WKST 8H0RK.
Vf rsity is becoming a disgrace to the state and the na
linn. An end should he put to such conduct as the
Students are creliUl with even if every one of them
had to be Kent home anl the doors of the institution
closed.
Senator Ingalls is a brilliant man, ami says many
things that sting like darta and have aUiut the tame
effect aa pouring acid im healing wounds, t'pmt
every possible occasion he waves the bloody shirt and
tears open the gashes of the civil war. Ilia latest n
ploit wm to prostitute Memorial Iay by a nwh of
rancorous bitterness la-cause the day before a few nm
federate flag had been displayed at llichmand Uoti
the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of (iencral
av. What would Senator Ingalla and hia finally
uncharitable applaudera have? The eople of the
south fought four years, with dnjerate valor, under
tho confederate flag, and they were leu than human
if they did not ever bold it In tender regard. That
they love to see it upon fit occasions and the unveil
ing of a statue to their great military hero was ccr
tainly such docs not indicate that they are nt loyal
to the union or that did the need aria they would not
fight as valiantly for the stars and stripes a they did
for the stars and bars. If the soldiers of the south
were so lost to lofty sentiment as to cease to have a
tender regard for the flag they followed on so many
bloody fields, wo might well mistrust their loyally.
l?ut as it is, they now are, Uyond doubt, a wrtlm of
the nation that can I relied ujon when the trial
comes, and it would be well f-r th country if the
chronic fault finders would turn their attention to
other things.
The election is over in Oregon, and though the pot
baa not yet ceased to call the kettle black, th masses
of our citiiens are again settled down Into the graves
from which thry were temporarily shaken. A sigh of
relief has gone up on every side that the great day
devoted by free American citiiens to fraud, chicanery,
treachery, bribery ami corruption naa g..n w
not back again for at leatt two years. It Is a sa 1
thing to see otherwise honorable citiiens engsged In
the work of pntituting the nianhwl of others, more
m, eren, than to see the oVgra W maW unworthy
ritiirtia -lline their votes f-.f the price of a ft! of
!....- tn -. t li ia rt! And now if the
Tiouaii. i ou it'i"
legislature will give us a registry law and the Austra
lian 11U svstem we mar congratulate uurltee that
K itrfha of
Uregt) poUUc wni neier ' - - i-
corrupt urn.
The election last Mofvlay finiJ lU
Oregon a firm repuUkio Kate, MitUll
the republican randidate for governor was defeated
Upon false brat Uuee and the treachery of men who
have enjoyed high honors at the hands of the pMy
they eo Usrly Ulrajred The majority of Mr. Her
mann is larger than it was when he was hut Uud
to congress, showing Uth his own great strength and
the weakneM of his opponent, and the majorities of
the republican state oltlcrrs Is also large and dUlve,
A difference of 0,d i votes for governor Is lh result
of a campaign of pure dcmagoglsni, aided by the black
et party treachery even Oregon's Mten pltlns bate
ever known, by which tin guilty of that ondml
have earned the contempt alike of all honorable men
of both parties
The tilth of Juim wss the annltersary of the great
cnflagfaiion in Seattle The transformation whih
has brrn wrought in the year that has passed aime
the entire business portion of the rily was laid in
aihe Is simply marvelous. With liner buslnese bU ks,
with new railroad and stcaml-at lines, with a great
nriTMions to her Industries and -puUtln, Seattle
stands today even a greater city than she gave prone
te of Iring More the h-l breath of fire swept orr
Iter. She Is a living monument to the vitality f our
wettern cities, and has Justified all the ronfldrttr evsf
eipreel in her futur gfeetnets,
A million dollars bate ln suUriM ft lh Un
iversity of t bicsgti, he thlrf objrrt will I to make
more HaptUis Of this iim J in 1 ! . kMUf gate
fiMli), hlch r to show that though b he may
keep their ! r out of beaten, b ran um thnn to
Miit others to grt in; this tf that it Is t4 tU
rich's that rl the gte, U the pi-lon 4 ihein.
Tl lllif"is lUie prdlbiti-.n Nrty pUlf.fm sn
drtrs woman auffrsg, f ndnsg ( siltr, rtif-nn-iit
of national Uik rJrrulailon. sUli-n ( sriialors
by th 'pl, tU Australian 1111 sWh, wrvWe
jm.Ui, Habbath law, g ternment nitr4 f radwsys
and telegraph lines ami a Urn othr things ; In fVt,
nn-st everything npt pr biUti-n
In this number is gite a Vill (
intef sealing vo;ag U l'hrirg d-jly atUeU'l a
U its authenticity. It will U a.towbl ft mrprU
I. .th th r""'tt',i, (
(Vn (y b-arn that lU s-alir g ftrtee are Mug
thus raUd daring tU winter sa-n,
Ite ple of I'litland wdl hate aw4htr
tonity U bar Mr Ik lUhai Un U hU
spria rta l.f gs at the h!h sr HUl lay iU
Ui StMe4 " Kig Ut " t h!l