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' I $ THE MORNIHG OREGOfflAK, WEDHESBA3;, JANUARY 10, 1900. te v2gpmaa& Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. Oregon, as second-class matter. TEIEPHOKE3. Editorial Rooms.. lGfl i Business Office 651 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION PATES. rPf L?.03 VtepaW. in Advance . & Sunday, -per month ,...?0 S5 Daily, Sunday excepted, per year 7 W gaily. wUb Sunday, per year.lA 00 Jjuoaay, per year 2 08 The Weekly, per year. , 1 E9 The TTeeay, 3 months ....I..... CO To City Subscriber Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted-lBe Dally, per Week, delivered. Sundaja lhclnaed.20e Xews or discussion Intended Tor publication la The Oreconlan should be undressed Invariably Editor The Orefoalas." not to the name J any IndirlduaL Tjtr tt.,..... .j.iitsi subscriptions cr to any ioatae matter shouW J entorcement of the midnight clos fce addressed simply -"The Oregonlzn.'" las QPOteaneft. and. on$ result Of that he addressed slmnixr "Dm. rv...,..,.,)- i 53ic Oregonlan does not buy poems .or stories Xroxn Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn -any manuscripts sent to It without solicita tion. No stamps should he Inclosed far this pur pose. Paget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at Ull Pacific avenue, Tacoaa. Box 955. Yafcoma postanlce. 32astern Business Office The Tribune bunding. r tk cUr: "T2le Cookery' Chicago; the S. C Seekwith special Ji&enes, ifew Xcrtc.' For sale In Ean Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 740 Market street near the Palace hotel; and at Goldsmith Brn. :,.. ,..... , fe Ia ChlcaSO by the P. a Xews Co., " ijearuorn street. of many practices hitherto counte nanced was unmistakable. The new administration, representing the con science of the community, mad&a. radi cal moveat the beginning, and refused to license variety halls. This -was too great a step, and subsequently it -was found advisable to license these houses under regulations Insuring their con trol. Then the evil of all-night saloons was talcen up, and an ordinance was passed requiring liquor houses to be closed between the hours of midnight and 5: SO A. M. Great difficulty has been experienced in enforcing this law; in fact, the opposition is so great that a modification of the ordinance has been agreed upon, requiring closing of saloons at 2 A. It Instead of midnight. The liquor interests .combined to fight the enforcement of the midnight clos on this question, juBt as it also has completely reversed itself on the sub' ject of national eatpansions. TODAY'S -tTCATHEK.-OccasIonal rain, with brisk southerly winds. PORTItAyp, WEPMSSETAY, JAN. 10 SEXATOR. BEVERIDGETS SPEECH. An open, manly, noble and patriotic speech -was delivered vesterdav in the senate by Mr. Beveridge, the new sena-1 tar jxam xnaiaha. It -was based on a resolution on, the Philippine Islands, so drawn as to defeat ambiguity and sub terfuge. He spoke to tlte resolution, "That the Philippine islands are terri tory belonging to the United States; that it is the intention oE the United States to retain them as such, and to establish and maintain - such govern mental control throughout the archi pelago as the situation may-demand." In these days of equivocaff&$Tand po litical cowardice, it is as refreshing as the shadow of a great rock in a 'weary land to find a man who lays ddwn a plain nronosiKnn nn a great matter and talks about It in language that has no dnnhV Tnonnir..- We owe it topr country, we owe It to our soldiers, we owe it to the island ers, we owe it to the world, to adopt a plain statement of our intention and purpose, one way or another,; -as to theserislands, and then to act promptly and In strict accord, with our declara tion. Senator Beveridge has visited the islands; he has seen the conditions; he Is not retailing second-hand informa tion. Though this is his first appear ance before the country, we have in 8 euort the most important speech delivered in congress within these dozen years. The appeal to the senate for the reso lution was most eloquent and impres sive. "Adopt the resolution," said the senator, "that peace may quickly come-, and that we may begin our saving, re generating and uplifting worlc Adopt it, and this bloodshed will cease when these deluded children of our islands learn that this is the final action of representatives of the American people in congress assembled. Heject it, and the world, history and the American people will look here to forever fix the awful responsibility for the conse quences that wlH surely follow such failure to do our manifest duty. How aare we delay when our soldiers' blood is flowing?" "We did not "make war upon allies' in the Philippine islands. The insurgents, In arms against Spain, turned their arms upon us. TVe had beatfen Spain, and, while the terms of peace were pending, the insurgents, who had long been maintaining a threatening atti tude, attacked our troops. It was noth ing that the first shot was fired by one Of our sentinels. It was his duty to fire, when he could not halt men who were trying to push through ihe lines. Immediately the fire began along the whole Insurgent front, showing that the attack was fully planned and pre pared. It was treacherous dealing, vile ingrautuae; and the attack was made when we were under the obligations of a truce with Spain. Yet, of course, we must expect there wii- be men in the congress of the United States to take the part of the public enemy Sentimental perverts like Senator Hoar, and scurvy politicians like Sen ator Pettlgrew, find their opportunity on such occasions. But the men who Btandfortheir country have always tri umphed over those who have declared against it. Gladstone's "magnanimity" in 1881 entailed upon his country its present terrible undertaking. Hoar's oeneyoience" now would brings similar consequences upon our country Jn fu ture years. Such is the sure result of sentimental, namby-pamby statesman ship. As to the Philippine islands, there is one of two things -for us to do, and no thirdi Either we must have sub mission to our national authority, or we must quit the islands. Everything out side these two propositions is babble whether uttered hy 'one n Dr an. other i . ' effmhTnn.Mnw Ik Vio S2K.ftflfl narrmnfem fund to defeat the -present -administration. It may be doubted that Spokane is ripe for severely moral regulation, but most communities recognize the just ness and necessity of such measures as are now objected to there for the con trol -of the liquor business and -the haunts df vice. So far as has been made known, protest against the new regulations come from the saloon-keepers and gamblers; the other elements of society, barring the usual extrem ists, appear satisfied with the course of the authorities. The threat of the Hquor interests to put sufficient money into the next campaign to defeat the administration that has incurred their displeasure is, however, of too long range to be effective now. The mayor will hold office for a year and a half yet, and five councilmen that will sup port him have already been chosen, but are yet to take their seatB. The "wide open" interests have much the worst of this contention, because they are opposing what is generally regarded as wholesome regulation and because they also appear to be in hopeless minority in the city. A STtJDT CT MX7XICIPAI, MORAX.S. "With the announcement that a $25,000 campaign fund has been raised by the liquor Interests of Spokane to defeat the present mayer for re-election, the municipal fight in that city assumes an Interesting phase. The size of the purse raised does not argue great popular support of the saloon position, nor does it leave much need of imagination to picture the methods to be employed in uverturcnng tne present polloy. It ought to have the effect of arraying on the side of the mayor and his support ers in the council all who are opposed to those methods. Spokane has never been charged with prudery. It being the seat of a large mining trade, and much frequented by rough ana bluff men from the mining camps, customs were tolerated there that would have brought trouble to most other communities. But the city has grown apace, and has from time to time cast off features of primitive rudeness and kept the standards of civ ilization as set In hustling Western towns. At times the submerged tenth, or that part of the city life that ought to be submerged, has risen ominously to power. At no time has it been sub jected to oppressive regulation. For some months the- city authorities have been s&ugglgjg &vith the question of placing limits on &raor sefflne and gambling, in the interest of good order and DEMOCRACY ABTD GREENBACKS. The democratic parry seems, resolved to follow its populfst allies 'in support of the demand that there shall be no bank notes, but that all paper cur rency shall be Issued directly from the treasury. Bank notes, of course, are not legal tender, but perform the func tion of money without question so long as it Is known that they will be redeemed on demand. Treasury notes are, however, legal tender, and by many are miscalled money. The demo popnllst orators declare that "all money should be issued by the govern ment" forgetting that neither treas ury notes nor bank notes nor paper in any form can ever be money, or any thing more than a promise to pay money. The democratic party once held clearer and sounder views. Till it became corrupted with the virus of populism, it held that issue and circu lation of treasury paper, as legal tender on debts and contracts, was without warrant in the constitution. Of this, as a historical fact, there can be no doubt. Prior to the adoption of the federal constitution there was a general rage among large classes for "paper money." Several of the states authorised its issue. The wiser men and great lead ers of the day, however, greatly depre cated such action. There can be no question that the founders believed they had drafted a federal constitution that made the evils of fiat paper Im possible; for, after expressly prohibit ing the states from emitting bills of credit or making anything but gold and silver coin a legal tender in payment of debts, they proceeded to strike out from the first draft of the constitution a clause that gave congress the power to emit bills of eredtt. The motion to strike out this clause was carried by a vote of nine states to two, the states voting in the negative being New Jer sey and Maryland. Mr. Mad!? n- pended to the record he made of the proceedings the following note: This rote In the affirmative by Virginia -was occasioned by the acquiescence of Mr. Madison, -who became eatlsfled that striking out the words trould not disable the government from the use of public notes, as far as they could be mu. pauper; ana -wouia only cut off the pretext for a paper currency, and particular for making: the tollto a. legal tender, either for public or private debta. When in the stress pf the civil war, the government, then under the direc tion of the republican party, issued public notes and made them legal ten der, the act was resisted by the whole democratic party, on both constitu tional and economic grounds. In1868 thfe question of the constitutionality of the act came before the supreme court ot ine united states, in the celebrated case of Hepburn vs. Griswold. There were then but eight judges upon the bench, four of whom had been appoint ed as aemperatB andfour as reoubii- cans. The decision -of the court in that. case, .which declared the act unconsti tutional, was- rendered by five judges, with three dlssentingr. Chief Justice Chase, who, as secretary of the treas ury during the civil war, had executed the law, joined with his four demo cratic brethrenNelson of New York. who had been appointed by President Tyler; Grier of Pennsylvania, who had been appointed by Polk; Clifford of Maine, who had been appointed by Bu chanan and Field of California, who had been appointed by Lincoln. The democratic party hailed this decision as so.und and good; and such it was. But in 1S70 the minority on the su preme bench was reinforced by two new Judges, aoDointed hv. Proeffient Grant Justice Strong of Pennsylvania uewis apporatea in the place of Justice Grier, who retired, and Justice Bradley of New Jersey. The question decided in Hepburnvs. Griswold was ordered by the equjjtglhus composed to be re argued in what are known as the egal tender caseifand the result was the decision in those cases overruled or re versed the former decision. The former majority of five was reduced to a mi nority of four by the substitution of Justice Strong for Justice Grier and the appointment of Justice Bradley. The democratic lawyers of every state declared that the Urst decision was in accord with the constitution, an a democratic party men everywhere de nounced the second decision as an out rageous result obtained hy packing the supreme court By many persons of either political party, indeed, President Grant was severely censured; for it was believed that in the new appoint ments -undue means had been employed to procure a reversal of the most im portant Jsase that ever came before our highest-tribunal. Iieavltig that matter out of view, however, it Is none the less true that the democratic party lat THE IiESgOJV FROBI CHICAGO. In the construction of the enormous drainage canal which was completed at Chicago lost week the people of that wonderful city have laid broad plans for the future. The advantages to llfe and health given by this canal in 'replacing the slimy, polluted wat- ers of the Chicago river with the" clear, healthful waters of the lake I are of inestimable value- This was the end sought by the Chicago drainage board, but in achieving it they inclr dentally mode a preliminary opening to commerce of. what is undoubtedly des tined to be one of the greatest artificial waterways on the planet. In the early days of the metropolis "of the prairies, the mjatter of obtaining a supply of pure water was not diffi-' cult. Nature had placed at Chicago's doors an inexhaustible reservoir of per fect purity. The city In Its infant stages was so small that the pollution of the lake water by Bewage was not great and danger to health from this' -cause was averted - by - tunneling out into the lake beyond the area polluted by the sewage going out of the Chicago river. As the city increased In popula tion, It was necessary to increase the length of the tunnels, until It finally was securing, at enormous expense, a water supply from a point nearly four miles out in the lake. Even at this dis tance the sewage began making its presence felt, and aa a last resort the enormous undertaking which Has just been completed was commenced solely for the purpose of giving the city a supply of pure water. The remarkable possibilities of the future were recognized, and regulations were provided by law, requiring, the construction to be on lines of sufficient magnitude to meet the demands of a century hence, and for this reason the Chicago canal project developed from a mere drainage ditch Into what is des tined to be one of the sreat marine highways of the country. By the con struction of this canal the natural course of the Chicago river is reversed. The canal proper starts "at the south orancn of this river, near Roby street, and thence in a purely artificial chan nel "flows for a distance of forty miles to liockport, where it enters- the Des plalnes river, and from that stream to the Illinois river, and on to the Missis sippi. By thte route a highway Is opened from the Great Lakes to the. Gulf of sufficient capacity to carry the com merce of a nation. The Chicas?ft drain age board, of cqurse, have aohieved the object for which they were 'striving, and the matter of improving the river connections of the canal will be left to the government. The width of the canal for the entire forty miles of Its length is 198 feet for the earth sec tions, and 160 feet for the rock'sectlons, with a depth of 38 feet. These dimen sions will carry such an enormous vol ume of water that, when it is joined with that which is already carried sea ward by the rivers into which It emp ties, but little difficulty will be encoun tered in maintaining a channel which will float vessels of more than ten times the size and carrying: capacity of those now in use on the Erie canal. Excava tion for the canal included 12..innnn cubic yards of rock and 28,500,000 cubic yards of earth, indicating that nearly one-third of the canal is of such a na ture that there is no possibility of any further expense in the way of repairs. This feature, together with the almost prodigal generosity of the builders in anticipating the demands of the future, has practically placed the matter of further expense in connection With the waterway beyond the necessity for con sideration by the present generation. In this respect there may be a lesson for the builders of a thirty-foot channel from Portland to Astoria. The perma nent character of this work should not be subordinated to a temporary econ omy in construction. Sand and niud should not be pumped out of one part oi tne channel and dumped on the shores unaonfined, so that it will seep back into the river to form another shoal farther down stream. The com merce that floats seaward on the Co lumbia and Willamette rivers at the present time is Insignificant compared with that whloh win be handled in the future. Chicago's big canal anticipated the needs of the future by 100 years, and the improvements to Portland's waterway to the sea should be of a character more lasting than from sea son to season. direction of, congress 19 the proper thing for the Hawaiian islands. So with the Philippines. The Boston. Her aid is clearly right fn its emphatic statement that "it is useless- to think of Amerieanising these distant Islands in a sense that shall make them a component governing part of the United States: At a recent Besslon of the American Historical Af?SGcltf&h in Boston, Charles Francis Adams read & ad dress, in- "which he asserted that the ttruisn conduct of the batffle of New Orleans was "the direct result, the logi cal sequence, of the battle of Bladens Tbvxg. At Bladeneburg the British had simply walked over the Ill-defended American lines?, and they had concluded that there was an. exroU-n v their being able to repeat the operation at New Orleans. They got themselves slaughtered In consequence. In the meanwhile, had they pursued a correct system of strategy and tactics, con trolling, as they did, the Mississippi, they-couia have easily outflanked Jack son and compelled him to retreat, cap turing the city of New Orleans without !5RS?4Ke'" & the-same address Mr. Adams from recent personal examina tion pronounced the ascent from the river to the heights of Abraham at Quehec a by no means difficult opera tion under the circumstances, while the subsequent battle, in which both Wolfe and Montcalm were killed, he declared a most serious and fatal strategic blun der on the part -of the latter, a blunder which prohably saved Wolfe's array from destruction-. Mr. Adams also cited the battles of Bunker Hill and Long Island as marked by very grave strate gic and tactical errors. The vigorous attempt to legislate oleomargarine out of existence, as shown by prohibitive laws in thirty three states of the Union, can scarcely be said to have scored a success. For the fiscal year ending June SO, 1809, a total of 85,141,800 pounds, an increase of 25,634,445 pounds, of a product the very name of which is supposed to nauseate the well-regulated American stomach was manufaotured,In the United-States. Either the public has not a vary dis criminating taste when It comes to but tering its rolls, or it does not object to "btill butter." It Is reasonably plain that the dairy Interest, rather than a squeamish people, is the protectant in this instance. . In other words, the con troversy Is between two manufacturing enterprises, one of which accuses the other of fraud to its detriment. To the extent that this contention is true, the grievance of the dairymen Is a real one, but It seems that they have 'thus far been unable to secure redress' through legislation. Hawaiian health authorities are ex emplifying the doctrine of purification by fire in dealing with ihe plague at Honolulu. A portion of the infected district was condemned and burned to the ground on New Year's day, indi cating the future polioy of stamping out the scourge. Much Individual loss and hardship will doubtless be entailed by'this plan, but with the experience of Asiatic ports as a warning, the most radical measures will be pursued, in order to prevent this most oerslstent of all filth diseases from becoming fas tened upon any city under American jurisdiction. given us an example of stand to the credit of the state, for the pride of its citizenship, and the enterprise and publle spirit of the publishers who eoncelvca the Idea and realized it, in the form before us. It is. a pleasure io commend such flno journalistic work. is aim. time irowr If Engrland Loses Hep Primacy Shall It Fall to Us qr JluaalaX Chicago Inter-Ocean. Events in South Africa are slowly weak ening England's prestige among the world powers. The stake, at battle when the war began was simply the control of Soutn Africa Blx weeks after the opening of the COttflfct EnKllshmen sav fhn he. To-tnlo empire Is at hazard. England's best troops and her ablest fienerals have been beaten and baffled by the Imteh farmers. The disastrous facts cannot be concealed, and from Cape Town to St. Peteraburg, frbm Paris to Peking, tbe name of Eng land cannot but lose In weight. . Tho oain-nafefn In RnuKh A-fr-tn fc.-oi at every important point. The losses ot the Boers in battle have been more than replaced by recruits from the dlsaffeeted rhitoh residents of tlio tihmc xnimiio. Tho British generals know that they most wait ror weeaa until fresh troops can be sent, and then must begin the war all over again. England may -win. She probably will. But her reverses in the field mean time cannot but curtail her power through out the semi-civilized world. Every nation of -continental Europe looks with greedy eyes upon the dazed coIobsus and hungers for a share of the spoils m case the colossus weakens. The voice ot Russia has been for five years more po tent In China than that of England. Oro day Russia Is not idle. NOt an effort is epiired on the Neva Just now to realize that situation where the czar's little fin ger will hare more weight to Peking than England's fist. If the Boers keep Eng land In cheek for but a few months more ner noia upon China is likely to be broken forever. England may conquer the Boers, put wnue &ne is conquering them the con tinental powers of Europe will be Busy rootinir OUt her Inflnenno frrm fha nhnU continent of Asia, except In India. Tne mantle of primacy which England has worn for more than a century will then begin to fall from her shoulders, to be striven for by Russia and the Uniteti States. Even If England conquers the Boere in six months it Is doubtful if she will d& quick enough to save China. TPhen she ceases to be paramount In Asia, she win cease to be- paramount elsewhere. The British empire will not go to plecea all at once, for the fahrie is too vast, bu failure to crush the Boers speedily will destrov tha nroaHira oYnnn. . ,, . barbarous races upon which England has so long relied for her empire's extension. Aiuenca nas me power to seize eventu ally and to hold tha nrtnrmi.tr rrf fT. ..t. which even today may be slipping from England's grasp. If England's day ra passing, if England can no longer hold the first place in the world, if that place, Is to be taken by any other power, whoso shall the inheritance be? Russia's or America.-a f xne alternative Is not yet in sight, but it is possible that six months or a year may open it to full view. That will be America's opportunity. asked him how she was to exorcise the spirit. The wise man told her to hang a great bowl of fresh nillk high up in the chimney, a3 then the fairy would come -to drink the milk. .nrt Ttrrmia v. on ! gusted at finding Itself all over soot that f it woam never return again. The farmer's wife did so, and kept watch on the chim ney. Shortly afterwara she heard a great noise over the fireplace, to her great con tent, but she nearly died of terror when suddently an awful figure as big as a man came down the chimney. It was jet black all over, except its head and shom derB, which were white. It turned out to be the &weeo. who had bsen nw , -husband to sweep the chimney, and had iinocKea tne dowi or milk all over his head. But the spell was broken, for the wise man said that the fairy had been so acnalled at the anDear&ncp nf tho c-r. i that it had left the farm and would not return to torment tne cow. In the "Welsh mountains the Wise Woman still gives advice on cowa possessed by fairies, but the spells used are lesa eccentric, if not less efficacious, They, however, equally end to prove that fairies must be very simple-mmded and easily taken In. do?' Cecil Rhodes' Hymn. "Geonrle." in Chleaco Tknes-Heraifl. "Who Is Cecil Rhodes and what did ho NO MEDIATION PROBABlE. The largest cargo of breadstuffs ever cleared .for tne Orient starts seaward from Portland this morning. The ves sel carrying it is nearly 400 feet long, and goes down the river drawing over twenty-four feet of watef4 with nearly 6000 tons dead weight on. board. The incident makes recent hesitancy of the government about sending to Portland 300-foot transports drawing twenty-one feet of water seem all the more indefensible. Yesterday's mall accounts of Gen eral Buller's repulse at the fords of the Tugela river confirm the antici pations of The Oregonlan that he failed through lack of thorough scouting and reconnoitering, a work that can only be efficiently done by cavalry. The London, press, correspondents say that General Hart's brigade missed its way,' an Impossible thing if .he and his staff had ordered the line of march exam ined and traversed before moving to the front. Lord Dundonald appears to have been incompetent for his work. General Barton nut his brigade "in a hole," while General Long, through his ardor, outpaced the escort of his guns and lost them at the first fire. The whole story is proof that a" man wlh 22,000 infantry and 3000 cavalry is no match ror 20,000 mounted infantry, in trenched, as well armed as to small arms and cannon as their assailants. The lack of a very large force of well armed mounted men has been the dreary want of the British campaign. Without' such a forcGenerai Buller cannot hope to do more than hold his own, because without a large force of mounted men he cannot mask his o"wn operations, scout thoroughly or equal the enemy in mobility. Pension reform in the. senate to date consists in throwing down the bars to widows, regardless of their needs. This is strictly in line with the prevailing doctrine as to pensions, which Is that the"y are not aid to the deserving needy, but plunder for those who can reach it. The effect of this influence upon the civic ideals of the people is not diffi cult to determine. , With the assistance of plague and famine, self-government would destroy the native population of India in two years. Russia would fare little better. The native Hawailans would die of lep rosy, just as the Algonquins were dying of disease and starvation. Pleas for self-government for such peoples are motions for annihilation. Tjt Li., ii.- i. .J ?brt isiusiciT uses iii ine Estate ,iq CvcJ inarrc inai m country nas gone lartner In dishonor than any other nation ever went. This is a good deal to say. but Pettlgrew is a very conscientious man. .He does this to reform his country. Besides, his term is about out, and he must not appear inactive. The use of self-government Is not to enjoy its blessings, but to do its work. And capacity to do that work is its indispensable condition: Not enjoyment and hbt Borrow t Ia our destined end or way; But to act. It Is difficult to see any sound objec tion to the Dalzell resolution. If the president has been appointing polyga mlsts to office, the country has the right to know it. According to recent returns, the pop ulation of the. Hawaiian islands Is made up as follows: Japanese 40.000 ChlnesH M cnn. Hawaiian aborigines -..""..!! SlJoOO J iwmsucoo t.... . . 10.1UO P&rt Hawaiian and part foreign blood.... MOO American 3.000 British 2.200 German ?..,.... 1,400 Frtncn and Norwegian ...". 470 An other nationalities .......i.... 1,035 econoinv. Flie tnwn mfl htwn wide ODen" bevond th RHe-fr- ltm?f .?. .,. .. - .- , . .." I - -- - "-"j uriiteu into a position or ai- 1 The sentiment In favor of a reform J rect antagonism to its historic position j Total 't, .,.., 124.&4 It is not likely that the American people will ever decide that a state can be made on the basis of such a popula tion as this. It would be too small a population for a state, if all the inhabi tants were fit for the exercise of noilt- ieal duties; and the population, small I as it is, is not likely to be much larger. But the great objection is that such a population, nine-tenths nf It imfit fnr the responsibilities of self-government, could not be trusted with state func tions. Territorial government, under California Recogmftion. Sacramento Record'-Union. The Portland Oregonlan, on the 1st inst., Issued a holiday number of 38 pages Of its nsual form, with 24 pages of half royal quarto, in the form of a supplement, on heavy and surfaced paper, given up wholly to superb half-tone engravings ot scenery, towns, cities, riveTs, mountains, harbors, places of business, manufac tories, falls, woods, shipping, stock, prod ucts, institutions of Portland and vicin ity and of Salem and ef some other places. The whole makeB a superb num ber of one of the most valuable journals of the countrv. The 26 readlnc- naces are given up, after presentation of the usual news and local features, to matter' exposl torv of tha mdufetries: nroductlona. manu factures, educatlbnal Interests and busi ness of the state of Oregon. There is In air this no garish pictorial effort, no be wildering array of statistical tables, no single effort looking to sensationalism or exaggeration. It Is a calm, clear, eon clse and incisive review of industrial, bus iness and other interests of our sister state, In what Is said to have been the most nroswarous vear of her hlstorv 1&99. The facts are admirably marshaled, the treatment Is conservative but strong, the conclusions reached sound &n& frrfiftibt- blo. Such papers as The Oregonlan has thus Brief Statement of Some of ihe Rea sons Why. Kansas CAUr atnv The alleeed position of the United States government, that It cannot Intervene as a mediator In tho difficulty between Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic until both parties join in the suggestion, seems reasonable and proper. To offer, when two men are fighting, io intervene in be half or at the request of one of them might justly be deemed by the other a queer sort of Impartiality. When both parties aro so tired of fighting that each looks about-for some decent way to quit it IS time for A. fhlrrt nartn -. i -and offer to arrange matters. it is difficult to see how Great Britain which at present Js the attacked party! whose territory has boMi invarjc . i still held by the enemy and which has got the worst of the fighting so far, can talk of arbitration without confessing herself the weaker and defonJ-ori -nn-r-K. si. ?.t Great Britain, hbweVe?, under such cir cumstances, join with the victorious Boers in asking the United States to suggest a plan of peaceful settlement, there could be no objection to compliance with the joint request. It 1b not at all certain, however, that taking the original controversy into con sideration, the United States could be an entirely impartial arbiter on behalf of the Boers. The original ground of trou ble Was a rfiaue.tt or dnmnn? -K-.. n-4. Britain that certain privileges should be granted the Ultlanders. Would the United States be In a -condition to deny the justice of these demands In aid of the Ultlanders, many of whom are Americans? If the United States takes the part of the Ult landers, It sides against the Boers. The United States can hardly appear in the role of peacemaker in the absence of an unaerstandlng all around to that effect, and there is no present probability of any such agreement. The Boers have the honors in the game of war as It has been so far played. The British have been beaten and humiliated. Any withdrawal from the conflict with out at least one substantial victory as an offset would be the depth of degradation. ..wo cuuieai iur me control or south Afri ca has'begun and It must be'fought out. The Boers began the fight, after the best preparation they could make with the con fident purpose of driving the British from the southern point of Arrrca. They must achieve that purpose or fall In It. There will be no arbitration which will leave the parties In a condition to light again. -o Britain's Military Strength. England's military strength Is not quite exhausted by the armies she has now in the field. In 1S09, according to the Gor man Die Heere und Flotten Gegenwart, her actual war strength was as follows, the population at that time being 15,000. 000: Infantry, cavalry and regular mili tia t 285.398 Local militia. k 198.634 Artillery and pioneers , 14,261 European troops of the East India Company 4 051 Volunteers, Great Britain 114.066 Volunteers, Ireland 75 340 Marines... 31400 Tars 9si600 Them was the words maw Burled at nan when he was Eafcn Breckfust yistady morn en. "Well," paw says, "I'll tell You. I al wals Like to lncurrldge people what ast about It when they Don't no things. That's the trubble with so menny Folks. They set around and Don't cat becoz they ara afrade they mite Git Looked Down on, and so they Go thru life without Frndln out Lots they wlsht they new and that they ot to no." "Did you ever ast ennybuddy enny thing?" little albert saj-s. Paw looked over the Top of his glasses at him fer about a mlnlt, but little albert give the best Intmtlttnhpn nf ntnnn. sunt lam I ever seen and Bit off anuther J-.1DK or SOSSldKe. &0 naw went nnr "What was that you ast me about? Oh, yes, Cecil Rhodes. He's the richest man in South Afrlcky; but he wouldn't bo if it wasn't fer one thing." "What's that?" maw ast. "He can't git out," paw says. "They got Him surrounded. They say he owns a Bushel of diamonds, anc when the na bers chickens git to scratchen In His garden he throws gold ntoggeta at them If they ain't ennything Else handy. Pee ple offen wunder why a Purson with all His munnv want to lAvet a-wnv nvT rhar around the corner ffum the world's back door, when He could Return to his native Land and mingle with the Rltchest brew ers In England if he wanted to. But you see If he would do that him and J. Peer- pont Morgan would be on the same side of the erth. and they wouldn't be ennything to keep it from tlppln up." "I read somewhare the other day," maw says, "that he Is a preacher's son." "Yes," paw anserd, "and that only goes to Sho they are a zoort dal nf ntVi nnt the old sayln that preachers has the worst Boys on erth. I offen think I was cut out for a preacher if my fambly are enny sine. Cecil oretenda to b nfrnl nla o nnfl I has a Faverite him, but mebby that's'only ucuu. an me graio men luce idncom ana Gladstone had faverite hlms. So every Sunday after he gets a clean shave and Explanes to the visiters that the rite way to pronounce his fruut name Is Sessel, he smgs: Rock of Ages, cleft tor me. If there's enny gold about X must look around and see How to crowd the others ouL Let the water and the blood Flow In rivers it they must: England fltes th battles while I kep heapin' up the dust. 1 n 0 . 1 - NOTE AND COMMENT. Another coming champion. George Dixon also fought The motto of the Astortan ought to bar "You're another." ' With the assistance of the calendars we know that thl3 is wmter. Considering his opportunities. General "White is doing nicely, thank you. Of the samples of weather furnished yesterday, the choice of the public Id undoubtedly the first. Just what a burglar expected to get In the Falrvlew depot Is not clear, unle33 he hoped to take a train. It is not surprising that the grocers re fuse to pay that liquor license. Grocers are never lacking In sand. Couldn't this man Brown be given back to the Filipinos? Civilized methods of punishment seem inadequate for his case. He who fights and quits the rinp. Anions the sports may b a. kins; But he who keeps it up too Ion? Gees up against It. good, and strong. "When Agulnaldo shall learn that he is not a Buccess as a general, what a suc cess he will be la the rapid-transit, busi ness. There Is nothlnsr small ahnnfr rwnn A city which requires the Mississippi for a sewer can make good on its pretensions to be a sizeable town. Possibly the loeal democrats refrained from calling themselves the Jackson club to save the relatives of tne dead president the expense of digging him up and turn ing him back again. A woman 63 years old has got a Judg ment for breach of promise In a San Fran cisco court. After waiting that long and then missing an opportunity, sho ought to be entitled to something. The passing of tha bicycle as a vehicle for pleasure only will likely be an ac complished fact before the beginning ot me zuxn century. Although the bicycle has come to stay, as a rod it Is rapidly going out. Those who buy bicycles now buy them because they need them for convenience or exercise, not because their neighbors have them. There Is no longer tho yearning to ride only the '00 wheel, discarding the '99 although It may be practically as good as new. In fact, wheels made years ago are purchased by sensible people and rlddoa without a blush. There may bo no decrease In tha sale of bicycles, for moro and more are people learning that they are a great con venience, but they are out of fashion as a plaything, and will probably never come in again. Actual war strength, 1B09 Today, with a population of 41 her war strength Is approximately lows: Army at home and abroad Reserves Militia reserves Militia Yeomanry Volunteers Imperial native army of India (ex cluding native states) European volunteers in India and elsewhere..... , Imperial service troops '," Canadian militia . Canadian militia reserve "" Cape Colony volunteers, mounted rffloo off South Australian forces New South Wales forces ' Victorian forces it '" S Forces of other Australian colonies ew Zealand forces ,.... , ther colpnles, etc " 831.650 ,000.600, as fol- 238.172 78.7a 20,000 98,000 S.SOO 230,000 150,000 30,000 20.000 S5.GO0 200,000 7,400 3.000 10,600 7,000 7,000 12,000 Actual war strength of empire-.... 1,163,170 " ' '' U fl 1 Fairies Still in Europe. London Globe. It Is eurious how the belief In fairies exists even now in the out-of-the-way cornera of Europe. In splta of the ad vance" of free thought and all the rest of it the primitive Idea of small supernat ural oeings -wno pass their hves in play ing practical jokes on mankind still sur vives. A Berlin paper publishes a story of a 'fanner's wife in Silesia, whose cow was- tormented by a fairy. She therefore went to the wise man of the district and Extant of Onr New Obligation. New York Commercial Advertiser. We have not to deal alone with a situ ation that has arisen since the insurrec tion, the treaty of peace, the capture of Manila bay or the early Insurrection against Spain; wo have to deal with a sit uation that is older than history. The Spaniards never undertook to civilize tho islands, and the natives know nothing of orderly and honest rule. They were held by garrisons in the larger towns and feu dal monasteries In the fertile districts, and for the rest were left tn ttiTn. selves. Corruption reeked in these towns and anarchy ruled in the Interior,. The robber bands our troops are contending with In various Islands are an old story, only no one heard of them In Spain's time. Many of these joined Agulnaldo's army and will return to their original trade now that It Is broken up. With out the Insurrection it would be the work of many years to reduce the disorder Spain fostered and left in the Islands. That worsened the caso by giving tho turbulent classes arms and sharpening their appetite for loot. Agulnaldo and his war anart. ws Tia.va tn rfeHme rtr&f o-nA train for civilization millions that have lived m unchecked anarchy and untaught barbarism as their ancestors had lived before them for centuries. We have to teach the common decencies of honest administration to a town population sat urated with the corruption of Spain, and tn pftrrv nn ti nrrlfnartr flsrn1 nnontHrvna of government among a people that never has learned to see In them anything but Invitation to bribery and opportunity for dishonest gain. o Alert to Prevent It. Washington Star. "The great danger." aald the grave citi zen, "Is that we will drift into a pater nal form of government." "Yes," answered Mr. Meekton, with a sigh; "Henriette seems worried about that every time I speak to the children." 1 ' m 1 Explains His Position. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Mr. Dukane William Jennings' Bryan declares that he stand3 where he stood in 1890. Mr, Gaswell 1 always maintained that he was, whipped to a standstill In that campaign. Footllsrht Paradox. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Actor Sol Smith Russell is such a paradox." "How so?" "His homely awkwardness Is his chief grace." " ' 1 0 ' ' The Corkscrew Boat. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A so-called corkscrew boat running 50 miles an hour is a recent Invention. It will naturally put an end to the bottling- up process m navy wont. q " ' A Slippery Hold. Chicago Record. If Portugal can afford to let go of Dela- goa bay for a minute, this would be a good time for her to rub a Utile powdered resin on her hands. 18 8' Wind and Sen. Bayard Taylor. The sea la a Jovial comrade; Ho laughs wherever he goes; His merriment shines In the dimpling' lines That wrinkle hi hale repose; He lays himself down at the feet of the sun. And shakes all over with site. And the broad-hacked billows fall faint on the ehore In the mirth of the mighty seal Gut tha wind 1e sad and restless And cursed with an inward pain; You may hark at will, by valley or hill. But you hearhim still complain. He walls on tho barren mountains And ohrlekB on the wintry sea; He soba In the cedar and moans in the pine, And ebudders all over the aspen tree. "Welcome, aro both their voices, And I know not which Is best Tho laughter that slips from ocean's lips Or the comfortless wind's unrest. There's a pane In au rejolelns, A Joy In the heart-of -pain, And the wind that saddens, the sea that glad dens. Are eingins the eelf-samo strain. Prize-fighters are like the American rev olutionists. They never know when to quit. Such tawdry glory as is won In the ring always turns the heads of those upon whom it falls. They fight one too many battles, and go into the "also-ran" elna,. There Is a good deal of poetic justice la this. Your ring baron Is an oppresssor of his associates, a swaggering. Intoler ant, vainglorious tyrant, who delights to lord it over his humblo worshipers, make things unpleasant for all those so unfor tunate as to come into contact with him. and bMly and browbeat his wife, if he has one. Once whipped., he I3 a cringing supplicant for toleration, which he doesn't get. He suffers as much as such a crea ture can suffer to see the homage that once was his go to his conqueror. And ho goes rapidly down the line, a has-been, a thing of the past, an object of contempt, till he begins to realize what Are and brimstone preachers mean when they talk about hell. Another Recrnit. Sunset (Tex.) Signal (Dem.). The renublleana will twim n orr. bill declaring the establishment of the gold standard. The Signal was a firm be liever In the double standard, and It was with a fear that a policy detrimental to the people of tha country had been inau gurated that it saw silver set aside aa a standard money metal. Todn.v -wa nra nnf so sure about the matter. Perhaps it has been from a happy combination of causes, but under the gold standard the business of tha country has wonderfully Increased, and, taking the whole country over. It is probably tru& that never were the peo ple so prosperous. As the gold standard Is the policy of our government and cannot be changed within another admin istration, even should Mr. Bryan be elect ed, doubtless It is the part of wisdom to enact tha law proposed by tha republi cans. ' The "More Cnntlons" Simon. New York Evening Post. In response to the complaint of tha Portland, Or., Chamber of Commerce, that the reduction of the tariff on prunes contemplated In tho reciprocity treaty with France would ruin an Oregon indus try. Senator McBride of that state wrote that ho would endeavor "to have the treaty so amended as to leave the pres ent tariff on prunes In full effect." The more cautious Senator Simon said that he would give the matter "careful consid eration." O 11 The Farmer's Lot. E. B. Smith in Minneapolis Journal. Th farmer la a happy man or should be. don't you know. Ha doeta't have a thins to do but plow and reap and bow. Ha eleep3 till 4 o'clock each morn, then goe about his tasks. Gota three square meals each working1 day, and that Is all he asks. He hires a man to do his work, when ho can raise the prlc. Feeds him on pork and johnnycake, potatoes, mush and rice. "When autumn gilds the towering: hlllat ha cornea to town and votes. And settles up hia winter's bills by Issuing: his notes. He always has one suit of clothes, and often ha han two; For footwear he prefers a boot and never wears a shoe; And when summer comes he sheds h!a duds to 'scape the heat. And doesn't have to don his coat whea he slta down to eat. He keeps a wagon and a span, with which to drive to town; Hie wife was never knows to bo without a gingham gown; His children, tec are fat and stout tfeev'ra not brought up on cake. And never cry all night because their little stomachs ache. He needs rio money in his purse, his credit's al ways good; H takes the weekly paper atd he pays for it In wood. The merchants furnish him dry eoodsi and xro eerles as well. Because they know seme day he'll have some pork or wheat to sell. Ah, happy Is th man who dwells upon fha farm, apart From noisy cities, crowded towns and com merce's hticv TTiin-- j Serena he IWes, nor elves cue thought to hcard- "i6 V"V3 os peic. 3Iy dearest hope is that come day I'll have a farm myself.