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POUTLAIfD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
So far as the scare over Germany's
South American purposes is built up
on expectation of co-operation from
New World Germans, it Is gratuitous
and senseless. There are no more loyal
Americans than those of German ex
traction. They cherish love and affec
tion for the Vaterland, but their polit
ical fealty Is to their adopted country,
not to the German throne. It is fair to
assume that the same rule holds good
with Germans in South America. It is
but just to suppose that William's de
signs on Brazil, if any such exist, will
receive the same reception from Ger
mans in Brazil that would be given
any hostile Intention of the Kaiser
towards the "United States. That Is,
they would be repelled as vigorously as
would similar proposals from Great
Britain or Russia. When Germans
leae Europe for a home in the New
World, they do not do so for the pur
pose cf dragging Prussian sovereignty
with them. The quality of German cit
izenship in the United States affords an
example that the native-born of our
South and West might emulate to their
credit. Germans saved the country
from the sliver basis in 1896, and they
may have to do it again in 1900.
Tho candidacies of Captain R. S.
Greenleaf:
3890 Survjor Union and Labor
1802 Surv eyor Republican
1SIH Asssor ................. ... Republican
1630-Assfssor Mitchell-Republican
1S9S As -snor Antl-Slmon Republican
1900 Assessor Independent
A man of the tenacity and address
of Captain Greenleaf should no longer
be permitted to bury his talents In the
public service, away from the emolu
ments of private enterprise.
Every man that votes the Fusion
ticket June 4 votes to tie a millstone
about the neck of Oregon Industry, to
throttle trans-Pacific trade, to continue
the subservience of this Coast to the
Influences that have hitherto held back
Its progress. Every mar. that votes the
Fusion ticket June 4 votes to kill busi
ness in every Pacific Coast city and
saddle hardship on the children lie will
leave behind him.
Everybody knows that American con
sumers of printing paper are memorial
izing Congress for abolition of duties,
through whose aid the paper trust is
enabled to raise prices to o.n unreason
able point. But everybody doesn't
know that in Canada the consumers of
printing paper are memorializing the
Canadian Government for a reduction
of duties on that side. Yet such is the
fact. The Canadian duties enable the
Canadian manufacturer to mulct the
Canadian consumer, and the United
States duties enable the American
manufacturer to despoil the American
consumer. Two questions suggest them
selves. First, whom does the duty In
either case benefit except the manu
facturer, and him unjustly? Second,
what chance would this extortion have
of survival if trade In printing paper
were free across the line?
It is to be said for the Six o'clock
Closing Association that Its profession
of appealing only to patrons of stores
Is unusually creditable among reform
organizations. Inasmuch as It recog
nizes that only in public opinion can
any social achievement be adequately
grounded. The more closely this pro
fession Is adhered to, the more sub
stantial are likely to be the results.
It Is almost Inconceivable that the
Serate should receive Mr. Clark, on
the basis of his appointment, secured
through sharp practice, and reeking of
the same malodorous methods that se
cured his election. Mr. Clark should
remember. If ho can comprehend the
thought at all, that the objection to
him is not so much a legal question as
a moral question. And moral questions
are not settled by thimble-rigging. If
his claim acquires a status before the
Senate, It will probably be hung up till
adjournment.
No matter what may be said by the
Hong Kong junta, or AgonciHo, the Fili
pino weaver of fables at Paris, there
Lwi'l never be a serious unrlsinc- in Ma.
inlla. P'an one as elaborately as they
'may. the Filipinos have not the courage
to carry it out. The Individual Tagal
stands In abject fear of the Individual
American, and no possible combination
can eradicate It from his souL When
the critical moment comes, his terror
arevalls. and he Hunks comnletelv. Not
ono'lhls. but he knows that his fellow-
ccnsplrators are going to fall him for
the same reason. The elaborate plans
for an uprising when Manila was at
tacked, and the still more carefully
planned outbreak when so many houses
were burned on Washington's blrthday
a year ago. both failed for this reason,
and there is no probability that ever
again will such extended, careful and
comilete plans for an outbreak in the
city be made. The numbers who might
be interested In such an undertaking
are now comparatively few, and the
hopelessness of contending personally
with the Americans is more widely felt
than ever. Nothing but guerrilla war
fire with a little treachery here and
thtre. whereby a few Americans may
be suddenly overcome, may now be ex
pected, though reports of more elab
orate plans on foot may yet for a time
be heard. Conspiracies may even be
attempted up to the critical time of
carrying them into effect, but beyond
that they will never go.
ALT, EYES OX OItEGO.
The Oregonlan has said that a dimin
ished Republican majority in Oregon
this year will be a victory for anti
imperialism, so-called; that Is, for the
opponents of Pacific expansion. Pacific
development. Pacific trade. Confirma
tion of this assertion comes from an
unexpected source.
The Baltimore Sun. gold-standard
and "anti-Imperialist" Democrat, prints
a leading editorial headed "Oregon and
Maine Elections." As to Oregon, it
says:
Ordinarily the election would not attract at
tention, except so far as tho political complex
ion of the Legislature will affect the choice of
a successor to Senator McBrlde, who Is a Re
publican. As this Is the year of the Presiden
tial election, however, and the platforms of
both the Democratic and Republican parties In
Oregon refer to National as well as local Is
sues, tho result of next month's election may
Indicate to some extent the sentiment of the
Par West toward McKlnleyism and Imperial
ism. And after reciting the salient utter
ances of the opposing platforms, the
Sun goes on:
It will, therefore, be seen that the state elec
tion In Oregon will be conducted largely on
those National Issues upon which tho Presi
dential contest will to fought.
Oregon and Maine, however, may havo some
surprises in store. revealing an undercurrent
of feeling against McICinleyism which would
give tho Administration food for much anxious
reflection before the National election In No
vember. A vote for Fusion candidates, there
fore, will be considered throughout the
country as a declaration acminst the
retention of the Philippines. That is
the question.
Every voter in Oregon Is entitled to
record his verdict In his own way. The
Australian system guarantees him a
secret ballot. The registry law protects
him from being crowded from the polls
by illegal voters. When he enters the
booth he leaves outside on the street
behind him all the Influences that have
dogged his steps during the campaign.
He is Intimidated by no party boss,
cajoled by no Importunate candidate,
tempted by no tender of money,
watched by no Inquisitorial striker.
Nobody can see how he votes, nobody
will ever know how he votes. , He has
all the liberty Imaginable, but he can
not close his eyes to the facts. He
can vote as he chooses, but he cannot
control the consequences of that vote.
Its effect is beyond his reach. Its ef
fect is, In fact, already determined. The
Issues are closed. He can vote for the
advancement of his state and section,
for the upholding of his country's
honor at home and prestige abroad; or
he can vote against all these and in
favor of isolation, stagnation, cow
ardice and decline.
If any man thinks his vote for a
Fusion nominee Tesults in putting a
friend of his Into office and keeping an
enemy out, and In that alone, he Is
making the mistake of a lifetime. The
effect of a yote for a Fusion or "Inde
pendent" nominee Is to publish to the
world that Oregon wants the silver
basis of Mexico and China, and that
Oregon wants this country to have no
part in the trade of Asia. The man
who votes against the Republican can
didates at this Oregon June election of
1900 publishes to the world that Oregon
Is contented as it is, and has no ambi
tion for advancement; that Oregon
wants no more markets for flour In
China, lumber In Japan or blankets In
Russia; that Oregon wants no more
ships to enter the Columbia River, no
more warships built at Portland, no
more cargoes of silk, tea and rice un
loaded at her docks and shipped East
by her railroads; that Oregon wants
no more population here, no more man
ufactures, no more payrolls, no more
trade.
Tou can vote for a great future for
the Pacific Coast or you can vote for
it to stand where it is today while Eu
rope divides among its powers the trade
of an awakened Orient. Tou have two
choices, but no third.
PRESENT LAWS XOT ADEQUATE.
Commenting upon the recent labor
riots In New York, the London Times
suggests that the United States will
eventually be compelled to adopt more
severe restrictions on immigration and
strengthen Its available resources for
the Immediate suppression of incipient
Insurrection. The ability of the United
States to suppress Incipient insurrec
tions is ample, and will continue to be,
so long as the masses of the people re
tain their present respect for law and
order and regard for Individual rights.
The Impression seems to prevail, judg
ing from editorial utterances in numer
ous papers, that the Immigration laws
we now have would keep out tho class
of cheap laborers who participated In
the Croton riots, were they enforced.
This is erroneous. Criminals, paupers,
insane, those likely to become a public
charge and those coming under con
tract to labor, are excluded by the law,
but the most rigid enforcement of the
statute would have but little effect In
stopping the stream of cheap humanity
that has been pouring into the United
States from the south of Europe the
past ten years. The contract labor law
is an absurd makeshift. It stops from
entering the country men who have had
the business prudence to provide for a
means of earning a living, while a
flood of cheap laborers who have no
idea of how they will get a living 13
permitted to pour In unrestrained. The
most rigid enforcement of the Immigra
tion law -would not have kept out the
most ignorant of the Croton rioters, nor
would It exclude the many thousands
of equally ignorant and undesirable
material for citizens who enter every
year, constantly adding to the lower
stratum of our social fabric. Increasing
the mass of politically corruptible citi
zens, cheapening the labor of the coun
try and increasing the tendency
towards violence and defiance of law
and individual rights In the constantly
recurring labor troubles.
SALMON PROBLEMS.
The taking of some marked salmon
at Astoria this season finally and com
pletely upsets the old theory that the
salmon all return the fourth year to
the spawning grounds. These salmon
were marked In 1S?5, and the first to
return entered the Columbia In 1S9S,
only three years after their bIrth.Oth
ers entered in 1S99, and now still others
have come In, five years after their
release from the hatchery. These fish
are larger than the average, and yet
vary considerably In weight, some be
ing smaller than a number of those
caught last year. This seems to prove
that, while the additional year of
growth has given them greater size,
the age of a salmon cannot be judged
by its weight. Doubtless tbey vary In
size as individuals, for the same reason
that human beings do, and this sug
gests that eggs be taken for propaga
tion only from large fish, and that the
milt of full-grown male salmon be used
exclusively. In this way. possibly, the
average size of salmon In the Columbia
might be considerably increased. Such
methods have had that effect In the
Improvement of domestic animals and
vegetables, and it Is reasonable to sup
pose that It might also produce the
same result In the propagation of fish.
It at least Is worth the trial.
There are many problems to be solved
In pisciculture, .especially with refer
ence to the 'salmon. In order to get tho
utmost limit of benefit from hatcheries.
This one, the reasons for the consider
able variation In size among fish of the
same age. Is one of the most Important.
Another Is the proper time for releasing
the young fry Into the stream to shift
for themselves, so that the greatest
number possible may escape their ene
mies and reach the ocean. The younger
they are when turned loose the greater
the number of their enemies, since more
fish are large enough to eat them. On
the other hand, salmon tame so easily
that when kept in captivity long they
are not so wary, and the larger fish
can catch them more easily than they
can those whose instinct to hide has
not been overcome by too long famil
iarity with harmless external objects.
Much money and effort are now be
ing expended in restocking the Colum
bia River with this valuable fish, and
the bost results from this outlay will
be achieved through constant study
and experiment on these and other
practical, features of the work. The
marking of 5000 more fish contemplated
this year by Commissioner Reed will
aid In the solution of these problems.
ANOTHER CASE OF POLITICAL PULL
The question of civil service reform
as applied to colonial government is
brought sharply to public attention by
the case of Neely, the man arrested
for embezzling $36,000 from the Govern
ment of Cuba. He belongs In Muncle,
Ind., where he published a small news
paper. For political services he was
appointed to the staff of Governor
Mount. In December, 1898, without
having had previous experience In Gov
ernment service, he was appointed
chief financial agent of the Cuban
Postofflce Department. He was select
ed for this appointment without any
civil service examination, but under a
system described by the Postmaster
General in his report as one "without
academic examination, but based on
tried service and personal knowledge."
What "tried service" had this cheap
Indiana politician performed that he
was able without previous postal ex
perience to secure a most Important
place in the Havana postofflce? His
appointment seems to have been due
largely to the favor he had found with
Assistant Postmaster-General Heath.
It is aVmrious fact that the defalcation
was discovered by a military inspector,
General George H. Burton, and It is
charged that but for General Burton's
report of his Investigation the scandal
would never have come to light. Asso
ciated with Neely in his embezzlement
Is another resident of Muncle, Ind., a
young man named Rich, who secured
his appointment in the Cuban Postal
Department through Neely, bis inti
mate friend.
The conclusion of the whole matter
Is that this shameful affair may be
Justly charged to the President's prac
tice of allowing the minor offices to be
used as spoils by politicians. The Pres
ident's appointments to high positions
are generally admirable, but he lets
politicians dispose of the lower offices
as personal plunder. Secretary Root in
his annual report declared that wher
ever In our Insular government "it is
necessary to employ Americans, a sys
tem of civil service examination should
be provided." The failure to create
such a barrier between himself and the
demands of political bosses has brought
scandal upon the Administration.
Without civil service checks and reg
ulations which apply recognized tests
for capacity and character, our whole
insular service, not only in Cuba, but
In Luzon, is dangerously likely to be
come malodorous with a succession of
scandals. The defalcation of Neely Is
likely to cost the Government from
550,000 to ?200,000; but that Is a small
matter compared with the fact that the
present system of colonial appoint
ments, or the utter lack of any sound
system, has cost us something of our
good name In Cuba, and must inevita
bly embarrass our similar operations
in the Philippines.
XOT JUSTIFIED BY THE RECORDS.
Naturally the Indian War Veterans
are Impatient of the delay that has long
blocked the passage of their pension
bill. The time since the wars for the
protection of the infant settlements of
the Pacific Northwest were waged has
been long," and the veterans of these
wars are veterans Indeed white haired
and many of them feeble. If their
claim Is a just one, and this is con
ceded by all who are familiar with Its
basis, it should be allowed at once.
Indeed, it should have been allowed
long ago. It is no. doubt due to the im
patience natural under the circum
stances that Indian War Veterans In a
meeting held at Albany recently passed.
a resolution censuring Hon. Thomas H.
Tongue for remissness In his duty ih
regard to this pension bllL
The records show that Mr. Tongue
has been diligent, and upon occasion
urgent. In behalf of this claim, doing all
In his power and all that any man
could do, to secure its recognition. To
men who know nothing about condi
tions that prevailed upon the frontier
forty or fifty years ago, Indian wars
are as a dream, without serious signifi
cance. This claim Is at best a long
outdated one and void of special Inter
est. Its most forcible presentment
awakens in them but languid attention.
While to far Western men, whose
knowledge of the settlement of Oregon
and Washington dates back to Its be
ginnings, this claim appeals with
power and pathos, as both Just and ur
gent. Men who regard the Indian from the
"Poor Lo" standpoint see nothing in it
but the clamor of a relatively small
and to them unimportant class of men
for special consideration. It is well
known that active opposition to any
measure is much easier to overcome
than stolid Indifference. Tho former
commands attention and challenges
thought: the latter arouses from Its
torpid state only long enough to vote
the measure down, or compass its post
ponement by the dilatory tactics of leg
islation. There is no reason In justice
or in National policy, as reflected in our
pension laws, for the postponement of
favorable consideration of this claim.
It should be allowed, and that with
out further delay. It has been the mis-
J fortune of our representatives In Con
gress that they have thus far been
unable to force favorable action upon
it, but the records of their endeavor do
not support the declaration that this
failure Is due to culpable neglect of
duty toward this most worthy and de
serving class of their constituents. It
certainly does not appear that the In
dian War Veterans of Albany have any
reason, outside of Impatience, natural
I under the circumstances, to charge Mr.
Tongue with neglect of his duty in this
matter, and it may be hoped, in the In
terest of fairness, that they will right
their record.
Tho nomination of Mr. Towne for Vice-President
by tho National Populist Convention has
had a verr excellent effect on the Silver Re
publicans of the state. They look upon It as
a tribute to the strength and devotion of the
party. It pleases the party, and It Is not likely
they will now submit gracefully to any other
candidate being named by tho Democrats at
Kansas City. Idaho correspondence of Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
Here Is a clear and exact statement
of the dilemma into which the smart
Bryan project of bestowing the Popu
list nomination on Towne has driven
the Democracy. If Towne in with
drawn, it will be obvious that the Sioux
Falls convention was simply used, and
both the Populists and Sliver Republi
cans will be mightily offended. If
Towno Is beaten by the Democrats,
they will, of course, be vastly Incensed.
If he 13 nominated by them, tho East
ern Democrats will be alienated, be
cause It will be notice on them that
they must swallow silver again, or
leave the party. Towne for Vice-President
is a violent ringing of the silver
alarm, a proclamation that there is
room on the Democratic-Populist ticket
for none but silver agitators and prop
agandists. The utilization of Japanese labor in
the sugar-beet fields of Oregon and
Washington promises to solve a per
plexing problem In the sugar industry
and at the same time open an avenue
of employment for a portion of the Jap
anese now arriving In the country in
such alarming numbers, which will not
Interfere with American labor. It has
been impossible to secure sufficient help
In the beet fields, and the increased
acreage this year adds to the embar
rassment. This Is labor to which the
Japanese are peculiarly well adapted.
The careful, patient work to which they
are accustomed In the rice, vegetable
and tea fields of their own country
especially fits them for the plodding,
tiresome labor of sugar-beet cultiva
tion. Yet, desirable as this labor Is
at the present time, objection will un
doubtedly be raised to it, if not now,
certainly in a year or two, on the
ground that it Is crowding out white
labor. There may be expected a repe
tition of the experiences of the raisin
growers and orchardlsts of California
with Chinese labor, without which
those industries would never have
reached their present high develop
ment. The Chicago Chronicle lifts its wall
ing Democratic voice against the nomi
nation of Towne. It declares that "he
is no more a Democrat now than when
a Republican Member of Congress from
Minnesota. ... He Is well enough
as a Silver Republican. But the Dem
ocratic party is not the Silver Repub
lican party. The Democratic party la
composed of. Democrats. ... If
Democrats want Hanna to mart out
their camDaitrn for thom tiiov -n-in
nominate Towne for Vice-President and
give the sliver Issue new life -with a
chief place In the discussions of the
campaign." The Chronicle offers the
somewhat astonishing contention that
Bryan's silver views make no differ
ence, Towne's every difference. The
distinction is too subtle for the average
citizen. All sllverists and professed
believers In the Chicago platform look
alike to the world at large.
Registration throughout the stae
closed yesterday. Returns are yet in
complete, but enough are at hand to
Indicate that the largest vote ever cast
In the state has been exceeded. No
taries Public and Justices of the Peae
are yet to make their final reports to
County Clerks. When all are in, it will
probably be found that there is a
nearly full roster of all voters. Great
diligence has been used In Multnomah
County, and generally throughout the
state, In stimulating the citizen to do
his duty, and the surprise Is that, with
a new and untried law, not generally
understood, so much has been accom
plished. It Is not probable that, in Its
actual operation, the registration law
will much improve or impair the
chances of any political party on elec
tion day.
We shall now hear of numerous fa
vorable committee reports on bills In
troduced by Senator McBride. The
Senate takes a kindly and helpful In
terest In the re-election of Its mem
bers. Thoughtful and far-seeing states
manship impels each Senator to do for
others what he hopes will be dons for
himself every recurring sixth year.
A current newspaper portrait shows
ex-Senator Clark at Washington with
the National Capitol In the background.
Most appropriately, and with com
mendable fidelity to the truth of his
tory, the photographer represents the
Senator with his back to the Capitol,
descending the steps.
Clark Is conscious of the rectitude of
his own -actions, and leaves his vindi
cation with his people. Now we shall
see whether the great Montana enter
prise of gold-bricking Clark again can
be repeated.
The Sioux Falls platform, conspicu
ously Ignores the great Populist prin
ciple of the Initiative and referendum.
The Imperial mandate found congenial
society only at Cincinnati.
Last Farrop-ut Veteran.
New York Herald.
Timothy Murray, chief master-at-arms
on the United States ship Pensacola, now
stationed off the Pacific Coast. Is th only
enlisted man now In the naval service who
was with Farragut's fleet during the Civil
War.
He Is not quite 50 years of age. Born
In Ireland on November 4, 3X0, ho ran
away to sea at the age of 12. Only a
year later he enlisted "n the United States
Navy at Boston as a seccnd-class boy,
serving first on the United States frigate
Niagara, and after December, IS63, on the
flagship Hartford.
He has a keen remembrance of Farra
gut at the battle of Mobile Bay, on Au
gust 5, ISoi.
""When the squadron started up the bay,"
he says, " the old Admiral was In the
port main rigging, with a rope around
his waist, so that he could lean over and
see what the fleet were dnas. At the mo
ment the Brooklyn ran around. Captain
Alden sang out, Torpedoes ahead!' It
was then the Admiral used the famous
words:
" Torpedoes,' bo d d! Give her four
bells V
"During the entire action in the bay
the Admiral was sometimes on the poop
and sometimes in the mlzzen rigging. He
was. I assure you, a busy man.
"That he was In constant danger Is evi
dent when you remember that the Hart
ford lost 27 killed and 25 wounded. Only
three of the officers who were on the ship
that day remain la, the service General
Heywood, now commanding the Marine
Corps; Admiral Watson, then a Lieuten
ant, and Captain Whiting, then an Ensign."
BRYAJf'S BOGEY MAN.
An Alliance Between the United
States and Any Country Absnril.
BALLSTON. Or., May 13. (To the Edi
tor.) Of all the hollow absurdities eet
up to scare the timid voter none is more
fantastical than the bogey of a "secret
British alliance." Bryan, who consti
tutes tho Democratic party, deserves as
severe condemnation as tho fellow who
scares Into hysterics a band of damsels
returning from spelling school by the sud
den display of a pumpkin lantern thrust
through a hedge.
In tho first place, such a thing as a for
eign alliance Is imposslblo without the
consent of the Senate, at present a body
whose friendliness towards England is of
a doubtful quality. In the next. Lord
Salisbury Is hardly fool enough to tie
himself to such a shlfing, ekUUsh, un
certain partner as American public opin
ion. Under Cleveland there was a hostile
feeling towards Great Britain over the
Venezuela Incident, but before the decis
Ion of the arbitration board was ren
dered the fickle public had forgotten the
affair. In 1S93 country store statesmen
were patting each other on the back with
the smiling congratulation, "England la
on our side." Now, Bryan, Sulzer et aL,
have brought about an anti-British reac
tion In tho great Democratic host. Amer
ica no more than France can be relied
on for a settled policy, and no nation
having an established course of action
will risk an offensive and defensive al
liance with such an unstable outfit. Such
a nation venturing thereon would eoon
want to be released as badly as the man
who yoked himself up with a bull. Indi
cations are that America Is far more like
ly In the near future to need assist
ance In foreign scrapes than England Is.
And the latter country certainly could
not afford to fall out with Germany If
we chose to do so. Neither would it be
to her interest to back us up by force
in a rumpus with Turkey.
Should the irresponsible demagogues
who now lead the Democratic party get
In control of our affairs, no considera
tions of International comity or the true
interests of tho country would deter them
from plunging tho nation Into the most
disastrous foreign complications. If there
by they might retain their own place
and power by truckling to and fanning
popular prejudices. The timid voter who
can't sleep for fear of the English bogey
would do well to consider that the Bryan
hobgoblin is far more dangerous, and that
there Is far less peril in what England
may do to us than In what we may do
to ourselves. WALLACE YATES.
A Rlnjrlni? Platform.
The press dispatches gave a very inad
equate Idea of the sterling character of
the platform adopted by tho Republicans
of Iowa on May 10. Its declaration en
National Issues Is as follows:
Wo enter upon tho policital campaign of 1000
with the policies presented by tho Republican
party four years ago fully vindicated, and its
promises all redeemed.
In tho light of today it is apparent that tho
attempt to debase tho currency as a remedy
for the hard times then prevailing was a mon
strous blunder, which. It successful, would
havo Involved tho country In lasting humilia
tion and shame, and proved disastrous to all
Industrial Interests.
Wo insist that no issue 'can be paramount to
the maintenance of the public credit and the
stability of the money for which all labor and
products are sold. So long as a political party
stands committed to the overthrow of the ex
isting monetary system we call upon all con
servative men to act with us in keeping that
party from power.
We favor the extension of self-government to
all the people that have lately come under the
protection of this country as rapidly as they
demonstrate their capacity to exercise it: we
hold our authority over them to be & BOlemn
trust, to bo exercised with an eye singfe to
their Instruction, development and prosperity.
We favor legislation that will effectually pro
tect the public from tho evils of combinations
In restraint of trade. For measures to properly
restrict the power of aggregated capital, to
protect tho Individual rights of all men, and
preservo freedom of competition and of oppor
tunity, we rely upon tho Republican party,
trusting to that wise and safe statesmanship
which in emergencies of the last four years
has been so satisfactorily- tested.
This Is a straightforward, vigorous ut
terance that Republicans of other states
might have used to advantage, and It
should serve in part as a model for the
resolutions committee at Philadelphia.
The Geoerrnpliy of Nome.
Popular Science Monthly.
The geographical position of the Nome
region Is the southern face of the penin
sular projection of Alaska which separates
Kotzebue Sound on the north from Bering
Sea on the south, and terminates west
ward in Cape Prince of Wales, the extent
of the North American Continent In a
direct line of navigation it lies about 2300
miles northwest of Seattle, and 170 miles
southeast of Siberia. The nearest settle
ment of consequence to It prior to 18S9,
was St. Michael, 100 miles to the south
east, the starting point of the steamers for
the Yukon River; but during the year
various aggregations of mining population
naa built themselves up In closer range
and reduced the isolation from the civ
ilized world by some CO miles. The Nome
district as settled centers about the lower
course of the Snake River, an exceedingly
tortuous stream In Its tundra course,
which emerges from a badly degraded line
of limestone, slaty and schistose mountain
spurs generally not over 700 to 1200 feet
elevation, but backed by loftier granitic
heights, and discharges into the sea at
a position 13 miles west of Cape Nome
proper. Both streams have a tidal course
of several miles.
Intervention for the Doers.
New York Tribune.
The United States has already gone much
further than any other country or gov
ernment In the world to restore peace In
South Africa. It has actually laid before
the British Government the Boer request
for Its mediation and has signified to the
British Government its willingness to ex
ercise its good offices In behalf of peace:
and the British Government with equal
courtesy and with equal explicltness. has
declined the offer. After that, what more.
In the name of common senso and common
courtesy. Is to be done? If a renewal of
an offer once positively declined were not
deemed offensive, that would be becaube
It was deemed merely impertinent. Is the
United States to go about the world In
truding Its attentions where they are not
deslred7 Or Is It to seize Its neighbor by
the throat and say, "Accept the tender of
my good offices or I'll knock your head
against the wall?"
,
A Minor Decision.
New York Sun.
Judge Lochren Is not even one of the
25 Circuit Judges of the United States.
Courts. He is one of the 60 District
Judges. The case before him did not cat',
for an expression of his opinion on a
question that has occupied the attention
of more eminent jurists. He had simply
to decide whether a military court had
Jurisdiction at the time of the conviction
of a prisoner brought before him on a writ
of habeas corpus. He decided, properly,
that It had. and then he proceeded to ut
ter obiter dicta that read much like one of
the Democratic speeches during last Win
ter's debate In the House on the general
subject of the power of Congress over the
territories.
GOSSIP OF THE CAMPAIGN.
As the campaign progresses, the meth
ods Of the MItchell-McBrlde Federal ma
chine are becoming bolder. It had not
been easy heretofore to follow their tac
tics, except that the common weal of the
Federal Brigade seemed to inspire an ef
fort to defeat the Republican Legislative
ticket in Multnomah County, or at least
to do nothing, or less than nothing, for
its election. Now there is more organized
activity. Ex-Senator Mitchell himself has
taken charge. Agents have been sent
throughout the state to repeat the great
Jonathan Bourne achievement of 1SS6.
when a considerable number of the Re
publican candidates for the Legislature
were specifically pledged to vote for Mitch
ell's , re-election. Then the machine was
powerful and the penalty of refusal to
make the required promise was a threat
of defeat; and the candidate fully under
stood that no stone would be left un
turned to make good the warning in case
ho resisted. Now it Is different. Full ex
posure of the Mitchell methods has made
them largely ..Ineffective and wholly con
temptlble in tho eyes of all right-thinking
people, and the emissaries of the Federal
ring "have apparently been able to accom
plish little. Besides, their hostility Is not
greatly feared. Their Influence Is broken,
and their once powerful hold on the or
ganization of the party Is entirely severed
The membership of the McBride-MItcholl
clique is confined to a few Federal office
holders, who are striving to render value
received to the Senatorial combination
that gave them office. Not all Govern
ment officials, by any means, are oppos
ing the Republican ticket. Some of them
are. Others are not prepared to go to the
extent of adopting the desperate devices
of political outlawry In order to serve the
purposes of the little Senator and the stlll-struggllng-
ex-Senator.
It has been known for some time In
Multnomah County that the energies of
the MItchell-McBrlde "citizens" combina
tion would be directed particularly to.
wards tho state Senatorial ticket. It
was Teallzed that an attack on the Re
publican nominees as a whole would be
utterly hopeless, but there was some pros
pect that by concentration the opposition
might elect one or two Senators. J. Thor
ium Ross and Donald Mackay were
singled out for attack. Mr. Mackay has
been for some years chairman of the
County Central Committee, and as State
Senator had done much to accomplish Mr.
Mitchell's defeat in 1897. Mr. Rosa was no
less obnoxious to the MItchellltes because
of the yeoman service he has at al!
times rendered the party. But It was not
so easy for the MItchellltes and the Demo
crats to agreo on the two Senatorial can
didates of their own for whom to "plug."
Bob Inman wanted to be one of the two,
and so did the three others. Dr. Andrew
Smith felt that the personal popularity
generally acknowledged to be his posses
sion entitled him to consideration. James
E. Hunt, the great reformer, holding of
fice under a city administration he for
the most port opposes and a city charter
that he considers nil -wrong, deemed his
own claims paramount Pierce May3, the
especial representative of the Federal Bri
gade, thought it an irretrievable blunder
to leave him out. The Inability of the
fuslonlsts to agree on a plan of action, and
the strong Improbability that it would
succeed anyway, is undoubtedly the rea
Bon why little Is now heard of the pro
posed fierce, campaign of concentration.
The Legislative candidates are going
ahead pretty much on their own respective
accounts. For example. Dr. Smith Is do.
lng a little nonprofessional personal ad
vertising. In the little weekly campaign
sheets that always spring up about con-
1 venuon line, ana aie out after election,
pfrtA fnlTrnxflno- iac ia t -.
DR. AXDUEW C. S3IITII,
Citizens Candidate (Republican) tor
STATK SEXATOK.
Tho doctor Is all right in his profession,
but politically he is a very expert contor
tionist. A few years ago he was a Re
publican, and was elected County Physi
cian by a Republican Board of Commis
sioners. Then he was nominated for the
State Senate by the Democrats and "Citi
zens" mass meeting. He was asked his
politics by an Oregonlan reporter, and he
replied that, being a Democrat, he would
accept the fusion nomination. Tho doc
tor doubtless thinks with h!.4 fnllpneuM
who signed that astonIshlngtpIatform that
ma pouues are 01 no consequence, but
votes aro: and that la thf reason hr ho
la so obliging and accommodating as to
we Doin a jjemocrat ana a Kepubllcan
for a little while at a time In order to
please all parties.
Bob Inman. too. occudIps h duh!nii at
titude toward his party. Inman's title to
Demg consiaered a sound Democrat is im
perfept. He Is one of those Democrats of
whose Democracy Republicans who are
firm for the gold standard speak in terms
of commendation. Now, Democrats as a
rule deny the right of any Republican to
define orthodoxy, or unorthodoxv In n
Democrat; and the very quality In Mr. In
man nis Known skepticism as to the mer
its of silver which gold-standard men
approve the Bryan Democrats as a mat
tor of course disapprove. In 1SS6 Mr. In
man did not hestlate to make known his
opposition to Bryan; In 1S00 he was so
anxious to get back Into the nartv thnt
he became a candidate for Mayor, and
took thankfully what the Democratic con
vention saw fit to give him a nomination
to the State Senate. It is not difficult to
guess that the sudden Inman zeal for the
weirare or Democracy had a pretty close
kinship to his burning desire for office.
The forces opposed to the Republican
party are mournfully wanting In coheslve
ness. The Democrats have had previous
experience In a "working understanding"
with the Mitchell Republicans. The lat
ter have bagged the game, and they have
been left to hold the sack. Two years ago
extensive trading was done In the Inter
est of the Mitchell candidate for State
Senator. Now there is a better opportu
nity for trading than ever. The Indepen
dent candidates have no common recog
nized organization behind them. Their
cause Is not one, except so far as it Is to
the general benefit to dereat the Republi
can ticket. But they owe no political ob
ligation or duty to one another. Storey,
for example, can sacrifice Hoyt and Green
leaf with compunction; or he can sell
out the Legislative ticket, or do whatso
ever he pleases without being called to
account for It. That Is one of the advan
tages of an Independent candidacy the
utter irresponsibility of lt And so. If
Storey feels called upon to moke sacri
fices of his friends In his own interest
which In his eyes seems to be the city's
Interest It need not cause great surprise
or call for any severe measure of repro
bationexcept, of course, in the event
that the Mayor has made personal pledges
to the other Independents. If he has, that
Is his business. It is not to be forgotten
that Storey has declared that he Is a Re
publican In this campaign, except on the
Mayoralty.
The independent candidates are making
headway backwards. They are pretty
generally conceded to be losing ground
steadily. Professor Armstrong recognized
the plain drift and got out. His retire
ment haa proved somewhat disconcerting
to the Independent movement. In so much
that it is confession that It Is doomed to
failure. Captain Greenleaf and Mr. Hoyt
have not pulled out, and perhaps will not,
but they have undoubtedly begun to real
ize that they are face to face with two
factors of particular weight in this cam
paign: First, the evident purpose of Re
publicans generally to vote the Republican
ticket; and, second, the effective and un
remitting contest being waged by the re
spective candidates against them.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
. 1
Judge William Foley is not a candidate
for Vice-President.
It Is said that the end of the Boer war ia
In sight. Which end?
Senator Clark apparently thinks lt'
never too .late to resign.
Aguinaldo has again disappeared as
completely as If ho had lighted e fire with
keroserie.
Boreas evidently balls from Cape Noma
or soma place up that way. He bad n
difficulty in raising the dust yesterday.
All hall ye merrlo month of May,
"Which brings ye gentyl showre.
And lays ye dustte. which blows again
In clouds wlthymye houre.
Vesuvius is In a state of active eruptloa.
Some one ought to have told "Webster Da
vis that bis example would prove danger
ous. Now do the women in the land K t
Arise In righteous rage.
Because the census1 man will make
Bach one admit her age.
Paderewski made only $250,000 on bia
last tour of tbe'eountry. It he will take
our advice next time, and play rag" time,
he will make enough money to retire on.
The Lieutenant-Governor of Montana
has a fine large gold brick he would like
to dispose of. but Senator Clark has had
considerable experience in the gold-brick
business.
Dundee, May 16. Uncle Sam, "Washing
ton, D. C. U. S. A,: "When you corral
that Turkey, send It to me at Pretoria,
C. O. D. "Want it for next Christmas
dinner. BULLER.
The beer's a-flowln' free down town, an all
the boys Is there:
There's beer for you, an beer for me, an beoj
enough to apare;
It comes In gallons, pints an quarts, an' not
a cent to pay.
An' gangs o' thirsty men (an boys) gets filled
up ev'ry day;
Tou see ern runnln down In droves, a-chasln
near an" far.
Because the word has got around that Storey's
at the bar.
He's boosted up the price o wood to set tho
coin to spend.
An' now he's tryln hard to be the hobo's bosom
friend.
What difTrence does it make to him if worlc-
ln'men get sore
Because their slabwood co3ts 'em hlch. when
heelers holler "More"?
For them's the boys that looks to him to be
their guldln rtar.
An' all the bunch Is right on hand, when
Storey's at the bar.
He don't want office fur- tho dough, he tells
'era very plain:
He's after honor, and renown; he doesn't. care
fur gain.
He's wlllln to divide his pelf with all th
rounder crew, ,
An slabwoad's high, which pleases him, but
gravels me an' you.
He drinki tho best of booze, hlssclf, an smokes
a fat cigar.
But beer will do for all the gang, when
Storey's at the bar.
Hawker No. 18, a gentleman from tha
far East, left his horse and wagon on
First street, near Stark, about 6 o'clock
last evening, while he ascended an adjoin,
ing stairway to. deliver a. nickel's worth
of green onions. During his absence tha
thoroughbread attached to the wagon
strayed across the air track Just as an
Oregon City car hauling a heavy trailer
came up the street. The street-car had
the right of way, and also the headway,
and No. lS's horse was knocked over
against the curb with a force that made
his bones rattle and caused the shafts to
part company with each other. No. 1$
heard the nolpe, and, suspecting tha cause,
came down the stairs like an unllghted
meteor, attended with a shower of pidgin
profanity. He insisted on having the
number of the car, and also that of tho
conductor. It was given htm as 7 cum
11," and amidst his threats and the ex
citement of the passengers. It proceeded
for Oregon City. No. 18 took a fresh
hitch at his pig-tail, borrowed.some stringa
from a messenger boy. and tied his ve
hicle together and went his way bewailing
the loss of the profits on the onions. Hap
pening at a time of the day when the
surrounding buildings were emptying their
crowds of employes, the affair created
considerable excitement, and tho China
man was considered very fortunate that
bis horse escaped aHve.
PLEASANTRIES OF ;PA3lAGnAPHERS
He Knew Them. Boy Say, Ulster, want me
to bait your hook? Man Git out I Tou only
want to hook my balt Judge.
Mrs. B. What wonderfnl control Mrs. Von
Blumer hasl Mr. B. How do yu know? "I
was with her an hour yesterday, and she never
mentioned her children or her servants."
Life.
Customer Give me ten cents' worth of pare
goric, please. Druggist Tes, sir. Customer
(absent-mindedly) How much Is it? Druggist
A quarter. Boston Christian Register.
His BesetUng Sin. "Hey, there!" shouted
the pursuing Boer; "you've left your gun be
hind." "Oh. I'm such an absent-minded beg
gar," replied the flfiejngarjtoa. Philadelphia
North American.
Excited Lady (at the. telephone) 1 want ray
husband, please, at oncct Voice (from tho ex
change) Number, please? Excited Lady (snap
pishly) Only the fourth, you impudent thing!
Tlt-Blts.
The Octopus Again. (Mrs. Meddergrass
(reading) General Roberts -says that his trust
In . Mr. Meddergrass That's Jest lt The
dadblame trusts 13 back o that there Trans
valley war. as I said a month ago.1 Baltimore
American.
"That la the third time my watch has
stopped this, week." said the shoe-cleric board
er. "Well." asked the Cheerful Idiot, "why
don't you pawn it?" "Pawn it?" asked tho
shoe-clerk boarder. "Yes. Then j'ou could
havo a pood time," said tho Cheerful IdloL
Indianapolis Press.
How It Happened. "So you were defeated
for the Senatorshlpr "Yes." "How did it
happen?" "Oh, It was a pure case of florgetful
ness. I had my plans all made, but when I
got to the capltol Just before tho voting began
I found I'd forgotten my checkbook, and I
hadn't more than $15,000 or 120,000 la my
pocket." Chicago Evening- Tost,
"When the Mountain Troat In BItlu'.
Will T. Hale in New York Times.
When the mountain trout is bltln'. in the lazy
days o May,
Why, the spirit Ieave3 tho body, an' goes -ton-
derin away
Strayln by the fields o clover, whar the gol
den sunshine seems
Silenced waves o song still bmerla' on the
pasturs an the streams:
An you loll within the shadders nigh some
blossomln' wild rose.
Jest a-dream'n',
Dreamln.
Dreamln.
Half awake an half adoael
All the glory o" creation Is compressed In one
short day, '
When tho mountain trout Is bltln" in the lazy
days o May.
Now an' then across the medders rings the
tingle o" the bells
Like the orchestry o' Nature somewhar hid
among the dells; ,
Orioles wing up an over, an' lnfloatln' from
the hills
Comes the blue bird's hallalooyer in the softest
thrills an trfll3.
'Taln't unnatrel fer a feller; ef he's ever loved
at all.
To be thlnkln.
Thlnkln',
Thlnkln',
' Of some one beyond recall.
An to wonder ef her spirit ain't still with yot
anyway, -When
the mountain trout Is bltln' In the lazy
gays o' May!
M
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