on the other had not kept them in awe, they would have Joined the British. Timothy Pickering called Pennsylvania "the enemy's country."" The Quakers and the.- Pennsylvania Dutch were conservative loyalists, and Influenced the Pennsylvania Assembly to Instruct its delegates in Congress to oppose Independence. In Maryland the Tories possessed great strength, and nothing but the energetic efforts of Charles Carroll and Samuel Chase in every county won that colony to Inde pendence. In Virginia the forces were equally balanced until Lord Dunmore 'estranged the loyal people by proclaim ing freedom to all the slaves and In dentured servants who would enlist for the conquest of the colony. The burn ing of Norfolk, the principal seaport of the colony, made Virginia as eager for independence as Massachusetts: The estimate of some historical students Is that the American Revolution was the work "of on unscrupulous and desper ate minority." The truth Is that It was the work of a small body of very able. Influential, wealthy, determined men who were not originally champions of Independence, but had finally become converted by events to the conviction tht self-government could be preserved by no other means: Nevertheless this fa mous revolution by a numerical minority would have been completely crushed hod It not been for the old of the French alliance, which supplied ships, soldiers and money at the crisis of the struggle. The masses were largely neutral, be coming Whig or Tory as victory passed from one battleflag to the other. New York alone furnished 15,000 men to the British army and navy, and over 8000 loyalist militia, and over 50,000 Tories served in the ranks of England. Of the British commanders, Cornwallis alone had brains enough to treat the loyalists like friends fighting forthe same cause. At Camden battle Rawdon's volunteers of Ireland, raised In Pennsylvania, car-I riea ine aay. xseariy .ztuu xories rougnt against Gates on this occasion. The zeal and energy of these Amer ican loyalists were punished by the ban ishment or death of over 100,000 of the most conservative and respectable citizens-of cthe colonies. The treaty of peace of 1783 did not guarantee the res toration of their property or assure them of protection from acts of vio lence, but England generously compen sated the Tories for their sacrifices out of her treasury. Large land grants were given the refugees In Nova Scotia and Upper Canada, and some $9,000,000 was expended for them before 1787, and the total amount granted by the British government to the American loyalists was about $30,000,000. They were exv pelled from America as relentlessly as were the Moors from Spain or the Hu guenots from France. There is nothing exceptional In the fact that Washington and his political confederates were the leaders and executives of a revolution that was represented by a numerical minority of the people. The division between the King and Parliament was close In the great English Revolution. There Is small question that, outside of the Cromwelllan faction, the party of Parliament did not approve of the exe cution of the King. There Is small doubt that outside the Jacobins of Paris the people of France did not desire the death of Louis XVI. There Is good rea son to believe that the revolution which created the Southern Confeder acy at the outset had the support of but a numerical minority of the Southern people. Real majorities are represent ed by men of brains. Influence, courage, energy, audacity and high character. It Is a' majority that cannot be tested by counting noses any more than you can estimate the valor and skill ofan army by counting Its banners. Washington led on embattled, earnest, able minority against a majority whose leaders were too conservative to fight desperately, as men do who have a rope about their necks, and whose rank and file included too many people of neutral tint, whether in the business of war or peace. Noorbatten, he most northerly prov ince of Sweden, and the most seriously affected of the famlne-strlcken prov inces of that country, confronts. In ad dition to the present stress for food, the possibility of the extinction of the sturdy Alpine cattle upon which, even under the best conditions, the people are largely dependent for food. One great slaughter of cattle has already taken place to keep starvation at bay, and another will soon be ordered unless relief can come to both people and stock. A self-reliant people, contending bravely and uncomplainingly against the forces of nature for existence, their present distress appeals, not to charity, but to humanity, for relief. Their coun trymen In the United States have re sponded generously to their needs, but much more remains to be done If the peasantry of Noorbatten survive the misfortune that has befallen them with on equipment In cattle and seed that will insure them against a repetition next year of the conditions that now oppress them. Not before June can they hope for a return from their labors In field and garden that will Insure them against hunger. The home gov ernment Is moving to their assistance, but the good offices of benevolence in this and other prosperous lands are In voked for their benefit A ready and steady response should follow. Much alarm was lately caused In Paris by a call for the erection of a hospital for the special treatment of leprosy. Something like a score of lep ers aro tinder treatment In a hospital In that city, and the Municipal Council has been asked to vote 25,000 francs for the erection of a pavilion for their especial use. The strangset part of the story 13 that this Is asked, not because leprosy Is considered a contagious disease by eminent French physicians, but because the doctor In charge of the hospital fears that the lepers may be attacked by tuberculosis, to which they are pe culiarly liable, from contact In the open ward with patients suffering from the latter disease. Think of It: Consump tion, which was not until within recent years considered communicable from one human being to another, is by this report placed In advance of leprosy as a "contagious disease"! Very few per sons will accept this classification, even upon the assurance of eo eminent a physician as Dr. Allopean. The general verdict will be that tuberculosis is the communicable and leprosy the conta gious disease the former to be avoided by simple sanitary precautions, in car ing for Its victims, the latter to bo shunned as a veritable pestilence. The most shocking incident in the his tory of trolley-car transit was that at Newark, N. J., Thursday morning of this week. In which eight school chil dren were killed outright and more than a score of others were injured more or less seriously. The engine of a fast express on the Lackawanna Rail road cut through the trolley-car, crowd ed with school children, on a crossing, with the. most appalling consequences. It appears that the most careful provis ion had been made by the railroad and trolley company to prevent accident at this crossing. While It Is probable that the icy rails contributed their full share to the disaster, making it Impossible for the motorman to stop his car, it is no doubt true, also, that a certain degree of recklessness due to the constant presence of danger had much to do with it Having passed this point' day after day for weeks or months without disas ter, the always lurking danger of col lision was lost sight of, with a result so terrible that Imagination turns away appalled from the scene. There is noth ing further to be said about the acci dent, except that being of a prevent able order, It was permitted to take place through a. fatal lapse of caution not easily accounted for. The Boston Herald makes the Inter esting suggestion that it will be inter esting to see how all this publicity leg islation, enacted by Congress, will affect the sugar trust The securities of this corporation, while they have been in a left-handed way dealt In on the floor of the stock exchanges, nevertheless are so dealt In that when they are recorded an asterisk is printed by the side of that record, as much as to say that they are not regularly listed. That Is because the sugar trust will not conform to the rules of the stock exchanges by consent ing to the publicity these rules require. Presumably the publicity that will sat isfy the Government will also satisfy the stock exchanges, and thus put the securities of the sugar trust as well as( those of the Standard OH and of the other more taciturn combinations, on the regular lists of the stock exchanges. Lester E. Beldlng, for whose life his attorneys have fought so persistently, will expiate the crime of double murder upon tbe gallows cn the 27th of March. Seven months contemplation of what Is now so close to him has seemingly made him callous to his fate. The end of justice, so far as this can be attained, will be compassed by the penalty which he la soon to pay. The Pennsylvania Legislature is asked to vote for the passage of a meas ure making wife desertion criminal by attaching to the offense special penal ties as a misdemeanor. James II. Wolff, & colored man,; has been elected a Junior vice-commander of the G. A. It of Massachusetts, the first time a negro has been so honored In that state. WASHINGTON AND OFFICE-SEEKERS New York Sun. Lauders of times gone by In matters po litical will find Instruction and food for thought In the papers of the simple golden days of the 'Republic that Mr. Gaillard Hunt has catalogued under the title "Calendar of Applications and Recom mendations for Offlce During the Presi dency of George Washington" (Washing ton. Government Printing Offlce). They form part of the archives of the De partment of State, and their contents aro summarized in the briefest possible form by Mr. Hunt From the specimens he gives In his preface, however, there must be a lot of light on the habits of mind and tbe social life of 1C0 years ago In the papers, and queer revelations about the political schemes of many men. It Is thus that Mr. James Bowdoln the younger, of Boston, then 33 years of age. applies to President Washington for the place of Minister to London: "The regard. I am persuaded, your Ex cellency entertained for my lato Father: the Respect, which his private, as well as public Character Induced, whilst It should Inspire a general Desire, to emulate his Virtues, ought In a peculiar Manner to create in me, a Disposition, to tread in his Footsteps. "These Considerations added to a sup posed Ability, to servo the United States, in tho Character of their Minister, at the court of London, lnduco me to make a Tender of my Services, to your Excel) lency. "After having partnken of tho Honours of Harvard College In Massachusetts, I passed to Great Britain, anil received tho Remainder of my Education at Christ Church College In Oxford, whero I was personally, and particularly, acquainted with tho honble. Mr. Geo. Grenvltlc. now the Marquis of Buckingham, yo Earl of Wlncheleea, Lord Buckley, the present Lord Cllve, and others, some of whom are respectable characters In the present Administration of that Country: I after wards took ye usual Tour of the Conti nent of Europe, which gave me a further Introduction to many distinguished Per sons of tbe English Nation. Since my Return to my own Country. I have been for a number of years, a Member of the Gent Court of Massachusetts, and have been qualifying myself for public Life. "Upon these Grounds, I havo presumed upon making an Offer of my Services to your Excellency, not with a View to ye Emoluments of such an Appointment having a competent Fortune to support myself, cither In England, or my own Country. In the Character of a Gentle man." George Washington did not yield to-these arguments. Bowdoln did not get the mis sion to England, but after Washington's death he was Minister to Spain, and he tecame the founder of Bowdoln College. A report made by Royal Flint to Alex ander Hamilton on the character of tho Rhode Island politicians Is amusing; if there aro many such confidential reports for later times, there will be lively times for American historians in the future. These aro some of Mr. Flint's comments (the names are printed in full): "Cot O. Is universally popular, that he Is a firm man to oppose smuggling, & that it has seemed for a long time to be the prevailing opinion that bo Would bo ap pointed Collector. "Mr. T. Is an honest but a crabbed, aus tere man & very unpopular. "Col. S. Is a good public character In every thing where money Is not concerned but If trusted with the collection would be In danger of misapplying the revenue. "Govt. B. Is highly respected as a Law yer In the Statebut seems to bo rather an able Declamer, than a well grounded professional man." Mr. Hunt's "Calendar" throws open to the student It will be seen, a fertile field of investigation that has lain fallow for a century. It may causo some historical Judgments of Individuals to bo revised. BRYAN'S HOLD ON THE PARTLY. Minneapolis Tribune. If the Democratic money power thinks it can count Bryan out of the Democratic programme for 1904. it Is reckoning with out Its host Mr. Bryan Is very much in evidence, not only in the columns of his weekly paper, but at Democratic banquets unpolluted by the presence of Grover Cleveland. He got tbe biggest kind of an ovation at the Lincoln banquet at Chicago, In which ho served notice that the men who opposed him In 1S96 never Can come back Into what ho calls the Democratic party. At the same time his paper publishes "A Call to Arms," which even trust-owned Democratic papers dare not refuse to print In which he summons loyal Democrats to organize throughout the country in clubs and associations for unalterable opposition to Grover Clove land and all his works. In the meantime the Bryan end of the party Is bestirring Itself to prove that there Is no lack of candidates for President besides Cleveland and Ol ney and all the crawling servi tors of Wall Street One would sup pose that Mr. Bryan alone was evidence enough of this; but there aro others. A former Governor of California, speaking at the Lincoln banquet adorned the bril liant roll of Champions of tho Plain Peo ple with such dazzling names as that of Tom Johnson, the Ohio millionaire, and W. It Hearst, the inheritor of the un earned Increment of mining trust millions. Oddly enough, neither of these names commends Itself to Mr" Bryan. Perhaps they are too brilliant He prefers a mod est violet which ho calls Governor Garvin of Rhode Island. Mr. Bryan wems to choose a candidate who will not dim the luster of his own leadership. Dcbnuclilnjr the Press. Omaha Bee. Ono feature of the recently uncovered correspondence by which the railroad lob- by at Lincoln endeavored to persuade tho editors or country newspapers to Insert madc-to-order articles justifying railroad tax shirking in their editorial columns upon promise of payment of any bill of expense they might render, calls for further emphasis. It Is the insidious at tempt to poison the public mind by cor rupting the well-springs of public opin ion. Several of the publishers who com piled with the requisition from railroad headquarters have endeavored to explain their action by asserting that they have advertising space to sell, and that In printing the misleading appeals for tax exemption for tho railroads they were simply selling their wares to a purchaser willing to pay the price. There is a dis tinction as well as a difference, however, between selling advertising spice to the railroads and selling editorial opinions to the railroad lobby. Wireless Transmission of Power. Orange Judd Farmer., Hardly has wireless telegraphy become practical before the wireless system bids fair also to revolutionize telephony. And now comes Braun, of Strasburg Universi ty, with apparently a feasible scheme for transmitting electric power long distances on the ether waves and without wires. Truth Is. we aro -Just in the infancy of knowledge about all these things. The popular ldoi Is justified that the future is to be more wonderful than tbe past in scientific achievement Colonel Bingham's Retirement. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Tho story has gone abroad that Colonel Bingham was relieved of his duties as master of ceremonies at the White House because ho Interfered at a recent dinner to calm tho hilarity caused by one of Senator Depews stories. This report lacks confirmation; but If It is true. Colonel Bingham was properly relieved. The Leas and the Greater Crime. Baltimore Sun. Whatever may be said of disfranchise ment of negroes by such, Constitutional devices it Is far more decent and honest than the disfranchisement of white peo ple in Pennsylvania by ballot-box stuffing and perjury. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS The Wllsonlnn Exodun. Spokane Spokesman-Review. John L. Wilson's announcement that he will soon remove from Spokane to Seat tle begets no surprise In the public mind. Long ago it was well understood that Mr. Wilson's business interests were centered in Seattle, that he was not concerned In the Industrial and commercial fortunes of Spokane, and that the only link that held blm In nominal residence here was his local political machine. With the smashing of that machine the last re maining link was severed. The historical truth is that Wilson lost substantial Iden tification with Spokane with the panic of 1S33. Thereafter his chief, if not ex clusive, aim was to exploit various wrecks for the benefit of his political re tainers, and to advance his waning po litical Interests by oontrolllng tho Repub lican organization In Spokane County. And It Is a striking commentary on bis failure to serve this city and county In a broad and useful way that synchronous ly with the announcement of his with drawal from Spokane comes news from Washington that Spokane, having been awarded a public building site appropria tion at the last sgglon of Congress, is to receive at least $400000 at this session for the long-needed building. In other words. Spokane fares Incomparably better with Wilson In retirement than it ever fared in his ten years of Congressional service. A Diurnal Prophecy. Baker City Democrat By the time the $1S5.CQ of the people's money is spent and the road built If the money reaches that far after It Is handled by different disbursing boards, the United States engineers will be well along with the initial work on the boat canal authorized by Congress, and which will give uninterrupted water transporta tion from the Inland Empire to the sea, the only practical solution of the ques tion of cheap rates on low-grade freight The portage road, operated by the state at a loss, might make a reduction in rates, but cargoes and shipments must break bulk twice In transit at loss in value t6 shippers and extra costs above transportation. The canal Itself will only succeed in materially reducing rates on low-grade freights for certain merchants and Jobbers on the river. On wheat, the world's product whose selling price Is governed by the world's consumption through the London market water trans portation will only add a few cents more to the middleman's pocket under certain market conditions, leaving the farmer's price the samo as ever, the London price less cost of transportation, great or small rates, commissions and brokerage. All Should Get In Line. Paisley Post It is in order now for Lake County to show her colors by way of an exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Every person who Is interested in Lake County never forgets to speak a good word for it when opportunity presents. There have been many flattering things said of Lake. Its local newspapers have been untiring in their efforts to attract the attention of outsiders to this particular portion of the state. All ore alike expectant and enthusiastic till our neighbors over the mountain have believed there was some thing here, and summing up the apparent force of the state they have put on foot the great Lewis and Clark Fair proposi tion, which carries with It the opportuni ty for-every section of country within the boundary of the stato to show its great ness. Oregon will "be on -the stage to make its initial bow to the world, and In doing so should have the resources of Its remotest sections near at hand in order to make the best possible display. Seattle and Tocoran Responsible. Walla Walla. Statesman. Seattle and Tacoma are responsible for the defeat of the commission bill to which both partles were pledged by their plat forms. It would serve these Jim Hill towns right, If the farmera arid other shippers of Eastern Washington would throw their trade to Portland until the politicians ot King and Pierce Counties are ready to concede that the interests of this section of the state are worthy of honest consideration by the state Leg islature. If the Sound cities are so badly stuck on the prospect of trade with the Chinese and Japanese that they are will ing to do anything that Hill directs In order to get It they will have no reason to complain if the American citizens on this side of the Cascades leave them to their glory. Coast States Should Co-Operate. Centralla Chronicle. The Lewis and Clark Exposition which Is to be held at Portland is an enterprise that should have the co-operation of all the Coast States. It will bring to our vicinity an Immense number of people who are anxious to learn about the ad vantages of this section. In the Eastern States the people know little of this vi cinity and are anxious to learn, and all that come here will be able to tell their Eastern friends the many advantages of our climate and the country in general. Only Half as Far Xott. Lewiston Tribune. Just about half the distance from Lew iston to the sea has been eliminated by tho Oregon appropriation for getting around the rapids of the Columbia. The Frozen Fins of the Delaware. Ilezeklah Butterworth. In abbeys green that ring and chime. In turret gray that Maze In air. In Ivied halls. In Rhenish rooms. In Rome's old temples' odorous glooms. Are song and mirth 'tis Christmas time Tls Christmas on the Delaware. "Forward I" No star Is In the sky. He sees the misty torches Bare, He hears the Ice-floes grind the shores, -lie hears the beat ot muffled oars. He hears the startled heron cry Tls Christmas on the Delaware I For htm there ring: no Ivied towers. No suave lutes play, nor pages fair Bring mistletoes from resinous woods, And giant oalcs in solitudes. To lend their grace to festal hours TIs Christmas on the Delaware I "Forward!" 'Mid the swirl of snow and sleet He sees the serried torches Care. The Ice-mailed men with silent tread. The minute-men ot Marhlehead. Move past like ghosts, no war-drums beat Tis Christmas on the Delaware! "Forward!" It was the hand of God That covered them with darkened air. "Forwardr1 They marched within the cloud. So Israel's seer the heavens bowed. "Forward!" He spoke the prophet's word Tls Christmas on tbe Delaware! "Let there be darkness!" He had sought With elements wild the war to share! His weakness to the storm had brought: He stopped the clock of time, and wrought The miracle of faith untaught 'Tla Christmas on the Delaware! O men, yemay not know the way The storm Is freezing In the air. But forward, forward, dare the tide. If not the way, ye know your Guide. Though drums beat not nor bugles play 'Tla Christmas on the Delaware! The foe. his Christmas revel kept Lay down: his torches ceased to glare. He heard the north wind tramp and blow. He heard the swirl of sleet and snow. And closely drew his cloak and slept Tls midnight on the Delaware. .And Bhall. his winning cards revealed. Mid languid pipes and sleepy air. The night is waning "All Is well!" Tls false, O weary sentinel! There came a flash, the dead earth reeled. As though the clock of fate had pealed Twas Christmas on the Delaware! That Cash the veil ef centuries rent. That thunder shook the continent; With Washington the storm had marched. And when the morning sunlight arched The world with glory. Time had won Her noblest field In Washington! 'Twas Christmas on the Delaware! NOTE AND COMMENT. We told you a Senator would be elected." The South American revolution which ended yesterday Is not the ono which- be gan today. The Empress of China hasn't died since she came to life Just after the Chinese New Year. One by one the states fall In line to sup port the -Lewis and Clark Fair. Yester day's roll of honor Includes Idaho, Cali fornia, Wyoming and Colorado. Next! There is a bill pending in the Indiana Legislature to prohibit football. Of what effect would such a law be? Murder, mayhem and prize-fighting ' are already under the ban of the law. "And some have greatness thrust upon them." Senator Quay Is now assured of Immortality. New Mexico has named a county after him. But that poor county neither earthquake nor volcano can cover its shame. Carrie Nation turned up In Los An geles tho other day and harangued the City Council on the lnioulty of the Chief of Police, Incidentally dropping the re mark that Los Angeles was the most im moral city she had ever visited. There upon the Council unanimously adopted a resolution of confidence In "the ability and integrity of the Chief of Police." Then Carrie went after her hatchet The Whitman "co-eds" Took it into their heads To have some fine fun with the boys. But tbe faculty prim Tnnlr fin nnnndt. vMm w -- w,ww.. .1 ...... And put a short stop to such Joys. When the girls go to dance They" must now go alone. Or with mothers or aunts .Who will see them all home. The young men of the place Are by rule kept away; But It's plain as an ace That the order won't stay. Might as well be a "seg." If to be a "co-ed" Means that hen parties must be the rules. And since girls parse and sew Just to catch 'em a beau. Pray, why shouldn't they do it at akule? "Is trie editor-in-chief inf "No." "Well, I'd like to speak to the managing editor." "Not In." "Well. Is my friend. Mr. "No." "Well, who Is this talking?" lnr "Well, maybe you'll do Just as welL 1 was Just curious to know whether th members of the Legislature had cast a majority vote for any one man at Salem. You see, we're having a little Senatorial party at our house this evening, and w( thought we'd " The scribe broke in with: "Thirty-fifth ballot and Geer has gained two votes." After that he got wise and headed off long tales of woe by a stereotyped answer, "No change," and then hung up ths 'phone. Early this week snow fell in Pasadena, San Bernardino, Redlands, Riverside and numerous other points In the orange dis tricts of Southern California, and tem peratures much below the freezing point were reported from various localities of the southern citrus belt But In the Sac ramento Valley no snow has been seen, while now the tender violet is blooming in the gardens of the Capital City and the wealth of camellias on every hand is tho wonder and admiration of all visit ors. This moves the Sacramento Bee to remark that the simple truth Is that Southern California Is not one whit more "subtropical" than Northern California. There has been colder weather this Win ter at most of the Southern show places than at Sacramento. Oranges have suf fered more or less damage below the Tehachapl, whllo the orange crop of Northern and Central California, to tho extent of about 20CO car was marketed long ago without a touch of1 frost Snmrestion for an Epitaph. Boston Transcript The entire United States should be al lowed to chip In with Pennsylvania in raising funds for the proposed statue of Simon Cameron, and the dedicatory in scription might run somewhat thus: To the Memory of Simon Cameron. A Corruptlonlst, Leader of a Line of Keystone State Comrption lsU, Through Whose Efforts in the Cause of a Corrupt Suffrage and Cor rupt Judiciary The Rule of Matthew Stanley Quay and His RInz Was Made Possible. In Crateful Recognition ot These Services The United States of America. Dedicate This Monument In the Year of the Great Coal Famine, 1003. Only the Xegroes Sailer. Washington Post Tho white people at Indlanola, Miss., get their mall all right as they are able to send to a neighboring village for It and have It delivered In about 30 minutes later than when they were deprived of their postofllce. The ones that suffer most are tho poor negroes, who are unable to pay for the extraordinary service. This is the usual result of all such blanket efforts to punish an entire community for the faults of a few of Its members. "Elijah" In Gotham. Washington Star. After Mr. Dowle has had a few encoun ters with the New York police he will be gin to feel that he Is only an amateur in the art of acquiring money on slight pretexts. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Polite Gentleman (In street-car) Take my seat, madam. Lady Never mind. thanS you. I get out here, too. New Tork Weekly. City Cousin (at village church) Is that a vol untary the organist Is playing? Village Cousin Oh. no; she gets paid for doing It. Chicago Dally News. "How did you like my story?" asked the young author. Why er " said the girl with the fluffy hair, "the binding was perfectly love ly." Washington Star. Bacon When President Loubet of the French republic was a boy he was a member of a vil lage band. Egbert Oh. well. If he lived through that he need not fear assassination now. Tonkers Statesman. "Perhaps," ventured the unsuccessful con tributor, "you didn't consider mjr little ode true to life." "Oh, It was true enough." re plied the editor. "I assure you there was mora troththan poetry In what you said." Philadel phia Press. First Little Girl My pa Is going Into the Legislature. Second Little Girl Pooh! that's nothing: my pa's going Into bankruptcy. First Little Girl WeU. I guess my pa'll go there, too. It he wants to. Boston Transcript Mrs. Jones Why don't you lar up your monjy (or a rainy day. Patrick? Patrick (tbe hostler) Shure, 'twould be no use. mum. fer 01 couldn't spend it thin. Ol'm always laid up mesllf on a rainy day wld th' rheumatism. Judge. "I do not find that you are one whit better prepared to receive me than when I stopped here a year ago." "But had I known Your Honor was coming" "Aye! I grant that you have little reason to expect any man who has been here before!" Puck. Playwright That villain In my play doesn't act his part up to the lines. He must wear a look of worry and desperation. Manager OhI don't get excited. 1 11 fix that. John, go up on the stage and start a rumor that I have skipped with the box-office receipts. Baltimore News.