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'. &Am u THE MORNING QREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1900. i rs-kt -MiS?! ' f. WIPED OUT DEFEAT Stanford Goes Down Before Multnomah. - -' Xn1 OREGONIANS If, CALIFORNIANS 6 College Boys Score Once on a- Carlisle Indian Trick Brillinnt Individual Work. The sturdy U football players of the ilufcnomah Athletic Club surprised even hoS most ardent admirers yesterday af ternoon by defeating the Stanford univer sity team, from California, by a score of il to b. Seldom if ever before in the his tory of football in the Northwest has such an exciting same been witnessed here. Open play generally, from kick-off to the call of time at the end -of the last half, gave the spectators every oppor tunity to yell themselves hoarse. At no period of the game did the enthusiasm Blacken, and the crowd left Multnomah field with the unanimous verdict that "it was tho best game ever played in. Port land." Long before -either team had put In an appearance the grandstand was well filled and the rooters' section in the front of the right end held not an empty seat. They passed the time for half an hour be fore play began by exchanging yells, Multnomah courteously opening the ball with Stanford's yell, and the visitors im mediately replied in like manner to their hosts. Abbreviated but bright-colored mega phones aided lusty lungs In creating a xacket which would have made an Apache war-dance seem mild In comparison. Multnomah appeared first through the big side gate, and following came a band of urchins who intended to see that game. They formed a fljlng wedge as the gates were thrown open, and the lines of the police stationed there were not suffi dently strong to prevent a horde of the youngsters from gaining free admission to the grounds. In the first half "both teams displayed weakness In defense, and the ball was carried along for gains by whichever side had possession Multnomah won the toss oand got the ball on Captain Murphy's 'kick-off of 40 yards, Kerrigan, of ..the .home team, taking It back toward the enemy's goal by a clever run of 30 yards. Ten minutes after play opened, the leather sphere was behind Stanford's goal for a touchdown, and McMillan followed the play with a clean kick between the stanchions, opening a score of G to 0. Matters were evened up after the ball left the center line by Stanford carrying the ball rapidly over the territory of the borne team. When within 15 yards of Multnomah's jgoal, the Cardinals, sprung a trick learned from the Carlisle Indians during their recent game with the Berke ley learn in San Francisco. "With the ball in Stanford's hand, the quarter-back sig nals "oyer" Instead of using numbers. The entire line jump to the right, the (direction intended. As they run, the full back, who has first received the ball, sends it to right half, who goes rapidly over the line. Murphy, of Stanford, kicked the goal, and the score stood 6 to 6 The visitors worked this trick twice success fully during the game, but after that the Portland bojs grew wise and successfully "blocked the" play. The last and only touchdown, just be fore the end of the first half, which gave the home team the game, caused some wrangling. Multnomah had the ball to within two yards of Stanford's goal, when the Cardinals secured the ball. It was sent to Murphy for a punt. He was be hind the line at the moment, and as he ran forward kicked low. and the pigskin, striking Fisher, Stanford's right half, in the back, went straight in the air. Husk found a hoe in Stanford's line, and had the ball over the line for a touchdown be fore he could be stopped A fau was claimed but Multnomah was allowed the five points Altogether it was a snappy, exciting and interesting game, and the Multnomah 1 boys can be congratulated on putting up a game of ball that would do credit to any team in the West While the field was quite slippery from the recent rains the morning clouds were riven away, and the afternoon gave the sppctators an Ideal day. "The onlv excuse offered for defeat by the visiting team was suggested bv Burr Chamberlain, their coach, who said that J his men were not used to playing on stoppy ground, but took more kindly to the grassy turf of the Pa'o Alto campus. Defent of 04 Wiped Oat. The defeat of '54 suffered by Multnomah at the hands of Stanford has been thor oughly wiped out, and a new standard has "been set up on Portland's football field. Multnomah's light, fast team has more than come np to Its good showing earlier , in the season, and made such a record k yesterday as "will pass down to history In the annals of the club. Stanford did not win, but it has scored up to Its credit, a feat that no other team in the Northwest, or even on the coast, including the heavy Olympics, has been able to accomplish this yearT that of crossing Multnomah's goal line. On an Oregon boy, though, still rests that honor, -for Fisher, of The Dalles, did thee trick. George McMillan, Portland's gSatalfback, deserves honor, and, more than that glory. He certainly is a star, and a coach whose work showed up high above Burr Chamberlain's As an exhibi tion of straight, fast fierce football that first 10 xnlnutes.'-of the game was the best exposition ever shown in Portland. The ball -was carried by charge after charge from Multnomah's 15 -yard line clear through the field for a touchdown. No "flukes, no offside play, no furribles, all snappy work, that caught the college boys by surprise and kept them in the air until they came down with the proverbial thud, with 6 to 0 staring them in the face. It was a sudden awakening, and Chester Murphy enfhused all the vim he could Into his boys for the next few minutes, with the result that Fisher on a trick (Indian, they say.) made a 20-yard dash over Mult nomah's line for a touchdown. In the sec ond half honors were even, neither side scoring, with Multnomah jstlll on the alert and aggressive, and Stanford resorting to double passes and long end runs The game was spectacular, replete with bril liant work, clean and thoroughly scientific. To Multnomah all the joy and to Stan ford all the honors due to thoroughly good tempered, well-trained athletes, fighting an bonest good game of ball. g i llie Game In DetallT 1 sjtanf ord von the toss, taking the ball ana kickoit, juuitnoman defending the south goal. Captain Murphy sent the oval sailing over the side lines on Multnomah's 10-j ard line, and on his second attempt Bert Kerrigan secured the ball on his 15 yard line and made an advance of 20 yards before being forced Into touch. McMillan on the first down went Into the line for four yards, and Pratt bore down on the line for two more immediately after. Rusk went around the right end for four more, Pratt and McMillan by straight charges Into tackle for fi e more. McMillan varied proceedings by a revolving combination around left end; then Dr. Meyers bucked the center for six yards before being stopped. Everything looked bright for Multnomah, for it had tried Stanford's line in almost every point and found it vulner able. Meyers was tried on a straight ahead charge on tackle, and netted four yards, McMillan went into Stanford's cen :Jar, and gained six yards. McMillan and Meyers alternated for four and five-yard icainsi through t!he line, and the vard ph 'ahheslde lines moved up with monot-l onous regularity, responding to Referee Chamberlain's beckon. Pratt revolved ""curd ''eft crd for a gain of seven yards; then McMillan went Into the line low, like a catapult, and was stopped In his career by Murphy, 15 yards behind Stanford's line. McMillan and Pratt went Into' center and around right end for three yards each, reaching Stanford's 20-yard mark. Meyers went springing through tackle for another or his 10-yard dashes. McMillan tried twice and landed the ball on Stanford's five-yard mark. Pandemonium hroke loose among Mult nomah's rooters now, and the excite ment fairly carried the game with it. Mc Millan made his two yards through a heavy force on center; then Meyers re lieved the suspense -for crossing the line mark for a touchdown. Right down the field- the red and white had come, from J their own territory, for a touchdown with in 10 minutes, and McM.llan kicked the goal. Score, Multnomah 6; Stanford, 0. Stanford Scores. Captain Murphy- kicked the ball from center field to Kerrigan, who advanced five ards before being downed by Stan ford's end, and Kerrigan made a pretty dash around left end on a double pass Tor a gain of 12 yards before Murphy col lared him hard. D&vey punted high, and -0OP of be ball went tfir Stanford and "Why did Multnomah kickr?" wailed the grandstand; but the-deed was done, and, Stanford bad the ball. The backs charged around right end for two yards; then Parker went five yards in the same place until brought down hy Smith, that sturdyboy from Eu gene. The next attempt was a pile-up on center, and it looked as if Multno mah's line would hold. Another attempt around,srlght ejidwasplcfcked, ajid every thing looked, vely fprthe., home" team - 1U VMKJI.W U.yiJJlJ uou j VM-U. t sleeve and used It He swung bis whole line over to the left side and sent Fisher charging through for a 15-yard run. Another pile-up on center, and Murphy following up his previous success, sent ' Fisher behind the same combination for another 15 yards and touchdown. Tt took nine minutes to even up matters, for Murphy kicked an easy goal. Score, Multnomahs, 6; Stanford, $. M Multnomah "Wlnsj McMillan kicked off to' Murphy who advanced 10 yards. His first play was a long punt to Kerrigan in the center of the field. Stanford's line was gingering up and broke through on the next play, downing Pratt behind the line. McMillan bucked for four yards, but on the next attempt the ball went to Stanford on downs. Fisher went through r ght end for a short gain; then "Murphy displayed bis dangerous running on a broken field by dashing and dodging 20 yards. Stan ford's friends in the grandstand rooted hard, for everything was being tinged with a cardinal hue. Bang Into Multno mah's line Went Stanford's backs, down to.the 25-yard litfe on thfe- extreme tvest efcn side of the field, j Murphy flung bis line around to the left aria intsrtdedixto charge straight ahead, 'but he was blocked in his tracks. Somebody had blundered. On the next down, .Ned Barrett circled the mass and downed Stanford's runner for a loss. Stanford was forced to a punt on the third down, but the attempt was a fumble, Multnomah securing the ball on her 45-yard line. A plunge by Davey netted two yards; Meyers went throu&h tackle for star vnrfls' MpMlllan added eight more around right end, "Meyers 'fourftlsSibre through 1 center, and it begah to look as If Mult nomah would duplicate her previous good work. Referee Chamberlain had" already warned Multnomah's backs about passing the ball forward In their plunges on the line, so stopped further progress by giv ing Stanford the ball on a forward nass. Murphy punted to Multnomah's 30-yard mark. Again the red ana white began Its pounamg 01 tne cardinal line. No tricks, but heavy charges "by McMillan and Mey ers netting constant trains. Hnw "fimt Multnomah line stood firm 'and aided the Interference! George McMillan nluesred the center position for a five-yard credit taark. Again he made his five yards through the line, aided by strong inter ference, and the ball was on Stanford's 45-yard line. Meyers was tried twice, and each time responded noblv" for flvp una three-yard gains. McMillan and Smith al ternated at center for three yards each, and Watson was the hero for brushing big Lee aside. Steadily the ball went down the field to Stanford's 17-yard mark. Mc Millan slid it along to the 15-yard line. McMillan bucked twice more, then Davey carried It to the five-yard chalk mark, and another touchdown In the time limit, three minutes, seemed inevitable. Over anxiety on the next down caused a dis astrous fumble, and Stanford's adher ents breathed easier when a cardinal man was fcund hugging the ball under the mass. Chester Murphy fell back- for a punt; the ball, Instead of sailing through the air, struck Fisher in the back, re bounded, and Jerry Rusk fell on it across Ithe goal line in the far corner for a touchdown. A long disputation followed as to whether Fisher was behind the goal line or not when the bair collided with blm, ttie referee finally deciding that Multnomah was entitled to her points. The score was now 11 to 6. Davey punted out to Kerrigan, but the ball did not stick to his hands, bo no try for goal was award ed. Murphy again kicked off to Kerrigan on Multnomah's 10-yard lino. The nluelro- wriggling, little quarterback ran 15 yards up me neia past tne big Stanford rushers before he was brought down hv Tmowr "he of the bushy hair. Time for first half was called on the next down, and the mud-bespattered heroes retired for a well. earned 10-minute rest. Xo Score in the Second Half. McMillan kicked off for the second half to Bentley, the big right tackle for Stan ford, who advanced the ball to the center of the field before being dragged down. Now began Stanford's swinging her whole team to either side for a combination of compact interference, and double-pass netting steady gains across the field. Fisher went around right end for 10 yards on this combination, strange to Portland. Traeger made a three-yard gain through Multnomah's line; then Fisher, behind the combination, the whole line, Murphy to Erb and Fisher, made another 10-yard -gain, well stopped by Davey. Erb gained four yards through the line, Murphy netted five more on a double pass. Multnomah gained the ball on the next play through off-side The home team's possession was short-lived, for the ball went to Stanford on downs Immediately. McMillan collared Fisher behind the line on the first attemnt bv 1'the collegfans for a loss A fake kick resulted in another loss for Stanford. Multnomah's line was tearing holes again dispstrously, and things looked Bcricua. Murphy's double pass resulted in? another loss, and the ball was Multnomah's. Again did Stanford's line hold like a stone wall and Multnomah yielded the ball on downs. Erb and Murphy made the dangerous double pas3 again for another 10-yard "long run across the field. STIsher tore off seven yards more around left end. Two plunges on the line netted no gain. Then Murphy again shone by a brilliant run for 20 yards around the end. Erb gained two yards into line. Fisher was downed by McMillan behind the line , for a loss, and again Stanford's line went "down be fore Multnomah's rippihg-up process, and the complicated formation seemed to be solved. The ball was on Multnomah's 25 yard line when DaYey punted to the cen ter of the field. Murphy retired in favor of juatt, who ran the team creditably for the remainder if the time limit. Erb now began, to shine on the double- pass long-across-fche-fleld runs, and quick cutting Into the line. He and Fisher ad- vanced the ball to Multnomah's 20-yard i v.2er galnef threl. mora by, a straight charge, and now Stanford's sec- ond chance went by the'board on another iumoio on imiunomanis io-yara marie 7c?f?fa7 Zt?f V e 11 ill, in. 1 1 iiTj ' fiiii ' '-- 1 . ii 1 ' M T" " ASi MIn YM -Jf iJBm Www rfiSK ' i C -W &eY1a:"&b'?577 Meyers changed the shouting by making a brilliant run around right end "for 20 yardsbefo Jjeing-downedr by Rlatt- J)a- veytt punted to Stafford's' 40-yar-d line, where tRbdolph was downed for no gains A trick play by Stanford was blighted ih ifeans, to ascertain whether the Transvaal its Infancy ; then Smith distinguished him- is a true republic, and as such, gives equal self by gaining the ball on. a fumble and rights to all white men, and respects its advancing five yards for Portland. The own treaty obligations. Any one who next two downs failed to move Stanford's has traveled In South Africa knows that defense; then Davey punted to Stanford's the Boer community has two special 20-yard line. Rqdolph t returned to punt characteristics first, Its hatred of taxes out o bounds at Stanford's 35-yard line, and its desire to live in a land where the Multnomah's first attempt was a Joss; 'necessary expenses of government admln Davey's puntvwas'bJockedandiStanforU lHtratlonaTe paid 'by somebody else; and, was .given the ball, though the hardy consequently, -when the Johannesburg Montague was on top Erb worked" the mines were discovered by the British in double pass for a run, across the field for 18S6 the inlanders arrived afterward and 15 yards. Beckley, who replaced Parker ivst on tIme to relieve the Boers of the at right end. become overanxious, and tule exPense of government, and to as a consequence his side lost the ball efllJ thelJ i??! treasury and repay the on off-side play. Again Montague had urd,e" of deb' they nad Previ?usiy con downed his man, and was on top, even ??ted,' a"d these taxes thl day tne with off-side play. McMillan plunged SUtSa?fnhi h 2 through center forve-yards on two tries, f taatlo,n the Boers have in force; see but .soon Stanford neld the, linel agaih S MdlLfSSSKrv'SS; j ,,,. fV, v,n a -r ti. 1.1 ness and utter indifference to any other "I? int iLt TL t, nm S rac-e than thelr own holding as they rellg- SnJ N v?T h S Tl 6a lously d that both the Jews and Roman around end, but Pratt had solved the rid- Catholics are .beyond God's protection die, and was brining the Stanford men and ougnt to be ostracized in particular, down behind their line. Multnomah's ball and the foreigner or Ultlander in general on downs. Davey -punted to Traeger on ought to bear all of the financial burdens Multnomah s 3a-yard line. Traft, who of government without any right to share had played a wonderfully strong game In that government, or Ifc. the expenditure throughout, again brought Fisher down of the taxes, seeindWjhlyi( the Boers, are for a loss. Time was called onrthe next God's chosch peopW,'r all that t they down, with the ball in Stanford's posses- live In a fine country, which, quoting, the sion on Multnomah's 30-yard mark. Final report of the British vice-consul atJo- DISPUTING THE .SECOND TOUCHDOWN. score: Multncmah.il; Stanford university, 6. The teams lined up as follows; Stanford 'M. A. A. C. McFadden LE.. Barrett Traeger ... LT , Rusk DeForrest LG..(Capt.) McKinnon Lee C Watson Huston ,R G Smith Bentley RT Pratt ,.HB.'.'.'.'".,'.'. Montague FarKer Murphy (Capt.)..:QB , Kerrhran Erb LH Meyers Fisher .BH McMillan Rodolph ,....FB Davey Substitutes Stanfordr Beckley, Nourse, Wrlgley, Rlatt Multnomah: McDonell, Pratt, Wood, Volkhardt, Olmstead. Referee Burr Chamberlain, Tale Umpire F. J. Raley, Amherst Timekeepers H. Pomeroy, D, Neu, Linesmen Wood. Beckley, On TRANSVAAL MATTERSie0toandave! , ment In the world In that case, the Boer . should be left alone to his own exclusive- 1 x ness; but if civilization has not yet CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOER ANB- THEIR COUNTRY. . Lecture on Dutch Sontk Africa to the Caledonia' Club by W11L. , lata Reid. -' The Caledonian Club, of Portland, re cently invited William Reid to, address fVio Vinrlv rvr fia ''Trancvnnl nuojatlnn i Mr Rdd accepted the invitation and di vided the lecture in two parts. The first part was given before the club- December 30, and was as follows: When asked to deliver ypur society a I lecture on th Transvaal. T rr! nnh nnttr.1. pate Jt would require two lectures, but, in j order to understand that state thoroughly, its development climate, resources and po- nucai condition, 1 will deliver thl3 even- VA V ; vm . - X, ing one part of my lecture, apd'the other T part next month. It this Will be satisfac tory to you J t Vln the $rat place, we, as Americans, nave no interest in ine controversy or war now pending, farther than as repub hannesburg, "will, as soon as the con ditions of the country rest on a "modern and progressive basis, offer advantages to the speedy and capable immigrant, not to be surpassed in any other region or coun try In , the world'' The auestion, after all, then Is whether the clvlllzatlop of the present day should allow such a cqus- try to be dormant, the gold mines aban- doned and the land therein left to the people (the Boers) who first settled It up as purely a pastoral state, with old fogy hahlts. anrl pyrliislvo rnp.rflfvn.l laws ffor- remember. Itls the Roman civil, or Dutcn- Roman law of .the middle century they . have adopted), or whether the progress ( unu. advancement 01 civilization aemana that the TransvaaJ should be opened up and free to the white population of the world to develop it, S3 our forefathers reached its goal and further progress and enlightenment must go on in the 20th century, the Boer, then, must change his habits and go with the stream and Join In the procession of freedom and progress. ToAmerIcans tho Transvaal i3 a coun try of special Interest. There the chief industry, gold mjnlng, is In the hands of 197 Incorporated companies, who hava Invested $505,000,000 and whose managers are nearly all American engineers, who have made Johannesburg tho largest and its yearly output tho greatest, of all gold mines, yielding on an average nearly one- o.t-,.a - .. a. .. ,.i a .it. third of what the world produces annually of gold, while the machinery used thereon, with lumber, flour, wheat and canned goods, " nearly all como from tho United States. -The word "Transvaal" means the coun try beyond the Vaal river, whloh is Its southern boundary, as ,the Limpopo, or Crocodile river Is Its northern boundary, and It is located between latitudes 29 and 22 degrees south; longitude, S3 to 25 ae- grees east, and It Is In size 22.000 square miles, greater than the state of Oregon. The Land and Occupations. It Is surrounded by British possessions, except by Portuguese territory on the east and relagoa bay, distant 56 miles, as its nearest point from the Indian ocean, upon a plain and In shape pretty much like a saucer, with a vast tableland, and great sweeping plains, broken here and there by low ranges, whose rivers (none navigable) flow both westerly and easterly, the former to the South Atlantic and the latter easterly to the Indian ocean. Its elevation is 4300 to 6000 feet above the sea, the district of Johannesburg being tho highest, healthiest and most populous, with practically surrounding it the rich est and only well-tilled land in the re public, having 63 per cent of the entire population of whites. The landscape of the Transvaal Is very similar to the West ern plains of America, and although gent ly undulating, It Is monotonous for want of cultivated lands, since there are less than 100,000 acres In cultivation, and yet the Transvaal Is the richest and choicest agricultural land, except Basutoland, In all of South Africa. "Very few acres are tilled by the Boers, whose occupations are mainly pastoral. Looking from Its highest elevations, one sees that South Africa is like the North Pacific slope, di vided into three terraces, the Transvaal being located on the third or highest ter race, and his first thought is if that coun- ' V "H r . - 1 ip- ii mtsutmmi m m ' try was occupied and cultivated by Ameri can farmers, they would soon make happy and prosReroushomes, on account of the close markets, for all produce Is at highest prices in and around Johannesburg. The evidence of this is the fact that there is a customs duty, which goes to the Boers, of $1 10 per bushel of wheat and oats, and 7 per cent ad valorem added, while barley has a customs duty of 72 cents per bushel. WJth such a high protective tariff, and markets for produce so near, one asks why greater agricultural products are not raised In the Transvaal. Tou may ask, but Icannot answer, although the country- (Transvaal) has been settled since 1842, and with an average rainfall of 24 to 20 Inches yearly, there seems no excuse. In the United States another erroneous belief is that the British are making war so that they may get control cheaply of the lands of the republic little knowing that the Ultlanders already possess one half of the entire Transvaal, but cannot get white European immigrants to occupy it. The result Is that the actual occupa tion of the land is mainly in the hands of the Boers, with their herds and flocks, although In remote districts farms of 7000 to 7500 acres can yet be obtained for J50O to $1000 unless gold or silver is found near them; while the government holds about 10,000,000 of acres, the Amalgamated Land syndicates over 6,000,000, and 5,000,000 acres are registered in the names of 30 Individ uals (Urtlanders), and also many thou sands of acres additional belong to Indi viduals, and all are too glad to sell at low prices and on long time, on account of the lack of political privileges, which pre vents purchasers buying because they never know what rate the Boer govern ment may assess these lands, if they make improvements after arrival. White Population In the Transvaal. According to the Transvaal state al manac for 1S98, the white population was 345,397, but this is certainly Incorrect, as Johannesburg alone, within three miles, had v 102,516, in 1896, and surrounding the same for 23 miles are the gold mines, thickly settled with Ultlanders, who, since 1896, have Increased considerably, and there were in that year only 22,000 females In Johannesburg city; yet 10 years pre viously the entire population was only 4000 souls. Again, all the white popula tion of the whole of South Africa, in cluding Cape Colony, was 830,000. This also Includes the Transvaal and Orango Free State. In the two republics there are two blacks for each white; Natal, 10 blacks for each white, and in Cape Colony, five blacks for each white man. There fore, if the blacks, with their consoli dated population of 3,500,000, could under stand tactics and had the cohesion of the Dutch, the "white man's Africa," as it is now 'called, would soon be a thing of the past. Johannesburg Is erroneously believed in the United States to be a big, wild mining town; but the reverse Is ths case demonstrated by the fact that there were less homicides there, with Its 100 000 population, from 1888 till now, than hap pens In one winter at Cripple Creek, Colo., with the latter's population of 12,000. The TronBvaal Climate. The climate of the Transvaal as a whole Is of the healthiest kind, and on tho higher parts is nearly perfect, 25 to 30 Inches of rain, more or less, fall annually In sum mer, and tempers the heat, which goes to 90 degrees in January, although the hot season Is thus rendered the most enjoyable, as the frequent thunder storms and rains cool the atmosphere. John Hays Ham mond, the great American, says: "There are few if any places where the heat Is comparable to any part of our Western America, while the climate of the high plateau (around Johannesburg) is remark ably salubrious, and undoubtedly conduc ive to the physical development of a vig orous race." The rainy season lntermlt tingly lasts from October to April, and the dry season from April to the end of September. Snow rarely falls, and as the alr'ifl dry and bracing In winter, the cold is most acceptable,, and Invigorating. The British vice-consul at Johannesburg says: "Few countries have a finer climate, and that of Johannesburg, in particular, may, without exaggeration, be described as magnificent while the spring and autumn are delightful seasons, and were It not for the prevalence of dust, through ill kept streets, Johannesburg would be one of tho healthiest places In the world." In short, the British consul says "that, given favorable conditions, the Transvaal would be one of the most prosperous countries in the world." We now como to narrate the most depressing part of our story. The Political Condition. The first question we ask. Is the Trans vaal really a republic? Abraham Lincoln defines a republic to be a government ot the people, by the people, for the people; In short, a government of liberty, equality ana iraternlty to those white inhabitants, native-born or alien, who are willing to become its citizens and help to govern it, not for the good of the few; but for the good of the many. If the Transvaal I? judged by this standard, I fear it 13 not a true republic, because the laws are so framed that a third of Its white people elect the president cabinet and legislature, and the other two-thirds are practically debarred from all political rights or from obtaining citizenship short of 14 years' residence. Up to June, 1S99, and formerly it was two years, four years, and ten years, all raised and lowered, depending upon the Influx of white people yearly into the republic since gold was discovered. Talk, therefore, of putting up a presi dential ticket opposed to Paul Kruger why, the thing would bo absurd, for so long as he distributes "the loaves and fishes" (In other words, the annual reve nue of $30,660,000 taken from the Ultland ers in 1897 and Bince) among his Boer con stituents, 83,000 in all including, men, women and children, how should they se lect any other man? It reminds one ot a presidential election I saw in the City ot Mexico, when nearly the entire ballot was cast by a few men, who represented 12,000, 000 people, and the whole vote nearly was for President Diaz. The salary of the latter was $25,000 a year; I think, in silver, too, although I may be mistaken: yet, al though he represented 12,000,000 people, the other president, Kruger, representing 83, 000 of the Boer population, gets a yearly salary of ?35,000, In gold, too, with $3000 extra for coffee money, which Mrs. Kruger says kept the entire family. She forgot (with the assistance ot the dynamite mo nopoly the 137 gold companies annually presents) to say that Oom Paul had made already $20,000,000. But we must be more practical, and cite our objections to the Transvaal republic, as follows. r First Prior to 1S81, It was annexed ana mado a British colony. In 18S0-81. like the American colonies. It declared for itself independence. Fortunately Glad stone at that time came Into power. He at once recognized its Independence under the title of "the South African Republic," and he entered into the treaty of 1831, which says: "Article 4 The republic shall have complete self-government, subject to the suzerainty of her majesty, her heirs and successors, and to equal rights, to be accorded to the inhabitants of the Trans vaal territory." I quote the words, and ask you. whether language could be plainer than these words "equal rights to Its In habitants" explained by Paul Kruger to the, conference as meaning citizenship to all whites, same as the Boer3 possessed. He admits ho said so, now, but he excuses himself by saying he Is not now morally responsible for the republic increasing the L period to acquire a residence for citizen ship from Ultlanders to two, then four, then six, and, finally to 14 years. H. Rider Haggard, the historian of the Trans vaal, and novelist, says: "After that year (1881), then, according to the terms of this solemn agreement which, in these par ticulars, were not modified, or even touched by the supplementary and amend ing paper of 1884. any one who wished to claim the advantage of Transvaal citizen ship might do so." Relying on that treaty of "equal rights," $505,513,055 of Ultlanders capital was in vested in the Transvaal, as Mr. Kruger's own government statement shows, and 100,000 white persons went there prior to the Jameson raid In 1895, to find 14 years' residence is necessary to obtain citizen ship after they had located homes therein. But after 14 years is the certificate of citizenship certain? No; a string to it says providing only a majority of the Boers in the ward wherein the Ultlander resides shall In writing consent If this consent is secured, is the citizenship sure? No. The president and executive council can then object, and If so, that settles It "application denied." Contrast this with the American procedure, five years resi dence, good moral character, and an intel ligent understanding of the constitution of the United States, and cltlzenshlo is sure. Second The Transvaal laws prohibit any five or more persona of any nation ality to assemble or to discuss the effects of any law or to pass any resolutions criticising the same, or acts of the gov ernment or president, under severe pen alties, and it authorizes any policeman to sunnress any such meeting when, m the policeman's opinion, the language used Is In criticism of the Boer government. Under this and other laws the president has been known to Imprison and to con demn to punishment certain foreigners for expressing and acting on their views, calling this "high treason"; and, worst of all, the same president compounded their sentence for a money consideration paid the state, exceeding In the aggregate $2, 00O.0CO. He and his council are further authorized by law (the cabinet, I mean) to banish any foreigner and to confiscate his property without any trial In the courts by either a judge and Jury. Using the lan guage of Fltz James to Roderick Dhu, in "The Lady of the Lake," I must say "that this alone might from his part sever each true and loyal heart." Third Although Its white alien popula tion is two-thirds of the entire white pop ulation ot the state, and demand citizen ship under the Transvaal's treaty v.lth Great Britain, giving them "equal rights. and have acquired by the Boer government special Invltaion, one-half the entire land, and are refused their demand to be made citizens, and willing as they are, and have offered to renounce forever their allegiance to the foreign powers, under whom they were born, yet they and their land3 are so taxed that nine-tenths of nil the taxe3 and revenue of the entire Transvaal are paid by them alone, reversing the Ameri can policy that there cannot be taxation without representation. How different In the republic of Hawaii, Sandwich islands, which, when I visited It In 1895 had a law permitting all American citizens to be come ctizens- also of the republic of Ha waii, without surrendering their citizenship to the United States. But the Ultlanders did not ask that. They offered to sur render finally their allegiance to Great Britain foreer, provided admitted, as the treaty said they were to be admitted, to "equal rights" with the Boers. Fourth The Iaw3 also authorize all real and personal property of Ultlanders to ne taxed. If President Kruger deems it fit, for special educational purposes, and pro hibiting the education of the children m those branches of the English language used In American schools, even the colored man from walking on the sidewalks. Fifth The dangerous power given to the president to deprive the supreme court of power to issue judgments against the re public and authorizing him to remove su preme judges without trial by judge or jury. A case of such a nature happened when I was in Cape Colony, wherein a native-born American obtained a Judg ment from the supreme court of the Trans- vall against that republic for $2,000,000, which President Kruger set aside., sus pended the judges, and afterward dis missed the chief justice, although the lat ter held a life appointment, and done, too, without a trial by Judge or jury, or Im peachment Sixth Its laws specially invited foreign ers to purchase and acquire lands, which they did, the result being that a vast rise took place In values, paid to the burghera and to the government; and after they had succeeded In saddling upon the Ultland ers one-half of the entire state it passed laws declaring that none other than burgh ers (Boers) should hold office, from a scav enger to the chief justice, and now no immigrants from Europe will settle on these lands, because the laws previously of a liberal nature, give to the Boers the powers to assess the same for improve ments not applied locally. All this has been done to stop new immigration fro: Europe, and because the Boers know th if such immigration Is encouraged, it yr. increase considerably the Ultlanders m jority and power in the Transvaal to- a xnand citizenship. Seventh Besides the liberties of people (Ultlanders being restrained hereinbefore shown), the public press muzzled, and its liberty curtailed by a la frequently carried into- effect, declar: publishers and editors liable to fine Imprisonment for articles written or pu: lished criticising the aci3 of the gove ment, and a law is also In effect denyi- to a foreigner either trial by his. ow countrymen or by his consul, as hi so: foreign nations is allowed, and as a Bo jury alone can sit and hear all the e dence, it 13 easy to make a false cha: against the Ultlander and have htm trii before a Boer jury, who. hating the t elgner, finds ways and means to have h: convicted if, the Boer district attorr so asks conviction and as a resuir. government's own criminal records sho very few trials without convictions. E: pecially Is this so in Johannesburg, whe the Ultlanders are 75 to 80 per cent of til population. Eighth The existence of a revenue la cunningly devised, whereby the repub becomee a sleeping partner with all of mercantile and retail establlshmenl wherein the government collects, no ma ter what kind of sales of goods are mad a revenue of $37 50 from each parcel goods under and up to $2500 of sales. $12 50 for every $2500 or fract'on of sal made by stores (all kinds) abovo the fir $2o00 up to millions of dollars- of sail made altogether. If this were all. it wou be bad enough, but In addition it tax these stores, and all classes of employe: and employes with a. license law, includl wholesale and retail, dry goods, comml sion stores, agents brokers, Jobbers, countants and engineers, the butcher. baker and the candlestick-maker, wi'h 31 censes of $20 to $730 for each, occupatio the Kaffir paying, I think, alone $1 month, the lawyer $125, the poor not public, $50, the physician $125 to $150 p year, none escaping the license. In sno so great are the local revenues deriv from Johannesburg (outside realty ai mining taxes) that the city contrlbuecr 1897 (so the government admits), $4,483, exoluslve of customs duties and imsi duties. Where does all this money As only the Boers or burghers can col the same, the Johannesburg local oflce charged $506,000 for collecting these tax sent to Pretoria, to the general gove ment, whose salaries for officers (Boe In addition Is $5,420,960. out of $30 6CC they in that year had collected n!' tenths from the Ultlanders In taxes- customs, etc., where has the balance go yearly? It is now believed in purcra munitions, ot war, erecting fortresses a defensive operations, which now come Ir use. These financial statistics are print! by the Transvaal government, and so how well It has succeeded In tfqucezlr the Ultlanders and milking them dry. E Tweed, of New York, had he lived, coa nave taken valuable lessons from t Boers of how to Increase New Xorlt revenue. All these things have been, di in the face of a treaty giving the Ulfi" ers (not Britishers alone, but all wh men), equal rights. Yet soms America- Including W. J. Bryan and Andrew Cv negie admire the cause of tho Boer such honest religious and God-fearJ people, only fighting for their lndepci' ence. Yes, and for further permission force from the Ultlanders the same tat in future as they have succeeded in t past, and apply the surplus of revenue paying to themselves magnificent sa.arf. carrying out the rule of politics, tra the victors belong the spoils, and tD sj tain their theory that the one-thl'-d norjty is at all times entitled to xulo t majority. In addition. It seems 1 ko au lng insult to Injury for Boers to Ir- peaceable British Boers located in U surrounding possessions of Great Brltx.: who now possess self-government th"rc and the Dutch language, too, in rj'" courts, with the Roman Dutch. law operation, which they, mark you, se themselves, to repr Against Bnugrv rr ereignty In the Cape Colony and Na and Join with the Transvaal In drl1 what they call the English Into the and form Instead the United Dutch R public of South Africa, forgetting tha ot the Dutch in British possessions 1 like themselves, only a minority, try! to compel a majority of Anglo-Sax-,"J all South Africa to give over their r tongue and adopt nolens volens, their t minority Dutch) language and habits. As I said before. If civilization must nn. go backward, Instead of forward, and Anglo-Saxon race submit to be domina and ruled all over South Africa by a nority of foreign-speaking residents ther; In, I ask. Then where have our forof ers traditions gone to? In other wo It is as if the republic of France had t the minority of 1,000,000 pefople of Fren extraction In Canada to rise In rebel against the other 3,500,000 of British Ca! adlons In that country, and compel the la ter, although the great majority, to cm the new-proposed "French Republc Canada." and be governed on Fre- prlnciples by that small minority Frenchmen therein. Shades of liberty a majority government, has It come to t at last, that we Americans prefer tjs port a minority, with a foreign langua: foreign Roman laws, mediaeval habits a retrograde movements, than to adopt w Admiral Lord Charles Beresford says t government of a country which offers and equal rights to air men in Sout rlca to govern themselves by a majo alone and not otherwise"? Marketing: Wheat and Hosts Elgin Recorder. The farmer who has hogs to feed surplus grain to stand's a better show being repaid for his outlay than the who depends on the grain market a and this fact is another instance wher it is proven that diversified farming the surest plan. Only two years In past six or seven has it been moro pro able to sell grain on the market than feed it to hogs. SHOE CLEARIN During the month of January our jr stock will be sold at greatly itiut prices. The makes include John Foster & Co. Krippendorf Dittmaa Co. E. P. Reed & Co. Thos. G. Plant Co. and others. E.C.G0DDARD&O OREOONIAN BUHJJCfO. Th mtmvnt nt Tior strength. Wealcness.declil westing, positively cured our remedies and app ance, which, we senu rial and approval- -POjf j utoot, or rtoem an at Sepowe. Advance paving noreqTUrecl. hoCuj) deception of any nat KrfkTrr rvV nrr?A Mill fr V1 - I U 8RIS MEDICAL CjO, Bufpas, &L0C