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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1903)
s THE MOBSINff OEBGOKIAK," TUESDAY, MAECH SI, 1903. ; tfee PostdHce At Portlaal, Orecw. u eecand-claae zeatter. JOEYISED SUBSCRIPTION XATBg. Br -Mall (postage pre pal (3. la advance) Sally, with Sunday, per month ...e.8G Dally, Sunday excepted per rear.......... 7.50 2ilr, with Sunday, per year.. ............ 8.00 Sun4ay, per year -. 3.09 The Weekly, per Tear....... ........... 1.50 Tbe Weekly, 3 conths -50 'To City Subscribers Itily. per -week, delivered. Sunday excepted.lSo Sally, per -week, dellrered. Eunday lacluded.2Go POSTAGE BATES. UaitM States, Canada and Mexico: 16 to 3 4-pape paper.. -J0 14 to as-p&so paper.. ..--33 Foreign rates double. Xews or dtecuss-lea. lsteaea tor publication Sn Tbe Orcgonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor Tbe OrecoalaH." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subecriptlae or to any business matter cbould be addressed simply "Tbe Orcgonlau." Tbe Oregonlan does act buy poems or stories from" individual, saa cannot undertake to re tarn any manuscripts seat' to it without solici tation. No ataaaps sfcesld be Inclosed for this Eastern Business Office, 3. 44. 43. . 4r Tribune building. New Torx -City: 510-11-12 Trlbwe building. Chicago: the 8. C Beckwlth Epedal Agency. Eastern representative. Toe sale Ja San Pranclsco by L. E. Iee. Pal ace Hotel news stand: Goldsmith Broa. 238 &Htter treet; P. W. Pitts. 1008 Market street; J. K. Cooper Co 74 Karket street, near tbe Palace Hotel; Foster ft Orear. Ferry sew utaod; Frank Soott 80 Ellis street, and N. WfceaOey, S12 Mission street. Fer sale la Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. S South Spring street, and Oliver & Halses. SOS Soath Spring street. Far sale in Kansas City. Mo., by Blcksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and "Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by tbe P. O. News Ox. 217 Dearborn street, and Cb&rles aCacDosald, C8 Washington street. 9te sale In Omaha by Barkalow Broa 1612 Faraaca street; Megeath Stationery Co.. 1SCS Famam streeL For sale In Order, by W. O. Kind. 114 2Stb street Jas. H. CrockweU. 242 5th street. Fcr sale In Salt Ike by the Salt Xake News Co., 77 West Second South street. Fer sale In Washington. P. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. Tor sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kesdrlck, 606-612 Seventeenth street; Doutban & Jackson Book and Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and XAwrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Occasional rain; brisk eustv south to west winds, diminishing in force. TESTEHDATS WEATHER Maximum ten perature, SO; minimum temperature. 47; pre- .cipltatlon, 0.87 Inch. ; PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MARCH 31. MILITARY COURAGE. Major-General Sir Hector MaeDonald was burled yesterday in Eainuurgn. leaving behind him a heroic memory of Trofessional gallantry wrapped in a cloud of moral shame, forlus suicide .in face of the charges upon which he was to be court-martialed is justly regarded as confession of guilt General Mac Donald was the son of a Highland peas ant, at 18 enlisted in the 'Ninety- second Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) and served nearly ten years as private and noncommissioned officer. In the Afghan "War of 1879-80 Sergeant MaeDonald. in command of a small body of his own regiment and a few Sikhs, helped General Sir Frederick Roberts out of a tight place by heroic ally holding back 2000 Afghana Mac Donald took part in Roberts' famous march from Cabul to Kandahar, and so distinguished himself In battle that he was made a Lieutenant. At Majuba Hill in 1S1 he fought with his fists after the ammunition was gone. In 1898 he was a Major under General Kitchener, who put him in command of a brigade of Soudanese blacks, -which he brought to so high a state of efficiency that they changed front under fire while the enemy were charging and, checked the rnfsh of the Dervishes at Omdurmarx General MaeDonald was twice men tlocied in dispatches as. a noncommis sioned officer and seven times after wards; he received the thanks of Parlia ment after the capture of Khartoum for his splendid service In the crisis of the battle of Omdurman. He was made K. C. B. and Major-General for his South African work. His record is that of a soldier not only of heroic courage. but of remarkable talents for organiza tion. There is something pathetic in the spectacle of a soldier of such splendid record dying by his own hand rather than face disgrace, and being borne as obscurely as possible to his grave. Had he died at Omdurman he would have left a name second only to that of Lord Clyde among the peasant-born Scotch Highlanders who have won the highest military honors in the British army. But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against tho world; now lies ha there, -And none so poor to do him reverence. MacDonald's career is one of excep tional military glory ending in a hope less cloud of moral shame, and yet he is not the first heroic soldier who has died ignobly in a ditch of his own digging. The British army authorities doubtless felt like doffing their hats "to his coffin in reverence for his valiant sol dlcrshlp, but officially they could no more take notice of his death and fu neral than "Washington could have treated the memory of Arnold with any tenderness or respect. Arnold was easily the most gifted soldier of the American Revolution. His record of gallantry before Quebec; his leadership at Saratoga, where but for him Bur goyne would not have been defeated. lifted him into the highest place In the esteem of Washington. And yet this same Arnold, wounded at Quebec and Saratoga leading a charge, sold hi3 country's cause for thirty pieces of sil ver and a commission in the British Arms. Thackeray's picture of Marlbor ough charging at the head of his cav airy with a serene face and then stoop ing to rob the army chest, to accept bribe from the French King to betray hia English sovereign, is another illus tration of heroic military courage asso elated with moral vacancy. England! warrior King, Edward IV, was ns heroic in battle as Antony and as licentious and cruel. Gallantry in war is not a rare virtue, and yet the average man always overrates its possessor. Shakespeare did not make this mistake. His terrible villains, Richard, Macbeth, Edmund and Iago, are all endowed with Imper turbable courage in battle or out of it The dying words of Richard and Mac beth are so instinct with Satanic valor that we feel almost that the world could have better spared a better man. Courage in battle is a comparatively commonplace virtue; the virtue that is shared by pirates and briganda One of the most heroic officers in battle in the Arms of the Potomac was a young Lieutenant who had won his commission from the ranks by personal gallantry. In .battle this young officer was a hero; he was cool, daring, complete master of his men, whom he could always hold up to their work by his trumpet voice and splendid example. And yet this gifted young officer lost his commission by an act -of dishonor, enlisted again as a pri vate soldier, fought his way up to be Sergeant-Major of his regiment, was ar rested for an act of marauding. wa sentenced to death by military court, escaped, uad after tbe "war committed crimes thai placed him in the Peniten tiary. .Courage Is but "the control of fear. It may have the noblest of mo- tires behind It or the most ignoble and commonplace. Pride, vanity, ambition. ferocious hardihood, have .made many a commonplace man stand by his flag- In battle. Napoleon said that "scoundrels made the best soldiers; aod Budyard Kipling says that z. regiment of ruffians commanded by an able soldier makes a crack fighting regiment. The rfall of Sir Hector MaeDonald was not more unexpected by his army comrades than was that of Arthur PennelV by bis Tale College classmates. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. It is & significant coincidence that London complains of American unload ing of British consols at the same mo ment the Berlin bourse suffers through sympathy with weakness In the "New York stock market Though the United States may not yet be the world's cred itor nation, as some of our optimists would have it. It Is undeniable that American Investors have acquired a dominant Influence in Great Britain as well as in France and Germany. The perilous approach of consols to the danger point of 89, the lowest point in thirteen years, Is attributed to sales of American holders. The fact is that American Investors took about $100,000, 000 of British consols during the war at a price then thought to be low, though far above the present It is supposed that a large part of these American holdings have been sojd In the recent money pinch, and that the London mar ket has sagged under the necessity of taking care of them. That 13, the Amer ican investor has developed to a point where he cuts an important figure in the world's finance. His operations are big enough to put up and down the price of the greatest securities in the world. "We have been accustomed for a long time to the effect of foreign caprice on the price of American securities. Time was when this affected govern ment bonds; but the demand for these is now so great and the supply so lim ited that Americans would be glad to take all Europe holds at the market price. Much less reassuring is the invest ment outlook here at home. The hopes held out by merger promoters are belied by the unrest and declining profits of the railroad world. The returns of the railroad traffic of the country for the month of January, according to the sta tistics compiled by the Financial Chronl cle, show gross earnings of $100,840,997, compared with $92,230,740 In the same month last year, an increase of $8,610, 257. or 9.33 per cent But the Increase in operating expenses was from $62,485, 263 in January of last year to $70,819,114 this year, $8,333,851 In amount, or 13.34 in percentage. This leaves the gain In net earnings on a largely increased vol ume of business only $276,406, or from $29,745,477 to $30,021,883. ThlB is consid erably lesa then 1 per cent, to be exact 93-100 of 1 per cent Reasons for an in crease of gross earnings are familiar thelarge volume of general traffic, the recovery in tne item ui com u tuispui- tation, the abnormal condition in an thracite coal an advance In rates on some Important lines, etc The causes of the relatively much larger increase In operating expenses are not far to seek. They appear chiefly. In the en hanced cost of materials and supplies and the higher wages of labor. These are disconcerting signs, and there are others. But there are always disconcerting signs, and the fact re mains that the business world is better prepared than ever before to cope with a difficult and even with an untoward situation. The currency has been forti fied against the weakening assaults to which It yielded, for example; In 1893. The men in charge of the railroads and of the industrials are of a different type from the old wreckers. Between un scrupulous predaotry operators of the Gould class and constructive finance of the Morgan school there is a great gulf, and the change is big with hopeful promise. Earnings diverted from dlvl dends to betterments may not boom stocks, but they make for solid prosper ity. PROPERTY AND THE LAW. Within the past two or three centuries the world has thrown over its greater conservative forces. The king that is to say, arbitrary authority, the iron hand has been unhorsed; the people have undertaken to govern themselves and have enthroned the law. The church that is to say, the priest with the crafts of his rule over men has been thrust out from Its place in tem poral affairs. Property third sister in the trinity of temporal power Is still in the saddle. Property is the last remain ing of the old-time world's great gov erning and conserving forces. Modern civilization rests upon property, and if it is to be maintained in Its existing character It must be by the property principle acting with, integrity, wisdom discretion. The right arm of property under con ditions as they exist In the world today Is the law. Maintenance of the law in its integrity and authority and in the fullness of its powers Is tbe first real Interest as it ought to be the first mo tive of property. Viewed from the standpoint of Its ultimate responsibili ties and interests, property cannot af ford for any temporary advantage to cripple the arm. to weaken the powers of the law. By every motive of princl pie and expediency property is bound to cherish and uphold the law. Any act on the part of property which tends to put the law Into discredit, to weaken its hold upon the popular mind, to de stroy its authority and power, is on act of supreme folly an act suicidal in its character, to the extent of its influence fatal to the Interests of property and to the Integrity of civilization. When a representative of property undertakes by any means to corrupt of ficial life to Intimidate courts, to pur chase or cajole legislators and jurors into malfeasance, neglect or contempt of duty he is not merely technically and morally guilty of a crime, but he is a traitor to the cause which he presuma bly represents, a foe to civilization itself. Herein lies the great evil which men of the predatory type-the Jay Goulds of the business world do in their cor rupting courses. What they gain ille gitimately is of small account, for It harms other men as little as it benefits themselves. The mischief lies rather in the distrust of the Integrity and Justice of the law and of Its agents which their operations create, in the weakening- of the social fabric which follows when corruptions of the law and of Its agents cause men to lose faith In and depend ence upon It as a stable sod saving so cial force. It is a moot Impressive fact however. J that at the preeenf tins -this Nation confroets the -disconcerting spectacle, of great orgaaix&tloas of capital eag&ged in strenuous and shameless undertak ings to nullify the laws of Congress and the constitutions and statutes oc the states. There is bo doubt in any well- informed mind but the Northern Secur ities merger was formed ki defiance- of 4aw, or that the trunk line presidents are now engaged in an effort to evade the Elkins law. If there is a measure of anarchy In California politics, at which the railroads complain, let them remember their own part In bringing the law Into contempt If there is anti- monopoly sentiment growing apace throughout the country, let the trusts recall their own operations in "fixing" tariff bills before Congress. It Is an en couraging sign of the times that the Tailroads of the State of "Washington an nounce their purpose of withdrawing as far as possible from politics. Their part therein heretofore has been far from creditable to them; and their reminders have been frequent and unmistakable that ki circumventing the law and cor rupting Legislatures they are only lay ing up wrath against the day of, wrath. THE VICE-PKESIDENCV. Senator Foster, of Washington, wants a Pacific Coast man for the Vice-Presidency. The selection of the candidate for the second place upon the Repub lican National ticket from the Pacific Coast is not likely to be made. The West, the great Middle West, will decide the action of the Republican National Convention; it will renominate Roose velt because in temperament and polit ical sympathies he is a Western man, even as Blaine, born and bred in Penn sylvania, was a Western man In temper ament and political sympathies,' despite the fact that Maine was his adopted stale. Assuming that the West will be solid for Roosevelt's nomination for the Presidency, because he Is a Western man In his political sympathies, al though an Eastern man by birth and breeding. It is quite unlikely that the second place on the ticket will be given to the Pacific Coast The Pacific Coast' has not "pull" enough upon politics to obtain the gift of the Vice-Presidency; the Pacific Coast Is on the rim of the circle too far away from the business heart and political center of the country to obtain the second place on the Re publican ticket , From the days of Washington to the outbreak of the Civil War the nominees for the first and second places upon the National ticket represented different sections of the country. Washington and Adams stood for Virginia and Massachusetts; Adams and Jefferson for Massachusetts and Virginia. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe were Southern men, so the Vice-Presidency was given to Northern men. President jonn Qulncy Adams nd Vice-President John C Calhoun represented Massachusetts end South Carolina. This was the rule during the strife between the Demo cratic and the Whig party; the nomina tion for the Presidency went to one sec tion and the Vice-Presidency to the other. So long as slavery existed with the approval of-both parties, the Pres idency was given to the. South and the Vice-Presidency to the North, or vice versa. But when the Republican party was formed on the platform of hostility to the extension of slavery the first place on the ticket went to the West and the second place to the East, save in 1864, when Andrew Johnson was nom inated as Vice-President in recognition of his services and Influence as a South ern Union man. In 1S68 both President and Vice-President, Grant end Colfax, were taken from the West, hut this was due to the fact that the. convention con sidered Grant as a soldier candidate who belonged to no particular state, but to the Nation. After Grant's first term the old political rule was again enforced, and from that day until the present the Republican party has nominated a Western man for President and en Eastern man for Vice-President The Republican party has never gone west of the Mississippi River for a Vice-President, and the Democratic party has never gone South or to the Pacific Coast for a candidate for the second place on the National ticket These facts prove that political party managers do not in either party mean to throw away their fire. The Republican party does not make up its National ticket upon sentimental grounds. The West Is always able to name the head of the ticket For the second place a man is sought who Is equal to the actual and the possible responsibilities of the place, end of course the second place on the ticket is 'morally certain not to be given to any state upon the Pacific Coast The pressure of the great states east of the Mississippi is superior to anything that the Pacific Coast could bring to bear and the political pull of these states Is sure to be exercised In favor of a candidate that does not dwell on the rim of our circle of states, but nearer Its heart The Democracy does not today go South for Its National ticket; neither does the Republican parts. The Democracy does not go South for Its ticket, because it believes the country is not yet prepared for the nomination of a Southern man for Pres ident or Vice-President; the Republican party does not go South for Its National xlcket for the same reason that it did not co South for its National ticket when Lincoln was nominated in I860. It has no Presidential timber In that section and as a party, is little better than a political phantom at the South. If the National election promised to be close and the Republican party de pended upon the vote of the Pacific States for -victory, then the Vice-Presidency might be given to our section but not otherwise, for, other things being equal, the Vice-Presidency will go to the section that commands the great est influence and political pull In the National convention. It is irrational to assume that the Pacific Coast has any chance of success in a contest' which will be settled by the decision of -the great states of the Republican West Of course it Is not assumed when a President is elected that he i9 likely to be assassinated, to die by accident or disease while in office, end yet this pos sibility Is and should be considered In selecting1 the candidate for the Presl dency. The great Republican states of the country feel that the second place on the ticket should be given ,to a man of Presidential stature, end to man who lives close to the business heart and political brain of the country. For this reason It is not likely that the Vice- Presidency will beglven by either party to any of the states of our Pacific Coast The great Republican West will not only designate the candidate for President but It will insist that the Vice-President, who is a President In posse, shall also be selected from some less remote section; of the country than the Pacific Coast After a great war its successful military! hero can be noml eaiedl to axy effi.ee la th gift the people without anybody aefctng what state or eectfos be halls from; feet in time of peace the National ticket I framed, through other considerations and ki obedience to the polities! pall of state aod sectional influence. It would be agreeable to our sectional pride to see the Pacific Coast represented upon the National ticket, but there k no ra tional ground for believing that the Re publican party in ISM will select its Vice-Presidential timber from any state west of the Rocky Mountains. This cry for a Pacific Coast statesman is regu larly raised the year before the Presi dential election, but its shouters always find themselves without any support "but their own voices In the National convention. The death of Hon. W. R. Dunbar, Re ceiver of the Vancouver Land Office, records the passing- of a man whose life and endeavor was throughout the early years of his manhood identified with the educational, social and political history of Oregon. Hia boyhood was passed in the Waldo Hills, In Marlon County; his early manhood in and about Salem; while in his middle life he was an. active worker in the temperance cause as urged by the Independent Order of Good Templars throughout the Pacific North west Genial, purposeful, abounding in energy, he was for some years in the open field, systematically working in the interests of that order. The hlstory of his work Is for ther most part unwrit ten, except as It has been recorded In the memories of those who witnessed. It or participated In it Suffice It to say that It was loyal, energetic, earnest Of pioneer family and a pioneer type, William R. Dunbar will be long and kindly remembered, by those who were companions of hia busy day and way. William A. Winder, who died recently In Omaha, served in the Third Artillery from 184S to 1866, gaining his Captaincy In May, 1861, possibly as the result of his father's resignation of his commis sion of Major in that same regiment The eon served In the Northern Army during the war; the father, John H. Winder, entered the Confederate service and became noted as the commanding officer of the Anders onvllle prison pen. Captain Winder's grandfather was an officer of the regular Army during the War of 1812; his son Is now a Lieuten ant-Commander In the Navy. This is a remarkable case, which supports The Oregonlan's view that divisions in f ami lies during the Civil War were largely due to personal environment The Crlt- tendens, the Prentises, the Bufords of Kentucky, the Buchanans of Maryland and the Draytons of South Carolina were divided in the Civil War, one brother going to the Confederate end the other to the Union camp. George A. Steel would be an excellent man for the Land Office at Oregon City; but the President could scarcely be ex pected, after Mr. Simon's retirement from the Senate, to keep the promise made more than a year earlier that Mr. Steel should be appointed with both the Senators at the present time protesting against Mr. Steel and urging another man. It seems probable that if, during the past year, Mr. Simon had made proper effort to Induce the President to fulfill the promise, made so clearly in writing, the President would not have refused. Tet these contentions as to of fice are very annoying- to the executive, who naturajly may be glad" to let them sleep, If they will. Water, water everywhere." The Mississippi Valley Is practically afloat. Not only the great river itself, but Its tributaries east and west; north and south, are sending down their surplus waters to distress arid overwhelm the dwellers along their shores. The condi tion of the poor white and black who have been driven from their homea by the mighty swirl of waters Is pitiable. Many who a few weeks ago were pos sessed of homes and- stock and the promise of harvest abundance today be long to the ranks of .the destitute. The situation is one that calls for more than idle sympathy. Mayor Low told the.the liquor-dealers' organization of New York the other day that it, or Its course In politics, is det rimental to the cause of good govern ment in the metropolis. Specifically, he said, it prevents reform of the police de partment, which is notoriously In need of reforming. Now the saloon men of the State of Washington are taking steps to organize because they think they did not get a fair show before the recent Legislature. Is It tobe inferred from such acts that the saloon is op posed to the general good of society? The attention paid to Admiral Schley at Portland, and wherever he goes, is an acknowledgment by the people of the debt of the' country to one who has up held Its flag in whatever situation he has been placed. Admiral Schley moves without pomp or parade; he declines public functions, yet meets the people freely, and they In their turn are glad to accord him the recognition that his services deserve. The death at La Grande of General John H. Stevens closes the career of a man who lacked but three years of hav Ing lived a century, more than half of which was spent in Oregon. To a man who has walked the world ninety-seven years death comes as a messenger of peace and rest Grief does not wait upon his passing, nor regret follow him to the retreat to which kind Nature called him. Though comparatively little noise was made about It, more public land was disposed of last year in each of Harney and Malheur Counties than in Crook, fact which appears In the table pub llshed yesterday in connection with the apportionment of. money from land sales. In Harney 6,780,160 acres were taken. In Malheur 6,277,440, and in Crook 5,122,560. It is fitting that a woman from the old pioneer town of Oregon City should be first in the field as organizer woman's work In conjunction with the Lewis and Clark Fair. Room and wel come for Mrs. Galloway! The Congress of Religions is. In une re spect, like the convention of the W. C T. U. It does not reach anybody who needs to be converted to the principle for which it contends. The strike commissioners" definition of boycott as a word of evil omen and uoliappy origin commends Itself to the consideration of mankind. The natural expletive of the politician: "By grab," MORE XXP0SITI0K, EXPERIENCE. Mr. W. H. Mills, general Wad agent of the Southern PscSSc Ttailroa.4 Coeapany, with headquarters at San Francisco, is a recognised authority ia expeedtien affairs. The splendid exhibit o: California prod ucts maintained by the California Board of Trade In San Francisco was organized and has long been maintained under Mr. Mills general supervision, for it is on open secret that the so-called Board of Trade is nothing more or less than the Southern Pacific's Immigration bureau. Mr. Mills organized the exhibits made by the Southern Pacific Company at the last Paris Exposition, and later at Hamburg: he was the organizing head of the Cali fornia state exhibit at the Buffalo Ex position; he has had mors or less more than less, ia truth to do with every great recent exposition in this country and Europe. Mr. Mills' distinctive character as an exposition authority differs from, that of Mr. DeYoung, whose opinions have been quoted In this respect, namely, he is a conceiver of projects,- a maker of plans, whereas. Mr. De Young is an or ganizer and administrator of expositions in detaiL It was, therefore, particularly with re spect to the scope and plan of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, that Mr. Mills was asked to talk a few days ago by an Oregonian writer who called on him at his office at San Francisco. He was most courteous and willing to help with sug gestions. I am very familiar with your country, he said, and X regard it particu larly your rolling West Side district be tween Forest Grove and McMInnvllle. as the most perfectly beautiful agricultural country under the sun. My official duties carry me from one end of your fine Wil lamette Valley to 'the other at least once a year, and I return from each trip with renewed Impressions of Its bounty and charm. When it shall get waked up when It shall take on the mood of modern life- there will be almost no limit to its capa- i bUittes. ! But you want me to speak of your com ing fair. L understand that you have raised by private subscription and state appropriation, something like $900,000, and this, for your population and modest pur poses, ought to be a sufficient sum. You will get, of course, very considerable as sistance from, neighboring states, from the several counties of your own state and from the general Government I should say that with $900,000 for a basis and reckoning upon your probable re ceipts, in addition to the assistance. above suggested, you will be able to put up about three-mllllon-dollar show. And it will. In reality, be more than a three-mllllon-dollar show, for you will get from St. Louis for a song a great variety of at tractions which would be beyond your means and clear outside your reasonable ambition if the work were to be .done orig inally. St Louis, on the one hand, and the Government on the other, will practically make your exposition in its general fea tures, including Its foreign department; that la to say. If you work your oppor tunities right, you may easily get from these sources all that you will want or can make use of In the way of general exhibits. Your neighboring states will provldetvyou with attractions of many sorts. Your own county exhibits ought to relieve the general exposition manage ment of a good deal of detailed work. The principal job you have got on hand. so far as I can see of course, after the main business of administration is to pro vide something of a; distinctive and .spec tacular character something of striking interest that will set the newspapers to talking, something that will positively sig nalize the difference between your expo sition and the many others that have been held In recent years. Now, these consid erations cannot wholly have escaped your own minds; have you developed any sug gestions or plans among yourselves? Informed that, no definite plans had been made or, at least not given to the public Mr. Mills continued: The Indian Is continual source of interest to the Ameri can people. He is a fading quantity In the human make-up of the world; his native habits, art and amusements are rapidly being lost- Now you live In the midst of what was once a great Indian country, and within easy access to what Is left of the native life. It appears to me that you might create, at your fair, as one of lt3 main attractions, a gigantic Indian show the greatest the country has ever seen and the last it will ever see. As to the details, I am not able, without more thought than I can give to the matter offhand, to make suggestions, but you will not need them. You have socio famous Indian men still left in your country; there are the Applegate brothers and others who ought to know the real thing In In dlan life and how to make the most -of the raw material at hand. I simply offer you the suggestion that you organize an Indian attraction that will interest the whole country even in prospect and get it to talking and writing about your fair. Mr. Mills was told of Judge Mallorys suggestion to erect upon the exposition grounds a monster log cabin a structure of the pioneer pattern, but -made of- logs 300 feet long. A splendid idea, he said; there has never been anything like it at any exposition, or, for tha.t matter, any where since the world began. A cabin 300 feet square made of single-length tim bers would be a novelty of the first-class. It would unfailingly attract the attention of the whole world, and it would adver tise the forest resource of Oregon more effectively than anything I can think of. Tho suggestion is an inspiration by all. means carry it out and don't fall to in form the "newspapers In advance to the end that you may get their Interest In a great novelty, the widest possible adver tlsement. In general, Mr. Mills continued, you will wish naturally to set fortii what is most novel and most significant In your situa tion, your resources and your develop ment Try to do it in forms which will strike the Imagination as well as inform the mind. After all, -an exposition is a show. Whether you would have it so or not there must be something of the circus spirit in it You must not be content to be sufficient and Instructive and whole some. People do not go thousands of miles to see how pottery Is made; they are interested In such things to be sure when they are put before their eyes, but they are far more easily interested by the unique, the striking and the spectacular. W Meatloa No Xaraes. New York Mall and Express. One of the oddest features of American party life Is the existence of what may be called .an Invalid corps In each pout leal army which. It is understood, is to be nursed along by perennial office-hold ing. There are certain men In this state and in other states, and there are certain men In the National arena, who have ap parently a prescriptive right to office- Whatever happens, these men are to be taken care of. The pathos of an electoral overturn, the thing that moves rude. strong men almost to tears, is the reflec tion that the political sick list will be turned out of its comfortable haunts Into & world where men must work ia or der to live. 1 HEAVENS, VBAT f RANKNESS! Louisville Courier-Journal. The Cosrier-Journal cares nothing about Mr. Cleveland as an Individual man the one way or the other. It has tried to tell the truth about him as an historic character; In its oplnloa he can contrib ute nothing to Democracy In 1S04 except dimension. If we were his friend, and. assuredly wo axe not hia enemy, and be lieved In his lofty professions, we should still counsel .him to stand aside. We should say to him: "Mr. Cleveland, the Democratic shipwreck came to pass whilst you were on the bridge. Many of the crew, and some of tho passengers, hold you responsible, guilty of incompe tency. If not treachery. Even accoraing to your own rating of yourself, you have done enough for your party and your country. You are an old man. Why complicate the situation, embarrassing your friends and cheating your age of Jits repose, by once more undertaking- to seize the helm and to steer the ship?" ' Of course we no more expect Mr. Cleve land to take this advice than we expect Mr. Bryan to- take the advice which from time to time, in a perfectly friendly spirit we have urged upon him. Both Mr. Cleve land and Mr. Bryan are professional poli ticians. Both of them have been candi dates for office since they came of age. Mr. Cleveland grew rich and wrecked the Tjartv which had loaded him with honors. Mr. Bryan has grown rich and apparently to justify himself, would continue the wreckage. A gleam of unselfish self-de nial in either might have saved the party. A gleam in Mr. Bryan might yet save it But wo shall have nothing irom .Mr. Cleveland but the old posing for effect from Mf Bryan but the old posing for effect: the role of the one, the sturdy patriot disdaining preferment; of the other the sturdv oatrlot disdaining" suDtenuges and concessions; each of them an ambi tious, arm rant man. olaylns his oppor tunity ind working his party for all he thinks they will stand for and are worm. One Untried Remedy. New Your Journal of Commerce; There is momentous significance in the tnrt tn which renewed attention was called- in our Pittsburff correspondence yesterday, that the United States Steel Corporation is extending ana strengtnen lng its hold upon the supply of iron ore in this country. It Is for this that it has already absorbed the Union and Sharon Steel Companies, and is reaching out ior the Jones & Lauchlln and Clatrton con cerns, at a cost of at least three times the canltal invested in them. It is tne evident purpose so far to monopolize the raw material of the iron and steel Indus tries as not only to Insure its own future supply, but to prevent the growing up of anv effective competition with it in tne manufacture of the products derived from the ore. This attempt at monopoly 13 cal culated to incite a movement for the gov ernment control of these great natural re- ources In Iron deooslts. such as has al ready been proposed for the anthracite of Pennsylvania, but that would be an extremely dubious defense against tne monopoly in manufacture. There is a far more effective one nearer at band and more easy to secure in sweeping away all the "protective duties" on Iron and ateel. Thev will become protective of nothing but the monopoly which, according to the chamnions of Drotection. was to he pre vented by domestic competition, which would keep prices down. Already com bination has gone so far as practically to put an end to this and our only defense Is In foreign competition. The duties are no longer necessary for any purpose ex cept to enable the monopoly to establish itself. Funs ton and Parkhurst. New York Evening Post A contest In modesty Is now raging In the public press. One combatant is a Kansas General who acquired some repu tation for his exploits in the Philippines; but he is such a sensitive plant that the rack and thumbscrew could not rorco us to wound him by printing his name. His antagonist is a New York clergyman who dreads nothing so much as the publication of his sermons, unless it he the mention of his name In an interview. The Gen eral was unkind enough to remarK to tne renorters last nlsrht: "T notice the news papers have not been saying much about lately. 1 suppose una imiaica mm, and he is taking a shot at me as a bid for public notice." The provocation for this taunt was that the clergyman naa called the General a liar, or words to that effect Nothing in the General's previous record leads one to suppose that the epi thet could be distasteful; his resentment was obviously roused because he had been dragged from sweet retirement into the public gaze. We must admit, how ever, that his retort Is nicely calculated to give pain; for even a saint, let alone a clergyman, cannot enjoy being charged with the one vice that his soul abhors. The Fortunate West. Washington Star. The West is playing In great luck. She Is to enjoy the honor of a visit this Soiin;? from both President Roosevelt and ex-President Cleveland. The latters plans are not complete, but in all prob ability he will follow in some of the former s footsteps. It would; be sacrilege to suggest within the circle of Mr. Cleve land's admirers that he may have in view among other things testing Western senti ment toward himself at this time. But it cannot be doubted that whatever'lils purposes may be his trip will afford such an opportunity. Shall he go as far as Nebraska? And shall we hear of him at Lincoln? Mr. Bryan on one occasion. while visiting: the East referred to thit section as "the enemy s country. Will Mr. Cleveland be made to feel while In tho West that he is In "the enemy's coun try"? Probably not For whatever the West may think of Tils financial views and record, she will treat her disun gulshed guest, we may be sure, with due courtesy. Tho Presidential campaign is on. And why not? Minnesota Ifbt Donbtfnl, Either. St Paul Pioneer Press. Just think of it! The Portland Orego nian, In an article on the prospects of "Roosevelt In 1SQ4." classes Minnesota among the states whose support for Roosevelt Is doubtful! This Impression our .contemporary probably gained from the leniency with which, in consideration of previous good behavior, Minnesota last Fall treated some of Its congressmen who had Joined in the boxer Insurrection against tho President's Cuban policy. But nobody more quicmy reauzea wan aia those Congressmen when they came home how strong, how nearly unanimous, were their constituents In their devotion to Theodore Roosevelt wot a Senator or Representative from this state will in 1S04 dare to life a word against the popu lar choice. The moment he does so, his political grave will yawn for him. No other vote In the nominating convention is quite so sure for Roosevelt as that irom tee oruj otar state. When. KlpUag- Writes. Chicago Tribune. When Kipling takes his pen In band He may turn out a screed That will be seen In every land And mighty- Kings will heed. He may prodjice a vatrrom rhyme, With every grace bedlght But what he writes at any time Will please tbe KIpllnelte. It may be something which will rlsg With, bugle and with drum. Where dusty soldiers hoarsely sins Their chorus as they come; It may be something- aonnet-llke. All fanciful and light Whatever theme his ren may struts Will suit the Klnllcglte. When Kipling takes his pen In band He looks across tbe world. And when tbe broad expanse Is scanned The Ink Is swiftly hurled. Kings on their thrones or wlfcys kin Are eacal In his sight; He mar be sage, or harlequin Aad please tbe Klpllnglte. v KOTI ADfD COMMENT. The Portlaad Brewns were not defeated yesterday. There was no game- About the only thing that has been proven at Buffalo is that Burdlck 13 dead. A. few zaore days like Sunday, and the Panama hat would be the next af fliction. . - - Baseball will commence. In Portland as soon as the mackintoshes and the rubber boots arrive. ' The coal barons have "nothing to say." The time they will begin. to talk will bo when they get out their price lists. The Seattle street-car magnates are doubtless wishing for - the Invention of motormanlees and conductorlees street cars. A cruise up and down Seventh street would prohably make Admiral Schley think he was back on the bosom, of the briny deep. The man that made the remark about March weather coming In like a Hon and going out like a lamb must have got his cages a little mixed. - The Portland Police Department has a new patrol wagon. The natural, question that now arises is,- Does It have to be of the required height, weight and cheat measurement? It would be Interesting for some statis tician to figure out how many little boys are stuffing chocolate creams full of pep per today, and how many little girls are making- cotton biscuits. If the City of Seattle really wants to make an Impression on Teddy all that aha has to do Is to keep the strike going until he gets there. Ho will then have ample opportunity to unload come of hie strenu oslty in climbing hills. It Is over 120 years ago. that the British ship of the line, the Royal George, turned turtle and went down with all her crew. The other day there was sold at auction in London, a bottle of soda water which was recovered from the wreck la 1S39. The County of Champaign, Ohio, has Just paid over J5000 to the heirs of Click Mitchell, a negro, who was lynched there six years ago. These damages have been collected under a law of Ohio making the county where lynchings occur so liable, and the long delay In payment Is due to litigation to test the validity of the state law. It has stood tbe test in the highest courts. The southern counties of England have lately heen having "colored rains." It was popularly supposed that this color ing of rain was caused by volcanic dust from Martinique and St Vincent Scien tists assert that the same cause is behind these as behind those recorded a year or so ago on the Continent It is dust from Sahara that has been carried to the north. No musician of any age received more presents from royalty, great folks and municipalities than Nlcolo Paganlni. At his death the magnificent collection passed Into the possession of - his son, who kept the mementoes together. Now Baron At tlla Paganlni, his grandson, has given them to the city of Genoa, tho great ar tist's birthplace. The collection Includes several fine violins that he used. According to the Gaulois, there exists In Paris a club the members and servants of which consist entirely of deaf mutes. Nobody connected with the establishment can speak and servants are called by means of a special apparatus which, when buttons are pressed, communicates a slight electric shock to the person re quired. The president of the club is a veteran whose tongue was cut out by In dians in the United States, by whom he was made prisoner. Not long ago the astonishing newa came from China that the Dowager Empress had sent to Paris for dress patterns, as she wished to have the ladles of her court adopt European dress. This is all wrong. Her Majesty has not the Intention of wearing Western dress or allowing her women to do so; but she is worried about the dowdiness of the European women, who sometimes take tea with her. It seems that she has decided to fit them all out with new wardrobes after the most approved Paris styles. At least such is the interesting tale which comes frota Shanghai. "In The Place of Rest." Tennyson, "In Memoriam." When on my bed the moonlight falls, I know tha,t In thy place o rest. Br that broad water of tbe west. There comes a glory on the walls. The marble bright In dark appears. As slowly steals a silver flame Along the letters of thy name. And o'er the number of thy years. The mystic glory swims away; From off my bed the moonlight dies; And, closing eaves of wearied eyes, X sleep till dusk Is dipped In gray. And then I know the mist la drawn A lucid veil from coast to coast. And In the dark church, like a ghoet Thy tablet glimmers in the dawn. Tennyson. "In Memoriam." Hotv Negro Problem May Be Solved. New York Times. We may think what we will es to" the relative capacities of the two races, or as to the Troper political status or the ne groes, but no one can deny that a negro taught how to support nimseir ana nis family honestly and in decency, gradual ly acquiring the ownership of land and Improving it is infinitely a more desira ble citizen than one Idle, shiftless, with a strong tendency toward vlciousness. The evidence that such a class can be built up among the negroes, slowly, per haps, but surely, ia incontestable. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS "Is Ethel a great charity workerr "Dear me, yes I At that last charity ball aha danced every dance and ate three suppers." Judge. Hero Villain! I shall force- you to eat your own words! Villain Thank, heaven! I thought bo was going to make me eat breakfast food! Brooklyn life. A Fioodtlme Incident Teacher Can you tell where the Mississippi Blver rises. Johnnie? Johnnie Along Its entire length, ma'am. Cleveland Plain Dealer. She But I shouldn't read your book If I pur chased It. He Oh, that's all right, lady. Our company does not Insist upon putting that la the contract. Chicago Dally News. First Girl He promised ter meet me here at free o'clock an treat me ter hot soda. Second Girl Well, he's probably glvln' yer de absent treatment at dls very minnlt. Judge. Fritllla Was your dinner a social success? Clorlnda Tes. Indeed. You see, I was careful to Invite only people who have the same kind of nervous prostration. Brooklyn Life. While our leading novelist was grubblnff stumps last Wednesday, some person who la undoubtedly a friend to the reading public stole the manuscript of his latest noveL Atlanta. Constitution. "What are you doing in my yard?" de manded the suburban citizen In the wee hours. Trying to steal your wife's pet dog," hissed tho man with the dark-lantern. "Say a word and I'll shoot" "All I'll say Is, thanks. Tva bees wanting- to got rid ot that dog fo? moats." Chicago Dally News,