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12 THE . MOBBING . OEEGONIA?, . F"R!T)AT MARCH 13, 1903. STRIKE IS IN SIGHT Leather-Workers Threaten to Walk Out UHLESS DEMANDS ARE GRANTED 'Employer Will Be Waited Upon To day for ABSirer to Request for Nine-Hoar Day and Higher Pay. If the differences between the employ ers and the Leather-Workers' Union are net settled today the men will leave their work Saturday night, not to return until their- Tequests for a nine-hour day and higher pay are granted. At the meeting of the union last evening a committee of 11 was appointed to wait upon the em ployers today, and it is still possible that the troublesome points may be satisfac torily arranged to both- parties. Other wise a strike Is Inevitable. The meeting was attended by almost everj man In the four shops affected. The "union has placed the matter of the wage scale and the shorter hours asked for in the hands of the committee of 11. and upon their reception by the bosses rests the beginning of Portland's first strike this year. Early this morning the committee will call upon the different em ployers, and a last attempt to settle the conflicting points be made. The man agers of the shops will say nothing as to how they will receive the men. or whether th?y consider an adjustment possible. The union men think that they have given the employers long enough to decide upon a question affecting both parties so deeply, and will therefore press the mat ter until a decision one way or another Is arrived at. Should the employers re fuse to consider any proposition made to them by the committee, it Is probable that the men doing piece work will quit tonight, while those working by the day or week will finish the week's work. Though none of the employers are will ing to discuss the question, it is possible that one or two of the shops will accedo to the demands, while the others refuse to grant them. If this is the case, the men in the shops allowing the demands of the union will continue at their trade without regard to the condition prevail ing in the houses whose managers will not listen to the committee. In this way the leather-working business of the city may not be tied up. and the men lose no time nor the shops any trade. "We have shown the bosses that we mean what we say, and that we will stick by our demands." said It. H. McCallutn, a prominent member of the union and the Portland representative of the United Brotherhood of Leather-Workers. "The Increase asked for is not a large one, amounting to only 25 cents for the saddle makers and 50 cents for the harness-makers. In one or two particulars the con ditions in Portland are against all the regulations of our international organiza tion, and this must be bettered. The in crease for the saddle-makers and the harness-workers applies only to the. men working by the day, for the majority are paid by piece work, and their advance Is very little. There has been more diffi culty in gaining nine hours and higher pay In Portland than in any other city on the Coast. In San Francisco we had little trouble, and a new scale has just been signed by the employers In Chicago. Yes, If the committee and the employers do not settle things tomorrow or the next day there will probably be a strike on by Monday. When the union struck here two yearn ago the brotherhood had been recently organized, but since then we have gained nearly 100 more new unions. and the organization is able to show its strength. PAINTERS "WILL XOT BUDGE. lulon "Will Not Abandon Demand for Minimum of $3.50 a Day. The committee from the Painters' Union which conferred with a committee from the Master Painters' Association on Tues day of this week reported the result of the conference to the meeting of the union last evening, and the painters declared that they could never entertain the idea of receiving 40 cents an Tiour instead of the minimum of $3.50 a day requested. From this stand the union men say they will not move, and the question remains un settled.' A communication was read from Gover nor Chamberlain acknowledging the re celpt of the recommendation of the union as to the appointment of C Bomberger as State Labor Commissioner. The letter was a formal acknowledgment and showed nothing of the Governor's .opinions as to wic umereni canaiaaies. The Painters' Union of Oregon City will visit the union here at Its next meeting. on Thursday night of next week, and a general good time Is expected. In which no thought of labor troubles will Intrude lta ugly head. SITE HANGS FIRE. (Continued from First Page.) the north end. The dock has been totally destroyed, and if a few rows of piling are torn out it will leavo plenty of room for the arydock, dredges and other equip ment of the Port of Portland. "The land south of Victoria dock is owned by the O. R. & N. Co.. and could be obtained If more is needed. I think the company would sell it. as the ground is hard pan. where piles cannot be driven for wharves. The Victoria dock site could be put in condition to receive the dry dock In less time and at less expense tnan that at the Mock tract" Comiatasioners Favorably Impressed The commissioners were so favorably Impressed with this offer that they at once concluded to consider it. Captain Spencer was asked to put his proposal in writing, wnlch he agreed to do. F. W. Leadbetter. one of the owners of the Meek tract, who was present, stated that he had been unjustly criticised in re gard to the price asked for the property. .tie declared that the price was reason able and compared it with prices paid or onered for other portions of the bottom. "As for the Spencer site." he said. "I consider it a very good one. but I don't agree with the Captain's opinion of its value. I believe it Is worth $100,000." "With the drydock question postponed xor a weeK. tne board took up other mat ters. Johann Poulsen. of Inman. Poul sen & Co.. renewed his offer to give the port 51000 toward defraying the expense of dredging a 20-foot channel from u point south of the Madison-street bridge draw and above the Bull Run pipe line to the Inman-Poulsen mill. Superintendent Lockwood estimated that the channel would cost between $2000 and $3000. As it was in the interest of commerce, the board, on motion of Mr. "Swlgert, ac cepted the offer. Officer Are Re-elected. A lew minor matters were attended to. and the fact was brought to the board's notice that it was the day for electing cmccrs. xne proceedings were entirely xormai, ana me oia oracers were re elected, as follows: M. C Banfleld. uresl dent: C. F. Swlgert. vice-president: Ben Selling, secretary, and C. F. Adams, treasurer. It was resolved to engage an expert to pass upon the books for ths past year, and then the- meeting ad Journed. Wats Reasonable Deafet. The charge of larceny against Mrs. Simeon Teal was dismissed yesterday by Municipal Judge Hogue. Mrs. Teal -was charged with stealing a coat from Katie Glanz during the Are at the Brown Hotel. Miss Glanz exhibited mirks on the coat which she said identi fied the garment positively. She. sold she had cut away part of the sleeves more than two years ago, and showed the court the marks beneath the sleeves. Attorney A. "Walter "Wolfe, who repre sented the defendant, brought witnesses to show that Mrs. Teal had brought the coat from Lewiston, Idaho, her former home. There Is a reasonable doubt, as to the defendant's guilt," said Judge Hogue, and I will have to dismiss the case." ORIENTAL COASTING TRADE AtQOBHt ef Toanage Far in of the Demand. ExcenH Reporting upon the position and pros- ects of trade and navigation in Eastern Asiatic waters, the French Consul at Hong Kong says that the shipowners at that place connected with the traffic be tween China, Indo-Chlna, Slam and the Philippines are In the presence of a real crisis, the cause of which la more than anything else, the great Increase in the WILL STEAMSHIP PAK: LING. The big steamship Pato'Ltng has begua toload lumber at the North Pacific mill. She will lake aboard 2.150,000 feet for Ma nila. This Is lumber bought by the Government for the construction of barracks and other Army buildings in- the Phlllsolnes. The steamer will complete her cargo In about a week. amount of available tonnage, for which I there Is no corresponding increase in the 1 quantlty of cargo offering for transport 1 a state of things which makes competl- supposed to foave gone down, but noth tion exceedingly sharp. The continual dc- ins: to indicate that a vessel had gone preclatlon In the value of silver accentu- j ates tne evil, crippling tne import trade and the transport of rice from Slam and Indo-China. In the last IS months, the report says, 33 vessels have been added to the fleet sit- , i tached to Hong Kong and employed in the coasting trade. Besides this, owing to the slackness of business in the North Sea and the Baltic, a number of Danish and Norwegian ships were directed to Singa pore, Bangkok and Saigon, which further pressed upon the market, all the more so that they are run upon much more eco nomical conditions than British-owned steamers are. These Danish and Norwe gian vessels are caught up eagerly by charterers, because. In the charterers' in terest, they make up their accounts in silver dollars, and not, as the British captains do, In pounds sterling. Last year, compared with the year 1901, rates of freight were generally lower by 35 to 50 per cent. The competition among the Hong Kong owners, the Consul says, is divided among three groups. The first of these comprises the large German lines, which are work ing with profitable results. Over against these stand the British firms; and the third group is formed by the Japanese owners. In the second group may be es pecially mentioned the firms of Jardlne, Matheson & Co., and Butterfield & Swire, who at one time ruled the market. The Japanese firms are very numerous, and the traffic with Formosa and the Philip pines has been monopolized by them "to the prejudice of the British." The report adds that the unfavorable results of the coasting traffic have had the consequence of producing a heavy fall In shipping J shares on the Hons: Kong Exchange. Never Attended a Prlre-Fiftht. PORTLAND, March 12. (To the Editor.) Answering your editorial comment. In which you state. "You wonder whether Mrs. Sitton was the only Sch6ol Director that was not at the prize-fight," etci, 1 beg to Inform you, and the public, that I have never attended a prize-fight in my ; firing a rocket, Is accounted a most re nte, nor a football game, as I consider ! liable authority among all captains and both these sports too brutal and demor- J shipowners, but many of them are of the allzlng to the rising generation to lend them any moral support, even by my at tendance there as a citizen or a member of the School Board. I feel that an Injustice has been done the board by this "slur," as I am posi tive that not a member of the board was present, and It Is in their interest, as well as my own and that of the general public, that I enter this protest. H. WITTENBERG. Denver Thenters in Litigation. DENVER, March 12. Denver's two larg est theaters, the Broadway and the Taber, were today given into the hands of W. W. I Borst, as receiver appointed by Judge Hallett, in the Federal Court, pending the settlement of a suit brought by Mrs., Marie Singer Bigger, daughter of the late William H. Bush, formerly in partner- , ship with Peter McCourt In the manage-' ment of the two theaters. The suit is to ! obtain an Interest in the present leases of the two theaters held by McCourt. ; About $50,000 is involved in the suit. The ! profits of he two theaters, it is said, are month, which is paid to McCourt as man. ager. Mrs. Bigger sues for a share In ; the partnership of the leases and unpaid profits, with interest to date. Temple Betk Israel. Dr. Stephen S. Wise will preach this evening on "The Life of the Ghetto the Viewpoint of an Outsider." Services be gin nt S o'clock, and strangers are always welcome. The Bible Study Circle of the Council of Jewish Women will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Hlrsch-Selllng building. A paper will be presented on the Book of Job. to be followed by dis cussion led by Dr. Wise. All Interested in a critical study of the Bible are wel comed. Sunday morning at 10 o'clock the Pnrlm celebration of the religious school will take place. An attractive programme i" to b .pres-r.tcl by the children. MYSTERY OF THE SEAf DID A STEAMER FOUNDER POINT REYES T OFF Watchers . at the. Ughtaonac Say They Saw Signals ef Distress Ship ping Men Believe It a Mistake. SAN' FRAXCISCO. March 12.-3reat mystery attaches to the disapcarance and identity of a steamer which is re ported to have sent up signals of dis tress off Point Reyes last night, and which suddenly disappeared as If swal lowed up by the tea. Just before her disappearance, the observers say, the steam siren of the distressed vessel rounded three long blasts, and lanterns were swung on the port side in a frantic manner, indicating the great excitement which must have prevailed on board the vessel. To the watchers at the Point Reyes lighthouse It looked as if those on board were preparing to disambark. Captain Jorgeuson. of the lighthouse, or dered his crew to get a lifeboat ready. CARRY LUMBER TO MANILA and with his men launched the hoat and spent several hours cruising In the vi- clnity . of the fpot where the ship was to the bottom was found, and the search vras given up. in the meantime the tugboat Defiance was sent out from this port by the O. R. & N., acting on a rumor that the steamer In distress was the steamer Co- aicauici in uiaucoa wxsy tuc iwuct iumbla, from Portland, but after a search of the coast of Point Reyes, returned to port, her captain reporting that he had observed nothing to indicate a recent disaster. Scarcely had the Defiance returned be fore the lookout at Point Reyes signaled that the steamer Columbia was approach ing this harbor. She "has since arrived, and her commander saw nothing of any wreckage or any other indications that a. vessel had gone to the bottom. The Columbia had hardly docked before the steamer Corona, from Eureka, Cal., signaled that she had passed through Im mense quantities of wreckage at 3:30 o'clock this morning, at a point about 30 miles southeast of Point Arena. In vestigation of the Corona's report, how ever, indicates that the wreckage she passed through was a portion of the dtckload of the steam schooner Alcatraz, enabe the company to exercise greater from Greenwood Landing. Cal., which economy in working the vessels. The was lest during a storm oh the morning ; Gazette also says It believes the new of March S. together with some of her : White Star steamer Arabic, of 15.S0O tons, rigging. The Alcatraz suffered some ! "will represent the limit to which the corn minor damage, but" arrived in port safely , 'bine Is prepared to go under the present several days ago. j circumstances. There can be no connection between j the wreckage reported by the Corona and J Damage to the Prentiss. the alleged disaster reported by the j ASTORIA. March 12. (Special.) An ex- lighthouse-keeper at Point Reyes last night, and the consensus of opinion around he Merchants' Exchange Is that there was n0 disaster off Point Reyes, and that while the Point Reyes people may have seen signals of some sort, tne signals did not and were not Intended to indicate that the vessel sending them up was in grave danger. Observer Thomas, of the Weather Bu reau station at Point Reyes, who was the 1 first to report the sudden disappearance . of a vessel after blowing three blasts and opinion that, in this Instance, he mistook the meaning of the ships whistles and signals. The only vessel unaccounted for Is the steamer Meteor, from Eureka to Topolo bampo, loaded with railroad ties. The agents of the Meteor are of the opinion that she Is safely on her way to Topolo bampo. They believe that the lights and signals seen were those of the Meteor, given to attract attention, so that the vessel would be reported. The three blasts are Interpreted by them as being ! the usual salute to signify that all Is well. Heavy gales from the southeast and southwest have prevailed along the coast ' for the last two days. The Columbia, from Portland, bucked the tempest from the time she crossed the Columbia bar 1 until she entered the Golden Gate. She i made slow headway, and reached port , nearly a day late. The James Dollar was 120 hours coming down from Seattle. . Second add lead marine ; The San Pedro arrived tonight from ' Ventura -and reports sighting the Meteor today down the coast. This accounts for SEALING SCHOONER CAPSIZED. Wrecked Thirty Suies Oft the Month of the Columbia. SEATTLE. March 12. The fishing and reallng schooner George W. Prescott, of i Victoria, was capsized and completely wrecked Monday morning. 30 miles off the Columbia River, the nearest port being Astoria. One member of the crew, an In dian, was. lost. The entire crew had a narrow escape from death. News of the accident reached Seattle ' this morning on the arrival of the steam er Montara, from San Francisco. The Montara picked up the crew and brought them to Seattle. For more than 4S hours the Prescott and its crew floundered in the waves. Frequently they were washed overboard. Finally they were compelled to tie thesafelvea to the deck, and await assistance. For 56 hours they were drenched to the skin, went without food and every minute expected to be dashed 'to pieces. The Montara was sighted yesterday morning at S o'clock. The crew was taken aboard. They consisted of four white men and IS Indians, under command of Captain Ramlose. Captain Baring, of the Montara, sunk the schooner after the crew was taken off. The vessel was caught In a heavy cross sea and was completely overturned. The entire crew was washed overboard, but all save one succeeded In swimming back and clinging to the wreck. The loss is es timated at SOW). The Prescott was an old schooner that has seen much service in sealing along the California Coast. JUNEAU SLOOP WRECKED. Mariana Goes Dovrn Carrying: Three Men. f SEATTLE, March 12. A special to the. Times from Vancouver says: The steamer Princess May. which ar rived from Skagway and Juneau last night, brings word of the wreck of the Juneau sloop Mariana In Alaskan waters. The vessel struck a rock while on her way from KlUsnoo to Hoonah. The craft was being worked by two women and three men. The women were put ashore and the men returned to the sloop to await the high tide. The sloop s"unk dur ing" the night, and all three men per ished. They were: James Gordon, Grant Kadok and John Teenduo. Cannot Find the Ships. NEW YORK, March 12. Liverpool ship owners, according to a London dispatch to the' Tribune, do not find the ships in sight for the proposed Canadian service with a subsidy for the home and colonial governments behind It. Tney assert that the Canadian Pacific is likely to secure the service, since it can provide the slower ships at once and guarantee the construc tion of 21-knot vessels. They consider the Grand Trunk Railway and the Allan Line a possible but an improbable competitor. Tenders for the service will probably be received at the Canadian offices here, but not accepted until the subsidy ar rangements are made with the Imperial government. No More Big White Star Boats. LONDON, March-12. Tha Shipping Ga zette says It 'understands that the Inter national Mercantile Marine Company has decided not to build any more blc vessels like the White Star Line steamers Cedrlc : and Celtic until improved port facilities ; amlnatlon of the steam schooner Prentiss snowed mat beyond a broken stem she was not Injured by the collision with a log while coming down the river Tuesdav f night. As the vessel was making no water she went to sea this moraine, and on her arrival at San Francisco she will be laid up and have a new stem placed in position. I Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. March 12. Sailed at 10 A. M. Schooper Oliver J. Olsen. for San Francisco. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer Prentiss, for San Pedro. Sailed at' 11:30 A. M. British ship Hut ton Hall, for Melbourne, and German bark Bllle. for Mossel Bay. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M.. smooth; wind northwest; weather cloudy. San Francisco. March 12. Arrived at 9 A. M. Steamer Columbia, from Portland. Arrived Steamer James Dollar, from Seattle. Sailed Schooner Lizzie Advance, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Queen, for Victoria; steamer Karluk. whaling; steamer Wyefleld, for Xanalmo; steamer Coronado. for Gray's Harbor. Quc-enstown. March 12. Arrived Celtic, from NewTork. Sailed Cedrlc, from Liverpool for New Tork. Xew Tork, March 12. Arrived Tyelmer. from Genoa. Naples, etc Sailed La BreUne, for Havre; Cevlc. for Liverpool. Hon Konr. March 12. Arrived previously Victoria, from Taccma. -via Yokohama. Yokohama. March 10. Sailed Achilles, for Vancouver and Tacoma. Manila, March 12. Arrived Ellerfc. from Portland. Or. Seattle. March 12. Arrived Steamer Mon tana, from San Francisco: steamer Charles NeUcn. from. San Francisco; steamer Cone maugh. from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Charles Nelson, for Port Madison. Arrived . llu Steamer Bertha, from Vajdes. ( Tacoma. March 12. Arrived Schooner Ex : panslon. from San Pedro: steamer Mlneola. ! from San Francisco. Sailed British ship Yola, j for South Africa; steamer City of Puebla, for 1 San Francisco. Havre, March 12l Arrived La Savole, from Jew lone New York. March 12. Arrived Barbarossa, from Bremen. A Serious Mistake. To the average man it seems childish to doctor a cold, and unless it becomes par ticularly annoying to him, little or no at tention Is given it. Often a cold contract ed in the Winter is allowed to run until the opening of Spring. This is a grave mistake, as even though the warm weath er may bring relief, the system is thereby weakened and rendered susceptible to dis ease. A cold should never be neglected, whether It be a child or an adult who Is afflicted, as health and often life is risked. A bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, costing but a small amount, will bring speedy relief and all dangerous conse quences will be avoided. For sale by all druggists. THE RECENT SESSION LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. The President's Favorite Idea Coolly Turned Down Failnre of. Leaders. When the recent session of Congress began, writes Henry Loomis kelson. Washington correspondent of the Boston Herald, there were, as is usual, many loud promises that business would bo done. The members of the House of Rep resentatives who had been re-electeS In November came back to Washington pro fuse in promises. Apparently they, were filled with gratitude to the President, who, they said, had saved the day for them, and. Incidentally, for the party and the country. As they dropped Into the execu tive offices they declared that all that Mr. Roosevelt had to do was to ask and It should be granted him. Even some of the Senators, notably those to whom the beet is very dear, In vited the President to take the leadership which was his due. and to dictate the legislation that should be enacted. Thev i . I acknowledged that they had blundered in opposing Cuban reciprocity at the last session, and had misunderstood the beet growers themselves, who were not nearly so unpatriotic as Senators had supposed. Therefore, the President might have his treaty, or almost anything else that he desired. For a few days there wa3 an atmosphere of good feeling and a brisk air of business in the Government corri dors. Mr. Roosevelt was encouraged to regard himself as the real leader o; his party. Above aT. else, he was sure that he would secure anti-trust legislation, and thmtcht that miirht work out a oerma- ! nent tariff commission. That he wouia v... .i.m.itv trt.. -nHth Pnhs was n. matter of course, While the conclusion oi the Panama treaty depended wholly upon Colombia. So the session opened. It ends with a new demonstration that a President Is without real influence on the legislative branch of the Government; that he can accomplish nothing In the way of law making except by trading with the checks and balances of the constitution; and that, cn the subject in which he Is mainly In terested, the Republican party Is op posed to Theodore Roosevelt. It was per-f fectly clear to all who knew what was go ing on In the Inner circles that the party leaders were deceiving the President in nrnmtslnir him anti-trust legislation. On this and on the tariff question the Repub lican party was able to act- A few men In the Senate and House of Rep resentatives are real leaders on all ques tions that affect private business inter ests. The party moves together on these issues, Just as If It possessed a respon sible leadership. No one can touch the sacred thing for the benefit of which the Republlca party- exists. No profane finger snail De iam cn money gains, whether those gains be honorable or corrupt. When the iresiaeni said that trusts should be curbed, the high' priests of the protected fetish pre vailed upon him to say that the tariff partnership with the Government should not be disturbed; having secured this dis play of wisdom, the augurs thrust their tongues In their cheeks and began pol ishing the clubs with which they intended to smash all "trust-busting" schemes. It Is unnecessary to go over the history of the efforts to secure anti-trust legisla tion. Suffice It to say that, if the Stand ard Oil Company had not given the Pres ident an opportunity to arouse public sen timent and to awaken public wrath, no anti-trust legislation would have been en acted. As it is. Congress has given the coun try a most excellent amendment to the interstate commerce bill, satisfactory both to the commission and to the Tail roads. It has also enacted a law ex ni.riiMnrr crises before the courts, which Is. in effect, disturbing the serenity and order of Justice with public clamor and passion, and it has provided for Just as . transacted without, practically, the unan Tnnrh nnhiinltr as the President and the ! lmous assent of the Senate. Under ex- Interested corporations may agree upon. 1 Isting rules, and with the prevailing dis This is very far from being a response to : positions of Senators and Representa the President's programme, and its re- J tives. Congress is incompetent, suit, or lack of result, Is due to clever . leadership. You can call that leadership I Statutes exist that ought to be. re whlch merely formulates communal cu- pealed, evils there are that ought to be nldity 'remedied, but these statutes and evils When we look through, the work of the must remain and nourish until public a r-r. inort-rchirv wf fall to find 'business can be transacted in the Senate. Utlill w t. .u. . ' it. The President s domination came 10 a sudden end when he encountered the fundamental policy of his party, and learned again that, while his attitude to ward canltal and capitalists may be greeted with the cheers of the hustings. s little circle of leaders block what leg t t i, n Rvmnathv from his nartv i&lation they oppose;' but itself it Is bounc it meets with no sympathy from his party eaders and the "organlaztlon." So far as his official position Is concerned, he is doubly the child of accident, or, in a way, one of the consequences of war. If the selection of the next candidate were entirely in the hand3 of the Na tional leaders, they would not choose Mr. Roosevelt, for the simple reason that they do not like his efforts to secure good ad ministration, while they class his eco nomic theories with those of the school of Bryan. There were, however, certain sub jects on which the President and the party leaders in Congress were In agree ment, and in the failure of the leaders to The Two Extremes About the time children begin to go to school they are liable to be confronted with one of two extremes they may either grow too fast or not grow fast enough. In the former case nature makes unusual demands upon bone and blood; vital organs are overtaxed and growth continues out of proportion to their age. Here is where Scott's Emulsion finds scope for its best workings. It nourishes the bones- the hypophosphites of lime and soda does this; it feeds and enriches the blood this through the pure cod liver oil; it strengthens the whole system, providing firm, healthy flesh and fortifying the tissues so that they are, better able to stand the extra strain upon them. When a child is not growing as it should undersize, underweight, there will be found in Scott's Emulsion the very elements needed to aid in proper development. Bone food for the bones, blood food for the blood, tissue food, for the tissues that is how Scott's Emulsion provides for each demand of the body. jjRfe'll send you a sample free upon request. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St.. New York. carry5 out an Important feature of their affirmative programme, with one excep tion, we have a striking illustration of the fact that. In its development. Con gress has almost reached the stage of complete incompetency. I do not take Into account the provision increasing the Navy, nor the authorisa tion of a general staff for the Army, nor the militia act. These are only Important to the archaic minds which, for the moment, are standing in the way "and checking the advance of our civilization. J thinking themselves modern, while, in laci, iae- are reversions, ine .rnmppinu currency act, which throws some doubt upon the sincerity of the reasons we gave for opposing Mr. Bryan's financial the ories, has passed. W have presented the Filipinos, who are suffering, partly from our tariff laws', with $3,000,000 for temporary relief. The leaders in Con gress, however, were -unable to secure even a hearing in the Senate for the Philippine tariff bill, which, enacted into law, would probably have permanently promoted the commercial interests of the islands. Our relations with our various posses sions and semi-possessions are more curi ous than rational. We have free trade with Hawaii and Porto Rico; we may have slightly modified commercial hostil ity with Cuba; but we keep up full Ding ley enmity toward the Philippines. The Republican leaders understood that the tariff concessions should be made, but they were unable to command their party. This failure in leadership was not wholly uue lo ws uict luul me piupusuu SUIVU tlon of our distant subjects would pro fane the sacred sugar Interest, but be cause Senator Quay Insisted on teaching the leaders a lesson. He proposed to show, and he did show, that leaders can do nothing against a "hold-up." They had determined to defeat his statehood bill, and. therefore, he declined to per mit the transaction of the public business. He was aided -by some Democrats, and especially by Senator Morgan, who set out to talk the Panama Canal treaty to death, and who also succeeded. To charge thft Tipmnrrats nrfth the full reSDOnslbil lty for the miserable failure of the ses- i sion is aosura. At one time ur I everybody filibustered. As Senator El- kins truly says. Senator Aldrich himself helped to filibuster against the statehood bill, and he was certainly very late in bringing In his currency bill. The truth Is that, while the central and governing committee of the majority Senators has acquired great power and can prevent the passage of any bill to which It Is opposed, affirmative leglsla tlon Is dependent on "Senatorial cour tesy." Any Senator with a sound pair of lungs can defeat the little oligarchy Just as Quay and Morgan have defeated it now. The leadership is not real, probably be cause- no responsibility is attached to It. jjr. Aldrich. at any rate, has not been able to put through his currency bill, al though It was accepted by the Democratic members of his finance committee; Mr. Lodge hasn't been able to secure a hear Ing for the Philippine tariff bill: Mr. Hoar's anarchy bill falls: the Republican majority has not been able to secure vote on the Cuban and Panama treaties. In a word, the whole programme has failed, and the Republican majority is really responsible for the failure, because its acknowledged leaders had not sum 1 clent strength of mind, resoluteness of purpose or firmness of principle to insist on the transaction of business and on tne observance of common parliamentary de cencies. If Mr. Aldrich and his associates had been formally responsible for the programme, if their political futures had depended on its success, the result might have been different. Mr. Aldrich's effort to throw the responsibility for the failure of his own bill upon the minority Is ab surd, and indicates either a cuttlefish na ture or an utter ignorance of what par liamentary responsibility consists of. Minorities are not responsible; major! ties are; and. If Mr. Aldrich's power were known and officially recognized, he would be the last man to put himself at the mercy of a pair of filibusters, or of a pair of lungs. He would insist on doing busi ness, not blindly, as the House of Repre sentatives does It. but rationally, as the House of Commons does. At any rate, what the session comes to is this: The President has no real Influence with Con gress; on his favorite policies his party's leaders are opposed to him; the business of legislation in Congress "cannot be The Senate is. indeed, very powerful, the most powerful body of the Government: it commands the distribution of patron age: it interferes in our foreign relations; it dominates the President and the party; isiauon tney oppose out itseii a is oouna hand und foot by its "rule of courtesy," I f rule which has made It a trade union terrible to outsiders, but which, like all trade unions, rules this one party the strongest, and the whole at the. mercy of the single and, perhaps, the weakest Sen ator. Doubts of Batson's Guilt. NEW ORLEANS, March 12. The sec ond trial of A. E. Batson, the young Mis souri farm hand charged with the mur der of seven members of the Earl family, near Welch, La., is In progress at Lake Charles. Most of the witnesses who ap peared on the first trial testified yester- day and today. Their evidence against the accused man has been considerably modified. There has been considerable change of public sentiment at Lake Charles, and the element of doubt which waa Ignored before has taken a firm hold on the minds of the public. Opinions ex pressed on the street are that if Batson does not escape altogether he will bo convicted of murder without capital pun ishment. Made a Professor at Colamhla, NEWARK, N. J.. March 12. Dr. Living ston Farrand, son of Dr. Samuel A. Far- rand, master of the Newark Academy, has been honored by the trustees of Columbia University with the appointment as pro fessor of anthropology. He has been the adjunct professor of psychology at Colum bia since 1S33. 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