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IOItTI,ANDf 3IOXDAT, JCXE 25, lOOO
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There ought not to be a single ob
jection In- the Legislature next "Winter
to the method of making- primary nom
inations under the direction and sanc-
l tloa of law. "Whether it will secure bet
ter officials, or not, must be left to the
cst; but as a means of givim; satis
faction to citizens and members of po
litical parties, it is worth trial.
No town Is made richer or stronger
or more respectable by claiming
more population than it possesses, or
'by stuffing the census to produce a
'. fraudulent showing. Fraud has many
colors, but none of them are "fast."
Rlcbard Croker is not satisfied with
the Republican attitude toward the
Itrusts. "They cannot take that plank
iway from the Democrats," he says.
bab!y not. The Democrats will en
tirely ignore the compromising revela-
itloiro as to the New York Ice trust, use
many superlatives In vigorous denun
elation cf all wicked combinations, and
propose drastic action of some sort or
Pother. Croker will join heartily in the
I great reform. Consistency is a Jewel
of no value to him. The people of New
Tork found that he was a stockholder
in the meanest of monopolies, and an
abettor in Its practices, and were nei
ther surprised nor shocked. New Tork
knows Crrkor, and it knows Tammany,
and some hew it tolerates and embraces
both. They have survived scandal and
expc sure, and are superior to facts that
would fcrever damn the ordinary po
litical boss and the ordinary political
.organization. The mistake Croker
makes Is In his insulting assumption
that the Nation will accept him at his
wn estimate, and that it will not un-
sA the true value of any trust
leclaratlon he has a hand in framing.
The trust business has been greatly
overdrne. Economic law Is doing much
.to solve a problem that at one time
seemed to threaten the continued pros
perity cf the Nation, and that still pre-
( Bents serious and troublesome features.
Wo hear little Just now of the promo
tion and organization of new trusts.
The speculative era has passed, and
.Investors are shy of them. Many ef
forts to combine Industries in a sin-
igle great corporation' have failed be
cause of overcapitalization, or want of
interest, or their apparent impractl-
lllty. Other trusts have dissolved.
fako the wallpaper trust. It was
?e a complete monopoly, and was ap-
trcntly successful. But it Iras been
?reasimgly difficult la recent years to
maintain a uniform scale of prices.
rho caupe of failure was not lncompe-
snt management or a dull market. One
of the trust-owners, in explaining the
proposal to dissolve the corporation and
restore the works to individual propri
etorship, said:
The competition In the past few years from
If outside concerns has been of such a character
that It has boae virtually Impossible to re
Elst It Had wo known as much about tbo
business In 1602 as" we do now, the company
would never have boon formed.
Slnci this trust was organized, several large
manufacturing concerns havo bwn started In
Chicago and other places, which havo had
much success In disposing of a grade of wall
paper not quite as Rood as ours, but very cjoso-
r ly approximaung it, at mucn lower prices.
No dividends have been- paid on the
23,000,000 of common' stock.
A year or two since the commercial
travelers of the country were in great
alarm over the movement toward con
centration of large manufacturing en
terprises, because It threatened to de
stroy competition and to make unnec-
the employment of so large an
"y cf traveling salesmen. It was
ktlmated that 50,000 would be thrown
rut cf employment. But they were
Isot. Th" drummers are just as numer-
jus, Just as active and just as ubiqui
tous as ever. They make just as much
loney. Their employment Is just as
i secure, th?lr services just as indispen
sable. The drummer is the embodi
ment of activity and enterprise. To
withdraw him from the field Is to de-
. clare that push, aggressiveness, the
1 cultivation of customers, the opening
cf tow markets, the advertisement of
wares and products, are unnecessary
factors in modern business conditions.
This Is an utterly false assumption,
tud every intelligent and prudent busi
ness man knows it to be false, and
Crat it will be false as long as indus
try Is diversified and the public wants
arcs unfl'led.
The trust that is a trust and has a
ioncpv-ly of any natural or manufac
tured rroduct must be regulated. But
i hov r-.any of them are there? Not so
mary as people think. We hear of the
I steel trust, but there are In fact thir
teen steel truste, or corporations, and
i the competition between- them is active
land keen The tobacco trust has its
rrivale, and so even has the Standard
A monopoly. The whisky trust was
Irgartzed originally because competi-
Ftl-Ti hod brought ruin-, and marry dis-
ri'-leries were bankrupt or all but bank-
ipt. So, with many others, combi
nation for the cheapening of produc-
Jon. the reduction of the cost of mar-
tctlns and tbo proper distribution,' of
output was necessary to stave off ruin.
But that which was a natural and le
gitimate effort to place a particular
Industry on a secure basis an organ
ization for self-protection, -and greater
efficiency and economy In methods of
nrsirufacture and sale became flnally
an opportunity for promoters and spec
ulators to consolidate Industries, to
limit production control the market at
will and sell stock to the public; and
therein" in great part lies the trust eviL
A MIGHTY CONTEST.
A correspondent of the London Times
at Pekin, whose letter Is now Just two
months old. Insists that the chief dan
ger of the disturbance of the peace of
the world, from the present status of
affairs in Eastern Asia, lies In the ri
valry between Russia and Japan; for
as between Russia and Japan it is a
question who shall in the end be mas
ter in Corea and the Yellow Sea. This
may, however, be but the first aspect
of the contention, since both parties
may have ulterior designs on- the cen
tral sources of Chinese power. Again,
it does not sufficiently point to the con
sequences that lie In the rivalry of
great world-forces, now meeting there.
This correspondent believes that It Is
only the unprepared ness of Russia,
which, however, Ehe is straining every
nerve to overcome, that makes her
wary and slow in movements more
positively aggressive. But Japan is
not blind to the advances of the great
power with which she knows she must
come into collision; yet she knows her
dependence must be Great Britain-, who
cannot afford to stand as an idle wit
ness of the further growth, on so vast
a scale, of the colossal power that al
ready menaces the British Empire at
so many points.
Japan, therefore. Is described as fol
lowing with great eagerness the prog
ress of the South African' War, the ter
mlnatifti of which will release Great
Britain for such action elsewhere as
events may render necessary. It is not
perceived how the conflict between
Russia and Japan can be averted; for
the only solution that will at all sat
isfy Japam at this time will be the
complete withdrawal of Russian, polit
ical Influence from Corea. That Rus
sia will do this cannot sanely be ex
pected, for she Is making Port Arthur
a stronghold and naval station from
which to command the Tellow Sea, and
is pushing her railway undertakings
with all possible energy, so as to be
able to support her ambitious enter
prises on the Pacific with the whole
weight of the forces of the empire.
The question, then, Is a pertinent one,
how much longer Japan can' afford to
wait while preparations on' such1 a scale
continue. Here, as it seems. Is the
point of collision, which may set half
the world ln arms.
It is and long has been the opin
ion of many thinkers that this con
flict. In which the protagonists would
be Great Britain and Russia, is to
come out of the Inevitable logic of their
historic development. About a dozen
years ago a book was published en
titled "The Coming Struggle Slav or
Saxon?" These terms were used by
the writer merely as generalizations to
describe a great world-movement In
which two mighty nations participate
Russia In the lead of one, England
of the other. The central idea was
that these two great branches of the
Aryan stock, at bottom the same race,
but now far divergent, could not con
tinue to conquer and colonize without
collision. The deep-seated-Jealousy and
ill-will which Russia and England show
toward each other prove that each- is
acting upon a profound Instinct, that
sooner or later must come that strug
gle for dominion which shall determine
"whether the civilization- of the Slav
or that of the Saxon shall be the civ
ilization' of the Eastern world."
There is reason to believe that France
has seen its best days. Italy and Spain
need not now be taken into account.
And there is reason to think that Ger
man power Is not far from its culmi
nation. The Germans thcmselveB seem
to be conscious of tWs. Their territory,
situated In the heart of Europe, dense
ly peopled, does not furnish any great
facilities for repelling aggressions, and
tire Germans do not colonize. The sys
tem of the "balance of power," so long
recognized in Europe, will not permit
any extensive conquests of adjoining
nations by Germany. The .Germans,
during recent years, have indeed been
making efforts to drive the wedge of
colonization into islands and continents
in various parts of the world, but their
success is not great; and as the Ger
mans can colonize only by sea, avoid
ance of war with Great Britain is es
sential to any advancement Ira this di
rection. Besides, there are various af
finities and influences which would as
sure England at least of friendly neu
trality ore the part of Germany In any
strugggle between Slav and Anglo-
Saxon. Into a strife like this the
United States will not plunge, for we
are happily freed by our unquestion
able supremacy In America from those
international struggles which distract
the other hemisphere, and we can move
along In our own paths, with little fear
of foreign Interference. Though we
are in the Philippine Islands, we shall
not engage In any of the contentions
for territory on the continent of Asia.
We shall not want a part of China. But
the struggle for supremacy there can
not be averted, and the great colossi
who are to contest It with each other
are England and Russia; and though
a "modus" may for a time be agreed
upon, the final trial must come. Eng
land, therefore, will support Japan.
In itself, this present uproar in China
is not so very serious. But what Is to
come of it? The air is pregnant with a
storm that may envelop the whole sky.
The difficulties in Afghanistan and
Bulgaria and Corea are only the faint
est premonitory murmurs, upon a line
of contact between rivals, longer than
the world has yet known in the history
of national events; and yet the real
evidence of the coming struggle is
the massing of the social forces on
either side. There may be a dozen
conflicts, followed by a dozen recon
ciliations, which would mean little, but
for the vast powers looming up behind.
At bottom It Is a conflict between lib
eral ideas and centralized despotism.
Stories that riot and bloodshed are
likely to ensue on Cape Nome beach
during the Summer do an Injustice to
the miner and prospector. The people
who have gone to Nome are mostly
American citizens, with strong predi
lections for law and order, and the
maintenance of organized government.
Last year, when the law of the beach
had not been written, they contrived
a working arrangement, based on com
mon consent, that gave each individ
ual miner a fair opportunity to do for
himself. There was no serious conflict
whatever among the gold-diggers;
there was, on the contrary, an easy
and natural adjustment of their re
spective claims. All this, in the ab
sence of any statute or special prece
dent; all the result of law-abiding
habits 003" knowledge that anarchy
must follow if there were no regular
and orderly procedure. Now Congress
has provided for the working of the
beach, and has practically left the
whole thing to the miners. Except that
a limit Is defined where beach claims
end and the tundra begins, and the
working territory is unnecessarily nar
rowed, the miners can do just as they
please. They can organize mining
districts, and prescribe rules and regu
lations, and develop the claims in their
own way. This Is what they did in the
first place upon their own initiative
and authority. Now they are backed
up by specific statute. The miners
have kept the peace in the past; they
doubtless will in future.
THE TROUBLE WITII FUSIOX.
Last week the Peoples Party of
Washington emerged from ire gloomy
cave of dcmoralizationv disaster and
despair and canvassed the situation.
History strides with rapid legs on the
north bank of the Columbia. The Era
of .the Great Reform began in 1S96,
when the allied patriots won a mighty
victory. It was punctuated with
crushing defeat in 189S. In 1900 it is
closing on a mournful scene of ruin
and desolation. It was four years from
Sumter to Appomattox. It is four
years since the entrenched forces of
the McGraw government struck their
flag and retired without the honora
of war. Now the tattered and broken
fusion army is preparing for its last
stand before its final capitulation.
The Reformers do not face the inev
itable with courage or good grace. In
deed, they are more anxious for venge
ance than thej are for vindication and
victory, and they give some signs of a
purpose to adopt the Chinese method
of decapitating the leaders, who, they
think, have brought them into their
dismal plight. Their numbers -are de
creasing, their differences are growing,
and the outlook is black and hopeless'.
Naturally, they think somebody is to
blame. Many of them' unite In saying
It is Rogers, and they are not choice
about the language they use in refer
ring to the Sage of Puyallup. The rest
say it is not Rogers, and they employ
equally Impolite hyperbole in speaking
of his maJlgners. In view of this more
or less honest difference of opinion
among statesmen and reformers, it may
be worth while to offer an entirely un
biased and Impartial Judgment.
The whole trouble lies with the party
itself. It lies in fusion, which is the
essence of dishonesty. It lies with the
parts leadership. Which in great part
was and is self-seeking, corrupt, im
practical and entirely lost to any prop
er sense of what is due to the general
welfare. Washington had a Populist
Legislature in 1897. There were in it
honest men, of course; but it was
bought up, first, by a candidate for
United States Senator; and, second, by
the railroads. It was without any sort
of question the most venal body that
ever assembled in the Northwest.
It is generally agreed in Washington
that Governor Rogers is an upright
man, and that he has discharged his
duties with fidelity and with moderate
ability. But hl3 course has greatly of
fended many party leaders, who vio
lently oppose his candidacy for re
nomlnatlon, and will probably succeed
in defeating him. The Oregonian does
not pretend to say that this hostility
to Rogers has for its foundation only
the little personal purposes- of small
men" Doubtless they many of them
have sufficient reasons, whether polit
ical or personal. Populist testimony
an this subject will, however, be inter
esting. A. C. Ldttle, State Fish Com
missionernot unknown in Oregon
has written a letter to a Montesano
editor, in which he sets forth, amons
other things the following:
A certain crowd of disgruntled persons,
largely slng-le-taxers, are making tha most
bitter personal flcht against the Governor. It
Is only to meet this disgraceful crowd that
the Governor has attempts to do any politics.
.... A large part Of the kick and light
that Is made against him Is made by' a class
of gTafters whom he would not allow to graft
the present administration.
The Peoples party was beaten In
Washington, in 1898 largely on its rec
ord. It had proved Itself wholly un
worthy the trust reposed in It. Its
leaders betrayed the state, sold their
influence and their votes and gener
ally displayed a measure of moral tur
pitude that shocked and outraged all
sense of right and decency. The state
could not close its eyes to the facts.
It turned them out in 189S. It will com
plete the job in 1900. Honest menv it
would seem, the Populist leaders them
selves will not suffer to remain in of
fice; dishonest men the public as a
whole wIH look after.
PROMISE OF THE BEET-SUGAIl IN
DUSTRY. The beet-sugar industry of the North
west promises to flourish without the
stimulus of a. state bounty or other ar
tlficlal support. This Is gratifying be
cause an Important industry is thereby
put on a safe and honest basis and be
comes an element of strength to the
community. It will work out Its own
destiny as a wholesome agent of pros
perity, developing the resources of the
country, giving diversity to its prod
ucts and a better balance to its com
merce. The beetgrowers, as well as the
sugar manufacturers, will be Independ
ent of public bounty. They will not be
a drag on the taxpayers. There will
be no question to vex the future as
to when the Industry shall cease to
be "infant" and shall be compelled to
stand alone or fall.
Of course, it takes effort to establish
these new industries, and they should
receive every proper encouragement.
This will come, however, through pri
vate channels, and not from the public
treasury. Therefore the new Industry
will be adjusted to the conditions and
demands of the country, on laws not
made by Legislatures nor annulled by
politicians. The people Interested In
the business, in every branch of It, will
be educated to make It succeed on Its
merits. This will make it a source of
industrial strength, and not of political
weakness. The greater part of this
education comes to the producer of the
beets, as a necessary part of his equip
ment for making his end of the busi
ness pay. Indeed, roost of the effort
expended In establishing the fndustry
has been to get the growers Interested,
to get them to till their land so that It
would yield the profit it ought to yield.
In too many cases the inertia of the
farmer, who clings to wheatraislng and
grassgrowlng because they seem to re
quire less effort, is overcome with difil
3ulty. But It is being overcome, and
with tho result that usually., follows
the closer working of natural resources.
The producer finds it a good thing to
mix more brains in his work.
In the Grand Ronde "Valley of East
ern Oregon the raising of sugar beets
has been demonstrated a success. In
the Palouse country cC Washington
also success has attended the growing
of sugar beets for the mill at Waverly,
but not to the same, dejrree as in the
Grand Ronde, because the Industry is
newer in Washington. The crop Is
gradually extending to the Umatilla
country and the Walla Walla Valley,
with every promise of proving a wel
come relief from the bond of the single
crop, wheat In the Chehalem Valley
of Tamhtli County an effort is now be
ing made to get a beet acreage that
will warrant the building of a sugar
mill at Newberg. Similar movements
are taking form for other parts of the
Willamette Valley. Farmers In many
cases ore reluctant to engage, In grow
ing the new crop, but without their co
operation no mill can run. It may be
accepted as true that capital would not
$eek investment in sugar mills unaess
there were reasonable assurance that
the business would yield profit to
grower of beets as well as maXer of
sugar, for if beetgrowlng cannot be
made profitable, the mill Is sure to be
dead loss to its owners, through in
ability to get raw material to work up.
The Oregonlan does not presume to
advise farmern in particular cases to
abandon one crop for another, but It
would like to see the beet-sugar indus
try thrive in the Northwest, believing
it to be In the line of healthy develop
ment. It believes it will be, generally
speaking, of advantage to the farmer to
reduce wheat acreage and increase
beet area better for the wheatralser
and better for the general farmer. It
tends to the diversity that Klves sta
bility to agriculture. It makes the soil
give work and a livelihood to a greater
number of people. It keeps at home
large sums of money that would other
wise be sent away. It contains the
promise of a great and profitnble in
dustry that shall materially increase
the wealth of the state and the prosper
ity of the people.
Boston celebrated ths anniversary of
the battte of Bunker Hill last Monday.
This battle deserves mention because
of the loss suffcred.by the British, who
brought into action something over
3000 men, certainly not more than 35C0.
The official British returns gave the
killed and wounded at 1054, or 30 per
cent of the force engaged, a greater
per cent of loss than was suffered at
Blenheim or Malplaquet, where the loss
wag but 23 per cent. The Americans
lost 411 killed and wounded- out of 1500
engaged; or 20 pef cent of the whole.
At Waterloo the British lost 34 per cent,
but the battle lasted all day, while
Bunker Hill lasted only an hour and' a
half. One hundred and fifty-seven
British officers were killed and wound
ed at Bunker H11L At Gettysburg the
loss was about 25 per cent, and at
Gravelotte the German loss was less
than 14 per cent.
Not as much money is spent In the
United States in a Presidential cam
paign per capita as Is necessarily used
in a general Parliamentary election' in
England. In the general elections of
1874 and 1SS0, the cost to a successful
candidate of a county seat was about
$15,000. and of a borough seat about
$4000, and even In 1892 Mr. Gladstone's
small majority In Midlothian cost more
than '$13,000, or an average of $S 28 for
every vote registered. The expense of
that election In England and' Wales was
nearly $4,000,000; in Scotland, $55S,000.
and in Ireland, $225,000, making a total
of $4,813,000 for the United Kingdom.
The average cost of each vote in Eng
land was $1 04; in Scotland, $1 16, and
In Ireland about 68 cents. If elections
were as costly In this country as in
England, the -expenses in 1896 would
have been about $14,000,000.
It may be hoped' that the exhibit pre
sented yesterday In The Oregonlan of
the mining locations In Grant County
during the year ended May 31 caught
the attention) of the great numbers here
and elsewhere who are interested in
that section; This report, embracing
1445 quartz claims, 52 placers, 25 mill
sites and) 7 tunnel-sites. and covering
two pagea of The Oregonlan, set in
agate, will give some Idea of the ex
tent of mining development attempted
in that county. Many of these loca
tions are, of course, only tentative.
But others give great encouragement;
and not a few proved good; In Baker
there is a record better still, not per
haps in the number of "claims," but
in development. The prospects- must
be good that can engage and bold the
attention of so many mem
Editor Johnny Wilson, in his- Seattle
organ, pays a noble tribute to Mark
Hanna on his re-election as National
Republican chairman. Editor Johnny
will not fall to send." a marked copy to
the big boss, just to show what his ad-
mlrers and Imitators are saying and
doing for him out this way. To bask
in the sunshine of the great man's
favor, and incidentally to keep within
hailing distance of the campaign sack,
is the summit of felicity, in the view
of the Journalist and ex-statesman from
Seattle, Spokane and Ellensburg.
We had our mild Winter, and enjoyed
it. So, it appears, did the Hessian fly,
the aphis, the hop louse and other pests
to agriculture and horticulture of
which Jack Frost is the natural enemy.
Having rejoiced that thdB potent ally
was disarmed during the season of his
legitimate reign there is nothing to
do now but to fight the battle against
the pests single-handed, and the hot
ter the campaign against them In fields,
hopyarda and orchards that have been
invaded, the" more abundant will be the
crops.
Italy still is in the lead of nations
sending emigrants to the United States.
Austria-Hungary follows a close sec
ond. And Russia is third. It is a cu
rious change from the old drift of mi
gration, which was from Germany, the
British Islands and. from Scandinavian
countries.
Let it be observed that we are not
sending troops to China on an errand
of conquest, or to get a "slice" of. ter
ritory, but to rescue and protect our
own people In China. We are not
going to mix up in that partition and
its consequences.
Wheat has gone up 20 cents In the
Chicago market in the last two months.
Sliver has not gone up at all. This is
a most unaccountable divorce of the
celebrated! twins of the '96 campaign.
The calamity of an Inadequate ex
hibit at Paris the American people will
endeavor to suffer with serenity. If It
has been caused by waste of the app
propriatlon, however, a little annoyance
may be felt. But some compensation
may be found in the fact that the Com
missioner and a large force of assist
ants and cltrks are having a very nice
time at expense of the Government.
On his way to Kansas City it may
be hoped that Jim Ham Lewis will go
around via New Tork and drop a tear
-or two on the remains of Tim Wood
ruff's Vice-Presidential boom. It would
be a touchnig commingling of sympa
thetic souls.
Now let us see whether Charley
Towne will be given tn chance to refuse
the crownv
"WlovWe Export Gold.
New Tork Evening Po3t.
The renewal of gold exports has been
added to other circumstances of a dis
turbing nature, such as the outbreak in
China and the damage to the Spring
wheat crop In the Northwest, to depress
the stock market. But really there Is
nothing in all of our holdings that we
can so easily spare as a few millions
of gold. Wo readily lose sight of the fact
that wo are producers of gold to the
extent of more than 5,000,000 per month,
and that we receive by the back door,
from the Klondike and other Alaskan
gold fields, a sum ranging from $10,009,
000 to $20,000,000 per year. Tho official
records account for $10,000,000 duly im
ported from British Columbia. How much
Is brought in by returning miners lit
their own bolts and boxes there Is no
way of ascertaining, but it Is safa to as
sume that wo are taking in new gold
from the mines at the rate of $73,000,101
per annum. That this Is more than wo
have need for'ln our circulation Is proved
by the fact that we now and then ex
port some portion of It. It Is one of our
products In the same sense that copper
and lead are. If Germany and Franco
want to buy some of It, that fact ought
not to disturb our dreams or have any
depressing effect upon our security mar
ket. The Second Terra.
Chicago Journal.
It Is rather late In the day to question
the renomlnatlon of Mr. McKinley. Tnat
was taken for granted as early as March
4, 1SSS; and upon the strength of it Mr.
McKinley has .given us a first term dis
tinguished mainly by subservience to ex
pediency. Thousands of Republicans
wouldrather see some other man nomi
nated this year; but It's too late. The
other man should have been talked up a
long while ago.
So long as wo continue the amiable
practice of giving a President two terms,
if he can get them, so long shall we have
from him a first term devoted to laying
pipes for the second. During his nrst
term a man no stronger than Mr. Mc
Kinley is a creature of expediency.
It would be much better to limit a
President to one term, and make that
term eight years. Then, perhaps, he
might display a little independence and
courage.
Mr. McKinley may be naturally Weak,
or so bound that he has bten unable to
put forth his strength. Let us hope It is
tho latter, and that. If he be" re-elected,
he will, having nothing further to scheme
for, cut loose from the spoilsmen ana
exhibit some of the backbone that ho la
alleged by his admirers to possess.
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A Queer Commentary.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Is It true that Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy Is now suffering from a progressive
disease? Is it true that sho does not re
ceive visitors because she can't? These
queries are made simply in tho Interest
of Christian Science. If, as Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy has said m her writings,
disease is wholly Imaghrary, why should
she yield to it? And If disease is wholly
imaginary, why Is not death also? Death
may be much more Imaginary than dls
easo, and may be proved so by those who
try it, as we all must do, even the "moth
er" of Christian Science, But what a
queer commentary on the teaching of
thfa vagary that Its "mother" has to se
clude herself "in order not to hinder my
work for God and our cause"! Perhaps
sho expects to be translated.
Bailer A&nln. a Hero In Xjondon.
London Cable to tho Chicago Tribune.
Sir Redvers Bullers feat In drtvlntr tlra
Boers from Lalng's Nek and penetrating
into the Transvaal by the various passes
aroumr AiajuDa nm is one of the most re
markable military triumphs of the war.
It has done not a little to rehabilitate
this much abused commander In the minds
of tho public, but what Is even a stronger
influence in replacing hbn as a popular
favorite is the discovery that ho Is hated
by the Rhodeslte or Klmberlsy million
aires, by Whom It Is now tacitly recog
nized almost everywhere the war has been
brought upon us. The sense of fair play
as well as a feeling of resentment against
his misuse causes many oven to exagger
ate the greatness of Buller's recent strat
egy. An Earnest Statement.
Richmond (Va.) Times.
For our part, while we do not want to
see the South's- representation In Con
gress cut down, we would be willing to
unake the exchange with the North of
every Congressman and every voter in
tho Electoral College which tho South has
based on negro suffrage for freedom from
negro suffrage, and we would 'accept the
exchange as an inestimable boon from a
merciful God to an afflicted people. Only
let the North agree to tho repeal of the
Fifteenth Amendment, and We will accept
the consequences. As we have said, the
politicians of tho South would, of course,
object, but we believe that the bone and
sinew of the Southern States would bo
overwhelmingly for it.
The Booms.
Josh Wink, In Baltimore American.
(What's tho ue of apologizing: to Etfgar
Allen Poo for a lltUe thlnj like this?)
Hear the booming of the booms
How they boom!
How they sprout and stow and flourish till
they wither to their doom.
How they're booming, booming, booming-.
Through the day and through tho night
How each whooping- delegation
Thinks that It will save the nation
With lu,man to lead the fight.
How they Shout, shout, shout,
Till the pipe goes out.
Oh, the booms, booms, booms,
Oh, the booms, booms, booms, booms, booms,
booms, booms
Oh. the button-bearing' boomers with their
booms t
Se tha dark, horse with his boom
Sudden boom!
Like th dashing- of a tin-canned dog adown
the gath'rins gloom.
How ho "whispers, whispers, whispers.
In the corner of the room
To the coming deleg&tlops
He explains his calculations
Till his boom is In Its tomb.
How ho blinks, blinks, blinks.
With his "walt-and-watch-me" winks
Oh, the booms, booms, booms.
Booming booms, booms, booms, booms, booms,
booms, booms
Oh, the booming and the bursting of the
booms!
Sec the much-Inflated booms
Bubble booms!
How the wind within them swells them llko
the swiftly efuwu mushrooms.
How they shatter, shatter, shatter.
When the puncture comes at last.
How they shrink, and warp and shrivel
Into dead and done-for drivel
That nnbooms them very fast.
How they burst, burst, burst..
By tha boomee roundly cursed I
Oh. the boomless booms,
Oh. the boom?, booms, booms, booms, booms,
booms, booms!
Oh, thet. tomb-ltfco gloom that dooms tha
) bootaiws booms,
GOSSIP OF THE XATI0XAX CAPITAL
WASHINGTON. JUne 20. There Is
somewhat of a struggle between certain
states for the honor of having one of the
new battleships named for them, and it
seems to be a case of the East arrayed
against the West. As a matter of fact,
the matter will probably be compromised,
and one will be named for a Western
state, while the other will bear the name
of a state in the East. Rhode Island
and Virginia are the two most prominent
states on this side of the continent that
are struggling for recognition, while in
tho West Washington. Colorado, Minne
sota and the Dakotas are In the fight.
This choice of name Is to be made by
the Secretary of the Navy. The State of
Washington, through the cruiser Olym
p!a, has received considerable advertising
In this line, and may be skipped over
for tho present. For that matter,, the
cruiser Minneapolis and the new cruiser
Denver are credited to each of the other
states.
In addition to tho two battleships, there
are three armored cruisers to be named.
All battleships are to be named for states
and there Is an effort being made to have
these cruisers also bear the name of
states, although that Is yet a matter of
speculation. It is quite probable that one
of the new cruisers -will bear tho namo
Charleston, to take the place of the littlo
cruiser lost In Philippine waters".
There are a number of ships now near
lng completion In the various yards.
Cramps expect to turn out the coast-line
battleship Alabama within a month,
which will then be assigned to the North
Atlantic Squadron. The Wisconsin, an
other coasting battleship. Is within 8 per
cent ot completion at the Union Iron
Works, ,at San Francisco. The Illinois, a
third of this class, will probably remain
in the yard at Newport News for the
remainder of the present year, awaiting
completion. Tho Maine, Missouri and
Ohio, all new battleships, are making
good progress at Cramps'. Newport New3
and the Union yards, respectively.
Work on the cruisers and smaller ves
sels is not so well advanced. The six
sheathed protected cruisers are but Just
begun. Four monitors are from one
quarter to one-third complete, and the
fleet of torpedo-boats and destroyers are
making the best progress possible. They
have been delayed somewhat by difficulty
In securing the quality of steel required,
but this difficulty has at last been sur
mounted. Tho Goldsborough, Stringhara
arid Bailey, 20-knot flyers, will be the
first of these to enter active service, and
are expected to be placed in commission
within tho next two months. Others of
tho class will follow during the Summer,
and by Autumn It Is expected to have a
good-sized fleet of these flyers In commis
sion. Democracy's Ilnnt for Vice-President
Tho Democrats have on hand a scheme
for tho selection of an Eastern man for
chairman of the National committee.
One man who Is very much in earnest
In favor of the Democratic party says
that tho only thing for the Democrats
to do is to select a man from the East
for chairman, and to call in as members
of the executive committee men like Gor
man, ex-Senators' Smith, of New Jersey,
"and Murphy, of New York, and others
who will be ablo to raise money for a
campaign fund, who have got some polit
ical sense. "The thing to do," he said,
"is to let Jones of Arkansas, and John
ston of Kansas establish their head
quarters in Chicago and chase the anise
seed bag around the country. This was
what they did In 1S96. and that Is all
they are flt to do In 1900. The trouble
with those fellows, and especially the
Southern men. Is that they do not know
anything about managing a campaign in
the whole country. Their idea of a cam
paign has always been to hoist a nlgser'
up in the air and scare the voters of the
Southern States to them. When It comes
to appealing to the intelligence of the
people they do not know how to go
about It. While It Is not sure that they
will call back the old managers, yet
there Is every reason why they should,
and If that can be brought about, thero
is more hope for us during the coming
campaign. Bryan has been informed that
this was "necessary, and ho has been told
that he ought to Invite Gorman and those
other Democrats to become members ot
the executive committee, and that an
Eastern man should be selected."
In this same connection it Is learned
that a number of men who are behind
this scheme for an Eastern man for
chairman of the National committee are
going to Kansas City in hopes of com
pelling the Democrats to swallow Towne
as a Vice-Presidential candidate. They
may hope for success, but this is about
all fhey will get out of It. Anybody that
can judge what the opinions of the Dem
ocracy aro is almost sure to understand
that it does not want to swallow the
whole Populist ticket, simply because It
Is told to. If Towne is refused a place
on the Democratic ticket, it will leave a
sore spot that can scarcely be healed by
promising to make him Secretary of
State, In case Bryan should bo elected.
Tlie Tax on Beer.
Shortly before the adjournment of Con
gress a bill was reported from the com
mittee on finance which was understood
to bo In the Interest of the large brewers
throughout tho country. It prohibited
hereafter the manufacture of what is
known as tho eighth kegs In size by
withdrawing that class of stamps from
sale and making the smallest stamp for
a quarter keg. The two factions of brew
ers had hearing, and It is well under
stood what- the trouble was. The big
brewers represented that they could not
dlstrlbuto small-sized kegs throughout
tho country, because they lost the keg3,
which were more expensive than the beer
Itself. The littlo brewers maintained that
this was in tho interest of the bottle
works of the big concerns, and that it
would Injure them to a great extent if it
should be passed. Of course, politics had
to come Into It. The big brewers came
down to Washington and made a deal
with the Democrats to force through a
bill repealing tho tax of $1 per barrel Im
posed by the war revenue law on beer.
Of course, tho Democrats could not
force this through, but the big brewers
saw no opportunity to get it through by
the Republicans, and It was believed that
the liquor interests generally were going
against tho Republican party on this ac
count. It was not long before the big
brewers, however, found out that the
Democrats had espoused the cause of tho
little brewers In the matter of tho eighth
keg stamp bill, and were hostile to the
enadtment of the proposed legislation. As
a matter of fact, the big brewers were
more anxious to get this bill through
than td get the repeal. The consequence
was that the Republican majority, having
reported the bill for the abolishment of
the eighth kegs, stands In better odor
with the big brewers than do the Demo
crats, who vociferated for the repeal of
the tax of $1 a barrel on beer! Those
Democrats who held any hopes tliat some
political sense. In small things, at least,
had come to" the Democratic managers,
are kicking very strongly on this beer
fiasco.
lilterarj- Difficulties.
Washington Star.
"She has been talking about writing a
novel for years," said one woman.
'.'Yes," answered the other. "But I don't
think she'll ever get it completed. She
has followed tho plan of those authors
who study their personal acquaintances
for types of character."
"Isn't the method a good one?"
''Not In her case. When her husband
refuses her anything she wants to put
him In as the villain, and when he does
as she wishes she wants to make him tffe
hero. It keeps her continually rewriting
the first chapter."
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Roosevelt Stronger Than MeKInley.
New York Press, Rop.
There are many voters in New Tork
who would not wish to vote for McKin
ley without Roosevelt, but who do wish
to and will vote lor Kooscveit wun aic
Kjntejj - -.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Tho eagle will scream July 4 In Kansas i.
City, but It will be a scream of derision.
It is to bo hoped that the European,
armies will not take their queue from tho .
Boxers. . n
It is very evident that the Ice trust
hasn't sent that block of stock to Jupiter
Pluvius.
Tho Boers have captured the. Brltis&V
mall, but, of course, if they found any
of Web Davl3 letters they didn't open
them.
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Democratic orators will now point, as a
result of the oppression of trusts, to th
army of census-takers who have lost jobs
lately.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, says that &
Democratic victory is In the air. He neg
lects to add that just at present it Is be
hind an opaque cloud.
Silver has flunked on Bryan, but thing
are getting in such shape that he ought
to be able to draw a parallel between
tho price of wheat and the price of Ice.
There is one hopeful thing about the
trouble, in China. The names of the
battle-fields will not occupy so much
space In the press dispatches that there
Is no room for news.
Tho small boy and his firecrackers are
again In evidence on Portland streets,
and the din is likely to grow as the
Fourth approaches, and to last until
after the 5th. Nervous people, therefore,
must make up their minds to endure a
whole lot of needless noise, as the rights
ot the American youth cannot b
abridged Just because his nolso may an
noy everybody but himself.
O, sunny, sunny Summcrtlmov
We've heard of you;
They say that In some favored climo.
Tour skies are blue;
That every day tho kindly sun '
Shines In the 6ky, '"' t"
And bright stars, when tho day Is don?
Beam forth on hlzh. " "v
Thoy say the days aro fair and warm;
That flowers bloom;
And that no wild and Wintry stoma
Brings cold and gloom.
O, season of enchanted days.
Pray And some way
To come, that wo may sing" thy pralsa.
Up hero somo day. .
In mentioning tho return of CaptaJn
Brown from the East, a few days ago,. it
was stated that his Down -East friends
here were disappointed because he brought
them, no "dulso." Several Inquiries haver
been received from persons who want to
know what dulse Is, and one p;rson writes
that the word should have been spelled
"dulce." The correct spelling Is "dulse."
The article Is a seaweed, eaten In somo
countries fresh, sometimes mixed with
"tangle" or kelp, as" a sort of salad. When
dried, it is of a purplish color, and, al
though to persons not accustomed to it,
of a disagreeable taste, is much liked by
dwellers on the seocoast. In some places
It Is sold by dealers in confectionery, etc.,
and the school children Invest their pen
nle? In it, as children here do in nuts and
candles. It is or used to be sold as an
anthelmintic A liking for it is decidedly
an acquired taste.
The Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed was
met by an admirer at the capltol recently.
who addressed him by the plain, unfrilled
title of "miPter." The deposed czar looked
at his admirer with an expression of sur
prise, and then. extending his band,
drawled:
"I am glad you addressed me as mister.
You are a scholar, and a gentleman. Ev
erywhere I go nearly everybody calls me
Mr. Speaker. Now, every American who
keeps up with the times knows that I
am not now Speaker, and every well-informed
American knows thdt the title ot
Speaker, unllko that of Colonel or Judge,
does not adhere to the wearer after ha
resumes the post of honor In private sta
tion. I like the title of mister. It is bet
er than Judgo or Colonel, and la far mora
distinguished In this day of military heroes
and Just and learned Interpreters of the law.
You show by calling me Mr. Reed that
you are a man of sense, and thereforo
you will pleaso accept my assurances of
my most distinguished considerations."
It Is a noticeable fact that women pas
sengers In street-cars as a class aro not
as accommodating to members of their
own sex as they might be. Take, for ex
ample, a time of the day when the ma
jority of passengers are women. Each,
usually occupies room enough on the
seat for two, and by this means, with
only an average number of passengers,
the seating capacity of the car has the
appearance of being consumed, when in
reality thero is still room for quite a
few more. A woman boards the car, she
glances through it. No one moves, and
she reaches for a strap and stands. After
a block or more has been covered, per
haps the conductor comes to her assist
ance. Some, of course, are not so easily
imposed upon, and ask for a seat and
get it It Is a common thing to see a
man give his seat to a woman, when if
a few of the fair sex present would fill
up the vacant spaces, there would bo
room enough for everybody. In the old
horse-car days In some Eastern cities.
thero was a sign displayed in each car,
"Eleven on a side." The seat was prob
ably Intended for 10, and It. was evidently
meant that 11 could be seated with a
squeeze. The cars were then small. Tha
modern car Is half as long again, but
women seem to think that the rulo of 11
still applies, and that the increase in the
length of cars was only for the purpose
of adding to the comfort and luxury of
this mode of transit. This might do If
the companies would cease to runon tho
idea that there is always room for one
more
PLEASANTRIES OF PABAGUAPHEHS
Tho easiest man In the world to bunco la
the man who has had enough success to mako
him have confidence In his own Judgment.
Life.
There goes a well-known writer, yet people
don't seem to care to talk to him. Gllklne
What does he write? Bllklns Insurance. Ohio
State Journal.
That Is Different. "Lova laughs at' lock
smiths," quoted the minister's wife. "But not
at wedlocksmlths," amended tho minister.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"Woman ought to have administration her
touch will calm and purify the turgid, muddy
pool of politics." Now. go slow. Eliza; you'vo
temporarily overlooked the Empress of China."
Chicago Becord.
Office and Iho Man. "In England they say a
iran 'stands' for office. In this country we.
cay a man 'runs' for office. Why is this?"
"Well, the principal reason Is that If a man
'stood' for office over here he'd never get one.
Chicago Herald.
Sunny Slope So you wuz In de reglar army
for three years? How did yer like it? North
ern Lltze Oh. it wuz simply great! Only fer
de grub, de drills, da clothes, de officers, da
barracks, and de pay. It would lay way over
do average state prison. Judge.
All That Was Needed. Missionary We wish
to extend the glad gospel tidings to tho utter
most parte of tho earth, and there Is onl ona
way in which we can do that. Mr. Forken
lard. of Chicago Of course! I understand!
Chicago's got to extend her city limits Ogata;
- J that's tan-Puck,
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