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-wg;?r Y i.H THE) MOBNIN0 OBEGOHIAN, SATURDAY. JUNE 2, 1900. ftje $rgpman Xnterad at the Postofilce at Portland. Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms 10G J Business Office 687 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall postage prepaid). In Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month fO 65 Dally. Sunday excepted. per year.... Daily, with fcur-dar. per year..., 0 00 Sunday, per year - 00 The Weekly, per ear.... -. 1 0 Tha Week.y, 3 months Bu To City SubtTibers Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays exepted.jric Daily, per wee it, delivered, Sundays lncludod.20s News or dtscurslos Intended for publication !c The Oregonian should be addressed Invariably "Editor The Oregonian," not to the name of any Individual. letters relating to advertising, subscriptions cr to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oresonlan." The Oregonian does not buy poems or stories Xrom Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it without solicita tion. No stamps should be Inclosed for this pur pose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 055. Taooma Postofilce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune building. New Tork city; "The Rookery," Chicago; the fa. C. Beckwitb special agency. New York. For sale in San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 740 Jdarket street, near the Palace hotel, and at Goldsmith Brcs.. 230 Sutter street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., S17 Dearborn etrret. i TODAVS WEATHER. Showers nnd cooler; Westerly i inds. PORTLAND, SATl'RDAY, JCXE 2 earliest antiquity. The only safe way is to eschew the beginnings o evil. The girl who yields to the tempter when her conscience rebels is already started on the downward way, the end of which is certain loss of, everything dear to memory at life's close. "Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell." Should the so-called Citizens- ticket In Multnomah County be elected, the Legislature would be Democratic. There would be no doubt about It. Pre ponderance of known and avowed Democrats on the ticket makes this certain. For the same Influences are at work in every part of the state, and there would be every reason to expect, as a result, the election of a Democratic Legislature, the loss of a United States Senator to the Republicans now, and loss of the other Senator two years hence. Let no one deceive himself. Success of this so-called Citizens move ment would mean a Democratic Legis lature. The Federal office-holders are putting this in peril, through personal and selfish motives. They want to keep the offices, and so want to destroy every influence in the Republican party antagonistic to their own. If they should succeed, they would simply give the Legislature to the Democrats. Then where would Oregon stand on the great Questions of the time? There Is a lot of little selfish men. They care noth ing about great principles, so they can hold office. They don't want anybody else to hold office, in the name of those principles. So they combine with Dem ocrats, and put all the principles of the Republican party In peril. All the lead ing office-holders of Oregon should be removed immediately by President Mc Kinley, after the coming election, if he wants the support of the Republicans of Oregon. It is alleged by the "opposition" that the Republican ticket is a "ring ticket." This is the main reliance of the oppo sition. Yet this same opposition is led controlled by the Federal office holders. How would that do for a ring? Democrats in the House have defeat ed a resolution for proposal of an anti trust amendment to the Constitution of the United States. By a solid vote they prevented the necessary two-thirds. Their argument Is that such amend ment would take away from the states a function and power which they should reserve. This simplifies matters. It Is an admission that the states now have necessary powers, each for itself, to control or destroy trusts, and that the subject is not a proper one for the ac tion of the National Government. Now let us see the Democratic states, of which there are many, pitch into the trusts, and let politicians in Congress fet a subject alone that belongs alto gether to the states. The OrepnInn vrants OreROn to end Republican to the two houses of Congress. Because that is the danger point. All our policies) are, controlled in Conjrress. A vote for any member of the Legislature tvIio is not n Republican Is a vote for n Democratic Senator, nnd a vote for any member of the Legislature tvlio Is afllllntcd with Democrat and running on the ticket wltli tliem in a vote for confusion of principles and for Ions of principle vrlilch the Republican party must maintain. The Uey of our politic and policies is In Conjrress. On that point every Republican should sec to it that bis vote shall count. It will count on the xrronjr side of be vote for mon grels for the legislature. Judge George and Judge Sears have served so well on the bench that there can be no good reason for opposition to their re-election. They have the confidence of the whole people, and a standing above the strife of parties. POLITICAL PIRACY XXD ITS SOURCE Let Senator McBride stand forth and discover his relationship to the Repub lican partj' of Oregon. The party has bestowed on him the highest office in Its gift. It sent him to Congress as a Republican. It had a right to expect that he would be in accord with Re publican policies in the councils of the Nation. It found that he was a lag gard In taking definite -position on the great question profoundly agitating the country at the beginning of his term, and that his own conception of the du ties, responsibilities and dignities of the Senatorshlp was that It had practically exclusive powers over the Federal pat ronage for distribution among his per sonal supporters. Having defeated Mr. Dolph, outspoken supporter of the gold standard, largely because he was a supporter of the gold standard, Mc Bride long permitted the state to re main in a false position on the money question. Nor did he have either the will or the courage to rectify the gen eral misapprehension until the Repub lican party had won a great victory for sound meney. It was won, too, without his support, after Republicans had fought out the question among them selves, and the faction with which Mc Bride was notoriously allied had with much difficulty been defeated. There was much loud shouting for the gold standard by the McBride satellites and camp-followers, after the Astoria con vention. They were deaf, dumb and blind to its merits in the mighty con test of the Spring of 1S96. The Federal brigade that part of it which owes place to the McBrlde Mltchell factionlsts Is using the agen cies of office, all the powers of a strong political pull, and considerable amounts of money, to defeat Republican Legis lative candidates throughout the state. These willing servitors are doing It in the Interest of Senator McBride. They have thrown off the mask. They are avowed in their deliberate purpose to defeat Republicans who decline to be Mitchell Republicans or McBride Re publicans, or other than Republicans. Their activities begin in Multnomah County and extend throughout the state. All Republican candidates are in more or less danger from the unscru pulous practices of these political high waymen, who call upon them to stand and deliver, or suffer the penalties of refusal. Because candidates are threat ened, and because the threats are now in process of attempted fulfillment, the party as a whole is In danger of de feat, and Its great policies and vital principles placed in Jeopardy. The Oregonian has pointed out these perils many times. It may have it to do over and over again. It has exposed them strenuously, repeatedly, complete ly, because they have been real, and because they Inflict their ominous pres ence on us today, owing to the selfish machinations of little intriguers within the Republican party. The Mltchell McBrlde cabal Is pursuing the same designs, adopting the same tactics, that have been familiar through many years. It is the same old cut-throat game of promoting party and party principles when they serve mean per sonal ends, destroy party and wreck party principles when they do not. Of fice, and the revenues and prestige thereof, are the great end with these petty schemers; party and Its main tenance a mere convenience. Therefore we find today the strange spectacle of the powerful agencies of Federal office being turned by the self-seeking poli ticians who control them against the very stay and support of the Republi can Administration Itself. Senator McBride Is Immediately re sponsible for this suicidal situation. The whole Inspiration of the renegade move ment is from him. He is the second head of the Mltchell-McBride spoils hunting, fraternity, under whose direc tion a most discreditable campaign is being pushed. These place-holders are openly fighting Republican- nominees because McBride and Mitchell have willed It McBride is responsible to the party and the state, and there must be an accounting. There has already been a reckoning with Mitchell. This serious matter rests now "with Republicans for their action. IVc must have Republicans in Congress because Congress declares nnd en forces the Xntionnl policies. We can have Republicans there only liy electing Republicans. "We can have a Republican Senator only by elect ing a RepubU'eaSi legislature. IVc can elect r. Republican Legislature only through Republican votes. The first plain duty of all Republicans is to vote for the Legislative ticUct, in this county, nnd in every other, from top to bottom, -without scratching. tude, were completely exposed in The Oregonian last Wednesday. Many of the attorneys whose name3 are given as authority for the Bar Association's criticisms and as subscribing to Its course in this matter, have publicly stated that they know nothing about It, and their names were used without their consent. This Is one: of the char acteristic inventions of the workers in our "reform" campaign. The truth is not in them. GERMANY'S DILEMMA. Germany Is coming to understand the commerclal value of friendship with the United States. Increasing trade is drawing the two countries closer to gether, and It does not seem reasonable to suppose that Emperor "William will push his South American exploitations so far as to question the Monroe doc trine or involve himself in other seri ous dispute with America. Exports from Northern Germany to the United States for the quarter ended March 31. 1S00. were J18.106.000, compared with $I2,S73,200 for the same period of 1899, and 59.128,009 for 1SS8. A careful esti mate by the Berlin Boerscn Zeltung places Germany's exports to the United States for 1900 at 5142,800,000. "How many thousands of Germans," asks that newspaper, "now dependent upon this trade for their support would be without bread if It were suddenly to stop?" Agrarian agitation is behind the hos tile front which Germany shows to American importations. German farm ers, the Boersen Zeltung explains, abominate every form of foreign com petition. They- would like to forbid the Importation of agricultural products, and have had incredible success, owing to the fact that the government needs their votes. Thus the entry of living cattle from America Is entirely forbid den, for the alleged purpose of prevent ing the introduction of cattle diseases. For a while even the importation of meat was forbidden, as It was said to contain trichinae and other dangers. Now the agrarians are working in an indirect way. They demand two veter inary examinations of every animal, one before it is killed and one after. The Boersen Zeltung fears the agrarian agitation for meat inspection will force us to retaliate and destroy the Ameri can market for Germany's sugar, per haps bankrupt factories and farmers dependent upon it,. and ruin the Indus try at home. "A thoughtful considera tion of all our "interests," says the Ber lin paper, "teaches that we should maintain with America not only peace, but also friendship." Our exports to Germany have been steadily increasing for five years. For the nine months ended March 31, 1900, they were 5142,781,489, an increase of 519,558,872 compared with the corre sponding months of 1S99, and of nearly 570,000,000 compared with the same period of 1895. Provisions fell off 15 per cent between 1899 and 1900, but cotton Increased 58,500,000, corn 54,600,000, cop per 53,600,000, and illuminating oil 52,500,000. All these are essential to Germany's prosperity, but the most Im portant is cotton, for which she pays us annually, according to crop and price, 547,60y,O00 to 559,500.000. Cut off from our petroleum, she would be forced to use a substitute twice as costly. "Without the copper, Germany could not maintain her position as the world's chief producer of electrical ap paratus and supplies. Germany has sorely tried our pa tience by unjust discrimination against our meats and by offensive sympathy with Spain in the late war. She may further provoke us in South America, but Emperor "William will deliberate a long time before going to the length of an open rupture. '"War with the United States would at once cripple Germany's cotton, sugar and copper manufactures. The interests of both countries are bound up in peace and friendship, but, peace or war, the choice is with Germany. which axe not Imposed or recognized as existing In case of the husband. "With out the aid of the ballot, woman in America has been emancipated from all restrictions of property, privilege tq trade or contract. That is, women have today without the ballot, all the civil and poclal rights that It is as sumed are generally maintained only through the ballot, so that woman, taxed or untaxed, is to all practical purposes as effectively represented as If she had the ballot. Worna nsuffrag is ,a,mere '"fad" with a iew women, just as -prohibition, the faith cure, "spiritism,'' and Innumerable other tedious theories that have always been periodically making the world grin, grieve or Jeer, are "fads" with a num ber of excellent men and women. I Mr. Bingham gives election judges good advice. Let us hope they do not need it. There is usually much talk before election about ballot-box stuffing and criminal practices of the officers, but little proof is ever adduced. The election machinery in Multnomah County has long "been with the Republi can party. The minority representa tion has been Democratic. Yet it is ob servable that rnany independent and irregular candidates have attained of fice. Time and again the ballots have been recounted, and the result has been uniformly to attest the fairness and accuracy of the judges and clerks. In the coming election it may be taken for granted that the candidate who secures the majority of votes will et the office. well, I was asked by Patterson to labor with him. I could do nothing with Ulna, however, as he emphatically declared that he would vote for the sitting member. At last Hale arose to speak. His re marks were venomous In the extreme. He could not say mean enough things about the Democratic party, and at last he aroused the ire of Mackay. Mdckay came over to my seat boiling with rage. The language he used In characterizing Hale's speech would be unfit for publication. He declared that after listening- to Hale's blistering speech he would vote for no Republican, alive or dead, and he voted against Belford. Tho resolution which gave Patterson his seat was adopted by a vote of 117 to 116." GOOD MEN FOR- THE LEGISLATURE So long as the contest for the Su perintendency of Schools proceeded on dignified and reputable lines, The Ore gonian was disposed to let It alone. The office Is not political, and should be kept out of politics. But the advo cacy of Mr. Durrette, the Democratic nominee, has now descended to a dis creditable attempt to revive a contro versy not an issue at all, and one of unseemly features wherever prevalent. Mr. Robinson authorizes us to say that charges of his connection with the so called "A. P. A." are absolutely base less, and manufactured through wanton malice. In his professional capacity he asks no teacher's religion, and never has. He bases his hopes on his capa city, as demonstrated here through a service of twelve continuous years. The Oregonian thinks Mr. Robinson a com petent man. It thinks Mr. Durrette a competent man. But it submits that an effort to Inject a religious contro versy Into this campaign should forelt for Mr. Durrette the votes of Catholic and Protestant alike. Historical Errors Corrected. Springfield Republican. The Following from the Salt Lake Tri bune has" been having a wide circula tion: Of all the men who met la convention at Pittsburg on June 18, 1S30, tha first Notional Republican Convention, only 15 arc left, and these are to be guests of honor In Philadelphia next month. Congressman Galusha A. Grow, ex-Congressman Edgerton. of Akron, O., Ul rica Sloan and General Brlnkerhoff aro about all the prominent survivors. And Edgerton is no longer a Republican; he Is for free silver, and a Democrat. This contains many errors. The first Na tional Republican convention wee held in Philadelphia and not Pittsburg, and it is for this reason presumably that the con vention to renominate President McKln ley has been located at that place. There was a gathering of men Interested In form ing the new party at Pittsburg on Feb ruary 22, 1856. and this meeting issued the call for the Philadelphia convention of June following. A reader of the Republi can at Boston has called our attention to the fact that Congressman Grow was not a delegate to the Philadelphia convention. It further appears that ex-Congressman Edgerton was not there, either. .Nor can we find in a list of the delegates the other names mentioned. Doubtless as many as 15 members of that convention survive, but the men named are not of them. All of the members who were then or afterward became Nationally prominent are dead. It may be noted In this connection that there are 13 survivors of the Illinois convention of May 20, 1S5G, which organized the Re publican party of that state and nominated a state ticket, and those men are to hold a reunion at Bloomlngtop this week. Among them are General John M. Pal mer, ex-Gorernor Kellogg, of Louisiana, and John G. Nlcolay, who will give an address on Abraham L'ncoln. Judge Charles E. "Wolverton, renom inated for the Supreme Bench, has served the state with exceptional abil ity during the past six years. Every consideration which prompted his nom ination In 1894 applies with double force to his present candidacy. But it Is not on his account that his re-election ia desirable. The state needs the benefit of his judicial mind, his knowledge of the mass of litigation now In progress, and his years of experience. He has stood the test of time, and will un doubtedly have a handsome majority next Monday. If the scheme of the Federal office holders of Oregon should succeed. It would fall to the lot of The Oregonian after the election next Monday to ty to President McKlnley: "The Legisla ture of Oregon is Democratic It has been made Democratic by your office holders. For this do you deem yourself entitled to the support of the Repub licans of Oregon, who set large princi ples and high purposes above petty and selfish political interests?" Presi dent McKinley has permitted the Mltchell-McBride gang full swing in the affairs of Oregon. To everybody else he has turned a deaf ear. And now his favorites are everywhere opposing the Republican nominations, and their ac tion threatens to give the state to the Democrats. Perhaps President McKln ley doesn't care. But there will be haispolitlcs in which he may have an knWresL Again is enforced upon the commu nity the danger that waits upon young women who btray from the strait path of brnesty. Murders of misguided frhrls by desperate companions are pe culiar to no city, and, as the "Willam ette Heights tragedy shows, to no see- to. of Portland. The lesson of this Pwful crime is not for her who has bassed beyond the reach alike of temp- ition and of counsel, nor for him who a fugitive before- pursuing justice. Ror yet for the bereaved ones whose Jup of sorrow is without relief to its jltterness. It is for those who are yet I on the safe side of the boundary that separates Joy from misery and the evil from the good. All such should see in he unhappy end of Naomi Clute how te have been the adjurations that down from the wisdom of the The "Republican Club of Portland," which seeks to "stand up"' Legislative candidates on primary laws and other matters, has nb membership among reputable Republicans. It represents nobody but one Charles E. Lockwood, who speaks not for himself, but for the Mltchell-McBride "push," whose agent he is. Lockwood is trying to use his "Republican Club" to defeat Republi can candidates. He care3 nothing for primary reform. If we had primary reform, such fellows as he would have little to say; and little would be too much. TAXATIOX WITHOUT REPRESENTA TION. The woman suffragists raise the cry of "taxation with representation." They seem to forget that not only was taxation without representation in the District of Columbia provided for at the foundation of the Government, but that today suffrage Is not exercised by the people of that district, men or women. New Mexico and Arlsona have had tax ation without representation from their annexation, half a century ago. Alas ka has been taxed without representa tion for a generation. Great classes in every American state, exclusive of women, are taxed without representation. Representation is a means, not an end, in government; a matter of ex pediency, not a right. The Federal Constitution and the Constitution of every state recognizes this fact. In the matter of the District of Columbia, the territories we have named and Porto Rico, the sole question is whether the general welfare is best served by deny ing or withholding representation. The crj' of taxation without representation raised by the woman suffragists is a mere bit of demagogy, for the real question always is, not whether a par ticular class Is taxed without being represented, but whether the class or the community is taxed under a gov ernment whose taxes are Just and un der which representation is extended to every class whose representation will be for Its own and the general good. Another anonymous campaign pam phlet has been issued for circulation among voters, containing an attack on District Attorney Sewall and profess ing to be an exposure of his' official methods. The purposes of these state ments, and the misrepresentations of the Republican Bar Association's attl- The attention of the American Econo mist, which attributes to the Dingley law Increase of sheep in states where there has been .an increase. Is invited to those states where there has been a decrease. In New England, for exam ple, sheepralslng has declined, notwith standing the increasing demand for mutton and the further fact that the stony hillsides of much of that section of the country are more promising ,as sheep pastures than as tilled fields or cattle pastures. The Massachusetts section of the New England "Woolgrow ers Association has been meeting in Greenfield and discussing sheepralslng as a means of redeeming the aban doned farms in the western part of the state. Commenting on this, the Boston Transcript expresses the opin ion that a ilock of strong and vigorous sheep would pay any farmer In the state, even if he did not get 10 cents a pound for the wool. Dog-tight wire fencing 's cheaper than the old stone walls were, and "for seven or eight months In a year enough goes to waste on even a well cattle-stocked farm to keep in thrifty condition six or seven sheep to the acre." To rich men who are buying large tracts of New Eng land land the Transcript suggests that sheep are as picturesque as captive deer or mangy buffaloes, and much more profitable. The sheep Improve the farms and the deer and buffalo simply bring back the wilderness. Even in the West for several years the mutton sheep has been crowding out the wool sheep, and some arrangement by which the Massachusetts farmer could market his mutton In Boston In competition with mutton from the Chi cago packing-houses would encourage sheepralslng. Tho controlling element in these things Is apt to be adaptabil ity; that Is, the line of least resistance. Under any and all tarirrs sections adapted for profitable sheepralslng will pretty certainly enlarge their flocks while others will contract them. Tariff contentions, one way or the other, are fast losing their power to Interest or convince. . The only place where full woman suffrage has been tried for a long term of years is In Wyoming, where women have voted since 1S69. Secretary of State Chatterton. In The Oregonian of December 9, 1S99, reported that the government of that state was no bet ter than -other commonwealths; that suffrage does not elevate the sex nor Increase the moral power of the com munity; that the best women do not vote, while those who do Interest them selves in politics do not tend to elevate the occupation of the politician; that gambling Is licensed In "Wyoming; that Colorado is notoriously corrupt In her politics, while Utah recently sent a man with three wives to Congress. In Ore gon there are no laws (except in voting or holding office) which enforce or rec ognize civil disabilities upon a wife Read the letter of Charles B. Moores in another column. It should show the rule-or-ruln Republicans who are in league with Bryanism In this counts what men outside of Portland think of their procedure. Mr. Moores Is a Mc Bride appointee, but he seems to be alone among them In his loyalty to the Republican cause. Read his letter. The alumnae of "Wellesley College raised 5100,000 for the institution by flower-selling and In other more or less feminine pursuits. Which goes to show that in some lines of human endeavor woman is a bright particular star. Without the ballot, too. Installs and the Women. John J. Ingalls has recently written nn article on "Tho Good Fellow Girl," In which he most severely arraigns that claw of young women. He says that the doctrines of female suffrage and the equality of the sexes are undermining the foundations of our social etructure. ana that while they call It reform. It appears to him more like revolution. Mr. Insalls says that the advocates of this new form of women are substituting the hotel and tha club for the home, comradeship for marriage, and bohemlanlsm for domestic life; and with wealth. leisure and lux--, ury they are establishing a social code that demands fidelity only to those who are not faithful and that forgives every thing In a woman except old-fashioned goodness. Senator Ingalls continues: A fatal contagion infects our society and portends Individual degeneration nnd National decay. No nation can Ion? survive a loss of moral Integrity or the sanctity of the home. No one can observe without alarm the Invasion of our country by this foreign pestilence and the a ailnc chanires that are coins on In the social condition. A deluge of French and Eng lish sewage Is polluting literature, art and the stage. Plays glorifying Infidelity, making mar riage a Jest and sneering at virtue as rustic prudery, are supplemented by numberless sex and problem novels that treat nature's holiest mysteries with the brutal candor of the clinic and the dissecting table. Eager, thronging multitudes listen to such plays as "The De generates," "Sapho' and "Tho Turtle." The Negro In Virginia Richmond Times. Now wo desire to say, with all the em phasis possible, that It would be a bad thing for the Democratic party In Vir ginia and for State politics In general for the Republicans of this State to beat the Democrats in a hand-to-hand fight. If the Republicans should gain a victory In this contest, be sure that they would be puffed up by it and would attempt to turn it to good account. The negro Re publicans of the State would be greatly encouraged by such a victory and would undoubtedly make trouble for the Dem ocratic party. No secret has been made of the fact, and so the negrofes well un derstand it that the convention. If called, will qualify the suffrage a.nd disfranchise the great body of ignorant negro voters. It would be a reflection upon the Intelli gence of the Democrats of Virginia for us to enter Into any elaborate argument to show the demoralizing effect of a vic tory for the Republican party on such a score. Let the negro voters of Virginia understand that the proposition to dis franchise them failed to carry and that tho Republican party whipped the Demo cratic party In a square fight on that is sue, and the negro voters of Virginia will bo rallied as they have not been rallied for 15 years. It begins to look as If the San Fran cisco Board of Health knows more about the bubonic plague than the local newspapers. Strange that affinity alone should not have caused the San Francisco papers to recognize a plague when they saw It. We are not surprised at reports from Salem that Jim Ham Lewis oratory made a bigger hit than Bryan's. In the noble art of saying nothing, and say ing it with a dizzy flourish of hectic eloquence, Jim Ham has no equal and few superiors. Possibly after this election is over McBride and Mitchell, co-partners, will appreciate the subsequent sensations of Darius Green, the aerial hero who at tempted to direct the whirlwind and ride the storm. Mr. Brooke Is not a bank employe. Therefore, he cannot ask his employe! to go on his bond as County Treasurer for a large sum. But he will do better. He will get his bond from a guaranty company. In the hands of Dr. Rand the Coro ner's office has been filled in a dignified, decent and efficient manner. This Is the sort of administration that should be rewarded with a vote of confidence. Local murderers at least show no partiality for any particular Portland park. Dewey 13 going to Ohio, 'country? The enemy's Hale's Vitriolic ToBgrue. St. Louis Star. "It Is not often," said ex-Representative Benedict, of New York, who was In Con gress more than 30 years ago, "that a speech In the House affects a vote one way or the other, but I remember ono occasion when a vote was made by a speech delivered by Representative (now Senator) Hale. The vote, though, was in fluenced In the opposite way intended by the gentleman from Maine. Colorado had just been "admitted to the Union, and James B. Belford, a Republican, occupied the one seat to which the Centennial state was then entitled. His right to the seat was belpg contested by Thomas M. Patterson, Democrat. The House was pretty evenly divided, and party lines were not drawn so tight as is usual in such cases. There was a Democrat in the House named Mackay, and he was disposed to vote for Belford. As I knew him pretty Ready for His Customary Flop. New York Mall and Express. The country should brace Itself for a shock tonight Carl Schurz is to come out for Bryan! According to the whispers of the emissaries who have been running around town for a fortnight with the information "confidentially" given the Hon. Mr. Schurz Is to swallow Bryan Just as he is. 1$ to 1 and all, and the serene composure of the dime museum freak who gulps down old nails, bits of glass and carpet tacks will be as nothing. It Is predicted, compared with the delight with which Mr. Schurz will perform his great act this evening. But why should Mr. Scburz'a emissaries treat the matter as" one of Im portance, or even of surprise? Everybody knew In, 1SS6 when Mr. Schurz opposed Bryan that If the latter were n candidate In 3900 the champion polltlc.il flopper of the country would unquestionably be with him. Nor once In his long career has Mr. Schurz "arrived" with the peo ple or the cause with which he started out. Spooner's Answer to Hale. The New York Sun has always been famous for its terse statements. It never made one more terse or true than the following: It Is fortunate for the country that when It has a nervous, discouraged, pessimistic and complaining statesman In the Senate, like the Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine, It should have In the same body a calm, resolute, far-seeing and patriotic Ameri can of the intellectual caliber and moral quality of John C. Spooner, of Wisconsin. Senator Hale's argument that we should desist from expanding because some of our agents in Havana have committed fraud, carried to Its logical conclusion, would cause the abandonment of the New York municipal government, because yes terday the Controller reported a defal cation on the part of a deputy. Probably no American statesman looked with greater instinctive aversion upon expansion than Senator Spooner, and yet no one's Justification and advocacy of it has been more searching and conclusive. Gcttin Closer to the People. St Louis Post-Dlepatch. The nomination of Senator Bacon, of Georgia, by primaries. Is a step toward the election of United States Senators by the people. The primary method has ev erything to commend It and Is opposed for the most part by hack politicians and machine gamesters. No better way can be devised to get directly at the source of political authority. It Is democratic. TJn dec the primary system of nominations the use of money corruptly on a large or even a small scale Is difficult. The result Is fairly sure to be a definite ex pression of the party will as distinguished J from, the mere behest of the machine. It la the consensus of opinion that the 12 Republican Legislative candidates for the lower house from Multnomah County wlll be elected. No strong fight haa been made upon them. The Democrats are do ing next to nothing fr thc so-called Cit izens ticket, probably because they are hopeless of its success, and they arc In different about It. anyway. It was en dorsed by the Democratic Convention over the protest of a strong minority, which did not relish the Jugglery and manipula tion practiced upon them by Democratic bosses conniving with bolting Republi cans. The slate-makera had much trouble securing available candidates for their hybrid ticket, for responsible Democrats generally refused to be parties to such a deal. The ticket as finally made up has few names that commend them selves to appreciative public consideration. It Is different with the Republican nomi nees. The Republican convention dis charged its office with unusual care. It selected candidates In all walks of life, representative of many occupations and interests. The Oregonian urges that these gentlemen are worthy of support, not only for the sake of the principles they repre sent, but on their personal merits. It will be worth while to state briefly who they are. C W. Gay. of Mount Tabor, is a pioneer. He is a successful farmer and fruitgrow er, a good citizen, who haa the esteem and respect of his neighbors. He has not been an office holder, but haa always taken an intelligent Interest in public affairs. George T. Myers is the salmon cannery man. He 13 a pioneer, and has been a representative in the Legislature at sever al sessions. He Is a man of affairs, suc cessful In business, and greatly liked for his attractive personal qualities. Frank H. Alllston is an insurance man, who haa achieved an influential place in business circles. Ho understands the needs of the county and state, and is well-equipped to advance them. W. E. Thomas is a well-known lawyer. He has twice been a member of the Legis lature, and has rendered valuable service to city, county and state. George L Story has been a resident of Oregon for more than 40 years. He has been several times a member of the Legislature, and has held office In city and county. He Is well qualified by knowledge, experience and long acquaint anceship with the county's affairs to make a useful member. George R. Shaw is a rancher at Fair view. He was formerly roadmaster of the O. R, & N. Railroad. He is a man of substance and well-balanced judgment. John K. Kollock Is a lawyer, prominent as a Son of the American Revolution. Mr. Kollock's speeches during the campaign have attracted wide attention as being sensible, straightforward, clear-headed statements of the Issues. J. C. Bayer is a sheet and metal work er, a shrewd and capable man. He has twice represented this county at Salem with much satisfaction to his constitu ents. Mr. Bayer has the especial regard of -union labor. Frank F. Freeman Is a young lawyer who served as a private In Co. H, Second Oregon, In the Philippines. He has an enviable record. He utilized every op portunity to get Into engagements with the rebels, and acquired a high reputation for spirit and courage. Elmer E. Mallory is a practicing: lawyer, son of Hon. Rufus Mallory. He Is stu dious and efficient, and very popular among his many acquaintances. L. B. Seeley is best known by his con nection with the steamboat business. But he has had important relation to large productive enterprises, being a promoter and developer of the iron and steel In dustry at Oswego, and an Investor In properties In various parts of the state. Mr. Seeley is an enterprising and pro gressive citizen. A. L. Mills Is second vice-president and manager of the Security Savings and Trust Company. He is a director of the O. R. & N. Co. and the Chamber of Commerce. He has an Intimate and responsible relation to the large commer cial Interests of the city and state. The candidates for State Senator are all well known. In the above resume the nominees for the lower house are placed first, because they have not been so much in tho public eye. But the Senatorshlps are. of course, the most Important posi tions. They are elected for four years, and they will In 1901 and 1903 respectively vote for a United States Senator. George W. Bates Is a candidate for re election. He has large property Interests throughout the city, especially In Alblna, where he Is president of the Alblna bank. and one of the owners of the Alblna Water Company. He la interested in the Union Laundry. He is a largo employer of la bor. Sylvester Farrell, a pioneer of '62, is member of the long-established commis sion and produce firm of Everdlng & Far rell. Mr. Farrell is largely Interested In logging and salmon canning industries. He has not been an office holder, his ex perience being confined to a membership In the Legislature of. 1S30, and honorary positions. Donald Mackay Is president of the North Pacific Lumber Company. He has been a resident of Oregon for 35 years. He Is a plasterer by trade, and worked by the day. Afterwards he was a contractor. He has been In the lumber business for 15 years. Mr. Mackay was a member of the lower house of 1SS9, and State Sena tor In 1SS1-03, and 1S97-99. He Is an active Republican, and has been for several years chairman "of the County Central Committee. J. Thorburn Ross Is manager of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. He Is a lawyer by profession and occupation. He has been long prominent in church and charitable work, and has been for 12 years president and vice-president of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Ross was a member of the lower house In 199. Besides the above persons, all of whom are entitled to full Republican support, are B. P. Cornelius, candidate for Joint Sen ator In Multnomah, Washington and Col umbia Counties, and A. S. Dresser, for Joint Representative for Multnomah and Clackamas Counties. Mr. Cornelius is a member of a widely-known pioneer fam ily, an active Republican, and a man of good reputation and solid parts. Mr. Dresser is a practicing attorney of Ore gon City, an original advocate of the gold standard, and an efficient campaigner. NOTE JIND COMMENT. - This St. Louis car strike moved tha soles of the citizens to an unusual extent- Wanted A position asVar expert by 300 London Journalists whose occupation; Is gone. Aguinaldo's friend Corlno has been taken by the American troops. His friend. Hoar Is still at large. Now doth the eager candidate. Make speeches with a sest. But after Monday he will have- A long unbroken rest. General Otis has been suggested as a. candidate for Vice-President. This is the. most unklndest cut of all. There ought to be a big dark horse at tho Kansas City convention. All the hotel keepers there are heavy chargers. Governor Taylor's career seems to be exactly the Teverse of that of Ko Ko.wbo ' was taken from the County Jail, etc. Let thirsty frlend3 of Storey Prepare to mend their ways, Tho free and boundless flow of booza Will last Just two mora days. Lord Roberts will soon be able to re lease his press censor from more Import-, ant duties end turn him loose on the poems. of A. Austin. The Georgia watermelon crop Is almost a failure this year, and the recording angel Is thinking of reducing the force in his Georgia bureau. Women with their hearts set on ostrich, feather boas and hats trimmed with the plumage of the awkward African bird will grieve to learn that at the very time when the Boer-Brltlsh war ha3 shut off the Af rican supply of plumes an American resi dent of Arizona has contrived) to effect a "corner" on the ostrich feather product of the United States. "The mean old thing" has bought up all the purchasable os triches in the United States and made contracts with the owners of "show birds" so that he is to get their feathery product at stated intervals. There have been four profitable ostrich farms In this country, and the Arizona speculator has bought all their birds. Ten carloads aro now en route from California to his ranch near Phoenix, and when he calls the roll for the Spring picking there will be 800 "feather factories'" present. Hitherto the importation of ostrich plumes from South Africa has amounted to 5330,000 annually. . Thewar brought the available supplydown 90 per cent, and the wary American saw his chance for becoming a sure enough ostrich-plume octopus. What he will do to the prices remains to be seen, but It Is expected that the picture hat and the diaphanous boa chiefly constructed of the curled and dyed plumes of the big bird will become as costly and as scarce as fine seal or ermine. The offlces is gltln scarce, an folks Is glttln wise. If we don't drill we'll soon go up against a rig surprise: We've got to boot the fusion gang, fur that'a our only chance. An fool the honest voter with some fancy song an' dance. If we win out at all depends on how the gama Is played. An' we must all git In an drill the federal brigade. Then It's hump, hump, hump. Till next election day; And stump, stump, stump, Till the folks see things our way. It ain't no joke to go dead broke. An we're very, much afraid That the time will come, we'll be on tha bum The federal brigade. Fire Losses of 1800. New York Insurance Press. The abridged edition of the Chronicle Fire Tables, a work which justly occu pies a high place in the estimation of un derwriters, shows that the total property loss In 1S99 was $153,597,800, with a total In surance lots of $92,683,715. Last year's fire waste was the largest in the 25 years, 1875 1SS9, with thc exception of 193, when the aggregate property loss was 167,514,370. "We want one man fur Senator, that's little George McBride, If he gits left we'll all of us be on the cold out sider Dave Dunne'll be a Eelljn paint, John Hall & readln' law. Jack Matthews workln (don't you faint. Just workln' with his Jaw), Ike Patterson may go to work within the next decade, If people votes to turn us down, the federal brigade. Then It's howl, howl, howl. That we're tho whole darn thins1. An' growl, growl, growl. At the workln' of the ring. We've got to get the votes, you bet. An g'ettln" 'em's our trade. We've still a show to land the dough, The federal brigade. 9 PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPIIERS Mrs. Grogan Pat's got a Job In tho tube works up on the Bronx. Mrs. Dugan Arrah! Ol'vo aften rid av thlm bronchial tubes. Judee. A Conservative. "Come. Bobby, tell us which you love best your ma or mo." "No, you don't, pa; I'm a rolddle-of-the-roader." Chi cago Record. At the Summer Hotel. "Who Is that good looking young waiter who Is tossing the plates across the room? Is ho a student, too?" "Yes. Ho holds the record In Harvard for discus throwing." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Had Been a Change. Kansas Man (visiting In the East) We have lot3 of near neighbors now. Friend Why, I thought your nearest neighbor was 20 miles away. "Tes, but we've had a cyclone since then." Harlem Life. A "Welcome Visitor. We clip from the Matc hing Dally Bulletin the following significant Item: "Joo Danhowser, of Lourenco Marques, paid us a pleaant call yesterday, and laid a side of beef on our desk. Come again, Joe." Chicago Times-Herald. She Tou were at the dramatic entertain ment and supper at the church last night, weren't you? He Tes. She How did you Ilka the olio? He Oh! the oleol Wasn't It fierce? It's a wonder they wouldnt serve real butter. Philadelphia Record. Explained. "Here's my bonnet. Just coma home," said the publisher's wife. He watched her open tho box, and remove layer after layer of tissue paper. "Gee whUzt" he exclaimed, "now I understand why it co3t so much." Ho had had some experience with the paper trust himself. Philadelphia Press. Complete Extinguishment. Rupert It was a strange case! Ho left the club one night to go to the opera, and was never seen or heard of afterward! Harold Disappeared as completely as If the earth had opened and swallowed him up, eh? Rupert More so, if possible. In that caso he might have left hl3 hat abovtj ground. or there might have been a crack left to show where he disappeared; but this fellow, mind you, disappeared as rxjmpletely as if ha had married an authoress! Puck. England's Poet Laureate. M. B. Klrby In New York Mall and Express. Forward Britannia's bard. List to him breathing hard. Reeling off yard by yard Backboneless dribble. Austin, would'st mako a hit? Bow, like a man. and quit, ,. Own you've bit off a bit Too much to nibble. "Then when hope dawned at last And fled the foe aghast At the relieving blast" Wouldn't that Jar you? Alfred, dear fellow, why Don't you go off and dla Ere angry Britons try To feather and tar you? Critics to right of him. Critics to left of him. Critics In front of him. Each with a hammer. Writing with both his hands. Striving to meet demands. Yet undismayed ha stands, Official windjammer! Honor tho bluff he made. Honor tho task essayed. Pray that the rhymes ha made May not outlive him! And for the Ins: he slings. For the sad hearts he wrings. For thc bum songs he sings Heaven forgive niml -.l