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PORTLAND, FIUDAT, JUNE 1, 3000.
Detailed statements of the wheat and
ilour shipments from Portland for the
month of May, as printed in another
column, make a fine showing for what
is generally considered one of the dull
est months of the cereal year. Port
land's flour shipments have already
passed the million-barrel mark, with
another month of the season to run.
Out of a total of 11,469,034 bushels of
wheat shipped from Portland, Seattle
and Tacoma for the first eleven months
of the cereal year, Portland has shipped
8,446,019 bushels.
The recent Supreme Court decision
adds another to the numerous and pow
erful considerations on the Beckham
side of the Kentucky controversy. On
the other there is nothing except the
simple fact that Taylor was elected.
Thus the matter stands. Thus it will
stand to the end of time. A few mur
ders, acts of Legislature or court de
cisions, more or less, one way or the
other, make no difference. Taylor was
elected.
The Republican cause has a hard
fight on In Multnomah County. The
battle against it is not being made by
Democrats or Populists Its foes are
the foes of its own household. The
same outfit that has posed as "Mitch
ell Republicans" and "Anti-Simon Re
publicans" is now doing business as
"Citizens." The Republicans of the
state may well be nnnoyed at the per
sistence of this factional opposition,
and Impatient of its continued war on
the party. The only answer of the Re
publican party in Multnomah County
to this complaint of the Republican
party of the state is that with the im
pending defeat of Senator McBride and
the dislodgement of his appointees from
their stronghold in the Federal offices
the last resource of this ancient ob
stacle to Republican success will dis
appear. To this end it asks the co-op-
itl?n of the party throughout the
state. It has been a long struggle,
against adverse circumstances, but the
end is In sight. It Is great gain to have
the disorganlzers come out In their true
colors as open enemies of .Republican
success, laboring here and In other
counties for the election of Democrats
to the Legislature. The only menace to
Republican victory In Oregon this year
is the menace raised by Republicans.
It is a humiliating message for this
state, with all Its Republican traditions,
to send back to the East Yet It is true.
The only menace to Republican sne
cess in Oregon thin year Ik the men
ace rained by profoxped Republicans,
allied with Brynniteti to elect Dem
ocrats to the Legislature.
The Kansas City convention Is to be
gin July 4, and now all Democratic
Clubs are called upon to assemble
throughout the country July 4. It is
satisfactory to all concerned thus to be
assured that the Democracy Is a patri
otic party and apparently necessary.
Some remarkable statements made in
Candidate Brewster's advertisement in
"Wednesday's Oregonian are pertinently
answered elsewhere this morning over
the signatures of Auditor Gambell and
Judge Frazer. Mr. Brewster seems to
have opened up a subject on which the
objects of his attack are pretty well
fortified. There is always danger in
making assertions that cannot be veri
fied. Mr. Brewster's high estimate of
his own "personal and professional fit
ness" may be correct, but it Is not sup
ported by his method of procedure in
this instance.
The truth is that Mr. Long's admin
istration of the office of City Attorney
is the most noteworthy and epochal
fact of our municipal history in recent
years. His work is simply a succession
of brilliant triumphs over great odds.
It has been a reigning topic of remark
in legal circles, and it has grievously
offended those who would have rejoiced
at an opposite result. It Is remarkable
that any person of intelligence, and es
pecially a lawyer, should espouse In
cold t pe an aggregation of irresponsi
ble stnet rumors which the slightest
iivv estigation must show to be nt vari
ance w ith the facts. What little chance
Air. Brewster may have had of election
In the first place he has destroyed by
this .i!-Judged attack. He has led into
his opponent's strong suit.
A "suffragist," writing in a commu
nication to The Oregonian the other
da , made one of the most forcible pre
sentations we have ever seen of the
.irogvei-s made by woman in recent
;ars. it is worth reproducing:
trocn o-e no longer bought and sold on the
I lock, no lender denied freedom of
epe-- !s freedom of tocomotlen, freedom to labor
Hr t -ie'e, fieedom to control wages
jr, "- taming and children. Coeducation
fcbr be- -ie the rtile and exclusion the excep
ti " V re than two-thirds of all the colleges
ixnl r - r t'-s of the United States now ad-
r. t wj-f n ami men on terms of equality not
& t -5 Mate institution west of Ohla. so far
sis 1 k n exclode- women. Women have be-
l - ica her ef the rtlnsr feneration. In
the F rd South the leading positions are
11 is - -ipoUzod by luoa. but even in those sec-
Jens r rt than three-fourths of the eduea-
'. are killed by women. Women
i - b' -iie wage-earners, and are rapidly en-
rlrg rtw trades and occupation. They are.
i, t sorr5 and factories. In the learned pro
fess.! s as physician, mlnis-ters and lawvers.
Jrhe n : rn system f limited liability has en
li led fhtm to enrage In business as stocfchold-
tis it r oration far more generally than was
s .e under the oM system as Individuals or
jr a partners.
The respondent was trying to show
that female suffrage is in the natural
order of events. But the real effect ,of
the presentation Is to show the utter
folly of those who assert that only
through the ballot can woman's wrongs
be righted.
PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONS, AT
STAKE.
As Multnomah County goes, so goes
the state. If the Republican ticket Is
defeated here. It may be regarded as
certain that the Legislature will be de
livered over to the Democrats. No
other county has so great a preponder
ance of Republican voters; in no other
do mere numbers give so manifest a
guaranty of success. But here the is
sues are confused and the voter dis
tracted by revival cf the old quarrel
among Republicans through the per
sistent endeavor of the Mttchell-Mc-Bride
faction to control, or to wreck the
party and bring disaster to its princi
ples out of sheer revenge. They are
still Republicans with a prefix. The
conditions of their loyalty and support
of Republican principles are that the
party machinery shall be given into
their hands, and that the offices be dis
tributed where they will do the most
gcod to them. The one important goal
with them Is fat position, comfortable
place. Xothing else is really vital or
Important, They fight Republican bat
tles because they expect to glean the
usufruct. If it Is likely to be denied
them, they knife their friends, flee to
the enemy, enter his counsels, promote
Ms cause.
Senator McBride is back of the Fed
eral brigade In its treacherous plot
tings. With him stands Mitchell, who
is chief engineer of the subterranean
movement. Federal factotums and
paid emissaries have been busily hur
rying everywhere. The plan does not
end with the boundaries of Multnomah
County. It embraces every district
where a candidate thought to be un
friendly to the Mitchell-McBride union
has been nominated by Republicans
and where the opposition nominee Is
open to Its blandishments and begulle
ments. Thuswehear from several coun
ties Democratic candidates openly ad
mitting that they expect to vote for a
Republican for Senator. They make a
direct appeal to the Mitchell-McBride
faction for support, and pledge (hem
selves to act in Its interest. If there
were no ottier evidence of a secret deal,
this would be sufficient. McBride is a
Republican Senator elected by a Re
publican Legislature to uphold and for
ward Republican policies, and In great
matters proceed In concert with a Re
publican Administration. Yet here he
is making a desperate hazard of his
personal fortunes with Democrats, Pop
ulists, renegade Republicans, with any
body and everybody, striving toward
any and every end that he imagines may
be helpful to him, or. If not, hurtful to
those persons not committed to his can
didacy. A whited sepulcher, he blovi
ates with real Pecksnilllan unctuous
ness about his Republican orthodoxy,
his long-time advocacy of the gold
standard, his stalwart adherence to
sound principles. Trae pupil of Mitch
ell, most worthy and admirable ex
ponent of Mltchellism!
The significant feature of the fight in
Multnomah County Is that it is be
tween Republicans and so-called Re
publicans. Democrats and Populists
have almost wholly disappeared. But
the "Citizens" movement is directed
by these Mitchell-McBride Republi
cans. They have concentrated all their
energies to Its support, and appear to
be practically alone In open wishes for
Its success. To achieve their own self
ish objects, they have surrendered
twelve places on the ticket and re
served' six. It is nothing to them that
the consummation of their ends means
the defeat of twelve Republicans rep
resenting Republican purposes. It is
everything that any man, whatever
his politics, be kept out of the Legis
lature if he Is likely to vote against
McBride or Mitchell. A Republican
represents a full vote, a Democrat a
half a vote, in the settlement of the
Senatorial question by a Republican
Legislature through a Republican cau
cus. If It is a Democratic or a mixed
Legislature, these twelve Democrats
might be. and It is planned that they
shall be, a powerful Instrument for fur
thering the Mitchell schemes. In one
event, no other Republican can suc
ceed; In the other, McBride or Mitch
ell may, and will.
It Is vital that we have a Republican
Leglsltaure. It is vital that every Re
publican candidate get every Republi
can vote. No exceptions should be
made In any county or district It Is
fallacious to think that the Legisla
ture Is bound to be heavily Republi
can, and that chances may be taken
with any candidate. It ought to be re
membered that the Republican margin
in all counties, with two or three ex
ceptions, is small. It is a fact that in
times past, outside of Multnomah
County, a change of a few hundred
rotes. Judiciously distributed, would
have reversed the complexion of the
Legislature. In this county, the duty
of Republicans is especially plain. Each
elector votes for eighteen, one-fifth of
the Legislature. If all Republicans
vote for the whole eighteen, their elec
tion will be guaranteed, and they will
have done their full share In keeping
the state from the Democrats. Per
sonal feeling against this or that or the
other candidate ought not to weigh in
matters where principles are at stake,
and persons are of small account.
AX EMPTY TITREAT.
Lord Roberts is in possession of Jo
hannesburg, and the Boers did not blow
up the mines before evacuation, de
spite the fact that the Transvaal Gov
ernment gave notice to neutral powers
that the district containing the gold
mines would be defended and that the
government would not be responsible
for injury to persons "or the damage or
destruction of any property on the Wit
watcrsrand which may occur."
The reason for this forbearance lies In
the fact that destruction of the mines
would not do the Boers any good and
would probably only serve to Increase
the severity of the terms of reconstruc
tion for the conquered Transvaal.
These mines are owned by individuals
of both the enemy and neutral coun
tries. Under strict construction of In
ternational law, these mines have no
more protection than any other private
property which is found by a belliger
ent within his own jurisdiction.
In lSdl the Southern Confederacy con
fiscated all Northern property except
public stocks and securities found
within Its domain. Money lost by indi
viduals to a state is not confiscated, nor
is the interest payable on it seques
trated. The Boers are not strictly de
barred, under International law, from
the confiscation of the private property
of British subjects found within the
Transvaal, and the blowing up of min
ing shafts would be less than confisca
tion, since the mines cannot be de
stroyed any more than land can be.
Under International law, the belliger
ent right of seizure, according to a
great English authority. Hall, apper
tains to the private property of neu
trals. Hall holds that the right of self
preservation Is the supreme right of
belligerents, and transcends sometime
all established limitations of Interna
tional law, and on this ground he goes
so far as strongly to defend England's
action in 1807 in attacking and destroy
ing the fleet of Denmark In a time of
profound peace with that country-
RENAISSANCE OP THE SAILER.
The announcement that Arthur Sew
all will build a couple of the largest
American sailing ships afloat for the
Standard Oil Company Is a matter of
more than passing Interest at the pres
ent time. Coupled with the fact that
the big oil trust is now building several
now sailing ships In foreign yards and
is buying all of the second-hand sailers
it can find, it points most unmistak
ably to a renaissance of the sailer. A
meaning of deeper significance lies in
the placing of the contract with an
American yard. The Standard Oil
Company, with Its European offshoot,
the Anglo-American Oil Company, an
nually supplies cargoes for hundreds of
ships, all of which sail out of New Tork
and Philadelphia for points in the far
East. This business being practically
all "foreign trade," it does not matter
what flag the vessels sail under, or
where they are bullL Under such cir
cumstances there Is nothing in the phil
anthropic record of the trust that will
Justify the belief that It would place
an order for ships with an American
yard if It could do any better abroad.
Were It not for the fact that every
shipyard In the United States was
crowded with business, It Is highly
probable that the Standard Oil Com
pany would have placed more of Its
work on this side of the water. Arthur
Sewall recently built for himself a big
sailing ship at a cost reported to be
$15,000 less than a similar vessel could
be duplicated for In a foreign yard, and
he has undoubtedly made It equally
attractive to the Standard Oil Company
to have Its vessels built here. The
claim of the advocates of the shipping
subsidy bill that we must have a
bounty In order to compete with the
foreign builders and owners does not
receive any very effective support from
this latest move of two parties who axe
pretty well posted on ships and ship
Ping. Aside from the significance which It
cannot but have on the subsidy bill,
there Is another Interesting feature in
the 'matter. After a practical test of
ten or fifteen years, for the tramp
steamer did not attain its greatest de
gree of efficiency and economy until
about ten years ago. It has been pretty
effectually demonstrated that In some
lines of the ocean carrying trade the
sailer Is Invincible. Owing to the large
number of sailers that were turned out
In the early part of the '90s, the steady
loss by disaster and retirement was not
felt for a few years. The craze for
steam had taken hold of the British,
and they got rid of their sailing vessels
as quickly as possible at any price the
far-seeing Germans and Norwegians
were willing to pay for them. No new
vessels were built in the big British
and Scotch yards, and. with new fields
for trade opening up all over the world,
there was work at hlgit rates for every
sailing ship afloat. Meanwhile, the
price of coal, oil, engineers' wages and
about everything else in connection
with the operation of a steamer has ad-
vanced in proportion with the Increase
In rates for freight.
With the sailer it Is different. The
breeze which blows them round the
world Is as free as It ever was. The
"sailor of the'sall" Is the same irre
sponsible creature he always was. and
money Is no more of an object to him
today than It was when he sailed out
of Troy with Odysseus. Accordingly,
there has been no advance in wages
before the mast. These advantages
from an economical standpoint are now
making themselves felt, and again the
whlte-wlnged argosies of trade will de
mand the recognition that for a time
hag been diverted to the black, dlrty
looklng tramp steamer. The days of
the clean-limbed, yacht-like clippers of
the '50s have passed forever, but the
big. broad-beamed, slow-moving sail
ers, which can make money for their
owners by carrying "freight 16,000 mllei
at about $5 per ton are In the ascend
ency. Business of the world demands
them, and, subsidy or no subsidy. It Is
only a question of a very short time
before a big fleet of them will be In the
possession of American owners and
paying dividends fully equal to those
earned by the clipper, so often mourned
by those whose patriotism Is some
times more pronounced than their busi
ness acumen.
THE PUBLIC PARK IDEA.
So beautiful and easy of access have
been and are the natural environments
of Portland that the people of this city
have not until very recent years felt the
need of public parks as retreats from
the heat and bustle of every-day life.
The cool, green woods, everybody's
woods, though the title deeds thereto
have long been duly Invested In Individ
ual?, have come down to the very city
limits, and, indeed. In many places have
Invaded, them. Ravines, the steep sides
and cool recesses of which have Invited
the lover of nature to exploration, the
mother to rambles with her children,
the laborer ahd his family to the Sun
day picnic, have been part and parcel
of the city's wealth, to be enjojred by
such of Its inhabitants as found pleas
ure In glimpses of country life.
For this reason the public park Idea
has been of slow development among us.
The necessity of such places of resort,
the desirability of keeping unspoiled by
the encroachments of business and free
from the excluslveness of private prop
erty rights some of these beauty spots
of nature, have been lost to sight In our
generous surroundings. Latterly, how
ever, observant, philanthropic, thought
ful men and women have takan an
inventory of thft situation and found
that the period for acquiring lands for
public park purposes and privileges
within or In close proximity to the city,
except at enormous prices, Is rapidly
drawing to a close, and that, as a mat
ter of simple economy, the public park
Idea should be Judiciously advanced
and systematically developed. 'What
ever churlish, narrow or selfish Ideas
some of us as Individuals may
cherish In regard to the acquisition of
park areas and their Improvement by
and dedication to the public as breath
ing spaces for children and pleasure
grounds for everybody, the park idea
will eventually prevail with the masses,
and the opinion of the masses in this,
as In other things, will rule.
Pdrtlar.d has some park areas by pur
chase and some through bequest.
These. In the opinion of men who have
watched the development of the park
idea in other cities, and Its influence
upon the reputable, self-respecting
working class, will prove pitifully in
adequate to the needs of the city a
generation hence. It is a well-known
fact that what Is everybody's business
Is nobody's business. Hence the agita
tionif" the quiet, methodical action In
connection therewith may be called by
a name eo aggressive of the park
question In recent months In this city,
and the attempt, supported by legis
lative action, supplemented by an ap
peal to voters, to secure definite. Intelli
gent action upon It. A full expression
of the voters of this city, as provided
by law and presented in a single ques
tion upon their ballots next Monday, is
desirable.
The last State Republican Conven
tion in its platform declared as follows:
Wo point with yrlde to th legislation adopted
by tho last Legislature. ... It passed an
act for submission to the people of a Constitu
tional amendment providing for tho Initiative
and referendum.
The Republican party does not pre
tend to favor the initiative, and refer
endum, which is strictly a Populist
measure; but It has gone on record for
an opportunity to be given the people
to adopt or reject. With this explicit
declaration to support him, every Re
publican member of the Legislature
will be Justified in voting next Winter
a second time for submission of the.
amendment. Undoubtedly It will be
submitted. The matter can then be
determined on Its merits. If It Is not
wanted, It can be rejected, and the agi
tation will cease; If it Is wanted. It can
be adopted.
The British having entered Johannes
burg and regained their mines, we may
expect to hear a few remarks from Mr.
Bryan on the subject. The well-worn
cross-of-gold seems to merit a graqd
revival. Old Paul Kruger nailed to a
cross of his own Johannesburg gold,
with his plug-hat displaced by a large
and very uncomfortable crown of Eng
lish thorns, would make a fetching pic
ture. His familiar pipe might also be
removed and a great gag suggesting
denial of free speech Inserted. These
suggestions are offered to Mr. Bryan
for what they are worth or, rather,
for nothing, which Is much less than
what they are worth.
In another column is published a let
ter from Mr. Ed "W. Bingham, which
should be read with attention by all
voters, and especially by the Judges of
election. Frauds upon the ballot should,
as Mr. Bingham says, be guarded
against, and violators of the law should
be punished. Too much care cannot be
taken to prevent illegal voting by the
unregistered. It has been common re
port for the past week that the Mltch-ell-McBrlde
Fuslonlsts Intend to block
the polls with the "push," and the
Judges should see that the registered
voters be not prevented from casting
their ballots.
The fight made for the gold standard
by the Republican party of Oregon In
1S96 put John Hall into Federal offlce.
The rewards bestowed upon him by the
Republican party here, first and last,
have made John Hall a rich man. Now
he Is using the time for which this Re
publican Administration pays him. In
a desperate effort to defeat the Repub
lican ticket and prepare for Bryanlsm
throughout the Nation a cheering mes
sage. This Is a highly moral proceed
ing, of course, in the Interests of moral
ity and Justice.
Pierce Mays Is to be the beneficiary
of the Mitchell-McBride machine's spe
cial effort to defeat one Republican
state Senatorial candidate. If Smith,
Inman and Hunt can pull themselves
through with such help as the "push"
can find It convenient to give, well and
good; but. If not, let them go to the
deuce. The first Interest of the gang Is
In Mays, because Mays has been tried
by Mitchell and not found wanting. He
has often been used, and Is always
usable.
We observe that our contemporary,
the -New York Journal, is busy
fighting the Ice trust. Why not enlist
the competitive services of Mr. Bryan?
He Is about to acquire a monopoly over
a large Fall frost, which ought to be
sufficient for all freezing purposes.
Reasons are good why the Populists
are scarce In Alabama. A very Import
ant portion of the party Is now stump
ing Oregon. It seems to be Its mouth
and perhaps Its brains. No wonder the
body had trouble gathering Itself to
gether at home.
Kruger ought to be reconciled to his
future. As war Is the last resort of na
tions, so is St. Helena the last resort of
great men. He deliberately chose the
one; the other Is the logical conse
quence. General Otis was made the victim of
the quarantine regulations at San
Francisco. The ofllcers proved conclu
sively to the gallant General that they
had the "situation well In hand."
The Illness of Mr. Hanna is to be re
gretted; but we shall manage to win a
Republican victory without him. Prob
ably we could also win with him.
So Clark's case is to rest. Then the
public can do ditto.
Silver Prepheclea Proved False.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
It Is not in the United States alone
that the calamity predictions of free-silver
propagandists have been marked by
events. In spite of the drain of war and
famine, the financial and bustnese condi
tions of India 'have Improved under the
gold standard. The enhanced value of
the rupee was going to destroy the export
trade of the empire and put an end to the
demand for opium la China. The latter la
brisker than ever, and exports have in
creased from J2S0.(O0,0? to JS25.COO.000 In
two years. Imports fell off the first year
of the famine, owing to general poverty.
J but more than recovered last year. The
facts are, In a into report of the Consul
CJoncTal at Calctfttn. Thk also" ehoves that
hoarded gold Is com'ng out under the In
fluence of the legal-lender act. which took
effect last September. The gold in the
mint and accumulated In London to the
order of the Indian Government ia W0.
000.000, against J10.000.O8O a year ajro. Much
was heard about India in the Bryan cam
paign of 1S3S. If It should be discussed
In this campaign for free ellver, calamity
orators will have to sift their authorities
shrewdly and not be too fastidious' about
their freshness.
E3IINENTLY QUALIFIED.
NehoOy Could Posalhly Fit Bryan So
Well as Tovfac
New York Times.
If Towne permits himself to be set aside
at Kansas City or falls to make a slout
fight to hold his place on the Bryan
ticket he will do an Injustice to himself
and to his party, or to his various par
ties, for he belongs to all the parties that
are opposed to the party of McKinley.
A Silver Republican who says he is a
Democrat and Is running on a Populist
ticket completely Alls the bill. There is
a high and indelible congrulty between
the head and tall of the ticket that tor
bids any attempt to Improve upon the
careful and intelligent work of the Sioux
Falls Convention. The fitnees of the as
sociation of those two names asserts
Itself to the most Indifferent eye.
Bryan and Towne hold these principles
to be dr Self-evident virtue and worthy
to be adopted by the American people: Tho
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1G
to 1; no Interference with riotous and
murderoua strikers by court Injunctions
or any armed force; tho amendment of
the Constitution to permit an Income tox:
the abandonment of the duties Imposed
on us by the results of the Spanish War;
and the imprisonment at hard labor of all
persons who attempt to do business as a
trust, combination or monopoly. There Is
no difference In the degree of their attach
ment to these principles. They are equal
ly loyal to the Populist faith, equally zeal
ous for the success of the Sioux Falls
party. There Is no respectable reason
why one should be taken and the other
left at Kansas City,
If an effort Is made to drop Towne or
persuade him to get out of the way tho
Populists will take It as an affront. They
have put up their ticket and have ap
pealed to their "allies" to ratify and
support it. The nominees and tho plat
form have been thoughtfully adapted one
to the other. It Is a harmonious arrarfee
ment. To mend la to mar. There need
be no fear that a Silver Republican will
bo unacceptable to Democrats. Any Dem
ocrat who can stand Bryan will make
no wry faces over Towne.
OUR WAR AND MERCHANT NAVY.
3Iore Vessels Needed, the One lot
Protection, the Other for Trade.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times.
With a coast line greater than that of
any other nation in the world say 10.001
mlleD it Is not too much to say that there
is no nation in the world that needs a pow
erful Navy more than the United States.
There Is, therefore, a great deal of point
In the observation of the Marine Journal
In discussing the admitted fact that dur
ing the course of our war with Spain.
Great Britain prevented the nations of
Continental Europe frora interfering with
us.
"For this," says the Marine Journal,
we nave Deen repeaieaiy toio we are un
der lasting obligations to Great Britain.
Perhaps we are. But what was It that
enabled Great Britain to hold Continental
Europe at bay? Nothing In the world
but British sea power. No nation by Its
own neglect has contributed more to
Great Britain's sea power than the United
States. Had we the Navy we should have
had, backed up, nS It should have been,
by a strong and efficient merchant marine,
we would of ourselves have been able t
hold Continental Europe In check, as
Great Britain did."
Nothing could be more true. We need
a more powerful war Navy, and quite as
certainly we need a larger merchant navy.
We need a Navy to protect the largest
coast line. In all probability, ever pos
sessed by any people, and we also need a
merchant navy to carry on what Is des
tined to be the largest ocean trade ever
known In the history of the race. Con
gress should distinctly understand this
fact. Petty bickerings about pollt!ca
questions will not do. There Is a time
for politics and a time to fling them to
the winds. There is a time to be a partj
man and a time to consider the larger in
terests of the country, irresoectlve of
party. And that time Is now. The quicker
the politicians of both parties understand
this fact the better for their political
fortunes.
In other words, pass the shipping hill
and Increase the Navy without unreason
able delay.
A-nintorlc Nnme.
Boston Post
The President Is "deeply shockedr at
the revelations of the thievery in the
Cuban postal service. "No. social cr po
litical Influence," says the Boston Jour
nal, "can now save the guilty persona
from the wrath of the nation whose
honor they have Insulted and whose con
fidence they have abused. All the ma
chinery of the law must be employed to
bring the accused officials to trial Im
mediately on the ending of Mr. Brlstow's
Investigation."
Brlstow? Yes, that Is the name, and It
wakens slumbering memories of things
that are more pleasant when forgotten.
Benjamin H. Brlstow of Kentucky was
the Secretary of the Treasury to whom
President Grant Issued the famous order,
"Let no guilty man escape," when the
Internal Revenue Bureau was found to
be rotten with whisky frauds. This earl
ier Brlstow pursued the guilty men with
such Intelligent purpose and honest zeal
as to discover them Inside the charmed
circle of "social and political Influence"
suroundlng the White House. There they
were shielded. Every one of the great
criminals "escaped, but Erlstow himself
was hounded until he was glad to resign
the office which he had filled only too
conscientiously.
The Instructions of President McKinley
to Joseph L. Brlstow, fourth assistant
postmaster-general, are the same as
those given by President Grant to his
Secretary" of the Treasury under sim
ilar circumstances. Let us hope that the
Brlstow of today will have better luck
Under this Republican administration than
the other Brlstow had under the ad
ministration of the same party a quar
ter of a century ago.
Woman Suffrage in Practice.
Morning Oregonian. Dec. 9, 1S93.
Secretary of State.' F. Chattcrton, of
Wyoming, who was In Portland yesterday
on his return to Cheyenne, from Puget
sound, does not think female suffrage cuts
much figure In Wyoming politics, one way
or the other. The women of the state
havp been voting now since 1S9. he says,
and still no great moral wave has swept
over Wyoming. The women add about
one-third to the bulk of the vote, but no
other difference Is discernible. In fact,
where local reforms are paramount, the
women are just as likely as the men to
lose sight of them and vote on strict party
lines. A large portion of the femals voters
are usually Indifferent, and have to be
sent for when election day comes.
Personally, Mr. Chattcrton has no ob
jection to women voting, although he
thinks suffrage does not tend to elevate
the sex, nor does it seem to Increase the
power of the moral portion of the com
munity. "The best women." he says,
"stay away from politics, take no Inter
est in public affairs, while the women who
do interest themselves do not tend to ele
vate the occupation of the politician."
He referred to Colorado and Utah as be
ing two woman-suffrage states and yet
Colorado is notoriously corrupt, while
Utah has Just sent to Congress a man
with three wives.
Gambling Is still licensed under the state
laws of Wyoming, though a strong effort
Is now being made toward their repeal.
LESS0XS FROM THE TOTE OF 1898
It Is interesting to take a g'.ance at the
vote of Multnomah Counjy in ISM. For
the principal state offices, and for Legis
lative olllces. and for Mayor and City
Engineer of Portland, it was as follows:
Governor
Geer, Rep 10, Sol
King. Fus. 4. 4.6JT
Luce, Pop. ;...i 2tit
Clinton, Pro 4
Supreme Judge
Moore. Rep 10,100
Ramsey. Fus. 4,615
Congress
Moody. Rep 9.SS8
Donaldson. Fus.
O.Wtt
Atto'rney-General
Blackburn. Rep. ....
Story. Fus. ..
State Senator
Simon. Ren
0.4SS
4,975
6.15G
Hume. Anti-Simon 5,616
Representatives
Bayer, Rep 6.9S4
Beach. Rep 7.354
Farrell. Rep 7.53G
Hill, Rep. 4 .-....: 7.167
Moody. Rep '. 7.26G
Hobklrk. Rep 7.073
Myers. Rep 7.273
Ross. Rep 7.137
Whalley. Rep 6.859
Beakey. Fus. 3.417
Borsch. Fus 2.S12
Ciarno. Fus 2.723
Jeffery. Fus. : 3.362
Pollock. Fus. 2.S12
Read. Fus 2.935
Sproul, Fu. ., 2.6S3
Thomas. Fus 3.053
Versteeg. Fus. 2.S30
Drake. Anti-Simon 4.312
GUI. Antl-Slmon.. ..: 4.654
Hogue. Antl-Slmon 4.4S0
Matthlesson. Antl-Slmon 3,961
Nottingham. Antl-Slmon 4.143
Seton. Antl-Slmon ,. 3.743
Smith. Antl-Slmon 3.S95
Terwllllger. Antl-Slmon 3.675
Tomllnson. Antl-Slmon 3.420
Republican averago 7.184
Fusion average 2,953
Antl-Slmon average 4,026
County Assessor
Greenleaf. Antl-Slmon 5,781
White. Rep 5.7C0
County Treasurer
Hoyt. Antl-Slmon 6.392
Lambert. Rep 5.671
County Recorder
Bitrckhardt. Antl-Slmon 6,233
Malcolm. Rep 6.240
County Surveyor
Hurlburt. Rep 7.4S6
Fletcher. Fus 4.7S1
Mayr
MasorT Rep 7.0S4
Montacr. Dem 4,187
Robertson. Fus 1.815
Strowbrldge. Antl-Slmon 769
Superintendent of Streets
Chase. Rep 6.4G2
Mnlr. Antl-Slmon 4.2S2
Rockwell. Fus. 2.2S3
The Issues were so mixed and so great
a variety of results reached that sev
eral conclusions may be drawn from the
above figures. It seems to be perfectly
clear, however, that the normal united
Republican vote Is Just about two to one
over the normal Fusion vote Assuming
that the respective parties will benefit
equally by the Increased vote of 1900, the
majority for Wolverton for Supreme Judge
will be In the neighborhood of 6000. From
5000 to 6000 may, then, be regarded as the
average Republican majority in this coun
ty. The total vote for Mayor in 1S98 was
13.855, which, singularly enough, exceeded
by over 2CO0 the county vote on State
Senator, which was 11.772. There were
two candidates for the latter offlce, Simon
and Hume, the former a Republican, and
the latter a renegade Republican. There
was no Democrat. Populist or Fuslonlst
In the race. It Is obvious that many
persons refrained from voting for Sena
tor. Probably they were mostly Popu
lists and Democrats, who had their own
reasons for refusing to take part in a
Republican quarrel. The total average
number of ballots cast for Representa
tives was 14.163. there being three tickets
in the field Republican, antl-Slmon and
Fuslonlst. The Republican vote was 7181.
and the combined Fusion and antl-Slmon
69S4. giving the former a clean majority
of 200 over all opposing forces. Mr. Simon
fell 1094 beTow the Republican average,
and Mr. Hume 13CS below the combined
opposition average. The letter's candi
dacy marked the supreme effort of all
the united opposition to the Republican
party In' this county. An organized fight
was made. He hdd the direct assistance
of the Pennoyer city administration. The
Mitchell forces were still an aggressive
and formidable force in local affairs,
and. under the prestige of a partial vic
tory two years before, had been able to
hold themselves pretty well together.
They had recruits from Democrats and
Populists who thought that the surest
way to beat the dominant Republican or
ganization was to vote with them. There
were no other issues and no other can
didates to distract the voter. But, with
al, the scheme failed by 540 votes. From
that time on the Mitchell following rap
Idly went to pieces. It had a maximum,
as represented in the lower house can
didacies, of 4000 votes. Today it probably
could not on Its own account muster 1000
votes.
The figures on county officers are sig
nificant of Republican success this year.
There were two candidates each for the
various offices cited. They were pitted
squarely against the Republican candi
dates. Mr. Greenleaf won the Assessor
ship by 21 votes, and Mr. Hoyt the Treas
urershlp by 721 votes. There were no
Democratic or Fusion candidates, and
both Mitchell men had the benefit of their
absence. Both were supported by an
active organization, and both were on a
ticket representing a distinct Issue, such
as it was. This year these gentlemen
are opposed by Republican and Demo
cratic candidates. They are running on
the platform that offlce Is a good thing,
and they want It. Wc shall see how mucJi
they can accomplish on their personal
merits alone, unsupported by any party
and opposed by two candidates each.
Mason's plurality over Montag forMayor
In 1S9S was 2SS7. There were then four
candidates. This year there are five Re
publican. Democratic. Independent, Pro
hibitionist and Social-Labor. The two
latter will probably be about a stand-off,
and may be eliminated from considera
tion. The Mitchell push two years ago
sidetracked Strowbrldge. and. In accord
ance with the terms of the deal with
Pennoyer. tried to elect Montag. They
would have failed by 1000 even If all the
Fuslonlsts had been united, and Robert
son had not run. These figures seem to
demonstrate that it Is quite a difficult
Job to defeat the Republican nominee for
Mayor In Portland.
Tire Man AVho Wan Envied.
Chicago Times-Herald.
I passed his mansion yesterday
And sazed with jealous eyes
At all the wonderful display
Of things that money buys;
The broad green lawns, the flowery beds,
The rows of noble trees;
The gate posts with their sculptured heads.
The lordly luxuries.
I saw his little one ride by.
With grooms who trudged behind;
I saw his turrets rising high.
In ancient forms designed;
His costly stable towered near,
A noble pile too grand
To house the common mortal her
Who toils with brain or hand.
This morning; as I passed his sate,
I stopped to gaze again, . .
And wondered at the tricks that Fata
Delights to play on men;
A wreath of pure, white rosea nunc
Upon his costly door
I hummed a song and trudged along,
And envied him no more. ?
. , zi;
"The Coining' Man.
Hush, hush, hush!
Here come the census man! .
He comes about to spy you cuIts
TT-... .. WW ' -11 1 I ' r V
xie ii ruuuvr tui ueuiu;
He wants the story of your life on a compre
hensive plan '
And It Is hush, hush, hush! Here comes the
census man! Indianapolis Prtas.
KOTEiAXD COMMENT..
"The Weather but let us let well enough
alone.
It is now up to the Pretoria racetrack
players to make a grandstand plajr.v-
Scorchers always object to (the tax.
"whether on Che wheel or on the sidewalk.
The congress of mothers should consist
oi-orie body arid that should be-the'liousd
Carnegie says he is worth 5200.000.000, and
he has never tried to purchase a seat in
tho United States Senate!
Kruger, Watervalboven, S. A.: Keep on.
running. You'll soon get your second
wind. AGUINAIDO.
For April there were no deaths In Ha
vana from yeHow fever, and It was the
first April la 10 years with such & record.
Chicago will allow no more useless
noises within her city limits. Colonel
Bryan may as well cancel any lecturo
dates ho may have there.
It Is an open question whether a man
can get mono fame from Indorsing a pat
ent medicine or announcing himself a can
didate for Vlce-Presldont.
In theso-days of mother's -congresses, tha
members of the United States Senate can
claim tho proud distinction of being tha
only Congress cf grandmothers.
Henry Wotterson suggests that rather
than a live laureate like Austin, Eng
land might better have a dead one. But
Austin Is a dead one, as- far as real fama
19 concerned.
Tho Chinese Minister protests asalnat
the antl-Chmeso sentiment in this country.
In view of tho cordial hospitality with
which the Boxers welcome strangers to
their shores, his protest is -well-timed.
Iiord Roberts Why are all those mule
n tVio Tratrnn ti-aln klcWntr?
'Kitchener Austin has been writing a
poem about them.
Lord Roberts Order them an-extra. ra
tion of oats all around.
The Secretary of War has determined to
fill nearly all the vacancies remaining aft
er the West Point graduates have been
provided for by promoting enlisted men In
preference to civilian candidates. Tha
number of dismissals of civilian ap
pointees from the army Jn the Philippines
recently announced would seem to show
the wisdom of this course-beyond dispute.
Professor Edward Dicey. In the Fort
nightly Review, has this to say of the
future of the black race In South Africa:
"All I wish to point out is both the Brit
ish and the Dutch colonists, however much
they may differ upon other questions, are,
with rare and Insignificant exception, ab
solutely In accord upon the general prin
ciple that In the interests of South Africa
the natives must not be placed on a foot
ing of political equality with the whites."
Hush thee, my baby, thy father will guard
the.
And all of his time to thy care wilt devote;
Thy mother (worse luck) has seen lit to discard
thee.
And go on the platform to spiel for a vote.
So choke off thy weeping, and practice at sleep
ing, Twill fracture thy voice If thou Btraln'st
for high notes.
And seek not to borrow more cause for thy
sorrow.
We've both got enough, .now ma's rustling for
votes.
Old and worn-out rubber boots and
shoes are no longer thrown away, as they
have a commercial value. Everything of
this nature is gathered up by rag-pickers
and others, and finally finds Its way to a
dealer who keeps men employed removing
the nails, eyelets and everything of a
metallic nature connected with the old
boots, shoes, hose pipe, bicycle tires, and
the hundred and one other tMngs manu
factured from rubber. The rubber Is
finally shipped East to be remanufactured,
and, judging from -the way some rubbers
now wear out. they must be macle almost
entirely of this already worn-out rubber.
Those who have passed the half-century
mark can remember when rubber shoes
were made of real rubber, a pure, green,
translucent and very elastic. Eoys In
those days were glad to get an old rubber
shoe to cut into strips to wind Into a ball,
to be then covered with yarn and a leath
er cover, to play "old cat" and "town
ball." A ball made In this way would fly
sky high when well batted, and the higher
It flew the better It suited. Boys also
used to like to get a piece of pure rubber
to chew, not that it was palatable, but it
squeaked when bitten and never wore out.
The so-called rubber shoes of today ara
no better adapted to putting life In a ball
than so much lead, and no one would caro
to chew on a piece of one of thorn. Base
balls are made "dead." and pure rubber Is
never seen In use. The elastic bands used
In packages of papers are the nearest ap
proach to pure rubber, and they are so
'medicated that they become rotten and
lose all their elasticity In a few years.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPIIEBS
Heard In London. Smytho Haven't seen
Diggs In an age. Wocdfall He's on the race
track now. Smythe Newmarket? Woodtnll
No: Pretoria. Chicago News.
Harold I will make all my property over to
you after we are married, my dear. Edith
The Idea! What fun will there be for m la
spending my own money? Judge.
The Germ Theory. Doctor of Old School
The child appears to bo teething. Doctor of
New School Impossible! The bacteriological
diagnosis discloses no trace whatever of tho
characteristic teething-bacillus. Detroit Jour
nal. Extreme. Cases. "Bredren," said Parson
Black, earnestly, "dere am some folks In which
do still, small voice ob conscience keeps a-get-tln'
stiller an' smaller, until at las' It 'd hab
tor Tarn de deef an" dumb langwldgo If it
wants ter attrack dlr attention!" Puck.
Not an Archer. "Why don't you ever brln?
your bow and arrow with you. Mr. Gazsam?"
asked Benny Blcombumper. "My bow and ar
row, Benny," repeated Mr. Gazzam. "I'm no
archer." "But papa says you often draw tha
long bow. Won't you show It o me?" De
troit .tree .tress.
A Hard Blow. "Are you not astonished at
these disclosures of fraud?" asked the friend.
"Beyond expression." answered Senator Sor
ghum. "And grieved?" "Immeasurably. Tha
Idea of their trying to pull off a great bis
deal like that without letting me Into It!"
Washington Star.
Explained "Where's your watch?" asked
the observant man. "Why. here It Is," replied
the man whose prosperity bad slipped a cog or
two recently. "But that's a silver one. Th
one you used to carry had a handsome gold
case." "Well er circumstances alter cases,
you know." Philadelphia Press.
i Q '
The UnHnccefnl
Elisabeth C. Cardozo In the Century..
We met them on the common way;
They passed and gave no sign
The heroes that had lost the day,
The failures, half divine.
Banged In a quiet place, we sea
Their mighty ranks contain
Figures too great for victory.
Hearts too unspoiled for gain.
Here are earth's splendid failures, corns
From glorious foughten fields;
Some bear the wounds of combat, some .
Are prone upon their shields.
To us, that still do battle here.
If we In aught prevail.
Grant. God, a. triumph not too dear,
Or strength, like theirs, to fall.
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