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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1900)
THE MOKN'ING- OBBGONL THTDTRSBA, JTOT3 7, 1900. he rs0mcm At the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONT23. !itorlaI Rooms. ...100 Business Office GG7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Xall (postage prepaid). In Advance any, wiui sunoay, per month 50 83 todr. Sunday excepted, oer year 7 50 ally. with Sunday, per year..... 0 03 tundar. oer jear -. 2 00 fhe Weekly, per year. .. 1 50 in vteeKiy. 3 months.. au To City Subscribers 3aily, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted.l5c Jally. per week, demered. Sundays lnc.luded.20o News or dlscutslon Intended for publication In ae Oregonian should be addressed Invariably 'Editor The Oregonian," not to the name of ay Individual. Letters relating- to advertising. ubscrlptlons or to any business matter should addressed simply "The Oregonian." The Oregonian does not buy poems or stories From individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without soliclta- ioa. No stamps should be inclosed for this pur- ose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson. 3ce at 1111 Pacific avenue. Tacoma. Box 055. icoma Postofllce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune building. few York city; "The Rookery." Chicago; the C. Becknith special agency. New York. For sale in San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 74B Sarkt street, near the Palace hotel, and at Soldsmlth Bros.. 220 Sutter street. For tale in Chlcaco by the P. O. News Co.. IT Dearborn trr . TODAY'S WEATHER. Fair and warmer: Bortherly winds. 'ORTLAIYD, THURSDAY, JUXE 7, IOOO Three or four men cannot own a po litical party, treat it as a property and 10 as they please with it. Their Independent sovereignty the Boer states have lost; but the people of the Boer states will not lose any right they heretofore have possessed, save the right to oppress others. They "Will, Indeed, be freer than before, be cause they will be delivered from Ihelr own oligarchy, and their rights will be put on a larger basis of personal and civic freedom than they have ever hith erto enjoyed. Incorporated into the British system, they will become Inher itors of British freedom, and no differ ence will be admitted between the rights of the Dutch man and the Eng lish man. But they will be compelled to conform to British laws and regula- lons, adjusted to the conditions that exist In South Africa. There will be, however, perfect equality before the law, and rights of person and of prop erty will be the same for Boer as for Briton; but no government and no armament will be permitted, except In the name of the Queen. But the Dutch population will be admitted to a share In the government, as soon as the coun try can be quieted, and during the com ing century a great federation will grow up in South Africa, after the manner of that of Canada or of Australia, as in appanage of the British Empire. It will not be necessary to waste any sighs or sympathy over the 'lost free dom" of a people so situated. The Boers will be gainers by the change, by Just as much as the British system is better for liberty, for peace and or der, for progressive civilization, than that of the Boers, which dates back to medievalism, and has not yet fully lerged from It. The way In which the transaction relating to the printing of the official jallots for Multnomah County was managed was an incident which alone cost the Republican ticket more votes than would have sufficed for the elec tion of all the Republican candidates for the House. It converted all the printing houses of Portland Into active opponents of the whole Legislative ticket. The people resent It when party management Is made the basis of fa voritism to those who have a "pull." It cannot be said that the Boers have defended their country with a courage real and resolute. They have never In one instance shown a willingness to meet the English in the shock of battle, on equal terms. They have abandoned positions everywhere, instead of fight ing to hold them. They are good ma terial for soldiers, doubtless; but they are not soldiers. Never have they been dlllng to meet the English on equal ground, man for man, or even two to one. The President had to devise some way of getting rid of the importunate M. M. Estee, of California, and he gave "Wm an Hawaiian Judgeship; but on the whole he has shown good judgment and discriminating fairness in his ap pointments under the territorial act. They are for the most part residents of the islands. It is different with Alaska. The new bill provides a long list of fat places, and they will go to the Admin istration favorites and Senatorial de pendents, not citizens of Alaska. The territory has few actual residents any way. Most of the people who go there are mere sojourners, and expect to re turn to the States when they can. So the northern territory has no real cause ior complaint, unless the appointees are in themselves unfit. Pettlgrew cannot well give away Re publican campaign secrets he never possessed. The South Dakota self-operating megaphone Is not troubled by ecruples, but he Is affected with ah un bounded Imagination and unlimited Jaw power, and no doubt we shall continue to be afflicted with him until his un happy constituents get at him. The Fourth of July celebration prom ises to be unusually successful, as the project Is in competent and enthusias tic hands, and the programme will be. In circus vocabulary, "entirely new and novel." What Is there Dan McAllen cannot do, once he sets about It? C H. Goddard Is a young gentleman In "Washington upon whom rests heav Lily the burden of waging the Fusion jjnpalgn this Summer and Fall. He secretary of the state central com- lee. It lr incumbent on Mr. God- R. to distribute among his followers irmatlon of a cheerful nature, and 'he conceives it to be his prerogative. kwhen the facts ar wanting, to Invent la choice variety of misinformation. lent the Oregon campaign he is re ported from Seattle to have said: The average Republican majority for the ?ood Commissioner and the popular candidate for Supreme Judre w 111 not xeecd 4500. axalnst 6500 In 1898. Ther tthe Fuslonlsts) cut down tongue's majority a. little more thin In two. kIt Js not important to undertake the jpeless task of straightening out Mr. fGoddard and send him repentant along Ithe path of political rectitude. But It .may be worth while to inform ills fel low-Democrats that he has erred, sadly srred. The Republican state ticket is sleeted by the largest majority ever lown. Mr. Tongue's majority is in- creased, and Mr. Moody will have something like S500 over Smith. Prom the course of events in Washington it may be fairly Judged that that state has about made up its mind to disre gard the advice of men like Goddard and do likewise with Oregon. "WITH. HER. OS OUR SIDE." Talk about the Monroe Doctrine has led British, writers recently into some examination of the origin of it. Mr. Moreton Frewen, an Englishman well known in America, from his articles during many years past on monetary questions, publishes In a British review an article on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the status of the American Isth mian Canal, in which, after referring to the Holy Alliance, which aimed to stamp out representative government in Europe and prevent its spread in America, he says: Spain's colonies In South and Centril Amer ica were at that tlmo In rebellion, and the Holy Alliance was pledged to suppress this anti-monarchical ebullition. George Canning, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, being anxious to thwart the Holy Alliance without bringing the combined forres of this warlike coalition (Aus tria, France, Prussia, and Russia) about hb -irs. went to Rush, the American Minister in London, and propounded to Rush that policy for the- Nation which Is now known as the "Monroe Doctrine." Accordingly, on the 22d of August, 1823, we find Canning submitting this whole policy to Rush In a. state document. Rush, not yet "being In a position to acquiesce, referred home to President Monroe for Instruc tions, end Mii-roo submitted the proposal among others, in Jeffrnn and Madison. Such was the Monroe genesis. This is correctly stated. Jefferson, in a letter written in October, 1E23, warmly approved Canning's proposals, adding: "By acceding to her (England's) propo sition we detach her from the band of despots, bring her mighty bulk Into the scale of free government and emanci pate a continent at one stroke. Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or of all, on earth, and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world." Here Is a suggestion which, If made now, would produce an ague fit among our "anti" people, who are so desper ately fearful of any co-operation, even of tacit kind, between ourselves and Great Britain. The phrase "With her on our side" would be horrible trea son to the minds of the great Bryan and other anti-expansionists of the present day. A TrPICAIi TRADE PROBLEM. If the Administration is In sympathy with the blind protectionists of the country, and wants to darken the coun sels of Congress on trade matters, it must not send to foreign countries men of discernment and convictions like ex Governor Lord, of Oregon. In Sun day's Oregonian appeared a letter from Minister Lord at Buenos Ayres, in which he spoke guardedly of the pros pect for Increased trade between the United States and the Argentine. "What he said, specifically, was this: "We ought t c'o i.ore business with this coun try. This republic is destined to be the leadlntr country In South America, and I believe lint our people otisht not to let the opportunity pass for cultivating closer business relations. The people naturally are well affected toward u, though thers is a s ing feelli.g that ws are indifferent aN,ut trading with them. This Is circumspect and diplomatic ally unexceptionable. But the utter ance has no meaning unless we read between the lines that the Senate's re jection of the reciprocity treaty is a mistake. There Is no other "opportu nity" about "to pass." Governor Lord's view is of the highest Interest, inasmuch as it confirms, from study on the ground. Just what the discerning have concluded through generalization from known principles. The Argentine treaty was rejected by the Senate; that is, was denied consideration, through fear of giving offense to protected in terests now presumably benefited by existing tariffs. Chief of these is the wool Interests. As Governor Lord be longs In a wool state, to whose interests he Is loyal, It must be supposed his study and observation have shown him that the state's welfare would be con served by the treaty; that Is, that the compensations In exchanges would have counterbalanced interests sup posed to be jeopardized. The conten tion Is doubtless true, therefore, as friends of the treaty have maintained, that 60 per "cent of the wool which would be imported under the treaty belongs to a class of wool which does not come in competition with our wool. The other 40 per cent, which would come In competition, when considered with reference to the whole amount raised In the United States and export ed from Australia and some other coun tries. Is so infinitesimal that it is not worth consideration. If this Is so. It would have been far better that the treaty should have been subjected to discussion, even if rejection should have followed it. It may be well right here to summar ize the terms of the treaty. In brief, it provided a 20 per cent reduction on wool, hides and sugar exported from Argentina, but, as a consideration therefor, Argentina gave a reduction of 50 per cent on canned salmon, lobsters, shrimps, corn, succotash, tomatoes and apples, dried or evaporated fruits and parafnne wax, and also on windmills; 20 per cent on bacon, oatmeal, cracked wheat, corn starch, corn grits, hominy, sail twine and cotton rope, and 15 per cent on white pine, spruce pine, Oregon pine, yellow pine, oak and ash lumber, and some other things. Now, nearly everything here enumer ated is produced in Oregon, and is greatly desired In Argentina, and would find a ready market there. The coun try, being treeless, Imports all its lum ber, of which it consumes great quan tities, and will continue to consume in creasing quantities with its growth and progress, thereby affording American mills an tlnexceptlonally good market for their lumber. While Argentine products are similar in many respects to our own, wool, hides and sugar be longing to the class upon which the reduction is made, it is doubtful if the amounts exported would materially af fect, these Interests. All classes of our people, moreover, woolgrowers included, must bear in mind the indirect benefits accruing to them through, a flourishing trade, with its incidental increase of demand for all commodities consumed, both at home and abroad. The Alaska trade has been a godsend to the plumbers and carpenters of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the steamship and outfitting men, because it has made business lively and money plenty. So with Ar gentine trade. Portland would feel an Impetus in the shipment of lumber, and our state ought to furnish many of the other articles mentioned, such as canned salmon, tomatoes, manufac tured meals, twine, etc This- Argentine matter Is only an In cident in the general change that Is coming over our National attitude toward the outside world. We must abandon our traditional policy of isola tion and reach out for active trade and close commercial relationship with all the great trading nations. The time is passing when our own country fur nishes sufficient opportunities for the investment of home capital, or markets for our products, raw and manufac tured. This was In part illustrated by the offer of one of our Insurance com panies to take 400,000, or $2,000,000, of the proposed English loan. Capital cannot afford to lie idle; it must be employed to be profitable, and new fields will he sought for its employ ment. As a means to that end, nothing Is more efficacious than the extension of our foreign commerce. A PERPETUAL DISADVANTAGE. The Northwestern Miller, of Minne apolis, the leading journal of its class in the world, displays an Imperfect un derstanding of the Oriental flour trade in an article printed a few days ago. Relying on the assurance of Mr. J. J. Hill that he will make a through rate of $S and possibly $7 per ton from Buf falo, and other points on his rail and water lines, to Hong Kong and Japan ese ports, the Miller sees a great op portunity for the flour manufacturers of the Middle West to come In and di vide the field with the Pacific Coast men who have built up the trade. In commenting on the prospect, the Miller says: Eery day hrlngs tha Asiatic flour trade nearer to the millers of the Central West, with their enormous productive capacity, their army of well-organlxed and well-trained salesmen, and their modern and aggressive systems of exploiting trade. Already the more astute and far-seeing among them are quietly planning to enter the trade at the earliest opportunity, realizing that It will afford an escape for the fierce competition In the East and across the Atlantic, compared to which the Asiatic com petition Is as nothing. There can never be an opening In the Orient for flour manufactured east of the Rocky Mountains until the de mands of the people across the Pacific are in excess of the production of the Pacific Northwest and of California. No matter what rate Mr. Hill may make for the through traffic from the East, the fact will always remain that he is compelled to haul the flour of the Mid dle West 2000 miles by rail before it is on even terms with the flour manufac tured at tidewater on the Pacific Coast. The cost of this long rail haul will al ways remain a differential in favor of thePaciflc Coast manufacturer, and It is too great to be overcome, except at the expense of the wheatgrowers of the Middle West That they will object to footing the bills Is an assured fact, for the reason that they have superb trans portation facilities for landing their wheat in Liverpool, the world's mar ket, at a much lower rate than is paid by the Pacific Coast grower to reach the same market. This fact further in creases the differential in favor of the Pacific Coast miller, as it enables him to secure his wheat several cents per bushel cheaper than It can be secured by the Middle West manufacturer. If the big millers east of the Rockies are sincere In the' belief that Asiatic competition Is so insignificant In compar ison with that in the East and across the Atlantic, they should come to the Coast and build mills, and thus start on even terms with the men with whom they are competing. Ever since the Oriental flour trade has assumed any thing like large proportions the mills in the Pacific Northwest have set the pace for the wheatbuyers, and the growers have, on the whole, realized better prices than they would had they been obliged to depend on the European wheat market for an outlet. For this reason it would be highly beneficial for the Pacific Northwest to have all of the mills In operation that could find an outlet for their product. The Orientals are a clannish people, and It has re quired years of hard work and a heavy expenditure of money to establish the reputation which Pacific Coast flour now enjoys In China and Japan. Even after years of work and the growth of the business Into handsome propor tions, the Orientals take hold of new brands of flour with great diffidence, and the Middle West millers will be obliged to do just as the Pacific Coast millers have done that is, work up a market for the flour, and the trans portation problem will take care of It self. POSSIBLE CRISIS IX CHINA. The news that fighting has com menced between our naval forces and the Taku forts, at the mouth of the Pel-Ho River, means that the Chinese troops are attempting forcibly to pre vent the dispatch of further foreign soldiers to Peking. The scene of the hostilities is exactly where the British naval squadron under Admiral Sir Hope Grant was badly repulsed In Its attempt to pass the Taku forts In 1SG0. Sir Hope Grant owed his rescue from destruction to the interference of an American war vessel, whose command er, saying, "Blood is thicker than water," rescued the English wounded and took them out of the line of fire. The origin of the present movement of foreign war vessels toward Peking Is to protect foreigners from murder and outrage at the hands of a secret society, known as the "Boxers," which from desultory forage and village rob bery has turned to the ejection of for eigners, the destruction of the Tien Tsin Railroad, and the capture of Pe king. The Chinese Government has two armies, one of Chinese and one of Manchu troops, which were worthless In the famous Talplng rebellion, and would be worthless against the "Box ers," should they march against Pe king. The government of China, as represented by the Dowager Empress, has been in secret sympathy with the "Boxers," and the Empress has or dered her troops to oppose further land ing of parties from foreign warships and prevent further reinforcements reaching Peking, where the usual plan has been followed of landing detach ments of foreign troops to protect the European and American Legations. This precaution was taken at Beirut, In Syria, in 1SC0; at Alexandria in 18S2; at Seoul, in Corea, In 1895. These for eign troops, consisting of more than 300 men from the British, French, Russian, American, Italian and Japanese war vessels, arrived In Peking on the 31st ult., and Rear-Adrnlral Kempff, com manding the Newark, landed a body of American marines at Tien- Tsin. Should the Empress Dowager persist In her present attitude of sympathy toward the looting, murdering army of "Boxers," by refusal to permit foreign troops adequate for the protection of their countrymen to proceed to Peking, she Is dangerously likely to see Peking again captured and severely punished, as it was in 1860, when an army of English and French troops occupied it and burned the famous "Summer Pal ace." This punishment the Chinese Gov ernment brought upon itself by firing from the Taku forts upon the British naval escort of the peace commission. The Taku forts command, the Pel-Ho River, the approach to the Chinese cap ital. The Newark, which is Rear-Ad-mlral KempfTs flagship, is an unar mored steel vessel, armed with twelve six-Inch guns, and has a crew of 337 officers and men. In event of the "Boxer" Insurrection growing into a formidable anti-foreign crusade, Russia Is in a position effect ively to Interfere In the interest of peace and order, for -she has an Impreg nable military and naval base at Port Arthur, and there are now not less than 110,000 Russian soldiers in Manchuria, which has become practically a Rus sianized province. No other nation could sat in motion toward Peking within twenty-four hours' notice half so many disciplined and well-armed troops as Russia, could, for, while Japan has a large army, sho must send troops by water to reach the Chi nese coast. Before Russia will permit a state of anarchy, fatal to remuner ative trade and commerce, to prevail in China, she will certainly interfere, and her Interference might be the be ginning of the end of the Chinese Em pire under native rulers. THE "POWERS' IS THE ORIENT. Lord Roberts was asked ten days ago whether he could release 1(0,000 of his troops for return to England before October 1. This was regarded as sig nificant, in view of the situation in the far East, where Japan, bitterly jealous of the gradual encroachments of Rus sia in China and Corea, alone has ex pressed a wish for the speedy Buccesa of the British arms In South Africa. The Mikado was the only sovereign who telegraphed Queen Victoria con gratulations upon the surrender of Cronje's army, the relief o( Ladysmlth and the occupation of Bioemfonteln. Since the beginning of April the whole of Japan's navy has been mobilized, with a considerable part of her army. During the maneuvers of the Japanese fleet no one but the British commander-in-chief on the Chinese station was in vited to be present. It was reported that the purpose of these naval maneu vers, in the Straits of Corea was the blockade and capture of a squadron supposed to represent the Russian fleet. Japan regards war with Russia a3 in evitable, and, in order to hold her own against Russia, needs England's co operation for enforcement of neu trality upon France and Germany. Russia, supported by France and Ger many, compelled Japan to surrender the territory acquired on the Chinese mainland by the treaty of Shimonoseki, and she knows she Is powerless in a naval contest with Russia, unless Eng land forbids the intervention of France in behalf of Russia, Now that the sub jugation of the Transvaal Is assured, England, with her splendid army of over 200,000 men In South Africa, Is stronger than she has been at any time since Waterloo; and her protest against the intervention of any European power In behalf of Russia against Ja pan would be no weak or Idle threat. These facts have probably encour aged Japan at this moment to protest against the landing 6f a large Russian force in China. Japan knows that. If she is to fight Russia successfully, she must light this year. Today her naval power Is superior to that of Russia's In the far East; she has a great advan tage in dockjng facilities and In coal supplies, which will be lost to her when Russia's fleet Is enlarged, when her docks at Port Arthur and her Trans Siberian Railway Is completed. If war should break out tomorrow between Russia and Japan, Russia would be unable tor reinforce her squad rons In the Pacific, because she would no longer be permitted to use British coaling stations on routes thither. With England's help, Japan can compel France to remain neutral, and if Japan defeated Russia she would obtain Corea and would set up anew her claim to the Llao-Tung Peninsula, which she won from China, but was obliged to surren der at the demand of Russia, backed by Germany and France. Br'er KIncald's great postage stamp Campaign for the County Judgeship ended in failure. Lane County appre ciates mighty editorial talents too well to deprive itself of their hebdomedal manifestation. The President signs the Alaska code, and at once appoints the new officials. The territory cannot complain of pro crastination in one Important feature of Administration consideration. Jim Ham Lewis Is in Idaho defying the Money Devil and roasting the Trust Vampire; and his Vlce-Preslden-tlal boom has advanced another Inch. Hawalljs beginning at last to fee? truly at home as a member of Uncle Sam's official family. The Federal pie is being distributed. Pretoria has fallen. But that was In Africa. We have Just had other things of real interest to engage our atten tion nt home. We may not all agree as to how it happened; but we know what hap pened. Lentz is also an Ohio politician. Scats ia Demand nt a Weddings New York Evening Sun. Just as the wedding march was about to strike up at the, Morris-Clark wedding the other day three tell, amply propor tioned women appeared in the church door way. The women wore no hats, but elab orate head-dresses nodded upon high. They were gowned resplendently end they wore much Jewelry. Over their long gloves, wrlnk.ed clear to the shoulder, flashed a number of bracelets. They charged straight upon the ushers, herding together preparatory to the bridal pro cession. "'Where is Mr. ?" demanded the tallest arid most bebraceletted of the three women, naming the head usher. "I wish to speak with hlra -at ones." One of the ushers scurried up the main aisle and summoned the head usher from the front pew to which ho had retired to watch the ceremony. "Mr. , we have come all the way from Montana to attend this, wedding," announced the spokeswo man loud and clear, the three meeting the head usher fully quarterway up the aisle, "and we want front seats. We've come to see everything there la to see and we're going to see It." "Why certainly, cer tainly," he replied, bowing. Then without the suspidon of irony in the expression of his face he called out, "All ladles from Montana will kindly step this way." Then he led them up to the front while the other gilests .from humbler places like" New York, smiled audibly. "Mr. k Mr. ," fairly shouted one man, as he left his seat and crowded out of a pew half way up the middle aisle as the head usher happened to pass, "can't you give mo a better aeat than -this? I have an in vitation to the bouse as well the church." "Get back into your seat." retorted the usher, even his patience exhausted. "You've got as goo e seat now as 'there is In the house ind I'm not going tcychange yoo. We haven't a seat left any better than yours." GENERAL WOOD'S STATEMENT. Jfeely Baalaess la Rare aad DIicor tfrnt Ia SlHappcarlBff. New York Herald. HAVANA. May SL General Leonard Wood, Military Governor of Cuba, today authorized me to cable to the World the following statement from him relative to the frauds in the Cuban postal service and the general condition of the island: "I firmly believe that the irregularities In the Cuban postal service, which amount to plain theft only, are all that will Dc discovered. "The postal service has not been under my. Jurisdiction. I learned of the frauda. Instituted an Inquiry and took steps to se cure the punishment of the men Impli cated. "I have-since Inaugurated a thorough In vestigation into all the departments, and am confident that the condition of affairs of the postal service does nouexist in any other branch. Of course there have been many rumors Inspired by the postal scandai of fraudulent transactions In the other de partmentsthe customs service, the En gineers Department and the Department of Parks. I have every reason to beKeve that these departments have been con ducted In a most buslnesa-Uke and honest manner. If there is one department I am eure of It is the Customs Bureau. You can readily understand that men who have been In the habit of swindling tho Government under the Spanish regime do not take kindly to the Introduction of the business methods Inaugurated by the United States. I th.nk that on the whole the entire public service of Cuba has been Improved." "Should you discover the existence of irregularities In any other department. General, what would be your action?" "I would institute a thorough investiga tion and punish the offenders," replied tho General, firmly. "Has an intimation been conveyed that tho Administration at Washington would, for political reasons, rather that no other scandals be disclosed and that the full extent of the postal irregularities In the postal service be kept as secret as possi ble?" was the next question. "I have not received any such Intima tion," was the answer. "It !a my place to find out whether the Government serv ice Is properly administered. If I find It Is not I shall insist on the immediate pun ishment of any offender, no matter who he may be or what influence, political or otherwise, may bo exercised to protect him. I am responsible for the honest con duct of the government, and any person found guilty will be punished." "What have you to say regarding the reports of unwarranted extravagance on tho part of officials sent by the United States Government?" "There is nothing in the condition of affairs to justify such a statement. I know a number of officials who have been compelled to spend more money to main tain the dignity of their rank and country than the United States has allowed them. They have dTawn upon their private in comes to do eo, and the Government has not been called upon to foot their bills." "How many men have been found guil ty of fraud and cither been.quletly dropped from the service or placed5 under arrest? "Very few, and with one exception all were In civil branches of the service. But of 00.000 soldiers eent to the island but one man has been directly charged with embezzlement. He was a Volunteer of ficer, and the amount of his stealings was $18). He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to three years. Aside from Neeley, Reeves. Rich and the other men Implicated in the postal scandal there are a number of men await ing trial for perpe trating frauds In the customs service. If guilty they will surely be punlehed." "How about the general condition of the Island?" "It is most satisfactory. The revenues are In excess of the expenditures. There Is less discontent than j'ou Imagine, and while the advancement of the people is slow It Is undoubtedly more satisfactory than the old condition. A most significant Indication is furnished by the fact that the preparations for the election of munic ipal officials, on June 16, have been con ducted In a most orderly manner. I have not. received a single request for troops. "The registration of voters foots up 150.000, one-half of the voting strength. In order to preserve the best feeling I de cided to give the mlnoritry party repre sentation on every Board of Aldermen and the other elective bodies. I don't anticipate trouble of any character as a result of the elections." Xevr Orleans; and the Canal. Mr. Hester, of Now Orleans, the cotton expert, cites the exports of cotton to Japan as an argument for the construc tion of the Nicaragua canal always as suming that said canal Is a practicable and practical thing. This season, says Mr. Hester, we have sent to Japan 200.000 bales of cotton, of which number 169.000 went overland to Pacific ports to cross the Pacific ocean, 87.000 bales went from Gulf ports and 44.000 bales went from New York and Savannah by way of the Suez canal. If the canal were open and the tolls were low It would cheapen trans portation to Japan, he thinks, and develop this export trade. The New York Journal of Commerce observes by way oT com ment: "The Interest of New Orleans In this matter is much greater than that of New York, which la nearer Suez and farther from Nicaragua than New Orleans and Galveston are. That the canal would be of great value to tho Gulf ports Is evident enough, and that It would promote our Orient trade Is not less certain. But it is Interesting to notice that a good deal more than half our cotton exports to Japan was able to bear the cost of land transportation from the fields to Pacific ports. The Censns Man. James "W. Foley, Jr., In Bismarck Trlbune. Ar you readr for the census. Have ypu read the almanac? Have you studied your ancestors For a dozen cycles back? H&to you counted up your freckles? Have you figured up your sins? For you know you'll have to tell em "WTien the census man berlns. Hae you added up the children? Have you figured up your cash? Did you ever find a button In s. dish of -corn-beef hash? Are you deaf or blind or ugly. Do you to out or toe In? All of this you'll have to answer "When the census man begins. Do you lisp or squint or stammer? Ever have the whooping cough? Are you handy with the hammer? Ever do a stunt at golf? Ate you fond of checkered neckties? Ever fall and bark your shins? Did you swear? You'll have to tell It When the census man begins. If your partner gave trump signal Would you lead him back the deuce? Ever wear a porous plaster? Was It hard to get It loose? Are you fond of pickled onions? Do you smoke or chew or swear? Hae you any corns or bunions? What the size of shoe you wear? Oh. you might as well look pleasant. For you know you'll have to tell. Would you use a bit more sugar When the Jelly doesn't Jell? What the nature of your labors? Do you sugar your baked beans? Are you friendly with your neighbors? Do you live beyond your means? Are you lean or stout or medium? Do you suit yourself that way? Did your vaccination take well 1 Did you move the first of May? If a bobtalled flush called aces, Could rou tell me which one wins? Oh. you'll have to come to center When the census man begins. Are the children well this Summer? Are they troubled with the hives? Don't you think pink teas are tiresome? Did you ever play high fives? Didn't see you at the party? Don't you go out any more? Well, good morning! Can you tell me Who the family is next door? GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Juno 2. Tillman's -assertions that S3 per cent of the white people of the South are sorry that the Confederacy lost In the Civil War, is in dorsed by the papers In his state, which are opposed to him, and his political methods. Some Senators arose to deny the assertion in the Senate, but the news papers of the South generally support the proposition. Not long ago. at Louisville, Ky the Confederate Veterans refused to j march in a parade If the United States flag was carried. More than that, they voted positively against having an Ameri can flag Jn the procession, and it was not carried. Probably these people would not allow their loyalty at the present time to be questioned, but their loyalty to the Union Is a secondary consideration to their loyalty to the defunct Confederacy. At tho battle-field of Antletam. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, on Decoration day. had considerable gush about the President putting ahoulder straps and stars upon ex-Confederate soldiers. We have also heard a great deal about all feeling be tween tho North and South being wiped out by reason of the unification of the Spanish War. Possibly this is true, but tha Tillman episode and the episode at Louisville indicates that the spirit is there the same as ever. These are the reasons why no ex-Confederate soldier, no matter what profession- he has made, can ever be elected President of the United States. It Is possible that some time the South will get the Presidency. Republicans In the South realize that not even a South ern Republican can be named for Vice President for the reason that the South erners still keep alive their Confederate feelings, and still believe that they were right, and that the Union was wrong. There is no use of making a political is sue of this, but the people of the United States will see to it that nobody except men who believe In good faith In the Union, and who never were anywise tinc tured with secession, will be elected to the highest office in the land. Situation, in Colorado. While there Is absolutely no hope of the Repub.Icans carrying Colorado this year, yett the situation in that state Is in teresting. A prominent gentleman from Denver was recently talking of the polit ical outlook in his state, saying there was no doubt that Bryan would carry Colorado this Fall, although his majority would not be as large as four years ago. "There are many Republicans who voted for the Nebraskan, on the sliver issue four years ago," said he, "who have gone back to their old love, the Republican party, but there are not enough of them to over come tho tremendous silver majority. The Influence of Senator Teller In the state. If nothing else, would be sufficient to hold Colorado for Bryan. Out our way we would like to see Towne retained with Bryan by the Kansas City convention. Tho Sllver-RepubHcan axe the people who give tho West to Bryan, and we feel that we are entitled to some litrle recog nition. Still, his displacement would not cost enough notes to jeopardize the ticket In the West. We are for sliver first and. the candidates afterward." It Is probably true that a purely Demo cratic vote In Colorado, as against the Republicans, could never win; but it is the fusion of SUver-Repubyeans, Popu lists and Democrats, all in support of a silver candidate, that will give the state so overwhelmingly to Bryan. And it Is probably also true that there Is a stronger feeling for Bryan personally than Is con templated by this gentleman, even though many Coloradoans would be as willing to support any other silver man as they would Bryan. Yet It cannot be denied that many, not only of Colorado, but throughout the silver states of the West, are wedded to Bryan, and will not harken for a moment to any other name to head the silver ticket. Boer Envoys' Mistake. No sot of men regretted mora than the Boer envoys themselves that they fell Into the hands of the b-athcrskites when they came to this country on a mission seeking assistance of a substantial char acter for their people- Sulzer, of New York; O'Farrell, of Washington, Bourke Cockran. Mason. Wellington and Champ Clark wore the principal talkers and per formers at the reception given the Boers in Washington. These Boers were in formed that this was a strictly nonpar tisan meeetlng, because two Republican Senators were among the men to speak. Names of prominent Republicans were se lected by Sulzer and his friends and pCaced upon the committee of reception without oven consulting any of these men. The Boers found out after they had been here a short time that they had been made use of for the purpose of exploiting a spurious Vice-Presidential boom for Sulzer; for giving Wellington and Mason an opportunity to strike a blow at the Administration; for O'Farrell and Cock ran to exploit their Fenian sentiments, and for Champ Clark to advertise the Missouri Democracy. Of course tho Boers when they found out what they had fallen Into were very much depressed. They dM the best they oouvd to recover, but mistakes of that kind are hard to get over. They have probably learned by this time that the people of the United States do not want foreign complications Injected lhto the politics of this country. It has never been popular, ariS the people of the United States are a unit in standing be hind any Administration, no matter what its action may be. especially if they be lieve that the Administration is honest In Its endeavors to do what Is best for the country- No sane man believes that this country or any representative of it would tie or bind the country In any way con trary to what he believed was for Its best interests. Nor does any one believe fTIat we have any secret alliance with England, as has been charged, because such an assertion carries its denial vlth it, on account of Its absurdity. In all the years the republic has existed. It has been found that In treating with foreign questions every Administration and every party has been for the United States first, and for that reason It has always had the support of the people. Before the Boers complete their tour of the country they may learn a great deal regarding our interests. They certainly were very Ignorant when they came here, and wen very much misled. Secretary Iiongr Turning Fashion Plate. Chicago Tribune's Washington Letter. Secretary Long appeared on the streets this week resplendent in Summer attire, strictly up to the fashion plates in cloth and cut. This is a radical departure for tho Secretary of the Navy. He is best known in a black frock and a silk hat the bat until recently being of ancient block. The suit was of blue serge, with double-breasted coat. Tho shoes are of tan. He wore a straw hat. The greatest innovation was made by the Secretary in the selection of a shirt. He wore a neg ligee of blue and white stripes, and wide B'tripee at that. With tho coat buttoned, the shirt was considerably subdued, but a dash of color peeped from the end of the coat sleeves and beneath the collar. More than this, tho Secretary was the first of tha Cabinet officers to exchange Winter garb for tho more comfortable clothes appropriate to this climate. Always the Way. San. Jose Mercury.. Again the St. Louis street car strikers have resorted to dynamite. It seems strange that the leaders of labor wars never learn the lesson that dynamite blows the cause of the strikers far higher than it does street cars or railroad cul verts. It is understood, of course, that those who advocate and practice violence are generally in the minority among strik ers, but unfortunately they seem to be among those at the head of affairs, and thus commit ail the others to responsi bility for their acts. The sympathy of tha substantial portion of tho community Is forfeited, and the original grievance of the strikers is lost to sight in the necessity for the authorities to protect the lives and property of peaceable citizens. NOTE AND COMMENT., Now let us return to business. ; How would you liko to he the censusv V. enumerator? " " Console thyself. O writer of bad verse. For Austin's stuff Is Infinitely worse. Wanted A rhyme for Johannesburg Address A. Austin. South Africa. The days will soon foe long enough for a farm hand to do a full day's work. Eastern Oregon sheep shearers are talking-of forming a barber's union neat season. Anyway, tha Oregon election' didn't turn any new Vice-Presidential candi dates loose. It is now up to President Krugec to -die a few deaths, just to let the public know he Is alive. If silence Is golden, the Sultan must havo accumulated much more than enough to pay that little bill. "I think these election returns ought to be classified under two heads," re marked Cuticus; 'the Reps and the dis reps." Bryan has built a new porch to his house. He Is evidently .desirous of hav ing the 1 cold outside as comfortable as possible. In Chicago a man who was playing a banjo was arrested and. sent to jalL Ho had a narrow escape from hanging. Ho might have been playing an accordion. The British citizens are delightedly parodying the famous epic about tho sparrow and the pout, rendering It &3 follows: There was a blooming' Boer Flew up a blooming spout, A blooming Briton came an Drove the "hloomlng Boer out. It Isn't poetry, but It serves to work oft a whole lot of enthusiasm. It is probable that the banners bear Ing portraits or names of candidates which have been hung" on the outerwalls and strung across the streets for the past weeek or two, will disappear in tha same mysterious manner as they ap peared, and at once. Those of successful candidates can be of no further benefit to them, and the unsuccessful candidate will not care to make themselves so prom, inent for a while. Before election ana after election are very different things. 'Es sprinttn o'er the kopjes at a record breakln' gait. With a bunch o bloomln.' Britons at 'is 'eels, 'E's a trekkin toward the timber at a most hamazln' gait. An' 'e's got no time to stop to eat 'Is meals; But as long as they ain't got Mm. they can't end tho bloomln war. Fur lie can't surrender when 'e ain't on 'and. So they've got to keep on fightin' an a chasln' furthermore. Till they kill off every burgher In tho land. So keep trekkin', Mr. Kruger, for the end o flghtln' means That we'll ketch the whole blame struggle in the bloomln' magazines. In Lakevlew the police have been ac tive in suppressing the cries of street venders, and the result has been a loss of trade to many fruit peddlers. They soon noticed, however, that the police embargo did not apply to organ-grinders. In Lakevlew now the organ-grinder and strawberry man are seen together. The , quick-witted Italian fruit peddler, whose vocal advertising methods have een choked off by Captain Schuttler's men, trails along behind the organ-grinder. When the merry rag-time strains of the street piano bring the dwellers In flats to the windows, then the fruit men get busy. One of them has made up an exceedingly clever pantomime. With face, arms and hands he tells the flat-dwellers that the nolicpmen no longer will permit him to cry his wares. His gesticulation attracts attention, and when he makes a quick change from pantomimic despair to pan tomimic invitations to buy his strawber ries he seldom fails to make a sale. FJVEASAXTRIKS OF PAKAGRAPHERS Appreciative. "Ah!" softly hummed tha mos quito, as the sleeping victim restlessly turned over in his bed. "The other check! He must be a good manr'--Chlcago Tribune. Rightly Ostracized. "No," said Senator lots mun, "most of us have nothing to do with Smallpyle. He tried to ue his official position . c...n.. fotton his Docketbook and falied. Failed, sir. most disgracefully!" Chicago Trib une. Police Protection. "Have you adequate po lice protection for your house?" asked the burglar-alarm agent. "Yes. Indeed." said the housekeeper In a tone that carried conviction, "w have the prettiest servant girl on tha block." Brooklyn Life. Some Day. "When," shouted the orator, "when Mil come that blessed day when every man shall get all he earns?" "It'll come along about the time," fiercely back-answerpd the man in the crowd, who waarjthijarthat pur pose. "It will come when every man earns all he gets!" Indianapolis Press. Higher Education. "My boy Jlmmte, aged 0, is a corker in psychology and it's only his sec ond term at It, too." "Indeed." "Yes. The other day he said he was certain that tho higher moral Influence had nothing to do with my bains a good citizen." "Thn how did he account for It?" "He said I was atrald ot tha police!" Cleveland Plain. Dealer. i..mnviatinn. VJr- asicod the farmer hii opinion ot the rural free d-ll7cry of mall "It Is a good thing. saia me iarmer. navins; erminl himself Irom STAialwlnff in dialect u; on the plea that he hal been ordered by his doctor to avoid great exertion. "It is a grat accommodation. In the busv season ot the year, to get our green ?oo1 rlrculars uninter ruptedly. Under the old lystem I have known the time when I didn't a prun ?ooui cir cnlar for six weeks, during harvest and hay ing." Detroit Journal. 1 The Woman With the Broom. - (Written after seeing a farmer's wife clean Bowed by the cares of cleaning hoase, she leans Upon her broom and gazes through the dust. A wilderness of wrinkles on ner lace. And on her head a knob of wispy hair. Who made her slave to sweeping and to soap, A thing that smiles not and that never rests. o.T.inm n irrt1 a. ntster to the COW? Who loosened and made shrill this angled Jaw? Who dowered this narrowed cnest ior djow.u up Of sluggish men-folks and their morning fire. Is this the thing you made the bride and brought To have dlmlnlpn over hearth and home. To scour the stairs and search the bin for flour. To bear the burden of maternity? t ... .i. i tviv Tmt iiho framed our law 13 tins mc " i..w -. And pillared a bright land on smiling homes . Down all the stretcn 01 street 10 iu wi uuua . There Is no shape more angular than hers. More tongued with gabble of her neighbors' deeds. More filled with never-ache and rheumatla twinge. More fraught with menace of the frying-pan. O lord" and masters In our happy land. How with this woman will you make account. How answer her shrill question in that hour When whirlwinds of such women shake the polls. Heedless of every precedent and creed. Straight In hysteric haste to right all wrongs? How will it be with cant of politics. With king of trade and legislative boss. With cobwebs of hypocrisy and greod. When she shall take the ballot for hr broom And sweep away the dost of centuries? Edwin W. Sanborn In New Tcrk Sua.