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No stamps should be inclosed for this pur posa. Paget Sound Bureau Captain A. ThompoT. offlce at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box S53. Taeoma Postofflce. Eastern Business Offlce The Tribune building. Tfew Tork city; "The Rookery." Chicago; the E. C Beck-Rlth special agency, New York. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 746 Market s'reet. rear the Palace hotel, and at Goldsmith Bn. 236 Sutter street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 117 Dearborn strret. TODAY'S "WEATHER. Showers, possibly at tended by thunder, cooler: northwest winds. T , PORTI,.VXD, THURSDAY, JUXE 34. The Tnlted States will not go very iar with other nations In their Inter vention in China. It would force us Into relations of alliance with or hostil ity to other participant nations, and Congress would be too timid to pledge tts to any course. There may be a gen eral war, with the nations equally or almost equally divided. Then would the "United States go with Russia and Prance, or with Great Britain and Ja pan? And where would Germany be? The United States will "stay out." It has been asserted that Gladstone, after Majuba, refused through mag nanimity to prosecute the war. against the Boers. England, it has been said, was to be saved from the stain of "blood-guiltiness." was to be magnani mous, and to extend the principle of self-government to this alien and 11b-erty-loving race of farmers. But after all It Is denied that this was the motive that actuated the Gladstone Govern ment. There Is high authority In Eng land for the statement that the decision was not due to any considerations of "sentiment." The British Government was at that time greatly apprehensive of trouble with other powers, and felt especially that It was unprepared to meet Russia on the Indian frontier. English writers say also that the con ditions then were such as to make it certain that the whole Dutch popula tion of South Africa, including that of Cape Colony and Natal, would have made common cause with the Boers north of the Orange River. Lord Klm berley, at the time Colonial Secretary, is now quoted as having said that these were the real reasons why the British Government made peace then. The Eastern press has generally com mented upon the Oregon election. "With rare exceptions the common opinion is that the state has distinctly defined the attitude of the Pacific Coast on expan sion and the gold standard. It is con--ceded that the Coast States are certain to be Republican in November. One or two new spapers go so far as to claim that Idaho and Nevada will fall In un der the banner of a greater nation and a wider commerce. Possibly. Nevada came astonishingly near to electing a Republican Governor last year, and the Idaho Fusionists are confused by the unexpected result of the late Lewlston convention, where the law and order element dominated and the plain teach ings cf the Chicago platform were ig nored. Riot, arson and murder, through force of circumstances, became a do mestic problem in Idaho, and had to be faced by home authorities; then law-abiding people alike became Amer ican citizens, and not partisans, and settled the troublesome matter like American citizens. "When the Coeur d'Alene troubles are hauled into Na tional politics, we may expect that the Bryan men In Idaho will do as Bryan would, if they do anything shout about militarism, denounce capital, deny the power of injunction, and as sert the right of free riot. Or some of the Bryan men will those who have not been sobered by the bloody spec tacle of red anarchy at their doors. The Indorsement of Steunenberg must be fought out by vthe three Pocatello conventions. Just .as It was at Lewis ton; and a split will be avoided with difficulty. The opinions of the New York Jour nal are of no great consequence to any body but Itself; yet It Is a Democratic paper, and practically the only Demo cratic paper In New Tork. It has a certain authority when It assumes to speak for the silver wing of the Democ racy. It concedes the wliole 'Pacific Coast to the Republicans, because the Issue Is expansion and the Coast is for expansion. On that score there Is no doubt. Oregon discovered its firm attl 'tude In 1S9S and in 1900, and "Washing ton and California In the first-named year, when each gave extraordinary Republican majorities. The Journal reads the signs of the times aright, and affirms that the swelling tide can be repressed and made to subside only by carrying New Tork and Connecticut for Bryan. How? That's the question. Now It is asserted that the editor of The Oregonlan is "a disappointed office seeker." The discovery is made by Ed itor Johnny "Wilson, of Ellensburg, Spokane and Seattle. Nobody In Ore gon has found It out, and nobody In "Washington but Editor Johnny, whose I Vision, on office-seeking, is purely sub jective or reflexive. Editor Johnny has never had any purpose or pursuit but .that of office-seeking, and he knows Iwhat It Is to be disappointed. He speaks from the heart. Tammany has made Governor Roose- I velt the deliberate gift of an issue. The gold standard is a subject about which there Is small controversy Jn New York. The Democracy admits the fallacy and danger and ruinous consequences of free silver, but contends that the ques tion Is settled, and there Is no use talk ing about it. It takes two to make an argument, and it will therefore be easy subordinate the money question lere this year. Expansion Is all right. lit expansion Is now a fact as well as issue. Roosevelt's campaign two hars since shoved the war and related latters to the front, and New York passed upon them then. It will pass upon them again when the National Administration and all its policies are submitted to the Judgment and decision of the voters. State affairs, too, must cut more or less of a figure, especially since Roosevelt will be a candidate for re-election. But still the keynote of the things uppermost In the public mind has not been struck. The trust's the thing. That is to say, it was, from the New Tork Democrats' standpoint. Now it Is different. No Republican will refuse to hall discus sion of the great trust problem with satisfaction and delight. Essential facts and undisputed economic princi ples have not at all changed In a few short weeks; but some things have come to light that give the matter peculiar local Importance and a certain personal flavor. They concern Tammany and the Ice trust. The real Interest of every voter in any public matter Is based upon how it affects him. Scarcely a citizen of New York but will feel that the operations of the great ice monop oly are of special Individual conse quence. Therefore he will be moved to examine the question In all its bear ings. From one trust In particular, with its Democratic connections and official patronage, he may garner some highly useful lessons for application to trusts In general, which are not as a whole the favored creatures of any po litical party. They are, however, ob jects of special solicitude from politi cians of every party. WHERE COMPROMISE IS IMPOSSI BLE. The British Government, in its deal ings with South Africa, has not pro ceeded with its usual foresight. From the first Its policy has been one of tem porization, for which it Is now paying a heavy price In blood and money. The chief errors of this policy date back fifty years. A great nation cannot af ford to allow any checks or limitations on Its own sovereignty. In a country where It must stay. Far-sighted Eng lishmen, from the beginning, and all the way along the course of English history In South Africa, have under stood and proclaimed the danger of a temporizing policy, and predicted the coming war; but they could not get at tention, until an issue was raised by the ultimatum of last October so plain that the whole people of the British Empire, even "the man in the street," knew that the name and prestige of England were at stake. This great af fair Is one of the evils of party or of faction in England, just as our own vast troubles and stupendous losses from our folly on the subject of money were the fruit of party spirit, contend ing for partisan advantage. The British Government has not wanted able representatives in South Africa, who, at every stage, have warned It of the danger of leaving British sovereignty in dispute, and of abandoning the task of guiding the de velopment of colonization north of the Orange River. By the policy of non intervention which the British Govern ment had determined to adopt, the op portunity also was lost of controlling the native tribes, which has been an other source of Infinite trouble and many wars. But the Transvaal In 1S77, reduced through poverty and troubles with the natives to the greatest ex tremities of distress, acknowledged British sovereignty, only In a short time to seek again to throw It off; and this led to new conventions, against which the British Government was warned anew by these who foresaw that so grave a matter could not be trifled with. Sir Bartie Frere wrote In 1879: "There Is no escaping from the respon sibility which has already been In curred, ever since the English flag was planted here. All our real difficulties have arisen and still arise from at tempting to evade or shift this respon sibility. If you abdicate the sover eign position, the abdication has always to be heavily paid for la both blood and treasure. The trial of strength will be forced on you, and neither Justice nor humanity will be served by postponing the trial." Our situation Is similar In the Phil ippine Islands. "We must guide and control the development of the country, or get out of it. In affairs of sover eignty there can be no compromise. The control In South Africa must either be Franco-Dutch or English. Control in the Philippines must either be Amer ican or some other. Every dispute over sovereignty remains to be fought out, and when a great nation feels that Its prestige Is at stake it Is not likely to yield, but will put the business through at whatever cost. I AGAIX THE PIONEERS. The coming reunion of Oregon pio neers, the twenty-eighth annual meet ing under the auspices of the Oregon Pioneer Association, which will be held In this city tomorrow, promises to be of usual Interest. no.t only to the fast dwindling band of men and women who humbly bear the name of "pioneer." but to their descendants and to the multi tude that In later years has followed them to the "Oregon country." Pathos awaits with veneration in the presence of these men and women grown gray and feeble in the service of civilization. Of them It can be said that they have borne bravely and cheerfully their part In the drama of life and left an Impress of their en deavor upon the state which will deepen with succeeding years. Of whom could more be said? There is not pathos, but humor. In this record; not regret, but satisfaction. Those who survive are more fortunate than mankind In general, since it Is given to few, relatively speaking, to witness and enjoy the fruits of en deavor which are slow In maturing and which ripen only In the sunshine of generations. Still, retrospection Is always in a cer tain sense tinged with regret, and when it is embellished by faded faces, eyes in which the flres of youth have burned low, and hair and eyebrows white with the frost rime of years. It assumes a tinge of mournfulness that, while far removed from pity, softens the glance and makes tender the vblce of greeting with which, year after year, we meet and welcome the pioneers of the state. The essence of civilization is in the deference which youth pays to age, the consideration which strength shows to weakness, the appreciation which grat itude returns for service rendered. In the spirit thus engendered the citizens of Portland will meet and greet the pioneers who come among them tomor row as their guests. Not in pity, but in veneration; not with Indifference, but with cordiality: glad to see them, glad to entertain them; congratulating them that they have lived to see the fair superstructure of statehood reared upon the foundations that they helped to lay in the beautiful wilderness of the j long ago, the people of Portland wel come the pioneers who are their guests upon this occasion. The Oregonlan, glad to be able to voice this welcome, joins in it cordially, as the best evidence of Its kindly feeling; wishes each and every man and woman of the honored band the degree of prosperity and hap piness that is the Just reward of faith ful endeavor, and such length of years as each can enjoy with reasonable im munity from the infirmities of age. THE VICISSITUDES OP LIFE. It is a noteworthy fact that General Joseph "Wheeler Is in the regular Army again after an absence of about thirty nine years, caused by his resignation, to enter the military service of the South ern Confederacy, In which he rapidly rose to the rank of Lleutenant-General. Forrest in natural ability was probably the ablest leader of mounted troops In the Confederate Army, but General Wheeler was a thoroughly educated soldier, and was on the whole a more useful commander, as he never allowed his temper to make him forget his first duty of irlllltary respect and obedience to his superior officers. Forrest had a fearful temper, and, when not In su preme command, did not always rule it so as to command the confidence of his superiors as completely as did "Wheeler. General "Wheeler was graduated from "West Point In 1859, ranking No. 19 In a class of twenty-two members. Among his classmates was Abraham K. Ar nold, now Colonel of the First United States Cavalry. "Wheeler resigned his commission in 1S6L For brilliant and distinguished services In the Confederate- Army he received the thanks by Joint resolution of the Confederate Con gress, and at the close of the Civil "War was the senior cavalry General of the Confederate armies. After the war he became a lawyer and planter In Ala bama, and was elected to the forty-seventh, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth Congresses. At the outbreak of the war with Spain he was appointed Major-General of Volunteers. He was the life and soul of our Army in the Santiago campaign, and to his aggressive counsels General Shatter largely owed his success. For these services General Wheeler has been made Brigadier-General In the regular Army, and as he is nearly 64 years old, will soon go upon thfl retired list. Now let us glance, by way of con trast, at the career of Wheeler's class mate. Colonel Arnold, who fought for the Union. Arnold came out of the Civil War only a Captain in the Fifth Cavalry, but he had been brevetted for gallant and meritorious "services at Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862. and at Todd's Tavern, May 6, 1&64. Colonel Arnold also wears a medal of honor awarded him for conspicuous gallantry In a charge on the enemy in action at the Davenport Bridge, North Anna River, May 18. 1864. In June, 1869. Ar nold became Major; in June, 1886, Lieutenant-Colonel, and In 1891 became Colonel of cavalry. Arnold, who has seen forty-one years of continuous service in the regular Army, including the Civil War, sees his classmate, who resigned at the outbreak of that war to fight the government that educated him, restored to the Army as a Brigadier-General, while he (Arnold) remains a Colonel, who may or may not be re tired as a Brigadier-General. If anybody had told Arnold at the close of the Civil War that he would live to see Wheeler restored to the Army as a Brigadier-General, and out ranking him, he would have laughed the prophet to scorn as a madman, and Wheeler would have joined In the laugh. Nevertheless, the unexpected has happened, and it cannot be dis puted that General Wheeler is entitled to all the honors he has won. The mo ment the President of the United States appointed him Major-General of Volun teers and he was placed In command of the cavalry division of the United States Army, he was In equity entitled to all the military honors he fairly won. Thirty-five years has made us so much one people that not only Long street is on the pension roll and Wheeler back In the Army, but the son of Alfred Rhett, who fought In the Con federate Army, and the grandson of that famous old South Carolina seces sionist. Senator Robert Barnwell Rhett, Is today the third man In the graduat ing class at West Point. Highland Ja cobites, who fought against the English crown In 1745, lived to see their sons fighting the battles of England, against France in the Napoleonic wars, but our country has moved faster than Eng land. We have lived to see the old-time "rebel" so completely rehabilitated that a Confederate General Is again on the Army list of the Union. THE CHARGE AGAIXST TAYLOR. W. S. Taylor, who was elected Gov ernor of Kentucky, but whose election was set aside by the Legislature, with out even an attempt at justification, does not care to submit himself to "partisan justice," backed by rewards of $100,000 for Incriminating testimony, so he remains out of the state. He Is accused of participation In "conspir acy" for the murder of Goebel. The Providence Journal says: "It Is Incred ible that a man of previously good rep utation, like the Republican claimant for the Governorship, who had served as Attorney-General of the state before his -nomination for the higher office, should have lent himself In any way to a conspiracy so shocking." But the same partisan spirit that set aside his election as Governor would easily send him to the gallows with $100,000 to help. Atrocious and execrable as the mur der of Goebel was. It was, however, no crime at all In comparison with the conspiracy led by Goebel to murder a state, by nullifying the voice of the people Tegularly and lawfully declared through an election. In the presence of this greater crime, the murder of Goe bel was a small matter. But it Is most unlikely that Taylor was connected with It, The crime of common murder Is one In which only a few could par ticipate, and responsibility would be concentrated on Individuals. Hence It Is most unlikely that there wa3 any such "conspiracy" as that al leged for the murder of Goebel. But for perpetration of the greater crime In which Goebel was engaged the conspiracy was a wide one, and Its per petrators could hope to escape through evasion of Individual responsibility. While nobody Justifies assassination. on any provocation, yet It cannot be 1 denied that Goebel reaped as he had, sown. Great criminals, like Goebel. have no right to expect immunity, and the greater is not to be eclipsed by the smaller crime. SEES HIS DUTY, AAD DOESN'T DO IT. The proportions which the riots inci dent to the street-car employes' strike in St, Louis have attained are a dis grace to the State of Missouri and an arraignment of Its Governor as a polit ical poltroon. It long since outgrew the peace agencies at the command of the municipal authorities, and the responsi bility for its outrageous continuance is upon the Popullstic Governor of the state. Between fifty and sixty people have been shot (many of them fatally) since the riots began, a number that reaches the casualty list in many a considerable battle. It is Idle to claim In the face of this ghastly evidence that a state of peace exists In St. Louis. If a state of war, then somebody Is responsible for the total inadequacy of the public defense. Governor Stephens, In command of the military forces of the state, hesitates to call them out, quibbling and splitting hairs with the municipal authorities while innocent persons, Including women and children, are being shot down because they dared to ride or at tempt to ride on mob-Interdicted street cars. This simple fact is bad enough, but when, looking behind it, the Gov ernor is seen parleying with the- possi bilities of re-election or defeat this Fall, as the basis for action in this stress, his attitude is one that deserves and re ceives the unqualified censure of every honorable person. This man is either unable to recog nize anarchy when It presents itself before him, defiant of authority and with a record of deeds written In blood, or ha Is afraid to grapple the hideous thing and hurl it down, lest It drag him into political retirement. A mob In its Insane f ury laughs at the gentle meas ures of peace. The questions of this strike have been swallowed up in the question of public safety. Public senti ment may be, and usually is, with the strikers at first, but it may be depended upon, in a crisis of this kind, to go with the authorities who put down the riot and restore public order. Insanity and suicide in the Army was charged as one of the fruits of the occupation of the Philippines by the United States by Senator Pettigrew, on the floor of the Senate. The return of the Surgeon-General of the Army for the Philippine army during the period of its occupation shows that the aver age of suicides In the regular Army had been .63 per thousand two persons each three years per thousand during the last ten years. In the Philippines the average was .64 per thousand. This is almost exactly the average of the Army during ten years. The highest number of suicides In the Army was in 1891, when it was .83 per thousand, and the lowest in 1896, when It was .44 per thousand. So as to the insanity, the main annual number transferred to the asylum from the regular Army during ten years ending In 189S was 33.1, with an average force during this time of 29.000 men. With 32.000 men in the Phil ippines during twelve months the av erage was 31.3 for twelve months. These figures mean that Insanity and suicide In the Philippine Islands was as nearly as possible exactly the average which had been in the Army all along. "Fighting Joe" Martin has been over whelmingly defeated In the British Co lumbia elections. Martin is a carpet bagger, who wore out his Influence and popularity in Manitoba, three or four years ago, and moved on. Next he bobbed up as a member of the Provin cial Legislature at Victoria and became Attorney-General of the Premier's cab inet. He fathered the foolish Atlln ex clusion law and railroaded it through the Legislature. After one or more ups and downs, and the failure of several administrations, he became Premier, with a cabinet of his own. A few months of hi3 aggressive reign was enough, and he was obliged to go before the people for another election. The issue was largely Martlnlsm. He man aged to get back himself, but with a meager following. Martin's mischievous influence has done much to keep open the breach between British. Columbia and the North Pacific States. Jingoes do harm there as well as here. Connecticut In 1896 repudiated Bryan by a vote of 110,295 to 56,734; yet now the Democratic State Convention In structs for Bryan and virtually gives up the state. The Hartford Times and the New Haven Register are the lead ing Democratic journals of. Connecti cut. The Times says of Bryan: Bryan is not a Democrat, never was a. Demo crat, and apparently intends never to te one. He Is a Populist and a socialist, and has the enthusiastic support of all the Populists who are not In the pay cf the Republican bosses. The Register follows suit with these cheerful remarks: So It is all over, and harmony relgni, har mony of the kind that existed between the lady and the tiger when they returned from their ride. But the Held Is left clear for action on state Issues. It Is an easy guess from these re marks what the fate of Bryan will be in Connecticut. And in New Jersey and New York the same. A bright-looking: lad, who has a gift In self -composure and fluency of speech, Is the attraction in evangelical circles in this city at present. He Is likely to prove a drawing card In the game which emotion, backed by singing and exhortation, is constantly playing against reason with varying degrees of success In the religious world. The ap peal to dismiss reason and rise to the domain of the emotions Is certain of a more or less tearful and fervid response In a large audience. Hence It Is not surprising, but quite the contrary, to see many crowding forward at the close of this boy's "sermon," asking, "What shall I do to be saved?" and accept ing his advice in that direction as that of a sage learned in the mysteries of human life and destiny. , The political value to Republicans of the ice disclosure lies In the fact that It will enable them to place Tammany and the State Democracy on the de fensive. There is strong advantage In aggressive warfare. Governor Roose velt leading the attack upon the cring ing hosts of Tammany will be a much more Impressive figure than Roose velt, defender of himself, and apologist for the National Administration. Mr. Hanna's statement that the Vice Presidency will not be forced on Roose velt ought to settle It, Hanna knows. The visit of Brigadier - General Charles King to the Pacific Northwest J will ffive" pleasure to the Philippine sol- dlers and to the public. Including read ers of his many novels. General King Is in himself a living refutation of the fable that the pen Is mightier than the sword. The message announcing the capitu lation of the Boers also seems to be de layed In transmission. THEIR HOPES DELUSIVE. Why the Bryanltes Cannot Carry Xevr Yorlc. New Tork Tunes. Our neighbor the Journal rises from a study of the Oregon election returns with the deep conviction that W. J. Bryan has not the ghost of a show on the Pacific Coast. The great Republican gains In Oregon and the manifest Interest of the people on the other slope of the Continent to support the policy or tne present ao ministration render Its plain that Bryan Ism will make no head-way among them. But our neighbor tries to persuade Itself that there are new thousands in the East who can be won to Bryan's support If sufficient pains are taken at Kansas City to fool them In that Dlatform. ... It may be safe to put Kentucky in the Bryan column. The performances ot Governor Taylor have not strengthened the Repub lican party In that state, and the murder of Goebel will produce a natural reaction. But If New York and Connecticut are counted on, why give up Vermont? A heedlees person, listening to all that Is said In dispralsi of the McKlnley Ad ministration, might conclude that the elec toral vote of this state was In doubt that the Bryan men had a good fighting chance. But at the close of the Hayes Administration 10 New Yorkers were abus ing the President where one is now heard to speak against McKlnley; and Garfield carried the state In 1SS0. Every Adminis tration is denounced aa Its term draws near Its close, but It Is highly unsafe to conclude for that reason that the peo ple really want a change. The symptom to be studied just now Is, not how the people feel toward McKlnley, but how they feel toward Bryan. Here and there some Gold Democrat or Inde pendent who was opposed to him in 1SS6 goes go far as to say that he will support Bryan this year "if the platform Is right." This Is a portentous "if." Buc there are- great numbero of Demo crats who either voted for Palmer and Buckner four years ago or did not vote at all who will vote for McKlnley this Fall without difficulty or misgiving. There Is not a sign or the shadow of a sign that W. J. Bryan Is any more acceptable to the voters of the East than he was four years ago. Why Brother Bob Is Sorry. . New York Tribune. In these days of etorm and stress and icy burdens how sad Brother Bob must be that he did not succeed two years ago in getting a Governor to windward In the person of Brother Gue. If Gua were in Albany with his share of the Ice. trust stock. Bob could go on appealing from one Judge to another and refusing to answer questions which might criminate him with a certain degree of composure. He might be sure that so long as he could hold the courts at arm's length he was all right, for Gus would not re move him; and as for hl'j honor, that i3n't worth talking about. Erother Gus would have a conservative, not to say frozen, temperament In such matters, and though a very tiger in his hatred of all trusts, he .could be trusted not to do anything rash against the tiger. But wltn. Roosevelt it Is different. He is enough to give Bob that "tired feeling" and need for tonics. With him at Albany It is Impossible to 'rest easy In the possession of a stay, for whatever Bob's rights may be to refuse to give testimony which might criminate himself, it appears that the Governor likewise has "rights, and among them the right to remove Bob if he thinks he de serves It, and no stays, appeals and or ders to ehow cause will run, against the Governor's power. It Is manifestly most inconvenient not to have Brother Gug In position to temper the wind to the frozen lamb. Properly Deported. Hartford Courant. The deportation of SOO out of a ship load of 1065 immigrants, who recently ar rived in New York, because of their not having sufficient money to meet the re quirements of the law, was en event which may bear excellent fruit. Of course, the expense of taking the SOO back to Europe falls upon the steamship companies, whoso agents were probably mainly responsible for the immigrants coming hero In the first place. This will coet considerable money and may have the result of mak ing the agents a little less enterprising. Such a result would certainly be most gratifying to the people of this country, who are growing alarmed at the rapid Increase In Immigration from the Euro pean countries. Man on "Reconciled." Chicago Journal. The reconciliation of Senator Mason and 5jr. McKlnley was not unexpected. We loced for It. The Senator Is not by na ture or trjaining the sort of politician who makes much headway when alone. He la built on the lines of a barge, and he has to be towed. He does not demand inde pendence of thought or action. All he asks Is Independence of speech of speech, his most precious possession, and not so precious at that and when he has raved and shrieked and hollered and roared and pleaded and abused, rising to the skies for his laudations and diving to the depths for his jests, he devotes his last ounce of steam to a plaintive whistle for some one to throw him a line. Merely a. Campaign Home. El Paso Herald. Wharton Barker has been to see Hill and the Democratic paragraphers don't see anything Immoral about It; but when Barker called upon McKlnley they shriek ed bribery and corruption and In their suspicion knew the dollars of the price that Hanna had offered. If this world were half as bad as the Democrats claim it Is, It would be a mighty uncomfortable place for decent people, but fortunately, and yet unfortunately. Democrats have more breath than acumen, and honest people find it on the whole an honeqt place to live In. Barker may go to see McKlnley or to see Hill and still be an honorable man among honorable men. Missouri IS'eeds a Steunenberg. Sacramento Record-TJnlon. Missouri needs a Steunenberg over there. Suoh a man would not whine as Stephens does, and declare that he cannot protect property and life because the newspapers do not support him. For shame! Such whimpering Is cowardly. Meanwhile, dis order continues, lawlessness dominates, people are shot, trade obstructed and hu man rights set at naught. Stephens might do a patriotic act by resigning and let ting some man get In who has backbone and does not need newspaper support to do right and discharge his duty. This and That. Troy (N. Y.) Times. In Oregon tho state campaign was fought almost exclusively on National issues. The Republicans declared boldly and plainly for expansion and gold, and stood squarely by their guns throughout the fight. Mr. Bryan opened the Demo cratic campaign and delivered a number of his most red-hot speeches on "antl imperialism" and free silver. Result The biggest Republican majority for many yean?. Put this and that together, and draw your own conclusions. No Lnte Boom In Silver. Minneapolis Tribune. Will Mr. Bryan repeat this year his old favorite declaration that the price of silver and the price of wheat go hand In hand? We have not heard of any boom In silver lately. CONGRESS AND MINING CLAIMS. A critic of The Oregonlan thinks that Its strictures on the Alaska cod are.unjust, because the act cannot be retroactive and correct past abuses and" prevent wholesale frauds perpetrated heretofore upon the Government and the honest miner through the convenient agency of power of attor ney. The complaint of The Oregonlan Is that the new code does nothing with this shameful perversion of the law's letter, but In effect validates locations made by persons and for persons upon whom the statutes Intended to confer no special rights or privileges, and takes no steps whatever to prevent abuses of this kind In future. A Seattle journal says: Almost anybody -would know that retroactive legislation la not within the piwince of Con gress. Any one familiar tvlth the Alaska coda would know also that it recognizes the law ot the miners' meeting, which has power to deal and does deal vigorously with all abuses. Miners meetings may provide rules and regulations for the exploration and de velopment of mineral lands. They do little else. The statutes of the United States provide who may make locations, and they confine the right to citizens of the United States or persons who have declared their Jntention to become citizens. The Alaska code confers no new powers whatever In this respect, except that it specifically authorizes the organization of such bodies to regulate the exploration of beach claims. But this has nothing to do with the case. Miners" meetings have now no more power, to right wrongs and correct abuses than they had at any time here tofore. On the contrary, the original wholesale locations by Swedes, Finns and Laplanders not citizens were made as the direct consequence of organization, or pre tended organization, of a mining district by them at Nome. Conditions at Cape Nome were chaotic. Great confusion arose over mineral loca tions and titles. It was the clear duty of Congress to define methods which should serve as a guide and rule for tho future as well as to straighten out en tanglements of the past. In other word.", the code was designed to declare the law, which, of course, could not Interfere with any vested right acquired In the absence of any statute. The Congressional debates will show that this was the view taken by Senators and Representatives alike. Senator Carter, sponsor of the act, pro posed and tenaciously advocated the fol lowing amendment: The title to any lands heretofore conveyed shall not be questioned, or in any manner af fected by reason of the alienage of any person from or through whom such title may have been derived. Here was a proposal to validate specifi cally titles to vast number of claims lo cated by the foreigners. Its basis was recognition of the fact that thse titles were Irregular and perhaps Invalid. To this was opposed- the Hansbrough amend ment, reading as follows: No location of a mining claim shall here after be made in the District of Alaska, by any person or persons through an agent or attorney In fact, and all location heretofore made by any person or persons through nn agent or attorney in fact -upon "which $100 worth of labor or Improvements had not been expended or made -within 90 days first succeeding the data of such location, are hereby declared to be null and void. This clause sought to restrict all loca tions In future to first persons, and, sec ond, to work forfeiture of all claims here tofore made by proxy and not at once hon estly worked. It would doubtless have covered the great majority of "bogus loca tions at Cape Nome and opened them up to the real explorer and miner. The Hansbrough amendment ought to have been adopted. It would have done much to correct a grave and complicated ques tion as to titles at Nome. As it Is, the new code does nothing whatever In this direction, except on the beach; and even there It seems to have done only about one-half as much as It should have done. Something like one-half tho beach only la reserved for the miners, the remainder being assigned to territory Included In the original tundra locations. Briefly, then, If the code had broadly declared a forfeiture of all claims located, or pretended to be located, by foreigners, they would have had no remedy, and, ex cept where they had gone ahead as In dividuals to develop them, should have had none. The present code, on the con trary, validates in effect all the proxy locations made by them for speculators and corporations. It does not disturb their alleged titles. It Is doubtful If any other than the United States can. POLITICS IX THE STRIKE. Who Is Responsible for Grave Situa tion at St. Louis. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It Is desirable that the Democratic offi cials who are responsible for the preserva tion of order In this city should express themselves with more clearness when they refer to the politics they say is behind the street railway strike. A short time be fore the Democratic primaries were held in St. Louis, Governor Stephens remarked that "the rioting and bloodshed are due to a little group of Democratic politicians who hope to profit by the disturbances." About tho same time, Mr. Hawes, presi dent of the Police Board, declared: "There has been a whole lot of politics In this strike, and I regret to say the trouble comes from members of my own party." Mr. Hawes denounced the Democratic ele ment opposed to his ticket at the prima ries, charging them with buying drinks for strikers and Inflaming feeling against tho police. "When the score for this strike Is paid," said Mr. Hawes, "no small share for Its long continuance will belong to the Democratic politicians who are taking advantage of the situation to try and make political capital out of It." These expressions came from Governor Stephens and his appointee, Police Com missioner Hawes. more than two weeks ago. On Wednesday last the Governor said in a personal statement: "Eliminate politics altogether at this time from the question, and there will be an early termi nation of this trouble." Why should the Governor be Indefinite In so grave a mat ter? He should give the full particulars at once. In the same statement he pro ceeds: "It Is true that Mr. Hawes Is tak ing more or less Interest In politics. His position as president of the Police Board does not disqualify him as a political lead er. His connection with the Jefferson Club demands it." On one day since the strike began, Mr. Hawes, president of both the Police Board and the Jefferson Club, took the entire force from their posts to pull through the Stephens delegates at the Democratic primaries. The cars wore stopped that afternoon. A few days later Mrr Hawes went to Southeast Missouri to attend a Democratic convention, and this week he was in Kansas City looking after the Governor's Interests In the Dem ocratic state convention. There is. In deed, a good deal of politics In tho strike and In the neglect of It. The Governor, who la a candidate for delegate-at-Iarge, barely touches the surface of the sub ject. From. Asrnlnaldo's Diary. Baltimore American. Jan. 1, 1000 I am going to keep a diary, It Is a nice day. I wrote three proclamations and ran 10 miles. Jan. 2 Ban 30 miles. Jan. 3 Decorated myself, with a new golden collar and a set of ear-ring. Ran 20 miles. Jan. i Busy day. Ban 42 miles. Jan. 5 Alsoran Jan. C Ditto. il Jan. 7 to Juno 1 Ditto NOTE AND COMMENT. Get ready to celebrate the Fourth No one can say that they are not doing things the riot way In St, Louis. Even the Ice trust will not succeed In, keeping the Tammany tiger In cold stor age. Don't kick. This would be caHed de lightfully cool weather In New York or Kansas City. Thoso Boxers are working in too limited a field. They ought to go to St, Louis or Kentucky. And It has never occurred to Clark to make an offer for the Democratic Vlce Presidentlal nomination! Tho Boer commander who has lately coma Into prominence. General Hel, la without doubt a hot number. Things are getting dull In St. Louis, and the citizens are again resuming their old custom of dying natural deaths. "My Generals are dead next to me, but I don't care." said Aguinaldo, as two Filipino commanders fell by his sldeln the trenches. He went to seo a cricket match. , In youthful strength and pride; ,f He didn't stay to see the end. For he grew old and died. The report that surgeons and under takers have formed a pool to buy cannon firecrackers and distribute them free to" tho small boys is probably exaggerated. The two places in Washington where the vandal stands In awe are the Supreme Courtroom and the White House, the former being the more awesome. "In all other public places may be found the dirty finger prints of the vandal. The monument is chipped, statues are marred, fragments are cut from the furniture and hangings of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives, and names have been scratched Into the marble and on the bronze doors, but something holds the most ruthless in check when he comes to the Supreme Court." Reports from Bulgaria represent the recent agrarian riots in the Rustchuk district as a veritable peasants' revolt, aggravated by the fact that the troops, men and officers at any rate. In soma places fraternized with the rioters, with whom, as peasants' sons themselves, they heartily sympathized. The cause of the disturbance was the new tithe law. By this measure, which It was hoped would, add 8,000,000 or 10.000,000 francs yearly to the revenue, the land tax, payable In money, was replaced, as regards cereals, by a tithe from threshed corn. For the last two years the harvests have been failures, but the land tax was neverthe less exacted, or charged against the land holders, as a first mortgage. Many of the peasantry, therefore, found them selves destitute. The days are as bright as they wore last year. And the skies are just as blue. And tho bird3 are singing as loud and clear In the woods as they used to do. The liter's as shiny and deep and cool As it ever has been before. And the trout is leaping in brook andtpool As he leaped In the days ot yore. The grouse still hoots In the tall darks fir. And the flowers bloom below; As many and fair as they e er were. In the days of a year ago. The marble season has come and gone. The kite has ben flown on high. And now the baseball games are on. And soon 'twill bo Fourth of July. But heavy the heart that Is beating within. The breast of the sad small boy. The games that he's playing seem tame and thin. And bring but a mocking Joy. He struggles xvith might to repress the woes "Which have bowed his young heart down. But he struggles in vain, for full well he. knows No circus Is coming to town. PLEASANTRIES OF PAHAGRAPHERS Fatal to Art. "What n artistic pipe you. havo." said Miss Hicks to Barber. "Artistic?" returned Barber. "Not a bit of it. Tou can't make it draw." Harlem Life. Courtesies of the Code. "That, observed the duellist, affr pinking his adversary in & carefully bloodless manner, "that Is the pink of politeness." Baltimore American. Hedgin. The Caller "So your canary's name Is Joe. Is It? Does that stand for Joseph or Josephine? Small Girl We we don't know. That's hy wo call it Joe. Indianapolis Press. Schoolteacher What little boy can tell ma where Is the home of the swallow? Bobby I kin. please. Schoolteacher Well. Bobby? Bob by The home of the swallow is the stummlck. Tit-Bits. Conundrum (by the printer's devil) Is there any rule of English composition that Mr. ex President Steyn invariably observes? "Tea. He ne-er comes to a full stop without begin ning with a fresh capital." Punch. Retort Courteous. "I see the villain in your face," said the gruff lawyer who was trying to intimidate a witness. "Very likely," was the calm reply, "the face of a bright person. Ilka a mirror, is apt to cast personal reflections." Chicago News. ij u Extra agance. "Tour . extravagance la dres3," he exclaimed, "will ruin me! It is not for you," she retorted with -warmth, "to taunt me with extravagance! You. who every year pay taxes upon all your property!" At this he -winced, and said no more. Detroit Journal. Solicitude. "What Is father's attitude in tho political fight?" asked the grave little glrl'a uncle. "I don't know, exactly, but the last I heard about It they said that first he got on his car and next he was standing on his head. I'm a great deal worried about father." Washington Star. Forever. Annette Kohn in the Independent. Every golden beam of light Leaves a shadow to the sight; Every dewdrop on the rose. To the ocean's bosom goes. Every star that ever shone Somewhere has a gladness throwa. All that lives goes on forever. Forever and forever. Eery link In friendship's chain Forged another link again; Every throb that love has cost Made a heaven and -was not lost. Every look and every tone Has a seed in memory sown. All that lives goes on forever. Forever and forever. Never yet a spoken word But In echo It was heard: Never was a Uving thought But some magic it has wrought. And no deed was ever done That has died from under sun. All that lives goes on forever. Forever and forever. So. O soul4, there's no farewell "Where souls once together dwell; Have no fears, O beating heart. There is no such word as part. Hands that meet and closely clasp Shall forever feel the grasp. All that lives goes on forever. Forever and forever. Hope Springs. John Dryden. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Tct fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Trust on. and think tomorrow will repay; Tomorrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and while it says we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we poesest. Strange cozenage! none would live past years again, Tet all hope pleasure in what yet remnjn. And from the dregs of life think to receive 1 What the flrst sprightly running could not give. g 1 1 m tlrea oi waiung ior wis cnymic goto, vLwhich Xools-us youss and beggars ya waaa sK.,