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A5SBSSMEKTS AXTJ VALUES.
The -Salem Statesman thinks it knows
something about property yaiues In
Multnomah county. It therefore un
xnuzzles its wisdom In this paragraph":
It is sj b&se falsehood and a damaging stan
fier on tie aam of Portland to claim, that the
property valba of Hultnomath county has de
creased 2S per cent from last year; or, la fact.
tbet it has decreased at all. "Portland, paesed i
through in 1S80 the best ;yar eoea there since
1$92 the beet Sr building, the best for returns
"rod. property, for commercial activity, for re
AlvaJ of industries and for every condition, that
jroes -to taake a. city prosperous and wealthy.
The ebowtag made by The Oregonian la its
Sv&w Year's edition, proves that clearly, and
sow to send out the returns of the assessor
V&m ttee heete of sack a exhibit wiU utterly
iJoBtroy the grandeur of the figures and dis
credit them abroad. The amount saved to the
taxpayers at the expense of other -portions of
fcfefi esate, and at the sacrifice ofbhesty, will
5e lost many times oer to Portland In several
ways
The Oregonian suspects that they
who possess property in Portland know
something more about its value than a
paper published at a place whose only
thought is to live off the state; and it
suspects, moreover, that the owners of
Portland have deeper interest in the
cood name and- welfare tf the city than
outside grafters. It Is true that prop
erty values in Portland have not de
creased 28 per cent from last year; but
the assessments of last year and of for
mer years for a long period, were much
too high. It has been an error in all
"Western cities, and Portland has been
among the slowest and latest of them
fo acknowledge it.
Take Omaha. In 1890 it had a popu
lation of 140,412, and now has 200,000.
Its assessed valuation last year was
33,048,503. Take Kansas City. It has
a population of fully 200,000, and a busi
ness, as its statistics show, four times
that of Portland; while Xansas City,
Kansas, with a population of over 50,
000, adjoins It and adds to its import
ance. The assessment of Kansas City
Jast aear was $67,809,555. Take Denver.
Its population is twice that of Port
land, and its assessment last year was
$61,443,801. In comparison with these
cities and the list for comparison
might be greatly extended Portland's
present assessment is high enough.
As io "discredit of Portland abroad,"
it is only to be said that no intelligent
person can be deceived by unwarranted
valuations. "We got into the habit here
w hen our people supposed or wanted to
believe they were two or three times
as rich as they actually were. It is
greatly to their credit, at home and
abroad, to get on a reasonable basis.
TJMEIA'"
WARXIXG.
Mr. GWlsplth .for, once was astray
on. his figures, but he is sound
as to .principles, and the appearance of
his letter in yesterday's Oregonian on
the same page with the special school
tax levy of nearly 5 mills is a suggest
ive coincidence. The demands of the
tax-eaters year after year, regardless
of conditions and circumstances, re
main the same. They are made to
meet the requirements of crafty -and
importunate officialism, and taxpayers
afior impotent grumbling or indignant
protest meet them often by means of
scrimpings and savings which their,
masters would scorn to practice upon
themselves and families. The enor
mous tax-devouring capacities of our
official system would be serious enough
were Its results limited to existing con
ditions. But when, as pointed out by
Mr. Goldsmith, they hamper our com
mercial and industrial growth by mak
ing capital wary of investment, they
become doubly so.
The distinction of being one of the
nlghest-taxed cities in the TJnion is in
deed an unenviable one, and the vigor
with which Portland maintains its po--sitiQH
as the chief commercial city of
the Pacific Northwest, in spite of this
handicap, speaks volumes for its posi
tion and the tremendous resources of
prosperity of which it is the great dis
tributing point. "Without this handicap;
with an official system carefully su
pervised and administered on a reason
ably economical basis, the growth of
the city within the next few years
would be rapid and substantial beyond
the hopes of even its most loyal and
sagacious citizens Backed by a fer
tile farming area that is each year be
coming more productive through the
agencies of diversified agriculture; by
a vast mining area that Is forging rap
Idly ahead In development; by a fish
ing industry that, carefully conserved,
witt prove exha-ustless; by timber re
sources that are practically unmeas
ured, aafl by stock and wool Interests
of great magnitude; possessed of an
ample harbor which communicates
through an tmvexed channel with the
sea, and railway communication that
places It in close touch with the coun
try's great centers of commerce and
trade trrfly nature has paved the way
for Portland's commercial supremacy,
and enterprise has taken the initiatory
steps toward its realization.
Xt nrw remains for economical rules
to be applied to our official system to
complete the assurance of this suprem
acy an the basis of continued growth
and. permanency. The entire system
needs to be revised in the interests of
the taxpajing public not parsimoni- I
tusly, but intelligently and justly. Of
ficialism is strongly Intrenched, and
will not easily be dislodged. But it
qan be done, and it may be added that
the time Is now ripe for the maugura-1
tion of the effort that -will accomplish
this end. Bet -us not be distanced in
the race for commercial and industrial
supremacy by "suffering the consum
ers of our taxes to finally consume our
properties." Let not the future pros
perity of our fair city he strangled
by the hand of official greed. The
warning is timely.
ASSAUI.TXXG; lATPREXCHED lilXES.
Lieutenant-General John M. Schofield,
of the retired list of the regular army,
is the- only survivor of the great- cap
tains af the Union army of the civil
war. A soldier who, as late as the last
year of the war, was called from the
army of the West and given the hide
pendent command of a veteran army of
50;000 men by General Grant, deserves
to rank as a great captain in the same
class with Sherman Sheridan, Hancock
and Thomas. General Schofield not
only was a very able practical soldier
In campaign, but he was always a. fine
military scholar. He was graduated
No. 7 in a class of fifty-two members,
In 1S53, a class that included Generals
McPherson, Sheridan and Hood. He
was professor of physics in Washing
ton university, St. Louis, at the out
break of the civil war. He was with
General Nathaniel Lyon when that fine
soldier fell at Wilson's Creek; he was
I with Sherman during- his Atlanta cam
paign; he defeated Hood so terribly at
Franklin, TennM November 30, 1S64, that
General Sherman said the "battle of
Nashville was fought at Franklin."
"General Schofield is not only our ablest
American soldier, measured by the
number of men he successfully com-J
manded on the battle-fields of the civil i
war, but he is our most accomplished
military student and scholar. His judg
ment regarding the utter folly of as
saulting intrenched lines, except as a
grim necessity to hold an enemy in po
sition in front white a flanking move
ment Is in progress, is set forth in his
"Forty-Six Years in the Army," which
was not published until 1897F when
General Schofield was 6 years of age.
Discussing the folly of General Sher
man's fruitless, costly and unjustifiable
assault on Kenesaw Jlountain hi the
Atlanta campaign of 1SS4, General
Schofield says that "the general feel
ing of the army, including not only pri
vates, but officers of. nearly all grades,
was opposed- to such attacks, because
they believed there was no necessity of
fighting the enemy on unequal terms.
When attacked, either with or without
cover, th.e troops would fight with the
most determined valor." So when at
tacking the enemy cm open ground
there was no lack of energy or pluck,
"but General Schofield says that the Vet
eran troops of the Union army were
veryloathto make an. attack when they
believed they had no chance of success.
This feeling Is not due to a lack of high
soldierly qualities, but to the Intelli
gence and good sense of the veteran
American soldier, who wants to see a
fair prospect that It "is going to pay."
General Schofield says that the loyalty,
the discipline and pluck of the Amer
ican veteran will not, allow him under
any circumstances io retreat without
orders, much less to run away; but if
he encounters' a resistance which he
thinks he cannot overcome, or which
he thinks will cost too much to over
come, he will lie down, cover himself
with a little parapet, and hold his
ground against any effort ta drive him
back. General Schofield holds that a
general who, with such an. army, seeks,
the full measure of success due to su
perior numbers, must maneuver so as
L to compel the enemy to fight on ap
proximately equal terms, instead of as
saulting fortifications where, against
modern weapons, numbers are of little
or no account. General Schofield says:
To mses troops against the line of a coiered
line Is eimply to devote them to destruction.
The greater the mass, the greater the Iosst-
i that Is alL A large mass has no more chance
ci success tnan a sman one. 'mat tnis io abso
lutely true since iit& Introduction of breech
loaders Is probably not doubled by any one,
and It -was -very nearly true with the muzzle
loadins rifles used during our late war, as was
abundantly demonstrated on many occasions.
This is the mature opinion of a scien
tific, educated American soldier of
forty-six years of service, whose experi
ence included the greatest war'of this
century since Napoleon's final fall at
Waterloo, It was expressed in 1S97,
and yet the English educated soldiers
rush their troops against intrench
ments, defended by sturdy white men
armed with the best modern magazine
rifles and rapid-firing field guns, just as
recklessly as they would against an
army of Afghan tribesmen. Somebody
among the London authorities ought to
be punished for the insular Ignorance,
arrogance or obstinacy that treated the
mature opinions of an educated Ameri
can soldier like General Schofield with
contempt. Is it necessary always to
convert an Englishman with a club?
DIRECT TRADE II? HEMP.
Prospects for a big wheat yield In
the Pacific Northwest were never
brighter at a corresponding date than
at the present time. Climatic condi
tions have been almost perfect and the
acreage is reported to be nearly if not
fully the largest on record. Unless the
present movement is accelerated very
materially in the remaining five months
of the season, the carry-over stock
will be enormous, and consequently we
shall enter the cereal year of 1S00-1Q1
with a larger surplus of wheat for mar
ket than ever before. To handle this
surplus as well as other grains, pota
toes, etc., we shall require fully 25,000,
000 jute bags. To meet this demand
one lone ship with a capacity of about
4.GOO.O0O bags is under engagement for
loading at Calcutta. The penitentiary
at Walla Walla will add a few million
bags to the available supply, and the
remainder that are needed must be
drawn from California by steamer or
from the East, as they were last year.
The jute from which the Eastern bags
sold to the farmers east of the moun
tains last season were manufactured
was shipped from Manila, Calcutta and
other far- Eastern points by way of the
Suez canal to Atlantic coast ports, and
thence Inland to the factories which
supplied it to the Oregon and Washing- I
ton iarmer. By this rounaahout way
of doing business the raw material or
finished product was. carried about 10,
000 miles farther than was necessary
before it reached the consumer, the lat
ter, as usual, "paying the freight." The
Eastern bag business last year was of
comparatively small proportions, while
that with California was heavy; but
there is no valid, reason why Oregon
should not deal direct with first hands
in tho bag business, as she does In dis
posing of her wheat. The jute industry
is" one of the greatest wealth-producers J
in the Philippines, and it would seem
a very wise move on the part of those
interested in working up a trade with
our new possessions to secure means
for diverting this 'business, into easipr
channels, than those through which It
is now flowing.
With the present heavy volume of
outward freight from Portland to the
Orient, return freights from Manila
should be so low that no raw or manu
factured product from the far East
could ever find its way into the Ore
gon consumers' hands by way of the
Suez canal and Atlantic ports. Not
qniy should all of Oregon, Washing
ton and.Jdaho he supplied with bags
manufactured at a port of entry in the
Pacific Northwest, but there -is a vast
agricultural country west of the Mis
sissippi river which should naturally
draw its supplies from the most avail
able port of entry on the coast. Con
sidering the character of the return
cargoes which Portland could supply
ships bringing jute from Manila, this
city is the best port for a factory which;
would convert the raw material into
grain bags, wool bags, hop cloth, etc.
Cheap freights from the far East
would mean lower prices for grain
bags, and cheap freights to the far
East would mean better-prices for flour
and wheat, so that the farmer will be
doubly benefited by the establishment
of a factory in the Northwest, even
though It were of sufficient capacity
only for the needs of Oregon and
Washington. There is reported to be a
large amount of hemp accumulated at
various ports in Manila, which is being
held up on account of military opera-
tions which do not admit of the ports
being opened. As grain bags are very
high In this country, and with a big
crop of wheat coming on, are in a fair
way to be much higher, it would seem
a good move on the part of the gov
ernment to open these ports for the
shipment of this hemp, and, if neces
sary, have ft released under naval pro
tection, as it Will be badly needed in
this country within the next six
months. Its shipment at the present
time can add nothing to the resources
of the insurgents, as all of it has passed
out of the hands of the growers into
those, of the merchants, with whom It
would seem good policy on our part to
establish the best of trade relations.
In the early years of the wheat in
dustrsr in this state, every bushel that
was exported went foreign by way of
San Francisco, instead of from Port
land direct. The folly of this indirect
manner of doing business gradually
became too apparent, and wheat ships
were loaded at Portland direct for Eu
rope. There is no more reason for im
porting our grain bags and jute by way
of San Francisco and the East than
there was for shipping our wheat for
eign by way of San Francisco, and the
discontinuance of this practice of per
mitting rival cities to levy toll on Port
land would materially add to the gen
eral prosperity of the city and state.
A BRILLIANT DEaiAGOGTJE.
The speech of Senator Wolcott in
reply to Senator Pettigrew Illustrated
forcibly the strength and weakness of
the brilliant senator from Coloiado.
Senator Wolcott belongs to that school
of American politicians of which Matt
Carpenter, of Wisconsin, and Benjamin,
F. Butler, of Massachusetts, were the
ablest representatives. Carpenter and
Butler were both very able, learned
and acute lawyers. Butler was always
powerful and formidable In debate;
while Carpenter was not only a power
ful but not seldom a -Very" eloquent rea
soner." Butler had a savage, brutal
temper, which made him at times boor
ish in language and manners in debate,
while Matt Carpenter was a genial
man of generous impulses and kindly
spirit. But both of these able men
were always distrusted in politics, be
cause they had no convictions beyond
real or supposed self-interest; that is,
you never could tell in a great debate
in congress whether Matt Carpenter
and Butler were arguing and voting for
their own opinions or whether they had
received a retaining fee and were earn
ing it by their voice and vote. Matt
Carpenter, with all his lovable quali
ties, had no serious political conVictions
on any public question, near or far,
that would prevent him from being
practically "retained" against his
party.
It was this conviction that Matt Car
penter not only would not "stand with
out hitching," but sometimes would not
stand even when he had been strongly
hitched, that inspired a popular distrust
of the man that interfered with his
rise to the highest level of public es
teem. He was conceded to be a great
lawyer, an eloquent orator and a. very
genial, charming man, and yet Matt
Carpenter was not trusted, any more
than an equally able lawyer and far
more accomplished man, Caleb Cush
lng, was trusted in politics by those
who knew his capacity for being every
thing easily by turns and nothing long.
Benjamin F. Butler, unlike Matt Car
penter, was not a man of eloquent
speech or lovable personality, like Matt
Carpenter, !but he was equally without
serious political convictions. Of course,
a man of Butler's brain power, capa
city for studious search of any ques
tion, legal or political, he cared sincere
ly to master, could never have seri
ously believed in the repudiation he ad
vocated in 1868, when he favored the
payment of our bonds in depreciated
greenbacks. He could never have con
scientiously believed in the "gfeenbaok
ism" he advocated In 1874-76, In 1888,
and In the fiat money generally that he
defended to the day of his political
death. Butler and Carpenter were al
ways "criminal lawyers" in politics;
they were either arguing a case for
somebody who had given them a re
tainer, or they were trying with all
the arts of a jury lawyer to force a
verdict fdr themselves
Senator Wolcott belongs to the same
school of brilliant demagogues In poli
tics. He is a more eloquent orator than
Butler, but not so able or learned a
lawyer; and as a lawyer an orator, or
as a genial, lovable man, he is entirely
inferior to Matt Carpenter, and yet
Wolcott belongs to the same school of
able men who are so utterly unprinci
pled in politics, so entirely without seri
ous convictions, that they cannot be
trusted. Senator Wblcotys speech in
cludes a severe and so bitterly personal
attack upon Senator Pettigrew that it
exceeds the bounds of parliamentary
decorum and decency. The worst feat
ure of Senator Wolcotf s speech is his
vicious effort to sit down on Beveridge,
the young senator from Indiana, charg
ing him first with having made "a
base and sordid argument." and then
in the next breath with having made
a sentimental plea, and finally conclud
ed by making a peroration far more
sentimental and ventose than anything
that the brilliant young senator from
Indiana had said. This man Wolcott
took his seat In the United States sen
ate as free silverite, March 4, 1889;
he was so persistent an advocate of
froe.aYfirt.lieialna a SSiRiSSr.a
tion In 1895; but in 1896, while nominally
clinging to his free-silver opinions, he
labored and worked with the republi
can party. President MeKinley sent
him to Europe as a member of the
"international bimetallic commission,"
on which errand Wolcott found that
England "ruled the roast" In finance in
Europe; that "international bimetal
tsm" was deemed by English states
men a delusion and a snare, an Irides
cent dream.. Nevertheless, Wolcott
came home and made a stupid plea for
a dead delusion, and expects to be re
elected probably In 1901, but by that
time Colorado will have no use for
Wolcott. If the free-silver men are in
power, they will reject him because he
tried to carry water on both shoulders"
in 1896, and if the sound-money men
are in control they will reject him for
the same reason,
The resolution presented by Mr, J. N.
Teal and adopted by the taxpayers at
the annual school meeting, in regard to
non-resident pupils who receive the
benefit of the schools of this district,
touches an abuse which should be cor
rected by the school board. Accord
ing to the report of Chairman Strow
bridge, there are ISO pupils of this class
now in attendance upon the schools. It
is a good thing to be hospitable and
well enough ta be generous, but not
with privileges for which other people
pay. Non-resident pupils, the children
of persons who establish a temporary
residence in this district for the whi
ter months for school purposes, should
be required to pay tuition. Indeed,
where resident pupils are crowded
or crowded out, as is .frequently the
case, non-resident pupils should not be'
admitted, even for pay. There are ex
cellent private schools in this city that
would be glad to receive them. This is
a matter of simple justice to the tax
payers of the district, and i3 of more
or less consequence, according to the
seating accommodations of the school
rooms upon which these non-resident
pupils encroach, to the resident pupils
of the district. The number of: bene
ficiaries of the district would, if segre
gated from the main body of pupils,
constitute quite a school, requiring the
services of, three or four teachers to
conduct it properly. The injustioe of
this encroachment upon, the taxpayers'
bounty is manifest.
The new proviso just made by Mr.
Cook granting girls the same privileges
as boys by the terms of his gift toward
a technical school, seems to meet the
unqualified approval of the community.
Both men and women commend it. It
is pleasant in connection with this new
act of liberality ta note the complete
absence of that hostility between the
sexes which certain, sensation-mongers
of the stamp- of J. J. Ingalls would
have us believe Is rife in the world. It
has never existed. It never will exist.
Even the Frankenstein of competitive
labor cannot call It into life. There
has never been a stronger current of
Christian courtesy and simple human
helpfulness between men and wom,en.
than now.
Under army orders dated Washing
ton, January 10, Lieutenant-Colonel
Peter J. A. Cleary, deputy surgeon
general, has been ordered from Fort
McPherson, Ga to Vancouver bar
racks, as chief surgeon in the depart
ment of the Columbia. Surgeon Cleary
served in the volunteer medical service
from October 4, 1862, until August, 1865.
He was appointed assistant surgeon in,
the regular army October 9, 1867; be
came surgeon with the rank of major
in June, 1882, and lieutenant-colonel
and deputy surgeon-general in Novem-
ber 1897.
The highest tribute to the New
Tear's issue of The Oregonian is the
fact that its perusal in the East Im
presses readers principally with the re
sources and prosperity of this region.
It is not so much the publication itself
as the subject-matter it contains. This
is the object of the annual number. It
is of no. consequence what Eastern
readers think of The Oregonian. The
prime desideratum is to get them in
terested in Oregon,
Oregon City needs the public building
that its leading citizens through Bep
resentatlve Tongue have asked con
gress to give them. It will probably
get it in due time, which the appro
priation committee Is likely to think is
not this year. However, a good begin
ning has been made, and, on the Hy
pothesis that "well begun ia half done,"
our suburban neighbors of the city by
the falls may well feel encouraged at
the prospect.
Another evidence that boys need
parental policing is furnished in the
statement that a school for cigarette
smoking Is nightly in session in an old
barn on the East Side in a quiet resi
dence locality. The parental constab
ulary must go to bed early and sleep
sound on that beat.
General Longstreet was not General
Lee's "Bad Old Man." That sobriquet
belongs to General Jubal A. Early, who
T-as famous for his Irreverent, profane
speech. General Longstreet is author
ity for the statement that General Lee
thus stigmatized General Early.
SENATOR HOAR'S MISTAKE.
It Lies In His Qverejattiuate o tlte
FSHplnoH.
Boston Herald.
Nobody can doubt that Senator Hoar
loves liberty, or that "his heart beats
warmly for his native land," His mistake,
it seems to us, is In his estimate of tho
capacity of what he calls the Philippine
"people." According to the best authori
ties, those people consist of from 40 to Sfll
different tribes, the number varying with
the closeness of- classification. Two of
these tribes have a veneering of civiliza
tion, such as it Is. Those are the "Vlsayans
and the Tagalogrs. Tho others range aJJ
the way down the political scale to the
lowest barbarism. The Tagalogs alone are
m the war against us, and of these only
a small number have any conception what
they are fighting for. They have bad no
political experience, and In politics are the
same as children. Admiral Dewey, who
had feeen very few 6f them, is eredited with
the expression of an opinion that they
were better fitted for self-government than
the Cubans. That is probably too favor
able a view perhaps more favorable than,
the gallant sailor now holds but if it
were true, it would not be saying much.
Though we are bound to leave Cuba to It
self when It shall have established a stable
government, we have no faith in Ita ability
to meet that condition for many years to
come. Who can doubt that a Philippine
native government today would be a cruel
despotism, even worse than that exercised
In the afichipelago by Spain? Senator
Hoar makes some comparisons, to only
one of which we will refer. He says the
Filipinos ate as capable of self-government
as the Japanese were at the time
'thisiF'jJorts were, opened, irjiig Jg a very
grave error of judgment. The Japanese
had had a settled government, with one
dynasty, for 10QO years, and a civilization
which, though unlike ours-, was of a high
order. A comparatively small proportion
of the people were illiterate. They had
great scholars and artists, and exception
ally skillful artleans and agriculturists-.
Their chief virtue, celebrated In all their
literature, was loyalty. They have had the
wisdom and address to reform their gov
ernment, and have shown themselves apt
for social and political progress. Even a
slight knowledge of Japan would have
saved our senator from a mistake so grievous.
A REASONABLE RECiWEST.
Let Alt Information About the fchll
ilipine Islands Be Given.
New York Times
It Is to be hoped that the president will
so,e hl3 way clear to send to the senate
all the Information called for by Senator
Hoar's resolution concerning the Philip
pines. It would be fortunate if he-felt
free to send In a good deal more than
the resolution calls. for. In that way he
would not only furnish a complete answer
to the senate's Inquiry, but he would en
lighten many minds that are now a prey
to darkness and error.
The delusions of anti-Imperialism, are In
many cases incurable, no doubt. Some of
the Boston cases, for Instance are quite
hopeless. But the very great majority of
the men who still believe that we should
scuttle out of. the Philippines, regardless
of our obligations and the safety of the
ordinary people of the islands, are. victims
Of misinfoisraatloa or of the lack of In
formation, The administration cannot
tell the paople too much about the work
it has undertaken In the archipelago.
The misconceptions upon which the con
tentions of anti-Imperialism aro based
and the fog of error and prejudice with
which tho subject has been enveloped will
be swept away by a frank exhibition of
the nature of the administration's under
taking in the Philippines and of the mo
tives of its policy.
Nothing? would disgust the leading antl-
lmperlalist agitator so much, and nothing-
would do their deluded followers so much
good, as a full compliance with their de
mands for light. It would be a mistake
to keep anything from them that can bo
printed without prejudice to the public
interest. Beally, there must be very little
that the people cannot be permitted to
know, hardly anything that need be kept
back. In particular, the president would
do well to olear up the Agulnaldo myth.
An attempt has been made to create the
belief that by the acts of Dewey or Mer
ritt or some dther commander or by the
negotiations of some consul of the United
States we are bound to the rebel chtef tain
by the tie9 of alliance. The falsehood
has been often enough exposed, but an
authoritative denial from the 'executive
department would dispose of it forever.
Senator Hoar appears to have some curi
osity on that subject. Why not gratify
It to the full?
The more voluminous and comprehens
ive the president makes his answer to
the Massachusetts senator's resolution the
less trouble he will have with the anti
imperialists In future.
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WTia the Qaer Artillerists Are.
Memphis dispatch in St. Loute Globe,
Herman Muller has received a letter
from hla brother, Peter Muller, who at
the time it was written stated, that he
was in command of a. Long Tom" in
front of Ladysmlth. The writer states
that the gun he has charge of Is 40 feet
long, and throws a 10-Inch shell.
Muller was" a gunner en the United
States cruiser Olympla, and tqok part in
the fighting In Manila bay. He came to
America on the Olympla and after the
arrival of that cruiser in New Tcfrk he
visited his. brother here, and left imme
diately for South Af r!ca He saw 12 years
service in the. United States, navy.
Muller modestly-tells, a very interesting
stqry. He saya that the, Boers" artillery
forces are made up Qf perman, Irish
French and "American recruits,
"In my own company," he writes, "the
captain Is a Frenchman, the lieutenant
is an Irishman, and the others are Ger
man, French and Americans. The native
Dutchmen devote themselves to mounted
infantry woxk and sharpshootlng,"
Muller states that the American artil
lerymen are mostly ex-members of the
United States nyy. and have managed
so far to outpoint the other gunners., He
also states that the Boers around Lady
smith have rations enough to last man
and beast six months.
It Is evident from the tone of Muller'fl
letter that the Boers have a superb artil
lery equipment. He. states that he lost a.
thumb a few weeks ago from a bullet
fired by an English irtfantryman, but got
even within a Week by planting a shell
squarely In front of a company that was
making a sortie from the beleaguered
city.
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The Contest in Kentucky.
Frankfort. Governor Taylor makes this
statement; "There Is. not a vestige or
truth In any one of the charges upon
which Goobel bases bis contest. He was
In absblute control of every polling place
and election booth in the state. At every
point I wag helpless as a new-born babe.
Go&bel controlled not only the vote-cast-.
Ins and vote-counting at the polls, but
iis men made up every revisory tribuna?
frem the polls to the state canvassing
board, inclusive. Of course, Goebel's elec
tion officers did not count a single vote
for me that I was not entitled to; equally
of course they counted every vote to
which Goebel was entitled. It also is true
that there was not a booth in the state
where some valid hallot for me was not
sacrificed. I was elected by not a vote
less than 50.C00. It was a tidal wave that
overwhelmed them. They felt certain
they had me counted out, but when Goe
bel's own election ""officers certified the
returns to the county boards it was found
that my majority was 23S3. Goebel went
before tho county boards and tried to get
them to wipe out my majority. Some did
his bidding; others refused, and the vote
came on to Frankfort. But Goebel did
not abandon the fight. He appealed to the
state canvassing board, made up also or
democrats of his- own selection, and asked
them to go behind his own returns. They
declined, and now Goebel Is before this
legislative tribunal, of which body he him
self is a member, demanding that the will
of tho people be overturned. It seems to
me that any sensible man, with the undis
puted and indisputable facts I hare men
tioned in his mind, must see and know
that a black crime is threatened against
popular sovereignty In Kentucky."
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Against Repented Precedents,.
Sprinfleld Republican.
Ex-Senator Edmunds, as counsel for the
memorialists against the seating of Boss
Quay, has been accused of maintaining
constitutional doctrine which he opposed
when a member of the senate. His action
in the Bell and Blair cases has been cited
by the Quay counsel, but to this he has 1
now made the following reply:
1. That the vacancy must happen begin la
the recess of the lesJslatin-s. This was the fact
In the Bell and Blair cases. It was not the fact
in thl? case.
2. That when, a legislature had sat after a
vacancy began th? gftvewior could not lawfully
appoint.
S That the senate ought ta be kept full by
constitutional weans; and so, as the letter of
the constitution named, as I thought, any va
cancy beginning In a recess when no legislature
could fill it. thfi governor bad th right to ap
point. And I also said that the senate, for Ita
own honor, ought ta stand by its previous sol
emn and dellborate decisions.
And the previous solemn and deliberate
decisions of the senate, as bearing on the
issue involved in the Quay cases, are that
the governor has no right to appoint when
the legislature has confronted a vacancy
in the senate and failed to fill it. To seat
Quay, the senate must go back on its own
repeated decision
THE OREGONIAN'S ANNUAL.
Oregon's Future Seems Bright.
Albany (N. Y.) Press.
Qn January 1 The Morning Oregonian.
of Portland, Or., issued an annual num
ber, which gives a splendid Idea of the
growth and future prospects of one of the
most progressive of the -far "Western states.
In its Issue The Oregonian announces that
the population of the state, including that
Of the present state af Washington, was
only 13,221 in the year 1850; or .05 par
square mile. At the present time the
number per square mile Is 4.24. based upon
a population of 40T.2S3 and an area of 95,030
square miles. The school population has
jumped from 36,610: in, 1S73 to 132,401 in 1859.
In 1HS0, the wheat yield was 211,943 bushels.
Last year the yield waa 22,643,334 bushels.
Oregon has millions In the banks; Its
foreign commerce Is large, and since the
year 1S84 it has imported and exported
merchandise valued at $125,9S2.623, of which
5107.531,123 in credited to Portland, and th
balance to Astoria and Coos bay.
The Oregonian publishes an illustrated
oupplement wWch Is a decidedly valuable
souvenir- It contains ECQ illustrations in
half tone, all printed on enameled book
paper. There are noted scenic views em
braced in the supplement and illustrations
of every important industry of the. Pacific
Northwest are Included. The issue of this
anniversary number by an esteemed con
temporary is a signal example of "West
ern newspaper enterprise. Oregon's future
seems bright; and its growth and prosper
ity will be aided by such wideawake news
papers as- The Oregonian.
Even Antl-Iropexlallam Is Touched,.
Springfield Republican.
Tho New Tear's number of The Portland
Oregonian is well worthy the attention of
outsiders. Ita voluminous pages afford an
Impressive exposition of Oregon's progress
during- 199 and to the product of It3
own press The Oregonian adds an illus
trated supplement containing some 00 pic
tures of the Pacific Northwest. As for
the future this important newspaper of Its
region is full of confidence:
Our people begin tn new year prosperous and
contented; with well-ailed purses and prac
tically no debt: with confl6noe In tb& future of
the state and its lnirtltutlona; with conservatism
born of th experlersce of the depression;: witb
modern methods In the management of their at
falro: and with the varw of rgy wide open.
They are spurred to new and greater endeavor
by the- opportunjtlea which these, progressive
tlino, the resources of th state and the Invest
ment of outside capital oC?er to intelligent ef
fort.
yes, the "United States of America, in all
Its parts, is a big thing. Thera is. plenty
of work to be done at home, to be sure.
Dimensions of an Empire,
Philadelphia Star.
The Mosning Oregonian, of Portland,
published a 3&-page paper on New Year's
day with a beautiful photogravure supple
ment of 24 pages, Illustrative of the Im
mense resources, commercial, agricultural
and otherwise, of the state of Oregon,
which has grown to the 'dimensions of an
empire within a generation. In closing an
editorial on the state's material prosperity
during 1S33 this enterprising journal says;
Our people begin thq new year prcancroua and
contented; with well-filled porseo and prac
tically no debt; with confidence in the future of
the state and Ita Institutions; with conservatism
bom of the experience cf depression; with mod
ern methods in the m-anagement cf their af
fairs; and with tlte- valves of energy wjd? open.
They are spurred to new and greater endeavor
by the. opportunities whlcft the&e prcgreseivo
times, the resources of th state and the Invest
ment of outside capital offer ta Intelligent ef
fort. The entire 6tat breathes the spirit of
progress. Groat oawa the development of 1E1K.
that of 1000 will be greater.
Nctt England Xameiakc Surpassed.
Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette.
The New Tear's issue of The Portland
(Or.) Oregonian Is a most creditable num
ber, containing 36 pages of reading mat
ter dealing with the enterprise and growth
of that great city of the Northwest, its
vicinity apd bordering states, and there
are also many articles, on subjects of gen
eral interest. The illustrated supplement
wh'ch accompanies It Is a work of art.
It contains over 500 illustrations, and these
views embrace all the noted scenlq attrac
tions of Oregon and vlc'nity, and every
Important industry of the Pacific North
west. Cuts of many prominent men in
public and business life in Portland are
also given, and the entire edition is an ex
cellent production of the bra'ns and me
chanical devices of that great city, which
has so far surpassed Its New England
namesake in growth.
Another From Mlchlgrnn.
Saginaw News.
The News is In receipt of a copy of tha
apnual number ot Thq Morning Oregonian,
published in Portland. Or. The paper is a
clean, well-ordered sheet of goodly pro
portions, evidently the product of enter
prise and good judgment. It has the ap
pearance of a high-grade, metropolitan
paper, and the tone of its news Is sub
stantial and wholesome. It has the merit
of representing the state aa well as the
city In which it is published. A supple
ment made up of well-printed half-tones
on enameled paper is an attractive f eatnre i
of this issue, as it pictures the wonders- of
the great state of Oregon Us scenic at
tractions and Its business activity, with
glimpses of its natural resources. The
journal is as a whole a handsome one, and
a product of which to be proud.
"The Hno" Hears Ahont It.
Boston Globe,
The annual number of The Morning Ore
gonian, of Portland, Or., Is one of the
best that enterprising paper ha3 Issued. It
comprises 60 pages, 24 of which are de
voted to a comprehensive and timely re
view of "This Oregon of Ours," as the
article Is headed, in addition there Is an
art supplement of 2i pages filled with ex
cellent half-tone illustrations of Oregon's
business achievements a.nd opportunities
and her natural attractions.
Joke on the Other Fellow.
Boston Trnscript.
His- Mother (to wife going through the
pockets of her husband's clothing) I
wouldn't do that, Irene, Come, now, do
you think it Is right?"
Wife That depends upon the motive. My
objeet is not mercenary. I only want to
play a practical joke upon any pickpocket
who may happen to operate upon dear
George.
Tie Butter She Wonted.
Chicago News.
New Wife I wish to get some butter,
please.
Dealer Roll butter, ma'am?
New. Wife No! We wish to oat it on
blgcuit3.
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Evidence.
Philadelphia Record.
Sunday School Teacher (in Chicago)
Why did the wise men come from the
East?
Scholar Because they were wise men.
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Sadly Realised.
Kansas C(ty Independent
The Maid Oi'va klm In to give 7es
war'rnln'.
The Mistress (a'ghlng) .ToU should have
given it bgftra yon cam, Rriaseu J
NOTE AND COMMENT.
How can musicians consistently Join a
labor union when they do nothing but
play?
There are two sides to tha Kentucky
controversy, and Taylor Is at present on
the Inside.
Goebel's argument is that hla support
ers were bo Intimidated by the militia that
they dared vote only once.
Naval officers "are urging the construc
tion of a Pacific cable and yet they would
be the first to cut It if they went to
action on tha other side.
Hats have gone up In Connecticut. If
it were any place else than New England
we might be led to believe that the flag
had just been carried by.
Agulnaldo better tako up a residence ia
Massachusetts before it is too late for
him to become a candidate for something"
or other at the next eleotion.
A Philadelphia woman looked Into a mir
ror and noticed that her hat was on fire.
It Is cratifylrtjr to- know that fires ot this
kind can never remain long; undiscovered.
Now that Conan Ioyle Is with the Brit
ish army In the Transvaal., he probably
regrets that he killed his friend Sherlock
Holmes. Holmes would have caught Jou
bert in about three days.
Few persons probably have any idea ot
the quantity of popcorn, used in this sec
tion. One dealer imported 10 tons for the
holiday season, and disposed of It all.
and he is preparing to have 16 acres
planted in popcorn next season. Just think
of the bulk of a ton of popcorn after It la
popped, and how many cornpoppers
would be kept busy popping iti
There Is probability that certain ques
tions regarding- the registration law will
be submitted to the state circuit court for
determination. These do not interfere with
registration except In a few Instances.
The court can readily decide the matters,
and, as registration does not close untlt
May 13, every person wilt be ahle to set
his name recorded before the books aro
closed.
TJje taxpayers league doe3 not seem to
be all taxpayers. Ono of these, while a
prominent member of a recent grand jury.
Is said to have been appointed on a com
mittee to investigate and report why all
of the taxes on personal property are not
collected. The committee, so the story
goes, began the inspection of old tax- rolls,
and one of the first names encountered
was that of the prominent member and
whose name appeared to run all the way
down the page. His associates, so It Is
alleged smiled broadly and hinted that
perhaps It wouldn't do any good to look
Into 3uch things anyhow, and the p. m.
acquiesced, and the final report of the
body was silent upon this subject.
The population of Portland Is increasing
rapidly and the volume of business in
every department of trade shows a corre
sponding increase. The number of dogs
harbored by citizens keeps pace with tha
goneral Increase and is now larger than
ever. The council license committee or
dered 2000 license tags and receipts for
dog licenses at the beginning of the dog
Ucense fiscal year. September 3, which It
was supposed wQuld be sufficient fer tho
year. Tags and licenses- are notk ex
hauated and a new supply will have to
be ordered. If all goes well and the dosr
license Is not raised, the dogs will be
fore long outnumber the citizens, and the
revenue from dog licenses will soon bo
equal to that from saloon licenses.
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Chlcaeonn Perplexities.
Chicaso Record.
"It Is rude for a guest to look at his
watch."
"Yes?"
"And ruder for a host to leok at tha
clock."
"Of course."
"Well, how do polite people ever get
away from each other?"
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DWn't Uonht Hixa.
"Washington Star.
"Ha says he would gladly lay the world
at my feet," said the- sentimental young
woman.
"That's what hell do," said Mlso Clay
enne. "After you're married he'll lay the
world at your feet and compel you to
walk on It because you can't afford a
cab."
Jnst One JBsperlence.
Philadelphia North American.
"This beautiful p'pe was given me for
Christmas." said the grave-looklm? man
to the department store clerk. "I believe
It was purchased here. May I exchange
it for a badly needed pair of shoes?"
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Dispraised.
Columbus (O.) State Journal.
Wiggins Whose umbrella ia this? It
looks like the one I lost.
Hlgglns I don't see how It an, for I
scraped the handle and altered it gener
ally. i C ii
A Genenlojrfcal Homily,
Bismarck Tribune.
You may believe 'tis true that your couralnff
blood la blue.
But eolence stern assures ua that all neeJUiy
blood Is red.
And the longest pedigree that grows on a fam
ib tree
Isn't half as beneficial as a good, lenff head.
You may refer with pride to your ancestors
btelde
Whose fame your light Is dim. for letters, art,
or pelf.
But I trust you will believe It la nobler to
achlave
Enough that you may be on time an ances
tor yourself.
The watchdog well who serves and who care
fully observes
The strangen who approach and waJe tii
family with his barlt.
Tho' he has no pedigree. Is a better dog- for me
Than the dog- that sleeps, e'en tho hla aa
eestors were la the Arlc
It Is right that you admire, and, admlrlns, yon
aspire
To trace a nohle pathway In your genealogy
But permit ma to assure that no person, rich
orpocr.
Ever plucked a plum, of greataaca off ttio
grandest family tree.
The man who Is a King, Tnike or Lord, or any
thing That's noble, tho his ancestors were cobblers
at the last.
Has a much more honored way In this Httla
world today
Than the cobbler whose ancestors governed
kingdom In die pas:.
And full many a man today, to whom honor
we might pay.
Has been overcome In living- up to a proud
ancestry.
And full many a man been laid, fcx an ever
latlng ohade
By the branches of a towering, spreading, an
cient family tree.
So don't take it much, to heart when a man
takes your part
And tolls you ha was bwd 'mid arlstocracy'a
environs,
Tho hl3 anceltors came o'er in the Mayflower
to this ahor.
The logbook, still, may show that; every ow
ca;msoex in. Iroca.