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Newspaper Page TextTHE NEW AGE, PORT.LAJNU. OREGON. The New Age A. D. GRIFFIN, Manager. OfUeti, 242'$ Htiirk HI., onroril l'lirlliinil, Otngoti. III.Ir, Kntcrcil at tlic pnMnfflce at t'ortland, Oregon, m second class matter. HUllHCItfFTION. On Trur, I'nyithln In AtlvMtifta S3. 00 Established 1898. Published at 2K Stark 8t. Third Floor. THE SOCIALISTS. The Socialists have hold n county convention. They nro good men, mor- nlly, good cltlzcnH generally ; hut they belong to the lnrgo cIqsb of chronic camplnlncrH and "klckerB." Nothing nults them. They boo nil Horto of evil and wrong and oppression nnd fraud In any party In power, In any policy It pursues, nnd In nil tho.mon It ole vntcs to odl ce. Tho Socialists claim to speak and net for "tho people" as ngalnst tho "plutocrats," but "the people" don't seem to appreciate their efforts. The people- won't vote for the Socialist ticket. Tho people- are doubtless ungrateful. Thoy nro Joined In their Idols. Tho Socialists had bettor abandon them "lot them nlono." Tho people tho majority of tho people nro satisfied with tho He publican party. If not entirely satis fied on all points and In every par ticular, they are satisfied with It bet tor than thoy would bo with any other party. Thoy try tho Democratic party, but for tho last 40 years only occa sionally nnd for a brief time; thon they kick It out, disgusted with Its performances, nnd fall hack on tho reliable, vlrllo old Republican party. It novor booh far wrong, and It does things, It put down tho grunt slave holders' rebellion. It freed tho slaves. It reconstructed tho South. It re sumed specie payments. It helped build tho first transcontinental rail roads. It, principally, has built up our navy. It Is Improving our rivers nnd harbors. It maintained tho gold Htnndnrd and kept our nionoy equal to tho best on earth. It passed tho home Blond law and helnod tn settle un nnd , develop tho Breat West, whllo giving I hundreds of thousands of pcoplo homes. It tins kept poaco with the world, oxcopl with Spain, nnd whon thnt war was unavoidable It mado It short, Hhnrp and decisive It expand ed, ns n consequence of thnt war, into I'orto Rico nnd tho Philippines, nnd i Ib irolnir to keen those Islands, for the bonoflt of our commerce nnd our poo - plo. It took In Hawaii nnd Ouam, as way ports to tho Orient. It Ib going to lay a Pacific cnblo. Its expansion policy Ih going to mnko Pacific coast portB of fnr grontor Importanco than boforo-rlvolB of tho Atlantic portB. It Ih Rolnrf to dig tho Nlcnrngun canal, i It botiuht Alaska and In cncnuraclnir . Its Bottlomont and development. It I Tillman, of South Carolina, In tho 1ms JonlotiBly protected Amorlcan la-, Scnnto ' a fnlr roprosontntlvo of tho bor ngalnst tho competition of chonp )C0)lu who (, not nlvnco In oduca foreign labor. It ban oloctod aB Proa- tlon nml who ,,ofy tno constitution. Idont a Lincoln, a Grant, a (Inrflold. I Tho NogrooB, In such a mnn, nro not n McKlnloy-for whoso place, when!"" wcl1 roprosonted hb thoy woro In ho foil bv an nssassln-B bullet, lr had ! niito-bollum dnyn by bucIi men no . v ., . a Roosevelt ready. Under Ub Into ad ministrations the pcoplo nro mora prosperous than ovor boforo. Tho country hns developed ns novor bo- fore. Tho American i.ntlnn In the wondor of tho world. Undor such clr cuniBtntices nnd romomborlng what tho Republican party hns dono, It is not strnngo thnt tho majority of tho pcoplo refuse to follow tho fow whin !iir Socialists off Into tho envos of flin wlnilfl ttinrn tn tmwl niwl rnll n , ..w ........, W u w ( tho world, nnd at tho mon nnd tho party that do things In It. Some mon Bet abend of others, of courso, but thero la opportunity for till. Negro votors aro not going to voto to throw away whnt thoy havo for somo vision nry bouofitB dreamod of by a fow men who nro novor satisfied with nny- thing nnd nro nlwnya complaining uuuui iiitiHO will) iiiinii miiuiu mill no something nnd accomplish something. No, tho Negro votora are going to stny with tho Republican party, aa n rule, nnd with tho mon who havo alwnyn boon straight In tho party, and Ita loaders who aro so becauso of tholr talents nnd Industry and porcovor onco. Tho Negro voters should not go chnslng off after any of these llttlo Bldo parties. Stay togethor, and mnko your votes count. A USEPUL SENATOR. Sonntor Simon, ns tho Orcgonlan Itself showed nt tho time, before it Hidden to tuuo a tumble ovor Into tlo.fftr and gentlemanly methods Mitchell-Mathews en tup, has mado n number of very good "hits." whlrh was tho word usod by tho Orogonlnn, during his short term of service In tho Bennto. That pnpor loudly commond- ed him nt tho tlmo for his vote tho only Republican voto cnBt thnt wny ngalnst tho Philippine tariff, In thnt Instnnco Mr. Simon broke nwny from his party In order to do n service tn his stato nnd espoclnlly to this city and port. Now tho Orogonlnn would havo tho peoplo forgot that service nnd that net of cournco for It tnkes Bomo moral courage for a sonntor to break looso from hla party on n somt political proposition nnd voto with tho othor aide. Mr. Simon, though a strict party man as n rule, has Just UiIb sort of courage, when his Btato and his homo city require Its exercise. Mr. Simon Bccured nddltlonnl appro priations for the postofTlco building; he has been Influential and instru mental with the rest of tho delegation, In Bccurlng largo appropriations for our rivers and harbors, and will bo on hand when this Important bill comes into the Scnnto to Insist upon Increases In the House bill. He has made no spread-eagle speeches: It Is not recorded that ho lunched on Boft boiled eggs nnd custard plo a very Innocent meal, howovor; he hns not seen tho press agent every day to get his name In the papers; but ho hns quietly, Intelligently, persistently gone about his duties, gradually making frlonds of tho most Inlluontlnl Sena tors, working bin wny up on commit tees, gaining every m'onth and week In lnfluonce, far moro surely perhaps, than Homo men would do who make moro nolso nnd fuss about what they do. Mr. Simon Is In a position to do far better work for Oregon and for Portland, than nny new mnn, even If his superior Bomowhnt In nblllty and there nro fow Bitch could do. He has dono excellent service In his quiet, effectlvo wny, nnd the people nro not going to forgot It. Indeed, the more tho big pnper thunders to throw him down, the morn faithfully will his friends adhere to him. SOUTHERN ILLITERACY. Attempts nro mado to Justify tho denial of tho ballot In tho South to Negro voters by their Illiteracy, but every body knowB this Is only a pro tense. It Is truo that n largo propor tion of Southern Negroes nro lllltor ato, but thoy aro gradually Improving In that respect, and If given fair oppor tunity nnd proporly oncounigod, would Improve much fnstor. Tho white pcoplo of tho South, or of por tions of It, havo no license to criticise tho Illiteracy of tho Negroes, for not only Is a very largo proportion of tho Southern whites lllltornto, but thoy aro not Improving ns the Nogroos nro, at least this Is tho statomont of tho conservative Donincrnttc Atlan- ttl Constitution, which snys: "Thoro Ib no moro '""""""ting fact unit un iniuiiigcni, aouinurn mnn huh to faco than this: That among tho white pcoplo of tho South wo havo ns many lllltornto men ovor twenty-ono yenrs of ago as wo had flfty-two yearo ago, whon the census of 1850 was taken." Any oxcuso made for this state of nfrftlrH tho Constitution says, "Ignoron fnctB nn, outroBoB common Bcnso." nn'1 J" ll ls tll0flo "oonl who tho lino of common education hnvo not lvnncoil at all In half a century. who try t0 m,t 'rwiwl tho Negroes' ""tonicy aH nn oxcuso for depriving t,10m of tholr constitutional right of "l0 ballot. Davis nnd Toombs, who nt lenst woro what tho world calls gontlomon nnd scholnrs, Tillman declared somo tlmo nR. ' uneci' "" n ,ow ""oiwann "iBROrfl ought to bo. or would hnvo to bo killed In South Carolina; and yet ho ban taken an oath to support tho constitution of tho United States; and yet thoro nro Sonatora who fraternlzo with him, nnd yot doprocnto nnd 'P'oro tho lynching of Negroes In tho oGUWI. AnUSE DOESN'T PAY. Tho llttlo flashy wookly pnpora that contrive to oxlst by pitching Into ana ncctiBlng nnd abusing somo porson or porsonB aro proporly without Influ- oneo in a political campaign, unless It possibly bo somo Influonco In tho direction opposlto to tholr doalrvs Ovor-nbuso of a man Is calculated to arouse sympathy for him; nnd n pa por thnt has nothing better to publish than tirades ngalnst somo promlnont citizen la not entitled to nny consid eration nt tho hands of tho public. Tho Now Ago mny tnko n posltlvo and dorlded stand for or agnlnst ono pnrty, faction, tlckot or man; but It doesn't consider It necossnry to char acterizo those It opposes as scoun drels nnd thloves. It prefers to think most of them honorable mon nnd "good fellows," nnd purposos to treat them as such, unless In somo excep tional case, and to exorclso Its Influ onco nmong votors by respoctablo, After tomorrow Mr. Moody will know whoro ho Is at. nnd Tho Now Ago hna no doubt that ho will bo nn easy winner In Enstorn Oregon, nnd tho Multnomah county delegation Wi In nil probability voto ns tho ma- jorlty of tho BiiBtorn Oregon dolo- gates do. . Portland nover had a moro capabla nnd nt tho snmo time popular Pollco Judgo than Judge Cameron. Tho peo- P'o will mnko no chango in that oillco, If Mr, Camoron desires to retain It. Who will bo tho noxt county treas uoroT It nitiBt bo a good, snfo man. ONE WEEK MORE. Only a week remains In which to register. Tho sooner the duty Is at tended to tho easier it will be. There will bo a rush toward tho last. Again Tho Now Age urges all Negro voters to resistor, at tho earliest opportun ity. Don't put It off. And Inquire around nmong other votorB of our race and find out If thoy havo regis tered. If thoy have not, urge them to do so. Every Negro ought to vote. His vote may bo needed. Wo can't tell yet Just how this cnmpalgn Is going to eventuate. Thoro may bo three principal tickets In tho field that Is, two Republican tickets and ono Democratic ticket. Every Negro voter, when tho time comes, will want to express a choice. Ho can't do this, he will havo to stand back nnd hnvo no vote, unless bo registers. Of courso, this applies ot all voters and The New Ago has a great many readers among whito as well na nmong colored people, but It nppcnls to Negro voters especially, for nntu rally tho Now Ago takes an especial Interest In them. It desires them to oxerclso their privilege of voting, and to Impress upon tho politicians nnd leaders tho Importance, nt least In n close election, of tholr votes espe cially If cast almost solidly ono wny. To do this now, or to bo propnred to do so In tho future, It is necessary to register, and so bo legally quail- fled to vote. Don't forget It. Don't put It off. Don't neglect It. RcglBtcr, nnd do It nt tho first opportunity Dr. P. W. Vincent, ox-mayor of Pen dloton nnd chnlrmnn of tho Republi can central commlttco of Umatilla county, was In tho city this week. Dr. Vincent Is n wldo-nwoko Republican, who wields n largo Influence In his homo city nnd county. Tho primary election promises to bo moro Interesting tlinn for many years past, partly on account of tho now wny of voting, nnd partly bo causo of tho moro than usual Interest felt In tho nppronchlng campaign. Out of a total of 900 Negro votcra In Dlrmlnghnm, Ala., only nbout a dozen registered. Dut Negroes aro not nllowcd to voto down there, so thoro Is no use In registering. Dut It 1b dlfferont horo. Tho big Orcgonlan seems to hnvo eased up on Its fight against Sonntor Simon. Porhnps It hns emerged from tho political fo;; In which It wns en veloped. Captain W. IT. Popo desorvos a re nomlnntlon, nnd will doubtless got It. It should ho conceded to him on ac count of his faithful Borvlces. Tho primaries will bo hold next weok Saturday. Oct ready to voto, and voto right. Tho Initial battle comes off n weok from tomorrow, Saturday, March lfith. Ho ready. M,oody carried his homo town and county by a good .mnjorlty. Wo "told you so." The United States government bat ordered of the publishers a large num ber of copies of Prof, L. O. Howard' "Mosquitoes" for tho use of tut army. Two novels of recent publication are so similarly entitled as possibly to lead to confusion. They nre "Thetory of Evn," by Will Payne, and "The Story of Snrah,", published by a Now York firm. A trauslntluu from the Danish of Dr. George Hrnudes of n large work deal.' lug with the "Main Currents In Nine teenth Ceutury Literature" Is to be published. The first volume will bo ready shortly nnd will trace tho devel opment from classicism to naturalism Initiated by Rousseau; It Is entitled "The Emigrant Literature" An Illustrated reprint of "Christopher In His Sporting .Jacket." by John Wil son (Christopher North), nuthor of "Noetes Ambroslaiine," Is to be Issued. This diverting account of the sports In vogue In the south of Scotland nt the end of the eighteenth century first np poured In lllitck wood's Magazine for September, lS'JS. nnd was ufterwnrd Included In "Christopher North's Rec reations" In lS-til. Tho proposed great dictionary of the Welsh language, edited by Canon Syl van Evans, now bids fnlr to collapse fur want of funds. It bus reached the letter E, but there Is no one to pay the printer's bill for thnt letter. So far the dictionary has been subsidized by Iady l.lanover, who has devoted some 300 n year to It. The death of this enthu siastic Welshwoman has rendered It Impossible to go on with the work. Not many books relating to the Australian commonwealth have been published. A new ono will be ready, however, In the autumn. It la written by Prof. Harrison Moore, of Melbourne University and Is entitled "The Com monwealth of Australia." The contents Include chapters on the sources of the laws and Institutions of the colonies, tho history of Australian federation, the nature and authority of the Federal commonwealth and IU constitution. SCIENCE HAS A DIVINING ROD THAT SHAMES "WITCH HAZEL." Science hns armed herself with n di vining rod which cannot bo open to the suspicion which has ever nttacbed to the pronged twig of wltchhnzel. A simple apparatus has been devised for the locating of ores and mineral-bearing rock nnd earth. The new device pretty nenrly elimin ates the element of chance In mining operations. The principle Involved Is that a vein of ore Is a better conductor of electricity than the earth around It. Two steel rods nre connected with each other, with an electric battery, and with a delicate Instrument which niensures the resistance of the circuit. Tho rods nro driven Into the ground, nnd n light current Is sent through the connecting wire. The current to com plete Its circuit, must travel through the earth from the end of one rod to the end of the other. The resistance of the earth Is noted, nnd the rods arc moved to any positions. This Is repeated until TDK ULKCTIIIC DIVININO HOD. a marked reduction of resistance Is noted. Thon the operators know that ono or both of tho steel rods nre over or nenrly over o body of mineral. By rcpeutcd shifting, tho location of tho mineral Is unrrowed down until the vein of ore can be mapped out with ab solute accuracy. Minerals hnvo been located at a depth of 600 feet, nnd tho operators of the de vice say that, so far ns they know, there need be no limit to tho depth nt which they can work. KRjiWteS A stream with peculiar properties flows near Tucson, Ariz. Wood and vegetables nnd other soft substances thrown Into It become petrified. It Is customary for visitors to leave pota toes In It for a few weeks enclosed in wire receptacles and find them turned to atone. The women of Finland of the lower classes perform arduous labor that In other countries Is usually assigned to males. They wheel handcarts nnd bar rows of various descriptions containing heavy burdens. They also sweep tho streets, act as boatmen and even assist In loading ships. Birds nre made to take their own pictures by tho Ingenious apparatus of O. (J. Plko. an English photographer. A bait of fat Is placed on nn electrical wire which Is so connected with n camera that when the bait Is removed the camera shutter Is released, giving nn Instnntnneous exposure of tho sen sitive plate. The average weight of engines on German State railways Is 42.07 tons, while those In use on private roads av erage 37.08 tons. During the year 1800 440 engines were purchased by the State railways and CO by prlvnto companies. In the year 1808 $530,000 was spent for the purchase of new and the repair of old engines on private lines. There Is considerable amusement In some of the census tables, and Jokes are going the rounds over the fact that Chicago has more hogs than New York, but that New York leads in the matter of goats. Pennsylvania beats all other States In the number of mules, wblch fact Is mentioned In relation to Its fac tional politico. Thero Is a large number of profes sional "beo hunters" In -the West and Southwest of Texas. Small caves and dark recesses formed by shelving rock abound along the waterways of tho Texan rivers. They nre the natural hives of the wild bees, and take tho place of the hollow tree trunks of the forest regions of tho northern country. Theso caves aro used year after year by the bees, and In many Instances they have been 'found to be literally filled with honey. President MoKtnlejr and Hermann Madame- Adelaide nermann, the widow of the famous- prestldlgltnteur, relates the following amusing; Incident, wblch occurred at tho last meeting of President McKlnley and Prof. Her mann, between whom a strong friend ship existed: When be was last In Columbus, Ohio, Prof. Hermann called on MaJ, McKln ley, who was then governor. As be started to go Prof. Hermann said: "Major, 1 may not see you soon again, and I bare never given jou anything by which you may remember me. Let me make you a present of this." Taking bis band be placed a fine dia mond ring on one of bis fingers. MaJ. McKlnley thanked blm and admired the ornament Shortly after Hermann left, a friend who was present said: "Oh, by the way, Governor, will you let me see that ring?" Tbe Governor held up his band, but was astonished to find the ornament gone. There was no need to ask ques tions about tbe mystery. Hermann had left as a memento. Instead of the SZiZZImS!1 ,v. i ...THE NEW MARKET... C. 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