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TODAY'S WEATHER. Generally fair and
j Silently warmer; winds mostly northerly.
generally credited with at this late day,
refused to give up the light, and their
Judgment In the matter was oon vindi
cated. Through the efforts of the busi
ness men of this city there has been a
steady Increase In the depth of "water
in the ship channel to Astoria, and a
co-responding Increase In the size ot
vessels coming to this port. St. Helens
bar, -which formerly interfered with the
passage of seventeen-foot chips, now
carries thirty feet of watjr at low tide,
and delays are unknown. This re
markable change was wrought at this
BEMOCRAT.C CAMPA.GN MATERIA j by thjJjJW rf I-PJ J
iUClIU
or constitutional amendment Rhode
Island and Massachusetts once tried it
for a few vears and then abandoned It.
In Iowa it has been practically aban
doned. Kansas is the only "Western
state In which there is any serious at
tempt to enforce prohibition of the li
quor traffic, and the result has been to
increase vastly the number of nominal
drug stores that are largely tippling
shops, as they are in Maine and Ver
mont In the South, state prohibition
does not exist
(PORTLAND, WEDTfESDAT, JULY 4.
Can It be possible that the Demo
cratic National Convention will adopt
a resolution condemning the sending of
i American troops and war vessels to
j China? Such resolution has been seri
ously proposed, and adoption of it
would be quite In line with the fran
tic opposition of the party to "mili
tarism." But it would show character
istic insensibility to the spirit of the
country, which will not tolerate cow
ardly abdication of the duty of protect
ing the lives of citizens and the honor
of the United States.
The Democratic convention will de
clare specifically for free silver at 16
to L There Is little doubt about It Bryan
wants It and the rank and file want It
and will say so. The convention at Kan
sas City Is in the hands of the mob,
just as it was at Chicago. From the
very first the hopes of the Eastern De
mocracy that they would be able to put
a curb on rashness and direct the party
into saner ways were certain of failure.
Bryan knows and interprets the un
derlying sentiments and dominant in
fluences of the great body of his follow
ers more correctly than Hill, or Harri
son, or Van Wyck, or Danforth, or
Croker, or any of the state leaders. To
Ignore silver is to betray weakness,
show vacillation, and to offend the real,
true Bryanltes; and that means to di
vorce his own devoted following, with
out gains In the East So Bryan looks
at it He does not see how he would
win New York or Indiana by a strad
dle; he knows he would lose the great
body of Populists, and he knows that
the Silver Republicans would be put
cut of existence. The crown of thorns
and the cross of gold made Bryan; he
does not understand how loyalty to sil
ker can unmake him.
It is not the habit or the will of the
American people to mourn on the
Fourth of July. It is the day the re
public was born, and it is not the day
on which It is to be burled. Yet with
In making Its platform the Demo
cratic party will take advantage of the
Republican mistake in Porto Rlcan
legislation. President McKinley was
right as to "our plain duty," and the
country was with him. It was due to
his characteristic weakness that he suf
fered himself to be overruled.
It wa3 not Porto Rico that gave the
question its main Importance. It was
the shadow of the Philippines, loom
ing up behind. Stripped of all irrele
vant matter, the question Is whether
any people under the flag are to be
denied the right of free commercial in
tercourse with the united btates;
whether they are to be held for taxa
tion, without the benefits that should
accrue from the sovereignty which they
are sequlred to acknowledge.
On this point the Democratic plat
form will run a parallel, or a contrast,
between "expansion" and "Imperial
Ism," taking no position against the
first, but condemning the second with
out stint It is the greed of protected
interests that has given the Democrats
this advantage.
The debate as to the power of Con
gress Is altogether unprofitable. Wheth
er the limitations and restrictions of
the Constitution do or do not apply to
newly acquired territory, until ex
tended over it by specific legislation, is
a subject on which everything remains
to be said, on both sides; for It has not
yet received authoritative exposition,
and discussion of it as an abstract
question comes to nothing. But the
people of the United States do not be
lieve that the people of our newly-acquired
territory should be cut off from
Via Vonfito nt trea onmmprnlnl lntpr-
I course with the country to whose sov
ereignty they are bound, or that we
have any Just right to set up a de
mand for "protection" for ourselves, or
rather for special Interests among us,
against the people of our new possss
slons. This the Democratic platform will
call "Imperialism." It will constitute
large part of the material of the Bryan
campaign. Effort will be made to keep
It at the front, especially In the great
states where twaddle about sliver Is at
a discount The party's orators will
try to dodge the direct question
whether the country ought to keep the
new possessions, or not and will en
deavor to obscure this vital po nt by
pressing the difference between "ex
pansion" and "Imperialism."
Dry disquisitions on the theoretical
power of Congress will not meet this
presentation. It is not a question
whether Congress have power or not,
but a question what Congress ought to
do. "What do right and Justice demand,
and broad considerations of National
policy require? If the President's dec
laration as to "our plain duty" had
been heeded; if the universal voice of
the Republican press had been regard
ed, the Democratic party would not
now have this potent weapon in its
hands. "We may concede the Constitu
tional power of Congress, while utterly
dissenting from the policy of exerc'slng
it In this way. "When Marshall and
"Webster asserted the plenary power of
Congress over territory beyond the lim
its of the states of the Union, they
A barrier of piling, backed by
brush mattresses and stone, on tne
Washington Bide of the river, has
thrown the mighty current of the Co
lumbia over against the rocky. Oregan
shore and thus scoured out a channel
that will never become more shoal. The
same results on a less perfect scale
have been attained at the mouth uf the
Columbia, and it Is for the purpose of
carrying this system of Improvement to
a successful termination that the Port
land Chamber of Commerce and kin
dred organizations along the Columbia
River are now seeking Government aid.
By extending and strengthening the
jetty at the mouth of the river the
channel can be confined to limits whloh
will admit of its scouring out any depth
of channel desired. We have already
demonstrated that the Columbia can
handle any Balling vessel that floats,
and well-directed effort will soon place
the mouth of the river in shape for the
largest steamers In the world.
prosperity, and with the widening pros
pect of a wonderful future opening up
before it, a Democratic convention has
set apart this day to lamentation and
sorrow and gloomy forebodings over
our present unhappy condition and our
certain dismal destiny. It would seem
that there ought to be something to
which on this day of all days the De
mocracy could point with pride.
all itB glorious memories and inspiring
traditions, and with its present great were not considering questions of this
The merit of Suizer as a candidate
is that he carries his thoughts on his
sleeve; and among them is an exalted
opinion of Suizer. Persons who know
him best like Croker and Hill, do not
take him as seriously as they should,
and they tolerate him because he is a
sort of an Idol with the rabble. But
the radical element at Kansas City sees
in the cheap New. York blatherskite the
living, breathing, speaking embodiment
of their own revolutionary thoughts
and purposes, and they are for him. He
is and will be a formidable factor In the
convention, unless the strong hand of
Croker is laid at his heels, and pulls
him off. Suizer is as reckless as Debs,
as unreliable as Jim Ham Lewis, as
dangerous as Herr Most and as con
temptible as Donnelly.
kind. A power may exist, yet it may
be Inexpedient to assert it From the
British point of view, there was no
question of the right to tax the Ameri
can colonies; but British statesmen,
Chatham, Fox, Burke above all, showed
how" unwise It was, how fatuous as a
policy, how complete a negation of
statesmanship.
No step has been taken, fortunately,
which cannot be retraced. The Porto
Rican error will soon expire by its own
limitation, and the Philippines are to
be dealt with specifically when order
shall have been so far established as
to render civil regulations practicable.
Nevertheless, the Republican majority
in Congress, through its management
of this business, has furnished the op
position with the most effective portion
of Its campaign material material of
which It was sadly in need, since so
much of its old platform rubbish was
available no longer. The whole cam
paign against "Imperialism" will be
based on this Republican error.
A fair Illustration of the utterly ir-
b responsible character of Suizer Is found
in his address at the recent farewell to
the Boer envoys at New York. He
said:
I -would say to old Paul Kruger: .Hold on.
I Eraser. And when Bryan b m the wane
House you can send another ultimatum, not to
I Salisbury, but to Roberts. And you can tell
Ihlm If he doesn't take his army out of South
jAfrlca. In 4 hours you'll put him out, and tho
I armies of the United States will help you.
If he could, Suizer, a violent en
emy of Great Britain, would involve us
in war in fifteen minutes after he was
installed as Vice-President He want
ed to go to war over the Canadian
boundary. He has sounded the alarm
about the alleged activity of Great
Britain in building great fortifications
at Esqulmalt In order to control the
entrance to Puget Sound. He was em
open and noisy sympathizer with the
Coeur d'Alene rioters. He grows ex
cited in public speech in his denuncia
tion of imperialism and militarism;
yet he would commit the Incredible
folly of using our military power to set
tle a auarrel which is not ours, and
which is Indeed none of our business;
and he would go into it as a partisan,
and not as a pacificator. As Vice-President
Suizer would do harm enough; if
he were to succeed to the Presidency,
his aggressive Ignorance and rash and
assertive stupidity would lower us in
the decent opinions of mankind and
probably have us at odds with every
nation in the world.
Suizer Is Bryan on a lower plane, but
he is all the same the outward and
visible manifestation of Bryanlsm. He
voices what Bryan intends, and would
do, if given free rein. He is the per
sonified ultimate of the socialism and
anarchy of the Chicago platform.
During the past eight years state
prohibition has not made any progress.
lit is still nominally in force in Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont by law
RECORD OP THE GRAIN FLEET.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the grain season which closed last
Saturday was the fact that out of the
fleet of nearly 100 sailing ships that
cleared from Portland not a single ves
sel suffered detention in the river be
tween Portland and Astoria. This fleet
of sailing vessels carried, in round
numbers, 300,000 tons of wheat and
flour, and it included the largest sail
ing vessel that ever entered the Co
lumbia River, a vessel equaled In size
by but few other ships afloat This
monster ship, carrying 160 tons of
wheat and drawing over twenty-three
feet of water, went through from Port
land to Astoria In forty hours, anchor
ing over night on the way down, and
did not lighter a pound of cargo. As a
matter of fact; the lighterage of the en
tire fleet of nearly 100 ships was only
about 1000 tons, which was taken from
Bome of the old-style clipper ihips built
with deep draft for speed, and not for
carrying capacity.
The record of this fleet is the highest
tribute that can be paid to the efforts
that have been made for a deep and
safe channel between Portland and As
toria. The Oregonlan, In September,
1857. announced with a great display of
enthusiasm that the barkentlne Jane
A. Falkenberg. drawing nearly seven
teen feet of water, had reached here
with 630 tons of freight "the largest
cargo that had ever been brought to
Portland." It Is unnecessary to go
back so far Into the past to And seventeen-foot
vessels meeting with trouble
and delay, and requiring the lighterage
annually of many thousand tons of
wheat from Portland to Astoria. St
Helens bar was for nearly a quarter
of a century after the Falkenbergs
record trip the most dreaded place on
the river, and in early days so much
trouble was experienced at this point
that the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany abandoned the attempt of bring
ing Its steamships any farther up the
river, and made a temporary head of
navigation for deep-water ships at that
point
The pioneers of Portland, with more
THE CHINESE SITUATION.
The Chinese situation Is improved by
the knowledge that Pekln is In the
hands of a usurper. Prince Tuan, who
holds both the Emperor and the Em
press Dowager prisoners. Under these
circumstances the public sentiment of
China is sure to be divided between
loyalty to the Emperor and the Em
press Dowager and adhesion to the
usurper. This fact doubtless accounts
for the disposition of the Viceroys of
the various provinces to refuse to obsy
the orders of Prince Tuan and to co
operate with the efforts of the powers
to suppress anarchy and restore the
authority of the Emperor and Empress
Dowager at Pekln as soon as possible.
The declaration of the German Em
peror adds moral weight to the action
thus far undertaken by the forces of
the allies in China; but as for the re
lief of the beleaguered foreign lega
tions In Pekln, their only hope of res
cue lies In a decision to authorize Japan
to land an army powerful enough for
prompt advance on Pekln. It Is doubt
ful whether the allies would consent to
this, lest the presence of a large Japan
ese army would only add fuel to the
flame and promote a universal rising
throughout all China. Without a large
Japanese army the allies cannot hope
to reach Pekln with their present
forces. It Is more than likely that the
legations will be captured and the
whole diplomatic fore massacred be
fore relief can reach them. II they
were capturea ana neia prisoners,
Prince Tuan might keep them as host
ages through whom he could obtain
clemency for himself In event of de
feat by the allies; but the probability
is that if the legations are captured,
the foreign Ministers will all be mas
sacred by the turbulent Chinese sol
diery. The anti-foreign party in China
doubtless murdered the German Min
ister at Pekln because Germany inaug
urated the grab policy of today, when
in November, 1897, she seized the port
of Kiao Chou, assigning as her reason
for this action the desire to obtain sat
isfaction for the murder of two German
missionaries in the adjacent territory.
A few months later Germany through
a treaty secured what is practically a
perpetual lease of Klao Chou and the
adjacent territory, with the right to
land troops, establish a naval station,
build railroads, construct fortifications,
open and operate mines throughout the
province of Shan Tung.
Russia, Great Britain, France and
Japan followed up this aggressive move
and used the opportunity to extort from
China concessions In favor of their re
spective nations, with the possession of
such valuable strategic points as Port
Arthur, Talien Wan and Wei Hal Wei.
The acquisition by European powers of
these various strips of territory along
the coast of China has done more than
anything else to Intensify the anti-foreign
and anti-missionary feeling of the
Chinese people. Religious toleration
prevails in China, and Christian mis
sionaries are not often attacked and
murdered because of their religion, but
the action of Germany and France has
persuaded the Chinese people that mis
sionary work Is a mere Instrument of
secular government to achieve political
ends, and It may not be denied that
France and Germany have both delib
erately and purposely used mlsslonary
enterprises for political and territorial
aggrandizement The French have
gone so far as to compel the Imperial
Government to confer the rank of Man
darins upon the Roman Cathollo bish
ops or ecclesiastics In China.
Germany as the pioneer in this land
piracy is intensely hated by the Chinese
anti-foreign faction, and it Is therefore
not surprising that the German Minis
ter was the first victim of the Pekln
mob. Doubtless the Chinese know that
Germany, compared with Great Brit
ain, is a weak naval power, and that
her military power is more remote than
that of Russia. ,
The capture of Pekln by a European
army of 50,000 men could doubtles3 be
accomplished without much difficulty.
An army of 5000 French and English
captured It in 1860, but, in event of a
national uprising, war with China
could not extend beyond control of the
navigation of her great rivers and the
occupation of her great cities. There
are no roads in China, and no beasts
of burden fit for army transportation,
and there are only 516 mile3 of railway
in the whole empire, whose area Is
about 1,400,000 square miles, with a pop
ulation of about 389,OO0,CO0. Of course,
a general war with th Ch'nese people
might last many years, if the people
of the various provinces were united
against the foreigner.
Adams in Massachusetts was due that!
successful effort at popular Information
and agitation that lifted the colonies to
the level of rebellion. Dee was so rad
ical that he had cherlBhed the Idea of
Independence more than ten years be
fore it was presented in public, form.
Lee had stimulated public opinion, in
spired and Instructed it Ailed It with
his own moral courage, and had lifted
a conservative, almost cowardly Con
gress to the level of his own great
spirit The real work of genius was
Lee's twelve years of agitation. The
action was his. The record; and writ
ten argument were the work of Jeffer
There is a feeling samewhat widely
distributed that missionary methods,
which, if they do not breed revolt and
massacre, have to be backed up by gat
llng guns, are not profitable either in
so-called heathen lands or at home.
While all accounts do not agree upon
this point it Is reasonably evident, that
missionaries, In their zeal to subvert
the religious beliefs of the Chinese,
have proved a disturbing element of
great magnitude among these people.
It is not strange that this Is true. The
most enlightened of peoples at various
stages of their history have fought and
died for their religion. That the Chi
nese should look upon missionaries of
the Christian religion with disfavor,
and that this disfavor should grow into
hatred and culminate In revolt against
them and their converts, is not surpris
ing. Neither is It surprising mission
aries being human beings of but one
Idea that they should unconsciously,
or at least without intent, complicate
matters through zeal untempered by
Judgment Many of them are In deadly
peril; It is Impossible to tell how many
have been butchered In the fanatical
uprising for which in a degree they
were responsible. We can only hope
that those In peril may be rescued,
while those who have been killed will
certainly In due time be avenged by
their respective governments, though at
heavy cost in human life.
ator at Pocatello. by twice as many, as a
great number of the old-Une Dems. prefer
btioxra to Dubois, anyway.
Now, I am. not a prophet or the son of a
prophet, though I have had aucn gooo. mc.
predicting elections that I never lost but one
election bet In my life, and am. some thou
sands ahead In good Democratic money, and
I have as good a right to record my predic
tions as Dubois, as his have not been often
verified; and my prediction Is that tho straight
Republicans will carry every state west of the
Missouri, with the possible exceptions of Ne
braska and Colorado. The "West realises that
they are the principal gainers by upholding
the expansion policy, and are not fools enough
to vote against tho Interest of their pocket,
even If it, Is called "Democratic." As -to
"anti-Imperialism," by tbo use- Democrats are
making of that term, ther are hurting only
themselves, is no one take It seriously or
believes even, Bryan himself sincere In his use
of It. Ther can be no real aangor iroa w
as there is not a "Corporal's guard" la any
party that would favor it a minute. It Is
used by the Democratic leaders merely as a
dishonest, claptrap catchword to get Into of
fice on; but It will not work Tho "Coxey
armies" and "New Tork souphouses" are too
fresh in the memory of the rank and file of
voters to be again risked this year on account
of a catchword baring no real significance.
Many Democratc here say, "We don't want
any change of Government now."
E. s. wHiiriiafc.
GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 1 Nv0TE ANDCOMHENT.
In his utterances in the Italian Cham
ber of Deputies, Marquis Venosta,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, discloses
the statesman and the diplomat We
are so accustomed to regard Italy as
lacking in the higher attributes of
statesmanship, perhaps because we are
so little acquainted with her in offi
cial and diplomatic lines, that it Is
something of a revelation to hear a
clear and succinct statement which
pledges that power to the support of
the common commercial Interests of the
world, while disavowing any purpose
or thought of "getting a foothold in
China." The policy in reference to the
Chinese troubles, as outlined by Venos
ta, is Identical with that of the United
States, viz: "To; maintain a position
with other powers, all of whom are
anxious to re-establish order In Pekln
and create guarantees for the safety of
foreigners and for their peaceful interests."
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
destruction of Admiral Cerrera's Iron
clad naval squadron before the harbor
of Santiago by the American Iron-c'ad
fleet under Admiral Sampson. Santiago
was really won July 1 by the American
Army capturing the positions of San
Juan Hill and El Caney. The 103s of
these positions sealed the fate of Santi
ago. July 3 Is afso the anniversary cf
the victory of Gettysburg, which was
Anally won by Genera Meade pverJSen
eral Lee, July 3, 1863. The forces In
this great battle were nearly equal,
about 80,000 on each side. In the whole
Gettysburg campaign the Federal 103s
was 23,049, while General Lee; who as
saulted a very strong position, lost not
less than 30,000 men in killed, wounded
and prisoners.,
THE CONSISTENCY OP BRYAN.
He Sticks to Silver, Despite Advice
oi Sound Democrats.
Baltimore American.
A remarkable feature of the Democratic
situation Is that not a single one of the
recognized leaders of the party is in
sympathy with the man who is to be
nominated at Kansas City. In the North
and West with the rarest exceptions,
these leaders repudiated the Chicago
platform In 1SS6, and though some of them
gave Mr. Bryan their support, it was
generally recognized aa languid, per
functory and done purely lor tno pur
pose of holding the party together for
future conflicts. Even in the South,
where there is no real opposition to tho
Democracy that is, none which can make
Its Yolce heard there was unusual apathy
and a mute protest against the strange
doctrines sent out from Chicago.
If all reports are true, and if the decla
rations of Mr. Bryan himself are worth
anything at all, these same strange doc
trines which shocked the Democracy In
1896, and the public also, are to be reaf
firmed at Kansas City, The ridiculous
silver nonsense, which even the bulk of
the silver men concede to be out of date,
Is to be declared as a solemn Democratic
principle. The anxiety of the sound
money Democrats to have this plank
eliminated is almost pathetic, but Mr.
Bryan has one virtue In excess: he Insists
on being consistent He is willing, ltk
nthr fanatics, to stand or fall by hla
delusion, and, like them, ne oeueves ne
will succeed. These sound-money Dem
ocrats are not fanatics and have no Illu
sions to buoy them up.
Then, too, there Is the anarchistic at
tack on the Federal Courts, the direct
Invitation t6 the disorderly and lawless
to flock to the Democratic standard. No
more absolutely undemocratic proposition
was ever foisted en a party. Of all gov
ernments on earth, a Democratic or Re
publican government is most dependent
upon the honest and fearless administra
tion of Justice.' Without honesty and In
dependence in the courts, popular gov
ernment would have no standing. It Is
the stable bulwark between the Intrigues
of the designing and powerful and the
masses of the people. This doctrine,
however, is to be again proclaimed, xne
courts are to be attacked first by law,
and If that don't suit by a Constitutional
amendment The actual danger to the
country from these two planks of the
proposed Democratic platform will far
eclipse all the imaginary evils of trusts
which tho oratory of the new Democracy
can evolve.
Strikes don't pay. In Chicago, 60,000
men in the building trades are out of
pocket $22,440,000 for twenty weeks of
idleness, an average per man of $376.
According to an official statement, the
amount contributed to the street rail
way strikers In St Louis for forty-six
days has been $33,915, of which $2271
went for expenses. The remainder is
$31,644, which, distributed among 3000
men for the time mentioned, gives an
average of about 23 cents a day for
each man. The wages of the men for
the same period would have amounted
to $276,000, a loss of $244,356. When will
labor learn that steady employment
beats the ration doled out by the walk
ing delegate?
An illustrated souvenir edition Just
published by the Baker City Democrat
is devoted to the mines of the Eastern
Oregon gold belt and the agr.cultural
resources ofBaker County. It is print
ed on heavy book papsr, 3 Illustrated
by half-tones, and contains a fund of
accurate information about the. largest
mineralized region In the world.
Journalism In. Russia.
Philadelphia North American.
It must be a pleasure to run a newspap
er In Russia. There Is so little for tho
editor to do, and so much is done by
a benevolently paternal government
Here, for Instance, are Instructions Just
Issued for the guidance of the Russian
press in dealing with the Chinese
troubles. In the first place, no reference
Is to be made to the movement of Rus
sian troops or warships. Think what a
relief that is to editors and correspond
ents. No haunting fear of scoops; no
wearing effort to scoop the hated rival
simply a peaceful repose In the knowl
edge that the censor Is keeping the news
from everybody alike.
Next, "papers must bear In mind that
the Czar is actuated only by a desire to
maintain peace and good will among the
nations." That saves all the trouble of
Inventing reasons for war.
Third, there Is to be "no gossip about
differences among the powers that would
be displeasing to the government" Gos
sip always tends to brain fag. The Rus
sian editor is saved from it
Fourth, there must be "no criticism of
Russian diplomacy or of military or naval
strategy. " Criticism of diplomacy and
strategy Is one of the most arduous duties
of the American Journalist Tho Russian
editor is relieved of all that labor, without
reduction of salary.
Fifth, "editorial writers should recollect
that Russia is predestined to predominate
in Asia." That Is easy, of course, for a
Russian as easy aB for an American to
remember the Monroe Doctrine.
The life of an editor In Russia is evi
dently one grand, sweet song.
WASHINGTON, July 3. The Treasury
Department Is using every effort to as
sist tho small National banks authorised
by the new currency act, to commence
business and ha3 almost tripled Its en
graying force in order to produce tho
bonds and notes for these new banks.
Little country banks all over the Nation,
which have been created by the new cur
rency law, are now getting their notes
engraved. By the aid of machinery and
by a system of specialization the 0 en
gravers at the plant are producing bank
plates at the rate of 83 per week. It Is
believed that 100 weekly will soon be the
output of the Bureau. Assistant-Secretary
Vandellp, the acting head of the
Treaspury Department is well pleased
with the operations of the new currency
law, providing for small National banks.
"As yet we are not feeling the full
benefit o'f them," he explained, "as the
Issuance of tho necessary bank notes Is
not nearly completed. Nevertheless, I be
lieve that by Fall, the now currency will
be liberally In circulation. That does not
necessarily mean an easy money market
In handling the crops, but it means an
increase in the supply of National bank
note3 for doing the business of the coun
try," Tne Sort of Objector Lenta Is.
If the peoplo of the country generally
wero disgusted with Representative
Lentz, of Ohio, before, they are doubly
disgusted with that gentleman after his
performance at the close of the recent
session of Congress. In days gone by
different members of tho House have
earned the reputation of "Objectors," but
none earned that distinction in so mean,
small and contemptible a way as tho
blatherskite from Ohio. Lentz, it will be
recalled, was one of the prime movers in
the so-called "Coeur d'Alene investiga
tion," held by the House military com
mittee, and he It was whose every effort
throughout the whole proceeding waa to
besmirch the Army and fasten Indelible
stains on our prominent noble and sound
minded Army officers, General Merrlam
In particular. In that object Lentz com
pletely failed, and the very evidence with
which he sought to damage the Army
and its officers, turned and showed up the
laborers In even a worse Ugnt than they
had previously been regarded. Lentz has
always striven to gain tho reputation of
"friend of the laboring man," and may
have succeeded in bamboozling some into
regarding him in that light, but as a
matter of fact Lentz seeks first and fore
most cheap notoriety.
It was such notoriety as this that he
gained In the closing days of Congress.
There were parts of the testimony taken
before the military committee during its
Investigation which wero mere fabrica
tions, but which, it put in print, might
appeal to some of the laboring classes,
who would accept such statements as tho
truth, and might thereby be incited to
riot or other unlawful acts. The better
Judgment of the House to suppress this
report In Its entirety prevailed, and it
was ordered that the body of the report
be withheld from publication. As a mat
ter of fact the main and essentia fea
tures of the investigation were published
at the. time the hearing was In progress,
and there Is no reason for further spread
ing any of the testimony over the coun
try. Lentz, time after time, made an ef
fort to have the full testimony printed,
but the House declined. He then adopted
the smallest tactics within the reach of
any member of Congress, and whenever
any member would rise and ask unani
mous consent to pass a bill, no matter
whether it was a meritorius penslor bill,
or any bill local to his state or district,
whose merits could not bo questioned,
the irrepressible lentz was always on his
feet, with the remark, "Until the Coeur
d'Alene testimony is printed. I shall have
to object' This course he followed to
the very end and the last time that unan
imous consent was asked, Lentz made
his stereotyped objection. A3 a result he
has fallen in the estimation of even his
Democratic colleagues, for no man, no
matter what his political affiliations, or
how strong his desire to have the testi
mony printed, would approve such a
course as that taken by Lentz. Lentz
merely illustrated in a manner more for
cible than heretofore adopted, that he
is purely and simply an ass.
9
Bryan chuckles over what) he calls
the toboggan slide in the Republican
party from Lincoln to Banna. But
what a great toboggan slide in the
Democratic party from Thomas Jeffer
son to William Jennings Bryanl
Between Croker and the hot weather,
the Democratic convention Is not able
to forjret that the Ice trust is a pe
culiarly Democratic Institution.
Croker swallows 16 to 1 without a
grimace. His insldes are as strong as
Tammany, which swallows Croker, and
even manages to look happy.
The news from Kansas City will not
be more agonizing than Alfred Austin's
immortalization of the relief of Tien
Tsln.
General Chaffee Is a brave man and
an able soldier. He will doubtless ac
complish what he is sent to do in China.
The Oregon was built to stay above
water. Therefore she floats again.
It "sras the eloquence and arguments
of Richard Henry Lee that when the
Second Colonial Congress met secured
a large majority In favor of declaring
independence. At this point the ques
tion arose who should move the decla
ration. Lee was selected. He moved
the declaration, and by parliamentary
usage should have been chairman of
the committee appointed to prepare It;
but on the eve of its selection he was
summoned home on account of the ill
ness of his wife, and In his absence his
conservative enemies made young Jef
ferson chairman and robbed Lee of the
honor he had earned of being the au
thor of the Declaration of Independ-
enterprise and public spirit than they are j ence. To Lee la Virginia and Samuel
Politics in Idaho.
The Silver Republican In Idaho has
practically ceased to exist Following Is
a letter to tho Salt Lake Tribune:
Soda Springs, Idaho. June 2S. 1000. Editor
Tribune: I see In yours of June 27 an Inter
view with Fred T. Dubois, which was evident
ly Intend to catch votes and might mislead
some one If no corrected. The truth is, mere
Is not a Silver Republican county organiza
tion In any county In the state that a man
can find without a very fine tooth comb, and
that the state organisation Is now narrowed
down to about 7. T. Dubois, C. E. Amey and
C. J. Basaett "Why, they could not find
enough of the party In the state to make 23
delegates out of to go to Kansas City, and
appointed two from our small town, both of
whom are back solidly In the old party and re
fuse to act with tbe "Democratic aide show"
any longer. Ho claims the G. O. P. stands no
show to carry any county In Idaho except
Ada. "Well, we will show him we will carry
several more, among which are Bannock;
Bingham (his own county) and Oneida. In
fact, we will carry Southeastern Idaho by
1000 majority, or more, and the stato by from
2000 to 0000, ecd if Dubois Is named for Sen-
English Opinion of Russia.
London Express, June IS.
If anything can be more srlous than
the peril of our countrymen In Pekln It
is the multiplication of signs that Russia
Is not dealing fairly with us and tho
other nations concerned. We carl readily
believe that Russian Intrigue fomented
the rising of Boxers which has precipi
tated the present crisis. It is more diffi
cult to realize that the tortuous ways of
Muscovite diplomacy are keeping a Rus
sian force ready to make common cause
with the Empress against the European
powers, who seek to restore order and
civil government Tet It is ominous that
the Chinese boast of Russian sympathy
and support that the Russian and French
Consuls in Tien Tsln ostentatiously hold
themselves aloof from the deliberations
of the other foreign representatives, and
that some thousands of Russian troops,
variously estimated, are undoubtedly op
erating outside Pekln independently of
the relief force, to which Russia has con
tributed a nominal aggregate of a few
hundred men.
Tne Vnlue of Good Honda.
Pearson's Magazine.
It has been figured out in Now Jersey
that land values tend to rise 20 per cent
in value wherever good roads are Intro
duced, Irrespective of other natural bene
fits. They are Invariably the forerunners
of other Improvements, such as the elec
tric railways, free mall delivery, increased
demand for country residences, and so on.
They create far greater social unity, they
spread Intelligence, they give to the Iso
lated citizen a political significance not
otherwise attainable.
THE WAR OF THE ' CITIES.
Fctt Are Likely to Be Satisfied. With.
the Census.
Washington Star.
Director Merrlam deserves universal
commiseration for the "roasting" in store
for him from every large city In tho
country, Chicago, New York. St Louis,
San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia
perhaps even Washington are watching
tne cmer tauy-man witn jealous eyes.
Each community Is satisfied that It has
grown at a certain ratio In the past dec
ade. Each Is morally certain that the of
ficial census always conservative will
make an unjust showing against It Chi
cago has even gone so far In sus
picion as to organize a city census of Its
own, for the purpose of proving the of
ficial figures too low. Chicago's desired
point Is 2,000.000, and If Mr. Merriam's
men haven't found 2,000t000 In the Windy
city woe unto them and him. New Tork
hopes for 4,000,000, but will be satisfied
with 3,800,000 at a pinch. Boston wants
G80.000. San Francisco 500,000. or higher,
Philadelphia at least 1.500.000. St. Louis
630,000, and so on down the list. As a re
sult of the rivalry for rank In the list
of cities there Is the most eager enter
prise now on the part of each commun
ity to learn In advance the returns of
the enumeartors, and tho Director has
had to threaten the supervisors with In
stant dismissal if they allow their ag
gregates to e3cape.
This spirit is in a certain sense entire
ly commendable and desirable, although
It reveals the cityward tendency of the
population, which many observers regard
as an ominous sign. The cities grow
largely at the expense of the country dis
tricts. Expansion of boundaries accounts
for a certain measure of this growth,
but by far tho larger part Is due to the
stream of migration from the farms on
the part of young people. Tet farm con
ditions were never so attractive in their
own aspect as today.The average farmer
has advantages which a few decades ago
were luxuries for the city dweller. The
railroads give him access to the culture
and opportunities of the city and his
prosperity is In Its own measure greater
than that of the average worker in
town. Yet his sons and daughters conr
tlnue to move into the crowded centers,
causing a condition which this census
will aid In exploiting perhaps to the reve
lation of a serious problem In our soci
ology. So the conflict now opening between
the cities for a good showing to this
decennial count will have Its sober as
well as Its amusing phases.
MEW AND WOMEN.
Courtship in the Canary Islands.
Chicago News.
Some curious customs are in force in
the Canary Islands In the case of engaged
couples. Not the least peculiar of these
is that the lover Is never allowed to enter
the home of his fiancee during their en
gagement, but must conduct his court
ship from the pavement The girl is al
lowed to sit in the window to receive his
attentions, but as every one lives in flats
in these islands, there Is often consider
able dlsUnce between tho two, and much
craning of necks Is necessary.
Must Lose Xevr Yorlc
New Tork World, Dem.
No matter what any politicians from
this state may say to the contrary. New
Tork is not In favor of free coinage at
16 to 1, and cannot be carried on that is
sue, nor with that issue thrust aggressive
ly to the front as it still Is by Sir. Bryan.
Lord Halsbury. the present Lord Chancellor
of EnRlarid, will probably retire when his life
long friend. Lord Salisbury, leaves office, and
It is said his successor will be Sir Francis
Jeune, President of tho Dlvwce Division.
General Andrew Sheridan Burt. Colonel of
tho Twenty-fifth (colored) Infantry, which has
so distinguished Itself In the Philippines, has
the ren of a ready writer, and is contemplat
ing writing a history of tha Philippine con
flict. Professors Hejnso and "Wundt, of tha "Uni
versity of Lelpslc. recently celebrated the com
pletion of their 23th year as members of the
faculty of that Institution, and both of them
left tho city to escape ceremonies and congrat
ulations. Admiral Lord Charles Bercsford Is virtually
revolutlolzlng the Mediterranean squadron,
especially as regards Its gunnery. He Is in
sisting on the utmost attention being paid to
accuracy of fire, both with large guns and
rifles, and "is manifesting tho utmost Ingenuity
In devising targets of a novel character. He
Is llkewlsa Initiating and taking part In gun
room debates on all matters likely to quicken
the Intelligence of tho ofiJcers and men under
I his orders.
Hurrah for great
George "Washington!
"We'll celebrate
The things he's done.
He called the King
And made hits Vluft
A dead bard thins
All right enough.
He stuck it out
For seven years, "
And bussed about
King George's ears.
Until that gent
Fdund that his reign
"Was frost, and went
Forthwith lnsana.
There's nothing wrong
With Dewey, who
Is known to eoog
And Interview:
"Wo sUU have pralso
For Sampson, and
A cheer can raise
For Schley. We stand
"With voices all
Prepared to yell
For great and small '
Who fought and fell
Beneath the great
And glorious rag,
"Which happy fato "
Has made our flag.
But for today
There's one old chap
"Who has bis way.
For him we ciap
Our hands and shout
"Hip, hip, hurrayl"
And all turn out
"With flags today.
Let cannon boom.
And let email boys :
Have lots of room
To make a noise.
Let bands parade;
Let people cheer, ...
Drink lemonade, ,t
And maybe beer.
Let rockets shoot
With whirring sound;
Go-dcvlls scoot
Along the ground.
Let pln-wheela whizz
With colored blaxa
And serpents fizz.
Let all the ways
"With bunting gay
ConfUBO tho slghtr
A wild array
Of flags and light.
What though wo woks.
At early dawn
"When cannon spoke
And night was gone?
Is not this day
Of all tho year
For tumult, pray?
Then let us cheer, '
And go down town
To see the sights.
While up and down
The blazing lights
And fearful din
All plainly say
That this Is In-
Depcndcnce Day.
Hurrah for Old
George Washington!
Hurrah for every
Mother's son
That roto his name
Nor cared a thing t
About his flrst-
Class chance to swlngl
In East and West
And South and North
We'll do our best
To howl the Fourth.
John M. Palmer, of Chicago, a son of
General and ex-Senator Palmer, has re
turned to the regular Democratic fold,,
and will support Bryan. His father will
probably support McKinley.
United States Senator Hoar announces:
that he will heartily support McKinley
and Roosevelt He differs with his
party on the Philippine question, bub
holds that President McKinley can b
better enabled to deal with them than
Mr. Bryan.
Ex-Confederate General Thomas L. Ros
ser, of Charlesvllle, Va., a classmate of
General Custer at West Point, and a life
long Democrat, has written Governor
Roosevelt a letter of congratulation on
his nomination as Vice-President and
announcing that he is no loncer a Dem
ocrat but will work and vote this year
for the success of the Republican ticket
General Rosser is an able campaign
speaker.
The Springfield Republican says that
nothing went on "at Philadelphia from
first to last with the conspicuous excep
tion of the triumphant demand for the
nomination of Roosevelt, which was not
on the programme that had not been
seen and Indorsed by the President In
siders in politics understand that he not
only saw the original draft of the plat
form, but read the speeches of Messrs,
Wolcott and Lodge In advance."
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, who late-"
ly died in Paris, has carried out in hla
will the very Individual and personal
methods of giving which he hod in hla
life. For many years he had spent tha
amount of $500,000 aonually In relieving:
distress, and alleviating suffering, and
much of this had been bestowed on the?
draft horses of Paris. For the continu-.
ance of this beneficence he left 530,000 to
the Society for the Protection of Ani
mals. For each of his own horses ho
bequeathed a life annuity of 00. He
left f4.000.OCO for an eye hospital in Paris,
llko that ho had before founded at
noneva. For Roman Catholic priests.
Protestant pastors and Jewish rabbis la
need, ho left a fund of $100,000.
.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Friend The doctors don't seem to be ablo
to do anything for you? Dyspeptic (gloomily)
No, I guess I need a constitutional amend-ment.--Puck.
Polysyllabic Conversation. "My wife bsmb
good many hard words to roe." complained
Tllllnghast to GUdersleeve. "That cornea ot
marrying a Boston girl." was tho unsympa
thetic reply.-Detrolt Free Press.
An Explanation. Undertaker (to bystander
at funeral) Are you one of the mourners T By
standerI am. sir. Undertaker What rela
tion to the deceased? Bystander None at all
but ha owed me ?3. Chicago News.
"And now. children," said tho teacher, -who
had been talking about military fortifications,
"can any of you tell me what Is a, buttress?"
"Please, ma'am," cried little "Willie, snapplnj
his fingers, "It's a nanny-goat I" Philadelphia
Press.
Highly Bcommendcd. Patent-Medicine Pro
prietorHere's a recommend for our medicine
from a life-insurance president. Junior Part
nerGood! "What does he say? Proprietor
Says fewer of his policy-holders die from tak
ing our medicine than any other. Judge.
"WHo Dares Refuse When Snmmonad
H. F. Rodney.
"Who goea when Bryan calls?
"I," says Dave Hill;
"Tou bet I go to Bill,
When tho Bobs calls." -
Who goes when Bryan calls?
"I," says Jim Ham the dresser; t"
Tin tho pink professor;
I start when he calls."
"Who goes when Bryan calls?
"I," says dark-horse Towno;
"Don't try to turn me down;
I'm aboard when ho calls."
"Who go when Bryan calls?
"I strike the track," y
Says Clark, "with my sack
"When Bryan calls."
"Who goes when Bryan calls?
"I." says Oorgo Freddy,
Tm a foil for Teddy,
And I'm always ready when ho calls.' -
Then many a Boer,
And several cranks,
Let out some lore
About tho planks;
None asked what running mate was fit
For each thought ho himself was IX.