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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1000
Two choices and no third will con
front every man that goes to the polls
in Oregon next Monday. He will help
i to open the Pacific ocean to commerce
and further the development of the Pa
'ciflc coast, or else he will vote to close
the door of Asiatic trade to American
enterprise and turn over to Europe the
prosperity that for the next ten years
should come to Oregon. Republican
Y victory means Pacific expansion. Fu
sion victory means a damper on Pacific
trade and Oregon's progress. The wel
fare of the community and the success
of business here Is bound up in the Re
publican cause. It ought not to take
sensible .men long to make up their
minds which "way to vote. The present
Influx of capital and population to the
Pacific Coast proceeds from expecta
tion of a vigorous policy in Pacific
affairs, retention of the Philippines, in
sistence on the open door In Asia. This
is the first fruits of expansion. But
the operation can be stopped and the
movement reversed. Let the country
declare for anti-imperialism, abandon-
V jnent of the Philippines, abandonment
of Secretary Hay's open door pro
gramme, and the end comes at once.
The effective "way for Oregon to .bring
the country to that decision is to de
feat the Republican ticket, or lower the
Republican majority. A rousing vic
tory for the Republican candidates next
Monday will be the best advertisement
Oregon can give herself and the best
possible stroke of business policy.
Every Fusion and Independent candi
date is not only working against the
honor and credit of the Nation, but he
is working to take money out of his
own pocket and give It to the capital
ists and workingmen of Great Britain,
Germany and Russia.
"We ought to have here at Portland
"within ten years a city of 200,000 peo-
al&JWe ought to have 600,000 inhabi
tants in Oregon and four Representa
tives in Congress. TVe ought to have a
trans-Pacific steamship loading and
unloading here once a week a cargo of
6000 tons, worth $150,000. We ought
to be shipping to Asia, Including the
Philippines, $500,000 worth of Oregon
flour, lumber, wool, beer and other
products every month. "We ought to
have a maritime industry here that
Would employ 10,000 families Instead of
3000. "We ought to have thirty passen
ger trains instead of twelve leaving
our railway stations every day. "We
-ought to be building Government cruis
ers and battle-ships continuously in
stead of two torpedo-boats a year. We
can have all this, with Pacific expan
sion; without It, we cannot. Every
voter in Oregon has a chance next Mon
day to stand by his town or to give it
a black eye. This is the supreme issue.
Everything else is incidental and unim
portant. A man is either for his coun
try, his state, his town and his family,
cr else he is for Atkinson, "Wlnslow,
Schurz, Altgeld, Tillman and Aguln
aldo. He has two choices, but no third.
The foundation of woman's demand
for the ballot is that she has wrongs
to right But she Is not clear as to
what they are, except that exclusion
1 from suffrage is in Itself a wrong. This
Is reasoning in a circle that leads no
where, and convinces nobody. The dec
laration of a correspondent that "every
property, educational, social and Indl-
v vidual right that has been gained for
women has been secured through the
hard work of the advocates of equal
'suffrage" Is a somewhat sweeping In
dictment of ou- whole social and polit
ical system, and a denial that women
ever had any rights whatsoever until
tehe began to agitate for the ballot. It
5nay be conceded that the female suf
frage movement has called attention to
certain Inequalities In the laws, and has
resulted in the political improvement of
the sex as a whole. By asking for that
'"which thy did not need, the women got
what they did need and ought to have
3iad. "With a- general and practically
complete recognition of her legal, so
cial, educational and individual rights,
and special protection for her property
Rights, there is little to be desired by
women that has not been given, and as
i consequence the female suffrage agi
tation long ago passed Its acute stage.
Tha Oregonlan has urged on behalf of
Representatives Moody and Tongue
that It is better to keep them than try
new men whose status on committees.
etc, would give them for years an In
ferior equipment for service. This ar-
lment seems to offend the sensibilities
i some of our good friends in the coun-
whose fairness and impartialltv is
lost proverbial. They object that
Ts argument was not forthcominc in
the cases of Mitchell, Hermann and
Sills. "With all deference to the feel
ings of these high-toned moralists, who
never quote The Oregonlan except to
misquote it, and never see anything in
itexcept to steal or to spit at. we must
remind them that their objection is
very superficial and inconclusive. If
LTongue or Moody were wrong on vital
questions, as Mitchell. Hermann and
Kills were wrong. The Oregonlan would
, sot be found supporting them for their
k experience and committee places, or for
6 any other reason. But granted that
iTopgue and Moody are sound on main.
Ruesuous, me argument that their
liquipment and opportunities exceed
Be new men would have Is sound and
pplles with great force. Orecron lost
keavily la opportunity when Mitchell I
was dropped from the Senate"; but It
gained Immeasurably more In having a
man safe and sound on the money
question. Oregon will lose heavily In
opportunity in the displacement of Sen
ator McBrlde; but It will gain Immeas
urably more in the long run by having
a man there of some character and
force In National affairs, and a man
whose loyalty to the gold standard did
not consist in diplomatic trimming
when the battle was on and in lusty
shouts when the victory was "won.
There Is a difference here "which any
person of ordinary Intelligence can see.
For all others, including the critics re
ferred to, The Oregonlan cares noth
ing; and It will only remind them. In a
spirit of Christian forbearance, that
they are a pack of dishonest rascals
whose enmity and disapproval are ac
counted the highest possible pralse.
THE MATTER WITH C!s.
It Is the concern of every taxpayer
and every citizen that we have an effi
cient and economical city government.
Boom times In Portland gave us In
flated ideas of all local values, extrav
agant notions of our destiny. We fell
into loose and expensive ways. There
came a time when the municipality
would not stand the pace, and there
was loud demand that the brakes
should be applied. The agitation for
reform found expression In committees
of one hundred, taxpayers league,
and kindred organizations, which
were useful In Instructing the pub
lic and directing the efforts for bet
terment along Intelligent lines. Not all
suggestions offered or plans devised by
these bodies were practicable, but
some were adopted, and on the whole
we are much better off than we were
when the movement for retrenchment
began.
The Oregonlan today makes an ex
hibit of the city's conditions as com
pared with like municipalities In other
parts of the country. The showing
merits the attention of all citizens. It
is apparent that we are doing quite as
well as many other places which enjoy
credit for having well-administered
governments. Our taxes are not low
enough. They never are. But they-are
quite as low, and lower, than other
towns whose property valuations are"
the same as in Portland. We enjoy
here secure police government, com
parative immunity from fire, a thor
ough system of public lighting, good
water and clean and well-paved streets.
For these things we must pay, and we
appear to be paying about as little as Is
sufficient to Insure satisfactory service.
The city charter continues to trouble
our friends, the Fuslonists. They have
got themselves into such a fix that they
cannot wage a campaign along national
lines, and they are obliged to make
the woods and dales resound with their
doleful cries about our local govern
ment. Their Legislative candidates
have gathered together some meager
ammunition and are firing away about
the charter. We must have a new
charter, they say. They count that bi
ennial Legislative session lost which
does not provide Portland a new or
ganic law. The people want a more po
tent voice in their own affairs, they
declare, and demand a restoration of
the old power "to change their entire
city administration at every election."
The Police and Fire Commissioners
have too much to say about the control
of their departments and too little to
say to the Mayor.
Well, much depends on the Mayor,
and more on the Commissions. There
has never before been a time In Port
land's history when the heads of the
police and fire departments, and the
men under them, felt that the security
of their positions did not depend wholly"
on the caprice of the man in the
Mayor's chair. There has been a reg
ular biennial overhauling of the de
partments, with decapitation for the
chiefs, and wholesale discharge for
their subordinates. Political efficiency,
and not official competency, was the
test of continued employment. Do we
want a recurrence of the demoraliza
tion visited upon police and firemen by
the mischievous and unscrupulous Pen
noyer regime? Should these depart
ments be used as mere partisan ma
chines, as under the preceding adminis
tration? Or do we need civil service
and the employment of men on merit
and not for mere personal and political
service? The latter we are near now to
having, and we shall have, if the pres
ent system of iwo stable commissions,
with real powers, is not changed by
bogus reformers and self-seeking poli
ticians. The mutations of local politics, and
the vicissitudes of changing adminis
trations, have taught all cities a les
son. The new rule in Portland to retire
one Police and one Fire Commissioner
every' two years Is in exact line with
approved policies of city government.
Too few changes have not been the
trouble in Portland. Our municipal
misfortunes have rather been due to
too frequent and violent changes.
THE SAME TREATMENT FOR EACH.
The British Government will not
make peace with the Transvaal upon
any terms short of unconditional sur
render. Political disfranchisement for
a time may be expected. Probably the
present territorial divisions will be
broken up and redistributed Into new
administrative districts to be governed
for a time as crown colonies. Natal
may get a slice of Boer territory as a
compensation for Its losses and sacri
fices. The rebellious districts of North
Cape Colony may be annexed to the
Orange Free State, which Is to be con
stituted the Orange River crown col
ons. The suggestion that the British Gov
ernment ought to recognize a broad dis
tinction between the two Dutch repub
lics In regard to their responsibility for
the present war, inasmuch as the Or
ange Free State was an Independent
nation and therefore did not rebel In its
attack upon Great Britain, probably
will not be heeded, and does not de
serve to be. The Orange" Free State did
not pretend that it had been ill-treated
in any way .by Great Britain, and yet
it wantonly joined hands with the
Transvaal to Invade British territory.
If the Orange Free State had not made
wanton war, the Dutch In North Cape
Colony would not have revolted and
England could have made short work
of the Transvaal, which Is not nearly so
rich a country In developed agricul
ture as the Orange Free State.
With the Orange Free State neutral,
Britain, with Durban as a base, could
have concentrated her forces for in
vasion of the Transvaal from Natal;
could have held her whole railway line
unbroken from the Orange River to
Mafeklng, and have invaded the Trans
vaal from that point. The alliance with
the Orange Free State doubtless de
cided the Transvaal to make war. For
this reason the Orange Free State de
serves no better treatment than the
Transvaal, It made war wantonly; It
expected to share all the political ad
vantages of victory. It cannot fairly
expect to escape any of the disabilities
and penalties of defeat.
OUR MISSIONARY RESPONSIBILITY.
General Thomas M, Anderson, who
commanded the first expedition to the
Philippines, and whose opportunities to
speak understandingly upon the subject
give substantial weight to his words,
expresses himself tothe point in a brief
article in a late number of the New
York Independent upon "The Religious
Question in the Philippines." He opens
his article with the statement that certain-
Influential Filipinos have requested
him to make a statement, the point of
which is that any attempt on the part
of our Government to encourage a cru
sade against the religion of the people
of the Islands would arouse a bitter and
fanatical opposition. The great mass
of the people are sincere Roman Cath
olics (possibly of the type of a past
century), and this opposition, so say
their more enlightened brethren, might
readily become so widespread and In
tense as to rekindle the fires of insur
rection and bring about that most de
plorable of all wars, a religious war.
There Is something In this view, no
doubt, but since, as we all know, (what
at present at least the Fillpnos can
not understand), our Government does
not Interfere In religious controversies,
the matter is, or will be In the hands of
the missionary boards, perhaps In the
hands of Individual missionaries, for
adjustment. It is clear that to be bene
ficial rather than pernicious in its effect
upon the Filipinos, missionary effort in
the islands must be guided by judg
ment rather than pushed by zeal. "Just
as soon," says General Anderson, "as
a missionary movement Is set on foot
to convert the Filipinos from Catholi
cism, so soon will the Filipino people
jump at the conclusion that our Gov
ernment has directed the crusade."
Absurd as this may seem to us, It Is
but the natural conclusion of a people
accustomed to a union of church and
state, and to the dominance In -this
union of the church.
While it is true that the United States
Government will not support or encour
age special missionary effort in the
Philippines, it is equally true that It
cannot interfere with the plans .and
purposes of missionary boards to es
tablish church organizations of diverse
character among the people of these
islands. It follows that the workings
of the missionary question in detail
must be left to the judgment of the
missionaries themselves. That it Is a
grave question requiring careful and
temperate direction is plain. If zeal is
permitted to outweigh Judgment, as it
has too often done In presalng matters
of religion upon an alien people, the
fears of a religious war, as expressed
by the Influential Filipinos, whose view
General Anderson voices as above
noted, may prove to be well founded.
The missionary responsibility in the
premises is of a grave and pronounced
nature. That zeal will be subordinate
to Judgment In dealing with the prob
lem Is the reasonable desire of the tol
erant people of the United States, In
the churches and out of them.
There Is a tendency on the part of
the thoughtless to treat Memorial day
as a mere holiday, an opportunity to
get away from work and have a good
time. There Is In this an absence of all
patriotic Impulse, of all conception of
the real significance of the occasion.
For one day each year the Nation
ceases from its labors and pays homage
to the memory of those who offered
their lives for its welfare. The nation
that neglects to honor Its heroes will in
time have none worthy of honor. The
lead In the matter of a fitting observ
ance of the day set apart for this pur
pose has always been taken by the
Grand Army of the Republic, not be
cause Its members have any more rea
son as citizens to feel grateful for the
achievements of the heroic dead or to
honor their memory, but because In the
flame and smoke of battle they learned
more surely the lesson of the extent of
the sacrifice and the glory of the
achievement. But It is the whole coun
try that was served by these dead he
roes. Every' citizen enjoys today the
blessings that these sacrifices have
bought, and every citizen is under an
equal bond of gratitude with the sur
viving comrades of the fallen, and
should -be stirred with an equal patri
otic Impulse to honor their memory,
and thus inculcate the'love of country
and the flag and of all the flag signifies
on the day set apart for that purpose.
It Is a desecration of the day, a lower
ing of the patriotic vitality of the peo
ple, to have It given up to sports, races,
bicycle meets, or anything else that Is
of a mere holiday character. The
Grand Army will soon be gone, but
Memorial day will remain, and the
manner of its observance will then be a
test of the real heart of the Nation.
If we are careless and Indifferent and
forgetful of the sacrifices that have
teen made, the spirit of patriotic Im
pulse that Inspires such sacrifices will
in time die out and there will be none
to make them In the supreme hour of
peril.
The weather for the past ten days
has been, intermittently, at least, ex
tremely disagreeable, and as unlike
May as possible. Looking through the
misty window panes at the streaming
skies and down upon the drenched
landscape, one might easily, but for the
weather or foliage, have mistaken the
time for November. Nevertheless, veg
etation has been forging ahead, regard
less of gusty days and heavy showers,
and though the ripening of early fruit
has been delayed somewhat, the mar
ket shows a fair supply and the or
chards and vines the usual promise of
later abundance. The wonder, in con
nection with these un-May-llke weather
conditions, Is the shortness of memory,
shared to some extent even by the
"oldest inhabitant," which is shown in
the declaration frequently heard that
this has been a phenomenal May, as
regards rainfall, wind and atmospheric
disturbances generally. Without say
ing anything derogatory to our climate.
It may be said that "there have been
others." Needless to say, since there
has never been a failure of crops in
Oregon, the unpropitious Mays of past
years have been followed by abundant
yields In meadow, field, orchard and
garden, and the record of the present is
not likely to differ from that of former
years. Any one who has had experi
ence with drought and its parched con
ditions that forbid all hope of return
for labor, In plowing, sowing and culti
vating, need not be told that what
seems at the time an overabundance of
rain in Spring and Summer is far
preferable to a scant allowance." It is
this fact that makes persons coming up
from Los Angeles and other cities of
Southern California see in Portland,
with its wealth of foliage washed so
frequently by rain as to be free from
dust, a veritable paradise in a setting
of emerald.
The news that the cavalry of Lord
Roberts Is in occupation of Johannes
burg is entirely credible, for it Is in
capable of serious military defense
against the forces moving against It.
General Rundle is reported at Senekal,
which Is but fifty miles from Bethle
hem, the terminus of the railway via
Harrismlth to Ladysmlth, in Natal.
With General French in occupation of
Johannesburg and the railroad to
Lalng's Nek, that position must be
evacuated by the Boers, and General
Buller will soon be free to enter the
Transvaal and give the hand to Lord
Roberts. No reason appears why Lord
Roberts with his whole army will not
bfe before Pretoria before the week is
over, or why the Boer railway commu
nications with Delagoa Bay will not be
at his mercy. The prospect of a long
resistance before Pretoria or oi pro
longation of the war in the Lyndenburg
region Is vain. The moment Lord Rob
erts seizes the Delagoa Bay Railway
at Komatl Poort, on the mountain
frontier, the Jig is up.
The British troops are reported as
able to march three miles an hour.
That is good marching, when we re
member that a soldier's load Is proba
bly not less than sixty pounds. He
must carry knapsack, gun and bayonet,
canteen of Avater and haversack, be
sides not less than 100 rounds of ammu
nition. One of the famous quick
marches made by modern troops was
that executed by the infantry of Mar
shal Lannes' Corps to reach the battle
field of Friedland. The Sixth Corps of
the Army of the Potomuc was some
thlrty-slx miles from Gettysburg when
the news of the first day's battle. In
which General Reynolds was killed,
reached General Sedgwick, the corps
commander, on the night of July 1, but
the Sixth Corps reached the battle-fleld
In the afternoon of the next day. In
time amply to reinforce the hard
pressed Union Army.
There is an urgent appeal from the
voters of Oregon to the candidate for
Congress In the First District to make
a declaration of his principles. They
want to know something about the
probable actions of their Representa
tive and his attitude on the vital issues
before the country. Dr. Daly Is a pleas
ant gentleman, but a smile and a hand
shake do not satisfy the natural desire
of the Intelligent voter to know for
what policies he Is casting his ballot
when he goes to the polls. When he
votes for Mr. Tongue he knows exactly
what he is doing. Who Is authorized to
say what a vote for Dr. Daly means?
If It Is a fact that the G. A. R. has
In hand a, scheme to return the Con
federate "battle-flags, it is evident that
we have made many steps in advance
of the "palsled-be-the-hand" period.
Cleveland tried It, and failed. McKln
ley is too wise to undertake it unless
he is abundantly fortified by resolutions
from the only association whose wishes
ought to be consulted. There'o one
comforting feature to the flag busi
ness, even if they are sent South. We
shall never have to capture them again.
Let us hope that the Kentucky bel
ligerents will stack arms long enough to
give the Confederate veterans a fitting
and generous welcome. During the
war Kentucky was neutral ground, but
now It Is not. It Is United States soil,
and on United States soil no patriotic
citizen will begrudge the Southern ex
soldlers a happy meeting and uninter
rupted opportunity to renew old ac
quaintances and old memories. There
is no danger that they will revive old
issues.
City Engineer Chase will not In this
campaign get the vote of one class of
citizens, who are directly concerned in
the conduct of his department. They
are the contractors who depend on the
Engineer's favor to secure street con
tracts, or his good nature to cover up
their delinquencies when they do get
one. Chase Ib not only a competent of
ficial, but he is an honest man,, and he
exacts faithful and satisfactory work
from all persons under his direction.
The equal suffrage amendment was
rejected 1884 by 28,176 to 11,223 near
ly three to one. The voters of Oregon
have seen no good reason to reverse
that overwhelming verdict. Women
know their rights under the laws; and,
knowing, dare maintain. No Just man
denies them. Being secure in precisely
the same measure as men, and having
been thus made secure by men, It is not
likely that the majority of women fear
to leave the suffrage where it Is.
Tammany manifests some reluctance
at getting on the Bryan band-wagon.
But its shyness and fine display of
diffidence are of Interest only to Tam
many. Neither the National Democ
racy nor the country at large cares
what Tammany thinks or says or does.
If reports from San Francisco are
correct, some 15,000 people have sailed
from that city for Nome. More than
10,000 have embarked from the Pacific
Northwest. It will be a good year to
take the North pole census.
McKInley went to see the eclipse. He
is interested in other than mere mun
dane affairs. So far as reported, Bryan
paid no attention to the dark event.
He will provide his own eclipse this
year.
The marriage of Senator Clark's
daughter is reminder that at least one
enterprising person was alive to the
fact that the Senator still had a few
valuable possessions left.
Perfcapn a Blessing: la D1th1.
New Tork Journal of Commerce.
It Is comforting to learn that, in spite of
the tremendous pressure to get what are
supposed to be sinecures in our depend
encies, the number of Americans holding
office in Cuba Is comparatively small; the
Assistant Secretary of War says theni are
only 378 of them, or 16 per cent of the
whole number. This Is more than twice
the number of Englishmen holding offices
in Egypt, which has six times the popula
tion of Cuba, but where a much smaller
proportion of the population is fit to hold
office. With a larger amount of business
and a smaller amount of local talent to
draw on. we might expect th Engllrh to
saddle between 2000 and 3000 foreigners
upon the country In proportion to our
administrative force In Cuba. There are
foreign officials In Egypt besides the
English but we believe there are only
150 English officials In the country. In
the far smaller dependency of Tunis
there- are reputed to be som TWO French
officials. We therefore rank far above
the French though not so high as the
English, and as. we have been In this
business of governing other people only
a short time, it may be said that we are
doing well. The excessive haste of some
of our postal officials in getting to work
with their jimmies upon the public safe
may prove a blessing In .disguise by
compelling the Executive Departments to
take unusual pains In selecting the offi
cials whose salaries and Incidentals the
Cubans are to pay.
Tkey'll Never Forsret That Look on
the President's Face.
From a Washington letter.
Those nearest to him have in the past
10 days seen emphasized a quality of the
President's character which is not often on
exhibition. The well-poised, self-controlled
man in the Whlto House seldom appears
other than suave. Sometimes good humor
strengthens the geniality. But the devel
opments at Havana have revealed how
deeply the President can be moved and
how strongly he can express himself.
When tho conditions of scandal presented
themselves in all of their first hideous
ness. there was a gathering at tho Whlto
House which will not be forgotten by
those who participated. The look on the
President's set face and the short, sharp
sentences which came from his lips will
live in memory. Before the temper of
that council all questions of relative re
sponslblllty, all Inclination to express in
credulity, all feeling of personal friend
ship for the suspected, anything which
might tend to minimize the importance of
the discovery, were dissipated. The heads
of departments went out from that con
ference with the knowledge that the full
power of the Government would be in
volved to the complete exposure of the
cr'mes and the merciless punishment of
all directly or Indirectly concerned. Men
who think the greatest thing in public
life Is the "pull" shook their heads. They
would not believe that this one or that
one would be compelled to suffer degrada
tion. They argued that Influence would
save. Ther refusd for a time to accept
the revelation. But the sentiment was
changed. All Washington now realizes
how terribly in earnest this President
can be.
The Book of the Century.
Chicago Tribune.
The New York Observer makes Vol
taire's prediction that the end of the 19th
century -woUld see the Bible forgotten, the
text of an article to show how, on the
contrary, "It has never been remembered
more lovingly, nor studied more rever
ently, nor guarded more carefully, than
It is today; It has never been circulated
more widely, nor has It wielded so potent
an influence as in the century about to
close. Instead of being forgotten or out
of date, it has been and it is pre-eminently
the book of the century." These
assertions have abundant proof. The Ob
server, for instance, shows how, at the
beginning of the century, there- was not
a single Bible Society in the world. Now
there are 73, and through their agency
alone more than 2SO.000.000 Bibles have
been distributed during the century. If
to these be added the millions of Bibles
published by the University Press, of Ox
ford, and the many publishers m all
parts of the world, the Observer's esti
mate that there aro In circulation, cither
in whole or part, a least 500,000.000 copies
of the Bible, does not seem extravagant,
although that is one for every three of
the world's population. The reason for
this popularity is thus given by the Ob
server: "It deals with the greatest of all
subjects those which relate to God and
to the human soul and to man's eternal
aestiny." And "no critic, however bril
liant, can uproot a single one of Its doc
trlnes."
The American College at Rome.
Catholic World Magazine.
The American villa stands on land that
once formed part of two villas, one belong
ing to Clodlus and the other to Titus 3ex
tlus Gallu?. Of the historic temple there
is but little left today. A road, paved
In the antique style with large polygonal
blocks of lava well and closely set to
gether, leads from the adjoining Appian
Way to thlo temple, and Indicates the hon
or In which It was held, and the fre
quency of visits to It. A few low walls In
reticulated work, formed of tufa, some
square blocks scattered here and there,
the bases of columns and slabs of pave
ment, are all that Is left of this subur
ban shrine to which the women of the
neighborhood thronged of old. Three col
umns of pepermo stone are standing here,
but they are of very recent date, erected
to commemorate events or persons con
nected with the recent proprietors of the
villa. On one of them is an inscription
In Italian referlrng to the day of suf
frage for the soul of Prince Don Domenlco
Orsinl (3d July, 1874), whoee children came
here: Glaclnta, Filippo, Gtulla. with a
number of his nenhews. Another column
bears an Inscription relating that, on 3d
September. 1S74, there were brought here
the mortal remains of Paolo Giordano
Rodolfo Orsinl. These are famll memo
rial of the Orslnls who owned the villa,
and they relate chiefly to death and sor
row. Towne n. White Elephnnt.
New York Mall and Express.
There appears to be a regular Towne
boom In progress among the Popullst3
who favor the recent Sioux Falls con
vention, and the Kansas City branch of
the concern, when It gets in operation
July 4. Is evidently going to have a lot
of trouble with it. The Pops are quite
excited over the assertion that Towne
Is on the ticket only because he can
be induced to withdraw, when neces
sary, while the Bryanlte Democrats hold
that the Kansas City convention Is a use
less gathering if it Is merely to Indorse
the ticket and platform of another politi
cal party. Between the two forces, the
Bryanlte papers out West are having
quite a hot time of it, and the agitation
makes it probable that the Kansas City
gathering will not be such a dead affair,
after all. "What to do with Towne" is
a topic that promises to make things
lively.
The President Responsible.
The Independent
The civil service In Cuba and on all the
other islands should have been taken out
of politics. That is the lesson of the his
tory of colonial government. It has been
pointed out persistently by the best au
thorities ever since our new possessions
were acquired. It was urged upon tho
President's attention by the earnest rec
ommendation of Secretary Root. And
yet he permitted the postal service In
Cuba so to be organized that the funds
were Intrusted to a man who had no
knowledge of postal affairs a bankrupt
politician, whose latest venture had been
the unsuccessful management of a pro
vincial comic-opera company!
"Ran MIt Him."
New York Sun.
Dan Doolan was the owner of an elghteen
karat thirst:
No matter where he went he always had to
quench it first.
He was feeltn in condition for a friendly ar
gument. So Wednesday week Into a German saloon ho
went.
They talked about the Kaiser there, the King of
all tho Dutch;
Dan knew a man by that name and he didn't
like him much:
He says that Kaiser Is a thief, I know tho lob
ster well.
Then ev'ry German shouted out. as loud as ho
could yell:
'Bans mlt Ihm. now let them hare It. boys;
Rans mlt Ihm, 'twas Doolan made tho noise;
We'll turn this barroom Inside out an' turn the
ouulde In,
Use every Dutchman Just the same; he raus
mlt ihm.
'Bans mlt Ihm then something happened
quick;
'Rous mlt Ihm, It made poor Doolan sick.
'Raus mlt Ihm; the Irish were on top.
Till 'raus xslt ihm, the Germans took a drop.
B00RKE COCKRAN ANSWERED. '
Alleyne Ireland In New Tork Tribune.
The pro-Boer contentions:
First That God would not permit th Injus
tice of the absorption of the South African
Republics Into the British Empire.
Second That If God by any chance should
show himself remiss in arranging- the defeat of
tho British, the great American people would
take up the work where he left it oft.
Third That this could bo effected If tho
American people said to Great Britain tho one
word. "Stop!"
Fourth That Mr. Cockran trembled at tha
consequences which would follow a possible
British victory.
Fifth That every single book written, about
the war by Englishmen Is full of brutal feroc
ity. Sixth That tho Transvaal system of taxation,
is tho lightest in the world.
Seventh That tho Boers are fighting for the
same things that the American colonies fought,
for In 1776.
In regard to the first and second points
I can express no opinion. As to the first,
I am held back by the fact that I am not
In the confidence, of the Almighty In re
gard to his intentions In South Africa;
as regards the second point I cannot per
mit myself to indulge In any remarks,
because I do not think it is a fitting thing
for a foreigner to express any public
views as to what the American people
may or may not do in any circumstance.
On the other points I feel at liberty to
offer these remarks:
As to the suggestion that the word
"stop" from the American people WQuId
cause Great Britain to stay her hand,
I can only say that unless a residence of
many years in all parts of the British Em
pire "has failed to teach me something of
the temper and spirit of the people of
Great and Greater Brtain, I am right In
believing that, so far from the word
causing a cessation of hostilities, it would
plunge this country and the British Em
pire Into a bloody struggle, Infinitely
more deplorable than the present one and
fraught with far greater danger to the
general progress of civilization.
If Mr. Cockran trembles at the conse
quences which would follow a British vic
tory In South Africa he trembles at things
which will make most other people re
joice. He trembles atthe granting, after a
brief and necessary interval, of all sub
stantial rights of self-government to all
white men of the territories now ruled
by the South African Republics a right
hitherto confined to a small percentage of
the inhabitants.
He trembles at the throwing open ot
these territories to the free and unre
stricted competition of American com
merce. He trembles at the abolition of thosa'j
unjust monopolies which have stifled many
branches of trade in the Transvaal.
He trembles at the removal of those
laws which forbid a Jew or a Roman
Catholic to hold office under tho govern
ment. He trembles at the granting to every
man the right of a trial by a jury of his
peers.
He tremhles at the establishment of an
honest and impartial judiciary.
He trembles at the erection of an hon
est and efficient civil service.
He trembles at these things, for these
are the consequences which would fol
low a final British triumph In South Af
rica. The statement that ever;' book written
by Englishmen about the war is full of
brutal ferocity is untrue. Can Mr. Cock
ran give a passage of brutal ferocity oc
curring in any of the following books 7
"Great Britain and the Dutch Repub
lics." Times office, London, 1900.
"The Transvaal From Within," by Fltz
patrick, London, 1900.
"Impressions of South Africa," by
James Bryce. New Tork, 1900.
"The Anglo-Boer Conflict," by Alleyne
Ireland. Boston, 1900.
The statement that the taxation in the
Transvaal Is the lightest In the world
Is untrue, as will appear from the follow-,
ing figures: '
Revenue Per Capita From Taxation,
Transvaal, $S0 (per head of white popu
lation); United States, ?7 37; United King
dom, $11 52; France, $16 32.
The statement that the Boers are fight
ing for the same things for which the
American colonies fought In 1776 may be
best disproved by comparing the Ameri
can Declaration of Independence with the
manifesto issued by the Transvaal Na
tional Union, in which are embodied the
chief objects for which the British Em
pire, not the Boers, Is now fighting:
Declaration of Inde-
The B r 1 tUh claims
against PresldentKru
ger: First We want effi
p e n d e nee against
nine ueorge:
First He has refused
ms consent to laws the
most wholesome and
necessary for the pub
lic good.
cient civil service, with
adequate provision for
pay and pension.
Second He has re-
Second We want an
luaea io pass otner
equitable franchise law
laws . . . unless these
and fair representation.
p e o pie would relin
quish the right of rep
resentation in the Leg
islature. Third Ho has made
Third We want inde
pendence of the courts
Judges dependent on his
will for the tenure ofj
of Justice, with ade
their omces and the
amount ot their sal
aries. Fourth He has im
quate and secured re
in u n e r a t Ion to the
Judges.
Fourth We want an
equitable franchise law
and fair representation
for the taxpayers.
Fifth We sent In a
posed taxes on us with
out our consent.
Fifth In every stage
oi these oppressions we
petition signed by 35.700
have petitioned for re
men, ana we were tola
that if we wanted any
rights we had better
c o m o and fight for
them.
Sixth Once more we
state again In unmis
takable language that
we desire an independ
ent republic which shall
dress in the most hum
ble terms. Our repeat
ed petitions have be.en
answered only by re
peated injury.
Sixth But w h e n a
long train of abusci
and usurpations, pur
suing Invariably the
same object, evinces a
design to reduce themjbo a true republic, in
under absolute despot-, which every man who is
ism. it is their right, ill prepared to take the
is their duty, to throwloath of allegiance to the
off such government, state shall have equal
and to provide new rights,
guards for their future
security.
England is teaching today to President
Kruger in South Africa the same lesson
which the American colonies taught King
George In 1776.
Finally, I would ask Mr. Cockran how
In view of his nationality and his religi
on, he disposes of the following words of
the Most Rev. A. Caughran, Roman
Catholic bishop of Kimberley, South Af
rica: There must not be at the end ot the nine
teenth century a government calling Itself a
republic while in reality It is a close oligarchy.
Catholics are as heathen to him (the Boer). 1
must wind up by saying that to my mind war
is the best way to end the unrest and inse
curity that torments and paralyses the country
here at present.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Her Preference. O'Brien So Casey and Cos
tigan fought for Miss Kelly's hand, and Casey
won? Thin OI suppose Casey got her? O'Rourke
No; Costlgan got the prize! She said she
wanted the mon she could lick alslest, be
gorrah! Puck. m
His Reason for Gratulation. " 'Tls very for
tunate." remarked Mr. Grady wisely, "thot
hay be not as hlvy as coal." "For whoy, Pat?'
"Shure, a ton av the shtuft would weigh so
much thot a poor man couldn't afford to kapo
a cow." Judge.
Special Service. "Big flro down on the
street." said the sub-editor on the thirty-ninth
floor of the new office building. "How do you
know?" asked the chief. "Just got a special
dispatch from our staff correspondent on the
first floor." Philadelphia North American.
"Maw, what's de difference between er poli
tician and er statesman?" "Well, honey, a
mushroom's good, ain't It?" "Yes, um."
"And a toadstool Is plzen. ain't it?" "Yes,
um." "And dey bof look alike?" "Yes, 'urn."
"Des same difference from a statesman to &
politician.' Brooklyn Life.
At St. Helena. The shade of Bonaparte came
up to where Cronje sat smoking. "General,"
began the great Napoleon, "of course you came
to this island on an English ship." "Quite
right. General," responded Cronje. "And did
you etand near the rail In bold relief!" "Yes,
General." "And your back was turned on the
officers?" "I think so. General." "Then the
material for the magazines of future cenera-
tl?33 is assured." Chicago Newa J
NOTE AKD COMMENT.
The weathesv-but let us turn to mora
agreeable- topics.
Alfred Austin had a pretty hard reputa
tion; before. Kipling began to write war
poetry.
Dramatic Note, ""Why Smith Left ,
Home" Is said to be a great favorite oi
"W. A, Clark.
Congress will have to pass a special ap
propriation If It expects to get a man te
count Aguinoldo.
Since Baden-Powell's fame has spread.
Tis said it Is the rule
For Willie Boys in London Town
To dine on roasted mule.
It is said that only one bullet in 56$
hits a man. This ot course does not In
clude Innocent bystanders.
If Agulnaldo doesn't die again pretty
soon ho will forget how. and then what
will the paragraphers do?
Denmark "wants to sell us one of her
"West Indies, but tvo are acquiring islands
on a wholesale basis these days.
Tho Populists will not run the Kansas
City Convention. That Is a cinch. -Non
of them can afford to live there -while it la
la session. '
Of course, the Democrats will declare for
an elastic currency. They will have ta
have It to make their money go very far
In Kansas City.
The Kentucky Immigration Bureau can.
no longer advertise among the features ot
the state:
"&-GOVERNORS-2"
What to the use of badgering the Sul
tan for that paltry $90,000? Clark would
gladly pay twice the amount for a mer
vacant seat in the Senate.
Lumber Is getting scarce-and high. But
we will chip In and buy Bryan all tha
wood he can saw, if he perslsta in hla
intention to say nothing.
On the eve of the election,
Ere the clty' vote is cast.
And the politician's heart beats " "v
High and loud and hard and fast.
Then he views the situation
With a bright and kindling eye.
And his spirits, soaring upward,
high,
sky
go
to ' '
Seem v
When the man with chalky finger
Starts to bulletin returns.
And the tide of expectation
Reaches flood, and swiftly turns, "
Then the politician's spirits
Of a sudden take a stop
;And come tumbling from the heavens.
With
a
hard,
hard,
drop.
The relief of Kimberley gave Poet
Laureate Austin excuse to advertise the
unnecessary fact that he is still at large.
He bursts forth In seven verses, commem
orating the event. One Is enough to show
the poet's dreary divagations from reason
or rhyme:
Then when hope dawned at last.
And fled the foe aghast
At the relieving blast
Heard in the melly;
Oh, our stout, stubborn kith,
Kimberley, Ladysmlth,
Mafeking wedded with
Lucknow and Delhi.
Hop"o might dawn at last, but It would
fall back dead again if it read that poem.
The following verses he omitted, probably
because he did not think of them. ,
If you've of heroes read. .
Who on tough mules have fed ,
And have salt tears to shed,
Just kindly shed one.
Loud did my rifle crack. r
Mule, wounded In the back,
Dropped kicking in his track
He was a dead one.
Soon I removed his hide.
Fed on the steaks inside.
Ate I that meat with pride, '
Though it was gory.
Then rose I up again.
Fought Boers with might and main.
And on the bloody plain
Marched on to glory.
A correspondent inquires tearfully if
there Is any law by which the Christian
Scientists can be prevented from practic
ing their cures on a poor" dog. No law
on the statute books can he found touch
ing on this matter, but there seems to be
no reason why the dog neede to be cured
by Christian Science if he doesn't want
to. He can die. There is, however, an ob
stacle in the way of prosecuting such a
cure, which tho correspondent has evi
dently overlooked. The patient, in order
to facilitate a speedy restoration of health.,
must pray, and few dogs can be prevailed
upon to do this. "We knew of an In
stance once of a dog who absented him
self from home every night, and was
suspected of committing the crime of lar
ceny, until a little boy in .the family, cama
running in and joyfully announced that
Carlo had employed his nights in prayer,
and that he had found the sheep on which
he had been preying. The dog, of course,
forgave his unjust accusers. The Chris
tian Scientists have for some time been
practicing on an elephant In Central Park,
New York, who had swallowed a deck of
cards, but thus far they have only been
able to make him give up a tray In his
trunk and have not effected a permament -cure.
If the dog In question is an Irlah
terrier, he. probably has religious views of
his own, and. In that case, he can secure
relief If he applies for It. If, however,
he is only a flee, there Is no hope for
him. for, haying a bad name, he will
probably be hanged, even if the Christian
Scientists succeed in effecting a cure.
Drinks.
Hear the mixing of the drinks
Festive drinks,
Always on the candidate, with fasclnatinZ
clinks!
No- the merry berry'3 glowing
Brightly on the sparkling flzz.
Anil the creme de menthe Is flowing".
While the fa'ded bum is blowing
'Bout the hefty pull that's his.
See him snipe, snipe, snipe
At a snifter with a swipe
For the free lunch after 'lection time he na;
urally thinks
Of the dry Sahara 'tween the drinks, .
Drinks, drinks, drinks, t
Of tho aching void between the drinks.
See the candidates whose drinks
Fill the chinks
In the voter's solar plexus where the cora-
Julce sinks!
In the region rent with broils.
Treason's stratagems and spoils
Candidates have got to rush
DrinVs that deal a royal flU3h
O'er the face.
For the happy, scrappy voters with exhllaratloa
wage
War for whisky as an eleemosynary beverage.
Spite of page, page, page, .
Writ with almost Berseck rag, ,
Still tho Joyous Summer bock beer "
Will fllsport.upon bedrock here.
Always at 1U usual trystlng place.
Oh. those drinks, drinks, drinks, -
Hew cur Memory ever links
Them with noets J t
Like the roses. '
Erubescent as the coral, t
And from this we draw the moral.
That they're always on the candidate
The drinks, drinks, drinks, .-
That ho pays the usual freight upon the drinks.
PortltJid, May 23.
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