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8 THE MORNING OBEGONIAN. FRIDAY, APTUL 3, 1903. secona.class matter. EccscniPTio rates. m r iji s-nxt in in sajjm.Qty e:jrr?r. Sraiiar lnciuaea..u POSTAGE RATES. , . - ... vrrgonisn Roaia,D aaaresseOv'nT!,- eny Individual. Letters relating to adver tising. subecrlDtlrn or to act business matter should fc addressed simply' The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan doe not boy poems or "torlri from Individuals, and cannot undertake to tc turn any manuscript sent to It without soUel tatlon. No lUfflpt should be Inclosed for thl purpose. Eastern Business OSce. 44 44. 45. 4T. 48. 49 Tribune building. Tfew Tork City: 810-11-12 Tribune buUdlng. Chicago: the S. C Beck with Ercltl Agency, eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by L. E. Lee. rai se Hotel new Hand; Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter street; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market treet: X K. Cooper Co.. 744 Market street, near the Pallet Hotel; Foster ft Orear. Ferry news rtsnd; Frank Rrott. 80 Ellis street, and if. Wbtatley. 813 Mission street. Tor sal In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. CO South Spring rtreet. and OUrer ft Haines. &tt South Spring street. For sal In Kansas City. Mo- by Jllcksecker Clear Co.. Ninth and Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co. 71 T Dearborn street, and Charles MacDoaald. 41 Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1612 Farnam street: Megeatb Stationery Co, 1303 Famam street. For sal In Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 23th treet; Jas. H. Croekwell. 242 25th street. For sale In Salt take by the Salt Lake News Co.. TT West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C, by the Ehbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton Cenerlck. 80S-S 12 Seventeenth street: Louthsn ft Jaeksen Book and Stationery Co, Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. SUteenth and Curtis streets. TODA WEATHnit-Oencratly fair, tth westerly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 52; minimum temperature. 40; pre cipitation, trace, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, AP1UL 3, 1!03. Tllll COMEDY OF POLITICS. Two political machines strive for con trol of the Republican party of Oregon. They are nearly on the same plane. Neither has any conception of the real principle:' of political action. Neither known nor care? anything about large principles, purposes or policies, on which party action Is directed. Petty consider ations, as to obtalnment of ofilce, distri bution of spoils, control of the usufruct, direct the action of both. There is in finitely more concern about the control of a petty land office at Oregon City than Is felt about National or interna tional question!", on tariff, banking or currency, on fiscal problems, on trade with the Philippines, or on relations with Cuba. It Is very trying, and It would be amusing If It were not dis gusting. Oregon is convulsed by the strife over a petty office. But what are any of the participants doing for the welfare of the state? They are carry lng none of its burdens. Its real work they neglect, while they fight for the salaried positions' that are controlled at Washington. And-the voice of Oregon e r httrrftte "Bo question of National or International Interest. Nothing is neara hut the din and grind of the opposing . political machines. In a striking wayi the incident of the Oregon City land office Illustrates the course and. consequences of political ef fort In Oregon. More strength Is ex pended on a three-thousand-dollar of fice' than on anything ebe,attempted at "Washington for a year. Oriental trade. relations with the Philippine. Nica ragua or Panama Canal, currency, tariff end banking questions, development of American commerce In the Pacific, reg ulation of Interstate commerce and con trol or check of trusts, stoppage of timber-land steals, and formation of plans for Irrigation and ups of arid lands all thesa thlnge get no attention at all comparable with that bestowed on the contention over a petty office here and there. And the upshot as to Oregon 'City is the supcrsedure of an excellent man ta office, by one strikingly Inferior. It iT ti T"f- r- mt serious side of which . 3s. IkaUthe Bonrofliclal life of Oregon - 'his;io carry the 'public burdens. On the ' pfilcUf-rtde there "lo bar"ly enough for the officers. OUTDATED BY THE YEARS. Miss Clara Barton, the leader and or ganlser of the Red Crops movement. has. In the estimation of a large number of men and women who In times past have been content to follow where she has led, passed the day and date of her active usefulness af president of that body The organlzalton known, as the Red Cross hae become an aggregation of enormous Interests and large respon sibility. To administer Its affairs ac ceptably requires native executive abil tty of a high type and a palnotaklr-g at tention to details of business that is- too much for the strength of a woman who has the record of the active endeavor of three-fourths of a century behind her. In brief, it Is urged that while Miss Barton is a good and coble woman, she lacks the business capacity to be at the head of an association that grew Into euch enormous proportions during the Spanish-American War. She has reached a ripe old age, and it Is the earnest desire of many who are her loyal friends that she be relieved from further re sponsibility In .connection with the financial affairs of the Red Cross. From this view Mist llartcn, perhaps not unnaturally, dlsser.ia She has no mind to retire. I: is the old story of the superannuated, pitifully presented. She Ioea not realize that age ou the one Jjid and growth on the other have mluldlxed her power in the premlsos, l ut appears In the attitude of one who is hurt at the ingratitude of her ansocl ntes and ..Mermined to resist encroach li er.t upo. her rights. The National Red Cross Association lr working under a charter from Congress. An Investigation of lti affairs has bem tu-ked ti ih-'w who sje anxious for a j.rattlcal business management to suc Ctfcd the slack administrative methods cf the association that have prevailed k rtccut ytro. If some arrangement ctanot be mude for a harmonious ad justment based upon the retirement of Miss Psrfus from the presidency. Con gress will rrobably be asked at the next ecriun to annul or amend tha charter of the associaticn. While sympathizing ra?t thoroughly wUli th rcble. rcilanthroplc woman. " rtese name has fcr nearly half a cen trx beta a wnoaym' cf courage and sir-criflce. one could -wish that she might .accept gracefully end even thankfully the dcrre of the years and retire without further controversy from a post which she has made one of honor, but which coir la beset, for her. with manifold vexations and trials. What ever may be the result of this unfortu nate controversy between her and her friends (H is impossible to believe that a woman who has responded so nobly to the voice of humanity throughout a long- life can have enemies), it may be said the name of Clara Barton will for ever shine as that of a woman who re sponded promptly, earnestly and often at the risk of her own life to a stress in human peril and suffering that called for loyal, courageous and philanthropic effort. FinST FRUIT IX CUBA. What is Cuba to us and what are we to Cuba, that her neede should appeal to the United States? Nothing, Con gress saya by its actions, nothing. The Incident is clorcd, the account Is square-. let Cuba go about her business. And this Is Jurt what Cuba is proceeding to do. They are a polite people, these Spanish-Americans; but proud. All Is friendliness on the surface to the 1ew of visiting Americans there, but the way Congress has used them has not es caped their notice or left their feellnr.a unmolested. The situation Is thus de scribed by an American who has been long enough in Havana to get beneath the surface of public sentiment: What cuts deeply Into the nrorerbtal Spanish pride Is the conviction that they hare been played with and humiliated, and the Cuban torernment feels that it has been belittled In the eyes or the people. It Is a trait of the Latin character to say agreeable thlnrs to strangers, and for that reason stransers usu ally think they are rolnr to accompllih their ends without difficulty. One thine Is certain. tt there was any underhand design to acceler ate annexation It has only been retarded in- deSnttely by the bad faith and worse diplo macy shown in dealing with the Cuban ques tion. Well, what of It? Suppose, In sur rendering to the protected trusts, we have outraged Cuban sentiment? What Is Cuba going to do about It? The an swer Is, of course, that she will trade elsewhere. We know how easy It Is to divert business by appeals to prejudice even in hardheaded United States; we need not doubt, therefore, that sen timental considerations will be potent with the Cubans. Even If we were dis posed to doubt, no room Is left by the facts In the case, for the Cuban pur pose to look toward Europe for closer commercial relations Is already mani fest That Is to say. Cuba Is going to sell her sugar to Europe. Already two steamships have been chartered at Ha vana for Liverpool and orders are on hand for 10.000 tons additional, subject to obtaining ocean freight accommoda tions at reasonable rates. In addition, there are Inquiries from Havre, France, aggregating between 2000 and 4000 tons, which are aim dependent upon securing ocean carriage cn a reasonable basis. Cuba has thus far made about 400,000 tons of sugar, and will make about 100,000 tens more in the next two months or so. The sales to date are. perhaps. 250,000 tons, or a little less than one- third of the crop, and the urgency to sell places the figures below the parity of European beet sugars. The reciprocity treaty Is absolutely of no value to the present crop, and there Is a feeling In sugar circles, both In the United States and in Cuba, that It is doubtful whether Congress will finally pass the measure In time to benefit all the next crop. There are those, however, to whom It will doubtless appear negligible. If not positively reassuring, that so excellent a prospect exists for the establishment of a prosperous export trade from 'Cuba to Europe. There are those who. will be better pleased, the more of Cuba's product goerj to Europe and the less to the United States. But this must be a small fraction of the people. If we do not buy of Cuba, we cannot expect to sell to Cuba. The ohlps that go to Liv erpool with sugar and tobacco will re turn to Havana with silks, cottons, and even coffee and leather that have been grown on this side the Atlantic. It is no way to build up the Nation In com mercial greatness and material wealth to drive from our ports those who wish to trade with us. How Cuba Is likely to feel toward us may be estimated by the resentment felt here at the way Ger many Is proscribing American meat and flour. The American Consuls In Cuba, whose duty It Is to write enthusiastic reports to the State Department on the growth of American trade, are cot to be envied their impending tasks. Probably Cegress will have the effrontery to blame the Consuls for the loss of trade for which It alone Is responsible. HORSELESS AGE POSTPONED. The horseless age. which was sched uled to follow fast cjn the general adop tion of the automobile, seems to have been delayed In transmission, left at the post, lost In the shuffle, or fdr some other unknown cause failed to make Its appearance. Cable news from London In yesterday's Issue of The Oregonlan reports the sale of the famous racehorse Sceptre to a nephew of Lord Burton for $115,000. For this amount of money an entire battery of racing automobiles could have been purchased, any one of which could cover a mile In much less time than Sceptre can ever hope to. The automobiles could also travel farther In one day than Sceptre could travel In three, and yet the flesh-and-blood "ra cing machine" outranks In value the manufactured article In the ratio of more than ten to one. The price paid fcr Sceptre Is not the record for English thoroughbreds, as Ormonde, purchased by a California breeder a few years ago, changed own ers for the princely sum of 1150,000. He proved unsatisfactory either as a sire or a racer, but had he Justified the expec tations based cn his blood lines for either purpose, his owner would have lost nothing by the transaction. Sceptre has already demonstrated his. prowess as a racer, and his new owner need win but two or three such etfakes as the St. Legcr or Suburban to reimburse him for the Irumenne sum paid for the horse. With alt of the development of the automobile and the attendant advertis lng through tournaments and race meet lacs, the earning capacity of a fast horse Is greater today than ever before. The earnings In races and exhibitions of the trotter Cresceus for the first six years of his turf career reached the enormous total of SKC.S31. an average of over $17,090 per year; and last year. when the automobile craie was rampant throughout the country. Cresceus won more money than ever before. Natural' ly It la impossible for all horslovers to own a Cresceus, Ormonde or Sceptre, but the prices paid for these royally bred animals as well as corresponding figures for others of lesser note preclude the extinction or even the dlmlnuhment Ui cumbers of the horse. There Is a sentimental side to the horse business that can never be elim lnated. The glory of th ronderXuI ride of Paul Revere, of the gallant dash of Toung Lochlnvar, of the wild rides for life by the pony express messengers fleeing across the plains before the pur suing savages, must all be shared by the four-footed friend whose deeds at tendant on those of mankind Illumine the pages of history from the beginning of time. The list of wealthy and titled automoblllsts who have lest their lives through racing accidents with their ponderous machines is Increasing at an alarming rate, and yet tragedies of this nature, where horseflesh Is the propell ing power, are of comparatively rare occurrence. A horse left to his own guidance, with bridle reins hanging on Its neck, will carryi a rider safely over a dangerous trail on the darkest night. By training be will also become suffi ciently level-headed tcr obey Instantane ously a command given in a tight place, and which, were it not obeyed quickly, might result In the death of ihe driver. The unreasoning and frequently un manageable automobile can never be anything but & machine. The horse, times without number, has exhibited reasoning powers of a high degree, and so long as mankind is taught to admire the beautiful In the works of nature as well as the works of art, his place will not be filled by a sputtering mass of Iron, steel and rubber. The horseless age will not be hastened by the advent of the automobile. The researches of science teach us that there was a horse leas age many centuries ago, when the megatherium,, pterodactyl and pleslo saurua wandered up and down the earth. There were no automobiles, either, at that time, and when the horse ceases to be a factor In the transporta tion and amusement life of modem man the automobile will have followed the animals or reptiles mentioned Into the past. GOLD STANDARD FOR MEXICO. Mr. Con ant Is home from Mexico with hope for that republic's monetary future on the same day that Mr. Allison as sures us of the entire adequacy of our own financial system. One Is the an swer to the other; for the desire of the politician to Inculcate the perfection of all that Uvea and breathes under' Re publican rule will not stand before the scientific man's explanation of the strength Mexico will be able to acquire by mere avoidance of our weaknesses. It Is a suggestive thought that the broken down financial system of a sil ver country lends Itself more readily to approved methods than that of a gold standard regime which Is nevertheless honeycombed with hoary and perilous superstitions. Mr. Allison makes light of the dreaded currency stringency end pooh-poohs the evils of the Subtreasury system. This may be good politics, but It Is bad finance; and nobody would be more alert than Mr. Allison himself to felicitate the country upon Its good for tune If the Fifty-eighth Congress should enact the backing reforms we have long needed. Mexico will have, under the Conant suggestions, the gold standard, for no other term will accurately describe the maintenance of a silver currency, how ever exclusive as a circulating medium, at a specific gold valuation. This end will be reached, as the similar end has been reached. In all history, by llmlta tlon of the Inferior metal's coinage and the maintenance of a reserve fund for lta redemption or exchange. She will also avoid the mischief of our Subtreas ury system by depositing the Treasury funds In banks and drawing against them. The United States will doubtless come to this same in time, possibly after It has been adopted also by Patagonia and the Esquimaux. Meanwhile we must continue to follow Mr. Allison In his sublime faith In pop ular antipathy to banks and bankers. When one reflects upon the Alllsonlan conception of Republican sanctlflcatlon. It Is surprising he does not advise the dissolution of Congress, lest the exist ing holiness be disturbed by fresh leg islation. Mr. Allison should beware how he commits himself to the Aldrlch bill for If his glowing picture of our finan cial system Is correct, any further cur rency or banking undertaking would only bo to paint the Illy and to gild the rose. "Her previous life had not been such as to help her," ran the story of the conviction of Mrs. Maybrick. This statement accounted for the readiness of the Jury to convict her of a capital offense on circumstantial evidence. Had she previously led a blameless life. It Is not probable that she would have been convicted of this crime upon the evl dence presented. Here Is opportunity for calling attention to a fact that Is usually overlooked, namely, that per sons are not made to suffer heavy pen altles for small offenses, nor are Inno cent persons convicted of heinous crimes upon flimsy testimony. It may happen that a person having no legal guilt of a given offense Is punished for that offense, but in such cases there Is moral delinquency sufficient to warrant the punishment. The loafer, spendthrift and deadbeat may be sent to the peni tentiary for embezzlement of a few dol lara. The moral leper and desperate character may get heavy punishment by reason of manslaughter proved only by circumstantial evidence. But the man of upright life, who may be found tech nlcally guilty of comparatively small offenses, or against whom proof Is cot of the most convincing kind. Is not made to suffer unduly. Honesty of life, good character. Is the most valuable asset one can have. In all probability It would have kept Mrs. Maybrick from prison, perhaps from suspicion. The Right Rev. F. D. Huntington, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Cen tral New York, In his sermon of March 22, affirmed hia belief In hell and bitter ly denounced ministers who figure out an easy time for the sinner after death. The bishop said that "when a man dies a prodigal, a hardened sinner, I can p;e but one of two things for him he must be put where he will feel his punishment Inflicted by his Father In heaven, or else be thrown away as so' much waste and worthless materia! retribution or ar.nl hllatlon. A man that has been cheating, lying and lecherlng all the week goes to church and is told that hell Is a bug' bear for murderers, and that ministers who preach It are bigots. He will go home to his dinner with satisfaction and cheerfully pay his pew tax and crush widows' homes and cheat and lecher an. other week. That God loves and will not punish all he sees In Wall street and Vanity Fair, In fashionable society. In shops. In nurseries. In seminaries, in slave pens. In saloons. In kitchens and In chambers I will not believe. Let me rather be a decent atheist." The Columbia River salmon of the coming season give Indications of being; & strenuous lot. A 45-pound specimen ot the royal cMnook was found by a vigilant Fish Warden In the kitchen of a prominent hotel at Astoria, with the close season still a cumber of days away. Confiscation and Investigation followed, but the arrested landlord was acquitted because the testimony showed that he was Id ignorance of the pres ence of the fish or of the means by which It reached his kitchen. The royal Chinook has" always been of a frolicsome nature, and can Jump over a pretty high waterfall when he first enters the river, but It Is something unusual for him to Jump Into a hotel kitchen and start a first-class fish story before the hpen season. The Fish Warden la to be commended for his vigilance, for, had he not discovered the salmon when he did. it ,1s not beyond the range of prob abilities that the hotel guests would have been deceived Into eating salmon steaks under the Impression that they were cut from the tall of a tomcod. The next revision made In the fish laws should provide for at least four-Inch meshes on the screen doors of the As toria kitchens. This would prevent 45 pound ealmon from getting hotel pro prletorslnto trouble during the close season. The Secretary of War will have offi cers of the regular Army Inspect this year the National Guard In every state. There are some 2000 companies In 1750 places to be visited and Inspection made as to their condition and requirements. In order that the War Department can know what may be Deeded and how to deal with each company. Under the new militia law, the militia of every state la given until 1908 to adopt "the organization, armament and discipline" provided for by the statute, but at that time the standard must be realized, and thereafter becomes a requirement. The militia, to participate In the Govern ment appropriation, must conform to the standard, and It Is not likely that any state will care to deprive Its militia of the aid and Instruction provided by the Government for both men and offi cers. Armed with the same guns as the regular troops, organized In the some way, and participating In the encamp ments of the regular Army, the militia of the future will be a body of efficient troops Instead of being what It was at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, an Army of heterogeneous compo sitionghosts of soldiers shouldering ghosts of guna Mrs. Jacob H. Vanderbllt, whose hus band Is a cousin, several degrees re moved from the parent head of that house, has opened a shop on Fifth ave nue, where she proposes to sell novelties. brew and serve tea, and furnish cigars and cigarettes for swell dinner parties. Well, why not? There Is an old saying that it Is ordinarily but three genera tions from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. Applied to women folk. It might be said that the distance between kitchen apron and kitchen, apron, shopkeeplng and shopkeeplng, la not Infrequently covered In less than three generations. The mother of the house of Vanderbllt was a worthy, 'Industrious woman and prac tical wlthaJ-a. genuine old-fashioned helpmeet to her husband the bluff old Commodore. She did not disdain the work Incident to keeping a boarding- bouse any more than did her husband the work Incident to running a ferry. If this young woman who acquired the name of Vanderbllt by marriage makes money In her shopkeeplng venture she will follow logically, and. It may be hoped, worthily, In the train of the early Vanderbllts. The report that the brains of another reckless automobllist had been knocked out lacks confirmation, though a serious1 accident to Count Zaborowski, of New York, in a headlong race, near Nice, is admitted. Whether the disaster re sults fatally or not. It may aa well be said that a pace of 90 kilometers an hour is a fools pace, and It la hard to con celve that a man who values his life, or whoso life Is of any great value, will deliberately set such a pace for himself. However, this is largely a matter of opinion, and, since this little grandson In-law of John Jacob Aster staked his life In this way and may lose It, it Is well to be charitable and place him In the category with the Fairs and others among the idle rich, who have nothing better to do than to kill time, and In. cldentally themselves. In this way. The report of the Chief of Police for the month of March, as published In de tail. Is suggestive of one of two things. Either the police force was mors? than usually vigilant during that month or crime la on the Increase In this city. A total of 644 arrests was made. Of this number, 46 were minors; of these minors seven were girls and twelve were caught visiting saloons. Further comment Is unnecessary, though. If followed out In detail, a chapter might be written on parental irresponsibility as the basis of this feature of police work. The President la off on his Journey of 14,000 miles. All along the route the people are prepared to pay tribute to him. and to hla position, in earnest. loyal greeting. The basis of the enthu siasm with which he will be greeted Is, of course, the fact that he Is President of the United States. In addition to thlc however, Theodore Roosevelt Is a genial, approachable man and a thor ough American. The masses believe In him. Ac excellent beginning was made In organizing women's Lewis and Clark Fair Clubs by Mrs. William- Galloway, state organizer, at Oregon City Wednes day. The women of Oregon are ready to aid In the work of the fair. All that Is necessary to secure excellent results from their Industry and Ingenuity Is or ganization and system. In getting started In these lines no time should be lost. The advertising that Dr. Lewis A. O'Brien, late dentist to the Crown Prin cess cf Saxony, has received from being hustled off to the United States from Dresden must cause great pain to those who are sticklers upon this point fcr the "ethics of the profession." However, the advertising la free, so It probably will not affect his standing among hla brethren. Mrs. McKInley, whose world went Into total and perpetual eclipse when her husband died, still visits dally the tomb where hla body lies. This useless In dulgence In grief and .Us outward show would. In a stronger woman, be censur able: lr. this gentle, childlike widow. conscious only of her great loss, t la only pathetic The soldier with a gun has been so often repeated by monument-builders that the public Is aa doubt glad to learn that a soldier with a flag will surmount the soldiers monument soon to be erect ed la Lone Fix cemetery. SPIRIT OF TltE NORTHWEST PRESS Grand. Juries and Political Jobs. Seattle Times. In one respect Portland "doffs her hat" to Seattle. She does this by publishing more news from this city than from all the rest of the Pacific Northwest. IIott Xot to Make Enemies Eugene Guard. Governor Chamberlain knows a good deal about politics. He Is not making enemies through taking a hand In the ap pointment of subordinate penitentiary em ployes. He refers applicants to tha war den. This is for the beat Interest of the state. There will be no divided responsi bility between the Governor and the warden. Good Word for Gatch. Woodburn Independent. Claud Gatch will be Marlon's choice for Congressman. We have heard from sev eral of the precincts of this county, and the sentiment prevails strongly for Gatch. Marlon wants the nominee, and to secure this we must choose from among the can didates the strongest and one who would be the most influential outside of Marion In getting support. All must acknowledge that Gatch Is the man. An Unmistakable Inunendo. Huntington Herald. After Eastern Oregon has worked for years for an open Columbia River, and has at last succeeded In having the Legisla ture .appropriate money for a portage railway, a few disgruntled people In Baker City, who are known to. be boodlers. are endeavoring to uefeat the meritorious measure by having petitions circulated to Invoke the referendum. It would be In teresting to know how much) railroad money these grafters are getting. Hermann Asalnst the Field. Eugene Guard. It Is not probable that Dinger Hermann will be beaten for the Congressional nom ination in the district convention to he held In Eugene April 3. It Is Hermann against the field, and hardly one of the other candidates, when disintegration of his forces takes place, but will go to Hermann In preference to his fellows who are in the race against the old and cheer ful Douglas County officeholder. His op ponents say "the opposition must unite." They will unite on Hermann. The Tocsin Sonnded. Blue Mountain Eagle. There Is barely sufficient range In Grant County for the stock owned by the citizens of the county, and any attempt made to range 500,000 sheep from other counties In this county this Summer should be resent ed, and If possible prevented by our peo ple. Our own sheepmen end cattlemen have bad to reduce their nocks greatly in number during recent years on account of shortage of range, and to have to go out of business altogether to furnish range for sheepmen of other counties is more than can be expected of them. Japanese for Idaho Plantations. Boise News. Japs are to be Imported Into Idaho to cultivate 1000 acres of sugar beets, so It is officially announced by the president of the Utah Sugar Company. They then are the "farmers" to whom the taxpayers of Idaho will pay a bounty by virtue of a bill enacted by the late Legislature. A few Republicans and all the Democrats at tempted to amend the bill so that tha bounty would be withheld from all con cerns employing Chinese and Japanese laborers, . but the Republican majority voted It down. Certainly it will be a con soling thought to the taxpayers who are digging deep into their pockets to meet state expenses to know that a lot of im ported Japs are to be the beneficiaries of their labor. A Pernlctona Habit. Elgin Recorder. The i&ocklng tragedy which startled this community last Friday morning should bear a few good moral lessons to the re mainder of Its Inhabitants. One 'of them Is to refrain from the detestable habit of carrying concealed weapons. While no one who Is unbiased will say that the vic tim was MamH PR In the matter, everv- body' will nevertheless agree that nothing serious would have resulted bad not Gray been armed. The habit of carrying fire arms, contracted while a young man and a resident of a Southern State, Is solely responsible for the breaking up of two homes and the murder of one of. our best citizens. It any one else Is addicted to this pernicious habit he should take warn lng by this unfortunate occurrence and quit before It gets blm Into trouble. The Portnare Referendum. Condon Times. Petitions are being circulated for a ref erendum of the portage railway bill passed at the last session of the Legislature. It is. Derhaos. needless to add that these sriasxnodlc attempts originate in tne mi lamette Valley, ana mat tney are. Hap pily, dying a-bornln". Copies of the nils slves have been sent into one or two Eastern Oregon counties, but from all reports the necessary signatures cannot be secured. And why should theyr East ern Oregon has waited long enough for tne building of the portage and has willingly aided all needed legislation and appro- priations-ln the western part ot tne state, and now that our friends there have successfully "chopped off" the coyote bounty they must needs attack Eastern Oregon's Interests and attempt to kill the portage railroad bllL AH In Spite of the Gold Standard. Colvllle Gazette. There Is a marked difference In the con ditions which prevail at this time and those which existed in the Palouse coun try several years ago. At that time the loan companies were taking thousands" of acres of land In the Inland Empire upon mortgage foreclosures. Today capital Is seeking this same land as Investment and Is willing to pay the top price In order to secure It. The loan companies have prac tically withdrawn all their agencies from the counties of Eastern Washington. The farmers. Instead of being a debtor class, have transferred their accounts to the op posite side of the ledger and are now loaning money and Investing their sur plus In lands, cattle and fine blooded stock. Today the farmers of Palouse are building fine residences on their ranches, but they are not going in debt to do It; they pay the cash and are independent. The panic was a bitter lesson to the thou sands, but the Indications now are that the lesson was well learned. It Is not probable that the farmers of this country will ever again be so foolish as to try to do business with the money-lenders' cap ital. Discrimination With Referendum. Albany Democrat. A recent effort to establish a referendum league In Albany failed because the senti ment Is against not the referendum but the object of this particular referendum, the doing of anything that shall In any way Interfere with the success of the Lewis and Clark Fair. A large number who believed the appropriation was larg er than the assessment and population of the state justified are not in favor of do ing anything to retard In any way the movement to make the fair a success, now that It has been put In motion. In this case Albany was used as a catspaw by men from other counties, some of them prominent In politics In Salem, Woodburn and other places, perhaps principally be cause there Is a strong referendum senti ment here, one that will continue. The Lewis and Clark Exposition should be made a credit to the Northwest. A fail ure will mean harm to the state. A suc cess will mean a great deal of good. It should, now that It Is an established fact, be pushed with vim and vigor by ail. re gardless of their former position In refer ence to the proper amount for an appropriation. PERILS OF PRESIDENTS TRIP. Kansas City Star. The President's Western trip Is proving an embarrassing undertaking. It Is said that there are squabbles over his enter tainment In almost every town In which be Is to stop. Secretary Loeb Is over whelmed with protests by mall and tele graph. Rival delegations of citizens are itrlvlng to capture tha President and carry him off whenever an opportunity presents itself. Tacoma and Seattle have almost come to civil war over the arrange ment of the programme. Congressmen and Governors have been rushing across the country to make sure that Mr. Roose velt does not fall Into the hands of the enemy to their own undoing. During the progress of the trip the dispatches may be expected to run something like this: JImmersTlUe. April 13. The President's train was met at the station this mornlnx by rival entertainment committees from the "Rooserelt 1804" Club and the Rough Riders' Association, each accompanied by a brass band. " A brisk Ssht took. place between the delegations as the train was Dullln- In, but the wounded wers hustled Into a drag store before the President alighted, so that there was nothing to mar the pleasure of the reception. Fortunately. In tha melee the carriages provided by the 1804 Club were smashed, so the guests could accept with out embarrassment the saddle- horses of the Rough Riders. The rest of the visit at Jtm xnersTllle was without Incident. Topeka, Slay 1. Governor Bailey remains firm In his determination to entertain Mr. Rooserelt at the Gubernatorial Mansion. The T. M. C A. has marshaled its forces and will march to the station In a body to capture tha President. It will be reinforced by the W. C T. U.. the Epworth League and the Society ot Christian Endeayor. A serious outbreak, is feared. In the meantime rival factions, headed by Davo Mulvan and Cy Leland respectively, are said to have formed a conspiracy to gain the President's ear aa he enters or departs from the Governor's residence. Secretary Loeb has been warned, and Kansas avenue Is pa trolled by detectives, while an excited crowd haa rendered the Copeland Hotel Inaccessible. Tompkins Center, May 4. The enthusiasm which has so far attended the trip was not one whit abated at Tompkins Center today. The town was In. gala attire, and the only un toward feature of the affair was the Insistence of both Republican factions, the Regulars and the Silk Stocklnrs. that the President attend simultaneous bancuets. Both Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb felt that two dinners In 'one evenlcz were more than one man could fairly be called on to eat. Neither party, how ever.' would compromise, and after a protract ed discussion the President was obliged to go supperiess to bed. St. Paul. May 15. This city Is on the verge cf an uprising. - The President and party ar rived late in the afternoon and entered the carriages provided, when the drivers evidently bribed by unprincipled Mlnenapolls citizens suddenly whipped up and made for that city. leaving the escort dumfounded. The news ot this base kidnaping ot the President soon spread over the city, and armed parties have now set out In foot and by trolley to recapture the party and to take vengeance on Minneap olis for its foul perfidy Bloodshed la expected. Secretary Loeb. of course, has contem plated all these possible eventualities, and has made provision against them. But does he think that three or four secret service men will be sufficient to cope with the rival entertainment committees? It is submitted that It would be wiser to take along, say, two batteries of light ar tillery and a regiment of cavalry. They may be needed to protect the party from an excess of hospitality. RIVER AND HARBOR WORK. The Cost from 1780 Down Year 1000. to the One of the most Interesting books re cently put forth by the Bureau of Print ing is a volume relating to river and har bor work. It contains a complete history of every river and harbor Improvement from 17S3 to 1300. It shows the amount appropriated for river and harbor Im provements in each state" from, and Includ ing 1502 to 1W0. New York leads the list with a total of tK, 3,757.71. Michigan comes next witn over 121.000.000, and Texas comes third with over Jl 5.000.000. Illi nois and Wisconsin have had over til. 000.000 each, but no other state has exceed ed $10,000,000. Iowa has had the smallest amount, 32C00. The list Is as follows: Alabama 6.7S5.102.I2 Alaska B.ouu.uo Arkansas 433.90S.14 California 8.198.1M.M Connecticut 3.231.S1T.2) Delaware .- 6,373.709.10 Florida 4.627.606.48 Georgia T.871,472.33 Idaho 30,000.00 IlllnoLs 1L781.417. Indiana 1,604,128.82 Iowa 2.C00.00 Kentucky 4.CW.348.S9 Louisiana. 2.727,116.25 Maine 6,038.713.89 Maryland 6.138.7S7.SO Massachusetts 8.633.0M.60 Michigan 24.634,635.10 Minnesota 1.385.337 J Mississippi 1.464.224.80 Missouri 87.60O.UO Montana 10.000.00 "New Hampshire 638.300.00 New Jersey 2.574,618.00 -PW JOTS .................... J. Z3.4&3.787.71 North Carolina 5.122,0C8.82 Ohio 0.341.7EO.15 Oregon "tri.hi.47 Pennsylvania ... 6.839,318.46 Rhode Island 3.531.733.00 souin iroiina .................. T.irii.n.vm Tennessee 233,000.00 Texta 15.432.421.85 Vermont 784,889.20 Virginia ; 6,026,387.1,1 Washington 1.703,350.00 Iscontin 11.004,641.64 West Vlrslnls. 4 OA-tin J13A Miscellaneous 177.295,104.08 Total t3S3.828.58T.41 It is explained that the miscellaneous Item of tl77.O0O.00O refers to river work In two or more states. Jf3.000.000 of this being for Mississippi. Jll.00iJ.0CO for Missouri and Jo.000.000 for Ohio. These figures show how insignificant, comparatively, is an ex penditure of 11,000,000 by the Government when such expenditure would open to navigation the Columbia River and Its tributaries, thus serving a region embrac ing an empire within itself. I Know Thou Hast Gone. Thomas K. Kerrey. I know thou hast gone to the house cf thy rest. Then why should my soul be so sadT I know thou hast gone where the weary are blest. And the mourner looks up and is glad! Where love has put 03. In the land of Its birth. The stain It had gathered In this; And Hope, the sweet singer that gladdened tho earth. Lies asleep on the bosom ot bliss! I know thou hast rone where thy forehead Is starred With Uv beauty that dwelt In thy soul. Where the light of thy loveliness cannot be. marred. Nor thy heart be Sung hack from Its goal; I know thou bast drunk of the Lethe that flows Through a land where they do not forget. That sheds over memory only repose. And takes from It only regret. In thy far-away dwelling, wherever It be. I believe thou hast visions of mine. And the love that made all things a music to ma I have not yet learned to resign: In the hush of the night, on the waste of the sea. Or alone with the breeze on the hllL I have ever a presence that whispers of thee. And my spirit lies down and Is still! Mine eye must be dark, that so long has been dim. Ere araln It may gaze open thine; But my heart has reveallngs of thee and thy home. In many a token and sign; I never look up with a vow to the sky. But a light like thy beauty is there And I hear a low murmur like thine In reply. When I pour out my spirit In prayer. And though. Ilka a mourner that alts by a tomb. Z am wrapped In a mantle of care Tet the grief ot my bosom oh. call It not gloom Is not tha black grief ot despair: By sorrow revealed, aa tha stars are by night. Far oft a bright vision appears. And Hope. like a rainbow, a creature ot light. Is born. Ilk a rainbow. In tears, NOTE AND COMMENT. To the ball fans: Look pleasant, please. Mooted question: Did Joe really land one on tha President? Is Southern California rain too much for the Webfoot outfit? Somehow the Sultan never gets busy till after the murder's done. Jack Marshall can't make the excuse of altitude that affects ballplayers adversely. If It costs Jo to telegraph to Nome, we guess that telegraphlera telegraphy will continue to do for us. Is It possible that Vigneux and his con freres intend to repeat the disasters of that awful Montana trip last year? Well, we hope the President will corns and drop a tear or two at the last resting place of ex-Senator Simon, anyway. Inasmuch as Seattle is again wide open. we Judge that Mayor Humes has on reflec tion concluded not to take the grand jury's advice and resign. Mr. Harriman doesn't need any advice as tq how to run bis railroads; but a few suggestions as to how to dispose of one Jim Keene will be gratefully received. If the Shamrock Ill's final performance comes up to the advance notices, there's going to be a bad case of heart palpita tion on the part of Uncle Sam along about next Fall. Mr. Steel Is a good man. but perhaps after all the great American public will make up Us mind that It wasn't essential to the perpetuity of government that he have a Job. Colonel Dan Lamont has set a good example to the tax-dodgers by writing from Egypt to the president of the tax department in New Tork that he would like to have his personal property tax as sessment kept open till he should return to the United States, as he had no wlah to evade payment of taxes In New Tork, The colonel was assessed.on JSO.OOO of per. sonallty and the president of the tax department says: "We will wait for him." A Boston business man who has a very poor opinion of the dectectlves in that city sent for two of them recently and showed the photograph ot a rather tough looking person whose identity he seemed anxious to learn. One of the sleuths at once identified the man as a noted bank robber; the other Inclined to tha belief that It was an equally notorious forger. They finally agreed that It was the bank robber, whereupon the business man showed the back ot the photograph, on which they read the original's name William Dean Howells. When the author heard that he had been mistaken for a noted criminal he thoughtfully observed that he could not blame the detectives. Before leaving Washington for Cleve land to take part In the mayoralty cam paign there Senator Hanna called on the President and was escorted to the cabinet-room. Secretary Root also came and was shown Into the same place. Judge Halls of New York and "General" Dick of Ohio were in the ante-room at the time. They heard a crash as of some thing failing to the floor and Judge Halls exclaimed: "What's that?" Mr. Dick re plied easily: "That is the first failure of Roosevelt and Root la .their attempt to put old man Hanna on the vice-presidential shelf, which you and the President know so much about. They had Just hoisted him up on the shelf but he has wriggled off." When the government ship Dolphin was coming home from Cuba carrying Secre tary of War Moody, Senator Hale, of the Naval committee and Speaker Elect Can non, some rough weather was encount ered. Just previous to the coming of the storm the statesmen named had been dis cussing the proposed building of six bat tle ships. Messrs. Hale and Cannon suc cumbed to seasickness. When his suffer ings had become too Intense to be borne longer in silence "Uncle Joe" called out to Secretary Moody: "Say, Moody, if you will get us to shore quickly I'll give you six battle ships next winter." "I will make a better bid than that." exclaimed Senator Hale. 'Til favor 20 battle ships If the Secretary will only keep this ship still for half an hour." Rev. Donald C MacLeod. D. D.,- pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church In Washington, D. C, who has gotten him self In the public eye by marrying a col ored man and a white woman In viola tion of the unwritten law of his church. Is a chubby-faced man. 34 years of age. He succeeded Dr. Talmage nearly four years ago and his congregation Includes many of the fashionable set of Washing ton. Dr. MacLeod is a Canadian, having been born In Nova Scotia. He is a grad uate of the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pa. Dr. MacLeod regrets marrying the couple and attributes it to the fact that he was in a hurry to keep another engagement and was too delicate about pursuing the suspicion he had that the prospective groom was colored. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAP1IERS "What mads her so angry!" 'They criti cised her paper on Sincerity" too candidly." uetrolt Free Press. Lulu I'm sure Mrs. Sweet gives short weight at her candy store. Reginald That's a win ning weigh she has: Yonkers Statesman. The Governor (about to engage a new groom) My man. do yon drink? Enthusiastic Appli cant I never 'ave. sir. but I think I can learn, sir. Harvard Lampoon. Mrs. Chancel Our pastor has calls from two churches, and he's praying for direction which to accept. Her Husband Indeed? I suppose both are at tha same salary? Puck. Visitor Tou don't mean to say that these luxuriously fitted up apartments are cells? Warden Yes; they are reserved exclusively for our wealthy automobile prisoners Judge. Jim Jlmpson declares that he Is going to quit using tobacco. Jam I never knew that he used tobacco at alL Yoa see. I've attempted to smoke some of the cigars that be smokes. Baltimore Herald. "Oh, let me like a soldier die!" exclaimed the leading man of the barnstormers. "Oh. If I only had a gun!" exclaimed some one In the gallery. In a tone that savored ot genuine sympathy. Chicago Sally News. Mrs. Hiram Offen That will do! You'll leave on Saturday, and you needn't bother me about a recommendation. Bridget Shure. Ol bor no lntlntlon of. glvln" ye a recommlnda tlon. Ol'll tell the truth about ye to lvery gurl that axes me. Philadelphia Press. "By George," exclaimed the amateur In ventor, "fortune Is within my grasp. I've struck It this time, sure." "What Is the na ture of the case?" "I've discovered that by pressing certain kinds of breakfast food Into bricks and saturating them with oil they be come excellent subsUtntes for coal." Chicago Record-Herald. Esther So you are going to marry Mr. Til ton. Bertha? Why, It will almot seem as It we were relatives, won't It? You know Mr. Tllton. wanted to marry me. Bertha Yes, Henry often laughs about hla early Indiscre tion, as be calls It. He said the other night he couldn't understand What be ever saw in you. But. of course, he exaggerates, dear. Boston Transcript,