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"DIPLOMACY" AND ITS FRUITS". he triumph of diplomacy," of Sich Russia was "boasting two years 5rAvn.en oy a species or immorality in International politics, unknown in re cent time.";, she forced her way Into Manchuria and took Port Arthur from Japan, has been followed by retribution on a scale exceeding even the magni tude of that outrage. Russia's over throw at the hands of an antagonist whom she heldln contempt and whom she thought it safe to treat with ex treme Indignity, Is so complete that it is the opinion of the whole worl'd that she can no longer continue the war, but must make peace on "terms dictated by Japan. Recall the Infamy of the outrage In order to note the completeness and jus tice of the retribution. In consequence of dispute between Japan and China over their relations with Corea, war ensued; and Japan, within a short time, was completely victorious. The war was ended by the treaty or Shlmonoseki, of April 17, 1S95, which ceded the Liaotung Peninsula to Japan. Within a month, under .pressure and menace from Rus sia. backed up by France and Ger many. Japan was forced to withdraw from Port Arthur and from all Man churlan territory which had been ceded to her. Then it was proclaimed from St. Petersburg that Russia had scored a prodigious diplomatic triumph. She had forced Japan to yield the results of her victorious war. This, however, was but preliminary. Further diplomatic achievement yet awaited , Russian turpitude. She en tered into secret negotiations with China, and presently secured from China a "lease amounting to permanent cession of Port Arthur nd Tallenwan, nowiDalny, and entered upon the mili tary occupation of Manchuria, from which she had barred" Japan. As a pretext for this military occupation she used :the so-called Boxer war, but, after that affair had been settled, refused to stlr-and treated with indifference the requests of Japan to withdraw her ar maments from the country, as she had agreed to do. The requests of Japan steadily be came more insistent and soon rose to positive demands. These Russia dis dained even to answer. She could af ford, she supposed, to treat the little nation of brown men with contempt. Japan made war. Scarcely sixteen months have elapsed, and Russia, Holy Russia, Mighty Rus sia, is prostrate before the nation that she believed she could rob with im punity" and therefore despised. Now she will be compelled to make peace on terms to be dictated by Japan. She will be forced to pay enormous indem nity; she will not be allowed to main tain military armament or naval force on the Pacific; perhaps will be-com pelled to yield even Vladivostok, or bej compelled at least to dismantle-Its for tifications and leave it an,open port foV all inatlons. on equal terms. Russia now wishes undoubtedly that her fine diplomacy a few years ago had not achieved so much. It has-been 'fol lowed by defeat of arms as complete as that-o France in 1S70. and even more bitten for France knew she had. a great;enemy, while Russia not merely affected to despise "but did actually despise her antagonist. There .is retribution for wrongdoing, as well for nations as for Individuals. It wlirbe surprising if the time do not (.ome-for punishment of France and Germany, at the hands or Japan,- for thelr'share In the outrage, of ten years ago. -Japan will be the leader, in the Orient:. she will rise to great power; she will become the protector and di rector ox, China and Corea, and will or ganize and modernize their latent forces. Both France and Germany may yet be compelled to .get out of the Ori ent Should it come to pass, Japan will have both a" righteous and a complete revenge. France especially .eerves the blow; lor she aggravated the rig- is&l offense by, -lCQpilng .the ally of j Ruhi, and through her O'rJentM 'ports' has rendered ajd and comfort Hussla in the nresent war. We believe the rise of 'japan and her victory over Kuia will furnish a new startIngpoInt for history. With the hegemony of the Orient' ;ln the ''hands of this vigorous nation, '.what may not be expected even within the-'present J century? All negotiation ahout .affairs in Eastern Asia henceforth "will be car riedon through Japan, or w."jLh her-participation. - TJIE POLITICAL-ASPECTS. . The Democrats, ? Portland and' of Oregon know that-' the present electoral contest In Portland is1 nofvonly a jiofit icai contest in itself, but .also that fts result, will have strong influence and bearing on future political contests In" the state This is the reason why Dem ocrats of Portland are so active and. busy,for Lane. It Is the reason why Democrats -of Salem. Eugene, Rose burg and other towns are sending money to a id. Line's campaign. These facts cut the ground from, tin der the assumption of Republicans who. as "citizens." are saying that neither 1 politics nor party appears In thls'cbn- ' test, and that theymay as well, 2here-- fore, vote for Democrats as fpr- Republicans.- There is 'no man of candid judgment who will not acknowledge that election oT Lane at this time would greatly .advance the fortunes of the Democratic party of r the state. It certainly would be a mighty heip to George Chamberlain and to the Demo cratic party next year. If there'ls no need of drawing the party line In elec tion of a Mayor of .Portland, there .is no need or doing. It in election of any official in the state. Bat Democrats do belieVe in drawing the party Jlne; and that Is the reason why they noml n'ated Lane, and . it Is the reason why Democrats throughout the state are do ing all they can to help him. Dr. Edgar P. Hill Is for Lane. That is b'ecause of his Intense personal hatred of Williams. But suppose any Catholic clergyman should declare for Williams or for 'Lane, and roar arid' exhort and give the- word of command to voters, as Hill does, what a storm would follow! However, no Catholic clergyman will ' do anything of that kind; No Protestant clergyman ought, either. Wise churchmen wish the church kep't out of politics. . And party 'and politics are in the electjohi'df Mayor of Portland, or never will be in any election In Oregon. BIO BANKS AND LITTLE BANKS. The political bankln'g syndicate that seeks to run Portland hopes to Juggle the public finances so that all city de posits shall be handled by It. A char teramendment carrying into effect this pretty plan is to be voted, on next Mon-. day. This proposed amendment was rushed through the- Legislature "under the able guidance of the syndicate's personal legislative agents at the cap ital; and now the banks hope to ob scure their real purpose so that the' people will indorse It at the polls. In a nutshell, the charter amendment is this: The el. funds are to be de posited with banks 'that offer as se curity City of Portland bonds, orxstate, county, government or approved "rail way 'and' other bonds. If Portland "bonds are offered as security, the bank must deposit with the City Treasurer the exact equivalent at market -quotations of'the amount received from the city; if other bonds are offered, their, market value .must-, be 25 per cent greater than the amount of he city funds. Now It Is well understood that the big banks "have on hand a larce amount of local street railway bonds, which they 1 propose to turn over to the city as se curity for deposits. The little banks, which have few or none of these bonds, must either buy them or- Invest In bonds which It is not profitable for them to carry. They do not want to be forced in this way tomake such In vestments, on the one hand, or to have the present equitable arrangement for distribution of the city funds disturbed. on the other. Naturally they 'object,,! and their objection has all the greater weight, inasmuch as they say the city will lose about $14,000 per annum in terest now paid by t them. U it is a nne scneme ior tne Dig oanks the political banking syndicate to swallow the little banks. It is, too, an excellent illustration of the way the political banking syndicate ha"s always jobbejji the state and the city, and now It proposes to job Its competitors.. COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF THE VIC TORY. The remarkable victory of Togo has apparently spread the peace which fol lows death over an extended area In .the Orient. The victorious sweep of the Japanese Admiral has removed prac tically the last vestige of "Russian power In Oriental waters. There be ing no further field for speculation as to what may be expected from the Rus sians. It Is. again In order 'to turn to the commercial aspects of the situation, j and the trade developments of the next few months will" be viewed with thel keenest Interest. The war," which, for the present at least, would seem to have reached,- very close to the culmi nating point, has presented a succes sion, of surprises, and It may be that a partial restoration of peace will also bring with It surprises for the, commer cial world. With a nation that has been making, such rapid strides toward a higher civilization.-no actor perform ance can be gauged Jby the standard of other nations. It will accordingly be interesting to note the recuperative, powers of the Mi kadols people, now jhat there -Has been an easing of the strain aijd the work of rehabilitation must hegln. The war against Russia has been carried, on at a tremendous .cost. Japan, on account of her" .limited population, suffEring' a. much' greater loss per capita than was suffered by the Russians, and it is a question to what ie"Xte"rit this enormous sacrifice of moneywjll now. hamperher in the restoration- of commercial acjlv--j ity. An Immediate cessation or all hos tilities between Japan and Russia -j wysuld -probably be accompanied by the payment of a handsome indemnity to Japan, and If this "result could be brought-about the period of reconstruc tion would commence atonce. But If there is protracted haggling' over terms or a continuation of what up ta the present ime, has been & one-sided war, the financial situation in Japan: will be far from easynd 'trade, wllltsuffer in consequence until time repairs the breaches that have been made? In the commercial fabric White thre miy he some uncertainty jj 'about xthe Immediate future, so far as the trade f Japan is cowcern that of ChkML glaoukl exfcib& sa early Improve- meht. For jhorfths"ali' trade wlh the Far East has.heen seriously hampered by the excessive and burdensome war risks that have-been exacted by the In surance companies. Removal from the scene of the Russian-.fleet will leave commerce with an open track once more, and there will undoubtedly be improvement in the trade with China. -It r Is, of course, understood that, no - .matter how seriously the war roajr have Impaired the resources of Japan, there will always he funds for emergencies, and accordirigly-the jR'aste of war will speedily be repaired. For business or this nature, the Pacific Coast ports are inthe best position to profit, as we have the. goods of which they stand "most in need. To repair the burned bridges and. railroad tracks enormous quantities of lumber and ties wlH be needed, and a greater army than was ever before massed In the Far East must be fed and clothed. Straitened financial, circumstances -may prevent much expansion' in busi ness In other lines for theUlme being but expansion will certainly come in due. season. The close of the awful struggle wiJI find Japan In possession of a" vast area of new territory, ripe for exploitation, and. In thl develop ment of that territory the United States, by geographical location and by reason of friendly relations existing be tween the twp countries. Is In 'the best possible position for profiting to the fullest extent." This development may; be deferred, hut it cannot be prevented, and. when, it gathers full headway a .trans-Pacific trade that will he the .wefnder of the commercial world will straightway appear. ; 4H0MB MARKETS CHEAPEST. Itjsnot at all clear that the deter mination of the Panama Canal Com missioners to purchase supplies for ca nal, work In the "cheapest markets" means; that these supplies will be pur chased abroad. Most of the com--roent directed against the Taft policy regarding this work seems to be based oh the assumption 'that the foreign jrnarkets are the cheapest. This as sumption Js not warranted by the'facts, and at the Manufacturers' Convention, held at .Atlanta a few days ago, D. M. Parry, one of the most prominent fig ures In the organization, .stated that American goods can be purchased as cheaply as those of foreign make, and there Is no -discounting the fact that better and more satisfactory materials can be secured in this country-" At the same time. Mr. Parry objects to the'Taft policy, on .the grounds that it is "un-American." Another prominent sreaker at the Manufacturers' Convention entered a vigorous protest - against the plan, on the ground that .it :would advertise to the world that supplies could be purchased- cheaper in foreign countries than they could at home, and in conse quence the foreigners would cease buy ing, from us If the statement of Mr. Parry is true. and. with the possible exception of ships. It undoubtedly Is true, 'there Is no cause for uneasiness on the part of American manufacturers of supplies which will be needed In canal construction. If American goods "can be purchased as cheaply as the for eign goods, and If they are. as Mr. Parry assures us, "better and more satisfac tory," there Is- no necessity for losing sleep or wasting breath in argument against the Taft policy, for the goods will surely be purchased in this coun try, and there will be nothing "un American" In the transaction. The foreigners who are now buying American goods in such large quanti ties have a pretty oomplete knowledge of what they are getting, and what it is costing them, and we will " not curtail our export trade by doing a little buy- ing on our own account In the "cheap est markets." Mr. Wakeman, of the Protective Tariff League, "does not make the pretense that our foreign trade is liable to suffer by thisalleged exposure of weakness on our part His patriotism, however, is akin to that of Mr. Parry's, for he states that "for the Isthmian Commission to use any for- elgn materials or any foreign products which can be secured in the Uinted states seems almost un-American." Ail of the uproar that Is being made, how ever, will hardly stampede the Com mission from the position It has taken, and that positIoirwl!l hardly result In "throwing any trade from this country to Europe. Any American citizen whrf has traveled abroad or made a study "of. industrial and economic conditions at home and abroad, will not need to "be informed that American steel rails, dumpcars, locomotives, dredges, and. In' fact, every other class of machinery required in the canal work. Is today be ing soia . aoroaa, ireignt. prepaia, at prices which the- foreigners have ex treme dlfflculty'ln meeting. Secretary Taft Is familiar with this condition of trade, and, while he may not insist on the American manufac turer selling his wares at as .low a fig ure as he Is quoting the. foreigners, f. o. b. at Atlantic ports, he seems deter mined to secure that price with noth ing more than the freight added. Fail ing In this. he could buy American goods in Europe and ship them back to the canal for" less moneyt,han it would cost, to deal directly with the American manufacturers. This will be unneces sary, for the manufacturers. In spite or their wry faces, ,wlll be glad of an opportunity to handle the business at a fraction more thap. they can make out ojT it-by selling first to the foreign ers and permitting them to make a profit -ut of the American Government. It Is not sb much the amount Involved In this one transaction that Is causing the roublev but by selling to the Amer ican Government at the Same' price as they have been selling. to the foreigner tl entire system' of extortion that has been pnyitlced on the American con sumer is "exposed. - TAX OX FRANCHISES. Washington dispatches say that the Supreme Conrt .of the United States has. upheld , the franhclse. tax law of the -State of" 2few York, on which pays m'ents of S24'000,0to to that state were depending. ' Under that law the special franchises, of street-car companies, gas -and water companies were to Be taxed on "ah ad valorem valuation. The enojHwus-sum .at . stake illustrates ,th difference be" tween -thetorrner' method .-ipf valuing actual property, in sight "at its apparent worth, and- the new method ofch&rg- pg the owners om the basis of what .ueir irancnices earn ior inept- yt cms connection the recooi'mendalfenlof he Oregon S.tat e-Goihge the b'tHer .day way be remembered. The GrajreVlproposes to attach, a 1 pe cent jx to the acoet earnings oc use cwjtwatiww.; j y Common conviction Is Abating In. the air that franchises. if'en5yd by those who have obtained tHenr for nothing. and have developed. preH(s from them for their owiTbenent.-must at least bear some reasonable proportion of the-pub-Hc burdens. In New York the people 1 have boldly tackled the hfcrd nuestion.- What is such arid such a franchise f worth x If property and franchise to-J getner are worth, say, six millions, then possibly a basis of assessment and tax ation might be found? M"ajor; Gallagher, purchasing agent for the Panama CanalT has-written a letter of explanation to Senator Fulton regarding1, the slighting of Portland In calling for bids for JUimber. His ex cuse; that "this office has complied with all the requirements of the law and regr ulatlons relative to advertisements" Is another-illustratlon of the purely tne chanicaf groove- in '.which not a few I Government employes move. Had Ma jor uallagher used a moderate amount of Brain work with 'his red tape adher ence to the law. "he would have appre ciated that the greatest lumber port In the world is In every way an appropri ate., place from -which to solicit bids. But why lag the overworked mll'tary braln, when the red tape Is there- to be used? In view of the performance of Major Gallagher, It is small wonder that President Roosevelt. Is drifting away rrom his official family andflll Ing .the Important places In the Panama Crinal,servlce with bright, rustling men who-have been schooled all their lives to believe that the correct way for handling business Is by the .application of business' principles. The ocean yacht race, which ended Monday with a1 new record to the credit or American seamen and - American yachts, failed to excite much attention compared w.Itfr the cup races, which are useful Injadvertlslng a certain brand of tea and affording American aristocracy an opportunity to appear In sea togs. As an exhibition tending to demon strate that there has been no deteriora tion either In American craft or the men who man them, the performance of the Atlantic was- a resplendent suc cess. When a good-sized yacht sails acrossithe Atlantic In; less time than Is consumed by the average tramp steam er, and can reel off 341 knots in a sin gle day, he world is afforded a racing spectacle worthy of contemplation .and pride. The -course sailed over was long enough to prei'ent any legitimate 'ex cuses being offered for the failure of the other yachts to get-wlthin hailing distance of the winner, ajid Captain Barr and hls-gallant crew have silenced, for many a day the oft-heard assertion' that Americans have forgotten the art of navigation. If it be true, as reported In yester day's" dispatches, that the- Eastern ma jority owners Jn the Booth-Kelly Lum ber Company;, are Intending to" set the great mill at Wendllng to work again In the near future, certain conclusions seem to be probable.. The first Is that prices In the East for lumber, aided by the cheap transportation described by J. J. Hill In his Senate committee evi dence, will show a sufficient profit. This oft general principles. Second, the em bargo on the -supply of cars by the Southern Pacific Is relaxed. Senator Booth stated. lt will be remembered, that when the company's mills were running before, out of a requirement of 1250 cars they got seventy-five on one occasion; further, that the supply of 'cars was so irregular that safe con tracts for delivery were Impossible, and firm contracts unwise. Resumption of full work by this great- enterprise Is oti real, importance to the state, and, it may be hoped, will be followed by other similar developments,. . Out of the. haze of uncertainty of de tail regarding the work of the victori ous Togo . .emerges the fact that the diminutive and comparatively Inexpen ; slve torpedo-boats have again covered j themselves with glory. These "Insects" of the warship world. In the hands of I fatalists like the Japanese, and under j cover of darkness, are more deadly than a bulky battleship, because they can be '"handled more quickly, and, on account j of their small cost, can be hurled against an antagonist in such num bers that there Is small chance for at, least one of them to fall to land the fatal blojv. The torpedo-boat lost pres tige during the late war with 'Spain, but none of the craft in that scrap were manned" by men who courted death as do the Japanese. The Oregonian takes no account of hireling vituperators. .To C. S. Jackson .and J. F. Carroll whosoever they may be or of them. The "Oregonlan has .nothing to say. This newspaper deals with principals, not with the servants whom they put forward, to mask them selves and their purposes. This jour nal'ls dealing with the plutocratic mo nopolists of Portland, not with the men hired to do their scurrilous work. Mr. W. M. Ladd. Mr. Mills, Mr. Bates, Mr. Allen Lewis; will know. The Orego nlan has nothing to do wit.h their ser vants or'under-servants. It ought always to be known to the public who the responsible publishers of a newspaper are. The relations pf a newspaper to the' public are such that this fact ought always, to be 'knowrf. It Is omfalr to the" public to Withhold It. The honest newspaper will' never at tempt concealment. It never will put VP the names of dummies at thejiead of Its columns. A fraud has beehprac tlced here that TheOregonlan'.ought perhaps to. Imve unmasked long ago.- One of the old residents of Oregon,! and a "reader, of The Oregonlan these fifty years, a lady hers'ejr ,kiown in "Oregfin during all that perjod, but ojie who has known no "speglal privilege," tells us that distinction odght to be. made between the "reigning' families and the "ancient families." She be longs to the latter. The Russians are in a quandary as tov how to breakithe news to the country The nation thatfeae to fight theenemy at home at the' same tlmex't is,.belng. dereated.by the enemy abroad is In,-a bad way, " -: '' - V" Whep he gets back hom'e.'hat.jsporF XQgo.wm nave reacung tne, -newspaper Kvcuuuur vi nimi lie was going to uo, as 'prognosticated by naval -experts In St. Petersburg. London arid' Berlin! Now that we have the resultwe can -afford to wait a few hours longer Jfor ; details of the great bajtie. Togo's offi cial report will make fine, reading. ' -The Japs say they have captured Ro jeetvensky; and.. the Russia saye Is safe, at "Vladivostok, luet us hear from RfeetvB6ky: - ' ' . ORKGOrOZONE. V Mr. Togo went to sear Sailing In'a'dory; . v. Had a tilt with Rojesl-V: Now his name Is dory! The first shipment ofwatermelons, the Mexican brand, coat $29 a" dozen. But stfll. the overage man can't eat morethan half a dozen. ' " ' JV Luther Martin has been appointed Com missioner to' the Lewis and .Clark Exposi tion from Oklahoma.' Inr'prrier to be a re former In exposition methods. Mr. 'Martin should turn his name around. - A- fair reader informs us that sha.cannot a'ceept our adviee to wear a rose when in Portland, because, of the. fact that there Is-a distinct variety of hay fever which is produced by the odor of roses." It ap pears that there are almost as many va rieties of hay fever as of roses. There Is the hay fever 'produced by timothy the variety produced by clover, the sort' pro- duced by millet, the aifqlfa variety and tne common prairie grass kind. Thetair grass hay fever. Is said to possess the best staying qualities. "But most popular of all brands of hay fever is jjjst hay fever which gives the victim an-excuse for going to a northern lake for a month's vacation every year. We shall be deeply distressed If the rose is to Invade the pre-. cincts hitherto sacred to .horsefeed, and set up in the business of producing La France hay fever, American' Beauty hay fever. Jack hay fever,, and the like. A Portland woman has complained to the police that" a man with whom she took a nocturnal repast stoic everything of value that she had .on her person, "ex cept a gold tooth trom' her mouth." The thief showed by this omission jthat there Is gallantry among thieves. No self-respecting thief "would steal aold tooth from a lady's month. Moreover, bur glars' kits do not include -jimmies for the extraction of gold teeth. Butwe are not so unkind as to suggest that this cal lan t thief .would have yanked "out the lady's! aurequs dentation even had lie possessed such" a jimmy.' Knowing that an operation of that sort would hurt the feelings of his lady friend, he refrained. If that thief ever gets religion and goes to Heaven, doubtless a gold crown will be awalthig him. " The Butte . Evening Cews announces that It is going to send.to the Lewis and Clark Exposition ten girls who are de scribed as "dreams of the peachblow va riety." The Punk Punster remarks that those girls must be Buttes. - , The secret service at the Fair is going to be excellent; but it Is the public serv ice that appeals to most people. Some of; the newspapers seem to be worried because Governor Folk, of, Mis souri, is not stirring things up with a mighty splutter. You can'J. expect a vol cano to be erupting all the-' time. Add to your collection of human curious the elderly Los Apgcles woman, inmate of the Couhty Poorhquse. who refuses to accept a bequest of $650,000 left by her uncle, on the ground "that she has not earned the money. y Mr. Bryan's Com'moper contains in the women's department an article on "How to Keep Clean." Therein we find some sage" bits of advice. ' For instance, we are told that "3kirts that clear the ground aro the best possible wear for women." Now wouldn't it be better to have the ground cleared by street sweep ers? When a woman uses her skirts to clear the ground she may be doing good work for civic Improvement, but Is she not ralhcV severe on herself? "It is a good, rule to take off your skirt imme diately upon entering your ho.1"." we aro informed. Xo doubt If you clear the ground with It, you should shake well be fore using again and hang upon the back fence to air. "A coat should never te hung up by the strap at the neck." Xo, Indeed; It should be electrocuted; that is so much more lady-like than hanging by the neck. But one Is constrained to In quire, after all. If tho lady readers of the Commoner really stand in need of this sort of advice. At the Bookstore. Customer Please, let mehave.the latest Keats? - ," " . Kew Clerk How. many, please. The local Lewis Society is sending Invi tations to 12,000 members of the, Lewis family, each of whom Is supposed to be related to Meriwether Lewis the -great explorer. The Lewis legion Is expected to be present at the'LewJs and Clark Expo sition on Lewis Family day, August 12. What a pity ir Is that the-101' of the Northwest were not Meriwether Smith and Bill Jones! ' The Bellfngham Reveille asks, "Is the dissolute Slwash worth saving?" Verily, yea: the soul of the Slwash belongs to -the great unwashed, and because hffbathes Himself In forty-rod booze peddled to "him by the paleface bootlegger; shall we per .mlt .hlm to submerge 'his souf? ' .e A Panama. - "Ma, what is a Panama man called?" "A panaman, Johnny." -' Then what Is a Panama woman-? "If she's married and obeys President Roosevelt, she's Just a plain Panama." . " A Muy-'j5ong;. Let the winds-as they, will be wanton, And the waves be merry as they may j Let the red ros 'smile" to the fountain And be kissed: with Its wooing1 spray For the world's all-fair today!. ' . ";..- Let the young hare leaTln the shadow Of .the alder sfijub in,p?ay And ihe young lamb romp In the"meadow Ano,the young- bird carol" Its lay-1"' - 'For the world's all fair" today I . - Y . L'et the young heart thrill with the splen- or ,- . . ; ' -. Of the "jfenderful worid-alwayfV Let .the dream of the sQul'ipetender And be touched with the heavenly ray For the world's all -fair today! - ' -. . " . . ROBERT US'XOVE. Speaker Reed and tlie Barber." ' vr'Lewlston Journal. ThomaX B- Reed, when. Speaker of the HSuse of Representatives;-oicewent-intq an unfamlllararbe'r shop In Washington to be- shaved. Whe ji the negro barber had about finished he began to 'try to sell, a hair tonlci "Hair purty thin. sur.,f-fce -said, jitter ing the two or three stray locks That -fringed Mn Reed's-bald patep "been tha'tr 'I was born tha way,"' replied RMd:. Afterward I Snoy4 a -brief period f. hirsute eff oreecgace, but It dlaa. en-. wire."' ..' ' . T The .aaroer gsved.,ad (gaMi no, more. Later 6me on toft Mn Ik had shaved" "Don' L know dat? J should say be was atspeakah. sure BUf! . VISIONS OF HOFER, PIPE-DREAMER ?. SMem.'M Journalistic Freak CantribHtcs Muck te the Gayety of the Lflad-FrHHrt SltHatiBH StartllEK Revel&tleas Fxesfc From Ills Weird ImaglaatleB Baker City Maverick. " My friend, Hofer. of the Salem Capi tal Journal, has established editorial headquarters pro tern in Portland, while he deals out hot political dope anent the burning .questions of the hour. Few men In newspaperdom can sling an ospinarious. pen with more abandon and aplomb than my friend Hofer. When discussing the demerits at the vitriolic Inkwell, Hofer grabs Unl of Harvey Scott, Frank Heney and ted States Marshal Jack Matthews, con Hank McGinn he dips the aforesaid , nm to blic oWIvi0l! and ln ospinarious pen In vltroll-heated boil- tte same motlon awats c j Reed Mat. ltual reapers son learn to wear gog- ! gles when they confront . tbemselyes , wiin one oi naiers seeming ivuuers. r Hofer moved his caststeel writing i .-,. ... tj .Jm , . . ,.,,, ,. i performer, ana with a Judge who will table, box of ospinarious pens, glue pot ... . - , of boiling vltroil and sheets of asbestos SSt? i.n Jt, t' -to Portland, just to be near the tall ";Hn0ei: com.at ?n becom dicJ cracked tower of The Oregonlan nulla- ing. so that thrice per diem. Svhile en. route to table d'hote, he might spit on Jhe pavement In front thereof and breathe anathema unto the humid air there abouts. He couldn't do these things thoroughly at long distance, so he moved from the capital to the metropo lis, and from such a coign of safe van tage he has unchained the multifanged dogs of editorial war. When he gets through. If the tall tower hasn't .crum bled it will be a Sam Lloyd puzzle. In the death of Judge Bellinger, Hofer sees the awful hand of Harvey Scott, Francis J. .Heney and Henry E. McGinn. Hofer does not exactly name these gentlemen as responsible for Judge Bellinger's death, but he doe3 j name . his own U. S. Marshal, name his assert, with very Interesting violence, ' own grand.,and trial jurors, name every that Bellinger's untimely physical end body and everybody gets a square deal" was either part of or In line with a This Is the grewsome picture my friend terrible conspiracy to. erect in Oregbn J Hofer paints. These are the blood a new political dynasty with the cen- i sploches.he sees on the moon. These are ter of power in the tall Oregonlan I the niggers he beholds In the woodpile tower. Step by step, my friend Hofer ! all from his new editorial headquarters shows how this thing Is workirig out- J in the. Lange Hotel, amid the seething He points out how Harvey Scott, pal- wickedness off Portland, with-Salem sev fng before the jealousy-inspired spec- eral.-mlles away! tacle of Senator Fulton sitting near J Despite the osplnariousness 'of Hofer's tho President's throne in the "United ! pen. . he indulges an occasional .Interval States Senate a spectacle auguring . of sanky. When he discusses the '"fair too wjell for Oregon and for Republi- j and Jovelike front of .Senator Fulton.' canism began planning to have the 1 he is my friend Hofer of old a corking scalp of. the smiling squaredealer from I good writer and a dinged fine fellix.. the Lower Columbia; how a little ! Hofer has constituted himself Fulton a Rockefeller grease ana a few Weyer- haeuser Slabs were made into a con spiracy incubator and a plan set on foot to provide lOregon with a real po litical dictator in the p'erson of Harvey Scott, "hlsself ;" how ,John Hall was removed and disgraced; Brownell muz zled and silenced; the convicted mem- bers of the Puter-MpKinley-Ware-' at- , says Hofer, "that Fulton' will stand on son conspiracy paroled on honor; how , hls ghts as a man, a Senator and a a. grand jury was carefully selected i Republican. If the President wants to herded day and night by -detectives and, turn him down-and he has done so secret sqrvice men;. how the evidence Fulton wH1 even the preaident." am uuore UMsi.u jui, p w broadcast "over the state by Portland f papers; how every precaution was taken to guarantee indictment and nvictlon In advance of any inest!sa- Upn wn.W:i1 l; f maid and IlUamsofJ were snatched bald- tipariprl hv- that. Inrv: and now Heney- headed by thaUJury: and how Heney Scott-McGInn-inspIred hints are even yet thrown out that Fulton's name, also may be taken before , the grand jury at" any time. After tracing these awful things thus far. my friend Hofer, with boil ing? vltroil literally sloshing from his pen. take:? the bit In his teeth and clinches 'with the climax a metaphor almost as mixed as Hofer's reasoning. He tells of Death taking a hand by removing a Judge "bent upon convic tion!" ' Here Is a statement which, calmly read; means much. Had it been printed when Judge Bellinger was alive before inexplicable Fate re moved from the Federal bench one of Its ablest jqrlsts and most honest men would have been in contempt of court and punishable summarily; but which", written after Judge. Bellinger's sad death, Is cowardly and calumnious. Not. however, much J more contemptible than my friend Hofers innuendos con cerning" (he selection of Judge John J. MORTALITY . OFHIGH OFFICRSE A .Large" Xumbcr 3Iet Death on the Eiehl In Our Civil War 'Army and 2"avy Journal. From the archives of the Confeder acy on deposit in the War Department the Military Secretary? Major-General Ainsworth, has brought to light some interesting data concerning the com manders of. the Confederate forces in the field in the fateful days of 1S61-65. Deducting 11 names of officers who did not qualify for one reason or an other, we have in this list 413 Gen erals, and the records given show that of these 74 wre killed or mortally wounded In action, or 18 per cent. This is a very striking showing when we' recall the almost' entire Immunity of the .Russian and- Japanese armies fighting ln Manchuria' from fatal casu alties to. gjcneral qff leers. We recall but one who has been reported killed in- battle in the Far East, arid If there are others they must be very few; whereas" the percentage of casualties among the general officers of the Con federacy is ar ln excess of the per centage df casualties among the rank and file of the Russian -and Japanese, "armies, as given-by -General Bliss, who has the best of facilities for learning the" facts. No less than 23 general officers' of 'the Confederacy were killed in-battle during the 11 months, of cam paigning and the eight months of fighting commencing with Grant's bat tle of the" Wilderness nnd ending with Appomattox. Ten Brigadier-Generals of the Union Army wero also killed during the campaign, befejdes 12 Colo nels commanding hrigades,' six of .mem ar mm naiuurai- - Tin 'seven Confederate Generals. ..were killed, and durlnjr Sherman's campaign five, the Union Army losing three. At tGcttysburg five Confederate and five Union tienerais were Kiiiea.ien i" " besides three Union Colonels, com manding brigades. At Fredericksburg two Union and two Confederate Gen erals were -killed. In all. the Lnlon Army lost in. killed or mortally wouna ed 50vjgeheral -officers, 23 brevet Briga dierrGenerals.'And 34 Colonels com- 1 mandlrig brjgjades. Taking tne -proponion as one mh to 4.52 wounded, this would indicate that 407 Confederate Generals were killed or wqunded out of a total of 4 Is. Prnbabiv. however, the general ' officers, were the . selected viqtims of the sharpshooters, who shot to khi. In one .regiment of the- Civil War. sub jected to the ordinary casualties of battle, the Etret Minnesota at Gettys burg, 28 per cent of those engaged were' .killed and 82 per cent- were killed -and wodnded. In 42 other regiments the percentage of killed in different battles was IS or more. The ratio of killed .to wounded in 56 battles of the Civil 'AVar was 1 to 4.8. varying between 1 to 3 at Williamsburg and 1 to 6.7 at Arkassas- Post. The average among t-hV'regular troops was 1- to 4.52. The mortally, wounded equaled 64 per cent of hose- killed outright.' In the Ger hian army, during ihe war with France L'the proifowtion, was 1 per -vcent. j" -ItmetlilnK Still Lacking. . T. T Savannah ICews . LHthsf" Bsrb the " plant, wizard of ".SoutiiiiH.CaHfsirila. ;has originated a po- ('tat"piSt' -wlch' growsVMS .tubers above tfOTiBd-iN.' jf hft'wiH give: us an egg- the 'soft-boiled variety' or a rhubarb. Jbat Awlllglve a fruit of- ready-made ples his . -Be HaVfen as the new dispenser of jus tice pro tern, in the land-fraud case,?,. . whose Scheduled arrival early in June is. according to my friend Hofer, 'sim ply and solely to "intimidate -and ter rify the' public Into acqulesence" "with the wishes ,'of the Heney-Scott-McGinn dynasty.-' And then, with another stab and sickening a Heney man: indeed. "With swt hv. vli ... Terrible arrtlgtlment - -Uarhat wh l .lnnll. ,T . " , li: YT Hofer. And "considering the Influences that removed John Hall, that named Reed, that removed Jack Matthews, that foist men like Johnny Barrett on the nation (sic) and unsavory administra tions on the people. of Portland, (two sics) there Is only one man that- can get that appointment the Federal judgship) for life the Hon. H. E. McGinn."- My friend Hofer edited or . dictated that paragraph standing up, brandishing In one hand a flaming sword and biting between his teeth bar of. iron The t Iron has entered his' soul and he shouts: "A square, deal? Public Prosecutor Heney Is allowed to name his own judge pro tern, appoint his own judge for life. backer against all odds. . He figuratively advises Kulton to slc-em! Because Reed was appointed without Fulton's Indorse ment and because It is feared that Fulton will not be consulted In the matter ti successor to Judge Bellinger,' Hofer gnaws angrily at the ear of the phrase "a square deaL .for every man." "My guess is. t,s kind of talk Is what you might ca aceia IVs probabIy, a good thing Hofer tqlton. Sucn laritriln ,rnm thv ,Ur! n. t0 -n,- , fining member or the Oregon Congres- tsional ben woud undoubtedly provoke Washington a hearty: i .. . . .... "Dee-lighted!" I My friend Hofer is really counting his chickens before the Incubator has become ' busy. Hon. Henry E. McGinn is not yet Judge. United States Senator Fulton is still- United States Senator: Despite the dope"" sheets issued by the Portland dailies in the Judgeship race, there are other entrees 'possessing pretty good form. Also, these other entries are what my friend Hofer calls "uncollared" men. One in particular Colonel Emmett Callahan, of Baker City is addicted neither to the habit of twanging the light guitar under the casement of Harvey Scott n.or put ting up i big talk In palliation, of the alleged crimes of Johii H. Mitchell. He Is a personal friend of Theodore Roose velt, President of the United States, and of Ethan -Allen Hitchcock. Secretary of the Interior. He Is a lawyer, a scholar and a soldier, with as many acquaintances in the Cabinet as there are fingers on one hand. He Is a-Republican of the Roosevelt kind. ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE Rest Cure's Powerful Effect. Aurora? Borealls. A man who worked for a while in the sawmill imbibed a little too freely Wed nesday and was taken to. Hotel Mattocks. The quietude of this restful resort soon brought his unset nervous system into equilibrium, and he was let out on the trength- of his good looks. Popular Impression Corrected. - Corvallis Times. .The cab, formerly owned at the brick stable, will be out this afternoon, ready for use, after four weeks of overhaulln. It is as spick and spa'n now 'aa when .It originally came out qf the factory. It is o be "at the Vidito stable, wher.e it Is ready for tho use -of the publfc, as usual, at any time, day or night. The current impression that the cab Is only to- be used at.funerals is erroneotrs. It .wfll.be hired toanybody-at any time. " . Shakespeare vMakes a Hit." Bucoda Com Chehalls Bee-Nugget. This Is" a great town- for shows and enterfalnments to which there has been "aidozen or mqre this Spring.', The Aid -Society's "entertainment! a playi from Shakespeare by. home talent, .was" ,a suc cess, netted ?40. : A ' - ., Didn't Xecd the Old Un's Aid. a. .-", v- North. Yamhill Record. Two little girte became involved In a quarrel the other' Cday which culminated in physical violence., pne of the mothers took her little daughters task severely. - Wishing to emphasize the enormity of her 'offence ,fha mother said: "ICS the devil who tells you to do such, naughty things." The littl&Ngirl replied between sObs: "Hemay have told me., to pull her hair, but 1 thought of kicking her shW3 t all by" myself." We. Guess He Did.-' ' Freewater Times. ' Robert Elliott went to life Garden City Thursday after er after ohwell. just guess. ' ' f !, '' Amber, Amberoid and 'Amberine. Philadelphia Bulletin.. -"Amber has""become so rare," said -a tobacconist, "that it is difficult to get hold of a goo&j-plece. That Is sad, for long cigarette-holders will be exceedingly fashionable thfs yearl "JVmberlne Is often sold fpr genuine amber. It can be detected'' easily. If you put a match to It a conflagration will ensue. Furthermore, if you rub It It will give off a camphor smell. . A"Iso it will not pick up paper. - "Ambetold is ma'de of. amber chips powdered " and compressed by hydraulic power. Only an expert can tell amber old from amber. It -won't burn, and, like amber, it will, after a little friction, pick up paper., "Amberoid-is so excellent a counterfeit that many an honest tobacconist, de ceived himself, will sell it to you in good faith' -for the real article. - Its Vulnerable Spot. Baltimore American. Alter all. as. Mayor. Weaver,, of Phila delphia, Is discovering, a hydra-headed-ring "has only"one neckv It Is" "not at aH necessary to open negotiations with each separate, and distinct head. The, sisplr poljcy is to use the good, o Id-fashioned chicken method with the ax. ' -- ' V- I. fame wiir be, corapiete.- ; " " '' ' . '. : .-- -. J$r ' J.V1 .4