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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1900. tie rss0masu Entered at the Postoffiee at Portland. Oregon, as .second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms 1C6 . Bostneas Office.. ..CC7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Br Mall (portage prepnld). In Advance Dal.y. with Sunday, per month 50 S5 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year 50 Da..y. with feunday, per year 'J W Sunday, per year JJJ The Weekly, per year 1 u The Weekly. S months " To City Subwirlbers Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted.J3c Dally, pet week, deliiered. Sundays included.20c ' POSTAGE KATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 12-page paper c 16 to 24-page paper rc 23 to 36-page paper Foreign rate doubled. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invariably "Editor The Oregonlen." not to the name of any Individual Lvttero relating to advertising, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregorian." The Orvg nln doe not buy pocrr-e or stories from lo-.vl'uals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts pent to It without solicita tion. No stamp -bould be Inclosed for this pnrjose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenu. Tacoma. Box SOS, Tacotna potoHlcc. Eastern Business OfficeThe Tribune build ing. New York cltyj ,The flooliery." Chicago: the S. C, Beckwlth special agency. New Tork. For sale In San FrancI.co by J. X. Cooper. 748 Market street, near he Palace hotel, and at Otldnmlth Bros.. 230 Sutter strert. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. TODAYS WEATHER. xsortherly winds. -Fair and warmer; PORTLAM), FIUDAY, JUXE 20, 1000. Renewal of effort on the part of the t Prohibitionists is one of the features of Apolitical activity this year. Not much has been attempted by them during several years past; but the nature of an emotional sentiment like this forbids It to be quiet long. Such eruptions have a sort of periodicity; and this one seems to be due again. The platform It has put forth is no- ticeable as a recrudescence of the spirit of Puritanism. It snivels about sin and iniquity. In the good old Barebones style; It talks about Christian princl- sles, and introduces ecclesiastlclsm into solitics in support of them; it appeals to the votes of Christian men, and I, makes the astounding assertion that this is a nation founded on Christian principles, when in fact It Is not found ed on any kind of religious concept, but especially eschews such an Idea. This lis not a Christian Nation at all, except in the sense that there may be more .Christians in it than persons of any (other religious belief; and of the Chris tians of the United States, themselves a minority of the people, only a frac tion give anj- countenance to this par ticular movement, or approve Its plat form. And what is it all about? It is a pro posal to prohibit by law the manufac ture, transportation, sale and con sumption of alcoholic liquors beer, wine and spirits and to enforce such prohibition by penalties of law. It Is an assumption that the people of the United States are children, In need of guardianship as to drink, under the tutelage of ecclesiastical government. The President of the United States rUUsed of the heinous crime of being wine drinker at public banquets "and a wine-serving host in the "White House." That, it seems, is to cut him off from all the benefits of the new gos pel. President McKInley no doubt thlnkB fit to conform at times to social i usage. He doesn t fuddle himself with liquor, and doesn't need the guardian ship of prohibition. Men of sense and character do not. And men of sense Etmd character are not going to be,both- 'ered with this commixture of Puritan ism and Pharisaism. Because some men are weak enough and foolish enough to get drunk, other men, the enormous majority, are not going to be dictated to in their right and proper use of drink; and, moreover, they will judge for themselves as to the right and proper use of It, and will not tolerate the interference of those who would do well to mind their own business. It will be said, however, that the ob ject is not to interfere with any man's right to drink what he pleases, but only to make it Impossible for him to get It. Men shall not manufacture nor sell it. Government !s to forbid its importa tion, and carriers shall not transport It. Yet nobody's personal right to have It is to be Interfered with. Government is simply to see that he doesn't get it; and this is set forward as the leading and main function of government, un der ecclesiastical sanction and support. The Christian church Is to control and direct the state, to this nd. Members of the Christian churches on this sub ject we think will not be all agreed; and there are others who would be likely to have something to say about it. The makers of this platform back it tip with a demand for woman suffrage. Any movement that expects to derive its main support from ecclesiastlclsm would naturally Include this demand; for the feminine nature is the main 1 support of the churches; and the mod- idea of supporting any hobby Is to try to get votes for It. But the state will not yoke up with the church, and government will not be permitted to go into this business of meddlesome es- I plonage and guardianship. There are .citizens enough who feel competent to control and direct their own conduct, without this intrusion of government. The principle is wrong In morals. It proposes to remove evil from the world by taking away from man the oppor tunity of free choice. It Is the com plete negation of the principle of per sonal responsibility, on which alone character can be founded. In the LArmy it may be well enough, doubtless Is; for in the Army man is not a free Cent, but must be under restrictions and do as he is told. But under con ditions of chic freedom such tyranny ?ill not be endured. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican ints to know why the voters of Ore- 3a did not approve the amendment of ie Constitution proposed for the pur- se of removing the inhibition of the looming of free negroes and mulattoes lto the state. It says: X word of explanation from Thf Orejronlnn eula be acceptable hereabouts. Arc we to con- ldor tho retention of the antl-nlgger feature the Oregon Constitution a raft of the re st glorious Imperialist victory In that state r It sometimes is not possible to answer sneer; but here is one easily an swered. That feature of the Constitu tion of Oregon never was operative, al- lys was disregarded, and was com pletely superseded by the amendments of the Constitution of the United States adopted after the Civil War. The mo tion to remove it was voted down sim ply because the people of Oregon knew such removal was in no way necessary, and they wanted to express their dis approval of motions to amend the Con stitution, a practice which they are un willing shall grow to a habit Negroes have all rights in Oregon that whites possess, and there could be nothing in repeal of an obsolete feature 6f the Con stitution. It may just as well stand as an historical landmark. Massachusetts, we think, has laws of this kind the product of bigotry and folly, now harm less, which nevertheless she does not consider a disgrace to her. THE CONSTITUTION AXD TIIE FLAG. John C. Calhoun and his Democratic associates held that the Constitution in all its limitations extended by its own force over the territories. The Repub lican National Convention which nomi nated Lincoln said: That the new dogma that the ConsUtutlon vi Its own force carries slavery Into any or all of tho territories pf the United States Is a danger ous political heresy at variance with the ex plicit provisions of that Instrument Itself. United States Circuit Judge Lochreri, of Minnesota, In his recent decision, held with Calhoun and Chief Justice Taney that the Constitution of the United States extended by its own force over the territories, and therefore ex tended at once over Porto Rico; that this extension of the Constitution gave Congress the authority to legislate in respect to that island as part of the United States territory; that all the pro visions of the Constitution in respect to personal and property rights became at once, when the cession was completed, a part of the supreme law of the land. Under this view. Judge Lochren sus tained the argument of those Republi cans In Congress who argued that Con gress could make no rule or law which destroys uniformity of duties, Imposts and excises throughout the United States, including all territory undej Its jurisdiction. Against Judge Lochren's opinion comes that of Judge Townsend, United States District Judge for Southern New York, who holds views quite the re verse of those expressed by the United States Circuit Judge at St. Paul In the habeas corpus case of the Porto Hlcan, Ortiz, as to the Constitutional powers of Congress over the new territory of the United States. The case before Judge Townsend related to an assess ment of duties on an importation of to bacco from Porto Rico after the ex change of ratifications of the treaty of Paris had taken place. The importers appealed the matter to the Board of General Appraisers, which decided against the Importers, who took the case to the Uinted States Court, con tending that Porto Rico had become a part of the United States and within the tariff laws of the Nation. Judge Townsend decided that Porto Rico is not a part of the United States to this extent, and will not become such a part until Congress has expressly defined the status of the island to this effect. Judge Townsend holds that Porto Rico 13 a foreign country so far as the Con stitution Is concerned, but United States territory as against other na tions. He cites the statement of Chief Justice Marshall that in the case of ceded territory "it becomes a part of the nation to which it is annexed, either on the terms stipulated In the treaty of cession or on such as Its new master shall Impose." Judge Townsend says: To deny this power to gorern territory at arm's length would be to thwart that Inten tion to make the United States an unfettered sovereign In foreign affairs. For If we wage war ouccessfully we must some time become, as many think we are now. charged with ter ritory which It would be the greatest folly to Incorporate at once Into our Union, making our laws Its laws and Its citizens our citizens, our taxes !t taxes; and which, on the other band. International considerations and the sense of our responsibility to Its Inhabitants may forbid us to abandon. The construction of the Con stltut'on which would limit our sovereign power would force us Into a dilemma between vio lating our duty to other nations and to the people under our care on the one hand, and violating our duty to ourselves on the other. That construction would In such case Imperil the honorable existence of our Republic In other words, the President and the Senate, as the treaty-making power, may annex any territory and may then delegate to Congress the power to act beyond the Constitution In relation to the new territory. Common sense would reply to Judge Townsend that, when foreign territory had been annexed to the United States, we come to deal with territory of the TJnfted States, and not with that of some foreign power. The people have not delegated to Presi dent or Congress unlimited powers, and Congress can step beyond the Consti tutional law of its being only by an act of usurpation. THE APOSTLE OF DErEAT. "Writing of Colonel Bryan In the July number of McClure's Magazine, Will iam Allen White says: He ran for the United States Senate In "04. When he failed of election, he packed his grip and went forth preaching the silver gospel. He lectured Tor pay when lie could get It, for nothing when he could do no better; but he never stopped talking, and he paid his own way. From the day that Bryan went on the road he has been breeding class hatred and making a good thing for himself out of his lamentation about the mas tery of the dollar and the slavery of the man. His oratory for silver in the Mississippi Valley between 1S94 and 1S96 Introduced him to the anti-Cleveland following In the Democratic party and the crown of thorns and cross of gold speech molded him into a National character. Bryan is the partisan of a theory, not a scientist seeking the truth, a spellbinder, not a. statesman. The pe culiar oratory for which he is noted has made him the logical candidate of the present-day Democracy, and he will be put up at Kansas City to lead silver in its last assault upon sound flnance. Bryan's defeat this Fall If he is de featedwill mark the end of sliver's long and losing light. The cause touched high-water mark on February 2S, 1S7S, when Congress passed the Bland-Allison a,ct over the veto of Pres ident Hayes. At that time the bullion In the silver dollar was worth about 92 cents, and there was only 8 cents of fiat in the dollar. Many who voted for the bill and for its passage over the veto believed that the purchases which the Government was required to make would create an enlarged market for silver and that the price would rise to the point at which the bullion value of the dollar would be Identical with its coin value. They soon learned their mistake. Legislation could not then and cannot today add a jot to the "bul lion value of silver, to say nothing of eliminating a fiat of S cents. The same disastrous experience was repeated un der the Sherman act of 1B90. and the conutry had come to understand that no legislation could give silver a money worth which it does not command as a commodity in the markets of the world until Bryan began delivering the pay speeches that have made him the idol of thoughtless thousands. Despite the failure that attended compulsory purchases of silver under the acts of 1873 and 1890; despite the confirmed truth that no legislation can overturn the expressed preference of mankind for a stable money standard; despite the fact that the flat in the sliver dollar is today nearly 53 cents, or more than six times what It was in 1878, the Demo cratic party again seems willing to risk another campaign under a false leader and a false Issue. It Is nearly twenty-three years since Richard P. Bland moved in the House of Representatives to suspend the rules and pass a bill directing the "coinage of silver dollars of the weight of 4124 grains of standard silver, as provided in the act of January 18, 1837," the coins "to be legal tender, at their nom inal value, for all debts and dues, pub lic and private, except where other wise provided by contract" The sil ver cause is today distinctly weaker than it was then, than it was when the Bland-Allison act was passed, than It was when the Sherman law was enact ed, than It was in the campaign of 1896, or than it has been at any time since. How long is the Democratic party going to continue its fight against fate? "When will Olney, Vilas, Bynum and Cleveland again be heard in the coun cils of the party which gave us Jeffer son? CHINESE FOLLY. The situation at Tien Tsln Is not un like that at Alexandria In 1882. Estab lished authority had been overthrown at Cairo. The mob rose In Alexandria, aided by Egyptian Irregulars and Sou dan regiments. The European quarter was attacked and sixty Europeans killed. If the European concessions have been attacked and destroyed, the pow ers, after restoring order, will Impose a fine large "enough to repay all dam ages, including Indemnity for the dead, meanwhile holding Chinese ports and controlling local taxes until the revenue has paid the penalty for the lawless acts of Chinese troops. This was the mode of proceeding on the part of Great Britain during the Opium "War of 1840-42, and the war of 1857-60. Chi nese cities and territory were held as security for payment of damages. Japan did not evacuate the Llao Tung Peninsula until China paid the war in demnity fixed under the treaty of Shl monoseki. France for months fought China In Tonquln, destroyed the Chi nese fleet at Fuh Chau, landed In For mosa, attacked Hainan, made prizes in South China, but by common agree ment French warships never appeared north of a certain point. Diplomatic negotiations continued, and no "war" existed in our diplomatic sense of the term. This was because China Is not organized as a civilized state, In which responsibility is national. Each prov ince has its own army, fleet, treasury and civil administration. Its Viceroy and leading officials are appointed from Pekln, whb are rewarded or punished by the imperial government; but the Viceroy conducts the affairs of his own province, and Is sometimes too pow erful for the central government. The war between Great 3rltain and China in 1857-60 was originally brought on by the wanton folly and arrogance of the Viceroy of Canton, without con sultation with the central government. The stupid blunder of the Viceroy pre cipitated the original collision, and Chinese imperial pride made any satis factory settlement Impossible until Pe kln had been humiliated by capture. It would seem that, through the ad vantages of coeducation, the club Idea and the widened view generally that modern life and its privileges have brought to women, the habit of running feminine names into namby-pamby derivations and pursuing normal, high school and college graduates with them, should by this time have been cor rected. How superior as a suggestion of womanly dignity and strength of character, for example, is the name "Elizabeth" to any of its abbreviations. The same may be said of other good old names Jewish or Saxon by which the modest daughters of the household were once called Mary, Margaret, Es ther, Caroline, and so on through the honored list borne by the mothers and sisters of the long ago. Think of "Dr. Mollle Smith," "Professor Essie Jones"; of "Lizzie" standing at the head of a class in mathematics; of "Callle" re ceiving the highest honors in Latin, and "Fannie" distinguishing herself In physics! Absurd, it would seem. And yet. In the list of graduates turned out by one of the state's schools a few days ago all of these names figured, together with those of Lulu and Bes sie, Eva and Lenna. How like a cool breeze from the domain of plain com mon sense came the names of Hester and Mary among the derivatives. A young woman may, of course, rise su perior to the suggestions of a childish name. Fortunate Is she, however, who does not start out in a student's or a professional career handicapped in thl3 way by foolish fancy. The burdens of Platform Editor Qulgg are multiplying. He Is now charged with having substituted the word "Isthmian" in place of the word "Nica ragua," and therefore of putting the Republican party on record for the Panama Canal. Undoubtedly the Phil adelphia convention had no purpose of declaring for a particular route, any more than the Oregon state conven tion, which favored an "Isthmian canal." Republicans here doubtless thought they were on safe ground for the Nicaragua, or Panama, or any other practicable enterprise that the Government might decide upon; and that is in all probability the way the National convention looked at it. This is .tantamount to deciding in the af firmative a geographical question as to whether the great continental Isthmus extends to the northern boundary of Nicaragua; but what of It? The pro moters of the Panama Canal will doubt less contend that the Republican plat form meant to favor their project; but Congress and the country know better. It is bad that any confusion has arisen over the matter. No wonder Bryan does not want Da vid B. Hill as his running mate for 1900. It was David B. Hill who, at the recent Blate convention, framed the financial plank in the New York Dem ocratic platfdrm. This plank Is at vari ance with that of the Chicago plat form of 1896, and Is opposed to the one outlined by William J. Bryan in his ar ticle in the North American Review. The difference consists in demanding that the parity of gold money and silver money shall be maintained, whereas both the Chicago platform and Mr. Bryan hold that free coinage should exist at the ratio of 16 to 1, whatever the consequences may be. The first consequence of free coinage at that ra tio would be a variation in value of the two kinds of dollars of more than 100 per cent, since each dollar would then be worth exactly the amount of bullion contained in it. It is the object of free coinage to make the bullion value and the coin value Identical with each other. It is clear that what Mr, Hill's financial plank insists upon could not possibly be secured through Mr. Bryan's finan cial ultimatum of free silver at 16 to 1. So Mr. Bryan thinks his loyalty to free silver at 16 to 1 is open to spsplcion with David B. Hill as a running mate. In 18SS Hill did not -help Grover Cleve land by running for Governor, for, while Hill was elected Governor, Cleve land lost the state by some 14,000 votes. Demonstrations in surgery In this city within a few days in connection with the convention of the State Med ical Association, and the visit of Dr. A. M. Phelps, of New York, indicate the wonderful advance in surgical science In recent years. So tremendous have been the gains made in this department of human knowledge that one can, without becoming liable to the charge of extreme optimism, look forward to the day when the blind shall see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, and all man- ner" of physical deformity be In a greater or lesser measure corrected. The anesthetic paved the way for more efficient surgery; skill and humanity tread the wide path hand in hand, working not only for the alleviation of human misery, but for the correction of physical deformities and conditions once regarded as visitations of God. Human intelligence has scored no prouder victory than that embodied in the name of surgical science. A Michigan correspondent assures the New York Evening Post that "the rank and file of Gold Democrats hereabout will vote for Bryan this year. . . . They are as much opposed as ever to 16-to-l silver, but feel certain that the Senate is safely gold standard for at least four years and reasonably safe for six." In other words, because there is a Republican Senate to guarantee our financial stability, a free-silver, social istic, Populistlc Democrat may be elect ed President without great danger to the country. The Michigan Democrats feel justified in flirting with folly, be cause a Republican Congress will keep them from all harm. Wisdom some times has to use poor instruments to achieve wise ends, but it incurs no unnecessary risks. who would sup with the devil must needs have a long spoon. The enormous activity in the iron and steel trade seems to have passed its climax, and lower prices and more lim ited production are the result. It had to come. The so-called steel trust, or trusts, neither created the market nor was able to sustain It. Prices went up because of the great demand. Manu facturers were unable to fill their or ders. Buyers were willing in many In stances to pay a premium. When the great activity in the use of iron and steel products became less acute, the tendency of the market was downward. The law of supply and demand has not been repealed by the Bteel trustB, of which there are a dozen. The general Impression that the hasty preparation of the North Atlantic squadron was not merely an experiment In drill, but a threatening movement on Turkey for the purpose of collect ing our claims against that country, has not thus far been supported by events. The money has not been paid, and no hostile demonstration has been made. In the meantime, the kaleidoscope of possibilities has shifted, bringing China Into perspective and retiring Turkey to the background. There is nothing like having battle-ships and cruis ers in readiness for whatever may hap pen. This year's election for members of the "House of Representatives will be the last held under the division of dis tricts now existing. The census will be completed this year, and the next suc ceeding Congress will be chosen on the basis of apportionment following the 1900 census, and there will be a "reap portionment of Presidential Electors at the same time. As a mere piece of contemporaneous romance, most of the Interest has gone out of the war in the Transvaal. Still, Paul Kroger, with his seat of govern ment In a parlor car or a mountain camp, and with possibilities of a per manent residence on the Island of St. Helena, Is a somewhat picturesque and more or less Interesting figure. The reading of the Declaration of In dependence at the Kansas City conven tion is a good thing, although some of the delegates have doubtless heard It before. Ex-Senator Murphy, of New York, is not in the Vice-Presidential race, and knows it. Others are not in it, and don't know it. Prohibition of immoderate and in temperate speech Is not one of the con spicuous features of the latest Chi cago -platform. Sulzer's pilgrimage to Nebraska Is to persuade Bryan that his greatest need is a running mate who will stand with out hitching. Tlie Spook of Militarism. Ex-United States Senator Manderson, an old Union soldier, in his address to tho graduating class at West Point Military Academy among other things, said In contempt of the spook of militarism erect ed by demagogues: "Would one soldier to the thousand or population be dangerous? Yet that would mean 75,000 to 80,000 6f a regular army. Would one man to every square mile of continental area be a thing to fear? Yet that would mean an army of 145,000. Taking the armies of Europe at a period in 1S99. when all European nations were at peace ,and It will be seen that France, with 540.000 men. had 14 soldiers to each lOOu people, and 2.6 soldiers to each square mile; Germany with 390,000 soldiers, being 14.3 to each thousand and 2.7 to each square mile; Russia, 895,000, being C.9 to every thousand, and. on account of her enormous area (Including Siberia), 9.6 square miles to each sol dier; Great Britain. 258,000. being 6.8 to the thousand and 2.1 to each square mile. Now, let us compare the United States under existing conditions, all of the coun tries named being on a peace basis and the Republic at war. Our population in ISM was 62.000.000. I estimate It now at 75,000,000. The regular Army Is. under ex isting law, 65.000. which Is .56 of a soldier to each 1000 of people. Adding the volun teer force now in. tho field, and we have 1.33 soldier to each 300, as compared with 9.8, which is the average of all Euro pean nations, and 13.2, which is the pro portion in Great Britain at the present. And yet this absurdly small fraction of an armed man is declared by the cowardly cavillers and deceiving? demagogues to be a threat at the liberty of the people! In France there are 2.73, and in Germany 2.S3 soldiers, to each square mile Of ter ritory, while in the United States there is one regular to each 55 square miles of American soil, and when the volunteers are added, one man to each 36 square miles. Truly, this solitary man would have an active time of it lording It over such a broad domain. He would be ever on duty, and to accomplish anything his reville would have to continue until after bed taps and taps never be sounded." o THE BOXERS' CREED. His Philosophy la That He Wants to Be Let Alone. London Daily Express. Most of us regard the Chinese Boxer as an ignorant fanatic, whose intolerant hatred of foreigners leads him to pillage and murder. Hear the other side, as a member of the Boxers expounds It to a representative of this paper. He is, in effect, what the Empress of China called him "in the main, a good and patriotic citlaen." Missionaries of a young faith, a creed that seems childish to him by comparison with his own religion, tho duration of which is reckoned in tnou. sands of years, come to teach him that he and his forefathers for a hundred gen erations have been following the wrong path. Can we Wonder that he resents It? Let it be well understood that we do not slight the noble purpose and splendid self-sacrifice of our missionaries. Let it be evett better understood that we do not defend the hoary and magnificent heathenism of the Chinese. But It is the. most true and most humble Christianity to make allowance for the Inherited be liefs of others, to put ourselves in their place, and view the questions of reform in religion and advance in civilisation from their standpoint. What is the Boxer, as a member of the society represents him? He is a patriot and a zealot, a mistaken martyr. He treasures the religion that has been handed down to him through countless centuries, and tho customs that represent the concentrated wisdom ot countlesa generations. Our modern civilization la to him only the pastime of young nations that are children beside his own. Bar baric Europe was fighting with the crudo weapons of the savage when his ancestors had learned the secret of gunpowder, the art of printing half the discoveries that the genius of the Western world has given to us in the last 1000 years. His people, so he claims, learned ages ago the futility of progress and the importance ot contentment. Thoy have passed through all the social problems that are vexing us today, and have arrived at the philo sophic conclusion that happiness, attained through labor and the faithful observ ance Of duty, is the supreme good. To this calm and satisfied Celestial we Europeans come with our rush and hurry and bustle of progress, our noisy rail roads, our armaments of war and death, our diverse and contentious forms of a creed that is new and strange to him. Can we wonder that he hates us, and ac cepts the necessity of killing us off .the face of the earth as the only method ot securing his peace from our disturbance? We are to him like the buzzing fly In the sleeping-room, and he would accord us Just the same grace as we would give tho fly. If the insect will only go out through the open window, he wishes it no barm; If It persists in troubling his rest, he would crush it. That Is, In brief, the, philosophy of the Boxer, and it is emi nently human and natural. i LYNCHED INNOCENT MEN. Hut cs. Mlsslsftlppl Mob Had to Find a Victim. Chicago Tribune. The Tribune has received from an en tirely reliable source the details of the recent lynching of two negroes at Mis sissippi City. The authentic story only adds to the horror of these mob mur ders. Unless the Governor of the state, who has tecently pronounced against lynching, shall tako steps to arrest and punish every man connected with thH abominable outrage, the people of Mis sissippi must not complain If their state becomes the object of public aversion and contempt. On the 2d of June the remains of a young girl were found near Biloxl, and the testimony of the physicians showed that sho had been outraged and murdered. A negro hunt was at once Instituted and a half-demented negro was arrested. Al most every species of cruelty was em ployed to force a confession from him. His head, hands and feet were burned, but his only reply was: "You may tor ture me to death, but I will not confess to a crime I never committed." This caused a doubt In the minds of the mob, but a victim must be had, so another negro was arrested and put in jaiL On the night of the 9th both were taken out of jail by the mob and shot! Now it is ascertained that neither of these victims committed the crime, an other man having confessed, although ho Is not in custody. When he is caught, of course there will bo another lynching. Governor Longlho In his recent message recommended to the Legislature that strong measures looking to the suppres sion of lynching should be adopted. But was he sincere? It was known by every one In that vicinity for days before the lynching that It was to happen, and the Governor had the power in his hands to prevent it, but he failed to use It, and the result was that two Innocent men were murdered. The community in which such a crime can be committed is not far re moved from barbarism. The fact that the perpetrators of it have not been promptly arrested and punished shows that the law In that locality Is Inoperative and that the processes of the courts havo given place to the decrees of a savage mob. Expansion, Not Imperialism. The Staunton (Va.) News quotes this paragraph from The Oregonlan: Any proposal to "protect" ourselves against any people, over whom- tK flag- floats is the height of Injustice, and no such policy can be permanent. The people- ot Oregon have voted with these facts fully in view, but the people of Orecon aro expansionists, and later they will take part, if necessary, in correction ot any errors that may be committed la ap plication of the principle or policy of expan sion. But. since the principle Or policy of expansion Is disputed, that Is to be settled first. It is on this broad question ot holding these new places Into which tho flag has been carried that tho peopla of Oregon hara voted in the affirmative. And it makes the following comment: If tho Democratic party would be wise at Kansas City, It would approve expansion, but condemn the Republican methods of dealing with tho Inhabitants of tho new territory. The country Is not against expansion, but It is against imperialism. Should the Democratic party condemn expansion and Imperialism. It will run solidly up against the sentiment de scribed by Tho Portland Oregonlan. . Demopopa Prefer Kciv Issues. EI Paso (Tex.) Herald. The Demopops do not care particularly to face their old predictions they'd pre fer to make new ones about Imperialism and militarism. Grosvener of Ohio, at the Philadelphia convention, quoted from Congressman Bailey's remarks in 1S9S that If prosperity followed tho passage of the Dingiey bill, there would be no neces sity for a Democratic convention in 1900. and in the light of present conditions in our land, Grosvenor Invited Bailey to eat his words. A Good. Times Ticket. Springfield (111.) Journal. In addition to everything else, .the Re publican Presidential ticket Is a good times ticket. EASTERN OREGON REDEEMED A gratifying result of the June election, shown in the official canvass of the re turns. Is the redemption of Eastern Ore gon from the silver heresy. In 1S36 Bry an carried the counties east of the Cas cadestwo In the First Congressional Dis trict and 12 In the Second by a vote of 13,001. against 10.39S for McKInley and 260 for Palmer. Bryan's majority over the combined Republican and Gold Demo cratic vote was 23 K. In June, 1900, the Republican candidates for Congress Tongue in Klamath and Lake, and Moody in the other counties received 11,711 votes, tho Fusion nominees S5G3, and tho Populist and Independent Democratic candidates 2053. The Republican majority over the combined Fusion. Populist and Democratic vote was 1107. Between No vember, 1595, and June, 1900, a Republican minority of 2346 in Eastern Oregon was converted into a Republican majority of 1107, a net Republican gain of 3453. In 1896, there were 14 counties east of the Cascade. Bryan led in nine. McKIn ley carried five Gilliam, Morrow, Sher man and Wasco by majorities, and Crook by a plurality. This year there are 15 counties beyond the mountains, Wheeler having been organized in 1S99. Of these, the Republicans had majorities in 10 Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Klamath, Morrow, Sherman, "UmatillaWallowa, Wasco and Wheeler and pluralities in two Harney and Malheur. The Fuslonists carried three counties Baker, Union and Lake but by vastly smaller majorities than in 1836. Four years ago, Bryan had S9 majority in Baker County over McKInley and Palmer; this year the Fusion and Inde pendent Democratic vote for Congress ex ceeded tho Republican by 214, a Repub lican gain since 1S36 of 7S5. In 1S93, Bryan led McKInley and Palmer by S2S in Union County; this year the Republican minor ity fell to 322, a Republican gain of CO. In 1896, Lake County gave Bryan 29 ma jority over McKInley and Palmer; this year. Tongue, the Republican nominee for Congress, ran 33 behind the Fusion and Populist vote. Lake County Is not Populistlc, as it3 vote this year would seem to Indicate. Dr. Daly, the Fusion candidate, lives in that county, and the result Is partly due to his personal popu larity. On state offices Lake returned Re publican majorities. Wolverton, for Su preme Judge, carried the county by 130, and Bailey, for Food and Dairy Commis sioner, by 176. Tho detailed vote of the trans-Cascades counties for President in 1S96 was: McKInley. Baker 956 Crook 607 Gilliam 552 Grant 738 Harney 270 Klamath 347 Lake ............. 352 Malheur 313 Morrow ESS Sherman 426 Umatilla LS59 Union 1.308 Wallowa 3S1 Wasco 1,701 Bryan. Palmer. 1,860 35 576 39 471 3 867 37 521 5 463 8 3S3 2 654 15 544 15 418 7 2.0S3 30 2,155 19 642 11 1,367 2S Total 10.393 13,004 2C0 The vote of these counties for Repre sentative in Congress this year was: Repub lican. Fusion. Baker 1,433 1,450 Crook 502 293 Gilliam 2M 2S0 Grant .'. 829 493 Harney 365 326 Klamath 3S9 343 Lake 304 390 Malheur 400 344 Morrow 615 363 Sherman 433 243 Umatilla 1,565 1.302 Union 1.429 1.492 Wallowa 630 4i6 Wasco .1,601 493 Wheeler 479 203 Pop. or Dem. 202 147 82 177 92 21 101 93 3 299 255 90 3S8 52 o9i Total 11.711 8;C06 Bryanism took firm hold in Eastern Oregon four years ago. Silver Is found In considerable quantity In many ledges and some mines, notably the La Bellevue and tho Monumental, had been extensive producers of the white metal. Under these circumstances and the disturbed condition of business. It was not difficult for agitators to create a sentiment that the country would go into bankruptcy unless it bought all the sliver that was offered to it at $1 9 an ounce. In the past four years silver has been forgotten In the development of the gold ledges and the general prosperity of the people, and is no longer a factor in politics. It Is done for In Eastern Oregon, as well as west of the Cascades. Who Will Mr. Platt Same? New York Tribune. Now that Mr. Platt has succeeded In lending Governor Roosevelt to the Nation, the Republican party of the State of New York Is confronted by a serious problem. It must And a new candidate for Gov ernor who will command the favor of Independent voters, add to rather than detract from the strength of the National ticket In this state, and himself win the election. Mr. Platt doubtless thinks he can attend to the selection of a new Gov ernor, else he would not .have been so anxious to advance the old one. There are, however, some things to be considered In the solution of the problem besides Mr. Piatt's interests and wishes if the state government is to be kept out of Tam many's hands and McKInley and Roose velt aro not to suffer seriously as the result of local disaffection. The more far sighted of Mr. Piatt's own special ad horpntn have discerned this, and are al ready beginning to demand the nomina- ., . .. .-,1.3 ot1. r.lt irtfr warn'm UOn OL a CtUlUlUitlt: "U n.i. ..w.. ...v.. v-.j represent the machine, but will have the support of the same Independent elements which alone made Governor Roosevelt's election possible two years ago. Bryan's Strength In East. El Paso (Tex.) Herald. The Demopops In claiming that Bryan's strength is stronger In the East, are but burying their heads In the sand to avoid the fearful sight of his weakness in the West. As a matter of fact, the East was not and is not easily swept away Dy any debased money scheme. The East is older than the West, and knows enough to know that a dollar needs to be a dollar and no fraction less. So Everywhere. El Paso (Tex.) Herald. El Paso has a good many McKInley Democrats. They are not so much In love with McKInley but they can't see it Bryan's way. MEN AND TVOME5. Joseph Jefferson is at work upon a volume ot memoirs treating of the famous actors and others of prominence whom he has known. 3Ime. Pattl baj for some time held the rec ord for the largest sum that has been earned In a year by a woman. Her highest total for 12 months U 70.000. Albert C. Mayer, of Vicksburg, Mls., who has Just graduated at the New England Con servatory of Music, at Boston. Is considered b the faculty the beet violinist who has ever studied at the school. Frederick Hyland. of Wexford. Ireland, "who died reeentlr at the age of 85 years, had a re markable record in his vocation. For CO years he was an undertaker, ana during that time he burled more than 3000 people. Father Patrick O'Connell. who was ordained In Cleveland last week, achieved success In an other profession before he made up his mind to study for the priesthood. He was City En gineer of Lanstmr, Mich., when he abandoned Civil Engineering to devote his life to the serv ice of tho church. He served two terms as City I Enctneer. ' NOTE AND COMMENT.! a " .. "- i How do you" pronounce Tien Tsln? The Boxers' press censor knows hi business.- He simply cuts the wires. Oora Paul appears to have folded his whiskers and silently stolen off' the map. Tho Philadelphia convention came pret ty near putting the cart before the horse There is yet hope for the Boxers: Tet- tlgrew has not yet demanded that they be Investigated. It remains to be seen what Agulnaldo's friends in the great Democratic party are going to do for him. Emperor William's yacht won a race the other day. It Is needless to add that His Majesty was not at the Jielm. A woman in Brooklyn founcVa burglar ' under her bed the other night- Why don't burglars read the newspapers? One day the heat is most Intense. The next we do without It. " ather acts like thirty cents. There's so much change about It. Mr. Bryan has reached so high a. point In Mr. Crokers esteem that the latoer is Journeying all the way to Lincoln UuLet Him in on a Good Thing., The punster wrote a horseless Joke, By way of pleaant chaff. . ' And when he sprung the gag In print ne got a horseless lough. A few days ago there passed through the City of Wabash, Ind., what a synVr pathetic agent of the Forestry Associa tion might well term a mournful, pro cession. It consisted of some 0 wagons laden with the last black-walnut logs In the county that were fit for lumber Not only has Wabash County, Indiana been denuded of Its walnut groves with out reference to future supply, but every section of the Central West where these trees once flourished has suffered like despoliation. The walnut, the most abundant of all trees In the groves of a wide section, including Northern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, Is today practically extinct. Not only was the walnut drawn, upon without stint for manufacturing purposes, but it was ruthlessly slaugh tered for firewood, fencing, barn-building, etc. Prodigality and thoughtlessness worked together for its extinction. While a number of articles have beea going the rounds of the papers on the "arrested growth" of some of the Chris tian churches, some encouragement may be had from the steady advance of the conservative Christian institutions. Tho year-book of the Young Men's Chris tian Association, recently published by the International committee at New York, shows that this organization has been making a healthy progress. There are 235,472 members, an Increase over tho year before of nearly 27,000. These ara 35,070 of these serving on committees, and 115.547 are church members (something; less than half the total membership). These associations own buildings, real estate, furnishings and endowments to the amount of J20.256.437 above all liabili ties, an Increase of $906,165 for the year, with $1.020,SSO building funds pledged. Be sides this $2,620,241 was paid out for cur rent expenses. Men to the number of 1395 are at work as general secretaries, phys ical directors and other paid officials, but the astonishing statement Is made that .33 vacancies exist, presumably because com petent men cannot be found. The lead ers say that the work has grown faster than It has been possible to develop men. There are 491 gymnasiums, with 77,485 men using them, an Increase of 20,000 In 12 months. Three hundred and sixty-nine city associations report 17,189 Bible and training class session, with a total at tendance of 229,510. In the association night schools of the country there was a registration of 25,902 different men, being 1S17 more than the year before. The increased thoroughness of this work Is shown in that 1570 have successfully passed the international examinations, against 972 last year. PIjEASANTIIIES OP PAUAGRAPHERS His Luck. She Two weeks seems such a short vacation. He That depend3 on where you spend it. I struck a place where It seemed long. Puck. "How much did you pay for that horse?" asked the Ice maru "Seventy-live aouars a. front foot," answered the real estate man. Indianapolis Press. Laylrig Out a Celebration. "Freddy, tell pa. what you want for your birthday." "Oh, pa, r want a tent in th' back yard, an a gun. an a grea' big cigar-store Injun." Minneapolis Journal. Jack Well, whatever the Summer girl may be. there Is ono thing she Is not. Will What's that? Jack-She Is not ontaglous. Will How do you mean? Jack Tou can't catch her. Detroit Free Press. Dime Museum Gossip. "The tattooed man says he gets so despondent at times that hs thinks of committing suicide." "He ought to be watched. One can easily see that he baa designs upon his own person." Philadelphia Evenlnjr Bulletin. Hoax So May Marryat and Mr. Plodder aro still no more than engflged? I had expected to hear of their union before this. Joax Well, I believe the only obstacle lies In the fact that Plodder doesn't get union wages. Philadelphia Record. It Has Various Seats. "What's the news from the seat of war?" she asked at the break fast table. He looked up from his paper in surprise. "Please specify," he said. "Do you refer to China. St. Louis, South Africa, Phila delphia or the Philippines? Chicago Even lnjr Post. Drawing the Line. "I suppose yon feel sur of your ground In the coming campaign?" "I should say so." answered Senator Sorghum. "I think I may say without boasting that I have enough laid by to hold my own without mortgaging any real estate." Washington Star. Let Discord. Cease. (An Oregonlan correspondent proposes that the- Confederate battle-flags should ba burnt.) i:ura those ancient tatters. Let Discord cease for ays! Some loved thm once what matters The strife of yesterday? The years have rolled. The men are old . .--, Whfe waved their folds la vlaw Of gallant men Who followed when ., . " Those faded stripes were new. , Burn those ancient tatters; Clasp hands, you Blue and Gray. Some spurned them once Time ahttra The lance that Hate would away. The silver threads "Upon the heads Of heroes bent attest The gauntlets flung. When men were young. In Age's grasp should rest. Burn those ancient tatters. Baptized In Battle's fray; Our nobler Impulse scatters The Upstart Pack who prey Unon the pride - Our hearts should hide , .' Tou fought beneath two flags On ono unite. The one In sight. And burn the tattered rags. H F. Rodney. It Will Be Free Silver. Providence Journal. The second nomination of Mr. Bryan will be In itself a reaffirmation ot free sil ver at 16 to 1, as positive and unmistak able as any aggregation of phrases could make.