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THE MOHNING OEEGONIAN. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900.
LAWS FOR FILIPINOS
First Volume of the Commis
sion's Report "
FAVORS TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT
Xailvea Should Hajoj- a Lrs:e Mtas.
Bre ef Home Rale 1b Their
Local Affairs.
"WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. The president
today traneaitttea te congress the first
volume of the report of the Philippine
commission. It te a volume of 261 pages.
Including the appendix, and it is signed
by Professor Schurmann, Admiral Dewey.
Colonel Denby and Professor "Worcester.
The principal subject dealt with Is the
plan of government proposed by the
commission, which includes a discussion
of the Spanish government existing prior
to the war. the various reforms desired
by the Filipinos and the constitution
proposed by them, together with the con
clusions and plans suggested by the com
mission. The report also covers many
other matters connected with the social
administration of the islands, racial
characteristics, education, secular and re
ligious orders, the Chinese in the islands,
public health, currency, etc., as well as
to the condition and needs of the United
States in the Philippines from a naval and
maritime standpoint. The second volume
of the report, which will not be ready for
several weeks, will contain a detailed
description of the climate and natural
tesources of the islands.
Territorial Government Favored.
The chief Interest In the report nat
urally centers in the plan of government
proposed by the commission. The com
mission announces itself unqualifiedly in
faor of a government of the Philippines
analagous to that of a territory of the
United States, with a governor appointed
by the president. It says It is desirable
that the inhabitants of the archipelago
should enjoy a large measure of home
rule in local affairs, their towns to en
joy substantially the rights and privileges
of towns in a territory. The provinces
should be vested with substantially
functions of a county in a territory;
this system might be applied to the Vis
ayan islands at once and a beginning
might be made on the coast of Mindanao.
The Sulu archipelago, calling for special
arrangements with the sultan, the com
mission says, need not be considered In
this connection. The Filipinos could man
age their own and county affairs through
their own officers, whom they could elect
with no help from American officials, ex
cept such as would be involved in con
trol from the central government of
Manila, The suffrage should be restric
ted by educational or property qualifica
tions, or both.
This system would necessitate a small
body of American officials of great ability
and integrity and of patience and tact in
dealing with other races, and on this ac
count the commission recommends that
they should be paid high salaries. The
commission says they could be called ad
Users or commissioners, and that one for
eiery 250 natives should suffice. It would
be the duty of such commissioners to re
port on their work to the central govern
ment at Manila. Their main function
would be to advise town and county coun
cils in the discharge of their duties and
to watch the collection of revenues and its
expenditures. Our government of the
Philippines, the commission insists, must
be adapted to the Filipinos.
ISasrland'n Experiences.
The commission discusses the system of
government by a protectorate and board
ower he J&altfboH Jpealnsula. "by Great
Britain, deeming such a protectorate in
adisable, it having been instituted for
the reason that England had no sover
eignty there. The United States, which
possesses sovereignty over the Philippines,
need not concern itself with such a
scheme. The mass of the people, except
In the Sulu group and some portions of
Mindanao and Palawan, which are with
out chieftains or rulers, are without dis
tinction of birth or rank, in other words,
are a pure democracy. The kind of a
protectorate which the Insurgent leaders
desired, the commission says, is one under
which the United States would assume all
responsibility for protecting the Philip
pine government against foreign aggres
sion while their own officials would col
lect the revenues.
Under the chimerical scheme of pro
tection cherished by Agulnaldo, If a for
eigner lost his life or property through a
miscarriage of justice in a Philippine
court or in consequence of a governor's
failure to suppress a riot, then the United
States government would be responsible
to the foreign power without power of
punishing the offender or of preventing
such maladministration or of protecting
Itself against simitar occurrences in the
future. Nor could the liability to foreign
nations be reduced without permitting
thom directly to seek redress, and such a
course would, it is to be feared, speedily
lead to the appropriation of the Philippine
lsu.nds by the great powers, who would
not need to seek far for pretenses for in
ten ontion.
I ndoubtedly the raising of the Ameri
can flag in the Philippine islands has en
tailed great responsibilities on us, but to
guarantee external protection while re
turn ng internal dominion is no way of
es uiung from them. On the contrary,
win;, jou pull down the flag, you only
pil up difficulties."
Thr example of Great Britain, which,
the commissioner says, has been brilliant
ly fur ossful in governing dependent pco
pir, has suggested & colonial form of gov
ernmint, and this plait seems te have won
gr ait r favor with the general public than
an .. her Therefore, the commission,
wi h some care, goes into the different
kirdd of British colonies and correspond
i' g i rs of colonial governments.
Thn it. no analogy." says the com
m v on, between the relations of the
Filfgnermng colony of Australia or of
anai'a to Great Britain and that of the
Phi in ire .slaads to the United States.
Ins' pad of the community of blood races
end languages, there te the greatest diver
6. and instead of a common po.itlcal
ex per ienee, the one already breathes the
at- of freedom, the other has been re
j re seed by despotism. Clearly the plan of
a s' governing colon) is a tatsnt to the
F' i ppines "
The commission then dtecuaees the other
lo t pes of British colonies oxewn colony
and foitny having representative institu
tions but no responsible government, typi
ti.d In Britten Guiana and Hong Kong
r. fpp- lively, but neither style, the cemrals
t o i i o nts out after a long argument,
.ou u be applied to the Philippines,
batted en IxtBlhlana Plan.
A territorial government. It concludes,
Is a desideratum. The commlsson takei
a? ;he basis for the government proposed
the territorial organisation of Louisiana.
The aci is set forth in full. It provides
for a governor and secretary of the trea
ui and Invests the legislat ve power In
a council appointed annually by the presl
oei : The courts are also provided for.
This scheme or government, says the
-ommission possesses, besides its intrinsic
merits the h statical Interest attaching to
origination with the author of the Declar
ation of Independence. Jefferson had out
lined a first sketch as early as November
Ml He seems to haw felt no incon
gruity between the principles of the Dec
laration of Independence of the IS self.
oerning colonies and th s scheme of gov
rrnment for the politically Inexperienced
inhabitants of Lowtstana. Indeed, he com
plained with some bitterness in Decern-be-
UK. when differences of opinion de
ve oped as to the manner of dtspoag ol
Louisiana, that "although It te acknowi-fii--d
that WT fetow-cUteeos are yet as
incapable of self-government as children,
yet some cannot bring themselves to sus
pend Its principle for a single moment."
From the outset, however, the com
mission believes it safe and desirable to
extend to the Filipinos 'larger liberty of
salf-government than Jefferson approved
of for the Inhabitants of Louisiana, as
suming that in the Sulu archipelago and
such portions of the other islands as are
occup'ied by tribes of Indians the govern
ment will be conducted through the
agency of their sultan or chief. The com
mission believes the people of the remain
der of the islands should be permitted to
elect at least members for the lower
branch of the territorial legislature, and
that at least half the members of the
upper house should be appointed by the
president. With such safeguards In Amer
ican hands, and a qualified veto power for
the governor-general, including the right
to suspend the law for a year even after
Its passage by a vote of two-thirds of
the legislature over his veto, this plan of
government, which is on the lines of the
constitution prepared for the commission
by the Filipinos who sought to adjust the
claims of the Insurgent leaders to the
right of American sovereignty, would
probably be adequate for the purpose of
good government This Is especially true,
the commission says, since congress may
and should retain the right to veto terri
torial legislation. Nearly all the offices
will, under this form of government, be
filled by Filipinos themselves, and the
merit system must be adopted and lived
tip to.
Conclusions Reached..
In connection with the subject of gov
ernment, the commission reaches the fol
lowing conclusions:
"L The United States cannot withdraw
from the Philippines. "We are there, and
duty bids us remain. There Is no escape
from our responsibility to the Flliplno3
and to mankind for the government of the
archipelago, and the amelioration of the
condition of its inhabitants.
"II The Filipinos are wholly unprepared
for independence and if Independence
were given to them, they could not main
tain It"
Under the third head is Included a copy
of Admiral Dewey's letter to Senator
Lodge, which was read In the senate the
other day, denying Agulnaldo's claim that
he was promised independence.
'TV There being no Philippine nation,
but only a collection of different peoples,
there Is no general public opinion In the
archipelago, but the men of property and
education, who alone Interest themselves
in public affairs. In general, recognize as
indispensable authority, guidance and
protection.
"V Congress should, at the earliest
practicable time, provide for the Philip
pines the form of government herein rec
ommended, or another equally liberal and
beneficent
"VI Pending any action on the part of
congress, the committee recommends that
the president put In operation this scheme
of government in such parts of the archi
pelago as are at peace.
"VII So far as the finances of the Phil
ippines permit, public education should be
promptly established, and, when estab
lished, made free to all.
"VIII The greatest care should be
taken In the selection of officials for ad
ministration. They should be men of the
highest character and fitness, and parti
san politics should be entirely separated
from the government of the Philippines."
Philippine Casunlty List.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. General Otis
has cabled the following list of casualties
to the war department:
"Manila, Feb. 1. Casualties: Killed
Twenty-first Infantry, January 29, near
Sublg, Luzon, First Lieutenant William
T. Schenck; Levis Bronston, Hlllard Bone;
William Shannon.
"Wounded Thirty-eighth Infantry, 19th,
at Taal, Batangas, Edward H. Chapin,
thigh, severe; Elmer E. Leasor, face,
Benjamin N. Chlnn, arm; Thomas Brown,
chest; Edward Weaver, shoulder, mod
erate; Harry Buchanan, leg.
"Thirty-sixth infantry, 22d, at Balln
caguing, Ira Allen, chest, severe; Louis
Wyles, thigh, slight; Preston A. Lloyd,
foot severe.
"Nineteenth Infantry, 8th, near Cebu, Al
fred Berry, corporal, neck and face, se
vere; William E. Bell, leg, severe; Charles
William SIzler, arm. slight; Henry W.
Sumner, corporal, thigh, moderate.
"OTIS."
First Lieutenant William T. Schenck,
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, was born In
Baltimore, Md., December 21, 1872, and
served as private, corporal and sergeant
of the First cavalry from November, 1S91,
to November, 1899, when he was appointed
second lieutenant of the Tenth infantry.
Soldiers' Remains on Transports.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. A cable
from Manila was received by the
quartermaster's department today, stat
ing that the Hancock sailed for
San Francisco January 29 with
the bodies of 462 dead soldiers. The
Indiana Is expected In immediately with
200 bodies, and the Ohio, with 138. arrived
today. These, in addition to the 159 which
came In on the Peking, Kade an Impos
ing total of nearly 1000 soldiers who lost
their lives In the Philippines and have
been brought home to the United States
for final interment.
Chaplain Thompson's Rcmnlns.
OLTMPIA, Feb. 3. Adjutant-General
Fox will start for Portland In the morn
ing to meet the remains of Chaplain
Thompson, which were shipped from San
Francisco by .express last nlcht In the
event of the express company refuslne to
make transfer at Tenlno Sunday evening,
the remains will not arrive In time for the
11 o'clock funeral as proposed Monday, but
the obsequies will probably be postponed
until Tuesday.
PICTURESQUE DENUNCIATION
Populist National Committeeman Re
jects a Bryan Proposal. '
Nebraska friends of Colonel Bryan are
making every possible effort to get the
populist national committee to declare for
fusion. J. H. Edmeston, chairman of the
populist state committee, and a member
of the populist national committee, re
cently wrote a letter to members of the
national committee. Inviting them to a
meeting, and declaring against Barker and
Donnelly. He sent such a letter to De
Witt Eskew, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., a mem
ber of the populist national committee,
who replied as follows:
"I cannot take part in the meeting of
your state committee, as I understand It
will be a democratic meeting. I was
elected a member of the national com
mittee for Missouri as a populist; and
for that reason, if for no other, I could
not and will not betray the confidence
placed In me by the ppullsts of Missouri
by taking part In a meeting that I believe
Is called for the benefit of the democratic
party.
"You say that those supporting Barker
and Donnelly should not. In your opinion,
be permitted to take part In the meeting
of your committee or convention. Well, 1
think so myself. And I want you to see
to It that no populists are permitted In
your meeting, for they have no business
there.
"Many free countries have lost their lib
erty by and through corruption, and ours
may lose hers, for at this time political
corruption is sweeping over the land, and
on its bosom are riding, like demons on
the waters of hell, the Imps of the evil
spirit, fiendishly torturing and torment
ing all those who dare resist its destroy
ing course."
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Germany's Clinnsred Conditions.
New York Times.
In 3ft rears the population of Germany
has changed. In 1S71 67 per cent of the
entire population was engaged in agrlcu
tural pursuits, the rest In commerce and
manufactures. Today the figures are re
versed. 67 per cent following commerc;
and manufacture, the rest remaining on
farms.
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Zarine cigarettes mouthpieee attached
Russian blend Turkish tobacco 10c for 10.
LETFERSOF VOLUNTEERS
IXSTANCES OF FILIPINO TREACH
ERY AND CRUELTY.
Oregon Soldier Offers Corrections of
Several Statements Made by a.
"Comrade ex-Volunteer."
AMBOY. Wash., Jan. 30. (To the Ed
itor.) In last Sunday's Oregonlan (Janu
ary 28), Is an answer by an "Ex-Volunteer"
to the plea of a. Washington "ex
Volunteer" for expansion. In this ar
ticle the second ex-volunteer mentions the
fact that three soldiers of his regiment
visited the several lake cities early In
October, and says "they t ere treated with
the greatest consideration by army and
civil authorities wherever they chose to
go." The facts of the case are as fol
lows: James Muh and George Kratty. of com
pany M, Second Oregon, and myself,
passed out through our lines up the Paslg
river in a covered canoe, on the morning
of October 12, 1898, on an "exploring ex
pedition," as we expected soon to be or
dered home, and wished to sec something
of the country before leaving. When
we left we expected to return on the same
day, but on arriving at Santa Ana we
learned that the insurgent steamer Cova
donga, left that same evening for Paslg
city, and next day for the head of the
lake, so we concluded not to let so good
a chance slip to see something of the
country.
We stayed that night at Paslg, and
got under way next morning about 8
o'clock, touched at nearly all of the lake
towns, on the southeast side of Laguna
de Bay, arriving at Santa Cruz, at the
head of the lake, about 2:30. After land
ing we went up to see the'governor, and
tried to get permission to look about the
town. This was at first refused us, but
later they got good to us all at once, and
gave us permission to look about the
town, wherever our Filipino soldier guide
saw fit to take us, and no further first,
however, taking our names, companies
and regiment which we were foolish
enough to give. We slept In the large
church that night, which was later par
tially destroyed by the artillery fire when
General Lawton took the cty on h's lake
expedition.
Next morning we left on the Covadonga,
not, however, before they had tantalized
us by the hour, making us believe that
they were going to hold us prisoners. On
arriving again at Santa Ana, shortly after
noon on October 14. we tried to get a
native boatman to take us down the river
to Manila. (The Covadonga went down
no further than Santa Ana.) But the in
srugent officer who had accompanied us
from Santa Cruz had Issued orders that
they were not to take us and, of course,
they wouldn't Well, they took us to
Paco, to one of the Filipino general's
headquarters, and kept us there until
night, asking all sorts of absurd ques
tions. Finally the general gave a letter
to the officer in charge, directed to Gen
eral Otis, and then, of course, we knew
that unless we could get possession of It
that we were "In for It" As we proceed
ed along the street towards our lines, we
found Insurgent guards every 50 yards,
who, at sight of their officers, would come
to a "carry" until we had passed.
We had considerable difficulty in get
ting through our lines, but finally made
It The sentry on post at Paco bridge,
where we passed Inside our lines, be
longed to troop G, Fourth cavalry. His
name was Beecraft,
As soon as we got inside our lines, the
Filipino officer began to get very civil.
Finally Kratty asked to see the letter
to General Otis to see If It was addressed
right, and upon the officer's producing It,
Kratty tore It up and we bid him "Adlos."
Now, the common people of Santa Cruz
used us like princes, while the officers,
both civil and military, were very Aus
picious of us. In fact, at one time they
told us that we would have to stay at
Santa Cruz.
Our big,, brown-uniformed and manly
looking fellows never before appeared to
me in the same light that they did upon
our approach to the American lines on
the evening of October 14, 1898, and I.
for one, Inwardly vowed that I would
ever after be a better soldier. However,
I don't suppose that I stuck to that good
resolution any too well.
Now, while I have no desire to dis
pute the word of comrade "Ex-Volunteer,"
I wish to correct a few of his state
ments. To be sure, on September 24, 1898,
the Filipino congress may have passed a
bill allowing all foreigners except Span
ish to carry arms in their territory, but
did they, after all, allow American sol
diers or civilians to carry arms In their
territory? I answer no, they did not;
and further still, they took prisoner and
held as such for several months, or un
til they were released by the Filipinos
being hard pressed by the Americans in
action, several American soldiers and
civilians that had been taken before the
outbreak of hostilities. The names of
several of those prisoners were found on
the walls of the Insurgent prison at San
Isldlro along with those of men that had
been captured since the outbreak.
As to five sentries being killed on post
In October or November, I never knew of
such an occurrence, but do know that
some time In January, of 1899, a sentry
on outpost, of the Sbuth Dakota regi
ment, met a couple of Filipinos one
night and they, after hailing him and
telling how friendly Filipinos were to
Americans, started to pass, and Just as
his side was turned to them, one of them
suddenly drew a bolo and cut the soldier
across the cheek In an attempt to get
at his throat, and for his pains the Fili
pino was shot dead in his tracks, and the
second one was mortally wounded. That
the Filipino failed to get his man certainly
was not from a lack of desire to mur
der. As to the Filipinos firing on flags of
truce, this they did on the 2d of May,
when we captured Salinag, or rather
fired on Captain Case, of the Second Ore
gon, whom General Lawton had sent out
to meet the insurgent flag of truce.
If. a comrade "Ex-Volunteer" says, the
"Americans were doing all In their power
to egg on a quarrel" with the Insurgents,
why were the American outposts ordered
to carry empty guns, and again, why did
they allow Filipino guards to be posted
at San Juan bridge Inside our lines? As
to the killing of a Filipino officer on the
night of February 4 "without provoca
tion," It Is certainly hard to see why
there was "no provocation," as this offi
cer was in charge of a squad of Fillp no
soldiers, who were trying to pass our out
post ivlth arms In their hands, and after
our sentry had challenged the Filipinos
three times, and they failed to halt he
fired as he had a perfect right to do.
In fact, every one who understands Fill
plno character belleveB that the only ihing
that brought on the trouble with the Fili
pinos was the kindness and extreme len
iency of the Americans, which the Fili
pinos mistook for fear and weakness.
Again, as to the Washlngtons carrying
matches In their pockets, it doesn't sound
right to accuse them of things that -we
were guilty of ourselves, and I am confi
dent that all Informed persons believe Ma
nila to have been fired by Insurgents; In
fact, there is but little room to arrive at
any other conclusion.
"The blood of Lawton" and other heroes
Is on the heads of the careless or treason
able clement as the case may be, of
Americans, who, by their moral support,
give life and strength to the Insurrec
tion, which, but for that, would have been
stamped out last spring after the crushing
defeat? of Malabon and Calumplt and
who, also, dj other means, aid In tramp
ing In the mire that flag for which our
forefathers bled and which gives protec
tion alike to the deserving and undeserv
ing. Comrade "Ex-Vo"unteer" wi-hes to
withhold his name as Tils side of tlie ques
tion, he thinks. Is unpopular. Be this as
it may. whether my side of It is popular
or unpopular, it la my honest conviction
that 1 have told the truth and nothing but
the truth, the only fault being that I
left much of the truth unto d. I aso have
an honorable discharge from a good com
pany of what I believe tobe "one of the
best regiments that fought In our little
war." E. E. LYON.
Co. B, Second Oregon Vol.
"A PLEA FOR EXPANSION."
Washington Volunteer Replies to
Criticisms on His Former Letter.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 30. (To the
Editor.) In your issue of the 28th Inst
appears a communication signed "Ex-Volunteer,"
calling In question the truth of
the statements in an article of mine of
a previous date, tinder the heading, "A
Plea for Expansion." The writer's lan
guage and style is of such a character
that I would disdain to rep'y to it, only
that those who know me, and do not know
of the facts, would Infer from my silence
that I wrote whereof I did not know.
In regard to the killing or wounding of
five of our sentries In October and No
vember, one of whom was a member of
company C, Fourteenth Infantry, my au
thority for the statement was men of that
regiment with whom I was familiar at
home and for years before at Vancouver
barracks. This Is one of the first items
of news I heard about the Filipinos on
my arrival in Manila, in November, 1898.
The article asks me for one case of
"cruelty or treachery" perpetrated by the
Filipinos. I cite one of each: Dr. Harry
Young, of the Utah battery, and Private
Edward H. Perry, of company I, First
Washington "Little Perry as he was
fondly called, and one of the favorites of
the regiment. It is strange that my critic,
who "was a policeman" from August 13,
1898, to March 12, 1899." did not hear of
these occurrences; and, stranger still, that
a "policeman" should so "go back" on
the characteristic of his craft in making
such an admission.
In regard to which side brought about
the outbreak, the attempt to burn Manila,
the setting fire to houses outside, etc.,
your correspondent makes these points a
question of veracity In the style and lan
guage peculiar to the slums. This calls
for no other reply from me, except to re
fer Intelligent readers of The Oregonlan
and other leading papers to the repeated
communications on this subject from their
duly appointed representatives in Manila;
also, to the many official reports of com
manders, from General Otis down.
Some men of the Washington regiment
were supplied with matches, perhaps
"more than once," but the sole use that
was made of them was to set fire to
buildings that Filipinos had made use of
as an ambush.
I regret that even one was unable to see
the spirit that prompted my communica
tion. I think every transport that re
turned from Manila called at one or more
Japanese ports. If the Americans on
board, while stopping in these ports, ex
perienced any of the feelings that I did.
they would have realized the meaning of
"expansion."" On every hand were to be
seen the men-of-war of every great nation
flying the flags of their countries, the
symbol of protection for their people. Any
American who saw this sight and Imag
ined how he would have felt In those far
away places prior to the 1st of May, 1893.
when the Stars and Stripes was but an
occasional and humble visitor, must have
had but an imperfect sense of the pride
of country if he was unable to catch the
meaning of Dewey's victory, which at
one bound changed all this and took his
countrymen, whether there for business or
pleasure, from the "tail end of the pro
cession" to the forefront of influence and
standing anions both the native and for
eign population. This is the meaning of
"expansion," and dead must be the soul
of a man to the Instincts of patriotism
and national pride who is unable to see
or feel it. In writing the article I did,
my only object was to contribute my mite
In spreading this, its true meaning, and
not to gain newspaper notoriety by at
taching my name to my humble and ob
scure effort Most of my friends and ac
quaintances know this, but any who do
not and who may be curious to learn,
can find my name In the list of three
officers and five enlisted men (my name
being among the latter) recommended to
the war department for recognition of
services on the firing line February 4-5
In the official report of the operations of
the regiment by Its commander for the
month of Fobruary, 1S99, and published In
part In The Oregonlan in June last, in the
press dispatches from Washington.
In conclusion, as I said before, I wish
this not to be considered as a reply to
the communication referred to above, the
writer of which, with his "honorable dis
charge from the best company of the best
regiment that fought In our little war,"
is evidently too familiar with and too
much at home among "prevaricators
spelled with four- letters" for me, with
my humble and inexperienced pen, to at
tempt to enlighten him.
EX-VOLUNTEER.
The Nation's Dead Soldiers.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 30.-(To the Ed
itor.) I noticed an article In The Oreso
nlan of this date, under the head, ".The
Remains of Dead Soldiers," in which it
is stated that a special funeral train will
start for the East with the remains of
General Lawton, Major Logan and Dr.
Armstrong, Upon the arrival In San Fran
cisco of the transport bearing these dead
soldiers. It Is also stated that Major
General Shatter, with a military escort,
will accompany the remains of these three
officers to Washington.
Now, I ask, with all due reverence and
respect to the dead officers, would It not
be just as well to ship their remains on
a regular train, in charge of one or two
officers as escort, instead of golns to the
cost of providing a special train, decorated
with flags and parading it through the
country, when there are hundreds of brave
boys (the real heroes) lying in neglected
graves from 8000 to 10,000 miles away from
home and friends, whose mothers, wives,
sisters and sweethearts would be elad to
receive them, even from an ordinary box
car. Without considering the far more
sensitive feelings of a mother, would not
you, Mr. Editor, as a father, feel very sad
to think, on going to the cemetery to deco
rate graves, that your dear and perhaps
only son was occupying the neglected
grave of a soldier In distant Manila, over
which you could not shed a tear or place
a rose? Then read of the grand, special
funeral train, in charge of a department
commander and field staff, conveying the
tnree aeaa omcers nearly across the con
tinent, at an expense to the people of
many thousand dollars. It Is safe to say
that the expense of this special train and
the funeral cortege will be moTe than
enough to cover the shipment from Ma
nila to their homes of every dead soldier
of the Oregon, Washington and Idaho
regiments. Why shoult all these honors
be extended to these officers? They are
no better than any other good, true and
loyal private soldier. I believe in showing
respect where respect is due, but 'think
this grand display, pomp and unneces
sary expense Is extravagant, outrageous
and uncalled for. L. HALL.
If Mr. Hall had read The Oregonjan's
news columns, he would know that his
criticism of the government for neglect
ing the dead privates Is unjust All the
bodies are to be brought back to San
Francisco and sent by express, at gov
ernment expense, to relatives who claim
them.
Brave military commanders have been
honored since the world began: never
more than at the present day. Mr. Hall
cannot change human nature.
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Pearl Oysters Can Be Cultivated.
Indianapolis News.
Recent experiments by the experts of
the flsh commission in Washington have
demonstrated that genuine pearls of high
quality may be grown in an aquarium,
fountains, fish ponds and In any other
pools of water which can sustain mus
sels, oysters and other mollusks that emit
nacre, the beautiful iridescent secretion
of which pearls are made.
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CHOICE OF THE CAUCUS
T. R. BARD NAMED FOR SENATOR
BY' CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS.
Barns' Follovrers Did Not Attend,
and May Not Recognize the
Nomination.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Feb. 2. This aft
ernoon 41 republican members of the leg
islature, who have been voting against
Colonel Burns, met and agreed to vote for
Thomas R. Bard, of Ventura, for senator
in caucus this evening.
The Burns forces held a meeting tonight
and sent a committee to the caueus which
none of the Burns men had attended to
protest against the caucus being held un
less 61 members, a majority of the legis
lature, were present Thomas Flint
chairman of the caucus, ruled that a ma
jority of the S5 who had signed the caucus
call constituted a quorum, and as the
meeting was adjourned from that held
last night, all would be bound by its de
cisions. The Burns committee left the room,
leaving 52 members present A vote was
taken, which resulted in Bard receiving
50 votes and Grant two. Bard -was de
clared to be the nominee of the caucus.
It la -understood that the -Burns forces
will refuse to recognize the nomination.
BRYAN'S TOUR.
"When He Is Through In New York.
He Will Visit Texas.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. A special to the
World from Concord, N. H., says:
At an Informal conference held in Port
land between William J. Bryan and hl3
prominent supporters, It was decided that
his Eastern trip had proved a great suc
cess, and it was resolved that the trip
should be considered as opening the great
campaign of 1900. Among those who
helped to arrive at this conclusion were
Mr. Bryan, ex-Governor Altgeld, Congress
man Lentz of Ohio; Colonel Drlnkwater
and Cclonel Charles D. Lewis, of Massa
chusetts; T. L. Norrls, member of the
national committee from New Hampshire;
Henry McClellan, a prominent democrat
of Belfast, Me.; Frederick W. Plalsted,
of Augusta, son of ex-Governor Plalsted,
and members of the state committees of
Maine, Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire. The campaigning will be renewed im
mediately In the Western and Northwest
ern states. As soon as Mr. Bryan ends
his present Eastern trip In New Jersey
next week, he will start for Texas and
rejoin his wife and children. He will
rest for a few weeks, and will be ready
for the national battle. Mr. Altgeld, In
carrying out the plans agreed upon, left
Mr. Bryan's party, and will proceed to
Chicago. If there be no change In the
programme, he will open the fight in the
Northwest within 10 days.
Mr. Biyan and ex-Governor Altgeld,
In their consultation with the Eastern
members of the national committee, found
out that the Eastern men were all In
favor of holding an early convention.
The earlier the better was the sentiment
brought out at Boston and Portland.
PENSION FOR MRS. M'KAY.
The Old Bill Reintroduced In the
House by Representative Moody.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Representa
tive Moody, of Oregon, has Introduced a
bill granting a pension of $20 a month to
Mrs. Margaret C. McKay, widow of the
late Dr. William C. McKay, of Pendleton,
Or. This is not a new measure, as It was
first Introduced In tbp 54th congress, and
again in the 55tn. On both occasions it
passed the senate, but never came out
of the house committee on pensions, that
graveyard where so many relief bills find
a final resting place. The report, which
has heretofore been made on this bill In
the senate, sets forth the facts of the
case, which will be recalled by many who
were acquainted with Dr. McKay. This
report is as follows:
"The bill proposes to grant a pension to
the beneficiary on account of services ren
dered the government by her husband
during the Indian wars in the Northwest.
The reports on file In the war department
show the employment In the quartermas
ter's department of William C. McKay
by Lieutenant William Borrowe, acting
assistant quartermaster. Fort Dalles, Ore
gon, as Interpreter for Indian scouts, 1866
and 1867, when transferred to Captain H.
C. Hodges, assistant quartermaster. Fort
Vancouver, Washington, who reports him
employed as interpreter with Indian scouts
from July 1 to August 31, 1867, with pay
and allowance of second lieutenant of cav
alry. He Is next reported by Lieutenant
R. I. Eskrldge, acting assistant quarter
master, with expedition against the In
dians, department of the Columbia, as in
terpreter, with pay and allowance of sec
ond lieutenant of cavalry, from September
1 to October 31, 1867, and by Captain
Hodges, Fort Vancouver, Washington,
from November 1 to December 5? 1867, when
discharged. While the above record does
not show that McKay was regular enlisted
as a soldier, it appears that he rendered
valiant service and endured all the hard
ships Incident to a soldier's life during the
Indian wars referred to. It also appears
from evidence on file that he took the oath
required of officers and enlisted men, and
was subject to the orders of his superior
officers. The present legislature of the
state of Oregon has memorialized congress,
praying for the passage of this bill.
"The beneficiary named In the bill is
quite aged, and Is suffering from great
physical Infirmities, and, In addition, is in
destitute circumstances. Over 200 citizens
have signed the following petiton, which
Is on file with other papers in this case:
" 'We, the undersigned citizens of the
United States, respectfully petition that an
act be passed by congress granting a pen
sion to Mrs. Margaret C. McKay, widow
of the late Dr. William C. McKay, of Pen
dleton, Or. Dr. McKay was a great hero
m the Oregon Indian wars, and did as
much or more than any other one man In
saving the settlers of the Northwest from
their ravages, and his heroic services
should be recognized by the protection of
What is wanted of soap
for the skin is to wash it
clean and not hurt it.
Pure soap does that. This
is why we want pure soap;
and when we say pure,
we mean without alkali.
Pears' is pure; no free
alkali. There are a thou
sand virtues of soap; this
one is enough. You can
trust a soap that has no
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druggists; all sorts of people use it.
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GIVES STRENGTH
Mrs. Mary R. Rubright, Hamburg, Pa., writes:
"Three years ago the doctors said I had ner
vous prostration. I was barely able to stand
when I commenced taking Paioe's Celery Com
pound. After taking half a bottle I was able
to walk about, and after using three bottles I
felt better than I ever did. I could do more
work, and working was a pleasure instead of
a burden as so many suffering women find it.
"I have since used Paine's Celery Compound
for neuralgia and sick headache an always
found instant relief."
Paine's Celery Compound keeps the blood
pure, the body nourished, the nerves strong.
his wife, who is now a cripple and In
financial straits.'
"Dr. J. M. Pruett and" Dr. C. J. Smith,
both of Pendleton, Or., examined the
claimant on December 29, 1S84, ana reported
as fallows:
" 'At the present time she is suffering
from the results of an impacted fracture
o' the neck of the femur of right side,
which occurred, to the best of our knowl
edge, about nine years ago, together with
an injury received at the same time at
the Iumbsacral junction of the spinal
column, the result of which injury has
been to atrophy the muscles in the lumbar
and sacral regions of the back, together
with those of the thigh and leg of the
right side, resulting in a permanent short
ening and partial paralysis of this limb
"Ex-Senator John H. Mitchell filed a
written statement with the committee rel
ative to the faithful and efficient service
of the late William C- McKay, and feat'
his widow is left in destitute circum
Mancos. "A.fter a careful examination of the faet
In this case, your committee believe that
this Is a proper subject for special legists
tion."
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A Gaitronomlcal Curiosity.
London Telegraph.
In the window of a coffee-house hi
Hackney is displayed a gastronomlcal eu- I
rioslty. It consists of a piece of Christ
mas pudding made in the field kitchen ot
one of the companies of the Grenadier
Guards In front of Sebastopol in 18&J. The
dainty has by right of age acquired quite t
a fossilized appearance. It 'was brought I
home by an uncle of the proprietor ef '
the establishment, who served in the
corps.
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illaji all pain, cures wind colic and dlarrheea.
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