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PUTTING IT PLAINLY.
The New Tork Sun prints a letter ad-
Iressed to President Marroquin, of the
tepubllc of Colombia, by M. Philippe,
the Panama Company, which pre-
;nts points worth attention in the
Fnited States. If the Congress of Co-
ibla shall decline to ratify the canal
reaty, one of two things, he says, will
allow, vis: (1) Either construction of
le Nicaragua Canal by the United
Itates and absolute loss to Colombia of
le incalculable advantages resulting
rom construction on her territory of
le great artery of universal commerce;
2) construction of the Panama Canal
secession and declaration of inde
pendence of Panama under protection
if the United States.
Even after proper allowance Is made
ir the bias of the . Frenchman, who
ants his company to get the purchase
loney ($40,000,000) from the United
ftates, it must be allowed that this
flew of the case is a very probable one.
the two ways pointed out by him it
not apparent how any third can be
led. The first thought of the United
ftates will be to turn again to Nlca-
lagua. But suppose the state or prov-
lce of Panama, provoked by rejection
f the treaty which -is s6 much to her,
Ihould declare her independence and
all
on the United States for protection,
laranteelng at the same time the
Eight to construct the canal. In that
vent, should we go to the aid of a peo
ple "struggling for liberty," as we went
thf1" aid of the Cubans, taking lnol-
tentally the concession as to the canal
id assuming a protectorate over the
jrovlnce, or full sovereignty, if the peo-'
He desired it?
If mow, since the United States has
ibarked in this business at Panama,
Fr at least has negotiated with Colom
bia, with promise of exchange of ratl-
lications if now Colombia should re
use to proceed, it is not probable we
hould consent that any -other nation
;hould take it up and negotiate with
Colombia for construction of the canal.
for, indeed, is it likely that any other
latlon, or any group of foreign finan
ciers, would like to step into a busl-
less where their proceeding would be
arotested by the United States, either
the name of the nebulous Monroe
jctrlne or otherwise. Matters have
liow
proceeded so far that there will be
10 Manama canal unless we build It
Te may return to Nicaragua: but if
re do the Panama project will wait an
ndefinlte time, perhaps forever. But
t Is most probable the Congress, of Co
ombla will yet ratify the treaty, after
le opposition members shall have sat.
sfled themselves that the United States
prill not be "held up" for more money.
! JIQNEY STRONG, WHEAT "WEAK.
The financial situation in the East
jntinues very uneasy, and the short
ened business week which closed last
riday found wall street still In the
iuteips with what would ordinarily be
:onsldered pretty good securities being
irown overboard at very low. prices.
Fhis effort tQ lighten the financial ship
i&s been in progress for several weeks,
id yet the situation is steadily grow
ing worse, the weekly bank statement
rhich appeared Jast Friday being the
porst that has been in evidence for
aany months. It showed a shrinkage
ill round, cash holdings alone falling
ff nearly $5,000,000, while the increase
In loans was but $3,700,000. New York
financiers are becoming alarmed over
lis growing stringency In the money
xrket arid its attendant bad effect on
the prices of securities. Many of them
ire clamoring, and not without reason,
Cor a reduction in the excessive Federal
cation, which is piling up an enor-
ious surplus revenue in the Treasury.
For the fiscal year ending July 1, 1902,
le receipts of the Government in ex
cess of disbursements were $91,000,000.
Et was expected that the removal of the
rar taxes would almost wipe out all
surplus, but the report now about due
jr the fiscal year ending July 1, 1903,
rill still show a surplus revenue of over
150,000,000. The Treasury already holds
accumulated balance of over $225.-
D.000, and to he adding to it at the
ite of $50,000,000 per year by cinching
lerican purchasers of pig-iron tex-
Hes and other commodities which have
ired so largely in the imports which
ive produced this Tevenue seems rl
Iculous. With the domestic producers
ill overrun with orders to such an
nt that they-cannot meet the demand
for their products, why should this con
med excessive tariff still be levied
ipon articles in which this country
stands in greatest need.
Not only Is the consumer forced to
pay an exorbitant figure to "protect"
the Infant Industries of the country, but
even the bankers suffer by the contrac
tion in cash caused by the withdrawal
of over $1,000,000 per week from circu
lation to be locked up in the Treasury
vaults. Of course, patriots of the Mor
gan, Grlscom and Hanna type would
like to have this surplus reduced by
paying It out to a shipping combine as
a subsidy. As a matter of fact, this
immense Treasury surplus is a standing
invitation for "unworthy and extrava
gant appropriations. If this $50,000,000
which has been tied up and withdrawn
from circulation through "the operation
of our foolish tariff laws were now in
circulation, it would relieve matters in
the nervous money centers of the East
very materially.
Aside from the strength of money and
the weakness of stocks, the most not
able feature of the trade situation last
week was the remarkable slump In
wheat prices, July declining S cents
per bushel for the July options, while
the distant futures were 5 cents to 6
cents per bushel lower. This weakness
was to a certain extent a matter of sen
timent, but the advance was too rapid
and the market in its decline was also
following the law of gravitation. The
statistical position of the cereal con
tinues strong, and now that the specu
lative wave has temporarily subsided,
this position is almost certain to reas
sert itself. In the . local market the
stocks are so short that there Is very
little of interest, and there will be but
little doing until the new crop com
mences to arrive.
CONSTITUTION'S INNER MEANING.
If two or morel
amendments shall be
If two or more
amendments shall be
submitted at the same
submitted at the same
time they shall be sub
mitted in such man
ner that the electors
shall vote for orj
against each of such
amendments separate
ly, and while an
amendment or amend
ments which shall
have beei agreed upon;
by one Legislative As
sembly shall be await
ing the action of a
time, they ehall be sub
mitted In such manner
that the electors shall
vote for or against
each . of such amend
ments separately, and
while an amendment or
amendments which
shall have been agreed
upon by one Goneral As
sembly snail be await
ing the action of a
General Assembly or of
the electors, no addi
tional amendment or
amendments shall be
proposed. Constitution
of Indiana, art. XVI,
sec. 2.
Legislative Assembly or
of the electors, no ad
ditional amendment orj
amendments shall be
proposed. Constitution!
of Oregon, art. XVII
sec 2
There you have the Oregon and the
Indiana constitutions side by side. The
provision in regard to amendment is the
same in each, word for word, except
that Indiana calls It a General Assem
bly and we call It a Legislative Assem
bly. Now, in Indiana they understand
that when one amendment is awaiting
the action of a Legislature, no new
amendment shall be proposed. That
looks plain. The constitution says so.
But .hold! There are those among us
who doubt, dread or fear that the Cir
cuit Court's invalidation of the refer
endum will not stick. They say that
the constitution does not mean what it
says, but means that no new amend
ment on thesame subject may be pro
posed. It is not always easy to tell at
first blush what the constitution means.
We must not be'' deceived by the surface
impressions of words. When the law
says spade, we must look carefully, for
the Legislature may have had It In
mind to mean not a spade at all, but a
broomstick or an automobile. A truly
great lawyer will find things In a Leg
islature's mind that will knock you off
the Christmas tree.
For example the constitution says
that no county shall go In debt more
than $5000. Ignorantly, some persons
have supposed this means that no
county shall go in debt more than $5000.
But not so. We must find out what
was in the minds of the framers; and
the lawyers will tell ypu, the courts of
half a dozen states will tell you, that
the Intention of this constitutional
amendment, which was adopted by
many of the Western States In the
last generation, was entirely otherwise.
What the framers meant was that
counties SHOULD run In debt as long
as their credit holds out.
Secondly, my brethren, the constitu
tion says that state . officials shall
receive $1500 a year, and no more. For
a long time It was Imagined in igno
ranee and credulity that by this the
constitution meant that the state offl
ciais snouia get $iouu a year and no
more, A new generation arrived on
the scene, and then we began to learn
our error. Lawyers arose to tell us
the intention of the framers. Not what
the constitution says, but what the
framers meant, is the desideratum.
proper caper, etc. Authorities differ,
indeed, as to what the framers meant
about salaries, but all are agreed that
they did NOT mean to limit salaries
to $1500. What they had In mind may
have been almost any old thing or
other, but It is in any case certain the
Intention was something far deeper,
more abstruse and complicated than
what they said. It is gathered, there
fore, that the constitutlpn means for
the state officials to have as large sal
arles as they can get.
It's an old bridge, this constitution,
but It has carried us over many a rag
ing flood and through many a stormy
night. It is doubtless more serviceable.
on the whole, than anything else that
has offered. The trouble with us Is not
with the constitution, but with the fact
that we don't obey it.
Take the old constitution and use no
other. A new one is discredited, by the
fact that the old one's critics would sit
in the new one's convention. Cranks
crazies and corporation lawyers would
be there and our last state would be
worse than the first.
The star-route scandal of 1881 ended
in the acquittal of General Thomas J.
Brady, First Assistant Postmaster-Gen
eral, and his associates In this conspir
acy, who owed their escape to the re
markable eloquence of Colonel "Robert
G. Ingersoll, who conducted their de
fense with great ability. But there was
apostoffice scandal of minor Importance
In 1884, when General Walter Q
Gresham was President Arthur's Post'
master-General. Colonel G. O. B. Burn
side, superintendent and disbursing of
ficer of the Postofflce Department, was
reported short in his accounts to the
amount of $80,000. The New Tork Sun
recalls the fact that when brought to
trial his guilt and conviction were so
certain that he made a plea of insanity.
which was known and openly admitted
to be a subterfuge. Of the issue of the
trial and Colonel Burnslde's present
situation the. Sun says:
But it was a choice of the penitentiary or
the insane asylum, and Colonel Bumslde chose
the latter. He was committed to St Eliza
beth's, the Government institution across the
eastern branch of the Potomac, within full
sight of the Capitol and other public buildings
of the city, and there he Is today. He is
cane as anr pf the doctors Inside of the mad
house walls, or any person outside of them.
and this Is generally recognised.
Colonel Bumslde Is such a tractable and com
panlonable person that be Is allowed to leav
the asylum and visit his family and friends
about the city at Xresitent Intervals. He
tea seen la the erealas rtdl&t o& tfe etreet-
cars, visiting the theaters or strolling about
ttfe streets In the -vicinity of his old home.
Only a few nights ago he attended a reunion
of the survivors of the military organization
which .he once so proudly commanded.
TO SHUT PORTLAND OUT.
The traffic of Central Oregon is too
insignificant and its prospects are too
slim to justify an extension of the Co
lumbia Southern a few miles to the
southward. But that traffic and tnose
prospects are sufficient to justify a new
road in from Ontario or some such
point on the Oregon Short Line. Such,
t seems, is the Harriman philosophy.
It is not reassuring, either for Port
land's connection with Central Oregon
or for the enlistment of Mr. Harrlman's
interest in Portland's progress gener
ally. As a railroad proposition, the Harri
man people are probably right It is a
fact that Central Oregon's lumber will
have to go East to market It is a
supposable hypothesis that Eastern
jobbers will have the same swing In
Central Oregon that they have hitherto
had in Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton; and if Mr. Harriman has any
prejudice in favor of Portland which
would induce him to build a railroad
this way for $i,000,000, which he could
build some other way for $999,999, he
has most skillfully concealed it If he
is disposed to take the field to divert
any traffic to Portland, or to keep San
Francisco or Puget Sound from divert
ing to themselves any of Portland's
traffic they can, he certainly masks his
warlike spirit under a most clever imi
tation of Alphonsogastonian politeness.
Was it loyalty to Portland which in
duced the O. R. & N. to build so
promptly and spiritedly Into the Clear
water when Mellen loudly cleared his
throat, and down to the Nehalem when
Hill shook his finger? Was It loyalty
to Portland which set the Harriman
officials sidestepping the Central Ore
gon proposition until plans could be
perfected and money raised to build In
there from the East? No, it was not
loyalty; It was simply . business, and so-
business let it be. The Oregon road
has important business fostering San
Francisco and keeping Mr. Hill In good
humor. Portland will have business.
as well, taking care of herself and In
cidentally, perhaps, building a road
into Central Oregon.
If Harrlman's Idea Is to connect Cen
tral Oregon by rail from the South or
East, then it Is incumbent upon Port
land to build without delay, either from
the dalles south or else across the Cas
cades somewhere in the Santlam coun
try connecting with the Southern Pa
cific. It is time to find out what his
purpose Is, and then it will be time to
act Every capitalist should subscribe
his thousands, every clerk his twenty.
Protection of Portland's railroad con
nections is as important to the city's
future as the Lewis and Clark Fair.
THREE JUDGES ENOUGH.
One of the great problems before the
legislative session of 1901 was to devise
some plan lor relieving the Oregon Su
preme Court of the mass of work that
had accumulated upon its trial docket.
It was proposed that a commission
should be appointed to assist the Su
preme Judges in preparing their opin
ions, or that Circuit Judges should be
required to perform duty as an Appel
late Court or, which was the more
popular plan among attorneys, that the
membership of the Supreme Court be
increased permanently to five Judges
Instead of three. It was argued that
Oregon had dutgrown the period in Its
history when three Judges could hear
and decide all the cases that would be
appealed from the decisions of the Cir
cuit Courts. Unable to devise a plan
which mt the approval of a majority,
the Legislature abandoned the project
of Increasing the number of Appellate
Judges, either temporarily or perma
nently, and dropped the matter after
providing for more clerical assistance
for the Judges.
Time has proven that the course of
the Legislature, was a wise one, for the
Supreme Court has now cleared Its
docket and an appealed case can be
determined any time the attorneys are
ready. The old story about a case
being held up for two years or more by
an appeal to the Supreme Court. Is no
longer heard. Litigants have what was
guaranteed them by the Constitution a
speedy trial of their cases. The court
has no longer a need to hurry Its work.
but can feel free to take all the time
desired In which to Investigate the varl
ous questions that are involved In each
anneal.
This change in the affairs of the high
est tribunal of the state has been
brought about by several causes. In
the first" place, litigation in all courts
has decreased, and the fewer the cases
commenced the less will be the work
brought before the Supreme Court The
small number of suits brought has been
due to a number of circumstances,
among the most notable of which is the
enactment of the Federal bankruptcy
law, which has not only discouraged
litigation, but deprived the state courts
of a considerable portion of their juris
diction. Suits brought by creditors
with conflicting Interests were almost
certain to find their way to the Supreme
Court, but now all these cases are fried
before a Federal Court Knowing that
an embarrassed debtor Is likely to take
refuge behltfd the bankrupted laws,
creditors have been -slow to crowd them
to the extent of bringing attachment
suits. Another cause for decreased lit!
gatlon Is that the laws governing real
property, contracts and all business re
latlons are becoming better understood
and in proportion to the amount of
business transacted fever disagreements
result Upon the same subject it may
be remarked that men of large business
affairs have found that It pays to con
suit an attorney before making an Im
portant deal, and thus uncertainties
and misunderstandings are avoided,
Large corporations employ attorneys
to keep them out of litigation rather
than to represent them In court, and
the lawyer is becoming more of a busi
ness adviser than an advocate . before
the bar of justice. Again, the man who
is willing to "fight to the last ditch
for the principle of the thing" Is fast
passing away and compromises of small
financial differences are much more
common than they were. The old pic
ture of the litigants who pulled at the
'horns and tall of the cow while an at
torney milked her is no longer so ap
pllcable as It once was. Rules of prac
tlc.e have hecome better known, , and
Circuit Courts make fewer mistakes, by
reason of which there are not so many
opportunities to secure reversals in the
Supreme Court In the days when the
Supreme Court was behind In Its work,
appeals werex orten iaKen ior aeiay.
The removal of this Incentive to ap
peals may have served to prevent some
case from going to the Appellate' Court
though assurance of a speedy trial often
encourages a defeated 'litigant to ap
peal. While no one of thee causes will
account for- all the decrease in work
before the Supreme Court each has had
an appreciable Influence in determining
the number of cases that go to that tri
bunal. It is probable also that the In
creased clerical assistance provided for
the Supreme Judges has enabled them
to dispose of cases more rapidly, though
the greater part of their work Is such
that it must be done by the Judges
themselves and cannot be delegated to
a clerk, however competent he may"be.
The State of Oregon saved not less
than $7000 a. year by not Increasing the
number of Judges to five. If the num
ber of Judges had been Increased, It
is not probable that It would ever be
decreased again, for the tendency In
public affairs Is toward the multiplica
tion or omces rather than to a cutting
down of the official payroll. If the plan
of having a commission appointed had
been adopted, there would have been a
very serious question as to Its legality,
and the-Supreme Court wpuld have been
caned upon to deslde whether the law
was constitutional. Even If a commis
sion had been appointed, It would have
been a source of trouble, for litigants
wpuld not be satisfied if the merits of
their cases were tried by any persons
of less judicial standing than the Su
preme Judges themselves. In every,
view of the master experience has
shown that It was fortunate for Oregon
that the number of Judges was not in
creased. The court as now constituted
seems to be giving entire satisfaction,
and any change would have been at
best an experiment
Massachusetts has a new primary
election law, which Is compulsory in
Boston and optional In other cities and
towns. The new law Is a modified fqrm
of the primary election which now. pre
vails In Minnesota. The Springfield
Republican considers It a serious de
fect in the new Massachusetts law that
the voter must state In the primary,
election, on passing the guard-rail,
what party ballot he wants, and his
choice is to be announced so that ail
may hear. He will then mark his bal
lot as at the regular election, and he
must continue thereafter with the same
party until he goes before the Election
Commissioners of the locality and In
writing requests to be enrolled with
some other party. Concerning this con
dition, which makes it impossible for
any one to participate in a primary
election without making public procla
mation of his party affiliations, the Re
publican says:
The constitutional right of the atato to oro-
vide primary elections from which Independent
voters are practically excluded might possibly
be cuesUoned; but the politicians are deter
mined to have their men branded, and we must
evidently submit for the Ume belnr. Here Is
where the hand of the party bosses Is to be
ODservea in the new law.
The Turkish Department of Public
Education Is insisting that the Ameri
can Bible Society make the transcript
of the Scriptures for circulation In con
nection with missionary work in Tur
key conform upon some special points
to the preconceived Ideas of the Turk
in regard to Christianity. For example.
the suggestion Is made that the sen
tence in I Timothy i:9, "Christ Jesus
came to save sinners," is unwarranted
In including Mohammedan sinners with
the rest of the derelict, and it Is asked
that it be changed so as to read, "Christ
Jesus came to save Christian sinners."
unougn this Turkish suggestlpn does
not lack pertinency, says the Outlook,
"it is satisfactory tQ be able to record
that this change was finally not Insisted
upon." Perhaps, however, the Turkish
pundits, in making it, .may perform
missionary service in far-off lands.
The power of suggestion Is far-reach
ing. The expression, "Christian sin
ners," In view of the denominational
squabbles and slanders that are rife
among certain of the brethren, is strik
ing in its application hereabouts.
Against the popular belief that the
late King Alexander of Servla was
"that vague something called a degen
erate," Colonel Snowden, formerly
United States Minister to that country,
enters vigorous protest In a late Issue
of the New York Independent Colonel
Snowden declares that this allegation
comports 111 with the character of one
who at 17 planned and carried out a
successful plot, and at 14 was regarded
as one of the best mathematicians In
Servla, adding: "When I saw him
there was nothing whatever in his con
versation or demeanor to Justify the
hostile Impressions recently given to
the world by his enemies and murder
ers." If it Is true, as this writer says
further, .that "Alexander Obrenovich
deserves well of history." woe Is Peter
I and the adherents of his throne, since
sooner or later loyal Serylans will make
history correspond with this statement
Senator Hanna Is received with cour,
tesy at the White House; but he doesn't
quite "run" the Government as he did
aforetime: Softly and without friction,
the ascendency of Mr. Hanna In the
Government, so marked when McKInley
was President, has passed Into Innocu
ous desuetude. Nothing but the issues
for which the Republican party stood
In 1896 and again In 1800 carried McKIn
ley through; for McKInley, not strong
In himself, was handicapped with
Hanna. It is time to clear out the
bosses and the trusts tram the posl
tlons they usurped in McKlnley's day;
and they are going. This accounts for
the supersedure of Mr. Hanna and for
the neglect, unrelieved by any general
regret, into which he has fallen. It was
Hanna, and his control of McKInley,
that made it so hard to beat Bryan in
1896. Ohio Itself was almost lost.
Circuit Attorney Folk, of Missouri
who has been prosecuting legislative
boodlers, has brought to light facts to
show that $306,300 was demanded by
members of the Legislature for passing
certain bills mentioned, and that at
least $220,800 was paid. How much
more was nald may vet be discovered.
In addition It hits been developed that
Insurance companies have paid $200,000
In fifteen years to defeat legislation that
they did not want
Mr. U'Ren, of Clackamas, Is of the
opinion that ignorance- of law excuses
no one; yet he Is willing to make ex
ceptlons of the Multnomah Judges who
decided against the referendum. Them
he excuses, In the hope that the Su
premfe Court will reverse them.
From Morse's simple electric circuit
to MackayB Pacific cable Is a long step
but there are thousands of men whose
life's span covers the earliest and the
latest telegraphlcal achievement
Russia has begun tp examine hex Pa
clflc defenses. . Evidently she thinks
the joint-note of England and Japan
over the evacuation of. Manchuria is no
bluff.
i
STILL FOR CLEVELAND.
Harper's Weekly.
Under the circumstances, it seems in
evitable that the next Presidential elec
tion should turn on the tariff issue. It
should be possible for the Democracy to
repeat the triumphs achieved by Mr.
Cleveland In 1592. Tha Mr. uieveiana
could be trusted to use all the powers
ot supervision and control that might ba
ested in him by anU-trust legislation
nobody doubts. It Is also certain that
malfeasance In office, such as has been
committed In the Postal Department,
would never be hidden or condoned under
a Cleveland Administration. If the nom
ination comes, it will have to come unso
licited. In response to an overwhelming
and Irresistible popular demand.- Mean
while the discussion ot Mr. Cleveland's
candidacy has had an Invigorating effect
on the Democratic party. Men who have
twice marched to victory with him re
cover courage at the mention of his
name.
Could Gorman carry the State of New
York? We are not prepared to assert
that Mr. Gorman could. He would bring
out a smaller Democratic vote in that
state than would Chief Judge Parker,
and we are also certain that he wobld
draw fewer votes from ' the Republican
party than would Mr. Cleveland. 1
we must recognize that the Democratic
candidate will have to sweep the State of
New York like a tidal wave, and will need
the support of a large and powerful sec
tion of the business community of New
York City In order to make sure of car
rying Connecticut and New Jersey also.
That Mr. Cleveland would carry New
Jersey we may take for granted, because
he is a native of that state. He would
also be more acceptable to the business
community In New York City than would
Mr. Gorman, and, therefore, would oe
more likely to carry Connecticut. The
same thine mav be said of Judge Parker
and Judge Gray. That Mr. Gorman would.
run ttaII in Wpst Vlrsrinla Is Drobable.
Indiana must be carried by the Demo
cratic nominee It he would escape de
feat, and It will prove a difficult Job, for
In Indiana McKlnley's majority- wa3 near
ly 50 cer cent greater in 1900 than It was
in 1896, whereas in the three pivotal states
that largely taice meir cub kvw in
York City It was signally cut down.
New York Times.
In this moment of convalescence it Is
natural that the sound and thinking men
of the party should call to mind the high
character and great services of Mr.
Cleveland. He Is the only President tno
party has been able to elect since 1S56.
It Is natural, It Is well-nigh Inevitable,
that In public discussions his name should
come to the fore as a possible canaiaate
for a third term. It was from him, from
the century-old Democratic faith that ho
represents, that the party strayed when
It got Into the bog. What more natural,
at this moment when it has discarded
the false leaders and seeks again to re
gain the confidence of the people, than it
should turn to the distinguished states
man whd has twice led It to victory,
whose achlevments have made him one of
the' eminent men of the country, ana
whose character Is universally respected?
The name of Mr. Cleveland Is a gooa
one to keep before the people. The dis
cussion about a third term arose spon
taneously. It was a hopeful sign. No
body crin object to a continuance of It
save those Democrats who really delight
In the slime and oote of the bogs, who
love the darkness in which the party haH
wandered in recent years, and who have
neither love nor loyalty for the Demo
cratic faith. The gibes and flings of such
Democrats Mr. Cleveland can disregard.
Nobody else will give them any atten
tion. As for Republican criticism ot Mr.
Cleveland's position, we are not likely
to hear much of it Mr. Roosevelt's en
tirely frank behavior in respect to his
own nomination next year makes it im
possible for any Republican to demand
disclaimers of Mr. Cleveland.
i Brooklyn Eagle.
Every reason why the party should
again nominate Mr. Cleveland remains.
Every such reason is strengthened by the
attitude which Mr. Cleveland takes to
ward the proposition. The ease and free
dom of the party to do what it ougnt to
do are made greater by the dignified pos
ture of Mr. Cleveland himself toward the
proposition. He distinctly does not try to
promote or to prevent, to Dias or to
restrict the action ot the party. He dis
tinctly shows not only by his wise silence
hut bv his discreet speech that his
strength, his reputation and his record
are not only an historical asset of the
party, but can be made an available as
set of It by the party, should the party
choose to do so.
Xote on Lewis and Clark.
Kansas City Star.
Ninety-nine years ago those hardy ex
plorers, Lewis and Clark reached the site
of Kansas City, Kan. "We camped at the
upper point of the mouth of the river
Kansas," says the entry for June 28, 1804.
On the south of the river the hills or
highlands come within one mile and a
half of the river; onjthe north of the xils-
sourl they do not approach nearer than
several miles, but on all sides the coun
try Is fine." Lewis and Clark, of course,
were by no means the first white men to
reach the mouth of the Kaw. French
traders had been going up the Missouri
for furs for a century before the advent
of the exploring expedition sent out by
Jefferson, and In the March preceding the
arrival of Lewis and Clark at the Kaw's
mouth the place had been visited by an
American trader. The first white man to
see the site of the future city was a
French adventurer who came up the Mis
souri in 170599 years before the coming
of Lewis and Clark. Fifteen years later
a party ascended the river to this point
and luenceforth the visits of traders, and
trappers to the mouth of the Kansas
River were 'not Infrequent
t "
Markx Honest Friend.
. Boston Herald. , ,
One of the ablest of the newspapers of
the Union In Its editorial department
comes from the extreme West The Port
land - Oregonian, published there, though
accounted a Republican Journal, and re
garding Itself as in agreement In Its gen
eral positions with tho Republican party,
has yet enough of that natural accom
nanlment of ability. Independence, to pre
sent claims to a better classification. It
has discussed the tariff, question always
with candor, and in Its latest considera
tion of the subject we find it saying:
"American tariff practice differs Irom Eu
ropean In two Important respects our
constant expectation ot violent changes
and our aversion to necessary slight
changes. . . . Our willingness to revise
the tariff In specific spots, when Justice
and expediency require, is partly due to
lenorance of our professed statesmen,
who study ward politics more than they
do commercial needs, partly to supersti
tious worship of figures and punctuation
marks In tariff bills, and partly to more
or less corrupt subservience to the great
protected corporations.
The Brave at Home.
Thomas Buchanan Bead.
The maid who binds her warrior's sash
With smile that well her pain dissembles.
The while beneath her drooplns lash.
One starry tear-drop fiangs and trembles.
Though Heaven alone records the tear.
And fame shall never know her story.
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
As e'er bedewed the field ot glory!
s
The wife who girds her husband's sword,
Mid little ones who weep or wonder. J
And bravely speaks the cheering word.
What though her heart be rent asunder.
Doomed nightly In her dreams to hear
The bolts ot death around him rattle.
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
-Was poured upon the field of battle I
The mother who conceals her grief
"While to her breast her eon she presses;
Then breathes a few brave words la brief.
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but her secret God,
To know the pain that weighs upon her
Sheds holy blood as o'er the stid
Received on Freedom's field of honor!
VARIANT VIEWS OF PORTLAND.
Here, Grim aai LHcas
Astoria Astorlan.
If Portland's 1903 Fair attracts half the
attendance that her baseball troubles are
doing It will have all the publicity neces
sary to crowd its famous hotels.
Will Never Be Forgotten.
Heppner' Gazette.
The Portland relief workers, consisting
of 109 mighty good men, left this morn
ing. Dear old Portland and her good peo
ple will never be fGrgotten, In Heppner.
Speaka for Heppner.
Arlington Appeal.
Portland has abandoned her celebration
and has turned the funds, about $2500, to
the relief of the flood-stricken town of
Heppner. This is an act that Heppner
will never forget
Go Home Early, Then.
Astoria, Astorlan.
The citizen who hails a late car in Port
land must have some anxious moments
before' it stops, for the motormen and con
ductors have been furnished with revol
vers and have been Instructed to shoot
quick.
He Has Been. Up Against It.
alem Journal.
The Portland man who murdered his
father-in-law, kidnaped his divorced wife
and wanted to kill his own babies was
found guilty of manslaughter by a Port
land jury. The law down that way seems
about a piece with the politics.
An Incidental Moral.
Garfield, Wash., Enterprise.
Portland's example of foregoing a Fourth
of July celebration and sending the money
"raised for the purpose to Heppner does
credit to that city, and should be followed
by others. Every year a good deal of
money Is spent in the name of patriotism
that could be put to better purposes.
Don't Kick, but Emulate.
Oregon City Courier.
That the City of Portland Is a big-heart
ed. generous city has been Illustrated dur
lng the past week to all the world. They
have given to the Heppner sufferers $25,
000. They have called oft their Fourth of
July celebration and have turned the
money to that desolated city. Don't kick
any more at Portland and Portland mer
chants, but go and do likewise.
When Not to Lock the Door.
. Dallas Chronicle. '
It seems to us that the Portland polfce
force are locking the stable door after the
horse has escaped. Instead of answering
Marshal Wood's .telegram regarding tho
men captured here, at once, they leave It
24 hours, or until after the men are re
leased, and then telephone up to "be suro
and hold them," and when they find they
have escaped begin a systematic search
for them. Telegrams have been sent to all
towns along tho O. R. & N. to hold them
If found.
Mr. Cotton's Strenuous Day.
Albany Democrat
The Portland papers give an account of
the arrest of G. B. Cotton, of Lebanon,
for beinsr out after dark, whereas It was
only about 7 o'clock. He was kept In Jail
24 hours, and during tho time a Portland
lawyer received $10 for securing his release
and left him to help himself. He was re
fused the use of even the telephone. He
was finally discharged without explana
tion. Cotton Is a reliable and steady
young man, and had done nothing. It was
a rotten business.
Took Charge Like a. Father.
Glcndale News.
Portland has a heart as big as Mount
Hood. The city promptly took charge of
stricken Heppner with the same tender
ness and care that a parent would a crip
pled child. And what noble work she has
done! Half of the big relief fund was fur
nished by the good people of that city.
and they are still engaged in the good
work, having even given up their celebra
tion In order to turn Info the relief fund
the amount contributed for'that purpose.
-for which the city Is entitled to great
credit
Powerful Immigration Agency.
Ashland Tribune.
The carnival festivals In the various Ore
gon towns facilitate our understanding as
to the great number of remarkably pretty
girls In the state through the agency of
the Portland newspaper pictures of the
carnival queens. It Is an advertisement of
real value to Oregon. What Is a more at
tractive feature of a country to young im
migrants of the better class than pretty
glrls? We are warranted In placing Ash
land in the first rank in any classification
of, Oregon towns fixed on, the basis of
pretty girls.
A 'New Star In Her Crown.
Dayton, Wash., Chronicle.
Too much praise cannot be uttered in
faor of Portland, in view of the noble
and tender charity which she has extended
to the stricken town of Heppner. Al
though the generosity of her citizens has
been severely taxed by contributions to
the Lewis and Clark Fair, yet the disaster
at Heppner was but a day or two old
when Portland came forward with a fund
of $15,000, and this was later Increased to
518,000. Resting not with this munificent
donation, she also sent a force of 100 men1,
and assumed control of much of the relief
work. Portend has long been noted for
her scenic beauty and business activity,
but from henceforth a higher, finer fame
Is hers.
Consnl Romanns.
Chicago Evening Post.
Shod with sold, x -
And bitted with gold.
"Went an Emperor's steed in daya of old.
On gilded oats this horse was fed,
'Xeath a golden canopy had his bed,
Home bent the knee when he came in sight;
And be lived In a palace of marble white.
With a hundred slaves to serve his need,
For he was the Emperor's chosen steed,
The best and fleetest In all the land.
And stroked and patted by Caear"a hand;
And his purple trappings, of price untold,
Flashed with Jewels,
And flamed with gold.
And the crazy Emperor laughed and swore.
"There Is not a King that I honor more;
For where shall I find, in the Roman throng,
A man who's as handsome, as fine, as strong.
Or, among my parasite, fawning ring;
A friend who's as true as that speechless
thing?"
; And he sought about, till, ho found a war;
Which gold and jewels could not express.
His thought to the whole wide world to say.
If you hadn't heard It you'd never guess,
He made him a Consul, nothing les;
And tho horse was a Consul that selfsame day.
So, with glittering guards In grand array,
Tou can see him afar on the Applan Way,
Blazing with diamonds like a star.
Consul Rom anus 1
S. P. Q. R.
And. though patricians may turn and sneer.
The people laugh, and the people cheer.
They laugh at the title turned to scorn;
They cheer.to see It so proudly borne:
For he looks so splendid, he steps so high.
As he tosses his Jeweled head to the sky;
He spurns the earth with such proud disdain,
As he rattles his priceless bridle chain;
Ho Is co shapely In every line.
Bo full of strength and yet so fine.
So handsome and so debonnalre.
So much a gentleman, everywhere,
That you never saw,
Though you've traveled far,
Such a noble Consul S. P. Q. R.
And when, to finish this equine lay.
The Emperor died (In a sudden war).
Reeking with murders, so they say.
Mad as a hatter, fouled and stained
"UTIth every vice which the world contained;
Tet he got the tribute the world might pay
To many a high-crowned head today.
"There are many worse;
He'd his faults, of course;
But be valued sport, and ha loved a horse."
NOTE AND COMMENT
And soon the shortcake season will end.'
Nobody around, here wants to be th"a
Iceman.
About th most useless member of this"
community Is the street sprinkler.
This hag been a trying month on the
ls-lt-hot-enough-for-you conversationalist
Congressman Cannon wasn't loaded
when the majority asked him to fire, a,
currency shot on the Fourth.
What a pity Glarence Mackay couldn't
get a message to Ben Franklin. How
pleased the old man would have been.
Now that commencements. June wed
dings, the Fourth and other trials are
over, where shall we go to escape the
cold?
"When Marconi gets his wireless con
nection with Elysium, Franklin and
Morse can link glasses over our new
Philippine cable.
Prince Henry's inmerial brother has
dined with Mr. and Mrs. Conny Vander-
bllt "Who now shall question their right
to head New York's social procession?
The Honorable A E. Reames. of Ore
gon, said In his Fourth 'of July speech, at
Gold Hill: "The Declaration of Inde
pendence has become but a flower of rn"e-:
torlc that has faded and lost Its per
fume." Knocker!
At a performance on the steamer
Deutschland on her last voyage to Europe
from New York there was a concert for
the benefit of the Seamen's fund of Ger
many and America. Among the per
formers were Edouard De Reezke, Lulu
Glaser, Anna Boyd, Max Rogers, Lee Har
rison, Mrs. Schumann-Helnk and Koclan,
the violin virtuoso.
The dowager Czarina Is a great fav
orite In Russia. Among other stories Il
lustrating her character Is this: She saw
on her husband's table a document re
garding a political prisoner. On the.
margin Alexander III had written:
"Pardon impossible; to bo sent to
Siberia." The Czarina took up the pen.
and, striking out the semicolon after "Im
possible." put It before the word. Then
the indorsement read: "Pardon; impos
sible to be sent to Siberia." Tho Czar let
It stand.
Rev. S. R. Frllllngham. the English
clergyman who haa caused a sensation
by getting Into a controversy with Bishop
Potter, ot New York, regarding ritualism,
Is a short, portly, pleasant-looking man.
Whose appearance suggests the successful
drummer. He Is a zealous foe of ritualism
"idolatrous worship," he calls It and
has been taking a trip around the world
by way of a rest. The general sentiment
In the East Is that he got rather the
better of Bishop Potter In their con
troversy, largely because the bishop wrote
such an Intemperate letter.
Jesco "Von Puttkamer, the 14-year-old
grandnephew of Prince Bismarck, is a'
press feeder In a job printing establish
ment In "Wllkesbarre, Pa. His aunt Mrs.
Mary Royer, with whom he lives, is a
scrubwoman. The boy's father, Francis
Von Puttkamer, was an officer In the
German cavalry. About 25 years ago, the
boy says, he quarreled with Prince Bis
marck and lied from Germany, giving up
home, position and money. In New York
he was at one time a dishwasher. He
married and two children were born
Marguerite, aged 16, who Is now a mill
worker In Philadelphia, and Jesco.
Like most other true and irreat
soldiers, General Joseph Hooker, to whose
memory a splendid statue has Just been
unveiled In Boston, had no liking for the
character of a fighter who fights just for
the sake of fighting. The words "Fighting
Joa" are not used anywhere In the In
scription on the Hooker monument, It be
ing the general testimony of his comrades
that he particularly objected to the ap
pellation. Ho 1b said to have himself
stated tho reasons as follows: " 'Fighting
Joe Hooker' always sounds to me as if It
meant 'Fighting Fool.' It has really dona
much Injury In making the public believe
I am a furious, headstrong fool, bent on
making furious dashes at the enemy. I
never fought without good purpose and
with fair chances of success. "When I have
decided to fight I have done so with all
the vigor and strength I could command."
Joseph L. Brtetow, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General the man who ha3
come to be called the sleuth of the de
partmentIs 6 feet 2 Inches tall, but so
thin that when standing erect he seems
to bo fully 7 feet. "When seated he as
sumes a crouching position, making it
appear that he Is only a little, above,
average stature, and when he begins ele
vating himself to a perpendicular attitude
he seems to get up a foot at a time. The
result is Interesting. "When postofflce In
spectors have nothing else to do they
make bets of the time it will take Mr.
Brlstow to get his head Into the rarefied
atmosphere he breathes while erect There
Is a legend around the department that a
visitor who had Just been introduced to
Mr. Brlstow watched him straighten out
for a few moments and then gasped:
"Good Lord, is he never going to stop get
ting up?"
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEUS
"I can't see what you find In me to admire,"
caid the lovelorn youth." "That's Just what
everybody else says." Chicago Dally News.
"Why do' you say he's a wonderful' actor?"
"He "sat through an amateur dramatic en
tertainment and actually made people thlnk
he enjoyed it." Chicago Evening Post.
Got a Life Customer. "Tou haven't charged
me nearly as much for half-sollng these shoes
as I expected." "No. ma'am. We charge ac
cording to the size of shoe." Chicago Tribune.
Bllson JImson seems to be devoted to his
wife. Tlmson No wonder. She Is the most
angelic creature I ever saw. Why, I believe
she could even keep a girl. New York Weekly.
"Wonderful man. that Brackett." "How
BOt" "He can remember the names of at least
a dozen of the works of fiction that were popu
lar five or six years ago." Chicago Record
Herald. Tired Tommy Didn't youso belong to de
Woodworkers' Union when youse was a-work-lnT'
Resting Rastus Nah! I belonged to de
Wouldn'tworkers Union. Baltimore American.
"lira. Stubbubs is always looking for some
thing to complain about." "The idea! She
never Impressed me that way." "You mis
understand me. I mean she'a always looking
for a servant girl." Philadelphia Press.
"He has been a giant in the literary world,"
"Indeed?" "Tes; he haa seen the time he
could keep five historical novels running
serially, at the same time, blindfolded, and
with one hand tied behind him." Puck.
At the State Prison. Sympathetic visitor
And what did you do, my good man, to get
Into this place?" Inmate What did I do?
Why. I paid a feller who had a pull to get me
the Job. I'm one of the watchmen, you know.
Boston Transcript.
"I've found out why Snobbore Is so con
ceited. He told me himself." "Hfr did? Well,
that's refreshings "Yes; he said he spent half
his life trying to make people, think well of.
him without success. Then he decided that"
the only way to get & thing done is to do it
yourself." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.