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S PORTLATO, FRIDAV, JUNE 8, 1000.
In one particular the comment of
some of the Eastern Journals on the
election In Oregon Is not correct. The
result does not show, as they suppose.
that the people of Oregon approve the
Porto RIcan tariff legislation. Through
out Oregon there Is no sentiment on
that subject, other than approval of
the President's declaration that It was
"our plain duty" to give Porto Rico the
advantages of unrestricted commercial
intercourse with the United States.
ie people of Oregon want the same as
to the Philippine Islands; and they
know, moreover, that if we are to hold
those Islands that policy must be
adopted. They know that our outer
possessions cannot be held in a condi
tion of commercial and Industrial vas
salage to the "home country." Any
i proposal to "protect" ourselves against
', any people over whom the flag floats is
the height of Injustice, and no such
policy can be permanent. The people of
Oregon have voted with these facts fully
!in view; but the people of Oregon are
expansionists, and later they will take
part. If necessary. In correction of any
! errors that may be committed In appli
cation of the principle or policy of ex-
tpanBion. But, since the principle or
policy of expansion is disputed, that is
to be settled first. It is on this broad
question of holding these new places
into which the flag has been carried
that the people of Oregon have voted in
: the affirmative.
If the Behrlng Sea is clear of Ice,
then the pioneers of the Cape Nome
fleet have by this time arrived at their
destination. The reports rest on the
uncertain testimony of two Indians,
which is not entitled to great weight.
This is the time, however, when it may
I "be expected that the fields of ice will
, "be broken, and navigation opened. One
si is said once to have reached
Norton Sound In March; but that is a
! story of doubtful authenticity. Again,
1 it has not been possible to get passage
through the Behrlng Sea before July.
Heretofore vessels for St. Michael have
left about June 10, and in the last few
years have not been obstructed, arriv
ing from June 22 to July 1. They could
doubtless have gotten through earlier,
if they had been willing to smash with
the soft Ice and take other more or less
perilous chances. A letter received In
Portland yesterday" from Unalaska
states that the writer expected to reach
Nome by June 1. So that in all like
lihood the actual descent upon the gold
fields is In progress. Strange stories
will soon come out of the north.
There are politicians who would know
better next time; but for them there
will be no next time.
Mr. Sweek was turned down for
chairman of the county convention by
Mr. Mllner, but was consoled by an
empty nomination for Joint Senator.
Mr. Inman was turned down as candi
date for Mayor by Dr. "Wells, and side
tracked "with an empty nomination for
State Senator. The two successful and
far-seeing party leaders reserved the
fat places for themselves. Mr. Sweek
and Mr. Inman diagnosed correctly the
direction and dimensions of the tidal
wave, and arejsafe In port. Dr. Wells
did not become Mayor, and Mr. Mllner
did not become Joint Representative.
This is a sorry season for bosses.
Editor Johnnie "Wilson, late of Ellens
burg, complains In his Post-Intelllgen-cer
of The Oregonlan's course In the
Oregon campaign, just ended. Mr. Wil
son is the gentleman-at-large who used
his political pull to raise a "pot" to
get hold of a newspaper. Then he used
his newspaper to recover his political
pulL How well he succeeded we know
from what happened at Ellensburg.
It is said there remains a force of
several thousand men of the Transvaal
under General Botha, which will "resist
to the bitter end." "When is the resist
ance to begin? It has been a mere pa
rade thus far for the troops under Lord
Roberts.
Representative Tongue is re-elected
by fully 2900 over Daly. Fusion. The
counties in the First District have been
safely Republican on Member of Con
gress for twenty years, except In 1S92,
1894 and 1S96, when certain Republicans
fere as badly tainted with silver as
Tvere the Pooulists. From the silver
jSloigh Into which the district fell in
those years Tongue rescued it In 1S9S.
, 1S80, George, Republican, carried the
bounties by 12,042 against 11,390 for
lteaker. Democrat. In 18S2, with a
Jhlbltlonlst in the field, George had
12,867, and Fenton, Democrat, 11,605. In
IS84 Hermann received 13,099 and My-
2rs. Democrat. 12.639. In 1SS6 Hermann
md 14,S16. and Butler, Democrat, 13.467.
in 1888 Hermann had 16,100 and Gearln,
Democrat, 13,465. Hermann carried the
state by 7407, of which the counties now
In the First District contributed 2635.
1690 Hermann got 19.573, Miller,
emocrat. 15,803. and Bruce. Populist,
1955. In 1892, -when the counties were
sated the First Congressional Dis
trict, the Republican party went into
the minority. Hermann received 18,929;
"eaten, Democrat, 13,019. and Roork,
apullst. 7518. In 1S94 the district gave
(Hermann 22,264, "Weatherford. Demo-
:rat, 10,790. Miller. Populist. 12,620; total
fropullst-Democratic vote, 23.410. The
tte of 1S9G was: Tongue, 19,Soa; van-
derburg. Populist, 19,292; Myers, Demo
crat, 7914; combined Democratic-Populist
vote, 27.206. In 1898 Tongue carried
the district with 21,324, against 19.2S7
for Veatch, Fuslonist, and 1S33 for Hill,
Middle-of-the-Road Populist. Tongue's
plurality over Veatch was 2037, and his
majority over the combined Fusion
and Populist vote, 204.
THE OXE CIIAKCE FOR BRY.Ui.
There Is no doubt that the campaign
for the Presidency will "line up" with
McKlnley on one side and with Bryan
on the other. The dividing line be
tween the parties Is very marked, and
the personality of the candidates will
have little "to do with the contest or
with the result. The Republican party
stands for the gold standard, for sound
business conditions, and for National
expansion. The Democratic party
stands, as heretofore, for silver at 16
to 1, and for all the consequences to
business that disturbance of the mone
tary standard and Interruption of. credit
and prosperity would Imply; and it
stands, moreover, for sympathy with
disorder and riot, directed against own
ers of property and employers of labor.
These tendencies fill the country with
dread. Again, It opposes National ex
pansion and demands the surrender of
our newly acquired possessions. Never
were the leading Issues between parties,
more clear or unmistakable.
It would seem, from suth tests of
public opinion as hitherto have been
made, that on these issues the success
of the Republican party was undoubt
ed. There Is, Indeed, as it appears to
The Oregonlan, but a single chance
that this party may be beaten. That
chance is the uncertainty as to the
course of the "working people In the
great centers of Industry. Should they,
from any cause, be dissatisfied, they
may try again the experiment of way
ward voting. There Is now at Chicago
a labor strike, of enormous proportions.
It has continued since February last;
It may not be settled before November,
and may spread In that city and else
where. Chicago has grown to be so
great a city that Its power in politics
Is scarcely Inferior to that of New
York. It dominates the entire Middle
West, and Influences at work in Chi
cago are felt In many states. If Chi
cago should "slump," Bryan would
have a great chance of election. But
this we believe Is his only possible
chance. The working population of
Chicago numbers 300,000 voters, largely
of European nativity and largely de
voted to various theories of socialism.
Any great organized movement of these
forces in Chicago would profoundly af
fect similar organizations, or sympa
thetic populations, in the surrounding
states. To these classes of population
Candidate Bryan and his managers will
direct their main attention throughout
the campaign. Here Is the key to the
strenuous efforts made bj- Lentz and
Sulzer to get a report on the Coeur
d'Alene inquiry, on which they have
laid great stress as a means of "firing
the heart" of the socialistic and labor
organizations. Bnt the action of the
Democratic State Convention of Idaho,
In expressing approval of the course
of Governor Steunenberg and sending
his friends to the Democratic National
Convention has given this purpose a
complete setback. No political move
ment of this year exceeds In import
ance this vindication of Governor
Steunenberg, by his own party. It is
an affair of the broadest National con
sequence. A STREET FAIIU
An exhibit which has been strikingly
successful In several cities and without
question would prove an attractive
novelty here Is proposed for September
next, in lieu of the annual exposition
hitherto held. It is to be known as the
Portland Street Fair and Carnival. The
society known as the Elks is taking the
lead In It. It Is proposed to use Sixth
street for the purpose. Booths are to
be erected along the whole business
length of the street, on both sides, so
that It will be a grand bazaar from end
to end. The exhibit will be compre
hensive and attractive, covering all the
leading industries and products of the
Northwest. The railroads have agreed
to assist, in an effective way. Already
the sum of 5S000 has been pledged, and
the Elks have engaged to contribute
52000 more. Citizens of Portland are
asked to add $10,000 by subscription.
This novel exhibition Is to be free; it
Is to last ten days; the plan Includes
brilliant illumination, attractive dis
plays, useful and ornamental together.
It Is a novel undertaking, and cannot
but be Immensely popular. People in
great numbers will come from all di
rections to witness so novel a scene.
Subscriptions to the fund will be an in
vestment of high value to the city and
to Its business. It will be a most at
tractive change from the usual order
of Fall exhibitions, and is to be held
early In September, while the days are
still pleasant and the evenings dry and
agreeable.
THE OLD STORY OF FAMINE.
Pestilence, In all ages the camp-follower
of famine, has added Its horrors
to those of starvation In the Bombay
district of India. It comes in the dou
ble form of smallpox and plague, and
Is decimating and Indeed wiping out
the emaciated hosts that have been
huddled into famine camps In the hope
of administering to them something
like systematic relief. It is asked,
"What Is the government doing to
ameliorate the condition of these per
ishing thousands In Its Indian domin
ions?" The answer comes back, "The
best it can." With native officials
hopelessly and heartlessly Inefficient;
with the famlne-strlcken district con
stantly expanding and the hungry
horde ever increasing; with the ther
mometer at 115 degrees In the shade,
the air polluted by the stench arising
from unburied bodies, the water pois
oned from the same deadly source, and
with yet no crop in sight, the task of
mitigating the famine conditions in In
dia Is a formidable one.
Nature, In spite of all efforts to re
lieve these horrible conditions, will
eventually work out the problem of
overpopulation and underproduction In
her own relentless way. The story
will be told, as It has been told through
out the ages. In the survival of the
strongest. Already it is said "whole
families have been blotted out," a
statement, appalling as it is, which yet
lacks the horror of the other statement
that whole districts are plague
stricken and starving. Drought is the
most pitiless foe to human life in
densely populated agricultural districts,
and it is sweeping wide areas of India
a very demon of destruction. When its
hold is broken there will be vastly
fewer people to feed for a few years, or
until human irresponsibility, not hav
ing learned the lesson of famine, Or
forgetful of the gaunt Illustrations that
accompanied It, renews the conditions
which will enable the present horrors
to repeat themselves.
Inconceivably wretched as Is the pres
ent situation of the famlne-strlcken
hosts of India, it Is nothing new in the
history of these people. It Is, on the
contrary, but another chapter added to
the long famine record of the ages,
with the new feature of systematized
relief heroically attempted.
CONSOLIDATION HELPS LABOR.
It Is an accepted axiom of organized
laborthat In union of employes He their
strength and their hope. It Is also its
contention that the Judicious adminis
tration of organized labor tends to the
advantage of the employing Interest.
Every man who believes in the union of
employes and in the beneficent effects
of that union upon invested capital
should be in a receptive frame of mind
toward a converse proposition, laid
down by President Baldwin, of the
Long Island Railroad, that consolida
tion of railroad capital Is a blessing
to labor.
Mr. Baldwin's interesting doctrine
forms the basis of a paper printed in
the proceedings of the American Acad
emy of Political and Social Science.
He undertakes to show from the rec
ord that the union of railroad capital
and amalgamation of small and com
peting lines have Increased the abil
ity on the part of the railroads to pay
higher wages; to employ more men;
have brought in an improvement in
standards of track and equipment
which has operated to reduce the hours
for a day's work, and has made the
service less dangerous. Consolidation,
he says, has also made the employment
of men in the service more regular
throughout the year, and thus kept to
gether a regular force, and has devel
oped a code of standard rules govern
ing the army of employes, thereby dig
nifying their employment and render
ing their positions more permanent.
We all know that the railway history
of the United States In recent years has
been one of large expenditures for bet
terments of roadbeds and rolling
stocks, side by side with reduction of
traffic rates. Mr. Baldwin affirms that
this added expense at lower rates of
carriage per mile has also been accom
panied by Increased pay, in the aggre
gate, and Individually per man per
hour. The explanation of this apparent
nnradox is in the Increased volume of
business done and In the greater effi
ciency of the employe through Im
proved appliances and Improved ad
ministration. If a man is paid by the
mile, Improved tracks and engines en
able Wm to run more miles In a day.
Credit systems have abolished the old
order of unjust suspensions and dis
missal. Experience has evolved a sort
of civil service regime, beneficial alike
to road and men.
Attractive as this theory Is as a
theory, it compels belief when It Is sup
ported by the evidence Mr. Baldwin
draws from the testimony of railroad
employes themselves before the Gov
ernment Industrial Commission. The
chiefs of the various brotherhoods did
not hesitate to say that the whole busi
ness and laboring world is more inter
ested in stability of rates than In the
question whether or not those rates
are a fraction too high. Mr. P. M. Ar
thur, the grand chief engineer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
stated that his order had succeeded In
increasing the wages of locomotive en
gineers from $60 per month to 3 cents
per mile for passenger service, and 4
cents per mile for freight service.
The representative of organized labor
who should deny the legitimacy of or
ganized capital could not, of course.
make any strenuous pretensions to con
sistency. The truth Is that the organ
izations of labor and the organizations
of capital are products of this Inventive
age that has given us the linotype and
the dynamo. They are, that is to say,
labor-saving machines. Administered
as they are by common, frail human
ity, they make mistakes. Tes, they
commit crimes. It is a crime for a so
called union to blow up a mine or mill.
It Is a crime for a so-called trust to
rob the widow and the fatherless and to
buy up courts and legislatures. But
within the bounds of justice and reason
they may be the medium of Infinite
gain. It Is nothing against a union
that it Is a union. It lsnothlng against
a trust merely that It Is a trust. Union
or hired hand, millionaire or trust, by
their deeds they must be Judged,
whether they are good or evil. How to
deal with these powerful combinations
we shall learn at length through ex
perience. We shall hardly accomplish
much till we can still the pernicious
voices of demagogues like Bryan.
LOOKING FORWARD.
Great Britain has good reason for
self-congratulation upon the occupation
of Pretoria, for, with Lord Roberts
splendid army well in hand behind him,
it means the end of the war, even as
the collapse of the Southern Confeder
acy dates from .Appomattox, April 9,
1865, although Johnston's army did not
surrender until April 26, and the trans-
Misslsslppl Confederates until a month
later. The Boer forces In front of Bul
ler no longer can use the railway be
tween Johannesburg and Newcastle, In
Natal, for it is already In the hands of
Lord Roberts. They can hardly get
away with their artillery, even If their
riflemen are able to retreat without dis
organization into the hills. As soon as
Lord Roberts holds the Delagoa Bay
Railway bridge at Komatlpoort, further
resistance will be short-lived. General
Carrlngton's command is to the north
on the Limpopo River, in position to
prevent the Boers from trekking Into
German East Africa. The British mili
tary net Is now closing about the Boers,
and their universal surrender cannot
be long deferred.
Assuming fairly, therefore, that the
Transvaal War is over. Great Britain
will soon be able to turn to the work of
reconstruction of the late South Afri
can Republics. England did not allow
any foreign Intervention during the
war, and she will not consult foreign
opinion In arranging the terms of
peace. Both parties In English politics
have already discussed the terms of
settlement, and both are agreed that,
whatever the settlement. It must be of
a nature to prevent all danger of war
for the future. England is certain to
disarm the Boers, to annex and absorb
their territories to such an extent that
she will never again be obliged to wage
a costly war to assert her supremacy
in South Africa. It Is safe to predict,
however, that her pollpy will be one of
conciliation, so far as the Boers them
selves will permit by their temper the
safe extension of such a policy. The
Transvaal will, of course, be formally
annexed to the British crown. The
British residents of the Transvaal urge
that military rule end with the war,
and that a civil Governor be appointed,
with a state administration on crown
colony lines, through a council of civil
ians appointed and controlled by the
Imperial government, under the super
vision of a High Commissioner ttt Cape
Town, but this would not be practica
ble or expedient at present.
The Transvaal for a time must come
under military administration, which,
however, will include a civil member to
be called the Colonial Secretary. An
exception to the .general military gov
ernment of the Transvaal is to be made
In the case of Johannesburg, which will
be granted full municipal government,
so that the city and the mining region
will be free from military administra
tion. How long this military adminis
tration will last will depend upon the
conduct and temper of the conquered
Boer population. If the Boers behave
well, they are .reasonably sure in due
time to secure autonomy on lines of
equal civil rights for all white men.
There "will be a fair suffrage act and
British courts will protect the capital
Invested by foreign corporations in the
Rand.
If England Is wise, after a due season
of military government she will grant
the Boers autonomy and self-government.
Sir Alfred Mllner, In a recent
address at Cape Town, said that it was
an essential part of his creed as an Im
perialist that South Africa "should be
governed- in the interest and by the
agency of people whose lives are bound
up In It, who feel for It and work for It
as their home," while at the same time
he would wish all South Africans to be
lieve it for their highest interest to be
Included "in that great association of
free and self-governing communities
which is known as the British Empire."
Railroad advertising of the Pacific
Northwest has produced nothing more
handsome or promising than a pam
phlet just Issued by the Burlington.
The bulk of the reading matter con
sists of historical treatment of the Lou
isiana purchase and the Lewis and
Clark expedition to Oregon, and articles
descriptive of the vast region this side
of the Mississippi and north of St.
Louis. There is a fine view of Port
land, an article of some length on Ore
gon, and a longer article on Portland.
Short sketches are also given of Baker
City, Oregon City, Salem, Albany, Cor
vallls and Astoria. The Burlington peo
ple have done thl3 section great service
In treating so favorably Its resources
and advantages In an attractive publi
cation, which is to be distributed, we
understand, a half million copies or
more, throughout the great Central
West, where the Burlington gathers Its
west-bound traffic. It ought to be In
strumental In bringing numbers of de
sirable settlers to our still unoccupied
lands, and It will strengthen the gen
eral Impression that the Burlington's
full purposes toward Oregon will never
be realized until It runs into Portland
over its own tracks.
The street-car strike at St. Louis evi
dently did not command much public
sympathy In Its coincidents of riot and
murder, for when the Sheriff of the
countv began to organize and arm a
body of citizens to serve as a posse
comltatus In guarding the passengers
and operatives, only sixty, or about 10
per cent of all those summoned, tried
to evade the duty. The Mayor tried to
prevent the company from arming Its
employes to defend themselves against
the mob, lest it exasperate the strik
ers, but the president of the company
contended that the company had a
right to protect Its property if the
Mayor and the city authorities failed
to do so.
The Chicago proposal to return the
captured Confederate battle-flags at
the next Grand Army encampment
failed to strike a responsive chord In
Congress. Senator Hawley, of Con
necticut, evinced a very narrow spirit
when he announced as chairman of the
Senate committee on military affairs
that It would be "a disloyal act." Sen
ator Cullom said that he found so much
opposition to the proposal that he
deemed it futile to Introduce the neces
sary resolution. All this shows a very
narrow spirit.
The capture of Pretoria, with the end
of the Boer war close at hand, will be
welcome news in India, where there
are over 15,000 men in the British Army
whose term of service has expired, and
who are demanding to be sent back to
England. There are at least 10,000
troops In Lord Roberts' army that were
borrowed from the Indian army, and
who expected after the relief of Lady
smith to be sent back, but the Intention
was abandoned owing to the necessi
ties of the campaign In the Orange
Free State.
The people are not always sure of
electing a good Mayor; therefore, the
selection of the various commissions
should be left with the people. There
Is something the matter with logic of
that kind. But it appears to find high
favor with members-elect of the Mult
nomah delegation to the Legislature.
Anyway, we are In for a pretty thor
ough going-over of the charter. If the
Legislature can be Induced to make It.
Perhaps It will not be easily persuaded.
It has not always been in the past.
Not a Republican was elected In Linn
County, for the first time. It is said. In
fifteen years. At this distance we can
not judge whether this Is discreditable
to Linn County, or to the Republicans
thereof.
The female suffrage amendment has
been well beaten. The women some of
them think they won't be happy till
they get It. We are quite certain they
won't be happy when they do.
Senator Turner's sneer at Senator
Carter for falling to elect a Republican
President In 1892 was not well timed.
Turner was trying Just as hard.
W. W. Astor is still having: trouble
about his taxes. Astor made the mis
take of his life when he failed to move
to Portland a few months back.
Mr. Moores assures the public that he
Is not the "only real good boy In the
Federal Brigade." Not now.
And Clark is still there.
The Argument for Expansion.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The prospects for the next decade point
to an enormous demand In Northern
Asia for engineering contrivances and
equipment. The United States Is In po
sition to claim the lion's share of the new
trade. Whether she secures control of the
field depends largely on the policy of the
Government on the Pacific The way Is
open. If Americans use the Philippines
to advantage, if a direct cable Is con
structed, if new steamship lines are es
tablished between our Pacific Coast and
the Chinese and Russian ports, no Eu
ropean nation can compete with us in
Eastern China and Siberia.
But If we should surrender our new
base In tha Pacific if we should permit
England to carry the goods between our
own coast and the Orient, and if we
should neglect the countless opportunities
that camo to us with our last war, much
that we have done will be to England's
glory and England's profit, and the cor
dial hand -stretched forth from St. Pe
tersburg will be withdrawn from our
marts of trade.
THE CONTROL- OF THE PACIFIC.
Why Shouldn't We Have Preponder
ating Influence ver This Ocean.
Providence Journal.
A New Tork paper of the 'anti-imperialist"
stripe prints a letter from Washing
ton which says: 'The McKlnley dream of
imperialism, as now revealed,, includes
fortified ports stretching from the West
ern coast of North America to the Phil
ippines." This has the air of a sudden
revelation, but It really tells us nothing
new. Plans have been In progress for
years for the strengthening of our hands
in the Pacific Our entrance into Samoan
politics was inspired by the desire for
a coaling and military station. Lone be
fore the "dream of imperialism" took pos
session of the McKlnley Administration,
shrewd statesmen saw the desirability of
making the United State? the dominant
power in the vast region between our
Western coast and Asia. England con
trols the Atlantic Why should we not
exercise a preponderating Influence over
the greatest ocean on the face of the
earth? Our possessions stretch along Its
eastern shores for thousands of miles. Its
future is of tremendous Importance to us.
Our trade with Asia and the Islands ot
the sea is constantly expanding. If we do
not become the dominant Pacific power,
what country will occupy that proud stra
tegical position? England, perhaps, for
her Interests are large In that portion of
the earth. Japan cannot hope to expand
for several generations to Imperial pro
portions, and Germany, in spite of her
great ambition for colonial conquest, is
still comparatively weak In the neighbor
hood of the Pacific. It looks as If 'the
supremacy, of the western sea would lie
between England and Russia if we should
not claim it tor ourselves.
Why should we fear to rule the Paclfic7
We have a chain of Islands across It, and
our Alaskan possessions reach almost to
the Asiatic shore. We are naturally the
dominant power, and we shall be supreme
if we are equal to our .opportunities. For
our own protection here at home, to say
nothing of our islands, we need to for
tify strategical positions throughout the
ocean. We must have men and guns at
Pago Pago, Pearl Harbor, Guam and Ca
vltc. and perhaps in the Gallapagos group.
But this necessity need not frighten us.
Imperialism consists not in territorial ex
pansion, but in the adoption of imperial
methods In government. Have we s"hown
any desire yet to become imperialists In
that sense? Are we anxious or even will
ing to keep another race In subjection,
providing one kind of liberty for the citi
zens of the United States and another for
the people of our insular dependencies?
No sincere student of affairs will assert
that we are guilty of the ambition to op
press any of our Island races. Wc pro
pose to give them the best government
possible. It rests with them to say how
good this shall be and how great a de
gree of autonomy it shall Involve. Our
"dream of Imperialism" Is innocuous.
There is nothing In It destructive of our
National life or Ideals. It contemplates
the extension of our Influence across the
ocean, but that, as Senator Hoar is said
to have Intimated in a public address in
1895, should be a source of gratification to
every true lover of American principles.
There Is to be one liberty, one aim for all
the peoples who cluster under the Ameri
can flag. We need not share the "anti
lmperlallsts " 'narrow fear so long as we
are Imbued with our present high motives
and the wish to give the benighted peo
ples of the far West the privileges of
our own civilization.
RELIGIOUS PRESS DECLINING.
The Reason In Their Place In Filled
by the Dally Newspapers.
National Advertiser (New Tork) May 30.
It Is reported that of the 15 official jour
nals of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
only two pay expenses. The others are
run at a lots that. In four years, has
amounted to $173,000. This will surprise
nobody who has seen the papers them
selves. That the misdirected industry of
man can produce anythingas dull as they
aro Is simply wonderful. Their typograph
ical ugliness Is a fitting garment for the
singularly profitless and unreadable matter
they contain. All Methodist Episcopal
clergymen In charge of churches are ex
ofllclo agents of the denominational pa.
pers. That their efforts to whoop up cir
culation fall showc that people will not
support a stupid, useless publication mere
ly because it is a church Institution.
One reason for the decline of church pa
pers may be the incompetency of the edi
tors. There is as much politics in tho
Methodist C'hurchas in Tammany Hall.
The editorship of a church paper is a
"snap"; the reward not of ability, but or
pulL Whether the paper pay or not the
editorial salary goes rolling on, and there
Is not the Incentive to good work which
spurs a man who must depend upon his
talent and activity.
But there is a Droader reason. affecting
religious journals all along the line. Many
ot them escape extinction only by con
solidation with others that, while weak,
are not yet moribund. The church weekly
is squeezed hard by two forms of compe
tition. A theological student, seeking ripe
scholarship and keen, honest criticism,
finds them In the technical journals of his
profession, not In the weeklies of general
circulation. The layman finds all the re.
llgious news he wants in the daily press.
It Is the fashion of thoughtless and shal
low clergymen to denounce the dally news
papers as foes of religion. The fact is just
the reverse. Proceedings of church con
ventions are faithfully reported. So are
sermons, when they are worth reporting.
Editorial discussion of theological and
ethical subjects Is printed every day. and
who can deny to the secular writer at
least as much learning and dialectical skl.l
as his reverend colleague usually posses
ses? The dally newspaper touches the
spiritual side of lite, as It touches every
other side, and that, apart from their In
trinsic worthlessness, is the reason why
so many church organs are going down
hill.
SPANISH CAPTIVES IN LUZON.
The Army and Navy Journal, In an ar
ticle on the Spanish captives In Luzon,
takes to task "the philanthropists and self
constituted lovers of mankind," who see no
many virtues In Agulnaldo, and his Fili
pinos, for their Indifference to a subject
-which. It would seem, ought to awaken
their Interest and compassion. Why are
not tho Spanish prisoners in Luzon re
leased? The Army and Navy Journal
says:
"We expressed surprise some weeks ago at
the retention of the Spanish prisoners by the
Filipinos, as the act did not seem to be war
ranted by any military necessity, either pres
ent or prospective. The more we look at this
aspect of the present situation in the Philip
pines the more we wonder why our philanthro
pists and self-constituted lovers ot mankind
have not raised a voice agamt this barbarity
on the part of the native soldiers of Luzon, who
are held up before the world as martyrs to
liberty. The gentlemen who are engineering ths
Agulncldo campaign on this side of the Paclflo
have failed to comprehend what the continued
captivity of the Spaniards means, else they
would long ago, if for no other mothe than
that of expediency, have mada a plea for the
release of those unfortunate men and women.
The fact that there are Spanish prisoners today
on the Island of Luzon, a year and a half after
Spain has ceased to be an active enemy of the
Filipinos, Is a libel on the humanity which the
native leaders invoke In their appeal to the
civilized world.
No better proof of the bandit nature of the
warfare that the Filipino has been carrying on
in the sacred name of liberty Is seeded than
Is afforded by the treatment of these prisoners.
Prom the very beginning tboso captives have
been freed who -were rich enough to pay the
ransom demanded. The Filipino patriot has
stood like the brigand of Southern Europe and
gambled on the sufferings of the prisoners. The
Spaniards who have been too poor to pay the
price of release have been dragged about from
place to place. In a pure spirit of revenge.
There can bo found no Justification In any rule
of war for depriving these miserable Spaniards
ot their liberty. It they were Imprisoned -where
they could count on merciful treatment and
repose upon some authority, their condition
would not bo so deplorable, but. guarded by na
tives who In the passion of the moment may
change Into assassins, and who feel only the
lightest rein of restriction, their days and
nights must be ono continual round ot horrify
ing dread.
We should like to hear from those- individ
uals -who have already erected the pedestal on
which Agulnaldo Is to stand in the blaze of
history, as to this aspect of his understanding
of the obligation of humanity. "We do not be
lieve that even the ready tongues that have
been able to laud him at the expense of dls
paragng our own solders, can And any excuse
for this unblushing exhibition of cruelty and
revenge. Before Agulnaldo can rightfully claim
even the slightest consideration of decent men
he must undo the frightful wrong ho has rev
eled In all these months. Until he does, he
must stand before the world In .his naked moral
deformity, in spite of the Tact that ignorant or
unworthy Americans continue to burn before
him the Incense ot their admiration.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
Peroratfon of a Speech "by the Hon.
W. L. Jones, 31. C.
Congressional Record. May 23.
It la not necessary to go to the Alps
or the Apennines to see the grand and
sublime. It Is not necessary to go to
Scotland to see beautiful fens and dells.
All, and more, can be seen here. Great
rivers flow majestically to the aea now
rolling over great recks and bowlders;
now moving peacefully In a broad channel
bordered with lofty mountains, clad In per
petual green; now rushing with irresistible
power through narrow channels cut
through solid rock, and then sweeping
boldly into tho aea.
Beautiful lakes nestle In the mountains.
Their waters," clear as crystal, from whose
placid depths wave back the rustling ever
greens around their borders are disturbed
only by the leaping trout or fluttering fly
or mosquito. Beautiful dells and fens,
dales and valleys, coves and glens nestle
among her hills and mountains, inviting
the weary to peace. Test and solitude.
rashing streams of water, clear and
sparkling, glance along the mountain side
or gurgle and murmur through vale and
glon, anon leaping over rocks or dashing
madly against great bowlders, leaping
and tumbling in billowy falls over cllft
and crag, making rainbows of the sun
beams and dimpling and sparkling as on
ward they go, hiding now and then In some
quiet pool, until at last the desert's thirst
Is quenched and beauteous vegetation cov
ers the earth. Within shady dens and
along leafy mountain sides "flowers spring
up unknown and die ungathered." Great
fields of ice and snow glitter in the Sum
mer's sun. and mighty glaciers, seamed
and crevaS3ed by ages, move onward slow
ly and majestically, ever receding.
Four great mountains lift their heads to
the skies, white-cappsd vlth eternal snow3,
till they "meet the sun In his coming and
the earliest light in the morning gilds their
hoary tops, and parting day lingers and
stays on their summits." The sportsman
flndshere his paradise. The restive deer
browse quietly in shady glades and re
treats. The great elk, moose and caribou
rest in the darksome depths of the dense
forests. Along mountain peak and rockj
crag leap and skip the mountain sheep anil
goat. The wildcat, panther, jaguar and
bear haunt the wilds- and furnish sport for
the adventurot. To the golden field
come thousands of wild geese, "honking"
from the north, and to the lakes ana
bayous millions of ducks. The "lordly
salmon" sports festively In the rivers and
arms of the sea, "and swift trout, diversi
fied with crimson stains," leap and dart In
the mountain streams and lakes, and He
glittering In dark, silent pools. Here tnu
lover of nature can satisfy his longings
and revel in the delights of the beautiful,
awesome and sublime.
As Washington heads the list of our Na
tion's great, so will the State of Washing
ton head the list of our Nation's common
wealths. SUPPORT OF DE3IAGOGT.
This Is What Our Antl-Imperlnllst
Activity Comeii to.
United States Investor.
The election of Bryan next November
would be a disaster of unparalleled magni
tude to the material Interests, as well as
to the moral grandeur, of the United
States. Tet we find highly respectable
ex-statesmen throwing the whole force of
their Influence In favor of the most con
summate demagogue that has ever ven
tured to aspire to high political office In
this country.
Governments have time without number
come safely through periods of demagog
ical rule, but never were tho chances so
strongly against such a happy outcome as
In tho case now before us. The demagogue
has been the pest of civilization from the
mo3t ancient times, but it Is needless to
assert that he becomes a more and more
dangerous factor as the relations of man
kind become more complicated and subtle.
Ex-Governor Boutwell and Mr. Schurz ap
parently have no hesitation In committing
the Interests of 77,000,000 persons to the
keeping of a man, whom, on his individual
merits, they would probably not consider
worth a moment's notice.
Can any one fancy thee distinguished
gentlemen employing Mr. Bryan to look
after any of his private affairs? Had they
the need of an agent's service he Is the
last person they would turn to. Were It
a matter of their private interests, they
would look carefully to the ability and
honesty of the person to whom they com
mitted their affairs. They would, however,
turn their country's Interests over to an
Incompetent self-seeker without any com
punction. Oh, Patriotism! What crimes
are committed In thy name.
Bryan and Hearst.
The Sacramento Bee, known as an able
and Influential leader of Bryan sentiment
In California, warns the Democratic party
that the "nomination of W. R. Hearst for
the Vice-Presidency would be nothing
short of political suicide." The Bee adds:
Hearst doe3 not behave in the doctrines which
Tirvnn hni so eloquently advocated. He Is not
a silver man. He never was a silver man. He
Is a gold bug pure and simple. His news
papers have repeatedly done all they could to
belittle Bryan, and there Is no doubt they would
have thrown the people's advocate over for
George Dewey If the times had been propitious.
The most virulent attack ever made on Bryan
appeared In the columns of the New York
Journal, written by Arthur McEwen, evidently
at the suggestion ot W It. Hearst. His nom
ination would be suicidal and would probably
lose California and Xew York to Bryan.
Cncns Afrnln.
Seattle Times.
Two years ago the Republicans carried
Oregon by 10.551 plurality electing Moody
for Congress by nearly 7000 plurality, and
Tongue by over 2000, while the Legisla
ture stood 66 Republicans to 23 "opposi
tion." It will probably bo quite Saturday
before definite figures can be given, and
even then the Republicans may find them
selves in a minority in the Legislature,
with decided Fusion gains throughout the
state, and several Fusion county officers
elected In Multnomah.
Will Never Become Dae.
The proprietor of a Missouri paper the
Salisbury Democrat prints this notice on
the first page of his paper: "The Salis
bury Democrat, one year for $1, due when
W. J. Bryan is elected President of the
United States."
NOTE AND. COMMENT. ,
Tell your troubles to the census man.
Singularly enough. The Voice Is not a
Bryan organ.
The National Negro party -ought to be a.
great one for dark horses.
Advice to political parties. When in.
doubt. Jump on the trusts.
General Buller has probably decided by
this time that he had one Steyn too many.
Oregon always flree the first gun In tha
campaign, and it Is always loaded for
bear.
Has anyone examined the graves of for
mer laureates since that last effusion of.
Austin's?
Now the Canadian Government has an
embalmed beef scandal. Alger, however,
can prove an allbU
Congress Is showing James J. Corbett
marked discourtesy by beginning the fight
before he is In the ring.
Failing to get any consolation in tha
platforms of the American parties, Kro
ger will be able to find refuge on the leo
tdre platform.
A chicken In Indiana has -swallowed
$500 diamond, and will be cut open as a
result. Old Aesop's rooster used pretty
good Judgment, after all.
At the Dental Association: Dr. Jerkecn
I didn't like that paper of Dr. Cavity.
Dr. Rubberdam Why.
Dr. Jerkem Too big a fill.
The war In South Africa and the one In
the Philippines are petering out, but man
ufacturers of firearms need not despair.
There will be an election In Kentucky
this Fall.
A Klamath County lawyer who has been
watching the local political situation
pretty closely was asked yesterday what
ho thought Graham Glass would say to
Senator Simon when the latter returned
from Washington and asked how a 50CO
majority had been converted into a -1000
minority.
"I don't know," said the lawyer, "but
I have an Idea It will bo something like
the answer of the Klamath sheepherder.
Never heard of that? Well, this herder
was engaged by a rancher to herd a band
of sheep, and he went out on the range.
In about a month he came back and asked
his employer If there was any more work
for him to do.
" 'Work!' exclaimed the rancher. 'Of
course there's work. Didn't I hire you
to herd my sheep?'
" 'Well,' said the herder, if you want
me to do that you will have to get soma
more sheep, for them I had Is all gone.' "
George T.Myers has a copy of The Morn
ing Oregonlan of April 17, 1SC5, which he
will present to the Oregon Historical So
ciety. It contains the news of the assas
sination of President Lincoln on the even
ing of the 14th. The column rules are
turned, and the leading editorial expresses
in strong terms the grief and indignation
felt by all Americans. The dispatches
also give an account of the riots which
took place In San Francisco when the
news of Lincoln's death was received
there, and the sacking of the offices of
five "Secesh" newspapers there. The
names of quite a number of persons still
in business in thto city appear as adver
tisers in the old paper. Among them are
Colonel McCraken. H. W. Corbett. J. W.
Going. C. W. Knowles, C. E. Smith,
George T. Myers. Henry Welnhard, T.
Johnston, J. R. Cardwell, William Koeh
ler, W. J. Van Schuyver, and others.
Many of" the business men and firms
prominent here at that time have passed
away. Among theie are: W. S. Ladd. A.
H. Johnson, Harker Bros., Stout & Larra
bee. E. Cahalln. A. C. Glbbs. Walter
Bros. D. Sherlock, Hodge & Calef, E. W.
Tracy & Co., M. A. King, William Church.
F. Delschnelder, Harbaugh & Stltzel, G.
W. Vaughn, Smith & Davis, and many
others.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Daisy Putter Dick says he loves me for
keeps. V-'hat does that mean? Dick It means
for ever. Ruth "Wlttlngton No. It means you
can keep his presents If it's broken off. Life.
Mr. Flatdwell (with paper, reading war) I
see that the Argyles receKed their baptism of
fire yesterday. Mrs. Flatdwell Heavens! Bid
the gasoline stove explode? Brooklyn Life.
Circumstantial Evidence. "Wa3 there any
thing suspicious about the actions of the pris
oner when you met him?" asked the court.
"Yes, sir," responded the witness. "He forgot
to ask me to lend him some money." Phila
delphia North American.
Mra Snow (to Mrs. Greene, recently married)
You told me you were going to board. How
did It happen that you went to keeping house?
Mrs. Greene Wo had to do it. you know, in
order to find room for the wedding presents.
Boston Transcript.
Her Position. The congress of mothers was
in session and the delegates were paying rapt
attention to the costume of the orator of the
day who was addressing them on "The Proper
Organization of the Home." "The true home."
she said, gracefully throwing back her head In
order that the diamond sunburst at her throat
should be assessed at Its full value, "the true
home should be organized just as any ruling
or directing body is. It should be a congress.
In which the wife Is " "Speaker of the
House" came In a mighty chorus from the
delegates. What Is the use of going to a con
ventlon if you do not know what you want?
Baltimore American.
In the Smoliing-Cnr.
S. E. Kiser In Chicago Times-Herald.
There's the big meerschaum, with the little
man Half hidden behind Its bowl,
Who puffs away as hard as he can.
As If 't-.tere to save his soul,
And he fondles the thing and he strokes tt
down
With a sort of rapturous pride
As a bridegroom rapturously smoothes the
brown.
Soft strands on the brow of his bride.
Acrcos tho aisle is the rank, old clay
In the mouth of a "man" who smowes away
wiih a irrlm. oucnaclous air.
And he adds to the nith on the noor beneath
Without removing the stem from his teeth
He hasn't the time to spare.
There's the red-faced man with the dark Key
West.
Who reads as he speeds to town.
Letting the ashes fall on his est
And dribble from there on down.
He's forcing the gray smoko out of his nose
To mingle with wreath3 from pipes.
And the clouds he raises who puffs and blow
O'cf bis resurrected snipes.
By the door Is the man with the sickly cob;
Ah. hear It gurgle and sigh and sob.
And alas, how It frets and chokes
It wheezes and sputters and gasps for breath;
Deep down In Its throat is the rattle of death.
But little he cares who smokes.
There's tho "Henry Clay" and the "Ches
ter A."
And tha "Bobby B." and the Little Mack ;
There'3 the "Admiral D." and the "Queen of
May";
And "Tho Soldier Boy Who Never Camo
Back"
The good cigar and the rank cigar
Under common conditions met.
And from end to end of the reeking car
Foul fumes of the cigarette.
With contentment pictured on every face
They breathe foul fumes in the filthy place,
Busily puffing away.
And If they were forced to congregate them
As pigs In a pen. to breathe such air.
The devil would be to pay!