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The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from lnd.vlduals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It wltbont solicita tion. No stamps should be inclosed for this par pose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue. Tacoraa. Box 55. Tacoma Postolllce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune building, Xew York city: "The Rockery." Chicago"; the B. C Beckwlth special agency. Ktw York. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. "48 Market street, near the Palace hotel, and. at Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter'street. For sale in Chicago by the P. a News Co.. 17 Dearborn street. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers, with west rly winds. i - JPORTT.AXD, SATURDAY, JUNE 10. Taylor was elected Governor of Ken tucky, was Inaugurated Governor, but was turned out of the office by a parti san Legislature, for no reason except the genera? one that the majority of the Legislature wanted the state to have a Democratic Governor, and was resolved that It should not have a Republican one. Goebel, the principal In this busi ness, perished In his undertaking, as a result of his crjme against the rights of electors and the principles of demo cratic - republican government. One great crime always begets others. But Joebel's crime was greater than that of his assassin. The troubles in SL Louis had a polit ical origin. Missouri Is a Bryan state, devoted to the Chicago platform. But St. Louis Is a Republican city. The Legislature took all power out of the hands of the Mayor. It deprived him of police control. He could do nothing. The strikers and the mob, falling back on the principle of free riot invited by Bryanism, carried things with a high hand; and the free-riot Governor re fused to act, till at last he was com pelled by the stress, to give notice that if the outraged did not cease, he would call out the militia. This has produced a lull in the riotous proceedings; but the mob can't understand why It should not be allowed to Indulge In free riot and destruction of property in accord with the Bryan platform. The Philadelphia Times takes a novel view of the Oregon election. It says it will result In the election of Bryan, since it will scare the Democrats Into dropping 16 to 1, which Is highly imag inative. Of course the Philadelphia convention will take strong ground In favor of the civil service. It will doubtless point with pride to the record of the Ad ministration in that Important .matter. The platform of 1S96 was: The dtll service law was placed on the stat ute book by tho Republican party, which has Iways sustained It, and we renew our repeated declarations that, it shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever prac ticable. In his letter of acceptance, Mr. Mc Kinley indorsed this plank, and prom ised that he would take no "backward step." But how manj forward steps were taken? The sweeping exemption order and the partisan control of the census bureau -were not exactly in the line of progress. "We suppose we should be content with the fact that civil service In some form Is here to stay, and interpret platform promises to mean that it will not be "monkeyed with" any more than an amiable regard for the demands of the politicians re quires. Full reports of the Inquisition Into the Van Wyck entanglement with the ice trust are at hand, and fhey serve to confirm previous belief that the Mayor and his brother acquired the stock for no money consideration, and were to render value received in offi cial Influence. The Mayor made a hu miliating spectacle on the witness stand; and his testimony was flatly contradicted in three important partic ulars by other witnesses allied with him In the transaction. His pretense at ignorance of the trust's proposed I operations was something astonishing. Here is a specimen: Q. Did jou knqytbfc :ltr was a largo con sumer of Ice? A. I neer gave It a thought. Q Didn't you know that the American Ico Company had & practical monopoly in this I city T A- No sir. I have read In the papers that the Independent Company had forced the American Ice Company to reduce the price. Q But ou don't know anything about a r- iductlon of the price personally? A. Nothing wha-tet cr. Q You know there has been a violent aglta- Stlon agalnt-t the ice trust and its monopoly? A. I tl Ink I have heard a little about that. O -Do voti think tin? Haver of the city had fnb. Jurisdiction ocr such a monopoly? A. No, X dpn't think so. Q And would the fact that the Mayor of the !elty held a large block of stock in such a mo nope'j affect hi obligations in any way? A. lOh, I have nothing to do with the management of the Amirican Ice Company in any -way. But he apparently took care of the interests of the monopoly in every way, where they were concerned with the city corporation. On the whole the Mayor's testimony was a most uncon vincing endeavor to show that he was not criminal, but simply stupid. The confession of the Democratic convention of Kentucky that the Goe bel law is wrong and ought to be "mod ified" is a sufficient vindication of the protest of the Republicans and antl- Goebel Democrats against it. But how can the unfortunate man whose name ithls Infamous law bears be regarded is a saint, entitled to canonization? .The Evans delegation from Tennessee ts)als: invited to make itself at home inywhrro in Philadelphia outside the convention. The Federal Brigade rou.d seem this year to have lost all vie honor and their salaries. It is to the everlasting credit of the Republican National Committee that it tended the Louisiana contest against he Wimberly custom-house crowd. he representations of the Howell- tarrooth faction that they had borne rith-ut recognition the brunt of cara- laigns in their state appear to have been accepted as correct. Certain It is that, under the leadership of profes- t'cnal place-hunters, like Wimberly, the republican party has accomplished nothing. His greatest activity was dis played in getting the ofSc3 for himself and his friends, and In keeping them away from persons outside his little clique. Louisiana ought not to be al together hopeless to the Republicans. There Is deep dissatisfaction among; Democrats with Bryan, and a whole some distrust of his principles. Wit ness the courageous stand against the sliver heresy, and also for the sugar industry, by Senator Caffery. his volun tary retirement, and the Republican candidacy of his son for Governor. With the accession of such respectable J persons as these, who have an Impor tant following, the promises of the Howell-Warmoth leaders that they can organize a formidable party In Louisiana ought not to be vain. CHANGES AXD THEIR PORTENTS. Formerly the great bulk of the immi gration Into the United. States came from Germany, the British Islands and Scandinavian countries. Russia con tributed but limited numbers. South ern Europe's quotas were small. But during recent years the source of the tide has changed. We are receiving In creasing proportions from Russia and from countries of Southern Europe, while the falling off from the countries which formerly sent the greatest num bers is very marked. The United States Commissioner of Immlgratlpn at New York reports that the totals this year will certainly be much larger than last. For the calen dar year of 1899 the totals for the en tire country were 311,715. Thus far this year the increase is so considerable as to Indicate the probability of a larger immigration than that of any year since 189S, when the total was 502,917. The Commissioner gives some figures for comparison on race or national ity -which are highly Interesting. The greatest immigration that ever poured Into the United States was that of 1S82. Of the total, nearly 800,000, who came that year, about 80 per cent were from the British Empire, Germany and the Scandinavian countries, while les3 than 20 per cent came from Russia, Austria-Hungary. Italy and other coun tries together. But now the "mother" countries send only 25 per cent. "From Italy," says the Commissioner, "during the present year we shall receive 100,000 souls, of whom six-sevenths are from Southern Italy, and from Austria-Hungary as many more." During the last calendar year (1899) the leaders were: Italy, 77.419; Austria-Hungary. 62.491; and Russia, 60,982. During March last the United Kingdom's quota was 2994, Sweden's 1956. Germany's 1532, Nor way's 1268, Denmark's 5C0. The total from all these countries was 8410, which was less than the contribution from either Italy, Austria-Hungary qr Rus sia. Proportions not greatly dissimilar are seen from month to month. In March, Austria-Hungary's lead was clear, with a total of 14.920, against 11,075 from Italy and 9296 from Russia; but in April, 15,805 Italians arrived at New York, putting Italy in the lead. So great a Nation as ours has an Im mense power of assimilation or absorp tion, and its general character is so firmly fixed or established that changes must be slow. Nevertheless, the rapid Increase of population from sources from which we have not been much accustomed to receive additions hith erto, proves the growth of a force which may be expected to produce im portant changes whether for better or worse no one can tell; for the Interac tion of race upon race, where peoples are Intermingled together, at a distance from their native seats and in the presence of another powerful force that very largely controls or directs all, pre sents problems beyond the ken of polit ical prophets. But it would be mere pessimism to believe that the result will be disastrous. AN AIRSHIP OX TRIAL. The question of aerial navigation may well be regarded a "flighty" one. Yet It is one with which men of a scien tific turn of mind, bordering upon the. adventurous, have been wrestling for years. Enthusiasts In their line, and literally hounded by the spirit of per sistence, experimenters with flying ma chines have refused to be turned aside from their purpose by failure, and one carefully devised scheme for navigating the air has followed another, each theoretically promising, but all more or less unsuccessful when tests were applied. Success has, Indeed, many times seemed Just within the grasp of the Inventor, and practical men have lqoked on amazed at the feats which airships have really accomplished al ways, however, falling short of the builder's expectations, and of such achievement that would render them of use in the commercial world. The latest device' in this line of really scientific endeavor is Danllew sky's dirigible balloon, especially con structed for military use. The con struction of this machine is truly re markable, and many tests have been made of Its powers in aerial navigation and of Its steeragable qualities, the re sults of which are regarded.as wonder ful. The Inventor at the very outset recognized the fact that a man cannot lift Himself from the earth by his boot straps, no matter how great his strength. Mr. Danllewsky. admitting this, proceeds upon the hypothesis that, if a man cannot lift his weight from the earth by the exercise of his entire strength, he can rise If weight Is elim inated from the proposition. In pursu ance of this idea, he attaches a cigar- shaped balloon to his flying machine capable of carrying enough hydrogen gas to bear a man's weight. The mat ter of weight disposed of, the man can give his entire attention to the propul sion and direction of his airship. The machine, like all of Its class, is contrived with great Ingenuity, and the details of construction are carefully and minutely wrought out. Great wings protrude from the sides, like a long series of kites, and. by means of a motor, the formidable-looking craft is navigated and maneuvered by the op erator. The ship can be maintained at any height desirable, and raised or lowered without the use of ballast, by changing the angle of the kite wings. A detailed description of this air craft would give little Idea of its con struction to the uninitiated. It is suf ficient here to say that the Government, having had It carefully examined, con siders It of enough Importance to ap propriate $25,000 for further testing the invention. In the hope that the long sought airship for military use has been at -last produced. The importance of the balloon In warfare has long been realized, but DanUewsky's Invention is the first to assume features of per manent value, and this because it can be accurately steered. Whether, If caught out In a storm, it can still be made to answer the helm with a rea sonahi&.degri of certainty, is a matter that has not yet been decided by test, but. as- an adjunct of military move ments in fain, weather, the machine Is regarded as .truly formidable. Certain ly a ship floating 500 feet in midair, able to drop the most destructive of explosives on armed camp or armored battle-ship, presents possibilities of pro cedure that. If realised, would change the entire methods of warfare. ET 1VE "WITH DESPAIR. It is surprising how many times and in how many ways this- country Is go ing to be ruined, if the advice of those who "view with alarm" be not followed. Yet though the advice be rejected, the country always pulls out and gets along all right and all the better. Now, however, we encounter again the gloom of the Hillsboro Argus. It tells us that "the gravest menace of National his tory is now hovering over our institu tions, and this Fall's elections will tell us whether we are to be committed to a policy that will mean blight to our Nation, or whether we shall continue to grow in a National greatness that will distinguish us from all other pow ers." This, it explains. Is the shadow of "militarism" and "imperialism." This "gravest menace" comes up in one form or another year after year. But recently, in the opinion of the es teemed Argus, it was the accursed gold standard. Yet now, as the result of es tablishing the gold standard beyond fear or dispute, the country is more prosperous than at any other period of its history. The precious metal, which was going to be hoarded by the pluto crats. Is freely offered by banks to business men in exchange for paper, by the employers in exchange for labor, and by investors in every kind of prop erty. The business transactions of the country exceed those of any other era of its history, and labor is more fully, employed, at good wages, than ever be fore. But croaking prophecy now takes an other direction. It predicts the most direful results from "imperialism" and "militarism." It must be troublesome to be forced to Invent new reasons every year for despairing of the coun try. The mystery la how the esteemed Hillsboro Argus can enjoy that cave of gloom, year after year, through a life time. A STRANGE CAREER. The turning down of .the Federal Brigade delegation from Louisiana by the National committee was doubtless a Judicious decision. The brains of this unseated delegation was William Pitt Kellogg, whose remarkable political ca reer in Louisiana includes everything that decent men in the Republican party would be glad to forget. Kellogjr was born In Vermont In 1831, went to Illinois, became a lawyer, was delegate to the Republican National Convention In 1856 and 1860. and was Presidential Elector both of these years. In 1S61 President Lincoln appointed him. Chief Justice of Nebraska Territory. He be came Colonel of the Seventh Illlndls Cavalry, but resigned on the plea of 111 health in 1862. In 1865 Kellogg was appointed Collector of the Port of New Orleans, and was United States Sena tor from Louisiana from 1868 to 1S71. He was elected the "carpet-bag" Gov ernor of Louisiana In 1873, but two Leg islatures were organized In January, 1873, known as the Kellogg Legislature and the McEnery Legislature. Presi dent Grant, after United States Judge Durell had decided in favor of the car pet-bagger, recognized thei Kellogg; government of Louisiana. The McEn ery faction appealed to arms and drove Kellogg to take refuge In the Custom House. Order was restored by the United States troops, and the Kellogg government re-established. A Con gressional Investigation -in 1875 ended in the recognition of Kellogg as Gover nor, and a compromise Legislature, but in February, 1876, Kellogg was Im peached by the Lower House. The Senate dismissed the charges, and his term expired in January, 1877, when two state governments were again estab lished. Kellogg was elected United States Senator by the Republican Leg islature, and admitted to his seat No vember 30, 1877. The darkest page in the political history of President Hayes Administration Is the fact that he ap pointed to office a number of the worst members of the Kellogg and Packard Republican machine In Louisiana. Kellogg was elected to Congress In 1S82, and served until 18S5, and is to this day clearly the leader of the Federal office-holders' ring in Louisiana. He is certainly a remarkable, though not an altogether untarnished "ring" Republi can character. Few of the Republi can leaders In the days of "carpet-bag governments" at the South were free from guile. Ex-Governor Warmoth, whose delegation has been successful against that of Kellogg, was himself a "carpet-bag" Republican in the days of reconstruction, but Warmoth had been a gallant Union officer, was a man of splendid personal presence, a man of fine business talents, and he never made politics the business of his life. He became a planter, and by Wb busi ness talents, his conservative temper and his personal courage, soon 'became the leader of the respectable white Re publicans of Louisiana. Kellogg is about 65 years of age. and has been an active politician since 1854, and he has always managed by hook or crook to be In office. Before he Is 30 he is Chief Justice of Nebraska Territory. Then he is Colonel In the Army a year. Then In April, 1865, he becomes Collector of the port of New Orleans. Within three years he Is elected United States Sen ator. From this he becomes Governor for four years. Then he is United States Senator for six years, and then Congressman for two years. Since 1858, when he was 25 years of age, this man Keilcgg has been a delegate to every Republican National Convention. Soirietirnes his victories have been hardly won, but, on the whole, for a man who has been In politics since he was 23 years of age, whether he was In Illinois, Nebraska or Louisiana, he has generally manged to be on the winning side, meaning by that, he has generally been in office. Even when out of office he has managed to be a vital power In local politics. His defeat today by the Warmoth faction is doubtless due to the influence of Henry C. Payne, of the Republican National Committee, who is thoroughly hostile to packing of Re publican National delegations with pie bald Southern Federal office-holders, who generally In the past have been a venal crew, selling their own votes In convention to the highest bidder. The sugar planter vote, led by ex-Governor Warmoth, cast only 3717 votes for McKlnley in 18SG, while the regular Republican vote was over 15,000; but the Warmoth Republicans may be trusted not to degrade their position by selling their votes. J t Kellogs j3 a long-time survivor of Republican "carpet-bag" politics, but he has, at Itst been turned down to make, roomfor rnerj. that, stand for Jthe rising hope qf better things at the South. The election being over, the distribu tion of the leaves and fishes will shortly begin. Many hands are outstretched to receive them, and, alnoe there are not enough to go round, many an applicant will urge in vain the claim of hunger, backed by affidavits of personal serv ice in the campaign. The pity of it is (setting aside the Imposition whlch,tax payers suffer through a multiplicity of deputies and assistants far beyond the needs of tho public service) that so many young men, capable of making .for themselves places In the ranks Of legitimate business and of industry that has a lVturet are found among these political place-seekers, A life of scheming, hounded by anxiety and be set by disappointment; a course that belittles penional independence and saps the springs of self-dependent manhood this is. what th young man who quits the safer ways of Industry for the devious ways of municipal and county politics maps out for himself. A salary constantly subject to political assessments; a tenure of office subject to the pressure that may at any time bo brought to beaT upon his official su perior; a steady growth toward idleness and away from- legitimate endeavor these are the certain, accompaniments" of petty political position and of' the early association with the "venal crew that scheme and plan" to live off the proceeds of, taxation. There Is legiti mate office-holding, of course, but the young man who leaves the ways of manly industry and independence to be come a hani;er-on in politics Is by no means sure of. an introduction to It. Don't kill the birds, the pretty Irdx, ' That sing about our door. Boon as th. smiling Spring Jia come And Wintry storms are o'er. The happy birds, how sweet they slnr. Oh. lei tlienr Joyous lire. And never seel: to take a llf That you can never give. So ran in Jingle, if not in poetic strain, a verse familiar to school chil dren of a generation ago, and which was embalmed as a "memory gem" for the little ones of the first grade in a grammar school of this city In more re cent years. The sentiment Is excellent; never mind the poetry, but take- It for the thought that It expresses and which cannot be too strongly Impressed upon the minds of children. The. effort that Is being made in this city to Inter est not only the children but grown persons In bird life cannot be too high ly commended. The law of kindness, too frequently disregarded In our deal ings with animate Nature, Is behind all such effort, and Its enforcement through gentle means cannot fall to produce an effect sorely needed, as any one who lives near a schoolhouse will allow, In the actions fit children, espe cially of boys toward each other. It Is not difficult; but quite the reverse, to arouse in the mind of childhood an In terest in birds, and once a blrd-lover, always a blrd-lover. A day or two since the steamer News boy, from San Francisco, put into Se attle with twenty-six horses, bound for Nome. Two of the horses were dead, the remainder badly "bruised and ex hausted. Thve vessel had been out eight days, 'and bad been obliged to call at Port 'Orf ord. It will take two more weeks to finish the. Journey, with a sin gle stop at Unalaska. What chance is there that-the poor animals will survive the long Journey? Nearly every north bound vessel has carried stock! and very few have taken adequate precau tion for their safety, and none for their cpmfort. One barge carried below deck 200 head of cattle and sheep. If they reach Nome alive, it will be a. miracle. Whatever the gold discoveries at Nome are to men, they are a horrible tragedy for dumb beasts. Through some unaccountable over sight the Democratic State Convention of California did not indorse Hon. Will lam R. Hearst, the eminent journalist, for. "Vice-President. But It did express its gratitude that his great newspa pers had ever bt-en as a lamp unto Dem ocratic footsteps, shedding its yellow gleams over many a dark and gloomy path. Hre is appreciation Indeed. Now is the time to subscribe. Boss Moloney, of Washington, is a delegate to Kansas City. In an inter view he says he favors Shlvely, of In diana, for Vice-President. This Is strange talk for one who 13 harnessed to the chariot of Jim Ham Lewis. The explanation doubtless is that Lewis controls the Maloney vote, but not his tongue. It's never too late to mend. William Pitt Kellogg, the Louisiana carpet-bagger, had been In every Republican .Na tional Convention since 1856. After forty years' feast, a famine is certainly due. The Goebel law will not be repealed this year. The Democrats of Kentucky have a Governor to elect. Some other year. Dewey can't get it; bo he doesn't want it. That must be comforting phil osophy under-.the circumstances. So Brr Klncald got in by one vote. Not his own, of course. VAX WYCK IX A BAD HOLE. Three Friends Contradict Flatly His Ice Trast Teatlmony. The press reports gave an inadequate summary of Mayor Van Wyck's testi mony relative to his connection with the Ice trust. Th day's proceedings in court (last Saturday) aro thus summarized by tho New York Tribune: Mayor Van Wyck made a painful spec tacle of himself In his examination be fore Justice Gaynor yesterday. Forced to admit that he owns 4200 shares of ice trust stock, he squirmed so In trying to explain how and why he ac quired them that three of his best friends were oWIped to contradict hhn flatly on oath. The Mayor swore that he did not know the American Ice Company intended to raise the price of Ice or bad secured con trol of the New Tork market, but-said ho bought his stock, trusting to the ad vice of John F. Carroll, C. W. Morae and President Gelshencn. of the Garfle'd National Bank, who told him that it was a "good thing." Carroll. Morse and Gclshenen swore that they did not give the Mayor any advice at all about buying ico trust stock. The Mayor acknowledged that he did not pay for his stock In a businesslike way, but said he borrowed 1200,000 from the Garflold National Bank on tlrao notes, giving ,the bank the stock certificates as collateral. President Gelsbenen swore that the bank never lent one cent to the Mayor. Mr. Vaa Wyck also confessed a lament able Ignorance of..the doings of the men whom he has appointed to conduct the affairs of tho city-under bis admlnirtra- tipn. and tried to convey the Impression tbat be, Is as much In the dark about what every one else knows as Chief Devery. rf or Instance, pretends .tor bo vceacerijlng the misdeeds of his police captains. Van Wycks profession that- he did not know the Ice trust intended to sell ice in this, city at all is worth just about -J as much as Mr. Carrofl's statement that the subject of Ice was not discussed when he and the Mayor and Mr. Morse were making their recent tour of inspection of the trust's Icehouses in Maine. President Morse made an important contribution to the science of political economy, and incidentally confessed that the price of Ice has been reduced to 40 cents a hundred, though he has several times denied It. when he swore tbat the rise to 00 cents! was caused solely by a short crop, and tho cut to 40 by the com petition of rivals. J. Sergeant Cram, president of the Dock Board, confessed that his board has leased piers to the Ice trust without putting them up at auction, though he at the m tioiA !e trust stock. Dock Commissioner Murphy, another stockholder, said be saw no Impropriety in his position. AGUINAMJO'S TREACHERY. Xevr Proofs That It Wr HI Plot That BroHBht oh ttie "War. Chicago Tribune. Among the roasa of insurgent documents discovered by General Funaton near Ban Isldro. In fho Island of. Luzon, la the orig inal copy of AgulDaldo's p!an for an up rising In Manila and for-the massacre of all Americans. It is in his own handwrit ing In the Tagalog language, is dated at (Malolos. January 9, 1SS9. and la accompa nied with a full Spanish translation. Of Its genuineness there Li no more doubt than of Its treacherous and barbarous na ture. Thts document alone Is a complete answer to the- anti-expansionist charge that tho clash between tho Americans and Filipinos on February 5, 1S0, was due to American aggression. Here is undeniable proof In AguinaHo'a own handwriting that the Filipinos had for at least a month been preparing, under cover of friendly pretenses, to make a murderous asaault upon the Americans. Asulnaldo's order was addressed to his "valiant bolomen," who were to slay all American- soldiers in Manila at a given signal. From the housetops they were to. hurl down heavy furniture and Iron im plements heated red hot, and .were to throw boiling oil and water from bamboo ayrlngea. The bolomen were to run through the streets, slashing and killing Americans wherever they met them. They. were warned to restrain themselves from looting, as K was particularly desired to. show. tlve. world that the Filipinos were a 'cultured and civilized people. That this eavago- plot was frustrated does not alter the significance of the evi dence. The document shows conclusively hat hostilities had been definitely deter mined upon by the armed Filipinos and could not be avoided. The treaty of peace with Spain had not yet been rati fied, so that the presence of the Amerl-. can 6oldlenj in the Philippine Islands was a necessary part of the campaign to free the Filipinos from "the Spanish yoke. There had been no time since the advent of Dewey's fleet when our troops could be withdrawn, and there has been no such time since the insurgents attacked their liberators. Mr. Bryan will find Aguinal do'e massacre order of January 9. 1S39, peculiarly barren of materials for his antU imperialistlc campaign. WIIjIj SENATOR FLATT RETinET Talk That nfc May Give tip Party Leadership Ta His State. New York Post. i When Senator Thomas C. Piatt returned from Washington last Thursday after noon, he went at once to his apartments In the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and to all per sons who sent cards to him he returned word that he was too tired after hjs Jour ney to sea callers. Neither the news paper reporters nor the politicians who wanted to see the Senator expressed any eurprlse. They had becomo accustomed to this answer in the last six months. They had seen Mr. Piatt, after his short Jour neys from Washington, walk Into the hotel with weary step and drawn feat ures, and they had often made remarks about his apparent feebleness Thursday afternoon he appeared. Just a bit feebler that was all. Senator Piatt's friends say that he Is not really ill; that he is merely showing the signs of advanced age, and that ho Is in better physical condition than most men who are fast approaching three score and ten; still, wherever politicians gather these days, talk is heard about his probable retirement from the leader ship of the Republican party of the state in the near future. Suggestions are heard, too, that he may even give up his United States Senatorship before the end of his term. Washington life ha3 plainly not agreed with hhn. Before he was elected to the Senate, It was his custom to walk to his office frequently from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and his appearance gave rise to many comments on the vigor of a man of his age. Within a year or two. all this has changed. He no longer walks; his former unfailing good humor has given placo to querulousness; and other sig nificant changes In him have been noted. The TdeHiit' Mlatafce, Men llko Senator Hoar estimate Agul naldo and his followers on a false princi ple. They Judge them by their own high standard; when in fact they are- nothing but an inferior, corrupt, vicious and faalf avage race. It may not, indeed, be wholly their fault, but It Is truth nono tho less. They aro a low .race in nature, and development, and Spain has only made them more vicious and corrupt. Our offi cers In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip pines make this plain. A writer who has given attention to this subject says: Wherever Spain planted a colony thero she sewed the seeds of corruption. For hundreds or years her colonial system has been notorious for Its thievery and official dishonesty. It cama to pass In the colonics of Spain that no official km looked upon as honest; every last ono of them was expected to feather his nest and sup plemenr his salary by stealings. Very few of them Indeed were there who did not grow wedlthy In office. So flacrant and open grew the system ot thievery by officers that the peo ple camo to recocnlre tt as a part of the rorern ment routine. They themselves wero thus cor rupted and their sensibilities were blunted, until, as General Otis says of tho Filipinos, the natives have no sense of honor and of hon esty between men. Other witnesses declare that the Filipinos aro not shocked at official peculation, but attempt to share In it- They trust no one. not even each other; It Is a constant plot and counter plot aystetn. The official robs the layman, the layman robs his customer; the customer robs his servant, the servant robs his master; the friar extorts from his parishioner, the parish ioner makes even by collectlne tribute rconey wherever and whenever he can. Such la the testimony of many careful observers In the Philippines. Comment on the Oregon Election. Chicago Record. The comment of the press of the country on the Oregon election Is nearly all to the same effect. Even the Democratic careers for the most part concede that the expan sion sentiment on the Pacific Coast is too strong to afford the Democrats much hope of !mcces3 at the November election with opposition to the permanent retention of the Philippines as their chief issue. The expansion sentiment appears to be as strong In Washington, which Bryan car ried in ISM. and in California, which was so close that Bryan secured one of the electoral votes in 1S9C, as it is in Oregon. In 1S3S the Republicans carried both Wash ington and California by good-slsed plur alities. The residents of the Coast states think they will profit Immensely from the permanent retention of the Philippines. The Republicans therefore are fairly sure to carry the Coast states in November, and even the states adjoining them., like Nevada, are sufficiently subject to the same Influences to be doubtful, witbtbe chances probably favoring the Repub licans. - ' ' . " Since the election, of" 3S96 the RepublU can gales have "heea entirely Iff states west 'of the Mississippi River. The Democratic galns have been east Of the Mississippi. The 'results of the Oregon election indicate tbat the Dvemocrats have little prospect of recovering strength in the far West. They can only expect to win in November by securing the elec toral votes Of states east' of the Mis sissippi that were carried by McKlnley" In 1SS6. Strange as it may seem, political observers appear to think hat Bryan has mora chance cf carfyiror Ntw Tork than of increasing his strength In the West. ."POM-POM" OP THE BOERS. Wkat Tier Are Origin, and Develop- ' xaent of the Machine Gun. New York Sun. The guns of tho Boere called familiarly "pom-poms," are one-pounder Maxim ma chine guns, 'and are ot interest In several respect3. A clause In the St. Petersburg declaration of 1S63 enjoined that no ex plosive projecliles less than 14. ounces in weight should be used in civilized war fare, and the Boer pom-poms have tho narrowest margin to permit of being ad mitted by tho nations, besides having the distinction of being the first of thelrjdnd ever used in the Held. In order to make clear the full meaning ot this statement, wc must first explain certain technical terms. A machine-gun is one that is loaded and fired by ma chinery; a quick-firing' gun is one that Is loaded by hand, and fired either by hand or by machinery. Tho former was limited in calibre until quite recently to that of small-arm ammunition. The machine-gun dates from the primi tive typo of Gatling gun used In the Civil War. The first attempt to increase- tho calibre -above tbat of small-arm ammuni tion was made in the Hotchklss revolving cannon of 1.5-inch calibre, throwing a one pound heil. This gun was adopted for the navy at one time, and one of our light batteries (which served In the Wounded Knee fight) was armed with it. Its range was about 53CO yards, and it could fire SO rounds a mlnote. The objection to It was that It was too heavy a piece for its calibre. The next improvement was the Maxim 37-mlIIImetre (1.45 inch), which is entirely automatic; that Is. after firing the first shot it Is necessary only to keep the finger on the trigger; the gun goes on loading and firing, and can discharge S00 one-pound shots per minute. The weight of this piece Is proportionate to its calibre. This 13 the sc-oalled "pom,-pom" of the Boers. France has recently made a further Im provement. This gun io made at the Gov ernment arsenal at Puteaux, its calibre Is also 37 millimetres, and its projectiro weighs one pound. It can fire 600 shots a minute, and Is mounted for mountain ar tillery, on a folding tripod carried on mule back; for field artillery, on a wheeled carriage, and for ships or forts, on pillars". Tho United States has recently adopted the Driggs six-pounder, which is practical ly a machine-gun. It cah fire 75 rounds per minute, which exceeds by 100 per cent the. best record reached by any other gun of Its calibre. . Tho quick-firing gun is distinguished from tho ordinary gun by the fact tbat the recoil is absorbed and utilized to bring the piece back to the. firing position. It was used for some years by the Navy against torpedo-boats, the armor of which it could Just penetrate. For some tlmo It was found Impossible to construct a gun of field-gun calibre, the recoil of which could be absorbed by arrangements In the field carriage, and even as lato as the Chi cago exhibition no field guna of quick-firing type were exhibited. But in the last five years quick-firing field guns throwing shells weighing from 12 to 16 pounds, at double the normal rate of battery fire per minute, have been produced by nearly all the principal nations. . Another Soldier's Experience. Captain Reece, of -Fort Wayne, Ind., writes from the Philippines to a friend in tho following strain: I guess I, am a full-fledged Republican, for. besides being a "sold bug." I am now an ardent expansionist, although the latter ought to make me a better Democrat, as the Demo cratic party has always been In favor of ex pansion. On one expedition. I picked up. at different places, papers and ramphlets printed in Spanish and Tagalo. which were circulated br the lnsurrecto leaders, containing parts of speeches made by Bryan. Hoar. entz et at., and commenting on the same. They go a great way toward prolcnslng the fighting, and. as you probably have heard, the Filipinos were told by their leaders that after Bryan it as elected the soldiers would leave the islands. Easily Affected. New York Weekly. Housekeeper That milk you left yes terday was perfectly horrid. It tasted of garlic Milkman Milk Is easily spoiled, mum. Had you been cookln garlic? "No, we haven't." "Been keepln' garlic in 'tho milk pans, maybe?" "We never use it." "Queer, Maybe some o' th' neighbors has been cookln garlic?" "No, they haven't." "Any visitors at your house yester day?" "Not even a caller, except my daugh ter's French teacher-" "Ilm! Better drop French, mum." Tto Donbt Irfjft Xovr. Baltimore News, Dem. There was little doubt before of the change that has taken place in Western feeling on the sliver question Bince the last Presidential campaign; what little there was is removed by the result in Oregon. Nothing could better illustrate the forlorn condition of the Democratic party as to leadership than Its failure to grasp and to act upon this essential fact, which has been staring it In the face these two years or more. Hard Iiuclc for l.cntz. Louisville Courier-Journal. Governor Steunenberg seems to hae had things hte own- way in the Idaho Democratic Convention. If this should cause Lentz to throw a fit that should land him outside the party it would be a piece of good luck for the Democrats to which they are not accustomed in these hoodoo times. A Man Named Stevenion. Boston Herald. Tho hunt of a Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois still goes on. It has now got as far as Adlai E. Stevenson, who may be recalled as a former Vice President of the United States. Here In New. Saginaw (Mich.) News, Dem. While our Republican frier? are telling of the '"great victory" in Oregon, it Isn't improper to call, their attention to the fact that the majority is not as-large as usual. Even Kansas Is Prospering. Topeka Journal. Everything is coming the farmer's way. Prices of his products arc going up. while prices of almost all things else are com ing down. Shocking romiuillty. Washington Post. Can it be possible tbat the Oregon Re publicans took a mean advantage -of the Fuslonists and circulated Mr. PetUgrew's speeches? . More 10 to X for Democrat. Pittsburg Telegraph. Kansas City landlord; Indicate an inten tion of charging fl6 for 51 worth of ac commodation. And the FnsIoniMt JJown. Baltimore American. Oregon started the good work early, and proposes to keep it up., X0TB AND C0MA1EXT. , , . n Why don't you buy a monument buttsix'i- ' - ri Wloter is hers early, but It is unusn; ally mild. ' t i''"t . . If you haven't been counted, tell the cen sus man about it- t Tho census man Is, obliged to believe all the roorcero he hears. Yesterday, was meeting day, even ifit did come in the middle of tho weelc. The Sultan ot Turkey appears todeslr. to go down to history for the things j'he rever did. u David B. Hill has evidently given- up hope. He Is even willing to run for Vice- President. " , v . Speaking of ice trusts, the voters'dr New York will Jn due time give Tam-C many the frozeiufaee. , " Eggs aro U a desen in Dawson City... and yet there are some actors who-t haven't got the netve to play there. Yesterday, by a slip In writing, "the TJmatllla country" was spoken ot as tho former seat of Chief Joseph and his Nez Perces. instead of the Wallowa country, as Intended. A conductor of a Chicago trolley car. finding the mctonnan was dead, rushed! madly forward to the front platform ana shut off tho power. Why didn't he stay where be was and pull the trolley downr A news report from Gardiner, Douglas County, published two or three days) ago, .giving some account of the history ot that place, stated that the site of the town, at an early day, was owned by A. C. GIbbs, once "Governor of Oregon Terri tory." Glbbs was not among the terri torial Governor". He was second Gov ernor of the t te. Fair June, when fickle Nature smiles oneday, The next to weep. When farmers most desire to make hay. And eke to reap. k "When we who Journey gayly forth at dawn: , In Ice cream suits. Return to put our mackintoshes on. And rubber boots; t ' Thou bright forerunner of the Summertime,' Whoso changing breath At noon brings perfume of. some tropic cllm- At eve chill death; When in the splendor of the waking day , ' Tho sun bursts forth. And later hall storms swoop along from way up east by north; Thoa month of roses and of wedding bells. And three-ring shows. When he who runs for office loudly tells Us what he knows; The poets with their lays havo o'er and o'er Thy beauties shown. We love thee for them. June, but never for Thyself alone. Applicants for situations as teachers in the public schools are usually Inclined, to take a gloomy view of their chances. when they find out what a small number of vacancies there are. and that a long: list of persons are anxious to fill them This year things have a more ropeful appearance, as it is understood that there is to be an unusually large number oC vacancies in the corps of teachers through marriage. Three teachers in one school aTe reported to be slated for connubial felicity, and there are prospects for an epidemic of matrimony breaking out among the teachers, .and raging like the bubonic plague in San Francisco, till no one can tell how many may be carried off. Thi3 will be all in favor of the new applicants for position, as the Board of Directors, it Is understood, have decidedt that in future single women shall have the preference when teachers are to b& selected. They are about crystallzed on. the Idea that when a man marries a. school teacher he should support her and give some single woman, who has to provide for herself, a chance to make a living. It is not deemed fitting or proper that a teacher should continue to work at her profession in order to aupport her husband. It Is intimated that teach ers who may be re-elected and subse quently commit matrimony will be asked to tender their resignations. It Is to be hoped that such action on the part of tho Directors will not have a tendency to check matrimonial aspirations or in tentions, which should be encouraged ht tho Interests of the schools. PLEASAXTIUES OF PARAGRAPHEHS Mr. Crabtree Old Meatdey Curmudgeon died yesterday, and his wife passed away two hours later. It makes no mention of ailment. Mrs. Crabtree (who knew him) She was probably "tickled to death." Brooklyn Life. Taglelgh I see thero Is a melodrama, coming out with real water and a real iceberg, with real polar bears. Waglalgh I know ot ono that will be more realistic still. Taglelgh What are they going to havo in that? Wag leigh Beat actors. Tit-Bits. Fully Explained. "Yes. Uncle Jim is going; to take me to Parts." "But I thought you 814 your Uncle Jim was a poor man. "My Unci Jim Is a Kansas City hotelkeeper, and wo are. not goln until affr the Democratic Conven tion." Cle eland Plain Dealer. The Soft Answer. "I don't think you will find that the angels ever smoke," said sho, with mild reproach In her voice. "I guess not," said he. "I am sure you never do. Run and get me a match, will you?" And the foolish, woman went for the match. Indianapolis Jour nal. Tho Price of Success. The final election re turns had been received. The Hon. Joshua. Hayrick wore an expression of great sadness. "What's tho matter?" they said to him. "Tour election is conceded." "That's true, boys." he. replied gloomily, "and nothing under heaven. will keep the village band from, serenading; me." Philadelphia Press. Their Use. Little Enoch Paw, what ar foote good for. anyhowZ Farmer Fllntrock To teach us the results of blowln Into unloaded, shotgun", buyln' gold bricks, guxzlln' patent medicine, llghtln' the fire with coal oil. gola up In balloons, skatin on thin Ice, tryln to beat other people at their own gams. Indorsln our friends notes, thlnkin we know It all, flirtln' with grass widows, and so oa and to iorth, my son. Puck. Bill Johnson's Opinions. Lee County (Ga.) Journal. 1'vo alius notlssed. fellers. Hit's a risky thing to do To kalkalate accordln' To how things look to you. The man t talks the nicest Don't help you uphill; The one 'at prays the loudest Don't alius pay his bllL Sometimes the biggest fishes Bites the smallest kinds o baits ; . -, m An mighty ugly wlmmln Can make the best o mates. Tha smartest-lookln feller May be a regular fool; Tou're alius kicked tho highest By the meekest-lookln' mulo. t The Vanished Spring;. Springfield Republican. Spring came and went; I did not an Her footprint on the grass; I mlKsed the tender minstrelsy Of birds that saw her pass. Spring came and went; I did not hear Her filmy garments stir. I only felt that she was near And grieved because of her. For you and I have followed SprUar Far as her feet can stray. And now what matters anything Since you have gone aw&7?